Chapter 840: The Fallen Wingman
As long as it is certain that these unscrupulous YF-23s are enemy aircraft, there is no doubt that what will follow is naturally an all-out air fight, which is nothing to discuss.
As for the origin of these planes, when life and death are fighting, who cares about this kind of thing?
On the other hand, why did these black "ghost" fighters fly in formation with the oversized "mysterious aircraft", Long Yun suddenly had a very strange premonition when he thought of this, but now that the battle situation is critical and the "kvass" is still shouting in the channel, he really can't afford to think about it carefully.
Just solved two "ghosts", but also consumed six missiles in a row, and now his red No. 19 Su-27SK only has two R-73Es on the outermost hardpoint of the wing, and then less than a hundred aerial artillery shells, and the dilemma of insufficient ammunition makes Long Yun feel resigned; In the face of such a large number of enemy aircraft, it is difficult for their two weak Su-27SK/SKMs to cover each other, and they will not be able to retreat with their whole body, but if they persist in fighting like this, it is even more impossible to repel the opponent, and now their number of missiles is not as large as the enemy aircraft in the sky.
Considering the situation of the landline's weapons, Long Yun was driving the plane to dive and approach the landline of the "Kvas", and at the same time, he was also thinking about how to deal with this extremely tricky situation.
However, just as he broke away from the grappling and swooped down and accelerated to run, Long Yun caught a glimpse of a flash of light in the distant sky; Realizing that this was the general direction of the wingman "Kvass", he suddenly sensed that something was wrong, and quickly made a judgment from the chaotic situation of friend and foe. After a moment's hesitation, he immediately connected to the channel to call the wingman. Except for a rustle in the headphones. But there was no response.
Without an answer from his comrades-in-arms, he didn't need to turn on the IFF system now to be sure, his wingman had been hit just now, and now the young man was uncertain about his life and death.
Damn, if I had known this, I should not have let "Kvass" face so many enemy planes alone!
Suddenly losing his wingman, while accelerating and diving into an ultra-low altitude, Long Yun also anxiously scanned the distance frequently, trying to find traces of the wingman's parachute jump.
However, it is deeply surrounded by fighters. The swarming of "ghosts" soon forced him to pull the lever and turn sharply, dodging a wave of poorly accurate artillery fire left and right; When he had no time to care, Long Yun figured out the battle arrangement just now, his command was not inappropriate, if he still maintained a dull two-plane tactic in the face of the enemy planes with superior numbers, then I am afraid that now both of them would have to hang a parachute to overlook the earth.
But even so, the fact of losing his comrades in the fierce battle still made Long Yun very angry.
Although he was now under siege and suppression, and had no chance to express his anger, he reasoned that he should disengage as much as he could, but faced an enemy who was superior in height, speed, and numbers. It's not realistic at all to make such an idea come true, let alone
Right now. A conspicuous orange light suddenly flashed into his sight.
The fighter planes flying from high altitude were continuously launched, and the dazzling orange flares drew a curved arc in the air, declaring their identities to all those present; Covered in white smoke and painted with huge red stars on its wings, an F-15C fighter from ALSA's 5th Wing flew through the sky to the war zone and intervened as a law enforcer in a sudden battle in the sky.
In the war-torn land of the Middle East, the shape of the battlefield in the sky is often full of variables and twists and turns.
Seeing the dazzling orange flares flying in the air, the black YF-23 fighters seemed to be afraid, and their flight movements became a little sluggish.
Seeing the sudden arrival of the "Middle East City Management", Long Yun did not immediately stop avoiding it with a trace of suspicion, he drove the landline at a low altitude and watched for a while, and saw a "Eagle" fighter with red accents on one side of the wing piercing through the sky and flying to the war zone, and he believed a few percent in his heart, but when he looked at it, he only found this gray ALSA fighter, and he looked around a little strangely, why did this "Middle East City Management" send a plane to enforce the law in the no-fly zone, is the force too thin?
However, even so, after all, the Arab League's defense air force is the maintainer of order in the Middle East authorized by the United Nations, and the warplanes of the warring parties generally do not fire at it lightly, otherwise they will inevitably bear huge diplomatic costs.
Unlike the ALSA fighter with eye-catching paint and its own safety, Long Yun finally got the opportunity to get out of the war, Long Yun remembered that he had just fought in the "Syrian No-Fly Zone", and theoretically Yan Zòng violated the rules of the no-fly zone, so he immediately leveled the plane and prepared to fly back and leave.
