Thunder Strikes Back

Chapter 628 Powerful Collision
Sure enough, the enemy plane turned around proudly and increased its speed. The heat accumulated on the skin became more and more obvious as the distance between the two sides approached.

Immediately, Liu Zhaolin captured the thermal signatures of the other two Raptors. All three F2s seemed to be still at the same altitude, but the angular velocity of the other two increased rapidly, and the infrared signals did not increase with the acceleration of the Su-3, but decreased. Small, this means that they are accelerating away from him. At this time, he is already in the state of afterburner, reaching the maximum speed of Mach 22 at low altitude, but the two enemy planes are obviously faster, only the F35 that launched the attack and succeeded, Because of an odd turn, I couldn't pick up the speed for a while.On the HUD, its signal is getting clearer, which is a sign of decreasing distance.

IRST cannot support multi-target attacks, nor can it measure distances, but it can judge the general movement of the enemy from some signs. Obviously Liu Zhaolin is wise not to use the radar. Judging from the actions of the opponent, he did not find himself, and he may come from Pass in front of yourself.

He couldn't count on the AWACS, he could only judge the enemy's distance and route by himself. Apparently the last F22 was going to slip away quietly, and the distance between it and the other two enemy planes was quite far. The AWACS told Liu Zhaolin that the enemy planes might not have those It refers to the fighting bombs that hit where and where, for the time being, we can only believe that it is true.

To be on the safe side, the three silent Su-3s used different turning ranges to widen the distance between the aircraft and increase the interception range. When the opponent's speed, distance, and route cannot be grasped through radar, the only way to increase the chance is through this.Liu Zhaolin's fighter plane is in the middle position, and his requirements are not high, he only hopes to kill the last one.He did not choose the medium-range bomb. He was worried that the radar would not be able to keep tracking, which would cause the enemy plane to perceive the danger and speed up to slip away. He still implemented the previous idea and had to destroy it within the visual range.

Roy Hammond just scored a new victory, shooting down a Su-35.Of course, winning a bet of $1000 is just a trivial matter. What is important is that he may have saved a lifeline for this punishment plan.He hoped that the navy's rescue force would be dispatched in time, so that the pilots who were shot down should be rescued in time, and the local armed forces should be bought to completely blow up the wreckage, so as to prevent the Chinese from conducting publicity campaigns.He didn't want the pace of the United States' participation in the war to be interrupted by such an accidental setback. The colonel was confident that he had seen the enemy's weakness. He had already discovered that the three fighters dispatched by the enemy did not cooperate closely. The intelligence room that the Su-35 purchased by China lacks data link compatibility is consistent. As for the Iranian fighters, they can be guessed without any intelligence. They can only be commanded by voice on the ground.If there is another attack, he will slightly modify the attack sequence and interval, so that the enemy will not be able to guess the attack area and time, and will be completely exhausted.

What the fighter plane can perceive, all the radars from the air and the ground are already in a normal, repeated scanning state. This is the result of the colonel relying on low altitude to get rid of tracking. For this, he sacrificed some speed. He doesn't want to rely on speed alone. Get rid of the opponent, it seems that there is no technical content.The various electronic records of this battle will definitely be fully analyzed. He does not want his colleagues who analyze the battle to find that the battle process is too thrilling, full of large overload maneuvers, and rough acceleration. On the contrary, he hopes to give others a deeper understanding. Impressed by the technical advantages of the stealth machine.

The other two F2s were already 22 kilometers away, not far from the sea, that is to say, they would soon enter the navy's air defense circle. The colonel was delayed for some time because of this successful counterattack, and now he had to get out alone.He kept turning his head to the right, carefully searching for where he thought the enemy in the sky was most likely to appear. There were some clouds in the west, and with the glare of the setting sun, he couldn't see anything for the time being.The terrain avoidance system issued a warning sound, and he had to turn his head and adjust his altitude.

A Su-35 broke through the clouds at an altitude of 4500 meters. Liu Zhaolin could already see a reflective bright spot in the direction indicated by IRST. This was the reflection of the fighter cockpit cover in the sunset.

The plane was not in a hurry to get into the mountain, obviously he felt that a little higher than the terrain was enough.Whenever it changes attitude, you can see the white vortex dragged by the wingtips.If it didn't move around like this, it should be able to hide farther.

