According to common sense, for an interception operation in which two planes make a sortie and only one target, the armament of two F-15Js with a total of 12 air-to-air missiles should be completely sufficient.

When it came to the battlefield with the Lucia people, the AIM-7M "Sparrow" with a low hit rate did not matter, and after launching a BVR attack, he directly entered the fight, Hiroshi Nishizawa did not believe that there would be a target that could not be defeated by four "Rattlesnakes", and besides, he still had Sakai's wingman as a countermeasure?

However, now, in the face of a Lucia "Flanker", he is worried that the infrared-guided "Sidewinder" will kill Sakai by mistake, and the semi-active radar-guided "Sparrow" M has been shot out again, so what should I do now!

In the ever-changing battle, there was no time to think about it, the air lieutenant hesitated, but there was no delay in the operation, he immediately completed the missile launch preparations, and the several links between the guò fire control and the AIM-9L indicated the target for the homing head on the missile; Seeing that a flashing prompt of "Allow Launch" appeared in the heads-up display, and knowing that the fire control system had determined that the "Flanker" was within the "Sidewinder" missile attack envelope, Nishizawa immediately pressed the button and launched a "Sidewinder".

Damn, the so-called "winning in danger", there is no longer so much to care about at this time!

When the missile is launched, it only takes more than ten seconds to see the close pursuit, and Hiroshi Nishizawa immediately reminds his wingman Sakai to drop the infrared jamming bomb, close the throttle and turn to the right, so that he can avoid the AIM-9L that is fired away at once, and there will be no danger of being hit by mistake.

“Ryoukai！ -- For today's plan, I have to fight! ”

Hearing the call of the long machine, Sakai, who was on the verge of a mental collapse and was completely supported by a will, immediately moved, and he first rolled and threw a large area of infrared jamming bombs. Then pull the rod and push the rudder to the right to press the slope. Two F100-IHI-100 engines spewed turquoise flames. Pushing the gray "Devon Eagle" to circle and break away with all his might, he hurriedly glanced back at the sky to the west, the gray-white "Flanker" was still in hot pursuit, and the missiles behind were also faintly visible, and death and life were at this moment!

While making a hurried turn and throwing a large number of flares, the 944 F-15J in the sky is like a seabird that has encountered a falcon, and is trying its best to escape from its claws.

When the missile is launched, the infrared-guided "Sidewinder" does not need to be taken care of by the carrier aircraft. Hiroshi Nishizawa, who was chasing the "flanker" in front, couldn't do more for a while, and now an AIM-9L has just hit the road, and if more are launched, the missile that comes later is likely to directly stare at the tail vent of a "Sidewinder" in front of him and completely lose, so he can only continue to drive afterburner and follow Lucia's plane, while nervously watching the battle situation in the air.

Dispatched from the Sapporo base, after encountering the Lucia plane, it entered a violent maneuver confrontation, and now there is not much oil left in the 945 F-15J, and it is estimated that the Sakai landline is the same, if it still can't solve the terrible "Grim Reaper". Then he and the wingman will have to take the initiative to get out of the fight!

Take a hit, or hit an enemy. Or they could just turn around and run, and the amazing scene that happened in the sky next was completely unexpected by Nishizawa Hiroshi.

At this moment, staring at a large area of deep blue outside the cockpit windshield, under the vast sky where the sky is about to brighten, Lucia's "flanker", who was originally open and the tail flame is clearly visible, actually follows the maneuvering trajectory of Sakai's landline; In his sight, the small figures of the two heavy fighters almost overlapped for a while, and in the dazzling jamming bombs in the sky, there was also a vague bright spot shrouded in gray mist, which was the "Sidewinder" he had just launched.

Seeing that the bright spots filled with smoke and dust disappeared suddenly, and the missile thrusters burned out and entered the unpowered flight section, in the vast sky, it was not clear for a while where the "rattlesnake" had flown to, but Air Captain Nishizawa secretly shouted "not good", and he saw the figures of the two fighters staggered left and right all of a sudden, and immediately shouted on the radio:

"Pull it up right away--no-no, Sakai will eject it right now--!"

Just after the missile was launched, he suddenly thought of Lucia's "Grim Reaper" countermeasures, and Hiroshi Nishizawa, who witnessed the crisis scene, exclaimed, at such a long distance, he couldn't see the confrontation movement in the airspace ahead, and could only pray in his heart that this reminder must be in time, otherwise-

Before he could think any more, a dazzling and irregular fireball appeared in sight, and the burst of flames and debris made the air captain feel excited, and for a moment he broke out in a cold sweat, and he barely called a few times in the channel, but received no response.

Saka, Sakai-kun, this guy won't just shatter the jade!

