Chapter 734: Chasing the Aardvark
What kind of combat help is this in the airspace where enemy planes are everywhere?
The problem is actually that in this sky that is temporarily seized by NATO fighters for air supremacy, there are generally no Soviet fighters, so for all the targets found by the naked eye, Long Yun can directly attack as long as he roughly judges the aircraft type; However, unlike the unscrupulous Long Yun, NATO fighters flying in this airspace must go through a series of cumbersome IFF procedures to identify friend or foe, and in terms of reaction speed, the opponent should suffer a little loss.
But then again, this kind of analysis is a theory, not a reality that can be relied upon.
Why do you say that, just look at the exaggerated livery of the white twenty Su-27S, the black "2019" number against the background of a white star on a red background is so huge and eye-catching, I am afraid that all NATO pilots will recognize it at first glance as the landline of the "Caucasus Reaper", the so-called identification of friend and foe, it is not a matter of an instant?
- Haha, but so what!
Even if the visual recognition is completed at the first time, and it is suddenly discovered that it is actually the "Grim Reaper" who is being killed, what kind of impact will this kind of spiritual impact have on the enemy, will it scare them one by one on the spot?
This kind of thing, thinking about it is quite interesting, but now Long Yun, who is flying the fighter plane to the east, has no time to pay attention to it, while concentrating on maintaining an ultra-low-altitude flight state, he looks around the large sky from time to time, looking for any clues that may be enemy aircraft.
At least there is no need to worry about the threat of air conditions from below, which is an advantageous condition for fighters whose cockpit vision is limited to the upper hemisphere; But at the same time. Affected by the obscuring of the curvature of the earth. The range of view of the fighter will also be greatly limited. So he now has to follow a well-planned zigzag flight track all the way to find the "prey" that patrols the air at a low altitude and without any ground guidance.
In the gray-blue sky, the sun shines through the clouds and casts a blurry outline of light and shadow over the vast Caucasus land; Following a pre-planned route, Long Yun flew quickly to the Georgian town of Kutaisi, where his planned plan today was to look for an opportunity to sneak attack NATO attack the NATO attack from an ultra-low altitude, while the fighting in the area around Kutaisi was still fierce. Naturally, it will also be the best hunting ground for NATO fighters to frequent and the red "Grim Reaper" to feast on food.
After entering the airspace southwest of Kutaiy, Long Yun, who had been paying attention to the search but finding nothing, finally found the target after piloting a fighter plane across a river.
Just a dozen seconds ago, the indicator light on the RWR warning light panel began to glow slightly, and it was obvious that a large number of fighters were moving around in the nearby airspace; Flying forward along the winding and twisting course, he suddenly noticed a faint black dot in the direction of the landline at two o'clock, although the fighter plane flying at low altitude would not drag the white condensation track, but Long Yun still looked at the movement of the black dots, and identified the vague black shadows flying northward one by one.
It looks like about four or five, could this be a NATO attack aircraft formation?
More than 13 kilometers of visual distance. The target was still just a vague black dot, and Long Yun couldn't tell the model of the attacking enemy plane now.
After the discovery of a suspected target. While lowering the altitude further and entering the turning track with a slight side stick, he pulled the throttle valve back to reduce the flight speed, preparing to approach these unknown targets from the rear in a circle, first identifying the aircraft type and movement, and then launching a rapid missile sneak attack.
As he gradually approached the enemy plane, Long Yun still didn't know that the target he had caught today was not only rare, but also very numerous.
Flying in the gray-blue sky, the variable swept wings maintained a 26-degree deployment state, the wing compound pylons were hung with a full fifty 500-pound aerial bombs, and a huge fighter plane with dark gray paint was flying in a dense attack formation towards Kutaisi, which was six F-111F fighter-bombers from the 523 Squadron of the 27th Tactical Fighter Wing of the United States Air Force, which were preparing to carry out high-intensity bombing of the deep area held by the Soviet Army under the escort of F-15E fighters in medium-altitude airspace.
The F-111 that appeared in the sky of the Caucasus has only happened in the last week or two.
As for the F-111, this kind of fighter that was in service in the real world until 1995 was all retired and mothballed due to changes in cost-effectiveness ratio and operational thinking, and should not have appeared on the battlefield of a world war.
However, the so-called unpredictable world, as the flames of a major war in the parallel world are burning more and more, and there are heavy casualties in the protracted war of attrition in the air, although NATO's tactical air force has a sufficient number of fighters as a supplement at any time, it also feels unsustainable day by day, after all, the cost-effectiveness ratio of using F-16C/D, F-15E and other "high-end" tactical aircraft to carry out air attack missions is not ideal, and the strike accuracy when flying at ultra-low altitude is not satisfactory.
