With an extremely relaxed thought, he suddenly didn't know which string he had touched, maybe it was the appearance of two "flanks" in the distance that stimulated which sensitive nerve of the lieutenant colonel, and he suddenly couldn't help but tremble.

Yes, the two guys in front of you are naturally easy to handle, but not all Russians are so easy to deal with, such as that-

Oh...... No, no, why did I think of that guy!

The terrible experience of being slaughtered by "Mad Ivan" and "Caucasian Death", and the four fighters becoming alone in an instant, resurfaced, Johnson quickly shook his head to chase these memories away, and at the same time frowned with some disgust and a hint of fear.

No, no, that guy hasn't been in the Caucasus for a long time, maybe he has already been transferred to Moscow by his boss to be an instructor? The Russians have always had such a tradition, or they have been hidden by the evil authoritarian government and used as propaganda idols, or they have simply been killed, but these Russians are hiding and refusing to report -

All in all, don't think about this, it's only right to quickly solve the "flankers" who are attacking in front of you!

Thinking of this, Johnson somehow became a little wary of the opponent in front of him, and Johnson immediately called the wingman to follow him sideways, pushing the throttle forward into the turn of the accelerated climb. In any case, the Russians' "flankers" were still quite difficult opponents, and once they were really put in sight range, he and Major Brown could say that the two new rookies who served as wingmen might not necessarily take advantage.

Therefore, it is more reliable to immediately enter the cross-engagement posture and use the "Slammer" to flank from both sides.

I don't feel good today, so I can't be too careless!

On the gray-blue Black Sea, a head-on encounter at an altitude of thousands of meters is already on the verge of breaking out.

Just in the not-so-distant southern sky. Four F-15Cs in pairs are dragging long afterburner tail flames, turning and climbing one after the other. Under the remote monitoring of AWACS aircraft, it occupies the intersection position of the airspace scheduled for engagement.

A heavy fighter on a rapid climb. The back of the fuselage swept through the white mist excited by the edges of the main wings, and the gray-bodied white-headed missiles on the half-buried pylons on the abdomen were arranged in a series of front and rear, which did not look as conspicuous as the four "Sidewinders" on the compound pylons on the wings, but they were the sharp weapons of air combat that the Americans relied on in this over-the-horizon engagement: AIM-120B.

"Wrangler-three, Wrangler-four, target designation has been sent, the 'bat' is at two o'clock in the direction of you, and there are no suspicious targets in the rest of the directions. Holding altitude 13500 (ft). Thirty seconds later, the launch restriction is lifted; Repeat, after thirty seconds the launch restriction is lifted. ”

"Wrangler-three received! -- The target has been captured, and it is complete. ”

Maintaining a continuous search of the airspace ahead in the turn and climb, Johnson's plane, whose radar switched to RWS mode, kept the Mach 0.85 speed and climbed, and now he and his wingman have reached an altitude of about 8,000 meters, opening up the altitude difference with the oncoming Russian fighters in the northwest. The radar screen showed that the two "Flankers" were still rushing straight at an altitude of 6,000 meters, and would soon enter the cross-fire area of the two groups of F-15 twin aircraft; This almost textbook-like engagement situation made the lieutenant colonel snort with satisfaction, and his fingers were already pressed on the operation button next to the display.

"Wrangler-two, lock on to the target. Prepare for a salvo of missiles 1 and 4. ”

"Wrangler-two understands!"

While radioing the wingman, tap the action button to keep the radar tracking the target smoothly. The fire control system indicates that the distance between the two targets is sixty-nine kilometers, and the green indicator bright spot that allows firing has not yet appeared.

In the current situation of two-plane head-on interception, it can be said that it is very easy to attack with "Slammer" missiles, and there is no need to assign aiming targets to wingmen; When the number of targets is not too large, the pilot only needs to let the fire control system lock all enemy aircraft in the field of view, then assign one missile to each target in turn, and finally press the button to fire. Thanks to the AN/APG-63's good multi-target tracking capability, fire control will automatically take care of each "Slammer" missile aimed at the target and provide it with medium-range command correction, which is a near-complete freedom of multi-target engagement capability that the old "Sparrow" ("Sparrow") can provide.

Keeping radar tracking and climbing all the way, after reaching an altitude of more than 8,000 meters, it turned to accelerated level flight, the transonic shock wave cloud flashed around the silver-gray body, Johnson and his wingman had completed the over-the-horizon attack and occupied the position, at this time, they could also "see" another group of F-15C twin planes more than ten kilometers away on the right from the radar, and the loud voice on the radio indicated that they had launched missiles at the Russians first, indicating that they were inferior in speed and altitude, and had launched missiles at the Russians first:

“Fox-Three！ - Attention everyone, Fox-Three! ”

With the pilot's shouting, the F-15C, which was head-on to the north, launched the first batch of over-the-horizon salvos, and the AIM-120B missiles mounted on both sides of the belly were thrown away one after another, ignited and accelerated, and soon went against the trend at a speed close to Mach 3, and rushed towards the Russian fighters dozens of kilometers away. The cry of "Fox-Three", which had previously been limited to the U.S. Navy, was now shouted from the lips of Air Force pilots, and Johnson was thrilled to hear it.

Isn't it, if the stinky boys of the "Thor" company had stepped up their efforts, they would have been able to get more reliable active bombs and block the Russians and their stupid and coarse fighters from the battle line!

Thinking of this, and entering the high-speed cruising state of Mach 1.4 with his wingman, Johnson glimpsed that the target distance indicated in the head-up display had reached about 50 kilometers, which was already an acceptable launch distance for the "Slammer"; So he called his wingman to prepare for a missile salvo, and at the same time switched the radar scanning mode and tried to lock the Russian fighter at an altitude of six thousand meters in front of him, only to find that there was a problem with the automatic tracking of the radar, and the bright spot of the target, which was still very clear, had disappeared from the display!

What is the situation, are the Russians doing a side turn?

Guessing that the opponent had spotted the sideways maneuver that had been tracked by the radar and entered the PD radar, Johnson unexpectedly clicked on the scan mode switch and tried to re-intercept the target using TWS or CWS (Continues-Wave-Scan) mode.

But no matter how he adjusted, the original stable target echo was always looming and there was no pattern to follow, even if he switched to manual tracking.

Feeling that the opponent was a little difficult this time, the lieutenant colonel hurriedly called on the radio:

"Wrangler-two, Wrangler-two, can you intercept the target now?" (To be continued......)