The four fighter planes need to return the same way they came, that is, retreat along the flight path they came from.
Before carrying out the mission, the superiors discussed the evacuation plan after completing the bombing mission, and finally decided to let the four fighters evacuate in the most secure way, that is, through the low-altitude canyon.
After all, the dense air defense missiles here form an air defense firepower network. Although the warriors who dare to go up will not be said to be certain to die, they will still have a narrow escape. Naturally, it is impossible for superiors to let their pilots take such a big risk - especially here
Under the premise that the mission itself is very dangerous, if the risk can be reduced by one point, that would be the best.
So, leaving behind the factory that had been bombed to the point that it had lost its basic functions, the four fighter planes immediately returned to the base.
The return flight requires speed. After all, Wang Yu and the others need to leave the enemy's airspace as quickly as possible, which means they can tolerate being detected, as long as they do not give the enemy a chance to launch missiles.
Therefore, the return journey is not so much about returning to the original route, but rather taking some shortcuts based on the original route.
For example, some mountain ridges that originally needed to be detoured can now be jumped directly from above.
Although the enemy's radar will scan the fighter jets during this period, the fighter jets can quickly get back into the valley and break away from the radar's lock, so the enemy can only watch the occasional light spots on the radar and be helpless. Of course, if they can move the missiles to the valley in such a short period of time, the return of the four fighters will be full of risks. But obviously, the level of development of this mountain range is very low, let alone those fixed missiles.
Even the mobile missile launch vehicle is extremely difficult to move. To put it bluntly, the enemy can only watch and let the four fighters leave.
The only risk on the way back was the possible Custer Federation fighter planes, but those fighter planes had been attracted by the Yimlan people's vigorous actions before and left the airspace, although they immediately left the airspace when the factory was bombed.
Going back, but despite the fact that the plot of the bombing of the factory took two chapters and almost ten thousand words, the entire bombing process actually took less than ten minutes. Therefore, when the two teams of Jishi and Iris evacuated,
The enemy has not been able to get close yet.
In other words, these Custer Federation fighter planes simply cannot arrive to successfully intercept them.
But this does not mean that pilots can take it lightly.
The flight speed on the return trip was much faster than when we arrived, so the valley that could have been easily passed became full of dangers, which further tested the pilot's driving skills.
At least every time Wang Yu passes by the mountain at close range, Liu Lingxin's heart will beat subconsciously.,
She felt like the tree trunks on the mountain were almost poking into the cockpit.
Sometimes the plane vibrates slightly due to the airflow, and she will subconsciously look at the wings to see if the fighter plane has lost some parts unknowingly...
"Relax." Wang Yu noticed his nervousness in the back seat and decisively comforted him, "We have trained the high-speed return flight route on the simulator, so although these flying movements of mine are very thrilling, in fact they are
It's very safe, just like a roller coaster. It looks thrilling, but in fact there is almost nothing to be afraid of."
"I know, I know." Liu Lingxin quickly replied.
Wang Yu smiled and said nothing more.
He knew that Liu Lingxin would not be able to completely feel at ease just because of his words.
After all, this scene does look thrilling. Wang Yu, who is flying in the driver's seat, presses the control stick left and right, and the throttle is constantly rubbing back and forth. From time to time, his feet will also cooperate with the rudder movements to let the fighter
Just swaying left and right in the narrow canyon, the mountains on both sides swept back quickly. When facing the narrow valley ahead, there was only a short time to adjust the flight path...
Liu Lingxin was able to hold back from screaming and just kept her nervousness in her heart, which showed that she trusted him very much.
It seems that I have to make it up to her when I get back. How about inviting her to a movie?
As a pilot, the ability to multi-task is a basic skill, so even in such a tense time, Wang Yu still has time to think about other things, and it will not interfere with his normal flight control of the fighter plane at all.
It's just that his ability to distract is completely used in the wrong place...
"We have completed half of the return journey, and ahead of us is the mountain watershed, which is Yin Mulan's national border."
After several minutes of low-altitude and high-speed flight, Luo Yu spoke up and reminded.
