Chapter 128: The Ambush in the Sky
When facing the enemy, there was a little distracting thought in his heart. Sean Phelps was awakened by his partner's shouting. The target position found by an/apg-71 was superimposed on the flat. After intercepting the target, Pearson had switched the radar to pdstt mode. The "sickle" was at ten o'clock, and the distance was ninety (north miles). The fire control system prompted that the "Immortal Bird" could be launched. Sean Phelps kicked the rudder and pulled the rod, "putting" the green light spot representing the target to the center of the field of view, and then waited for the partner to press the button and hit an aim-54c.
The distance is ninety nautical miles, which is nearly 170 kilometers. At this distance, the probability of using aim-54c to intercept high-mobile targets is very low. Lieutenant Colonel Phelps intends to conduct two consecutive over-visual range attacks, use the two "Immortal Birds" mounted on the landline. Next, regardless of whether they hit or not, they will probably not hit, and then choose the opportunity to enter the dangerous visual air battle.
In order to reduce the loss of energy reserves for the missile, the "Super Cat" in high-speed flight turned to the direction of ten o'clock and then fired, which was equivalent to completing the post-fire steering work for the "Immortal Bird".
A missile left the hanger, and a ball of gray-tailed smoke soon appeared in his sight. The f-14d body, which weighed 500 pounds, seemed to be a little lighter. The lieutenant colonel raised his hand and pulled the throttle, and opened the speed reduction plate at the same time. He didn't want to hit the "sythe" supersonic, at least before the battle beyond the visual range.
Send an attack fleet to attack the Red Navy surface combat group and try to intercept Russian fighters. Sean Phelps received the order not to have to fall the "sickle", and he probably doesn't have the ability. As long as he can delay the guy's actions and try to block it out of the combat airspace; for this reason, several f/a-18e/f of the vfa-154 "Black Knight" squadron were sloping on the side. Now these "Super Hornets" are approaching the airspace where the "sickle" is located. Once the opponent makes moves, they will carry out intensive aim-120b volleys.
Of course, according to previous combat experience, even active radar-guided missiles like "Slammer" are difficult to pose a threat to "Crazy Ivan". The fighter jets of the "Black Knight" squadron only stay at medium and low altitude and will not exceed the upper limit of 12,000 feet. With the help of a relatively weak sea environment, the downward vision capability of the Aim-120b missile is enhanced. In short, try to drive the "sickle" to a high altitude.
Once the battle enters high altitude and at the high speed level, the "Super Cat" that uses swept wings should have some advantages.
The plan for siege is roughly like this. Next, two aim-54c were fired in succession and then entered the middle section to guide. The F-14d at a height of 10,000 meters continued to place the enemy planes at ten o'clock, always maintaining radar contact.
After the estimated time arrived, as expected, the target echo on the radar display was still very clear. The cunning Russian "flanker" did not even take violent evasion maneuvers. He escaped from the irradiation of an/apg-71 and directly avoided the long-distance throw of an "Immortal Bird". This situation was originally expected by the lieutenant colonel, but it really made Pearson confirm this scene. He still felt a little weak in his hands.
Sure enough, the "Immortal Bird" cannot be expected to hit. What should I do next? Go around and then go up and prepare to use "sparrow"?
Aim-7m, the lieutenant colonel's landline, has two mounted under the air inlet, which is average in performance, especially the semi-active radar-guided missile that is believed to be unable to deal with the "sickles" at all. U.S.Navy pilots who are used to firing at long range are not very popular. Compared with the "Immortal Bird" belonging to the AHM, Sarhm needs to keep the radar illuminated all the time, which always feels a bit dangerous.
Especially now, the "Flanker" in the sky must have an active radar-guided aa-12. If it is approaching head-on, Phelps has no confidence to hit the opponent while dodging the "Viper" to stop and shoot.
After all the time, "Immortal Bird" is useless. Is it true that I still have to enter the fight?
Two long-range air-to-air missiles were fired, but they did not get any results. Lieutenant Colonel Phelps was still hesitating.
At this time, the White No. 20 in the sky was avoiding the second invading "Immortal Bird", keeping the flight speed near the corner point, and there were so many radar scanning beams projected in front of it. The young man who was driving the gray-white giant bird did not deliberately avoid radar exposure. There was no need now. He glanced at the large sky outside the cabin with his eyes. When the rwr started to call the alarm, he was careful to search for any strangeness in the sky. When the big rocket burned out of the thruster rushed over, he decisively entered a group of defensive barrels and rolled. He didn't take much effort to let the clumsy "Immortal Bird" pounce in the air.
