Chapter 313 Bait and Trout
In the vast sky, the distance between the two warring sides, with a huge disparity in strength, is rapidly narrowing.
Unlike NATO's air forces, which had already received the alarm and were in a hurry, Long Yun, who was rapidly approaching the battle line, still received only scattered ground guidance information at this time, and he did not know that there were a large number of American planes waiting for him to fall into the net in the far south sky, except for the US bomber targets in front of him.
But after the real encounter between the two sides, who will be the soul of the blue sky and stay in this ancient land forever?
Both sides of the anxious war are waiting for an answer.
――The answer is coming soon!
Piloting the red No. 17 Su-27S in a clear blue sky, the bright sunlight penetrated the thin clouds and generously sprinkled on the smooth fuselage, the N001 radar was fully powered, Long Yun's sharp eyes scanned the still clear sky, and his mouth hummed a familiar Moscow tune. In this desolate but resource-rich land, in the thin clouds at an altitude of several thousand meters, he was not at all worried about the threat of anti-aircraft fire, and the only thing he needed to pay attention to now was the American strategic bombers attacking at low altitude in front of him.
Naturally, Long Yun's keen consciousness was already reminding him that this was most likely a trap.
Looking at the entire Caucasus, what kind of high-value targets are there that are worthy of the American strategic bombers coming all the way to launch an attack? If it is said that it is a sneak attack and the use of cruise missiles to attack shipyards and other important military facilities along the Black Sea coast, it is more or less reasonable.
But no matter what the purpose is, since the opponent released such a big fat meat, Long Yun naturally will not be indifferent.
As the fighter continued to approach south, the N001 radar, which was deeply immersed in electronic interference, still vaguely captured the target information in front of it, and dutifully issued an alarm: behind the obvious target in front of him, there may be a large NATO aircraft group that is eyeing him, but this did not make him feel the slightest fear.
Look at the appearance of the Americans, take out the bombers to fish, and then think of a bear infested game?
-- Who is the prey and who is the hunter now, I don't know!
Further turning on the afterburner of the engine and accelerating to the south in the Red Seventeen, the Su-27S with the jamming pod now basically regards the Americans' over-the-horizon attacks as child's play, even if the subsequent air situation report from the AWACS aircraft reminds him that a large number of enemy aircraft are moving in the southern sky.
Even if there are more enemy aircraft, so many that they exceed the coverage capacity of the jamming pods, the American "Sparrows" will not be able to launch endlessly, will they?
As long as they make a slight mistake and let themselves rush in front of them, the rest of the situation is under control!
Seeing that the light spots on the radar display screen were full of shadows, Long Yun, who had climbed high, adjusted the radar working mode to down-looking scanning, and extracted the target echo signal from the chaotic ground echo in front and below; But due to the powerful electronic interference of the Americans, such an adjustment did not work well.
The Americans' scheming is not inadequate; The B-1B, which maintains an altitude of more than 2,000 meters, can not only let the Russians see clearly enough, but also happen to be able to receive the air information forwarded by the F-15C in the distance. Finding that the Russians on the opposite side had already taken the bait, the leading B-1B pilot, Major Smith, kept his eyes on the radar siren, and flew forward for about 30 seconds in fear, and immediately turned back with a slope.
Although before leaving, the boss swore that the mission was "risk-free", but the high accidental death insurance purchased for him betrayed the true thoughts of his superiors, and Captain Smith now only felt like an earthworm hanging on a fishhook, but where was the trout with sharp teeth?
The sound of the radar siren intensified, indicating that the enemy was still approaching in front of him, which made Smith even more distraught.
Don't lose yourself by not catching a big fish, that's not fun at all! The Major pushed the throttle valve to open full force as he returned, and he could say that he had done his best to act as a decoy, and as to whether he could attract the terrible Russian to take the bait-
Now it's about his, it's only right to run for your life!
"Call counter, the fisherman is evacuating, confirm that 'Crazy Ivan' is approaching, repeat, 'Crazy Ivan' is approaching, eighty-five!"
"Received at the counter. - Eagle-One, Eagle-Three, provide the number of targets on the chain! Attention all units, get ready for the launch of Fox-One! ”
According to the planned deployment, the four F-15Cs of the Eighth Wing had been scattered with each other on an interception line almost 30 kilometers wide, and the four AN/APG63 radars had covered a large area of airspace over Georgia, firmly monitoring the "flankers" who were approaching the predetermined airspace, for fear that he would resort to some conspiracy.
The originally vast sky is so narrow for the high-speed flying fighters that the distance between the two sides is rapidly shortening; Finding that the oncoming "flanker" was still approaching, Lieutenant Colonel Neil Jefferson, the commander of the formation of the Eighth Wing, who was sitting in the center of the formation, took a deep breath, and the moment of knightly holding his spear high and charging bravely had finally arrived!
"Attention Fox-One, it's expected to launch in ten seconds!"
"- Fox-One, expected to launch in five seconds!"
"Fox-One", a call sign that often appears in air combat movies and makes people a little confused, does not refer to the code name of fighters or missiles, but the standard call sign of the US Navy and Air Force when using semi-active radar-guided missiles, which is used to remind friendly aircraft of missile launches; The corresponding call sign for infrared-guided missiles is "Fox-Two", active radar-guided missiles are "Fox-Three", air-to-ship missiles are "Fox-Six", and so on.
Just in front of the F-15C, which locked on the "flanker" and was preparing to carry out the AIM-7M salvo, a large number of F-16Cs of the 20th Wing, which was divided into two echelons, basically used radar to lock on to the only target in front of them at this time. Unlike the F-16A that did not have over-the-horizon capabilities in the early days, today's C-type "Fighting Falcons" also have the ability to launch AUN-7M "Sparrow" missiles, and they are about to launch large-scale over-the-horizon attacks in batches under the instructions of the rear "Eagle", striving to knock down the Russians before entering a visual air battle!
In front of such a big formation, seeing the Russians on the opposite side rushing towards him without any dodging, I don't know if he is brave or stupid, or that he is not afraid of death at all?
- This "crazy Ivan" is really evil!