As with the usual confrontation drills, today's big move is still to explore a new combat concept.

With regard to the strategic situation in the Far East, the confronting campaign environment across the sea posed a new challenge to the VVS, and the Red Air Force, accustomed to assisting the army in crushing a strong enemy, had to be prepared to take on a major role in a war in which it played the leading role.

The training preparations were ready, and the metal giant birds in the sky were divided into two forces, one side was ready for battle with the support of ground guidance, and the other side quickly got in touch with the A-50 early warning aircraft in the rear of the "battle line", and after establishing several chain communications, they advanced to meet the enemy according to the deployment of the command center, and launched a rapid air attack on the defensive side played by friendly forces in a non-traditional active offensive mode.

A "battle" that broke out in the sky was quite similar to the previous battle form of the Red Air Force.

This time, however, the focus of the pilots participating in the confrontation exercise and the person in charge of the ground command center has changed, and the confrontation side, which everyone is more concerned about, has changed from the GCI guidance fleet responsible for defense to another fighter force commanded by the AWACS aircraft.

The outbreak of battles in the Far East, limited by the battlefield environment across the ocean, it is clear that it is impossible for VVS to receive convenient ground guidance or ground anti-aircraft fire support on the vast oceans; When a conflict breaks out, the spearhead of the Red Empire's offensive must find another way to strike at the enemy with the most appropriate tactics, or rather, adopt some NATO air force tactics in a certain way.

Standing in the cockpit of the Su-27M2 fighter, looking ahead through the green head-up display, the airspeed indication is about 800 kilometers. Long Yun skillfully controlled the fighter planes and followed the formation closely. While observing the air situation through the multi-function display on the dashboard.

Compared to the Su-27S, which is full of round meters and dazzling. The cockpit modernization range of the Su-27M fighter is significantly higher, of course, there is still a lot of distance from the so-called "glass cockpit", one left and one right two multi-function displays, the left side displays the flight status of the landline in an overlay way, and the right side is a dynamic map display with superimposed navigation and radar scanning information, and the high-brightness display screen for comprehensive display is indeed convenient for pilots to quickly observe, combining the air situation and the state of the machine. You can quickly make decisions about your next steps.

Of course, the modern cockpit layout presented in front of you is only a certain aspect of the Su-27M's advancement, and the N011 radar hidden behind the dashboard and the supporting fire control system have also made great progress, which can be seen from the Su-27M's ability to launch R-77 active radar-guided missiles.

"Attention to the machines, the first and fifth turn to the left, and the rest of the machines turn to the right; Pay attention to the air situation and use the information of the number chain to determine the launch time of each batch of missiles! ”

"Number one received, understood!"

"Received on the fiveth. The number of jù links is being confirmed, and it's over! ”

Accompanied by the command of the captain of the aircraft. Several gray-and-white camouflage fighters lined up in the clear sky quickly turned sideways, keeping a certain distance from each other while maintaining contact with the help of the on-board communication system.

At the same time, the enemy from the sky has already appeared, the scanning signal of the radar antenna entered the RWR warning antenna, and it was found that the incoming "enemy aircraft" was approaching, and the two Su-27Ms in front of them quickly uploaded the detected signal azimuth to the A-50 early warning aircraft in the rear; In the cold blue sky without clouds, a large long-warning plane flying horizontally was cruising at an altitude of 10,000 meters, and the battlefield dispatchers in front of the control platform quickly took action, and in accordance with the typical command method of large-scale engagement, they deliberately delayed for a period of time before sending orders to the corresponding commander-in-command.

In today's confrontation exercise, as a pilot on the attacking side, Long Yun's superior combat power did not immediately play a role.

Different from the fierce battle in the sky that most people imagine, the large-scale air battle in the current war has long been separated from the close-range outlaw fight, and this is especially true in the current confrontation.

Piloting the plane to patrol the sky, accelerating to the predetermined airspace that is invisible in the distant sky, even if there is no trace of the enemy plane in sight, the thick atmosphere of war has already permeated the cockpit; At this moment, right in front of the pilot's eyes, the target position on the multi-function display will be refreshed every few seconds, and the N011 radar working in TWS mode, the flat slit array antenna is intermittently pointing at the target under the chain of the AWACS aircraft, trying to enter the tracking and scanning of the stable dìng.

In the confrontation, both sides tried to occupy positions in their favor, and several Su-27Ms turned to the right turned to the afterburner to climb all the way up, entering a supersonic state ready to launch medium-range missiles.

On the other side of the battle line, the other two gray-and-white camouflage fighters entered a small-angle dive at a low speed, and then flew at a rapid altitude of about 1,000 meters; In doing so, on the one hand, it can avoid possible enemy early warning planes, and on the other hand, it can reduce the detection range of enemy planes' radars with the help of clutter, and on the premise of having a number of chain communication guarantees, it can also seize the fleeting opportunity to launch a surprise attack from a low altitude without warning.

