Chapter 818 The Falling Watchtower
"Missile, missile! - Missile is coming!"
Seeing the bright numbers on the radar display, I felt that the incoming missile would hit the early warning aircraft he was riding in the next second. The captain in charge of several fan areas of the rear hemisphere connected the channel and shouted in the radio telephone. However, at the moment when the missile was close and the invitation to death was about to relax, all the efforts of the personnel on board had become meaningless.
As the off-white r-27ep missile continues to approach, the automatic defense system that judges the threat based on the radar scanning signal also responds immediately. The electronic jammer set at the belly of the e-3a machine is immediately connected to power and releases powerful electronic interference in the direction specified by the system.
But the interference effect is completely different from the expected interference effect. This effective strategy for combating semi-active radar-guided missiles or AH missiles is doing some useless work in front of the r-27eps missile that tracks the s-band radiation signal: the complete misalignment in frequency makes the missile's self-conductor head unable to receive the interference signal of the jammer, and still rushed straight to the "bright" an/apy-1 antenna in the field of view!
In just a few dozen seconds after the missile flew over tens of kilometers and finally encountered "Wanglou", the personnel in the early warning aircraft did not have enough time to react. No one thought of turning off the power supply of the transmitter and cutting off the most obvious electromagnetic radiation signal on the fuselage. Although these people already knew the Russians' combat strategy and the existence of anti-radiation air-to-air missiles, they were caught off guard by the sneak attack of the two aircraft of Long Yun. No one thought that it would be two anti-radiation missiles.
Because no one believes that there will be Russian fighter jets that can be so close to early warning aircraft, or even to the point where it can launch missiles.
Yes. This is a total surprise!
Facing the Assassin's Arrow flying from the sky, I believe in my own technical advantages and systematic combat power. The commanders of the United States once again paid the price for their underestimation, although the price was too high to bear.
Just between the confusion of the escort fighter and the panic of the crew, the r-27ep missile with its wings was still rushing towards him as if no one was around; the "Wanglou" early warning aircraft, which emitted a large amount of electromagnetic signals in the sky, was like a fat roasted goose covered with honey in the field of view of the self-guided head. The thick gray-white missile was guided by the self-guided head, chasing the huge body without mobility until the end of the extremely gorgeous fate collision.
Although the existence of anti-radiation missiles has been learned in the previous battle situation report, no one in the early warning aircraft member team really realized this. Everyone felt that the attack on the "Wanglou" was the most unlikely event on the battlefield. No matter how many Russian fighters there were, could they still repel the fighter interception line and launch an attack on the early warning aircraft in hundreds of kilometers? Everyone thought this was impossible, even if it was the analysis of the military intelligence department. Everyone was staring at the display screen in their narrow posts and commanding batches of fighter jets to intercept the Russians who were flocking to them. Until the missiles really flew in front of them, most of the people on the e-3a would still be skeptical about this.
Incoming missiles?
Is there something wrong attack accident?
Suddenly, I heard someone screaming loudly in my headphones. Before the operators at various combat positions came to their senses, a panic atmosphere filled the entire cabin. The officer on duty had just stood up and watched in confusion in the corridor in the middle of the cabin. He didn't know who to catch at this time to ask what was going on?
Who was shouting "Missile attack" just now? Is this?
Suddenly, I felt a tremor coming from my feet, and the cabin scene in front of me suddenly became distorted and weird. The officer on duty who stood on duty, who was pulling his gun in the corridor, opened his eyes in horror, his ear drums were filled with sharp and squeaking "creaking" sounds mixed with dull explosions. The terrible crack on the side wall of the cabin leaked the air quickly, making a terrifying scream. At the same time, the huge "Watch Tower" began to bump violently and fell down. He vaguely heard someone screaming:
"We, we were hit!"
"Damn it,—what the hell is going on?!"
"Catch the handrail, Richard!..."
Suddenly, he encountered serious damage and the officer staggered to the ground in the corridor. He felt that the entire plane seemed to have a tendency to face the nose down. Are they going to fall directly?
In an instant, the cabin was full of fear. Before the audience could come to their senses, the second more violent explosion and destruction followed one after another, completely distorting the already seriously damaged body and breaking into two sections. As the fuselage was violently bumpy, a gust of air flow swept across the corridor where the officer was lying on his lying. Before the dizzy officer could figure out what was going on, he realized that there was a blank space under his body. Then, the violent air flow swept away completely. He opened his eyes with difficulty, but could only see a large area of rolling gray-blue sky.
