Chapter 571: A Dangerous Turn
Seeing the F/A-18E flying straight in his sight, then being shot and catching fire, piloting the plane to avoid the "Bumblebee" that lost one wing and completely lost control, Long Yun was so surprised that he forgot to answer the call of the wingman next to him at first.
Yes, although he had made a well-thought-out plan and made some necessary preparations and exercises before the battle, he still felt a trace of unexpected ecstasy in his heart and an inexplicable panic that followed when he saw the enemy plane tied down and shot down by himself like a target plane without any ability to maneuver in an air battle.
This ability, no matter what it is, once combined with air combat, the efficiency of harvesting lives is really terrifying......
The first time he used his superpowers, he immediately dealt with two enemy planes, but Long Yun didn't have time to think about the trivial philosophical question of "whether this is reasonable", and the wingman had already heard a reminder in the headset, and the other two "Hornets" were now chasing all the way in a big circle; Turning their heads in the cockpit to visually measure the distance between friend and foe, it was about five or six thousand meters away, and if they still wanted to slash the "lancers" of the Americans, they had to immediately accelerate and continue to pursue southward.
Thinking of this, Long Yun immediately made a calculation, and he responded to the wingman:
"Number 19, now immediately accelerate, reduce altitude and continue the pursuit!"
"Received on the 19th! ――But there's a 'scissors' in the back, so is that really okay? ”
"No problem! - Pay attention to the radar scanning mode, don't throw away the otters, I'll get the problem done at six o'clock in no time! ”
It was quite easy to give orders to the wingman, Long Yun had already thought of a way to deal with the tail chasing enemy plane, and he saw the white nineteenth flying beside him dragging two bright afterburner tail flames to dive and speed up. Soon rushed to the far ahead; It was also at this time. The sound prompt of the RWR alarm has changed. The W-band radiation warning reminded him that the "Hornets" chasing after him had launched another "Slammer" missile!
After a quick judgment of the situation, Long Yun knew that these "Slammers" were all coming for him.
The AIM-120B missile, an advanced weapon that claims to be able to hit targets tens of kilometers away, is actually only 180 millimeters in diameter, and its small body does not seem to provide a very rich power range, which he has already experienced in previous encounters in the Black Sea.
While piloting the fighter plane to Mach 12, he saw that the wingman in front of him was already more than 10 kilometers away from the "Hornet" behind him. Long Yun knew very well that the Americans were not stupid and would not waste missiles on the White Nineteen, which had already flown out of the inescapable zone, and the RWR light plate also prompted him to aim at more than one of his own irradiation sources; But at such altitude and speed, can the tail-chasing "Slammer" really pose a threat to him?
Not only does it have to catch up with supersonic escape targets, but the AIM-120B cannot exert a maximum overload of more than 40G at high altitudes, and this kind of pursuit is obviously unable to cope with experienced air combat veterans.
Seeing the AIM-120B missiles in the background of the dark blue sky behind him, he made a large overload side turn just right, Long Yun hovered while pulling the rod to maintain the stability of the maneuvering plane, and when the missile rushed to within two thousand meters, he changed the rod to reverse the side turn, in short, he did not deviate from the southern course of the pursuit all the way; Fooled by him, the "Slammer", which was turning back and forth in the sky, was still in a strong castration, but the missiles were already distorted. In the end, he was lured in the wrong direction by releasing a puff of interference chaff.
Another attack to shake off!
The discovery of the Russian "Flanker" in front of him maneuvering wildly in the sky and throwing off two AIM-120Bs with some tricks surprised US Air Force Captain Robert Lee, who was driving the "Hornet" all the way to chase wildly.
These "Slammers" have been repeatedly won before. What's going on today, or is that guy just that tricky?
However, the accident was an accident, seeing that the blue-gray "Flanker" who had dodged another wave of missiles had lost speed because of maneuvering, and the distance between them and himself was still getting closer, the Americans, who had witnessed the tragic scene in the air, immediately seized the opportunity, and the two F/A-18Es of the "Mantis" group coincidentally threw away and ignited two "Slammers"; This kind of design is not completely suitable for active radar-guided missiles that operate at an altitude of more than 10,000 meters, dragging the slender impulse flame of the thruster and the rudder surface with a worrying swing area to chase all the way in the thin sky, followed by two "Hornets" with afterburner, and the fighters and missiles flew towards the target in the sky together!
Originally, over-the-horizon missiles are useful for suppressing opponents, no matter how powerful the Russians in front of them are, they can avoid one or two waves...... How can he say that he will also lose speed and occupancy, and in terms of fighting, two "Hornets" can't pick up one "flanker"?