Shouting loudly at the moment before the encounter between the fighter and the missile, completely unaware of the situation of the wingman, Hiroshi Nishizawa stared at the gray-white "flanker" who was rapidly pulling up and climbing ahead and seemed to be ready to turn back at any moment, his pupils full of disbelief fear.

Rigid thinking, as if all frozen at this moment, the control movements are stiff and clumsy, completely driven by an invisible "spirit of death", risking the cold threat of "death", the only remaining 945 F-15J fighter in the sky continued to fly forward, turning the stiff neck of Hiroshi Nishizawa looked down, he did see a gray-white umbrella flower, and the faintly visible ejection seat, confirming that Saburo Sakai was lucky to escape the moment before the landline was shot.

Even after witnessing the lucky survival of his colleagues, this scene still made him unable to fight the cold fear of his lungs, and the "beep-to-do" prompt of the fuel alarm in the cockpit made every sound as if it came from hell, and the only thing Nishizawa could do was pull the lever, turn around, and accelerate away without looking back.

The F-15J, which was about to run out of fuel, turned around and broke away, which may not be considered an escape, but the air lieutenant knew better than anything else in his heart, as an elite of the air, he was now completely and completely aware of the terrifying legends about the "Caucasian Reaper", "Fighter Butcher" and even "Mad Ivan", the number of more than one hundred and forty downs, what these records and rumors that are difficult to distinguish between true and false mean - Viktor Renznov, the terrifying Lucia "Reaper", is by no means the most common sense of the word. Or any Air Self-Defense Force pilot can handle it.

No, it's not just "coping", it's hard to even save a small life right now!

Witnessing an inexplicable inducing attack, seeing that the "Sidewinder" launched by himself hit No. 944 at once, the No. 945 F-15J, which did not flee for its life at the first time, had missed a good opportunity, and the white No. 20 Su-27M2, which had completed the murder with a knife, could launch an R-73M to kill the Nishizawa landline that had just turned around and fled, and the speed and altitude had not been raised.

As a JASDF veteran, he is quite sober about the current shape of friend and foe, and Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, who is sure that his wingman has escaped by ejection and his life is safe for the time being, is now bent on getting out of the battle, and the gray "Devonian Eagle" tail spout in the air is dazzling and completely desperate to fly back, and jamming chaff and heat flares are also thrown everywhere.

Single-mindedly snatching the way and escaping, in fact, this is not necessary, the "flanker" who solved the Sakai landline did not turn around and kill back at all, but climbed up and returned directly after confirming that the little devil escaped with a smoke.

There is no way, the fierce air confrontation, the engine is swallowing up fuel all the time, even if it is improved from the Su-27S, the size of the whole aircraft has been slightly reduced, and the more than seven tons of internal oil filled before take-off is only a little bit - the Su-27 fighters generally do not fill up the fuel during regular sorties, and Long Yun's habit is the same, now that he has packed up nine JASDF fighters in one go, the only remaining F-15J has to be kept for the air commander, Maybe there were also Americans who went to report the news, so he didn't make persistent efforts, but chose to accept it when he saw it.

Circling for half a circle and entering the climb, the white No. 20 fuselage with most of the internal fuel consumption was extremely light, dragging a shallow white track through the dawn sky.

The morning sun rose slowly, a touch of golden light sprinkled on the unprosperous sea, the north wind blows, the calm sea still does not have many waves, if it is not for the witnesses of the battle just now, I am afraid it is difficult to imagine, just this past day before dawn, how many fighters and pilots fell into the waves together, slowly sinking into the dark seabed, maybe just there to find their permanent home.

Piloting the plane all the way back, getting in touch with the comrades of the 239th Regiment through the guò encrypted channel, and meeting with the other two Su-27Ms that were skimming the side along the planned route, and having a bird's-eye view of the dark blue sea through the blister-shaped cockpit glass, some of Long Yun's thoughts at this time were probably the same, and he also felt the vastness of this northern sea.

The fierce battle in the sky, but ending with a long sleep at the bottom of the sea, this will not be a regretless ending.

If in peacetime or in a small-scale war, there would still be people who would salvage the bodies of fighters and pilots who crashed into the sea, then in a protracted world war in which the two major groups fought with all their might, I am afraid that no side would do this very costly and difficult work, not even the US military, which has always advertised that it "will not abandon any of its comrades."

In the undulating Sea of Japan and the shallow water depth in the northern seas, how can those fighter planes that crashed in the middle of the ocean be salvaged one after another when they fall to the bottom of the sea at a depth of 2,000 meters or even more?

Even taking a step back, at the very least, how can we find the exact location of the remains?

War will always make some people die, fall out of everyone's sight, and be silent in a corner of the world; If, just if, all these dead really had souls, maybe one day when they saw the light of day, what kind of alternative story would they tell about war? (To be continued......)