Chapter 739: Fishing Tactics

A near-perfect multi-aircraft coordination, coupled with the over-the-horizon missile cover of lagging fighters, this situation must be handled by any pilot.

In the face of the three-dimensional siege of multiple fighters and the "Attack Eagle" sweeping formation similar to the battlefield command, although Long Yun, who was caught in the flank, discovered the attacking "Fighting Falcon" very early, he did not wait for the opponent to gradually reveal his tactical intentions, on the contrary, he immediately pushed the rod and dived slightly for a moment, further gave up the altitude, and then flew along the ground at a high speed in the White Twenty, while preparing to avoid the lateral attack of the AIM-7M according to the RWR warning information.

Unlike a battle that breaks out at medium and high altitudes, a confrontation between friend and foe at low altitudes may not be able to turn the party occupying the altitude into a real advantage.

Just like now, in the face of the pursuit of a total of four "Sparrow" missiles in front and behind, Long Yun's evasion maneuvers were not drastic, but they were very effective; he only turned to the north and flew for a few seconds, and then lightly let the enemy plane's radar unlock with the help of the cover of ground clutter, and under the conditions of dense atmosphere and extremely valuable missile velocity, once the semi-active radar-guided missile was unlocked and entered a blind flight, even if it was only for a second or two, the probability of hitting would drop rapidly.

After flying sideways for a few seconds, he intuitively quickly glanced at the surrounding sky, Long Yun quickly spotted the black eagles looming on the north and south sides, obviously his next response must be cautious, if he directly pulls up, or turns in either direction to escape, there is a great possibility of being directly bitten by the opponent.

The shape was quite critical, but Long Yun didn't feel nervous, and he didn't plan to fight to the death with the swarming NATO fighters today. Rather, as much as possible, test the combat characteristics of the modified Su-27S; Of course. It would be nice to create some confusion and further confuse the enemy commander by the way.

With such thoughts. Flying all the way close to the ground, the large but extremely agile Sukhoi fighter flew north along the slightly gentle river valley, changing the direction of flight from time to time, Long Yun's current plan was to make a posture that was overwhelmed and ready to leave the battlefield, he wanted to see how these enemy planes flying from the east would respond, and then decide what to do next.

Of course, when it comes to "fishing" tactics, in the vast sky on the southern side of the Caucasian front, there is not a single friendly fighter that can support it. The tactics were so difficult that he didn't expect much from them at first.

However, as the escape operation progressed, he soon found that the enemy planes in the sky began to maneuver and turn, forming a faint tail chase for their own planes, and these fighters were not chasing each other in a swarm, and there was some minimum cooperation between them: looking from the cockpit to the side and rear, Long Yun vaguely distinguished that these fighters chasing him were F-16s, and at the same time, he quickly thought of the US Air Force's fighter configuration in the Caucasus, which is generally used for tactical defense or "Fighting Falcons" for attacking the enemy Shouldn't be here, are the Turks again?

If you think about it casually, it doesn't matter who your opponent is in a tense battle. Without a trace of hesitation, Long Yun continued to fly north at an ultra-low altitude, an action that not only attracted the attention of the fighters of the "Crimea" squadron. The F-15E "Attack Eagle" flying at medium and high altitudes is also in sight.

Seeing that the icon representing the enemy plane on the radar display was gradually moving, and the altitude was less than 200 feet, the "Postman" No. 3, who was still angry about the long-term disaster, immediately figured out the opponent's intentions. Thinking about this "flanker" who appeared out of nowhere and had been in the air for a long time, his first reaction was "Ivan is out of gas, this is to escape", so he immediately ordered the Turks to keep an eye on the target, and the planes adopted the oppressive tactics of continuous pursuit, striving to beat down the hateful enemy plane before it flew into the Russian-controlled area.

Yes, just try it with your might, even if it's the "Caucasian Grim Reaper"?

It's not that Captain White has high expectations for the skill and will of the bearded men, but after experiencing an aerial massacre that has just occurred, he feels that this hateful "Reaper" must have consumed most of his ammunition and his fuel reserves are also very worrisome—otherwise he really can't understand how it is possible to climb behind them at an accelerated rate of the whole machine thrust-to-weight ratio and SEP (Specific_Excess_Power, unit remaining power) at the level of the "Flanker". And then the "Archer" missiles were also launched?

So--that guy must have been opportunistic and brought only a little bit of oil!

Using fuel reduction to improve maneuverability is a method that most pilots want, but now they dare to do it single-handedly in the war zone, this damn Russian guy is too inattentive to people!

