In the dark sky over the ocean, two J-17s with full afterburners are sprinting in full force.

The remote major who piloted the long plane continued to climb while controlling the fighters, and now the altitude of their two fighters was less than 8,000 meters, and it was basically impossible to attack enemy planes with an altitude difference of nearly 10,000 meters; Moreover, the infrared detection system cannot measure the target distance, and the fire control system cannot be solved.

So they have to climb quickly, get close to the target, and then they can complete the lock and launch the missile!

However, even if the afterburner was at full swing and was rapidly climbing at a rate of about 300 meters per second, the radar of the command center could clearly see that the climbing speed of the mysterious target was even more amazing. In the more than 10 seconds when the two "Swift Dragons" were gradually approaching the level of interception, the number of targets intercepted by the radar showed that the altitude was close to 20,000 meters.

The fighter continued to climb high at a high angle of attack, and seeing that the altitude number returned by the EOS system was constantly being refreshed, the remote situation began to become more tense. The information sent by the command center just now that they might encounter a strong attack plane, he didn't worry too much - even if the fighter plane he piloted was probably not the opponent of the attack plane, but the soldier just had to face any threat, even if the missile in his hand could not destroy it, he had to let this guy taste a few PL-15s first!

However, as the horizontal distance from the target continues to approach, the two "Swift Dragons" that have accelerated to Mach 1.6 cannot shorten the altitude difference with their opponents, and this gap is still widening.

Seeing that the fire control system indicated that the target altitude had exceeded 22,000 kilometers, Bian Chao couldn't help but secretly scream that it was not good, and now he and his wingman Lao Chen only climbed to about 13,000 kilometers. The height difference with the target is close to 10,000 meters!

A huge height difference of 10,000 meters, even with a locked target. The probability of the PL-15 jumping against the trend and hitting the opponent is also low. Not to mention that the J-15 "Swift Dragon" itself with a single WS-15C engine has a practical ceiling of less than 20,000 meters, and the target in front of it still looks like it is unbeatable. I don't know if it's going to be all the way into the air without even feeling it, or if it's using the increase in altitude to evade their interception, they won't be able to kill this guy if they go on like this!

"Nope! It's not like a raider, it's like -- what missile? ”

In the monitoring hall of the Ningbo command center, the lieutenant colonel still had some doubts about the system's judgment.

"Missiles? How can there be a missile that flies so slowly, and where is the launch platform? ――The Kyushu base has just sent back confirmation information that they have urgently lifted off two 'Yanlong' two minutes ago, and they are now on their way to the south! ”

Hearing this timely good news, a hint of gleam appeared in the lieutenant colonel's anxious eyes, no matter what it was now. If you dispatch a strong attack machine, you should be able to handle it! The previous annoyance that there were no long-range anti-aircraft missiles on the Ryukyu front line was swept away, and he felt that now that the target was in danger.

He still has considerable confidence in the "Yanlong"'s strong high-speed interception ability.

At this time, on the north side of the "Xunlong" twin planes, which ignored the interception of the target that climbed all the way and pursued them with all their might, two Qiang-8C "Yanlong" attack planes that had been urgently lifted off from the Nagasaki Naval Aviation Base were rapidly heading south; It took them less than 50 seconds to get off the runway and climb to an altitude of 20,000 meters, and now they are accelerating further to more than three times the speed of sound. With the powerful acceleration ability given by the two atomic hydrogen cycle engines with a cyan tail flame and the sharp fuselage with the wings swept to the maximum, the "Yanlong" twin planes, which have received the target information on the chain, continue to climb while accelerating, with a climb rate of more than 550 meters per second!

The fast-flying "Yanlong" sprinted due south, and after turning on the phase sweep radar, the current air situation was clarified. The pilot maintained a continuous climbing attitude to pursue the target with the same track, and at this time, the target altitude that had penetrated into the air defense identification zone of the East China Sea was close to 30,000 meters!

30,000 meters, for almost all fighters, is basically an unattainable altitude: the air at this altitude is extremely thin. Not only can it not meet the needs of engine combustion, but it is also difficult to provide enough lift for fighters.

However, the thin air is not a big problem for the assault aircraft, and the atomic hydrogen engine can maintain a certain thrust output even in the case of severe oxygen deficiency, but it is also a waste of fuel due to insufficient combustion; Moreover, unlike ordinary fighters, the design thrust-to-weight ratio of fighters of the assault aircraft is above 3.0. Even if the lift provided by the aerodynamic force decreases, it is capable of flying like a rocket at high altitude.

It's close. It's closer!

With the kinetic energy accumulated during the accelerated climb, the two "Yanlong" with bright tails drew a large quarter-arc in the deep night sky. After turning southwest, he quickly caught up with the target with the same speed, and by this time the mysterious target had climbed to an incredible altitude of 35,000 meters, but he had no chance to continue to approach the vast continent to the west.

