The crew members of the Hundred-Eyed Giant witnessed a scene that was unforgettable throughout their lives in the next few minutes, so that in interviews many years later, some people still claimed that for a moment, I really thought that World War III had begun.

Lilian, who was on the Hundred-Eyed Giant at the time, expressed this concern in an interview with the New York Times. I began to worry about the remaining routes. It was not until the communications department on the ship continuously confirmed with Tokyo Port and Singapore Port that the world was still in peace, and we rescued an A7 attack aircraft and three MiG-23 fighter parachuting pilots that the atmosphere of the entire ship returned to normal from anxiety.

Unlike the MiG23 fighter that is trying hard to climb, the F14 fighter at high altitude did not make a dive at all. With the two sides hedging head-on at high speed, for the MiG23 fighter, the window opportunity to launch the R23 spire semi-active air-to-air missile plus the entire guidance time will not exceed 20 seconds.

After removing the missile's acceleration flight time in the first stage, the maximum time is 10 seconds. However, during these 10 seconds, the pilot must not only maintain the onboard radar's continuous irradiation of the predetermined target, but also must maneuver on a large scale. After all, the other party's medium-range air-to-air missile is not a vegetarian.

It can be said that the true strength of pilots from various countries is completely reflected in these short 20 seconds. In this extremely high-speed sports, the quality of flying ace and ordinary pilots is immediately verified.

If this air battle is moved over Yongshu Reef, Comrade Lu Guanghua, the highest commander of Yongshu Reef, will definitely be keen to discover. The level of the Vietnamese Air Force and the Soviet Air Force is at least two streets apart.

As the two sides were approaching the distance between the medium-range missiles that could be launched, four MiG23 fighters climbing with their heads could not wait to launch the R23 spire semi-active air-to-air missiles they carried. Shortly after the missile was launched, the four MiG aircraft began to maneuver at a high angle, instead of just like the experienced Soviet pilots, they had to wait until the missile was launched for a long time before they started maneuvering.

With the maximum speed of R23 ceiling air-air missiles with a maximum speed of only m2, the launch will only have a higher hit rate when the two sides are within 20 kilometers of distance. A situation like the Vietnamese who launch missiles 20 kilometers away can easily lead to insufficient energy after the target enters the effective attack area and will be easily dumped by the expected target.

The F14 fighter jets in the sky seemed to be unaware of the four straight up wolf smokes, and the waterway was still as if they were measured by a ruler. They rushed straight into the formation of the MiG23 fighter jets.

When the distance between the two sides was shortened to 15 kilometers, the F14 fighter jets in the high altitude began to maneuver at high G. As a series of burning infrared baits were thrown down, the F14 fighter jets that rushed at high speed made a large-angle S-type maneuver on the channel, almost in the blink of an eye and threw four white lines away from the new channel far away.

Ruan Zhiming never expected that the F14 fighter above his head not only did not dive and fire the Sparrow semi-active air-to-air missile, but it did not even change its altitude and overall course. After doing a continuous course change of high G value, it seemed as if nothing had happened and left behind.

I was actually ignored, I was actually ignored! This was completely humiliated. Thinking of myself leading the formation tossing and struggling in vain like a clown in the air, a rage of anger couldn't help but burst out from Ruan Zhiming's heart. Damn Chinese, you will pay a heavy price for your ignorance and arrogance, Ruan Zhiming's brows were about to twist together.

"The Mekong River calls Changsha Island, notify the Su-22 formation to increase its alert level, and enemy fighter jets penetrate the rear of the front line, and inform the five teams of Kazuyama to intercept the enemy fighter jets with all their strength."

Although Ruan Zhiming was angry, he still keenly sensed a possible crisis. The Su22 attack aircraft without radar can be replaced by the name of target aircraft when facing the F14 fighter. The core of this attack on the Chinese naval fleet is the Su22 attack aircraft that can launch various rockets and x-series air-to-ground missiles. If the F14 fighter that escapes the net is allowed to rage in the Su22 fleet, the mission of reinforcement to Nanzidao will not be completed.

"The Mekong River understands." The Vietnamese Air Force set up in the Nansha Command Center on Nanwei Island and quickly conveyed Nguyen Chi-ming's orders.

"The Mekong River calls Changsha Island to inform the sixth team of Geshan Team that the course mission remains unchanged, and pay attention to the changes in the airspace ahead at any time." While he turned around, Ruan Zhiming still did not forget to arrange the front guard of the aircraft group. With the flying speed of the sixth team of Geshan Team of Geshan Team of Geshan Team of Geshan Team of Geshan Team of Geshan Team, it only takes 40 seconds to reach his current position to take over the guard.

