Throwing away these annoying burdens, the captain immediately went into a violent evasive maneuver.

With a fairly appropriate maneuver evasion, the Spencer twins, who did not see where the enemy came from, drew a sharp turn in the sky, and they were able to avoid the R-27T missile attack in pursuit while circling and climbing; But the other two F-16Cs that did not come to their senses were obviously not so lucky, one of them was directly hit by the fuselage and then disintegrated in the air, and the other "Fighting Falcon" with its engine on fire continued to fly, and the flames dyed a large area of rain and fog around the fighter plane into a hazy orange.

Witnessing the dying struggle of the "Fighting Falcon" in the cockpit of the fighter, Long Yun, who was chasing after him, immediately entered the barrel to roll down and prepare to use the cannon at the same time; In the misty wind and rain that could have been an excellent cover for the fighters, the eye-catching enemy plane that caught fire could not escape the pursuit, and the White Twenty cut into the inner side of the enemy plane's course under the cover of another Su-27S, and ignited the back of the "Fighting Falcon" with a point shot that did not drag the mud and water!

When the lever was changed after firing, the F-16, which had become like a torch, gradually tumbled and fell into the sea, and Long Yun and his comrades were about to engage in close combat with the other two enemy planes, but found that the opponent had disappeared from the sky.

These two F-16s, I didn't expect to escape quite quickly!

Unlike a fight that is difficult to get out of in a clear sky, disengagement is a simple matter for pilots fighting in a storm; It is estimated that at this time, the two enemy planes have already flown far away, and they can't be tracked steadily with radar, Long Yun gave up the idea of being greedy for merit, but continued to fly at a low altitude with his comrades.

In this kind of hide-and-seek battle, the forces of nature are often overwhelming. Fighters shuttling through clouds and heavy rain must not only be on the lookout for attacks from their opponents. Be vigilant against the threat of lightning and storms. With the abundant in-flight fuel stock of the Su-27. The 224th Regiment fleet, which was waiting for work between the dense clouds, quickly seized the opportunity again, and the intermittent GCI guidance prompted them that there were enemy planes approaching in the nearby airspace, and after bypassing a large area of cumulonimbus clouds, the radar captured the enemy planes at low altitude, and the figure of the "Fighting Falcon" flying in the rain on the sea was already faintly recognizable, and it was the old opponent F-16!

Unlike the previous sneak attacks, this time the opponent seemed to have spotted the enemy behind him with the help of the RWR alert, and saw the fighters in front of them separating from each other. Four Su-27s also immediately divided into two lines and closely pursued.

Driving the white No. 20 to disconnect from the friendly planes left and right to avoid accidental collisions in the tense battle, Long Yun quickly approached the front and bottom of the "Fighting Falcon", which was obviously full of afterburner and was desperately speeding up, and he keenly noticed that this F-16 had no signs of throwing away the plug-in from just now to now.

That is, this is an escort fighter mounted in air combat?

Seeing that the gray "Fighting Falcon" in front of him was quickly pulling up after accumulating speed, Long Yun roughly estimated the opponent's movements while kicking the rudder sidestick and entering the serpentine maneuver, and now he determined that this was an escort aircraft with only air-to-air missiles; Seeing his opponent's tail flame climb all the way against the trend, he also pulled the lever into the climb after the serpentine approach, and was about to use the R-73M to launch a one-hit attack, but the F-16 in front of him suddenly changed direction and used a back-to-back roll similar to the Yinmaiman maneuver to break away from his own missile attack cone.

- Hey, that's a good job!

Realizing that the opponent was obviously not an easy rookie to solve, Long Yun hesitated for a while, but gave up the idea of hovering in reverse to fight the opponent. He pushed the throttle forward and continued to climb, preparing to accumulate a certain height before striking in the air.

In this kind of heavy rain combat environment, the view is blocked by rain and fog and becomes very bad. If you go directly into a double-ring battle in which you are hovering in the opposite direction and away from the enemy aircraft, you are likely to lose your target; On the contrary, using the seemingly dangerous tactics of climbing heights, it is difficult for infrared-guided missiles to intercept targets through the rain curtains, which is a fairly safe option in the current situation.

The F-16C, which made an accurate analysis of the situation like lightning, drove the White No. 20 from a somersault to a large-angle dive pursuit, and was still hovering at low altitude to dodge, obviously did not have enough to spare, and was soon completely suppressed by the Su-27S, which had an advantage in height and speed.

Keeping an eye on the "Fighting Falcon" that twisted left and right in his line of sight, trying to get rid of it, Long Yun paid attention to keeping the speed of the landline at about 700 kilometers, closely chasing and killing with flexible maneuvers, and also firing tracer bullets with sharp trajectory from time to time, not leaving any chance for the opponent to speed up and counterattack. As the two fighters chased each other, at this time they had already entered a low altitude of less than 500 meters, Long Yun saw the opportunity to press the button to launch an R-73M, only to see the tail flame of the "Fighting Falcon" engine in front of him suddenly disappear, releasing a large dazzling jamming bomb and entering a sharp ultra-low altitude side turn!

