But now, since the tricky "sharks" are rushing to the horse, of course, the sooner they deal with the enemy in front of them, the better.

Therefore, after launching the missile, Long Yun did not stay in place to enjoy the fireworks in the air, but pushed forward the throttle valve and entered the circling with the side rod, and fought with the "Agile Eagle" to the west to compete for a favorable initial position in the circled fight; Seeing that the black dot on the blue sky background was getting closer and closer, but the RWR alarm never responded, Long Yun knew that the "shark" had not turned on the radar, could it be that he had already known that he was active here, so he kept the radio silent all the way to approach?

If this is the case, it means that the Americans have paid special attention to his movements, which is a good thing for Long Yun.

Compared with the last time he encountered the "shark", the current white 20 is no longer what it used to be, the thrust-to-weight ratio of air combat has increased very significantly, and Long Yun, who piloted the landline into the circling confrontation, is also more sure. In the face of Fisher's strong attack, he did not directly slow down in exchange for a large circling angular speed, but decisively pulled the rod and pedaled the rudder, and began to enter the "spiral climb" that spiraled steeply and upward; When he was flying the Su-27S before, it was an adventure to complete this kind of maneuver in front of the F-15C, but now his Su-27P42 itself has greatly lost weight and consumed a lot of internal fuel in long-distance raids.

It was close to noon, and on the sunny shores of the Black Sea, there were still traces of fallen warplanes in the sky.

After an unprecedentedly fierce R-27P/EP battle of gun, the Red Air Force fighters who had finished the turkey battle and the NATO fighters who were lying on the ground and smoking had left this airspace one after another, and only two heavy fighters were chasing each other in the clear sky on the vast sea. The aerodynamic surface with a large angle of attack maintains the fighter climbing all the way with its head held high. The vortex drawn by the canard wings and edge strips swept across the wide airframe. Leave two spiral-shaped ascending tracks in the sky.

The second narrow encounter between the two aces of air combat, Harold Fisher's tactical intention is very clear, he enters the spiral climb in order to drain the opponent's energy or compress the Russians' maneuver space.

In the Major's vision, the "Reaper" piloting the "Flanker" has no other choice, this guy will either go-for-tat into the circle, which would be a repeat of the situation of the last confrontation, then he can rely on the vertical mobility advantage of the "Agile Eagle" to make the opponent stall and fall, so as to obtain the attack conditions; Either the Russians will wisely avoid the dogfight, once the distance between the two sides is widened. He can then use the "Slammer" to attack his opponent, and even if the missile misses (which is simply a certainty), he can force him to maneuver to evade and create conditions for the subsequent pursuit.

Entering the hovering confrontation with a height advantage of several hundred meters, Fisher's "Agile Eagle" move was not a hint of fancy, but it was quite strong.

As the side-turn continued, the hazy black vision interfered with his vision, and he vaguely saw that his "flanker" at ten o'clock was also hovering over the slope, and the major was at first relaxed, he felt that his opponent had taken the bait and would soon fall down due to lack of storage speed; However, after a few seconds of continuous observation, Fisher soon realized that something was wrong, and the white fighter plane painted with a red star was still moving forward with its tail flame bright. This guy is also doing a spiral climb that turns while going up!

"Spiral climbing", that is, hovering to raise the angle of attack, accelerating while climbing high. This kind of action with high thrust-to-weight ratio of fighters, or SEP requirements, has always been a reserved item for energy models such as F-15 and MiG-29, and it is also a winning countermeasure for this type of fighter in circling air combat: as long as it climbs higher and faster than the opponent who enters the circle together, it means that there is plenty of energy to deal with the next situation, as long as it turns to dive after accumulating some energy, points at the enemy plane, locks and fires, and you can directly kick the opponent who falls below out.

In the face of the F-15S/MTD inherited from the F-15C and still full of power, Long Yun, who piloted the Su-27P42, chose to go toe-to-toe, which is of course very unwise when using the standard Su-27, and the correct approach should be to use the angular speed of the Su-27S, find the right time to pull the lever suddenly after entering the circling confrontation, give full play to the instantaneous disc advantage to cut into the inner side of the enemy's route, and knock out the opponent with a helmet sight with the R-73M combat bullet at once.

But today, now that the landline has been dismantled, and there is not much oil left, Long Yun, who did not find a threat in the nearby airspace, decided to directly confront the Americans.

Prior to this, Long Yun had already roughly estimated the advantages and disadvantages of this situation, unless the "Agile Eagle" fuel tank was about to bottom out and his Su-27P42 had too much fuel in stock, otherwise he could not lose in the circling confrontation. Now, seeing the black giant bird in the sky climbing and turning all the way, but always staying on the side of his sight, he knew that the steady hovering ability of the two fighters was half a catty, or that he still had a little advantage, as long as the "shark" didn't use any means.

