Chapter Seventy-One: The Ace's Contact Battle

There are also two R-73 missiles hanging under the wings, and Long Yun intends to take advantage of the victory to pursue and keep the other two EF2000s on their own soil.

At this moment, he noticed an echo signal on the radar: just behind the two enemy fuselages in front of him, there was a target approaching at high speed.

Was it the reinforcements of the Germans?

Long Yun's guess was completely correct.

At an altitude of 6,000 meters, the No. 07 of the 38th Fighter Squadron of the JG71 was the pilot of Lieutenant Colonel Erich Rudolph, who had just escaped from the fierce fighting in the north, and after achieving a victory, he was directed by the AWACS aircraft to sail south to intercept the Soviet fighter formation, which was faintly about to break through.

Received information on the number of E-3A AWACS aircraft, there was only one enemy aircraft engaged with the 37 fighter squadron, most likely from the Soviet 309 front-line fighter regiment; Analyzing the information from the front, the battlefield controller dutifully reminded Lieutenant Colonel Rudolph that it was likely to be the Russian ace from before.

That arrogant Red Thirteen?

Thinking of encountering the enemy's trump card, Rudolph immediately raised his spirits. It is said that the guy achieved nine results in the first ten days of the war, and I don't know if it's true or not. Will the Russians really be that tough?

Just let yourself try it.

On the radio, Rudolph, while monitoring the battlefield situation on the radar monitor, ordered the remaining aircraft of the 37 Squadron to immediately accelerate their departure; This is not a chivalry that prohibits more than less, but a wise way to preserve strength. On the radio he had already been reported by Captain Hansen, that guy had killed Schmering and his wingman in quick succession, in less than a minute!

Although the distance of tens of kilometers is an instant for a fighter, with such a terrifying strength, maybe by the time he arrives, there will be no more German fighters in the sky.

For JG71, which has no backup, every pilot and every EF2000 is precious now, and he doesn't want to lose one-third of the combat strength of the 37th Squadron in an air battle.

Maintaining a high-speed attitude of receiving the enemy, Rudolph and the two EF2000s that were accelerating out of the war zone staggered, at this time the signal of the MiG on the radar was already quite obvious, and this guy really chased after him!

Without further hesitation, the incoming target was already within range of the AIM-7M, and Rudolph suddenly pressed the button.

AIM-7M, two salvos!

After launching the medium-range missile, Rudolph did not slack off in the slightest, but continued to climb at a speed of Mach 1.5 and quickly approached the MiG. The threat of "Sparrow" was still a bit weak for the ace pilot, and he knew that such a master duel would only be known in a fight.

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Receiving the prompt from the radar warning instrument, Long Yun easily shook off the two incoming missiles while maintaining visual contact.

Just as he dodged the missile and was about to speed up to meet the enemy, he found that the enemy was temporarily missing from the radar, and Long Yun looked up and saw that the frantically climbing EF2000 had come to his diagonal top, and the speed was also a little unusual.

This guy, he didn't keep the constant irradiation?

Thinking like this, Long Yun did not stagnate at all, he decisively pulled the lever sideways, got rid of the EF2000's high-speed dive and sweep, and then entered a circled fight with the opponent who was killed in the oblique stab. Due to the disadvantage of entry speed, Long Yun's movements were relatively flexible, but the opponent still used the height advantage to constantly suppress him, and still firmly held the lead after several consecutive maneuvers. Discovering that the attacker's technique was mastered, Long Yun immediately tensed up.

This guy is not the same as those Germans before him. He's very skilled!

Piloting the MiG-29, which has excellent circling ability, Long Yun was not afraid to fight with his opponent; But seeing the enemy's twisted trajectory constantly using the instantaneous turn to change the nose pointing, he realized that it would be very dangerous to continue like this.

Compared with the German EF2000, since the MiG-29 has no advantage in thrust and storage speed, if Long Yun is forced to withdraw from the hovering first, he will definitely be attacked by the opponent's sharp tail and rear attack. But being bitten very tightly by the opponent, Long Yun couldn't get out of the circle safely after several attempts, this guy is quite familiar with the weapon he uses, and has always kept Long Yun in the high probability kill zone of AIM-9M; If Long Yun reluctantly escaped, then there would be big trouble right away.

Is it being targeted to death?

- How can this work?

Not having the heart to play a game of circles with his opponent, Long Yun pushed the throttle valve to the maximum, and made a sharp reverse twist with a high overload to get out of the circle. Sure enough, the opponent's "Sidewinder" missile immediately followed, but Long Yun was already on guard, and Lisuo used the simple but practical action of turning sharply sideways to get rid of it.

In the ever-changing air battle, there is no room for much thought, Long Yun, who dodged the missile, swayed his joystick from side to side, and while using Gao Yoyo to guard against the opponent's imminent attack, his mind was quickly reviewing the maneuver confrontation just now. Unlike other German pilots, this guy knows everything about the EF2000's capabilities; That would be very difficult to deal with, after all, the performance gap of the fighter was obvious, and there was not much fuel left, so Long Yun must now do his best to get rid of the entanglement of his opponent.

Long Yun didn't know at this time that the EF2000, which was chasing after him, was already at the end of the crossbow.

After the previous battle and high-speed rush, Rudolph's fuel was already stretched thin because the auxiliary fuel tank was abandoned before engaging the enemy. The fierce confrontation just now consumed a lot of oil reserves, and Rudolph had no intention of fighting at this time; He secretly wrote down the appearance characteristics of this MiG, the red thirteen is it?

You won't be so lucky the next time you meet in person.

Seeing that the opponent took the initiative to give up and turn away, although Long Yun had the intention to pursue, the little fuel left did not allow him to do so. He could only adjust the course and launch an R-73, watching as the distant flames turned into bright spots and faded into view. Launching missiles at subsonic speeds to attack enemy planes with an altitude advantage and a speed of more than Mach 1.5, Long Yun knew that this was basically no fun, and he was just demonstrating.

Circled several times at a reduced altitude over the theater of operations, and did not find Ivan's landing site.

Seeing that the search is hopeless, the oil has bottomed out; Although it has not been attacked so far, it is possible that it will be targeted by anti-aircraft missiles at any time. Thinking that this was the third time that he had lost his wingman, Long Yun probably understood Ivan's angry expression just now.

If this continues, will no one dare to give him a wingman to take to the air?

On the way back to the airport, Long Yun was a little absent-minded. After such a fierce battle, he felt quite tired with his extraordinary physique.

Now he just wants to get back to reality first and get a good rest.