Chapter 353: The Salvo of R-27R
Sorry book friends!
I was busy writing the manuscript last night after 12 o'clock, and I still habitually clicked on the 18th after the release, but I didn't expect it to be the next day after midnight, and the result was set to be automatically released to tomorrow, and I was dizzy......
The curtain of the fierce battle has been slowly opened; The straight-line distance between the two groups of fighters approaching each other is rapidly decreasing.
Based on the performance of the N001 radar on the Su-27SK, the strategy adopted by the "Uranus" twin aircraft is quite correct.
Since N001's clutter filtering ability is average, they can now reduce their altitude and use an upward view to search for air targets, so that they can preemptively spot their opponents. Otherwise, compared with the radar performance of the two fighters, although the theoretical detection range of the N001 is farther, the radar reflection area of the Su-27SK is also higher than that of the J-10A, so it is most likely that the two sides will find the opponent at the same time, and in the next over-the-horizon confrontation, the "Uranus" twin aircraft without active radar guided missiles will obviously fall into a bitter battle.
Sure enough, as the two sides continued to approach, a faint but quite clear radar echo soon appeared on the radar display, and Bian Chao immediately read out the target information, the opponent was 70 kilometers away, the height was 6,000, and the speed was 930!
Observing from the radar display screen of the Su-27SK, Bian Chao thought that it should be the radar echo of a lone J-10A, and he was keenly aware that the opponent must have adopted a two-plane separate engagement strategy, so he reminded the wingman to pay attention to observe and beware of the "Chenlong" fighter that may attack from other directions.
The target has been revealed, is it going to attack?
In the ever-changing world of air warfare, any decision must be made quickly.
Considering the range limitations of the R-27R missile, Bian Chao dispelled the idea of attacking first. Although he and his partner are now eager to attack immediately and use the advantage of the enemy's launch to partially neutralize the threat of the PL-12, launching missiles at such a long distance is at a disadvantage in height, and unless the opponent rushes up to meet their shot, it is impossible to hit.
"The target is at a distance of sixty-eight, keep course to meet the enemy, and pay attention to the nearby airspace!"
"Roger, Dong Liang understands!"
Now that the target has been discovered, the two Su-27SKs painted in gray and white began to use afterburners to increase speed and climb high, ready to provide a good initial launch speed for the R-27R missile; According to the standard interception operation process of Su-27 series fighters, the two heavy fighters with huge fuselage quickly approached the target in a dense formation, and at this time, Bian Chao found that the J-10A on the opposite side was also speeding up, and he speculated that a wave of over-the-horizon missile firing was in front of him!
At a distance of fifty-five, the height of the fighter is five thousand seven, and it has accelerated to Mach 1.4!
For the Su-27SK, which is carrying four R-27Rs and two R-73s on the outer pylons of the wings, such a speed is already quite high, so Bian Chao immediately commanded the wingman to push the rod with himself from climbing to level flight, and now the N001 radar has smoothly intercepted the target at a distance, so there is no longer too much need to think about the height difference.
In this way, although the fire control system had already given a "permission to launch" prompt, the two gray-white Su-27SKs still climbed all the way to an altitude of 6,000 meters, and at this time, the oncoming "Chenlong" long plane was only about 40 kilometers away from them, and they immediately carried out a dense missile salvo!
One after another, a cloud of white smoke billed from under the wings of the two Su-27SKs, and stout R-27R missiles were dragged out of the slide and whistled away at intervals of three to four seconds. With the target irradiation capability of the improved N001 radar, the launch of four R-27R semi-active radar-guided missiles at a time by two aircraft is already the upper limit, and now it depends on how the J-10A on the opposite side will cope!
At this time, the interception of the radar warning equipment and the airborne radar showed that Long Yun had determined the position of the two large fighters in front of him, and he steadily accelerated to Mach 1.5 to approach the opponent at high speed; Because he didn't carry any over-the-horizon missiles, his plan now was obvious, which was to dodge the opponent's missile salvo and then rush up to fight.
Of course, to say that this plan is not feasible - the wreckage of fighter planes scattered everywhere in the Caucasus land can prove that Long Yun's understanding of the Su-27 plus R-27R combination has come to an extent!
Because of the working principle of semi-active radar-guided missiles, after launch, the carrier aircraft is still required to provide radar irradiation, and Long Yun cannot know when the opponent will launch a missile salvo from the radar alarm; But as the high-speed, ballistic R-27R gradually showed echoes on the JL-10A radar screen, he estimated from experience that his opponent's missiles were probably less than 10 kilometers away.
At an altitude of thousands of meters, the R-27R, which is approaching Mach 3, and the J-10A, which is approaching at Mach 1.6 at a high speed, are only a few seconds delayed by 10 kilometers. After a simple moment of mental arithmetic, it is now nearly thirty seconds from the radar alarm receiving a regular airborne radar irradiation, Long Yun speculates that the R-27R launched by the "Uranus" twin planes should be a salvo at a certain interval, which is exactly the same as his tactics of using the Su-27S in a parallel world!
Like the R-27R, a slightly bulky over-the-horizon missile, the maximum usable overload number jΓΉ is generally about 24G, which is quite inferior in modern missiles, in order to improve the hit probability against advanced fighters, fighters will generally implement the tactics of two missiles at one target, and launch at intervals of several seconds.
Such a dense fire assault, even if the target maneuvers and dodges the first missile, it will be followed by a second and a third...... However, it is impossible for the fighter plane's maneuvering energy loss to recover too quickly, and if it continues to evade it repeatedly, sooner or later it will lose its ability to maneuver and be ruthlessly hit by missiles!
However, such a challenge, of course, is difficult for Long Yun.
I don't know which U.S. Air Force instructor once said to the cadets: "If you are hit by a 'sparrow', then you must have made some mistake." β
Is this kind of arbitrary-sounding statement right or wrong?
As far as Long Yun's personal experience is concerned, at least the enemy planes he shot down with over-the-horizon missiles in the parallel world, it shows that these NATO pilots did not understand the true meaning of this sentence; In other words, Long Yun still partially agrees with such a joke, especially in the face of AIM-7M and R-27R, whose maximum usable overload is only in the early 20G.
Piloting the high-speed raid and the momentum of the "Raptor" to face it head-on, at this time Long Yun's thinking was quite clear, he knew that he had to grasp the fleeting opportunity, and then use the maneuverability of the J-10A to decisively shake off all the incoming missiles!
He has also done this kind of thing many times in previous competitions and battles, but he has not had many actual combat experiences when he is more than Mach 1.6 and it is easy to pull out a large overload. Seeing that the missiles attacking from the horizon gradually appeared and became larger in the line of sight, and using his rich experience in actual combat to estimate the distance between the enemy and the enemy, Long Yun suddenly kicked the rudder side rod and began a violent sideways maneuver after pulling the lever slightly and making a small preparatory action.
As the action progressed, Long Yun widened his eyes and paid attention to the incoming missile that had turned to the direction of nine o'clock in his sight, and at this time, the discomfort of overload and the faint black vision reminded him that the overload of the action just now was quite violent, and the continuous overload value in the normal direction had reached more than 7G.
But he must now keep doing this sideways maneuver until he gets rid of all the missiles that are in hot pursuit!
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