Chapter 251 Trident Offensive
At this time, what appeared in Long Yun's mind was the saying "The brave one wins when they meet on a narrow road".
For the first time, he controlled Su-27 and fought his old opponent F-15, Long Yun used a confrontation strategy that he was familiar with on the simulator. While he was chasing the F-15 dual-machine, he looked for the fleeting fighter!
Faced with the huge but extremely flexible Su-27s, the American pilots flying the F-15c were obviously quite confident in the power of their fighter jets. Their maneuvering movements were quite exaggerated and even more provocative, but Long Yun was not fooled.
Seeing that the f-15 long aircraft that was being chased by his previous method began to climb up sharply a few thousand meters away, the blue flames that exploded from the rear burner suddenly became bright, and Long Yun immediately pulled up the nose to follow up; but to the surprise of everyone on the battlefield, he immediately put the rod flattened and took a large overload of the same-direction horizontal horoscope, which not only made the f-15 long aircraft that was trying to fish fell into the air, but also flew beautifully to the tail of the f-15 wingman trying to attack his own!
——It’s another fishing tactic. Do you really think I will compete with you for climbing?
For the F-15 fighter's dual-machine fishing strategy that relies on strong engine thrust, he had suffered such a loss on the simulator before. Long Yun could be said to have been secretly reciting it; seeing that the F-15 wingman could not handle it, he flew to the front of him, and Long Yun immediately used the fire control system to lock the guy who was about to flee in panic, locking the F-15c that was about to slip out of the R-73 seeker's field of vision and launching the missile.
As the wingtip fire rose, the thick r-73 was like a javelin, shooting away with a bright tail flame arrow!
It was almost the attack angle directly behind, with a tail chase distance of less than 1,500 meters. Long Yun, who was flying the fighter jet, didn't even have to tilt his head to confirm. Just from the faint explosion that was delayed for a few seconds, you know that he had hit the starter. The power of the r-73's warhead is still quite impressive. At such a hit angle, Long Yun knew that the f-15c was basically reimbursed.
The first shot down result was really straightforward!
The joy of killing the opponent was swept away, and Long Yun had no time to take into account the reimbursed f-15 wingman, but kept sliding backwards immediately after passing through the combat airspace, agilely avoiding the f-15 long aircraft approaching at high speed from the vertical large loop.
Although he had just lost his wingman, the pilot of the aircraft was obviously a veteran. His maneuver had no flaws in his few seconds. He was a little thrilling to avoid Long Yun's subsequent sharp turn and threatened to enter.
It was found that the F-15 long aircraft was difficult to deal with. Long Yun carefully used afterburner to compensate for the energy loss of maneuver, and also tried to avoid violent maneuvering. Generally, pilots would use afterburner after entering the fight, and rarely took into account the adjustment of power while fighting. However, Long Yun attached great importance to this, and he also gained unexpected gains from it many times.
Because he wanted to maintain his maneuverability when he was caught, the fuel he took this attack was not rich, and he had to leave necessary reserves for the subsequent battles and return flights.
However, at this time, another group of F-15 dual-machines that the opponent arrived finally arrived after missing the initial opportunity to catch the enemy, and a complex three-to-one combat situation appeared in the sky.
At this time, Long Yun, facing the newly arrived F-15 dual-machine and the F-15 long-machine who had temporarily breathed for a while, retreated to the periphery to look for opportunities, his spirit became unprecedentedly excited; he tried to send all these guys back to the ground and become a pile of wreckage. He also thought that at this time, only three R-73 missiles were left for his Red No. 17, which means that he must seize every opportunity and cannot let go!
However, with the pressure of one against three, Long Yun's concerns became more. He barely occupied the place several times, but could not ensure that his opponent was shot down. He did not rashly pull the missile launch button that the seeker prompted to lock.
There is no way. If you barely launch it, you will waste the R-73 missile. If the ammunition is exhausted and the enemy planes are not completely destroyed, it will be a big problem!
And in the fierce fighting, he secretly observed the message sent by GCI just now. It seemed that the nearby frontline fighter jet regiment was taking off urgently to try to support him, but Long Yun did not want to rely on reinforcements from his comrades to solve these opponents flying around in front of him. He still hoped to solve the problem by himself!
However, unlike the rash guy who lost his wingman before, the long-distance F-15 dual-machine aircraft in front of him is undoubtedly a difficult guy; Long Yun was unintentionally relaxed for a moment, and although he was not at risk of being shot down, he had given them time to coordinate their cooperation.
After several rounds of fighting, it changed from horizontal maneuver to flat flying. Long Yun suddenly realized that he was in a very unfavorable situation:
Just behind his Red No. 17 Su-27s, three F-15s were about to form parallel placeholders, which is the so-called "trident". In terms of air combat situation, this is a very dangerous situation.
The so-called trident is that three enemy aircraft are located on the same horizontal line of their own, maintaining an appropriate distance between them, and the fighter aircraft in the middle is right behind their tail. At this time, no matter which direction the pilot maneuveres horizontally, it will create excellent shooting conditions for one of the enemy aircraft; and if you try to break away with a vertical maneuver and compete with the F-15 with excellent climbing performance, it is even worse for the pilot.
After a fierce fighting, the combat heights of several fighter jets are now relatively low, and it is dangerous to dive directly downward, and the enemy planes cannot be thrown away; and if they enter vertical climb, the su-27s driven by Long Yun cannot fly f-15.
As the best heavy fighter in the Soviet Union, the Su-27 can be said to be good at everything - the skeleton is a bit too big and the weight is too heavy. The design has been carried out many times, and the air weight of the tall Su-27s body is still close to 17 tons; even if the fuel tank is not full during air combat, it will have 22 tons of four missiles.
Under such weight conditions, although the air combat thrust ratio of the two powerful Al-31 engines can reach a theoretical thrust-weight ratio of the Su-27s; however, compared with the F-15c of the F-100 series engine with a total weight of only 17 tons, but it is equipped with two F-100 series engines with a thrust of more than 22 tons, it is still at a disadvantage.
Of course, Long Yun knew that the actual thrust-weight ratio of the fighter depends on the installation conditions, altitude and speed, and he could not compare the engine's ground static thrust alone; however, with the previous experience of the simulator, he would not risk choosing to maneuver vertically against the f-15 - not to mention that now he is fighting against three, and any mistakes may lead to a disaster.
——So what should I do?
————Separation line———
Chapter completed!