"Hole two, hole two, keep contact after intercepting the target, climb to 36,000 kilometers and observe first!"

"Hole two received, over!"

Holding the joystick tightly with both hands, the pilot used the radar display to read the altitude difference between the target and the target, and the "Yanlong" twin planes, which had an advantage in climb rate, had already reached the rear and upper part of the target, and their speed had also been reduced to about Mach 1.8. From the display of the fully enclosed cockpit, the pilot was also curious about what it was when he saw that the target was still climbing on its own, as if it were a small rocket in the dark sky.

The order sent from above was to visually confirm as much as possible and obtain video data before shooting down; So the pilot indicated the direction of the target with the guò radar, and the high-resolution camera captured a clear picture of the target. The air at an altitude of more than 30,000 meters is extremely thin and there are almost no impurities that affect optical imaging.

With his skillful professional knowledge background, he immediately confirmed that it was not any active attack aircraft in the world, let alone a fighter plane. With an arrow-like shape, a long blue hydrogen and oxygen fireworks, and a gray-blue fuselage without any seams or other structures, is it really an uncontrolled rocket?

From the initial discovery of the target to the present, this mysterious craft has not performed any maneuvers, maybe it is really a sounding rocket or something!

But even if it was really a rocket, since it had already flown into the air defense identification zone without greeting or answering, it would have been shot down without discussion. It is seen that the target image has been saved by the system, the target distance has been obtained by the laser rangefinder, and the fire control system has completed the calculation; So the pilot immediately gently pressed the button, confirmed the target on the display screen, and then selected two PL-10GK infrared-guided missiles from the ample built-in magazine of the "Yanlong" weapon and launched them.

At an altitude of 36,000 meters and a tail chase distance of less than 5,000 meters, the all-gas vector-controlled PL-10GK missile can be said to be a hundred shots at a target without any maneuvering ability. However, just when the pilot thought that the target was already in danger, he saw countless blue-blue points of light suddenly burst out in the night sky near the mysterious target, and the originally bright flaming tail flame was suddenly drowned in the burst of bright light!

"Hole, hole, the target may have cast infrared interference!"

"Roger, - immediately confirm the radiation source spectrum!"

Hearing the reminder of the wingman flying next to him, the pilot also realized that it should be infrared jamming bombs launched by mysterious targets, but these jamming bombs are too bright, and it seems that even the visible light frequency band is covered!

Thinking of the gaze imaging seeker on the PL-10GK, although the performance is good, but the infrared image of the target intercepted by the airborne system just now is very strange, except for the tail flame is very bright, the entire surface of the aircraft is very dim, in the face of such a dense jamming bomb, it is not certain whether it can catch the target.

Sure enough, the dazzling flash was followed by the flash of the explosion of the missile warhead, the target was still flying in front of him, and the two PL-10GK were really derailed by the jamming bombs!

Sounding rocket?

What sounding rockets, will there be jamming bomb launchers on uncontrolled rockets!

Seeing that the number of targets intercepted by the radar was still increasing, and that the mysterious aircraft that had dodged the two missiles had climbed to a height of 38,000 meters, the pilot also became a little anxious: the assault plane had a very high ceiling, but after all, it was not a space shuttle, and if the target continued to climb up like this, it would be out of the upper boundary of the atmosphere at about 50,000 meters, and it would be impossible to catch up.

Thinking of this, although I knew that the EAMDS (East-Asia-Missile/Meteorite-Defence-System, East Asian Missile and Meteorite Defense System) would be deployed on the mainland sooner or later, and that it would naturally be wiped out under the intensive attack of anti-missile missiles, it would be too disgraceful in that case, so why would they need the HNA attack plane?

"Holes two, holes two, prepare gas self-guided missiles!"

"Roger, Dong Liang understands!"

Seeing that the target continued to climb and the speed did not decrease, and the optical system determined the tail flame spectrum of the target aircraft, the pilot decisively decided to use the two PL-20RD gas self-guided missiles mounted by the wingman to launch an attack!

Gas self-guided missiles, an air combat weapon tailored to counter attacking aircraft, now seem to be equally effective against this mysterious target; Because the radiation of the target has just been measured to conform to the water vapor spectrum, and it is judged that it is propelled by a hydrogen and oxygen flame like a strong attack aircraft, a gas-guided missile that relies on high-temperature water vapor to pursue a target can be said to be a hundred shots in the high altitude without rain or haze, and it is not only impossible to hide, but also difficult to interfere with.

Unless the target can use vigorous maneuvering to try to get rid of it, but looking at the way it flies, it looks like a target aircraft, does it have no maneuverability at all?

Come on, see if you can escape this time! (To be continued......)