Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Ghosts That Attack
Sitting in the familiar cockpit, Long Yun's movements were very fast.
If this was in the real world, he certainly wouldn't dare do it. But since it's a crossing, what else is there to worry about?
Listening to the instructions of the tower in the headphones, he skillfully prepared for take-off, and with the help of the power supply of the starting car, he started the two engines in turn at the fastest speed after opening the main power door. With the roar that gradually sounded and the pitch gradually increased, Long Yun observed the instrument to confirm that the engine was igniting, rising and rotating normally, and that it was in normal working condition.
Looking sideways at the red No. 20 wingman next to him, which was also starting the engine, a row of auxiliary air intakes above the sleek side strips were fully open, and the pilot was testing the maneuvering of the aerodynamic surfaces. As a front-line fighter capable of taking off and landing at an airstrip, in order to avoid the air intake suspended in the lower part of the fuselage from sucking in debris and other debris, the MiG-29 has auxiliary air intakes above the air intake and at the corresponding positions on the left and right wings, and the engine is inhaled by the auxiliary air intake during take-off and landing, and the main air intake is completely closed at this time.
No one noticed him for the time being, Long Yun gestured to the wingman and received an affirmative response. So he pushed harder and began to slide, releasing the brakes at the same time.
At this moment, a surprised cry came from the tower: "Victor? How is he? ”
- Oops, was it discovered?
At this time, he couldn't manage so much, Long Yun immediately turned on the afterburner for a rapid takeoff, completely ignoring the chaotic calls in the headset, and just when he reached the take-off speed, the lever raised his head and left the runway. Because it is a vigilance and driving mission, the MiG-29 fuselage carrying most of the fuel volume in the aircraft and the configuration of two in two is relatively light, although there is a booster system, Long Yun can still distinguish from the rod force.
"Victor, attacking without permission will be punished!"
"- What? Victor, is that you? Where did Ivan go? ”
"It's nothing, it's so stuffy to be on the ground. I'm going to have to deal with those pesky flies this time, hey! ”
"You- that's too bold, isn't it? Oh, the tower makes me look at you, it looks like they didn't plan to intercept it. ”
Long Yun, the pilot in the wingman, also knew him, of course, he had only met in the past few days: a small Georgian named Suvorov, who had a pretty good temper.
"yes, do you think I'm going to join the enemy? I won't. I haven't avenged my revenge last time, and I'm already itching my hands. Long Yun really thought so, no matter who that mysterious guy was, he would have to find him sooner or later and then decide on it.
According to the guidance of ground information, not long after flying out of the coastline, Long Yun spotted the NATO fighter plane swimming in the sky.
Against the backdrop of abundant sunshine and high clouds, two West German F-4F "Ghost" fighters painted in the air were wandering slowly along the coastline, not knowing whether they were reconnoitring and taking pictures or what they were doing. Looking at the leisurely appearance of their flight, it seems that they are not in the Baltic Sea, which is deeply rooted in the heart of the Warsaw Pact and is heavily guarded, but in the swimming pool in their own backyard.
Seeing these fat fighters with their tails drooping, the iron crosses on the wings were faintly visible, and for some reason, Long Yun suddenly felt a wave of disgust from the bottom of his heart.
Look at the swaggering appearance, it's just two hooligans who don't clean up!
Keeping the radar off and the radio silent, Long Yun distanced himself from his wingman and approached the two F-4Fs with the help of the cover of sparse clouds.
Although the distance was still quite far, he could already see that the enemy planes only had electronic countermeasures pods hanging under their wings, and then two AIM-9s, which were obviously here to harass and provoke. If it weren't for the ground command explicitly not allowing active attacks, Long Yun would have turned on the radar and launched the R-27 to beat these two guys who didn't know whether they were alive or dead to take a bath in the sea; But now that he can't fight, he has to think of some other means to teach them a lesson.
Of course, at this time, Long Yun's wingman was not idle, and climbed slightly at the original altitude, and Suvorov kept an eye on the movement of the ground guidance station to avoid being attacked by NATO aircraft.
But just as he was about to circle through a thin cloud and prepare to circle around, he was surprised to find that the low-altitude Long Yun was chasing the still ignorant "ghosts" at a very high speed, and it looked like he was about to rush up to melee and use it to carry out a cannon attack. - This guy, is he really crazy or something?
Seeing this qiē in his eyes, Suvorov was also helpless, he was too far away from them now.
Besides, what could he do, should he swoop down and drive Victor away? Still self-aware of this, Suvorov knew that his flying skills were incomparable to Viktor. But he really couldn't guess what Victor was going to do. The putter dived through the thin clouds, and Suvorov turned to fly low, ready to meet Viktor, and in the event of an emergency, he could fire first.
Holding the lever steadily, Long Yun continued to accelerate and pursue the two F-4Fs in front. The weather was good, the visibility was excellent and there was no turbulence, which was just the right time to use your flying skills to suppress your opponents.
As the distance between the two continued to get closer, I don't know whether it was instructed by the ground radar or by accident, the enemy plane in front seemed to have noticed Long Yun's whereabouts, and also began to accelerate and climb. It's still peacetime, and it seems that they are not worried about being attacked by the MiGs who are following them, and they are still flying zigzag along the coastline, and they don't take Long Yun, who is chasing closely behind, seriously.
Looking from the rear and above, Long Yun could clearly distinguish the tactical signs of the West German Air Force on the wings of the enemy planes, and the tail flames coming out of the tail vent under the shuttle-shaped tail. Finding that the enemy plane was accelerating and climbing in a straight line, and there was no appearance of maneuvering to dodge, Long Yun showed a mocking smile.
Want to run?
These conceited West German pilots were too confident in their F-4F.
The F-4 is a heavy fighter aircraft put into production by the United States in the 60s, which was originally a twin-engine, two-seat carrier-based aircraft prepared for the Navy, and later the Air Force also purchased a large number of them and exported a considerable amount. In 1966, when the West German Air Force introduced a simplified version of the F-4E from the MacDonald, the F-4F has been used as the main combat equipment by all fighter units.
The F-4, which was designed in the post-war second-generation fighter trend, adhered to the typical design of the time that pursued large, comprehensive, high-altitude and high-speed performance, although the drag coefficient was small, but the fuselage was large and bulky. Although equipped with two J79-GB-17 engines with an afterburner thrust of 79.6 kN, the thrust is basically the same as that of the MiG-29, and the acceleration performance is really much inferior.
Now that both the pursuer and the pursued are mounted in air combat, Long Yun's MiG-29 has an advantage in speed and acceleration, although the F-4F is also accelerating, but the distance between the two sides is still shortening.
Soon, Long Yun saw that the speedometer had reached nearly nine hundred, which was already a lot of speed at low altitude. He retracted the throttle slightly, and at the same time approached the enemy planes further, and the altitude difference between him and the West German planes became smaller and smaller.
After a few adjustments, Long Yun was already above the side of the Germans, he turned the fighter plane sideways so that he could see the enemy plane, and then began to slowly lower the altitude.
When approaching the enemy plane, Long Yun calculated several plans for warning; But these plans either don't have the conditions to be realized, or they are a little less powerful.
Nasty opponents are right in front of you, how can you get rid of them?