Changkong Fighter

Chapter 69 Cross Fire
"They must have mistaken us for sentinels." Liu Jun whispered.

The J15S was always very close to the Sentinel, and the results of the Arleigh Burke's phased array radar scan were completely "overlapping", and the IFF recognition had no response, and the communication was interfered with by the Sentinel and could not communicate.

From the perspective of the Arleigh Burke, they rushed straight towards the other side as if to launch an attack. Although it was unintentional, it was indeed the case, and it was normal for the other side to judge them as enemies.

"What should we do now? Should we leave?" Leng Peiqiang asked.

"No, go through it!" Liu Jun continued.

The J15S is sandwiched between the Sentinel and the Arleigh Burke. Although the sea-skimming flight can avoid the Standard 2 by multipath clutter, the 21-tube "RAM" short-range air defense missile system is a weapon specially developed to deal with high-speed targets, and it is a greater threat than the Sentinel behind it!

Both weapons can attack sea-skimming cruise missiles and fighter jets. Once the distance continues to shorten, it will be even more dangerous when the infrared-seeking RAM short-range air defense missile opens fire and the six o'clock position is exposed. The J15S's heat decoy bomb is not as good as the Sentinel's optical decoy.

"Understood!" Leng Peiqiang adjusted the onboard system to assist Liu Jun so that he could concentrate on flying the fighter. Under this situation, rushing forward was indeed the best choice.

The supersonic J15S was speeding across the sea with shock waves, followed closely by six Sentinels. After the two sides' approach rate returned to zero, they gradually distanced themselves from each other.

Liu Jun looked through the canopy covered by heavy rain, watching the Standard 2 air defense missile in the sky change its flight posture and dive down, its single-pulse seeker trying to capture the signal of the sea-skimming target.

He slightly reduced the throttle to slow down the J15S and shorten the distance to the Sentinel again. Modern missiles have strong resistance to multipath clutter. He needed to use the six Sentinels as natural ECMs and cooperate with multipath clutter to further interfere with the Standard 6's seeker.

"War Eagle! Missiles are coming!"

"understand!"

Leng Peiqiang, who was sitting in the back seat, couldn't help but tighten his grip on the joystick slightly. He didn't understand how Liu Jun managed to stabilize the aircraft at an ultra-low altitude in such bad weather. Their current speed was Mach 1, 340M/S (the speed of sound is not fixed). If the pilot's hand trembled or he was slightly distracted, the plane would have an accident!
Liu Jun was concentrating on flying the fighter plane, his eyes fixed on the front, and even slowing down his breathing to make it more even.

What is the feeling of being moved? Now Liu Jun finally experienced it, and he was so moved!

Because a total of 16 Standard 2s came straight at him, they carried a more passionate and more focused emotion, they didn't want money, they didn't want mutual affection, once they got close they were flammable and explosive!

Swish!Swish!Swish!
Wow!

Amidst the whistling sound of the air being pierced, a Standard II missile plunged into the sea like a Filipino diver, raising a column of water several meters high.

Almost without distinction, the other three missiles approached, either pouring into the water or exploding in the air with a bang, splattering lethal elements everywhere.

Not far ahead, a Standard 2 missile exploded again. The J15S passed through the smoke after the explosion with a shock wave. Leng Peiqiang felt the fuselage shaking violently. Just when he thought the engine was going to surge due to the inhaled smoke and the plane was going to lose control and plunge into the sea, Liu Jun quickly stabilized the fuselage.

Huh! However, before Leng Peiqiang could relax, missiles suddenly rained down from above his head again. His heart was hanging high again. Missiles came from nowhere at a vertical angle of nearly 90 degrees and fell from above his head.

AIM120 is like a drunkard. The seeker cannot find which one to seek, so it can only enter inertial navigation and see if it can hit the target.

Under the constant stimulation, Leng Peiqiang felt his heart almost stop beating. He even felt like he was driving a tank and being detonated by a TOW missile. He kept praying in his heart not to be hit. However, in fact, he was not hit. The Sentinel, which Liu Jun had deliberately placed within 1200 meters, was slightly higher than the J15S and most of the falling AIM-120 missiles were attracted by the Sentinel.

In fear and trepidation, the J15S passed through the rain of missiles. Leng Peiqiang's back was wet with cold sweat, and his heart felt a little uncomfortable. He glanced at Liu Jun who seemed fine. In terms of psychological quality, he lost again!
At the same time, he couldn't help but sigh, "The J15S is so reliable!" At this moment, Leng Peiqiang was glad that he was a pilot from Dongda, otherwise, if it were an Indian plane, it would have plunged into the sea long ago.

He had no idea that Liu Jun had already added his flying experience to his [Logistics Skills], which consisted of only one skill: aircraft maintenance.

[Aircraft Maintenance Level 2]: Aircraft strength, ammunition, mechanical structure, and avionics systems will be more reliable (more useful than Level 1).

Before, Liu Jun hadn’t paid much attention to this skill. Dongda has always been very serious about logistics maintenance, unless there is an irresistible force like a bird strike.

Now, he felt that he was wrong. This skill seemed to be more powerful than he thought. He no longer had to worry about mechanical failure or mid-air disintegration of the aircraft after violently operating it, which reduced his worries.

After dodging the three incoming missiles, the remaining 3 missiles flew towards the sentry behind. The Americans really shared the money equally, and more than 15 million US dollars were spent.

When the last missile exploded at low altitude, Liu Jun led six Sentinels and entered the close defense zone like a low-altitude assault missile.

With the faint light, Liu Jun saw the destroyer on the sea and recognized its shape. It was an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, but it was not clear which one it was.

The Flying Shark entered the RAM range, and the heavy rain caused the locking range of the infrared seeker to be greatly reduced. The infrared seeker only captured the infrared signal when it was within 8KM.

boom! boom! boom!
The USS Stout launched RAM short-range air defense missiles towards the incoming target, and one RAM missile after another flew head-on towards the J15S.

Ding Dong! Ding Dong! The ultraviolet approach alarm sounded, alerting the pilot to an incoming missile.

Ultraviolet approach warning is an advanced missile approach warning technology. The principle is to use the ultraviolet radiation in the missile plume to passively receive and accurately lock onto the incoming missile.

"Heat decoy bomb!"

Leng Peiqiang emptied 40 large-caliber heat-seeking bombs in almost one breath, and the continuous firing of heat-seeking bombs drew a line at low altitude.

The heat source of the J15S flying head-on was blocked by its fuselage. When the RAM missile approached, it was either hooked away by the heat-seeking missile or attracted by the Sentinel behind it and flew towards it.

After passing the short-range air defense missile test, Liu Jun was not relieved. There was still a dense Phalanx waiting in front. Although it was not as powerful as the 1130, its electro-optical locking was not affected by clutter, and the barrage of bullets fired was not so easy to dodge. The J15S's body projection area was much larger than that of the missile.

The maximum range of the Phalanx system is generally within 3 km, and the effective engagement distance is 1500 meters. It can intercept the slowest subsonic anti-ship missile up to 2 to 3 times.

The speed of J15S is Mach 1, which means that the Phalanx is likely to have 1 chance to intercept them!

(End of this chapter)