Half an hour after the mission started, good news finally came from the front line.
The enemy's main ground air defense targets have been suppressed by anti-radiation missiles launched by Yimlan fighter planes. The Yimlan fighter planes responsible for ground emergency suppression missions are patrolling the flight route at this time, flying at an altitude of about 5,000 to 6,000
About a kilometer.
The strike group composed of Jiju Squadron and Iris Squadron will fly at a higher altitude when approaching the target. This can not only avoid the enemy's short-range air defense, but also allow Yin Mulan's fighters to serve as their barrier. After all, the Yinmulan people need to ensure that when the strike team enters, no ground targets can pose a threat to the sky.
The Yin Mulan Squadron responsible for air control was also divided into two groups at this time. One group had just fought with an emergency Custer Federal fighter force, while the other group came to prepare to provide escort support for the Jishi and Iris Squadrons.
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Therefore, the Extreme Day Squadron and the Iris Squadron were notified and could move forward.
Wang Yu and Luo Yu communicated via radio, and then adjusted the direction of the fighter jet and advanced along the flight path.
In the mission planning, they need to fly in a straight line, arrive at the target airport, drop bombs, and then turn around and return along the original route. The whole journey will not take more than half an hour, and the enemy planes at Custer's rear base will not have enough time to arrive.
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Therefore, the only threats that currently pose a threat are the Custer fighters that were originally cruising over the protrusion - these have been shot down or driven away by Yimlan's air superiority forces, as well as the interceptors that have scrambled from the target airport.
Fighter.
Soon, they received a notification from an early warning aircraft.
"Jizui and Iris squadrons, new enemy fleets, two batches in total. The first batch is located forty nautical miles in the direction of Bullseye 275. Four Su-27 fighter jets are flying head-on at an altitude of 8,000 meters and a speed of 350 knots;
The second batch, located thirty-five nautical miles in the direction of Bullseye 260, that is, near the target airport, has two F-16s that have just taken off. The current altitude is 2,000 meters and continues to increase, and the speed is 280 knots. Head on."
The so-called bullseye refers to a randomly selected coordinate point on the map.
In subsequent operations, target coordinates will be reported based on this coordinate point.
To put it simply, there are two commonly used methods for reporting coordinates, one is bra, and the other is bullseye. bra is centered on the fighter plane, while bullseye is centered on the bullseye point.
One advantage of using the bullseye is that even if the enemy eavesdrops on the communication, he or she will not know where the bullseye is. Therefore, when our combat troops use the bullseye to communicate, the enemy will not be able to grasp our strategy.
Intention.
What the pilot has to do is to perform trigonometric conversions based on the bullseye point and his own coordinate points to determine the position between the enemy aircraft and his own fighter plane - although the fighter aircraft can automatically perform calculations, for pilots, these conversion capabilities are also necessary
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"So there are six enemy planes in total, right?"
Wang Yu looked at the situation interface that he was synchronizing with the AWACS data link - the situation interface now displayed a number of enemy aircraft marks - and confirmed the number of enemy aircraft and flight data mentioned by the AWACS aircraft.
"Yes, but don't worry, we have enough air power to intercept them." The intelligence officer of the early warning aircraft said, "The mission continues to advance, Jizhou No. 1, you have command authority over the escort team, and the contact channel is on your lap board.
Check, you decide how many fighter planes to send to intercept these enemy planes, just give them the order directly."
"Jizhu No. 1 received." Wang Yu immediately replied, "We have a Yin Mulan Su-30 squadron escort here, so just let them intercept these enemies."
"This is your decision, Hongyue ends the call."
The early warning aircraft also had to provide intelligence support to the air superiority force on the other side, so communications were cut off.
Wang Yu looked at the lap board and adjusted his No. 2 radio to the preset channel 7, where he could contact the Yin Mulan fighter squadron that was providing them with air escort.
"Yin Mulan Squadron 'Meteorite', this is Jishi."
