In this high-speed raid battle between the "Eighth Master" and the "Stick Ten", it should be said that the former still has a certain advantage.

In a confrontation between fighters, even if the same air-to-air missile is used, the change in launch conditions will greatly affect the range and threat range of the missile. For example, the well-known AIM-54 "Immortal Bird" can be launched at a low altitude and low speed with an effective range of only more than 30 kilometers, but when launched from a carrier aircraft at an altitude of 15,000 meters and Mach 2.0, it can hit a low-altitude level-flying target at a distance of more than 150 kilometers.

First climb acceleration, and then launch missiles, in order to gain a certain advantage in range, at this time, the J-8IIM twin aircraft obviously intends to do so. encountered the opponent's missile assault, although it is not known how many there are, but Bian Chao can fully imagine how fast the wave of PL-11 missiles will be that burst through the sky!

In the face of the "Chifeng" attack, the two silver-gray "Raptors" in the sky responded very quickly.

The "Chenlong" twin aircraft, which continued to accelerate, climbed slightly higher and accumulated speed at the same time, actively narrowing the distance with the opponent, and at the same time getting closer and closer to the rushing missiles; When the radar indicated that the distance between the two sides was less than 40 kilometers, Bian Chao sensitively realized that the PL-11 missiles were already close at hand, and he immediately ordered Liu Wei to act with him, firing a batch of four PL-12s, and then immediately entering a continuous sideways maneuver against airborne radar irradiation.

In the sky, the PL-11, whose thrusters had been burned, was as fast as electricity, taking advantage of the altitude advantage to sprint and skim, and a faint gray trace appeared little by little in the pilot's field of vision.

Just as the missile was approaching at a rapid speed, the J-10A twin planes partnered by the "Chenlong" had already entered a continuous side-turn maneuver. The sound of the radar alarm is intermittent. The ZHUK-8II radar, which is clearly an adversary, is intermittently unlocking. Now it is time to decide the most critical moment of life and death!

The high G overload brought by the continuous maneuver made Bian Chao's eyes black for a while, but his thinking at this time was quite sober.

He now clearly realizes that since the opponent knows that it is impossible for them to be indifferent in the face of the missile launch, and will inevitably launch missiles to counterattack at this time, if he is a "Chifeng" twin plane, most of them will divide their forces to meet the enemy at this time, one fighter is responsible for the guidance and irradiation of the over-the-horizon missile, and the other plane will take advantage of the altitude and speed advantage to break away from the attack envelope of the PL-12 missile. Then rush down and hit them by surprise.

If the adversary does, how will they respond?

In the sky, the tracks of the winding missiles were intertwined with each other, and just as the maneuvering evasion of the "Chenlong" planes was effective, and the incoming missile lost the radar irradiation of the carrier aircraft and passed by the "Raptor" in a daze, the "Chifeng" long plane was also engaged in a thrilling maneuver duel with the missile.

Li Tiezhu, who piloted the J-8IIM to face the missile, although he only came from a little-known small team, was able to fight his way out of the group stage, and he was naturally not an ordinary person; Faced with several active radar-guided missiles that had been killed by the split, he was in no hurry to abandon the mid-course guidance of the PL-11. Instead, he persevered until the last moment before he suddenly entered a large-angle climb. A thrilling chase and counter-chase confrontation with the four PL-12s that came on board.

Because they had been busy evading incoming missiles, the Bian Chao twin planes did not provide mid-course command correction for the missiles, and the four PL-12s that were in the air could only fly straight from the preset trajectory.

The PL-12, whose thrusters have been burned, is still struggling to climb in the thin high-altitude atmosphere at this time, and whether Li Tiezhu, who is driving the J-8IIM fighter, can escape the pursuit of the missile depends on his control and play at this moment!

The game between missiles and fighters is, at any time, a thrilling and thrilling experience.

However, for the current situation, the "Chifeng" long plane that enters maneuver and avoidance has certain flight performance advantages, because the higher the altitude, the thinner the atmospheric density, the weaker the aerodynamic force acting on the wings, and the fighter needs to maintain a higher speed in order to maintain good maneuvering characteristics; Of course, the same is true for air-to-air missiles at this time, the PL-12, which is designed to have an upper combat altitude of about 20,000 meters, does not have a large wing area, and it is indeed quite difficult to continue to turn at high altitude and chase the J-8IIM, which is still climbing.

As the WP-13B engine was fully turned on, and the "Eight Masters" with two blue tail flames piercing the sky desperately climbing, and then entering a continuous large-radius barrel roll, the tail chasing missiles with insufficient kinetic energy finally gave up their efforts one after another, and after falling out of control, they successively opened their orange recovery parachutes.

Four PL-12s, but none of them hit!

