Chapter 576: Spear and Longbow
Faced with the surface-to-air missiles fired from dozens of kilometers away, the two aircraft of Longyun did not respond at the beginning.
Since locking the "Lavender" in the distant sky and firing two R-27er missiles, Long Yun has kept the fighter flying forward in a steady manner, and his eyes were vigilantly scanning the vast sky up, down, left and right. Before observing the substantial threat, he did not intend to perform unnecessary maneuvering. When the n001 was irradiated continuously, it was easy to unlock due to the violent maneuver of the carrier aircraft. He did not have more R-27 missiles to correct this mistake.
A target shooting without interference may be ideal; but as the alarm prompt of RWR changes, the intensity of the C-band irradiation signal increases quickly made Long Yun highly nervous. He immediately realized that he and his wingman were about to be attacked by the PAC-2 "Patriot" missile.
"On the 19th, pay attention to the airspace of the lower half of the left side, and pay special attention to the incoming missiles at one o'clock and four o'clock!"
"Received on the 19th! - No target has been found yet."
In the radio, he reminded the wingman to beware of the incoming targets in these two directions. Long Yun's sharp eyes were also paying special attention to the large sky on the left while scanning the sky. He had received enough information before going to war. He knew very well where the PAC-2 missile positions deployed on Turkey's territory were. For the Patriot II missile using the C-band tvm (track-via-s private, tracked through missiles) guidance mode, unless it is an air target with a special ballistic attack that is very close to the position, the missile will basically attack from the direction of radar illumination. This is very helpful for pilots to predict the direction of the missile and make preparations for avoidance.
Make a judgment according to the direction of the irradiation of RWR. Long Yun, who continuously guides R-27er, calls the White No. 19 wingman on the radio to maintain a dense formation flight with him; at this time, he suddenly discovered a vague highlight on the horizon at four o'clock. The rich "practical" experience on the simulator helped him make a judgment. They were two surface-to-air missiles that were reflecting the sunlight and vaguely shining!
The threat of surface-to-air missiles suddenly stimulated the pilot's sensitive nerves.
It is different from the descriptions in film and television works or literary works. On the real battlefield, what pilots fear most are not advanced fighter jets and enemy aces, but air defense weapons such as surface-to-air missiles that do not have the chance to show their faces.
As for the reason, first consider sitting in the cockpit of a high-speed fighter jet. Pilots are more likely to find large and obvious surface-to-air missiles with their naked eyes. This mental stimulus of seeing the threat approaching rapidly is definitely not something that can be given by air-to-air missiles that rely mainly on sneak attacks to achieve results.
In addition, not to mention that air defense combat units are a kind of "one-way killing" to fighter jets in most combat situations. To put it bluntly, ground air defense forces can use batches of missiles to launch fighter jets, but fighter jets are often flawless or unable to launch a powerful counterattack on them. This completely passive attack situation is naturally different from air combat with mutual offensive and defense, and the psychological pressure on the pilots is particularly heavy.
Now, less than ten seconds after launching the missiles, the R-27er thrusters that have left are probably not burned yet, and the surface-to-air missiles appearing in the sky make Long Yun a little difficult. Although he has some theoretical foundation and control experience in dealing with surface-to-air missiles, especially the "Patriot", he has to complete target illumination, and secondly, he has to worry about the safety of the wingman. Even if there are no NATO fighters in the sky for the time being to make trouble, facing the threat of the "Patriot" -
What is that? No!
My eyes accidentally swept across the earth covered by thin clouds below, and it seemed that there was also at two o'clock!
I suddenly discovered several "patriots" coming in a row. I made quick thinking and judgments in a flash. The two Sukhoi fighters immediately appropriately opened the distance and placed the missiles flying at five o'clock on the vertical bisector of the two aircraft's position connections. This is also a typical tactic for the dual-plane formation to deal with tvm-mode missiles.
Keep the distance and angle between the two fighters and missiles almost the same. In this way, facing the incoming missiles, the target echoes received by the seeker on the missile will have serious aliasing, and basically mistakenly regard the two fighters as a large target at the midpoint of the two aircraft's connection; so the missile will rush straight towards the "target" and finally pass through the middle of the two aircraft formation and lose the threat. Faced with such avoidance tactics, it can be said that Long Yun and the wingman are full of courage; you must know that not every pilot dares to fly the plane to face the missiles, not to mention that there is a second batch of missiles coming at two o'clock!
In this way, facing the threat of death from the air above the ground, White No. 20 slightly changed its course and followed the wingman's footsteps. However, the n001 radar antenna on the nose was always aimed at the "Lavender" fleet in the horizon, faithfully performing signal lighting missions.
With the maneuvering flight of the fighter jets, the thick missiles that were winding up in the sky have gradually approached. The surface-to-air missile with a maximum speed of more than Mach three was only less than a minute. Seeing that the missiles were getting bigger and bigger in the field of vision, the palms were unconsciously full of sweat. At this time, the Sukhoi pair of aircraft were particularly excited, but they were not the ones who were most nervous in the sky.
It is a US strategic bomber that is being hunted by the R-27er.
After exerting force in the sky, the speed could not be increased any further. Facing the milky white missiles attacking behind him, the "lancers" who had just projected agm-86 were already in desperate situation.
The r-27er, with a maximum available overload of only 24~30g, is an extended-range air-to-air missile. It may not be very convenient to deal with maneuverable and flexible fighter jets, but a strategic bomber with slow strike response and clumsy action can be said to be a target shooting tool that can hit every shot.
Just as they were nervously avoiding the Patriot missile, there was a messy interference in the echo signal of the radar display screen in front of Longyun. It was obvious that the Americans had found that they were hunted by the missile and were using electronic interference to try to protect themselves. However, without full-time electronic interference machines, they only remembered that they could use simple and crude blocking electronic countermeasures, but it was already a little too late.
The panicked Americans should have done the most before was to call for support; but in such a crazy battlefield situation, the arrival of reinforcements was already a full luxury.
Ankara, NATO United States Central Command Joint Command Center.
The war zone commander who experienced the initial incredible and the subsequent anger, woke up from his emotional catharsis, has now completely looked at the current combat situation with a helpless attitude.
Chapter completed!