The Su 35 drew a huge arc in the air and turned to the enemy. Liu Zhaolin did not have the idea of ​​launching the R73 from the allowed large off-axis angle. Since his luck came, why not take down the opponent steadily.He knows that single-seat aircraft always have some weaknesses when observing the side and rear. Pilots always rely on warning equipment, and may not always turn their heads to observe sideways. If he knows that he is facing a person 20 years older than himself Old slicker, you should fire as soon as possible, at least you can seize the opportunity or reduce some load.

Hammond hates the sunset, but he knows the direction to be on alert. He is not the kind of guy who completely relies on early warning aircraft or alarms to grasp the danger. He knows that sometimes his eyes are the most reliable.

Sure enough, he turned back in time and saw a huge arc-shaped condensation trail on the sky, which quickly extended to the blind spot of his field of vision, that is to say, it was almost 6 o'clock. He immediately turned and climbed to destroy the enemy's aiming.

Liu Zhaolin is calling the rest of the fighters in the formation to move closer as a layer of insurance.The one Su-35 on the left has little chance of falling too far, and the other one is on his right flank, in front of the enemy, and can be intercepted.For a split second, he saw the bandit make a strong turn, and then the target's path was wrapped in a huge cloud of white steam.This is different from the dexterous but unsustainable turning of the Mirage 2000 he has seen, or the blunt course change of the MiG 25 at the speed of sound. This is a continuous large overload turning and climbing action, and the climbing is also very fast.Fortunately, he still has some height, so he can compete with his opponent for speed. This is destined to be a battle above the speed of sound. If he can't shoot it down, he hopes to drive the target to the direction of his southern wingman as much as possible.

With an even stronger turn speed, the bandit is escaping being tailed.Liu Zhaolin turned his neck and guided the seeker of the R73 missile to turn to the target. The opponent's afterburner flight caused its infrared signal to increase sharply, and there was nothing to hide in the field of view of the R73 seeker. Two.

Hammond turned with a huge overload, which made it difficult for him to turn his head to look at his opponent behind him. The opponent never used radar to intercept it. Obviously, he had a great chance to use his helmet to attack.At the same time when he saw the flash under the enemy's wing, he suddenly reversed rapidly and turned to the other side. This method usually has a miraculous effect when getting rid of Sukhoi fighters that are not sensitive enough and missiles that have just left the launch pad and the speed has not increased. Although it will lose some speed, the acceleration ability of F22 seems to be able to stably dominate the opponent.

R73 flies at a large off-axis angle according to inertial navigation. It must wait for the speed to increase before it can display the maximum overload. However, the target reverses rapidly, making it necessary to conduct an S-shaped flight at the stage where the speed has not accumulated. One of them One missile directly lost its target, and the other tracked it in vain, very reluctantly.

Sami reminded Liu Zhaolin that there were about five F18 fighter jets at sea, but the distance was still far away.Liu Zhaolin pushed the stick to keep up with the movement of the enemy plane, and at the same time pressed the vector start button on the joystick. This was a shortcut for him to catch up with the opponent's super-maneuvering movements, but if he used it a few times, he would lose speed.The opponent's power is obviously stronger, which is of course mainly due to the abundant power of its engine and the lack of drag from external mounts.Liu Zhaolin's fighter is still 5 or 2 hits at the moment, with as many as 2 missiles, and its maneuverability is not the best.

In the end, the R73 missile that he was chasing so hard fell down. Although the distance he fired was a bit far (about 3 kilometers by visual inspection), Liu Zhaolin rarely saw enemy planes dodging combat bombs in such a clumsy way. He twisted around in front of his eyes, showing strong power and maneuverability, which really made him uncomfortable; why didn't this American pilot escape completely through a strong circle, or take a favorable position to counterattack?This may confirm Liu Zhaolin's conjecture that all the American pilot wanted was to run towards the sea, so the general direction of his serpentine flight was always south, and he didn't want to get caught in a circle and fight a battle.

"White Bird 3, approach me quickly, your position is very good, you can intercept the enemy plane immediately."

He has accelerated to Mach 1.45, and the fuel is being consumed rapidly, but seeing that the distance from the enemy plane has not decreased, it seems that it is still a little wide, but the position of the No. 3 aircraft is excellent, and it can stop the target head-on.

"Captain, I see it."