The vengeful Captain Robert Lee was still in a hurry to urge the two F414 engines to catch up, and he and his wingman seemed to have forgotten the tumbling and black smoke they had just witnessed.
In less than a minute, they were killed one after another, and no one could do it when they usually fought against rookies!
Although it is a little irrational, I have to say that after the active bomb is covered all the way, this style of play is still very oppressive: in the face of active radar-guided missiles that are difficult to maneuver and evade, even fighter veterans will fall into passivity after evading, and if they immediately enter into a struggle with the enemy aircraft that follows, the situation can be said to be very unfavorable. However, in the face of the threat of the pursuers, at this time, Long Yun almost regarded the two "Hornets" as air, and his eyes were firmly fixed on the "Slammer" projected behind him, while diving to speed up and maintain the necessary usable overload, he once again drew a violently twisted maneuver track in the sky!
What a batch of "Slammer" can't do, two or three batches can do?
It is completely different from the previous echelon attack and firing by the "Attack Eagle", this kind of assessment-like confrontation of batches of missiles is of course difficult for Long Yun, only to see a series of maneuvering evasion actions, the White Twenty has lost a lot of altitude and fell into the water level below the pursuer, but as expected, the two AIM-120Bs have become motherless children again, swaying in the sky from afar, just waiting for the end of the timer to self-destruct the fate.
"- Bastard, bastard! Rush up and kill him with the Rattlesnake! ”
Seeing that the second batch of AIM-120Bs once again gained nothing, but also suppressed the opponent to an unfavorable position, the two "Hornets" still maintained a dense two-plane formation covering each other to dive into the attack, and against the Russians who could get rid of two batches of "Slammer" in a row, they must not be taken lightly!
With such thoughts, seeing that the "flanker" painted with a big red five-pointed star in the field of vision was getting closer and closer, the green Yingying indication representing the fire control calculation in the flat display suddenly lit up, this guy has been stuffed into the attack envelope of AIM-9L, and now-
Just when his eyes were fixed on the opponent and his fingers were on the missile launch button and he was ready to fire, as the imperceptible sense of meaning penetrated, the wingman pilot in the "Mantis" No. 3 had an undeserved sloppiness in his eyes; Then he completely subconsciously controlled the fighter plane, and suddenly kicked the rudder sidestick, and the "Hornet" wingman, which was still flying fast, suddenly entered a sharp slope and turned sideways, with a thin white mist passing above his long plane at high speed!
In the encounter between the lightning and flint, the distance between the two fighters was less than ten meters, and it looked like they were almost colliding together from a distance!
was nervously chasing the "flanker" in front, but a large black shadow suddenly swept in his sight, and the wingman's abrupt death-seeking behavior made Captain Li stunned for a moment, and then he trembled with fright, and he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat in the flight suit:
"Savile, - you, you bastard, what the hell are you doing, are you looking for death!"
The captain tried his best to control the "bumblebee" who was bumped and trembling by the turbulent air current, while looking angrily at the direction where the wingman had swept past; But his call did not get any response, only to see the "Mantis" No. 3, which was still cooperating with him, at this time it was like a sounding rocket in the wrong direction, diving straight down, and the bright tail flame showed that the fighter was still in full swing, this guy-
Savile, what kind of madness is he?
Completely unbelievable about what happened to the wingman, Robert Lee found it simply unbelievable, the "Mantis" 1, which had been in the four-plane formation five minutes ago, had become a loner, and he hurriedly called the "counter" to ask what was going on in the nearby airspace, but he received no response for a while.
With a deep doubt, or a little panic, the lone American pilot looked around at the sky, and then remembered the blue-gray "Flanker" that he was about to chase and kill just now.
Oh no, this guy has run away!
Looking at the faintly visible afterburner highlights in the sky, this guy and his wingman are almost gone!
The "Hornet", which had been in good condition and had plenty of ammunition, was chasing after the opponent with his wingman, and now he suddenly fell into this step, and Captain Robert Lee was already in a fog by this time; But his natural refusal to admit defeat and a dislike for the Russians made him catch up with him despite the fuel gauge prompts, and turned on the afterburner to speed up and pursue the hateful opponent in front of him.
I don't know what happened to the wingman, and I don't know if he will disintegrate if he dives like this, but no matter what, I can't do anything for him.
The Russian fighters have already crossed the interception line, and now it is only right to hurry up and pursue! (To be continued......)