"I know that the air defense power of the Castors in this area has been weakened a lot." Wang Yu immediately replied, "So when we return to the Yin Mulan border, we can no longer fly at low altitudes, but return to
Although there will still be some Custer anti-aircraft missiles that will attack us at high altitudes, we can easily get rid of them as long as we follow them."
Luo Yu expressed his understanding: "Received, Iris ended the call."
Liu Lingxin put her hands on the console in front of her: "Wouldn't it be more appropriate to keep the altitude low until completely out of the range of Custer's air defense fire?"
"We should consider saving some fuel."
When Wang Yu said this, he looked at his fuel gauge. At this time, the fighter's fuel level was close to the return fuel level.
Long-term low-altitude flight in a high-density air environment, as well as constant on and off afterburners to adjust the attitude of the fighter aircraft during combat, consume a large amount of fuel in the fighter aircraft. Even if the fighter aircraft is filled with internal fuel tanks and conformal fuel tanks, this
There was not much fuel left at the time, so in order to return to the take-off base without relying on tankers, we still had to return to high altitude and slow down to the optimal speed calculated by the fighter's computer to reduce fuel consumption. "I think even if we are at low altitude, the fuel should be enough for us."
"Yes, but it's best not to jam the fuel line so hard." Wang Yu shook his head, "We should leave some redundancy to deal with possible unexpected situations."
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"Unexpected situation?" Liu Lingxin was stunned.
"For example, this..."
Wang Yu turned up the volume of the radar warning receiver, and Liu Lingxin heard the loud radar warning.
This is not a locking alarm, it is just a signal that the fighter plane has been detected by radar.
Irene had reported this to Wang Yu before. Now, with the help of Selina, she finally had the ability to identify the enemy's radar model, so she immediately told Wang Yu that this was an air radar located on the side and rear of the fighter plane. The radar
The model indicates that the threat is several Mirage 2000s, and on the radar warning display, this threat is displayed as 2c.
"Are there enemies following you?" Liu Lingxin frowned.
"I would be surprised if they didn't chase us." Wang Yu smiled, "It's just that we have stayed in the valley, and they don't know our specific location. They can only rely on the general direction to search." p>
Custer's ground radar had previously detected several fighter planes. This must be how those Custer fighters were tracked.
"Then we still have to climb to high altitude?" Liu Lingxin said in surprise.
"Don't worry, they are still some distance away from us." Wang Yu said calmly, "At least they are within the beyond visual range. We don't plan to climb too high. It is enough to reach about five thousand meters. At this height
In addition, when the enemy is still chasing us, even if they lock on to us and launch missiles, it will be difficult for them to hit us."
In the blink of an eye, four fighter planes flew over the mountainous divide that represents the border between the two countries.
Generally speaking, the watershed is the name that divides the different watersheds on both sides of the mountain range, so it is generally the place with the highest average altitude of the mountain range. Therefore, as soon as you fly over the watershed, the mountains in front of you change from desolate on one side to desolate on the other.
...Well, although most of the mountains still look dry because it is winter, there is obviously more greenery here than on the other side.
"We finally returned to the familiar airspace." Wenxuan complained in the team channel.
"We will not return to the familiar airspace until we are completely out of danger." Wang Yu corrected him, and then said in the team channel, "Attention everyone, we are preparing to climb, re-form, and level out at 5,000 meters. Be careful.
Enemy missiles."
The remaining fighter pilots in the communication channel gave the answers they received.
Therefore, Wang Yu took the lead in pushing the throttle to military thrust, pulling the stick back, and letting the fighter begin to climb upward.
Finally, the view in front of him was no longer dangerous mountains, but the vast sky with clouds.
In the blink of an eye, the fighter plane rose a lot and began to rush into the clouds.
The moment he jumped out of the mountains, several more ground threats appeared on the fighter plane's radar warning display, but most of them were the search radars of the radar stations, not the radars of the missile systems - obviously, Custer was also on the border.
There are not many missiles, but mainly radar stations with search as the main purpose.