"The first team of Kayama, the second team has stepped up and turned and intercepted the enemy fighter jets that have already jumped to the rear with all their might."

During the time of communicating with the base, Ruan Zhiming's vision had basically never left the radar screen. After finally confirming that there was no new information on the radar, Ruan Zhiming finally ordered all MiG23 fighters in the second wave to turn to three directions to make defenses, and to try to annihilate the f14 fighter that crossed the defense line in the rear. As for whether the remaining two MiG23s on the fifth team of the Goshan Team could intercept the f14 fighter that escaped the net, Ruan Zhiming did not dare to have too much hope.

The MiG 23 fighter is characterized by its excellent horizontal linear acceleration performance, but its turning performance is not very good, and its high-altitude performance is even more terrible. At sea level, the MiG 23 fighter can maintain a climbing speed of 260 meters/second, but the climbing speed dropped sharply to 150 meters/second when it reaches only 2,000 meters. It is also a strange model in the history of fighter jets.

For Ruan Zhiming, after 15 seconds, the entire formation can complete a 180-degree steering. Including the time wasted communication with the base, the f14 fighter that escaped the network is already 15 kilometers away.

Above the Hundred-Eyed Giant, the F14 fighter jet painted in the US Navy, similar to the US Navy's Seagull Gray, has already passed over the ship's channel, and even its shadow has disappeared. The remaining eight MiGs in the sky are distributed in a vast airspace. After maneuvering at a high angle, they are changing their flight attitude and climbing into the sky. The orange tail flames appear extra dazzling against the background of the blue sky.

On the back deck of the Hundred-Eyed Giant, a young man looking around with a telescope suddenly pointed to the northern sky and shouted loudly: "Look, another F14 fighter, I bet, there must be an aircraft carrier of the Pacific Fleet near us."

As the young man shouted, the attention of the crowd on the deck was attracted to the north, and the MiGs with orange tail flames were thrown behind the heads of the crew watching the fun.

Ning Lei glanced at the front of the air intake outside the cockpit due to supersonic flight and its thick white mist, and Rock's voice immediately sounded in the headset: "Cave. The third batch of MiG 23 is 30 kilometers away from us. The second batch is 25 kilometers away from us. It is expected to catch the enemy in 25 seconds. It would be great if there were 8 rattlesnakes, so we can kick the Vietnamese hard in the butt."

"Although there are not 8 rattlesnakes, 800 20mm shells are enough for Vietnamese people to drink a pot. It may be a bit bumpy later. The two holes need to sit firmly." Ning Leiba glanced at the m2.25 on the airspeedmeter and said with a smile.

It was like an accurate scalpel, Ning Lei finally appeared at the most appropriate place at the most appropriate moment. The fast-paced F14 fighter passed the 20 kilometers of the sky in twenty-five seconds. He put the MiG 23 fighter in front of him, which was madly turning in front of him into the locking aperture.

Ning Lei would never know that in the more than 20 seconds before pressing the Rattlesnake missile launch button, the MiG 23 fighter pilot who locked the aperture heard and said something, but this was no longer important. Everything in front of him was already destined when Ning Lei rushed into the MiG 23 fighter's radar recognition circle at a speed of m2.25.

After confirming that a new air situation has appeared, the MiG 23 fighter, which is on guard, will send the alarm to the Nanwei Island base, and then transfer it from the Nanwei Island base to the MiG 23 exposed at the tail. At least 2,030 seconds will be spent in between. For modern air combat, things will be enough to determine the outcome of an air combat after 20 or 30 seconds.

Seeing the two white smoke trails in front of him winding towards two cylinders with orange flames over half a foot long, Ning Lei did not wait to confirm the results, but pushed the joystick forward at a steady and uniform speed. The nose of the f14 fighter pressed down and rushed towards the other two MiG23 fighters maneuvering down.

For John Strauss, he doesn't know that he is about to become a witness of history, and everything that happens in front of him will remain in his memory and will never be forgotten for a lifetime.

Watching two ignitions flashing in the sky, and the two MiGs rolled down with thick black smoke and sparks, John Strauss waved his fist excitedly. The NATO F14 fighter was so exciting, just like a knight wearing heavy armor and holding a rifle in the Middle Ages, rushing forward, accurate, brave, and fatal and unstoppable.

