Chapter 241: Call the Tomcat for help
Onward, onward!
Just when the MiG-25 group was flying towards the southern part of Hokkaido, the 203 Air Force at the Chitose base had also taken off one after another, and they quickly climbed to prepare to set up an interception line in front of the MiG-25 group.
"There is a group of interceptors ahead, pay attention, prepare to enter a supersonic state." Andrei shouted over the radio.
Get ready to enter the supersonic state!
After hearing this order, all the pilots of the 513 regiment were in high spirits, and the most important moment finally came!
Just now they were flying in a dense formation, but now, as they want to accelerate, they can no longer maintain the formation formation, and the fighters scatter one after another, each turning on its own afterburner.
With a blazing flame erupting from the tail, the MiG-25 began to accelerate.
E-3 AWACS.
"Look, they're in their original form now." I had been paying attention to this shiny large target just now, and now, sure enough, the large target was scattered, and each big bright spot became four small bright spots.
In the eyes of the early warning personnel, these targets do not pose much of a threat, and they have already dispatched a flight team to the past, and they are about to launch an interception line, which will definitely be able to stop them.
The early warning officer picked up the coffee and kept his spirit high at a high level, at this time he was already very tired, so he took a sip of coffee and relaxed.
At this moment, all of a sudden, he felt that something was wrong!
On the screen in front of you, the speed of the other party's movement is getting faster and faster, which means that the other party is accelerating.
After all, in order to launch medium-range missiles, fighters have to accelerate, but now, the other side is accelerating, and it is still climbing higher, and soon it has climbed from 15,000 meters to 20,000 meters.
At this time, the early warning personnel were already stunned.
At an altitude of 20,000 meters, the other party is still climbing, and at the same time, the speed is further accelerating!
"God, it's the MiG-25!" The early warning officer shouted: "Attention, the second formation is the MiG-25 formation, stop them, stop them!" ”
"Our plane, too far ahead, hurry back!"
After hearing the judgment of the MiG-25, the commander of the plane immediately gave an order.
The E-3 is modified from the fuselage of the Boeing 707 airliner, which is quite comfortable, and the pilot in front of him also flies very smoothly, and when he hears this sound, the pilot immediately kicks the rudder and pushes the operating stick.
The whole body was tilted over, almost thirty degrees! With the roar of the engines, the plane began an emergency turn.
"Wow!" The coffee that he hadn't drunk just now spilled on the chest of the early warning officer, and he couldn't care less about cursing, still looking at the target on the screen.
Sure enough, at this time, the speed of the other party has reached Mach 2.5, and the height has also reached 25,000!
The airliner turned ninety degrees and flew southward, but its flight speed was not at all comparable to the MiG-25 fleet, which was racing at Mach 2.5!
In particular, they are now just north of the circular route, almost next to the Tsugaru Strait.
"Our F-4 fleet can't intercept them, hurry, immediately ask the Navy's Tomcat fighters to help!" The commander shouted loudly.
The F-4 fighter is mounted on a Sparrow air-to-air missile, and it has been proven many times that this air-to-air missile cannot shoot at high-altitude and high-speed targets, after all, its use altitude is below 20,000 meters!
The Air Force simply does not have any means to deal with the MiG-25, only the Tomcat of the Navy!
Although there are some small contradictions between the Air Force and the Navy in peacetime, it is definitely not the kind of old and dead that do not get along, especially now, the E-3 AWACS aircraft is facing danger, and only the Navy can come to the rescue!
In particular, the Navy's Tomcat fighters have already been dispatched, just in the waters south of Nemuro, to intercept those Soviet ships and helicopters, just to ask them to come to the rescue!
"111 Squadron, immediately end the current mission and go to the 140 airspace."
Nathan was chasing a Hind helicopter at this point, firing a Sidewinder missile, and with the sound of locking, he opened fire again with agility.
The Sidewinder missile left the pylons and pounced towards the target, and before the target was hit, Nathan's headphones sounded the sound of the Kitty Hawk.
140 airspace?
It was the southern part of Hokkaido, the eastern part of the Tsugaru Strait, and a sea area northeast of Honshu Island. Could it be that the Soviets went crazy and wanted to hit the island of Honshu?
The Soviets, you can't help but play your cards according to the script!
Despite this speculation, Nathan was still quite steady: "Attention, 111 Squadron, now end the mission immediately and go to 140 airspace." ”
After speaking, Nathan turned on the afterburner without hesitation, and as the blazing flames came out, the two TF40 engines were fully turned on, and the fighter instantly accelerated violently.
After all, the afterburner thrust is a little larger than before, and you can still experience this difference.
Nathan's plane began to accelerate, and at the same time, his wings began to sweep back, and the whole plane was like a shuttle dart.
Accelerate, accelerate!
A milky white sonic boom cloud appeared in the nose, the nose passed through, and the fighter entered a supersonic state!
The two engines in the tail cannot continue to carry out afterburner flight, and now, in an emergency, Nathan will not be stingy with fuel, even if he can only drive afterburner for two minutes, he can rush to the predetermined airspace.
Think about it or the best F22 in later generations, supersonic cruise, you can rush to the required airspace as soon as possible.
Just as Nathan began to accelerate to the predetermined airspace with his own fleet, he was also quickly understanding the situation.
A fleet of MiG-25 aircraft suddenly broke through the central part of Hokkaido and came to the south, where their only worthy target was AWACS!
Only the MiG-25 can undertake this kind of mission, and it is the task of the MiG-25 to take the head of the enemy among the ten thousand armies.
Now, how dare the other side make up his mind about this E-3 AWACS aircraft of his own?
In front of the Tomcat, there is only failure!
"Turn on the radar and scan the airspace ahead." Nathan shouted to Gus behind him, "PDS mode!" ”
A great advantage of the Tomcat fighter is its powerful weapon system, the PDS mode of the AG-9 radar, the detection range is the farthest, if you search for a large bomber, it can definitely exceed 300 kilometers, it is simply a small AWACS aircraft, and it can also exceed 200 kilometers when searching for targets like the MiG-25.
When the radar search was turned on, Gus immediately had a catch: "At eight o'clock, there are a large number of high-speed targets!" ”
Those MiG-25s, which have already flown to the south of Hokkaido, will soon fly through the airspace of No. 140!