Attacking from the rear hemisphere of the enemy plane, the distance between the enemy and us is within 3,000 meters, this time the opponent should be more than lucky!

However, there was a little surprise to Long Yun, the F-16C pilot in his sight was obviously not an ordinary person, and the "Fighting Falcon" wingman behind him who had been shaken and couldn't find the north at all, after sensing the opponent's missile, the Turks' response was quite accurate, and at the same time changing the angle of rotation released a set of infrared jamming bombs, Long Yun could almost clearly see the R-73M dragging white tail smoke twisting in the air, and then was attracted to the wrong direction by the jamming bomb!

Seeing that his ferocious blow was thrillingly thrown away by his opponent, and his momentary competitiveness was suppressed by Long Yun in the bottom of his heart after a surge, he did not rashly continue to pursue his opponent, but stared at the southern sky with a stern look.

With his keen vision, he vaguely spotted a few faint black spots in the southern sky at this moment, and the cunning Turks were fleeing to the southwest, preparing to lure themselves to the front of the surging American fleet, and then attract a dense salvo of missiles?

Thinking of this rather cunning tactic, Long Yun in the cockpit showed a disapproving smile.

It doesn't matter if the long plane escapes, there is an unlucky guy behind it!

As the strip bar pulls out an extremely high angle of attack and then uses the barrel roll to change the plane of maneuver, Red XVII circles to the left after a sharp deceleration; The Turkish wingman, who had just recovered from the overload, was returning to a level flight state, and the excellent firing conditions made Long Yun even more hesitant, and a string of aerial artillery shells shot out, as if an invisible long whip suddenly drew on the thin body of the "Fighting Falcon"!

Unlike the directional warhead of an air-to-air missile. Aerial artillery fire at close range. Structural damage to fighters tends to be more drastic.

Take the 30 mm high-explosive shell of the GSH-30 gun. It often takes only a few hits for light fighters to be over, let alone a dense accumulation of shots like this.

As the pilot had just recovered from the overload caused by the violent maneuver and was completely unaware of the attack, the "Fighting Falcon," which had not performed any dodge maneuver, swallowed several bullets in quick succession, and the flames of the explosion almost reflected the attacker's field of vision, and the originally light and fallen body immediately turned into a terrible wreckage that burst into flames and smoke, tumbling and falling.

After liftoff, to now, this is the fifth NATO fighter he shot down!

In the first attack after the farewell, Long Yun fought very easily, because after the wingman separated, he achieved three results; Witnessing this scene wordlessly on the remote monitoring radar. The liaison officer on the E-3A AWACS aircraft clenched his teeth and said nothing.

This abominable Russian, the terrible Grim Reaper of the Caucasus!

glaring at the combat dispatcher on the plane next to him, the liaison officer shook his hand hatefully, thinking that this guy had really guessed correctly - four friendly F-16C "Fighting Falcons" lost most of them immediately after going out to meet the enemy without authorization; If it weren't for the air situation monitoring to play a certain role, these unlucky Turkish fighters would probably have directly reclaimed the sea, and they wouldn't have been able to delay the opponent's actions even a little!

But even so, after directing the only remaining "Fighting Falcon" to turn southwest and accelerate its escape, a sinister smile appeared on the liaison officer's face.

The loss of a few "Fighting Falcons" of the Turks, if in exchange for a favorable engagement situation. So why not?

Sitting on the early warning aircraft far away from the battle line, dispatching and coordinating with the fighters in a large airspace according to the orders of the command center. This kind of thing is as easy as playing chess in theory, but in practice it requires a high degree of combat experience and battlefield insight.

Just now, the operational deployment given to the US "Attack Eagle" and Turkish "Fighting Falcon" planes should be to approach Russian fighters from different directions one after another, and then use the "Sparrow" and "Slammer" planes, which have large differences in range, to intensively fire at the opponents, so that there will be a huge peak in the missile density in the target airspace, and to solve the Russian threat with this kind of terrorist pressure that ordinary people cannot cope with at all. But who knew that the cunning Russians frequently changed course and implemented maneuvering evasion in the air, and by the time the AN/APY-1 radar re-intercepted the target, the coordination of the two NATO fighters had already deviated; Then the Turks even more recklessly entered visual contact with enemy aircraft, as a result of which unnecessary heavy losses were inflicted.

Not to mention, with his eyes fixed on the display screen in front of him, the liaison officer also found that he had clearly misjudged the opponent's intentions.

