Changkong Fighter

Chapter 50 Overlap! Repeat! Overlap!

Western Pacific, 17000 meters above sea level.

Liu Jun followed the J15's ceiling and entered the A-2 mission airspace. At a distance of 100 nautical miles from the tiankeng, he was ready to launch the PL-1 with the same seeker replaced according to the instructions of the Chihu-15.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, Liu Jun realized his flying experience had increased a bit. He immediately realized that the PL-17 he launched earlier must have successfully shot down a Sentinel. No, based on the experience gained from shooting down three last time, he should have damaged another. At the same time, he couldn't help but feel a little awkward. His human radar was much more accurate in determining damage than the various instruments used to observe the battlefield.

On the S-band radar of the KJ-3000, six of the 96 tracked targets broke away from the cluster and flew towards Liu Jun almost at the moment when the J15 approached 100 nautical miles.

The six Sentinels formed two triangle formations, their speed increasing faster and faster, soon reaching 1M, and approaching the Flying Shark face to face. The encounter time between the two sides was calculated entirely in seconds!

"Red Fox-1 to Red Fox-2, attention! Above 200:1, distance 3, type 310 (Sentinel), number: 300, approaching you, estimated seconds. Intersection in seconds."

"Red Fox-2, read."

Listening to the warning message sent by the early warning aircraft, Liu Jun had a more accurate judgment of the current situation and made mental preparations.

At 200 kilometers, the two sides are head on (facing each other), and there are less than 300 seconds left before the sentry hits their face!

He gripped the joystick slightly, thinking about how to respond if he got into combat range, while locking onto the sentry flying in the front among the six incoming targets!
"Lock on! Launch 3 (?)!"

Boom!

The PL15 on the rack detached from the rack and fell down. The first stage of the dual-pulse engine ignited and it flew quickly into the distance. This was also an improved model that used an anti-radiation seeker.

Through the data link, the KJ-3000 commander stared at the PL15 (HARM) appearing on the situation map and guided it in the direction of the Sentinel until the passive radar locked onto the source of the electromagnetic clutter.

After launching the PL15, Liu Jun took a look at the remaining armament, which included 4 missiles and 150 machine gun rounds.

【Ready-PL11A】

【Ready-PL8B】

[Ready-Machine Gun]

"Red Fox-1 calling Red Fox-2, please rustle. Attention 200 seconds. Rustle. Stagger."

"Red Fox-2, understood!"

Listening to the clutter interference in the communication, he knew that the sentry was approaching without the warning of the early warning aircraft. At this moment, the flying experience in his mind increased a little again. It seemed that the improved PL15 he launched before hit the target.

Just as he thought, one of the six targets on the S-band radar lost its RCS. The next second, the AWACS communication came in: "GOOD KILL!"

Liu Jun just listened to the commander's praise and shifted most of his attention to the radar. Even if the J15's radar was not turned on, the Flying Shark could still capture approaching enemies through the data link of the early warning aircraft.

On the HUD, five boxes appear with their flight information.
Vector: 3.5 (angle unit, 0 degrees in front of the bow, increasing clockwise, each unit is 1 degree, a circle is 360 degrees)

Head on

IFF Identification: Enemy Aircraft (EN) VEL.1M (Flight Speed ​​Mach 1)

AGL.17500 (altitude)
【Interlace after 100 seconds】

Although the target cannot be seen yet, Liu Jun's nerves are already on edge!

PL11A, the locking distance is about 40-50 kilometers, which means it will be face to face with the enemy in less than 80 seconds. Considering the range of the Sentinel, a safe distance must be left for turning.

Turning does not mean that you can turn immediately. Like a car turning, a fighter jet will also slow down when turning, and then go through a distance (time) of acceleration. During this process, the sentry flying head-on will not slow down!
HOTAS (Hands on Stick and Stick Control System) controls the two PL11A seeker heads on the pylons and turns them on!
A buzzing sound rang out inside the helmet, reminding Liu Jun that the PL11A seeker was turned on and was searching for heat source signals within the field of view.

【Interlace after 80 seconds! 】

Within Liu Jun's visual range, five eye-catching pixels appeared, and almost at the same time, the PL11A's seeker also captured the Sentinel's heat source.

In this situation, continuing to fly forward will undoubtedly speed up the contact time between the two sides. Pressing the left bank, prepare to enter the left turn in advance, rather than waiting until the enemy is close to the face to turn, when it will be difficult to escape the enemy's pursuit! This can also be regarded as a leading turn, but now it is used to shake off the enemy.

The J15 Flying Shark's bow was offset at an angle from the five incoming Sentinels, and the dynamic envelope of the missile launch also changed accordingly. Liu Jun turned his head to look at the five slightly enlarged pixels. With the help of the helmet sight, the PL11A seeker "locked" on the incoming target!

Regardless of the heat source generated by the Sentinel itself, or whether infrared suppression is performed, at a flight speed of Mach 1, the fuselage will rub against the air at high speed, and the "skin" will generate heat under friction. The PL11A seeker captures this heat source!

Beep beep!

The seeker firmly locks onto the heat source signal within its field of view!

"Launch 2!"

Swish!Swish!
The rocket engine ignited and the PL11A flew forward along the rack rail. However, unlike conventional launches, this launch was an off-axis launch, a launch carried out when the seeker position marker deviated from the axis of the missile.

After the two PL11As flew forward to a safe distance, the rocket engine pushed the missiles forward while the servo controlled the rudders to adjust the missiles' flight trajectory.

At an altitude of 17000 meters, the white tail flames clearly showed their flight trajectory. Two PL11As made a large arc turn in the air and flew towards the incoming Sentinel. The seeker head stared at the plane imaging, waiting for the missile to enter the damage range and detonate the increased warhead.

Liu Jun didn't even look at the damage effect of PL11A. In just a moment, the distance between the two sides had been shortened to within 30KM, and the crossing time at this distance was less than a minute.

Roll at a reduced bank, pull positive G and dive downward to perform an S-shaped maneuver, sacrificing altitude in exchange for speed, while changing the course by 180 degrees.

At the moment the bow of the aircraft dived downward, Liu Jun pushed the throttle valve, using the earth's gravity to accelerate and restore the speed consumed by the Flying Shark due to turning.

Looking at the ever-increasing airspeed, Liu Jun did not forget to look back to observe the specific position of the enemy. In his retina, two dazzling balls of fire appeared in his field of vision. The remaining three Sentinels were flashing with dazzling seven-colored light on their surfaces. They dived closely behind the Flying Shark and bit Liu Jun's six o'clock!

At this time, in the combat command center, the Red Fox-2 had already overlapped with the enemy, and the technician reported the battle situation:

[Reporting to the commander! Red Fox-2 Target Merge (Radar merge, enemy and friendly indicators overlap on the radar display), Type 1, Bandit 3!]

In an instant, one could feel the atmosphere in the entire command center become serious, the whispered conversations disappeared, and everyone stared at the big screen.

On the screen, the fighter jets responsible for cover are approaching the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)