At the first glance, when he saw the opponent in his sight enter a lateral turn, Long Yun immediately squinted his eyes, pressed out some advance with a rod, and his fingers were already firmly on the cannon button.

Yes, looking at this guy's actions, it can be regarded as a standard tactic against infrared-guided missiles, but he did not take into account their current flight altitude? In the tense confrontation and chase, seeing that the gloomy sea surface with rough waves was simply close at hand, Long Yun's manipulation had always been extremely careful, and at this time, it would be too late to wait for the altimeter reading to be abnormal and then correct.

Seeing that the F-16 in front of it turned sideways all the way and escaped the pursuit of the R-73M with jamming bombs, but Yan Zòng lost speed due to the reduction of engine thrust and violent maneuvering, and the white No. 20, which had occupied a good firing position, immediately burst out with a dazzling tongue of fire fired by the aerial gun; Two consecutive short-point shots swept past the back of the "Fighting Falcon" one after another, and the US fighters, which were already swaying from side to side, could no longer maintain a precarious sea-skimming flight state, and the pilots made mistakes in their busy schedules and immediately photographed the fighters on the gray-blue undulating sea!

The opponent was "forced to land" cleanly, and before he had time to observe the fall of the unlucky "Fighting Falcon", the RWR alarm suddenly sounded; At this time, a comrade-in-arms was also reminded on the radio that the friendly fighter that had killed another F-16 was turning north and distancing itself from the approaching American fighter jets in the sky:

"On the 20th, the irradiation signal is coming from the direction of seven o'clock! Now immediately turn to heading 90 and climb to an altitude of more than two thousand meters in order to receive ground guidance information. ”

"Received on the 20th! - Over. ”

Remembering that his purpose today was not to blindly kill the enemy, and he also knew that the US Navy fighters above the clouds might not dare to come down and fight with them, Long Yun turned to the north according to the construction of the captain and turned on the afterburner to get out of the engagement area at high speed, and several Su-27s that climbed and returned soon reappeared on the display screen of the Soviet long-range warning radar.

After a short ultra-low-altitude interception battle, receiving GCI guidance information while looking at the fuel stock, and setting off without carrying more fuel in order to maintain a minimum of maneuverability, Long Yun found that his White 20 only had less than 1,200 liters of reserves left, and it was estimated that the situation of other fighters in the fleet was similar.

In order to be able to hit the enemy with the help of bad weather, rather than being hit by the enemy, the fighters of the 224th Regiment have been using ground guidance to stay outside the storm-ravaged area, and adopt the plundering tactic of one-hit detachment, which is of course much safer than searching in the rain all the time, but the fuel consumption is also more intense.

Since their departure in the morning, they have been fighting continuously for an hour and a half, and the NATO tactical air force, which has been frequently attacked, has obviously noticed that the situation is very bad, and the GCI guidance information has also sent a reminder that a large number of NATO fighters are approaching the fighter interception line of the front-line aviation regiment from an altitude of 7,000 meters, ordering them to turn around and return to their homes, and temporarily hand over the task of intercepting and intercepting the US Navy's "Hornet" fleet to the aviation regiment equipped with the MiG-23MLD.

As one fighter plane after another turned around and returned home, Long Yun piloted the White No. 20 and another escort plane to turn in other directions, and the interception operation of the 224th Regiment came to an end temporarily.

But for this fierce battle, which has been in full swing since the early morning, the real battle has just begun.

Just about an hour ago, when a large number of fighters of the 224th Regiment took to the air to join the combat group, a piece of top-secret information was quickly transmitted through the KGB network and quickly put on the desk of the Caucasian Theater Command; Combined with the comprehensive analysis of the information obtained earlier, the command network quickly transmitted this vital information to the GCI guidance network, and the ground station deployed in Guò was connected to the white 20 who was on standby in the air:

"On the 20th, please pay attention to the target information update, confirm that the 'Otter' has been dispatched, repeat, confirm that the 'Otter' has been dispatched, please follow the scheduled plan to meet the enemy before the order, over."

"Received on the 20th, it is expected to be ready for battle in fifteen minutes, finished."

Hearing the appearance of the "otter" on the radio, Long Yun's spirit was immediately lifted; As a participant in the development of the pre-war plan, he certainly knew well what the term meant.

- B-1B "Lancer", these guys are here!

Returning to the sky over Turkey on the south side of the Black Sea, just as Long Yun received the information and prepared to go out to engage, four strategic bombers with dark gray paint had already received the order, and they were speeding through the wind and rain on the Asia Minor Peninsula at this time.

Sitting in the comfortable cockpit of the B-1B "Lancer", flying entirely on the on-board equipment for ultra-low-altitude instrument flights, the pilot, Major Miller Fisher, was highly nervous; Just now, the crew members had already received an air situation report from the command center, and the air force and navy fighters had already broken out a fierce battle with the Russians in the northern sky, and it was naturally a bit risky to approach the war zone at this time. However, for him, this kind of battle in the far reaches of the sky is actually impossible to experience, and now as long as the huge bird of death flies to the designated location, completes the missile release at the projection point, and then turns back, this mission can be regarded as a smooth completion.

Sounds really simple, doesn't it? (To be continued......)