Thinking of this, Captain White gritted his teeth with hatred, and ordered the two groups of F-16C twin planes at low altitude to catch up closely, anyway, the fuel consumption of the "Fighting Falcon" is not high, and there are several forward airfields nearby, as long as the guy runs out of fuel, it will be easy to do; At the thought that he might be court-martialed for his own self-inflicted swagger just now, the captain had the urge to rush down with the Turks to hunt down the "Grim Reaper", but the only reason he had left made him give up this dangerous idea.

After all, if you think about it, the "flanker" who is about to run out of fuel is the time when the mobility is the strongest, and at this time, it is not too terrifying to rush down and play a dog fight with that madman......

Occupied by fear and anger, Jimmy White's "Attack Eagle" is still hovering in the sky.

But unlike the American captains, who had just suffered a loss and were a little forward-looking, the Turks, led by Major Mulder Hassan, were still full of fighting spirit.

Although in the process of approaching the target, the sharp-eyed bearded pilots could barely see the opponent's livery, and some people remembered that this should be the landline of the "Caucasian Reaper", but in the previous battle, their third wing did not suffer much under Viktor Rezenov, and the Turks, who had no psychological shadow, still drove the F-16 in hot pursuit.

Hovering left and right at ultra-low altitude to avoid the attack, seeing that the enemy plane behind him had taken the bait, Long Yun was not in a hurry to push the throttle valve to the end and accelerate the separation, he knew that after a few months of fierce fighting, there were no rookies left in the sky of the Caucasus, in order to let the enemy bite the hook tighter, he had to continue to work hard to be safe. So he didn't rush to get rid of the pursuers, but continued to change the direction of flight again and again in the ultra-low altitude left and right, using a completely routine of relying on the terrain to evade the attack, and now it depends on how the "Fighting Falcons" behind him respond.

Approaching the tail chase distance of several thousand meters, it is already possible to see clearly with the naked eye the eye-catching red star on the ground background in front of us, and a group of F-16C twin planes that have caught up from the direction of the target plane at five o'clock have been trying to lock on to this "flanker" flying back and forth with radar.

However, after such efforts for a while, in the face of ultra-low-altitude and high-speed targets whose direction is constantly changing, the AN/APG-68 radar can only track intermittently even if it switches to melee mode, and the prompt of "allow launch" does not appear for a long time; Seeing that the fire control computer could not complete the calculation, the pilot piloting the "Fighting Falcon" plane made a very impatient call and ordered the wingman to throw away the small auxiliary fuel tank mounted on the belly of the F-16C together, and the two fighters pulled up one after the other and entered the climb.

For targets that rely on terrain evasion, a pull-up dive attack is a common attack strategy when ensuring that the target does not disengage.

Without sparing the little internal oil, the two sharp-shaped gray "Fighting Falcons" entered the climb with full afterburner, and then leveled and maintained a level flight state for about ten seconds. The F-16C, which accelerates at an altitude of 3,000 meters, flies faster than the "Flanker" flying close to the ground due to the density of the atmosphere, and in addition to the accumulated certain altitude advantage, the hit rate will naturally be higher if it dives down in one breath and tails the missile.

"'Heris', now go into the dive, you attack, I'll cover and replenish the gun! Complete. ”

"Roger, target confirmed! Complete. ”

Looking down from the height difference of more than 2,000 meters, the Russian "flankers" painted with red stars and digital patterns are simply as eye-catching as targets on the background of the complex land.

Seeing the position of the target clearly, the Turkish pilots immediately pushed the rod into the dive; With the gust of airflow, the landline has been gradually accelerating, although the radar still can't focus on the target that is circling sideways, but at this time, the "Fighting Falcon" no longer needs radar ranging, and calculate the killing probability, as long as it catches up all the way and then launches missiles.

Or, if the conditions for attack are met, it would be better to shoot down enemy aircraft with aerial artillery!

In the vast sky, two menacing dark gray F-16Cs swooped down in the air, dragging white smoke pulled out by negative angles of attack, and the "Sidewinder" missiles on the wingtips seemed to be hideous fangs, which at first glance really looked a bit like a "war falcon"; However, in Long Yun's eyes, this dive attack tactic is not difficult to deal with, he has a good time to push the throttle valve forward, increase the thrust of the engine, and then pull the rod and push the rudder to maintain a hovering attitude, and once again enter the spiral climb of turning while rising.

In low-altitude bursts of close combat, radar-guided missiles are generally of limited use due to ground clutter and electronic interference.

And since it has been determined that the opponent is the "Fighting Falcon" of the Turks, as expected, these F-16s do not have the ability to launch AIM-120B, so Long Yun knows very well that the opponent can only use AIM-9L to attack.

But now, he still enters the "spiral climbing" maneuver aimed at counterattacking, on the one hand, of course, to confuse the opponent and make the bait look more realistic, on the other hand, it is also intended to try, in the face of the light and flexible F-16, can the white 20 after weight loss take advantage? (To be continued......)