Chapter 187: Air Combat (5)
When Lei Dong suddenly made Pugachev's "Cobra maneuver", the devil squadron leader on the opposite side couldn't believe his eyes.
What is this crazy opponent doing? How can it be!
As one of the most famous maneuvers in fighter maneuvers, Pugachev's "Cobra maneuver" is not something that anyone can do, and in fact, even the so-called ace pilots of some countries may not be able to control this maneuver perfectly.
Because in addition to the performance of the aircraft, this maneuver requires a series of extremely complex maneuvers.
Before maneuvering, the pilot needs to keep moving in a straight line at a certain speed, and at the beginning of the maneuver, the pilot must quickly close the angle of attack limiter gate, disconnect the fly-by-wire control system gate, and set it at 0. Within 2 seconds, pull the steering stick back to the limit to quickly complete the limit of the uplift, and then control the flight trajectory under the overload pressure of 4G, and at the moment when the nose is about to start falling, push the steering stick to the neutral position, and control the pitch angle change in the falling process, control the deflection of the aircraft, when the pitch angle of the aircraft is reduced to 20 °-30 °, the pilot must also quickly open the fly-by-wire control system electric door, turn on the angle of attack limiter electric door, adjust the working state of the engine, and rapidly increase the speed of the aircraft.
From the beginning of the maneuver to the final change to level flight, all actions must be completed in less than 5 seconds! Since its inception at the end of the 80s of the last century, there have been more than a hundred pilots in the world who can perform this maneuver perfectly!
And now, a cobra maneuver with no traces of an axe and chisel at all, as perfect as a cloud of water in the same vein, appeared in front of him so alive, and the leader of the devil squadron was like seeing a ghost: this opponent he was facing. Is it a special forces who carried out a terrorist attack, or is it an ace pilot of a certain country?
What's more. This maneuver is complicated to handle, and the aircraft is in a stall state for a long time during the maneuver. Even after the change to level flight, the speed of the plane is only about 120 kilometers per hour, which is like a live target. It is precisely because of this that even with the powerful thrust of the F-44's vector engine, it is relatively simple to make a Cobra maneuver, but both the Mia Federal Air Force and the Jetpen pilots who take the Mia Army as the criterion everywhere think that this is just a performative "juggling action", and the actual combat performance is too poor, and they are never willing to waste valuable training time on this kind of action.
But. It was such a showmanship that they regarded as "juggling", but at the last moment, the quietly approaching missile completely lost its due effect. And just when the devil squadron leader was stunned, the "Raptor", which had just completed an ultra-difficult maneuver, had suddenly accelerated and struck behind the entire group, although he knew that the other party was not equipped with missiles, the devil squadron leader was still scared into a cold sweat, you know. Let the enemy plane rush behind you in an air battle, and that means that your back is sold to the enemy!
The leader of the devil squadron hurriedly turned the rudder and hurriedly changed direction.
As soon as he turned the fuselage, the leader of the devil squadron saw the F-44 that instantly broke through to the arc of his own five-plane formation and outflanked the formation more than ten kilometers behind. With a large angle, turn in the air and draw a huge arc. Lightning-fast back to the No. 5 wingman at nine o'clock, the belly of the plane suddenly lit up. A barrage of cannon shells was a shuttle at wingman No. 5.
"Number 5, climb. Climb! The Devil Squadron Leader cried out in horror.
With a shout, the nose of the No. 5 wingman jerked up, climbing sharply upwards at an elevation angle of more than 40 degrees. The F-30E's powerful thrust and excellent maneuverability were fully exerted at this time, and it climbed more than 1,000 meters in just two seconds, and a series of machine guns swept under the F-30E, quickly lost in the distance.
The leader of the devil squadron let out a long breath and was about to command the group to coordinate the formation, but as soon as he opened his mouth, before he could give the order, his gaze was completely frozen, and the expression that had just relaxed quickly turned to horror and despair.
In the air, above the No. 5 wingman who had just escaped the strafing of the machine guns, two F-30Es suddenly broke through the clouds and fog, one left and one right, and swooped down from above. Fired less than 200 meters above the No. 5 wingman.
"Da Da Da!"
"Da Da Da!"
Two strings of bullets accurately hit the cockpit of the No. 5 wingman, and the 22 mm caliber shells smashed the hatch, and the two pilots in the No. 5 wingman were instantly hit by the thick cannon and burst their brains!
The head and feet of the plane that lost control fell straight from the air to the sea surface with a whirl, and in just a few moments, the huge F-30E fell on the sea, and the huge water tension quickly catapulted the plane into the air and fell again, bounced a few times on the sea like a huge basketball, splashed a huge splash, and then fell into the sea crookedly, and was soon submerged by the sea.
"Ahh
At this time, the heart of the devil squadron leader was undoubtedly full of doubts and self-blame. In the short encounter that had just passed, he was bewildered by the opponent's Pugachev's "Cobra maneuver" and attracted all his spirit, and he didn't even notice that two enemy planes actually hid from everyone, quietly detoured to the rear of the formation, hid over the group, and launched a deadly surprise attack on his robe!
Where did they come from, and how did they do more than they did on their own?
But in the heart of the devil squadron leader, there is more anger.
These two damn planes, those two sneaky thieves, actually shot down their wingmen in one fell swoop with three short bursts like the army, and used only six cannons, leaving no chance to escape by parachuting!
On the other hand, in the face of a mere three enemy planes in a whole squadron, he just watched others take a detour and launched a counter-ambush against himself under his nose.
It's a shame!
At this time, the other three planes of the assault group had also completed their turn and fired fiercely at the three enemy planes in the air.
But it was this moment of time difference that the enemy plane, which had seized the lead, had once again faced the direction of the sun and seized a favorable position. The two F-30E's made a turn maneuver in the air, then quickly descended to an altitude of 2,000 meters, and then changed course, and broke through the gap between the three groups without completing the encirclement, and galloped due south! The F-44, which proudly completed a "luring the enemy" mission, climbed at a large elevation angle, quickly transferred to the sky above the group, followed the trajectory of the two "Lone Eagles", got rid of the group of enemy planes, and galloped all the way.
"Chase! Plug them up and kill them for me! The Devil Squadron Leader roared angrily. (To be continued.) )