He also breathed and watched the F14 fighter in the telescope rolling in the sky like a shadow with the violently maneuvering MiG aircraft, John Strauss felt his heart jumping out.

There was no sound, and I could only see a long tongue of flame spitting out from under the canopy of the f14 fighter jet, and another MiG machine emitted thick black smoke and tilted towards the sea in the northwest.

"Beautiful!" John Strauss finally couldn't help but yell, saying, "As long as I can still get ashore alive, I will find the pilot to take a photo and sign it no matter what I say."

A noisy noise suddenly sounded behind him. As soon as John Straus turned around, he found several A7 attack aircraft with big mouths emerging from the skyline in the northern sky.

"Are all the American Pacific Fleets coming? The lost Soviets will not vent their anger with us." John Strauss murmured at the group of A7 attack aircraft scattered across the skyline in the distance.

"Haidongqing calls the Eagle's Nest, Haidongqing calls the Eagle's Nest, informing the birds to start eating freely." Rock looked at the large flashing light spots on the tactical display, replacing Ning Lei issued an attack order to the A7 attack aircraft group.

“Eagle’s Nest received.”

Ning Lei was driving the fighter plane attentively, trying to put the MiG23 fighter that was rolling in front of him into the light green aperture of the head-up display (hud). While contacting the base, the radar officer Luo Ke focused his attention on the lateral and lateral rear airspace and tactical display outside the cockpit, and gave Ning Lei some tips on the surrounding air situation from time to time.

At this time, the entire airspace was completely in chaos. When Ning Lei launched the Rattlesnake missile, the Vietnamese Air Force replaced the fourth MiG23 fighter jets of the third batch of Kayama Sixth Team, which were originally guarded by the second team of Kayama Team II, and was less than 10 kilometers away from Ning Lei.

However, the MiG23 fighter that took over the alert did not attack Ning Lei in time, not because he was afraid of accidentally hurting his teammates, but because he found that he had entered the radar recognition circle with Ning Lei, there were 12 groups of A7 attack aircraft that were approaching quickly.

Faced with such a complex situation, how could it be straightened out in just over 20 seconds? After the sixth team of Kayama, who was responsible for the alert, reported the latest battlefield situation, Ning Lei had already reached the distance between him and the MiG-23 fighter.

Among the two MiG23 fighters shot down by Ning Lei using the Rattlesnake infrared fighting missile, one is the leader of the 372 Aviation Regiment, the frontier commander of the Vietnamese military's reinforcement operation, Nguyen Chi-ming.

After Nguyen Chi-ming was shot down, the Vietnamese's air command system was temporarily paralyzed. The deputy commander of the Su22 attack aircraft was flying behind the reinforcements. He was learning what was going on ahead through the base on Nanwei Island and trying to rebuild the air command system.

All this happened in less than a minute. Faced with a messy situation, the MiG machine of the Kayama Sixth Team responsible for the alert had to focus on the A7 attack machine group directly in front of him. Let's save your life first.

In the sky of the Hundred-Eyed Giant, a MiG23 fighter was fully revitalized. An orange flame more than half a meter long was ripped at the tail nozzle, rolling desperately in the sky. A light gray painted f14 fighter followed the MiG like a shadow.

At low altitude, four MiG fighters have collided head-on with four A7 attack aircraft. A little farther away, two groups of MiG aircraft in two formations have just completed the turn, while the opposite is two groups of A attack aircraft in four formations.

As the distance between the MiG and the A7 attack aircraft quickly approached, as a flash of fire, several white lines crisscrossed through the sky, and then the fighters all began to maneuver at high angles.

At a height of more than 40 kilometers away from the Hundred-Eye Giant, an F14 fighter was pulling somersaults, trying to get rid of the two MiG23 fighters following behind him. At the low altitude of this airspace, 12 Su22 attack aircraft painted with Vietnamese Air Force logos were formed into three high and low four-plane formations with seven or eight kilometers apart, flying towards the Hundred-Eye Giant.

A large number of screams suddenly sounded among the people on the deck of the Hundred-Eyed Giant. As the flames flashed, a large stream of black smoke suddenly emerged from the tail of an A7 attack aircraft, and the entire plane staggered towards the north.

The end of the exclamation among the crowd had not yet dissipated, and a few cheers started again. As several hand-held telescopes danced and shouted loudly as the crew members shouted, people looked up into the sky, and a MiG machine had broken down into several large pieces, spraying blue smoke and flames rolling down from the sky.