Under the pressure of the tense battlefield, the US Air Force implemented several wing rebuilding plans as early as a month and a half ago, including the reactivation of batches of F-111E/F fighter-bombers that were mothballed in the Arizona desert and belonged to the 309th AMARC (Aerospace_Maintenance_And_Regeneration_Center, Aircraft Maintenance and Rearmament Center), and in time for the "typhoon" The reconstituted 27th Tactical Fighter Wing was redeployed to the Middle East to serve under U.S. Central Command, and the aircraft were soon deployed to several air bases in eastern Turkey.
As a heavy tactical bomber with a long history of research and development, although the F-111 is old, it has a huge bomb load and ultra-low-altitude penetration bombing capabilities that are difficult for other tactical aircraft to achieve.
As far as the current situation is concerned, the generals of the Central Command plan to crush the Russian ground mobile forces in Transcaucasia "in a day or two" in order to begin the second phase of the operation, that is, to attack north and advance further into the Soviet Caucasus with air assault forces; In order to quickly solve the two Soviet mechanized armies in Transcaucasia, it is completely impossible to rely on ground forces alone, and for this purpose it is necessary to provide high-intensity air support that is ready to call and fight, which is one of the reasons why the F-111 "Aardvark", a fighter that lacks defense capability and has a worrying survivability under modern battlefield conditions, is still immediately put into operation.
Now, the F-111, carrying more than 10 tons of unguided munitions, can instantly pour a rain of death mixed with steel and explosives as long as it can reach the sky above the target, turning the land it flies through into a hell on earth full of craters!
But it's a pity that this time the combat mission, the "Aardvarks" are destined to have no chance to complete it.
After discovering the target in the sky, the fighter plane cautiously turned to the side behind the enemy plane, and the white No. 20, which did not carry radar, naturally maintained electromagnetic silence all the way, and Long Yun's eyes in the cockpit were as sharp as knives, and he kept staring at the target plane that was constantly changing directions in his line of sight, and his outline was becoming clear little by little.
But as far as the current situation is concerned, he has been observing the silhouettes of fighters flying in the sky from the side, this perspective makes him extremely experienced in combat a little uncertain for a while, and he is not sure what model these fighters are.
But now that the "prey" has been found, let's talk about the model or something later!
As long as it is not a low-altitude struggle with the opponent, but only a one-sided attack on the unaware opponent, the fighter model or anything is actually not important.
Thinking of this, according to the visual estimation of the flight speed of the target aircraft, Long Yun appropriately pushed the throttle valve forward to enter the pursuit route, in order to keep the body absolutely light, he did not carry too much fuel into the battlefield today, so the next battle must be carefully calculated, not to waste any fuel.
As the landline speeds up to pursue, the difficulty of flying at ultra-low altitudes is also increasing, of course, Long Yun does not plan to keep chasing the butt of the enemy plane like this, which will not only chase too slowly and waste fuel in vain, but also be detrimental to using the R-73M to hit the opponent as soon as possible.
Thinking of this, he made a rough estimate and thought that he had pursued Cheng Dรน, which was less than five kilometers away from the opponent, so he held the control stick steady with both hands and prepared to use a standard high Yoyo to enter a dive attack posture; However, at this moment, as if a divine help, he felt a chill welling up behind him, and Long Yun subconsciously glanced at the RWR lamp plate, and then looked back more suddenly.
Damn, it's not that easy!
In the fighter plane flying at high speed, the moment he hurriedly turned around, Long Yun immediately pulled the rod and kicked the rudder like lightning, and entered a large overload sideways to avoid it while climbing suddenly.
Just when he was preparing to "catch the cicada", he suddenly found that "the yellow finch was behind", and the frightened Long Yun only saw a fighter plane that had swooped down from a high altitude and had obviously launched the "Sidewinder" missile.
Suddenly disrupted the rhythm of the battle, caught in the pursuit of two enemy planes with superior height and speed, Rao is experienced Long Yun couldn't help but feel nervous in his heart, but the control in his hand was still completely unconscious accurate and decisive. Relying entirely on the fighting instinct of a pilot, he realized that in this situation, enemy planes would generally use "sidewinders", and he immediately used a large overload on the horizontal plane to turn sideways, and cooperated with a large array of infrared jamming bombs to get rid of the missile's pursuit, and at the same time, he also thought of the countermeasures behind him as fast as lightning.
Enduring overload and black vision, nervously observing the enemy situation in the cockpit, Long Yun still saw the front and upper projection of the incoming enemy plane at a glance, and the outline of the double vertical tail suddenly made him sure that this time it was the old enemy F-15 "Eagle" again. (To be continued......)