He had always thought that this "Flanker", which came quickly and covered all the way, would most likely continue to move forward to search for and attack NATO's ground attack aircraft after engaging with the F-15C fleet and breaking through NATO's first air interception line; But now it seems that his judgment has obviously made some mistakes, this guy seems to be here to fight against NATO fighters, or to fight in air battles to accumulate achievements?

But in any case, since the battle has been fought like this, even if the "Attack Eagle", which is regarded as the ultimate line of defense, is used, it is necessary to drive this hateful Russian "Grim Reaper" to the side away from the battle line.

As for the words, can you shoot him down?

Thinking of this, the corners of the liaison officer's eyes twitched slightly, but he had witnessed the previous Caucasus air battle with his own eyes at his post, and with a few F-15Es in front of him, I am afraid that he could not have this kind of hope!

"Postal-two, Postal-two, the target bearing has been updated, and immediately after launching the next round of BVR attacks, retreat and wait for follow-up support. Don't get into visual contact, repeat, don't get into visual contact! ”

"Postal-two received, please pay attention to monitor the nearby airspace, our team has entered the engagement distance and is ready to attack! Complete. ”

Major Fletcher Harris, who was sitting in the F-15E "Attack Eagle", saw the fleeing Turkish "Fighting Falcon" passing by the side of his formation at high speed, and he pressed the call button to give two tepid responses to the "counter".

Not long ago, after being transferred from the war-torn European theater to the Caucasus with the 1st 15th Air Wing, Major Harris brought his six shootdown results to this more treacherous land, and took on the heavy task of the theater reserve in the "Attack Eagle", which was similar to the previous air superiority F-15C.

As an ace pilot who is good at air combat, in the battles in recent weeks, the cooperation between him and the weapons operators in the rear row is not tacit, and he has already had a vague awareness: that is, on this kind of front directly facing the Russian mainland, the 42nd Squadron of the 15th Wing in charge of him cannot always do the main business of ground attack, and "specializing in air defense" is probably the main work of the "attack eagle", and now it seems that his prediction has also become a reality.

After receiving the order from the "counter", considering the terrible strength of the enemy aircraft in front of him, the failure of the first batch of "Slammer" salvo particles also reminded Harris to be extra careful.

Now, since they were not told to annihilate the opponent, he naturally would not command his young men to risk their lives, so the major immediately ordered a group of F-15E twin planes to disperse left and right, use radar to target the only enemy in front of him, and once the opponent approached within fifty kilometers, he would not hesitate to use "Slammer" to attack; He and his wingman hid behind a group of twin planes in front, ready to replenish their guns when the Russians rushed forward and carried out maneuvering evasion missiles.

All in all, in the face of an opponent like the "Caucasus Reaper", passive defense is helpless, but not shameful; Unlike the hairy boys with strong guns and strong guns, Harris knows very well how terrifying this guy named Victor is, completely different from other rather tricky Russian aces, this guy's combat power is obviously not on the same level as their ace pilots in the big war, and the results of more than 60 planes shot down are equivalent to more than the sum of the ace records ranked second to fifth in the big war!

"Postal-three, Postal-four, be careful to keep the engagement distance no less than thirty-five (miles), and do not move without permission from the interception line!"

"Postal-three received, currently forty years away, over!"

"Postal-four received, done!"

Flying a dark gray two-seater heavy fighter in the sky, cruising on a standard wave-like course to guard against a sudden attack by Russian fighters, Harris's defensive tactics are quite rigorous and low-key; He correctly guessed that the "Flanker" who had experienced two encounters should not have much fuel left in the plane, and it was impossible to consume it for a long time with the "Attack Eagles" on his side, who had just taken off.

A tactic that seeks merit but self-preservation, isn't it?

Gray-blue eyes staring at the pale blue sky in the north, Harris in the front of the cockpit looked very calm, but his mind was full of a completely different plan.

Yes, he was waiting for an opportunity; Wait for an opportunity for the battlefield to change and make a difference.

Just when the four F-15Es led by Harris were waiting in the southern sky to solve the lone Turkish "Fighting Falcon", Long Yun is now in a dilemma.

Driving the red No. 17 in blue and white camouflage, he circled leisurely in the sky, and found that the Americans on the opposite side did not mean to approach and fight in close combat, and he was quite alert and did not immediately rush forward to continue the battle; After a brief assessment of the current situation, he guessed that the opponent was most likely on the defensive, waiting for himself to rush forward to meet the baptism of "Slammer", and then enter the air melee with a superior number of enemy aircraft with a lack of energy.

Stabilizing the position with leisure is of course a relatively safe tactic. But pinning hopes on Long Yun's misjudgment situation, can such an idea really be realized? (To be continued......)