Determined to leave the battle immediately, Long Yun kept the flight altitude of the Red Nineteen at an altitude of 1,000 meters that was easy to observe and track, and he listened to the call of the ALSA pilot on the radio, confirming that the lone F-15 should have no time to expel itself and was busy fighting the black "ghost" in the sky, so he breathed a sigh of relief, pulled back the throttle valve slightly, and did not forget to turn his head to monitor behind him when sailing eastward, so as to avoid being attacked by the FSA fighter plane, which is bold and often acts without limits.
A fierce battle came to an abrupt end, detached from the extremely tense high-intensity confrontation, Long Yun gasped in the cockpit, dissipated the physical discomfort caused by the overload, and his brain quickly recovered from mild ischemia, he suddenly remembered his wingman "kvass", how to deal with it now?
In the current sky situation, the ALSA fighter has arrived on the battlefield, and theoretically he can fly the plane back, hover over the theater to search the ground, and can also try to intercept the radio beacon signal of the parachuted pilot, so as to notify the ground troops to try to rescue him.
But...... After all, theory is just theory, there are not so many polite gentlemen on the battlefield, just look at the black fighters who linger in the sky and are clearly unwilling, and now there are still two or three trying to follow the flight, you can know how dangerous this practice is - although ALSA's fighter jets appeared, after all, they can't always remain in the air, once the Red Star F-15 returns due to fuel problems, Long Yun has no doubt that these hungry wolf-like "ghosts" will rush up and fight with him again.
When the time comes, not to mention the wingman, even if his red No. 19 can escape, Long Yun is not sure whether he can escape at all.
But if you don't turn around and search, will you give up your comrades and flee from the war?
Piloting a lone old SK to patrol the sky, next to a "chengguan machine" and many enemy planes are eyeing the side, the choice between escape and adventure is not a difficult choice for Long Yun.
After thinking of the fallen wingman, he almost unthinkingly sidestick, pedaling the rudder, the long Su-27SK drew a smooth turning track in the sky, Long Yun pressed the button, fired two fiery red signal flares in a row, and then tried to keep the flight attitude stable to avoid any misunderstanding, while calling on the radio:
"'ALSA' pilot, 'ALSA' pilot, this is NATA's 3rd Independent Heavy Fighter Squadron, my code name is 'Red Dragon', and I am searching for my comrades who crashed before NATA_3rd_IHFS;
"...... 'NATA' pilots,"
- "Red Dragon"? Could it be the previous ......
Suddenly, hearing this familiar nickname, Gao Meiyu's expression in the cockpit of the F-15C fighter changed, and there was a brief pause in his voice, he frowned and stared at the single-seat Su-27 that was in the direction of the landline at three o'clock in the sky, but did not find the red dragon pattern paint that had deliberately left an impression.
But in the call just now, he did call himself "Red Dragon", could it be that someone used the call sign fraudulently, but the paint is different, so what's the point of doing this?
"'NATA' pilot, you have penetrated about 10 kilometers into the no-fly zone, please do not linger here, immediately maintain the flight altitude and turn around and leave the no-fly zone; Again, you have penetrated about 10 kilometers into the no-fly zone, please turn around and leave immediately. ”
As an aviation elite secretly dispatched to the Middle East by a domestic agency to join the ALSA as a hired pilot, Gao Meiyu and her partner had previously received a secret instruction to keep an eye on the appearance of the "Red Dragon" during their missions, and to provide assistance and support without revealing their identities.
Now, suddenly encountering a NATA pilot who calls himself "Red Dragon" in the sky, Gao Meiyu is surprised and a little suspicious.
However, it soon occurred to him that the notice should be very secret, and ordinary Iraqi New Party pilots naturally had no way of knowing it, so it was most likely not a pretend, but a real encounter with agents sent from China. Thinking of this, the young man immediately turned on the radio, ready to tell the captain that he had discovered the "Red Dragon", but he hesitated a little and did not say anything - this set of communication systems with ordinary encryption methods, who knows if it will be monitored and eavesdropped, or the recording will be checked by the ALSA.
After taking off and flying into the "Syrian no-fly zone", the two F-15 fighters quickly separated from each other, like firefighters rushing around the field to fight fires, and now Gao Meiyu, who is alone, needs to face so many writhing fighters alone, which is not a good errand.
Not only that, but there is also an "Red Dragon" in sight that needs to be taken care of, so how to deal with this matter? (To be continued......)