"ah------"
It fell between the falling garbage and fragments and dropped out of the cabin, making a terrifying scream, and the officer's figure quickly fell and disappeared into the vast sky.
Compared with this unfortunate fallen man, all the people who were still in the plane felt a more dizzy moment, and everything in their sight was flying around irregularly, making people feel like they were falling into the drying washing machine drum.
The head was bleeding from the bulkhead and equipment. Captain Dirk Bogard felt like he was floating in the air like an astronaut. His brain was short-circuited for a moment before he regained his ability to sense fear. The captain with difficulty breathing suddenly realized that he could hardly feel the gravity now, but it was not because he really became an astronaut. This only shows one thing, that is, the earth is approaching rapidly...
In an instant, his mind was completely absorbed by fear. The captain experienced a terrible feeling of rapid pressure reduction. His last thought before his mind was completely distracted was to let it all end quickly.
In the sky, two R-27eps were suddenly hit by close-range detonation, and the e-3a, with a fragile body structure, encountered a catastrophe.
If the "Wanglou" that was dragging white smoke in the sky, the "Wanglou" that had no ability to avoid the ability to dodge a little, or simply shut down the radar in time, it would not be directly struck by the missiles hit one after another; however, it lacked vigilance against the missile attack and did not take any measures in time. The e-3a "Wanglou" with a full radar was like a towering lighthouse in the field of view of the missile's self-guided head. The radar signal swept every ten seconds was enough to guide the R-27ep to directly encounter the target.
As the missile was extremely close to the aircraft, the induction fuse caused the missile warhead to detonate the moment before the impact occurred. The first r-27ep exploded an extremely terrible crack in the middle of the fuselage, and also reimbursed a left-side engine in the "Wanglou".
The next second missile dragged Liuyan without any suspense and exploded beside the area that roughly coincided with the first strike. The main structure of the entire aircraft was cut and bitten by the continuous pole fighting base flying in blades, causing a mess, and then it quickly collapsed under the pressure of the high-speed airflow.
The e-3a "Looking Tower" suddenly fell and then broke and rolled, shocking all witnesses in the sky.
However, among these witnesses, Long Yun and his partner did not include: they solved the heavy threat from the western Turkey sky in one fell swoop. After they saw the missiles ignite and flew away, they followed the US early warning plane for a moment, and they turned around and left until they were sure that the Americans had absolutely no time to react and take countermeasures.
Suddenly encountered a catastrophe in the sky. Not only was the F-15 fleet escorting the "Wanglou", but all NATO air stagnant fighters in the nearby airspace soon became a mess. They lost unified battlefield command and air situation information, and were unable to get it because of the previous "blind_bat" command. They didn't know whether the radar should be turned on. They were originally scheduled in an orderly manner and fought with the Warsaw Pact fighter jets. The air force had become a piece of headless flies with no organizational capabilities. This battle situation made Ankara's command center see clearly, which naturally caused the generals to be extremely confused and frightened.
"blind_bat", the so-called blind-sighted fight, didn't you do it well in the past few days? What happened suddenly?
“What-what!
Damn, Sbanser, why did the air data stop refreshing, what exactly happened!”
It was exactly the same as countless scenes in the past, and once again encountered the difficult problems in the war. Buckhill Clark, who was holding a pipe in his hand, returned to his irritable nature of "Roaring Buck". He questioned everyone in the command center with a harsh voice and expression, and even his colleagues who were coordinating aside.
Faced with the furious Air Force Admiral, all the staff were busy in sweat, but no one knew the answer for a while. However, some people still noticed that the data flow of the communication system had been completely interrupted, and there was no problem with the self-test after the device was restarted, so they reported to the people with timidity:
"The report, will, General, the communication between the center and the 'Torch' has been interrupted. The preliminary judgment is... a problem with the early warning platform."
"A warning platform? - Can't contact us at all!"
Looking back on the war history of the United States for many years, I have never heard of early warning aircraft being threatened or even being hit by enemy fire. General Clark's first thought might be equipment failure. However, after hearing the report from his subordinates, he confirmed from the Air Force communication network that the "torch" was completely lost, and the general's face became gloomy.
Chapter completed!