"Hold on, fire the missile head-on, it shouldn't have any Sidewinder missiles."

Liu Zhaolin quite predictably gave up the pursuit and swooped down to lower the altitude, so as not to make the wingman in front have any scruples when firing. As for whether this embarrassing enemy plane really does not have combat missiles, this is what the command plane said, and he actually did not. Know.

Sammy could see two Su-2s flying head-on on the screen, but he couldn't see the enemy plane between them, and of course there was no doubt that the plane should be there.At this moment, Song Ning also fired two medium-range bombs on the eastern battlefield, and they also flew towards a target he couldn't see. There would be a result in about 35 seconds.

Hammond has been using snake-like movements to destroy the aiming of the Chinese fighter planes that are trailing, and to increase the distance. If he is flying an F15, this is a very stupid approach, because he will lose speed and eventually be chased up by enemy planes. But the F22 does have the confidence to overwhelm the opponent, even if it is an su35 with the same outstanding supersonic maneuverability; of course, another reason is that the F22 cannot be caught in a fight in an area with unknown air conditions. He knows that there are still a lot of enemy planes nearby, so now is not the time to be brave and procrastinate, even if it runs ugly, he predicts that after a while, the Su-35 that is being dragged farther and farther behind will not be able to hold. Aircraft uses radar and medium-range missiles. Due to the continuous tracking of the enemy aircraft’s radar, it is easy to destroy it through a suitable angle. Therefore, such attacks are far easier to deal with than combat bombs; and the direction he is most worried about is the front. The E2 early warning aircraft often Missing targets below 2000 meters, and his radar needs to share part of the terrain tracking work.

The unfortunate news came that the Eastern Condor lost an aircraft. The future of the entire plan seemed to see a turning point after he shot down a Su-35, and now it has fallen to the bottom again.But this is probably not the worst situation. He vaguely saw a target flying towards the mountain peak in front. It seemed to be another damn Su-35. According to his experience, that Su-35 was about 7 to 8 kilometers away. , should still be waiting for the missile seeker to intercept itself.He reluctantly pressed the jamming button and fired 10 sets of jamming bombs; the jamming bombs that can destroy radar and infrared tracking are also a thing that will expose his position, and the surrounding enemies will swarm over under the command of the early warning aircraft. He realized that all the enemy planes could not cooperate well before the AWACS saw him, but he had to use it.

400 kilometers away, Sami saw that Song Ning's attack had paid off. It was a rapidly falling target and disintegrated in the air. The stealth plane was obviously invisible when it broke into two pieces and crashed.In the following 10 seconds, the continuous firing of chaff from the F22, which has been keeping invisible, formed an obvious passive interference band on the screen, even the ground radar on the Iranian side could see it, and now Sami wants to support It's no good to take those F14s that have no use value and will only add to the chaos.

Liu Zhaolin looked up and waited for the F22 to get rid of it forcefully. Apart from diving to accelerate and getting rid of the radar by the way, it should have no better way.Sure enough, he turned around and headed straight for the ground, trying to escape the missile fired by No. 3.The American pilot had good skills and had a good grasp of the fire. After falling into the valley, he quickly pulled it up. The 2 combat bombs that followed were instantly blocked by the mountain and lost their target. They flew to the north and left Liu Zhaolin. far away.

After tossing up and down so many times, the enemy plane finally showed signs of fatigue. He lost too much speed, and could only fly in the valley for the time being, trying to get away by flying at low altitude.Liu Zhaolin uses phased array radar for terrain tracking and target locking at the same time.Within a distance of 2 kilometers, the last two R 2 missiles were fired first. The enemy plane was unable to play tricks anymore. The high mountains on both sides did not allow him to make too much maneuvering, so he could only simply launch interference, as Zhao Lin once observed. In that way, American pilots are always half a beat slower than Indians in the response speed of launching interference.

Liu Zhaolin watched the missile explode on the side of the target, and saw a figure ejected from the place where the flames flickered. The excitement in his heart was uncontrollable, and he almost forgot to dodge, almost hitting the mountain himself.

Major General Sami watched the final process of the air battle. After losing 5 J-10 fighters and 1 Su-35 fighter, 3 enemy fighters were killed, and all of them were 4th-generation fighters. The Iranian fighters returned angrily without any gains. .

(End of this chapter)