Seeing the "Eighth Master" on the big screen shake off the missiles that climbed all the way, the spectators were very excited at this time, they had seen too many dazzling aerial brawls before, but they had really never seen such a volley confrontation at a height of more than 10,000 meters.

Looking at the futile pursuit of those missiles, maybe the high-altitude and high-speed interception tactics can help the "Chifeng" win this competition?

Seeing that the "Chifeng" twin planes successfully avoided a wave of PL-12 attacks by the "Chenlong" twin planes, many viewers felt that the tactics adopted by the "Chifeng" were quite good, and they also discussed with the people around them for a while: Yes, since it occupies the height, it has such a big advantage in shooting, so why is there still a lot of low-altitude fighting in the actual aviation competition, instead of such a blind fight beyond the visual distance?

To say the reason, in fact, it is very simple, first of all, it is a very dangerous behavior for fighters to climb to high altitudes, and the downward vision ability of the airborne PD radar is generally not as good as that of the upward vision.

In addition, more importantly, the flight veterans in air combat are basically not very afraid of the attack of over-the-horizon missiles, like the current "Chenlong" twin aircraft is an example, throwing off a few PL-11 missiles can be said to be quite easy, they do not need to be like the "Chifeng", because the J-8IIM piloted is not maneuverable, and must rely on the height and speed advantage to maneuver with the opponent, and try to avoid entering the "eight masters" are not good at grappling.

A death chase between missiles and fighters, the people on the ground are quite enjoyable to watch, but in the sky, the battle can be said to have just begun.

After launching the first wave of over-the-horizon attacks, and following the predetermined plan, he threw off several of the opponent's active radar-guided missiles, and Li Tiezhu hovered at a high altitude for a moment, and while being vigilant against the accelerated attack of the "Chenlong" twin planes, he also used the airborne number to know the coordinates and directions of the wingman.

It's good that so far, their scheduled plans are still in progress!

Just after getting rid of the radar irradiation of the "Chifeng" long plane and dodging a wave of PL-11 missile attacks, Bian Chao and Liu Wei also exchanged location information through the guò number chain, and then reorganized the two-plane formation. According to the interception signal of the 1473 radar, Bian Chao could barely see a J-8IIM above their heads, this slender giant bird with a green head and white body, flying at an altitude of more than 16,000 meters, don't you plan to come down and fight them to the death for the time being?

Well, even if this "Eighth Master" doesn't plan to come over to engage in the battle, but where is the other "Eighth Master", it won't be shot down by a missile, right?

The competition setting of aviation competition is of course different from real air combat, and the crash of the fighter plane will be immediately displayed on the large screen watched by the audience, but the players in the competition do not have this convenience, and they need to rely on their own judgment.

Piloting the red Zero One "Raptor" gradually approaching the wingman, Bian Chao looked up at the blue sky outside the cabin, and he intuitively thought that the batch of PL-12s just now was likely to have all failed, otherwise the opponent would not have been so leisurely, and after being shot down, they would still be swimming in circles on it, unless they had already given up the game.

Thinking of this, Bian Chao immediately asked Liu Wei to leave the existing route, pay attention to the radar siren and search for their six o'clock direction; He pushed the rod slightly, lowered the altitude and dived at a small angle, and now he had better try his best to find out the other "Eight Masters", otherwise he might be attacked by a second wave of over-the-horizon missiles.

As if to confirm Bian Chao's logical reasoning, less than five seconds after he drove the plane into the dive, Liu Wei, who had just turned around on the side of the slope, reported on the radio:

"Cave hole, I've found the target! The height is nine thousand five, the azimuth is one hundred and seventy, and the distance is fifteen! ”

On the red 02 J-10A piloted by Liu Wei, the echo signal intercepted by the radar was quite obvious, and the "Chifeng" wingman really appeared on the route they had just passed through at this time, and the radar had already locked on them!

The rapid sound of the RWR alarm is of course a kind of interference to the players in the tense game, but at this time, the radar lock of the "Chifeng" wingman is just a threat, because at such a close engagement distance, the three fighters will soon enter a fierce visual confrontation, and the role of the radar is relatively limited.

Fighting at an altitude of more than 12,000 kilometers and in the speed range of the transonic section, the maneuverability advantage of the J-10A is not as obvious as that at medium and low altitudes, and the J-8IIM with a slender fuselage is rapidly killed from an altitude of more than 10,000 meters, and continues to use plundering tactics with a large turning radius in an attempt to interfere with the combat coordination of the "Chenlong" dual aircraft.

On the one hand, he commanded Liu Wei not to fall into the plundering and chasing battle that he was not good at, but on the other hand, he was also wary of the "Chifeng" wingman at a high place. (To be continued......)