"There are four, I'll watch that guy shoot down four." John Strauss danced and pointed at the light gray f14 fighter jet that was sweeping, pulling the people around him and shouting.

"That guy's skills are so good. He is simply Kungunier in the sky (Note 1). The whole process of the birth of an air combat ace is really a once-in-a-lifetime thing. Can I have the chance to see it? After beating one, even if I was blown up by the Soviets for a while, I can still keep my eyes closed."

John Strauss's face turned red with excitement. Following John Strauss's narration, the people around him also focused their attention on the light gray f14 fighter jet.

Ning Lei didn't know that a nickname that was about to accompany his life had been called out by a man named John Strauss. At this time, the complexity of the situation in the space had long exceeded the command ability of the F14 fighter, and the entire airspace had fallen into chaos.

After knocking out the MiG aircraft closest to him, facing the messy airspace, Ning Lei decided not to care about Qiao Pengfei in the distance, but to cruise at the low altitude below. Although the A7 attack aircraft has good air combat capabilities, it is not a professional air-optimal fighter after all. In addition, the pilot's training time is too short, if the loss is too much, the navy and air force will be hurt for a long time.

The most significant feature of modern air combat is that it is short time and high intensity. It often shows the victory and loss within a few seconds of the first round of conflict. Even if neither side makes any contribution in the first round, then there will definitely be decisive results in the next few minutes.

All kinds of frantic trajectories in the sky have disappeared. From time to time, a7 attack aircraft with two-machine marshals will pass over the Hundred-Eyed Giant. Several balls of light green smoke or smoke are scattered in the clear sky at different heights and different directions. These are traces that occurred when the fighter plane exploded or crashed just now.

At this time, the crew of the Hundred-Eyed Giant had discovered that the military logo on the A7 attack aircraft and the F14 fighter aircraft were not the well-known blue five-star and nayy, but a strange text and logo. However, seeing that both models are unique to NATO troops, there were still people on the deck waving their arms to the fighter aircraft in the sky and cheering loudly.

John Strauss counted the number of fighter jets flying in the air in front of him, and the 12-3 air combat exchange ratio, but who did the result of the battle just now? It seemed that the f14's cannon and missile hit a MiG aircraft in no particular order. Has this f14 become a trump card? John looked up at the sky and thought to himself.

"John, come and help put down the lifeboat." First mate Gray came out of the cabin and said, pointing to several umbrella flowers floating in the sky.

"Is Gray going to save people? Which sea area should we go first?" John Strauss raised his hand and hung the telescope around his neck.

"You still need to ask, of course you will go to the northeast first."

The umbrella flowers floating in the sky in the northeast are obviously very different from the other flowers in the style and color.

"Haidongqing, the bird flock lost three young birds. One of them was heading northeast and the whereabouts of the other two have been confirmed to crash. One of the pilots successfully parachute."

Ning Lei frowned slightly and sighed a long time ago. No matter how brilliant the victory was, it could not hide the heavy weight of sacrifice.

"Birds, Haidongqing has received it."

"Haidongqing called Eagle Nest and notified the special mixed team to send the best looking personnel to pay attention to the airspace around it. A seriously injured A7 is likely to pass through the fleet's air defense circle and pay attention to rescue."

“Eagle’s Nest received.”

Looking at the large ship with the Swedish flag on the bow below, which was placing a lifeboat on the sea, Ning Lei pressed the joystick in his hand and said, "Two holes, let's go down and say hello."

John Strauss looked at the light gray F14 fighter jet that he had just cheered for, whistling from the stern of the ship, as if it could already hit the mast of the Hundred-Eyed Giant. As he approached the stern of the ship, the F14 fighter jet made a sudden roll, as if a sharp blade was erected across the sea surface more than 30 meters to the left of the scientific research ship.

John saw the second pilot in the cockpit of the F14 fighter with great clarity and gave a thumbs up to the direction of the deck.

Various screams suddenly started from the deck. This action was so handsome. After a while, I must ask the pilot who flew the F14's name, John Strauss was thinking excitedly while placing a lifeboat.

"Haidongqing calls for the birds, and Haidongqing calls for the birds." Ning Lei crossed the Hundred-Eyed Giant on the sea and corrected the fighter plane and gently pulled it up.

“The birds received.”

"Twin-machine marshalling, heading 190, height 6000, below will be our hunting time." Ning Lei's tone was full of ease.
Chapter completed!