With the assistance of the fire control system, the four Su-27Ms successively completed the target locking according to the principle of launching two batches of missiles, and successively "launched" eight R-77 active radar-guided missiles.

The button was pressed, but there was no slender javelin dragging smoke flying, after all, it was just a virtual aerial confrontation.

In this virtual contest, the combat effect of over-the-horizon missiles is not obtained by actually launching one missile after another, but by automatically completing the calculation through the processing equipment of the airborne fire control system and the ground command center to determine whether the missiles "launched" by the carrier aircraft will be hit in the end.

After launching two batches of R-77s at an interval of five seconds, the two fighters on the left side of the formation began to break away from the existing routes, draw two arc-shaped tracks with a large radius in the sky, and maintain supersonic speed to make a moderately overloaded climb and circle, preparing to enter the next round of over-the-horizon attacks; Unlike the fighters that turned and disengaged, after launching the missiles, they continued to provide midcourse guidance, and the other two Su-27Ms immediately closed the throttle, slowed down with the vertical tail rudder, and then entered a continuous serpentine maneuver according to the RWR warning prompt, while turning on electronic jamming to counter the radar lock of the enemy aircraft.

The initial confrontation in the over-the-horizon battle in which the active missile participates is between the airborne radar and the enemy aircraft.

In real air combat, dragging a bright tail flame through the sky, the castrated ARHM seems to be murderous, but in fact, it often relies on the mid-section guidance of the carrier aircraft; Once the carrier radar is unlocked and the fire control system cannot correct the parameters, the air-to-air missile in the inertial guidance mode will degenerate into an uncontrolled rocket, and the threat range will be greatly reduced. Although it is said that modern over-the-horizon missiles will have a number of preset ballistics, and even if they lose the command of the carrier aircraft, they will not go straight in the air, but the unchanged design is naturally difficult to cope with the ever-changing air combat situation, and the fighting method between fighters and missiles begins at the moment before launch.

Continuous irregular maneuvers, radial sideways rotation in a large radius, timely throwing of radar jamming chaff, and even the use of some electronic jamming measures, all the purpose of this qiē is to confuse the incoming missile, or to be more safe, to try to confuse the fire control system before and after the enemy plane fires, so that the missile cannot be pursued!

In the chaotic sky of over-the-horizon engagement, against the vast blue background, there were only about ten heavy fighters fighting around, and the situation between friend and foe seemed to be clear.

However, in the view of the ground command center, this virtual tactical drill of the offensive and defensive sides is much more complicated than the actual ten Su-27Ms -- according to the confrontation setting, the mission goal of the defending side is to form a sparse fighter interception line, and at the same time leave a certain number of mobile forces to try to shield the attacking side from the target area; The mission objective of the attacking side is to cover the attack aircraft to reach a predetermined position, carry out air strikes on the ground targets of the defending side, and also try to annihilate the opponent's interceptor fleet if there is spare strength.

Such an exercise script is actually very common in the training system of the Red Air Force, but unlike the usual confrontation drills, the side that plays the VVS today has changed from a defender to an attacker.

Regarding the setting of the rules of confrontation, Long Yun, who drove the landline into a large radius and turned sideways, was clear, and his control was very simple and clear at the moment, that is, he received the enemy in a roundabout way under the dispatch of the command center; The wingman who was temporarily partnered turned and accelerated, away from the other two Sukhoi fighters who continued to attack forward, and according to the silent "prompt" of the radar warning instrument, they had already flown far away from the attack envelope of the enemy missiles, but at this time, the comrades who came out of the front took the lead, and the close-range battle in the clear sky suddenly broke out in the next moment.

Active bomb to active bomb, just looking at this confrontation setting, Long Yun, who is leading the wingman to continue to climb and accelerate, preparing for the second batch of over-the-horizon attacks, can think that a group of comrades-in-arms in the opposite sky, they are not playing the role of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force at the moment, but the US fighter unit stationed in Japan that is also equipped with ARHM.

As for the fact that when war is imminent, maybe the Americans will arm their former subordinates and upgrade the F-15Js of the Air Self-Defense Force to the level of being able to launch AIM-120Bs?

Thinking of this, Long Yun shook his head in the cockpit, of course, this was just a kind of fantasy.

The chaotic battle in the air, for the Longyun twin planes that re-occupied the position, is just an emergency out of sight for the time being; In accordance with the command order forwarded by the A-50 early warning plane, and at the same time assessing the current air situation, the two gray-and-white fighters flying in the air immediately turned to azimuth 70 and successively "launched" a batch of a total of four R-77s, using the advantages of flight altitude and speed to suppress the oncoming enemy planes and dispel the opponent's idea of rushing up to intercept the VVS attack planes. (To be continued......)