Oh, of course it can't be, this guy doesn't admit defeat so easily!

In a steady circle-like confrontation where angular velocity cannot be further improved, if the two fighters are of equal strength and neither can go around the opponent's rear hemisphere, then this endless circle will continue until the pilot is unconscious or the fighter is out of fuel; At this time, pilots will find some ways to break this balance, the most common is to further pull the lever, increase the angle of attack into a deceleration circle, and use the fighter's greater instantaneous angular velocity to turn in circles with the opponent.

Of course, there is the same winning mentality in battle, you will instantaneously and the opponent will also instantaneously, and the result of both fighters doing this is to spiral down together; If the competition has also entered a dangerous equilibrium situation, the next thing to fight for is only character or courage.

But character aside, in today's peak showdown, Harold Fisher's courage is not lacking at all.

Piloting the grumpy "Agile Eagle" and "Grim Reaper" into a circled confrontation, some of the initial tactical arrangements quickly came to naught, Major Fisher stared at his opponent in surprise, his brows furrowed, he had never seen such a Russian "Flanker" that could climb, and it would be on par with his own landline!

As violent as the "Climb King" F-15 flies, is this still a bulky "flanker" for the Russians?

Fisher was of course surprised to find that his opponent had become significantly stronger after entering the fight; And his worries don't stop there, in a fierce confrontation of spiral climbing, it is impossible for the two planes to just hover all the way until they leave the atmosphere - so there must be a result in this climb race, and considering the good low-speed handling ability of the Flanker fighters, the major realized one thing, that is, his "Agile Eagle" may suffer according to the airspeed conversion, and the F-15S/MTD did not fully understand the flight characteristics on the upper right side of the envelope during the test flight, If he climbs all the way up like this, he might be in trouble!

Thinking of this all at once, and how could he be in the mood to climb all the way to the stratosphere with the Russians, Fisher immediately used the thrust vector control of the "Agile Eagle" and the forward canard to change the nose pointing.

The canard wings, which were not integrated into the flight control system, were very inconvenient to use, and the major carefully controlled the direction of the angle of attack of the pair of small wings and the moment of the front fuselage under the condition of leveling high angle of attack maneuvering, so that the wide black warhawk changed its attitude sharply in the air. With the white fog of the fuselage caused by the violent maneuver, the nose of the "Agile Eagle" was about to point to the enemy plane at ten o'clock, and an opportunity was about to appear; However, the Americans' every move was very clear, and the white twenty calmly released a puff of infrared jamming bombs while circling, which made Fisher curse in annoyance and helplessly took his finger off the button.

Barely changing the nose of the plane, and encountering infrared bomb interference, he could not launch the "Sidewinder" in this situation against the enemy, and it was too slow to use the "Slammer"!

Forcibly changing the nose direction during a circling maneuver is not difficult for the "Agile Eagle" equipped with a TVC, but the loss of thrust and the increase in drag paid are unavoidable; When the attack failed, Major Fisher immediately retracted his strength and changed to climb at a high angle of attack, but he was still half a beat slower than his opponent, and seeing that it was too late to recover his speed with full afterburner, he had to give up the struggle for altitude and turn to horizontal lateral maneuvering, changing the direction of the circle with a violent roll.

From the rotation of the disc and preparing to fight a double-ring head-on battle, this tactic of basically abandoning infrared combat missiles is a new trap for the current Longyun landline.

Piloting the fighter out of the spiraling engagement area, Fisher's "Agile Eagle" vent glowed with bright blue-blue flames, and the F-15S/MTD turned 180 degrees in the opposite direction under the sky; At this time, the hovering white No. 20 also increased the sideways radius, obviously preparing to fight a head-on encounter with the opponent.

In the sky, two arc trajectories of different radii were taken all the way to the side, and the "Agile Eagle", which entered the reverse circle, gave full play to the unique instantaneous disk advantage of the front canard, and endured the heavy falling sensation and faint black vision caused by the violent overload, Fisher's finger was already on the BVR missile launch button, and he was ready to wait until the two planes gradually entered the head-on situation and the AIM-120B seeker intercepted the target, and immediately fired a two-shot salvo!

In a head-on interception confrontation, it is difficult for either the "Sidewinder" or the "Archer" to intercept the long-wave infrared radiation signal from the fighter's head, but Major Fisher still has the "Slammer" with outstanding head-on interception ability, which is suitable for hitting the opponent coldly in this situation. (To be continued......)