Faced with several US fighter jets of different altitudes, Long Yun dared to allow missiles to approach before evading them. This seemed a bit risky. After all, no matter how excellent the pilot was, he did not dare to guarantee that he could observe every incoming missile.
However, fighting is a specific situation. For specific analysis, a large number of enemy aircraft are still far away and are in the front half of the world. Infrared guided missiles that are not alert when returning to the ground can basically be eliminated. As for radar-guided missiles, the "Sparrow" series in the hands of the Americans is completely ineffective against White No. 20. Those who are concerned are nothing more than active radar-guided missiles such as aspiration-54 and aspiration-120b. As long as you pay attention to the movement of the radar alarm device and search the sky according to the light disk instructions, you will not worry about being hit by the missile that is stabbed directly.
Based on this consideration and in order to complete the task, Long Yun, who was close to the US carrier-based fleet, drew off two "Immortal birds" one after another, and at the same time, he also determined that the target with an altitude of about 10,000 meters was about f-14.
According to general logic, since we discovered the US Navy fighter jet specializing in air defense, the Red Air Force's ace should fly the plane and fight an air battle without any suspense with challengers who are overestimating themselves. However, compared with the simple "Knight duel", the existence of every fighter jet on the battlefield has intentions. It is obvious that the lieutenant general did not fly the plane to fight with American fighters alone or fight in groups. After throwing off the missile, the White No. 20, which is still full of energy, then half-rolled, entered dive, and rushed directly towards the direction of the US attack aircraft.
The "Flanker" suddenly dropped sharply, and he was naturally seen by Phelps and his partner. Seeing that the opponent was hitting the attacking aircraft group of u.s.navy, he would also enter the attack range of the escort aircraft. The lieutenant colonel breathed a sigh of relief.
After looking at the distance of the "sickle", he quickly considered the current situation of the enemy and us, chose a detour, and at the same time, he silently calculated the time in his mind, intending to launch a decisive attack when the Russian ace was shot by a "slammer" and forced to turn around and escape.
Fighting against enemies like "Scythe" is a tactic that the F-14 fighter is good at and is also a less risky choice.
Although in the previous BVR stage, Sean Phelps' landline had no choice but to use a "sickle", except for out-of-visual distance, the so-called "visual air combat" is not the only mode of fighting. Since you are worried that you will not be able to gain any advantage in the hovering battle, the strategy of running after fighting is worth a try.
After determining the mode of action, Lieutenant Colonel Phelps instructed Pearson to pay attention to the air situation around him and asked him to mobilize the radar to stare at the "flanker" that was rushing into the dive.
When the plane approached the opponent, the lieutenant colonel controlled the fighter while watching the light spot representing the enemy plane move little by little on the flat screen. The "fox_three" call from the pilots when they fired "slammer". The battle distance between the two sides was about thirty nautical miles.
Sure enough, perhaps the number of Aim-120bs projected by the "Super Hornets" was really large, and the attack was uncovered. Even the "God of Death" was afraid of three points. The cunning Russian "flanker" was frequently changing positions. Next, it disappeared from the radar display screen all at once, and was obviously performing high G maneuvers against the PDF mode. The lieutenant colonel quickly instructed his partner to change the radar working mode to avoid alarming the snake. He continued to fly the plane and prepared to launch an attack when the "sickle" turned around.
Whether the "sparrow" m is easy to use, no matter whether it is easy to use, this type of product is the only way to use it at this distance!
From the enemy's back hemisphere approached quietly, Sean Phelps' judgment was basically close to the facts. When the plane dived and prepared to attack the US Navy's attack aircraft group, Long Yun's White No. 20 quickly became the only target in the eyes of f/a-18e/f.
During the brief response, the IFs of other air-stagnant fighters responded, but the fighter plane, which was suspected to be a "Flanker" did not reply at all. Combined with the warning issued by Hawkeye, the people of the "Black Knight" squadron probably understood that the comrades of the VFA-103 who had just fallen into the sea did not lie. It was indeed the "God of Death" landline. Everyone's fire interception was also quite powerful. A group of slender gray-white arrows shot out, dragging the thin tail flame of the propeller to rush forward.
From mid-high to low altitude, the plane dives and approaches the American attack aircraft group. The airspace that the fighter radar can see is only a conical part. According to the plan of the "Black Knight" squadron, the "sickles" that came straight to the US attack fleet will suddenly rush into the ambushed airspace of several "Super Hornets". Now, the radar is actively activated and the attack is only a part of the ambush.
When this guy flew closer, everyone fired ten thousand bullets at once. A large number of "slammers" sacrificing themselves, even if they couldn't defeat the "sickles", they could still make the Russians busy for a while.
Chapter completed!