"There are so many search targets, so annoying." Irene said decisively, and she began to repeat this sentence in Wang Yu's mind.
For a girl, the feeling of being scanned by radar is like walking on the street and being constantly glanced at with aggressive eyes.
So so many radar waves scanning fighter planes at the same time made Erin feel extremely uncomfortable.
"We will leave soon, don't worry." Wang Yu had to comfort Irene in his heart.
He was really tired. After comforting Liu Lingxin in the back seat, he had to comfort the girl on his fighter plane.
When the fighter plane climbed above the clouds, Wang Yu switched channels and connected the communication with the early warning aircraft.
"Hongyue, this is JiZhi-1."
With almost no delay, the early warning aircraft responded: "I'm glad to hear your voice, JiZhu-1. This proves that you have completed your mission and left the dangerous enemy airspace. Please explain the specific situation." "We have completed the mission and dealt a painful blow to the target factory." Wang Yu immediately reported step by step, "We have just returned to Yin Mulan's airspace. At this time, in order to save fuel, we rose to an altitude of five thousand meters. There are people behind us.
Four Mirage-2000 fighter jets from the Custer Federation are chasing us. We are not sure whether they will pursue them across the border between the two countries, but our remaining fuel is not enough to support us to turn around and fight an air battle, so do you have anyone over there?
What’s the solution?”
"Wait a moment, JiZhi No. 1..."
The AWACS was silent for a few seconds, and then continued: "Very good, we saw the target you mentioned. Four Mirage 2000s are approaching the border between the two countries and are tracking you. There is about a distance between them and you.
At a distance of thirty nautical miles, we have contacted Yin Mulan's fighter planes for you. They will arrive soon. You have completed an excellent mission today. I won't trouble you about air combat. Let's do it now.
Leave the rest to them."
"Roger it, Hongyue, thank you for your help." Wang Yu said immediately, "We will continue to return and conduct a detailed mission report after we return."
"Understood, Hongyue ends the call."
After the communication, everyone in the team felt relieved.
The Yinmulan fighter planes will arrive soon, and the Custer fighter planes chasing after them will naturally not be a problem.
At this moment, Wang Yu heard the alarm sound that his fighter plane was locked by the fire control radar.
"The phantom has locked onto me." At the same time, he heard reports from other teammates.
"Don't worry. Didn't the early warning aircraft say before that within thirty nautical miles, it would be surprising if their missiles could be launched in a pursuit..."
Fighters have calculation functions that can determine the maximum range, optimal range and minimum range of the missile in its current state. When the missile has not reached the maximum range, the missile will generally not be launched unless the override button is used to force the launch. p>
Therefore, even if Phantom locked them, there is not much that can be done.
However, for safety reasons, Wang Yu decided to speed up everyone's speed.
But using afterburner consumes too much fuel, so he told everyone: "Sacrifice the height of one thousand meters, perform shallow dive acceleration, and level off at four thousand meters."
Everyone expressed that they had received it, so the four fighter planes that had just reached 5,000 meters began to lower their altitude again.
The result is naturally that the speed of the fighter plane is further accelerated.
The Mirage-2000 is a good fighter, but it also has its shortcomings, such as poor acceleration performance. So when the two twin-engine heavy battles of the F-15 and the Su-37 start to accelerate, it wants to continue to catch up.
A very difficult thing.
Therefore, the proximity rate of both parties gradually became negative.
This kind of chasing and chasing continued for several more minutes. Wang Yu, under Erin's reminder, noticed that there was a formation of four aircraft flying neatly towards Custer's pursuing enemy outside the distant visual range - presumably this
It's the reinforcements from the Yinmulan people that Hongyue mentioned.
Shortly after reinforcements appeared, enemy planes no longer locked onto the four returning fighters.
Long ago, they had also escaped from the scanning range of Custer's ground radar.
So at this time, apart from the scanning of friendly early warning aircraft and ground radar, the radar warning system showed no other threats.
They adjusted their direction and continued flying in the direction of the base.
After more than ten minutes, the base finally appeared in their sight.