Chapter Forty-Six: Promotion in the Line of Fire

Under the gray sky, the F-15's tail flame swayed like a firefly, indicating the location of the target to Long Yun. The swaying one chased after him, and several maneuvers failed to catch the target, and Long Yun put away a trace of contempt before: he realized that the guy he was chasing still had a few brushes.

Although, it seems that most of these US military pilots are still using that set of energy air combat routines, and they are easily turned around by themselves; But if you are too careless, you may not be able to solve the problem quickly.

There is no absolute superiority or inferiority in air combat, and we must be very energetic. Long Yun thought to himself, competing for energy maneuvering is not the MiG-29's strong point, and the F-15, known as the "King of Climbing", is not so good at cooking; And he has limited fuel now, and he doesn't have time to slowly wrestle with the opponent in front of him to consume energy until one side is defeated.

I don't know how long the wingman who fought with the three F-16s could last, but he only heard the loud cursing sound of the wingman coming from the headphones, I don't know if he was injured or in a dilemma, Long Yun couldn't see their shadows when he looked around, and his vision was too poor.

So what now?

Long Yun's mind was racing, and he seemed to be thinking from the opponent's position for a moment.

What would I do if I were sitting in an F-15A with a MiG in hot pursuit behind my ass.

Long Yun feels that the opponent is likely to continue to choose to climb at a wide angle and then make a big slope turn to look for opportunities. Of course, US pilots may not know the detailed flight parameters of the MiG-29, and may not know that their F-15 has a climb rate that is better than that of the MiG-29; But they should be quite confident in their "eagles". Moreover, the opponent's fuel is still quite abundant, so I am afraid that the reaction of believing in energy is to pull the height and deal with me.

Of course, this is just your own speculation; However, Long Yun was not worried about the failure of the speculation and being slipped away by his opponent, and when the opponent had just made a move and tried to confuse himself with a side turn, he decisively pulled up and climbed at a large angle.

While climbing and risking a stall for a half-roll, Long Yun maintained an intermittent monitoring of the target, and he found that his opponent had really made a mistake, and while feintting, he forgot to observe whether he had taken the bait while being in hot pursuit, and was now climbing with full strength. Viewed from the back and above, the F-15 spewing pale blue flames stands out against a gray background. The sustained climb rate was inferior to that of the F-15, but the advantage of early action offset the delay in the mechanical control of the MiG-29, so Long Yun did not give him any more chance: the push rod flattened and adjusted the attitude, and the last missile was launched in advance with the appropriate amount.

There was no movement in the headset except for the rustling noise, but Long Yun couldn't be distracted, he continued to fly at a level speed, ready to catch up when the missile couldn't be hailed and use the cannon to solve the problem.

It is gratifying that the R-73 did not disappoint him again, this kind of advanced missile that needs to be carefully maintained by ground crews and weapon pilots, otherwise it is easy to go wrong is really face-saving today, Long Yun soon followed the missile's almost straight trail and saw the fire of the explosion.

Once again, he has achieved a result!

However, at this time, Long Yun had no time to watch the F-15 that caught fire and fell, and he found a bright spot on the side that seemed to be the F-16. Finally solved the second F-15, Long Yun called the wingman but got no response, and he realized that this guy might have been shot down just now. What a hell of a life, or I will be flanked by the F-16 in front and back!

Long Yun, who became more and more courageous, actually wanted to continue to expand the results of the war, but now that the fighters no longer had missiles, the fuel warning light was about to turn red. The MiG-29's natural short legs can be said to be well known, even if Long Yun has great ability, he can't push the fighter plane to fly in the sky by himself.

Fortunately, after such a tragic battle, the opponent seemed to have no intention of fighting, Long Yun dived back to the cloudy low altitude, and hurried back after getting rid of the hated F-16. Although he was quite worried about Ivan's life and death, Long Yun considered that he still had time to scold on the radio, and it was estimated that there would still be time for ejection. The ground corresponding to the airspace of the battle just now is still under the control of the Warsaw Pact, and I think he should be able to survive.

Back at the base, Long Yun reported the battle. In the tense interval of battle, no one had time to grieve for the loss of their comrades; As for Ivan, who escaped by ejection, it made everyone quite worried.

The next day, before the news of Ivan's return to the team, the regiment received a commendation order from the superiors.

For Long Yun, this is also normal.

Four results were achieved in one week of the war, and one possible result to be confirmed; If it can be determined, then it fully meets the criteria of an ace pilot.

The aviation division of the 309th regiment issued a commendation order for Viktor Rezenov, promoting Lieutenant Rezenov to air force captain; Due to the prominence of the table in the first week of the war, a medal of honor of the second degree was awarded.

At the same time, the division headquarters instructed the 309th Regiment to thoroughly summarize the combat experience of Major Rezenov and explain and analyze it for other aviation regiments that also used the MiG-29, so as to boost morale and give full play to the combat skills accumulated by Rezenov.

Back at the station, Long Yun naturally had to chat with his comrades, especially this time he shot down two F-15s in a row, with the idea of an aviation regiment, which has a considerable effect on improving the morale of the troops and the progress of technology. Before introducing the experience to other regiments, of course, you should first give a good lecture to the pilots in your own regiment.

Hearing such an arrangement, Long Yun felt very embarrassed. It's not that he doesn't want to introduce his combat experience, in fact, he also really wants to share his combat experience with others. But where do you start?

On the one hand, Long Yun eagerly wanted to improve the tactical level of the other pilots, to deal as much blow to the enemy as possible, and at the same time to make them live a little longer in a brutal large-scale war.

But on the other hand, he also realized a little helplessly: not to mention the body he occupied when he crossed over, he was originally a genius fighter pilot; Coupled with the convenience of simulator practice in the real world, data query, etc., these are all things that cannot be said, and even if they are said, they are useless. He doesn't know any magic tricks, and he uses maneuvers within the range of the MiG-29's ability in air combat; But when and how to use it, he hasn't carefully sorted out the tricks in it.

Follow the feeling, this is Long Yun's current state.

With such a mood, Long Yun walked into the conference room and sat down with the comrades-in-arms he had known these days. The small conference room, which is not spacious, is almost full; In addition to those who had a mission, almost half of the pilots and officers in the regiment arrived.

Seeing the expectant and seemingly adoring eyes of those present, Long Yun remembered that his current identity had become a little different.

Now, he's an ace pilot.