"I received the meteorite, please tell me."
The Yinmulans replied in broken imperial dialect.
Imperial dialect is considered a universal language in the world and one of the prescribed lingua franca in the aviation field, so these Yimlan pilots can also communicate in some simple ways without worrying about communication barriers caused by language barriers.
"You also heard the report of the early warning aircraft." Wang Yu said to them, "Check your situational awareness. There should be information on the enemy aircraft synchronized by the data link. There are six aircraft in total. Your squadron is responsible for fighting the enemy aircraft at 40 nautical miles in the direction of 275.
Four Su-27s, don’t let them get close enough to attack us.”
"But, there are still two F-16s, don't we need to deal with them together?"
His doubts were very reasonable. He would have complete confidence in letting six fighter planes in his squadron deal with four, but those two F-16s were also a threat. If they left, wouldn't the main force bombing the airport be left unprotected?
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But Wang Yu is not worried about this: "Don't worry, our escort will take action."
Although Iris Squadron only has two fighter planes, their technology is first-rate.
It is completely enough to protect two F-15Es from entering the attack position normally.
"Meteor Squadron understands!"
As soon as the squadron leader heard what Wang Yu said, he replied that he had received the order.
His military rank is major, which is higher than Wang Yu, but in this situation where the chain of command is clear, he must obey Wang Yu's orders.
Wang Yu heard him start to issue orders to his squadron. It seemed that he had temporarily forgotten to switch to their own team's channel.
"Don't take it lightly, Custer's pilots are also very skilled."
Wenxuan told the members of the Meteor Squadron in the channel: "This operation represents whether the salient offensive can be carried out smoothly. The enemy also knows this, so when we launch an attack on their airport, they will definitely make them fight to the death. In order to
Allow yourself to have air support in subsequent operations, and I think they will be happy to fight to keep their base."
"I know that in the words of your empire, you despise the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy tactically."
The captain of the Meteorite Squadron spoke with his accent.
"That's good, I'll leave it to you."
After Wenxuan finished speaking, the squadron of meteorites flying far away dispersed and flew in different directions to face different enemies.
Therefore, Ji Zhou and Iris Squadron continued to fly along the route.
They need to fight against the two F-16 fighters that just took off from the airport and flew here.
"The enemy may be carrying mid-range radar bombs, so don't let them get closer." After observing the position of the enemy planes from his own team, Wang Yu said to Luo Yu, "Iris Squadron, disband the formation and enter combat.
Posture, sorry to trouble you, move forward a little, establish a lock on the enemy target, and suppress them with high-throwing missiles."
"Iris No. 1 received."
"Received on the 2nd."
The two Su-37s located on the side of the formation quickly accelerated and distanced themselves from the F-15e twin formation.
The two F-15Es maintained their original cruising speed.
In the blink of an eye, they disappeared from the sight of the F-15e fighter pilot.
After a while, Wang Yu heard the report of Luo Yu and the others launching missiles.
On Luo Yu's side, two Su-37s lined up in a straight line approached the beyond visual range where the enemy's electronic interference could no longer disrupt the radar, and then established an accurate and stable tracking lock on the enemy. p>
Pulling the trigger, the medium-range active radar-guided missiles mounted under the wings of the two Su-37 fighter jets were launched forward, drawing an arc and rushing towards the blue sky where nothing could be seen yet. In the high-throw mode, the missiles
It will first rise to a certain height, maintain a better speed in the airspace with thinner air, and then accelerate towards the enemy.
Two missiles are fired at the enemy's two-plane formation, which will inevitably force them to evade.
Even if Iris Squadron hasn't seen the enemy yet, the real battle has already begun on an invisible level.
Since the Su-37 is not a stealth fighter, the Iris Squadron can detect the enemy, and the enemy can naturally detect them.
Soon, the radar warning receiver on Luo Yu's fighter plane began to sound.
The su-27's avionics is very backward, but by the su-37 it has achieved comprehensive informatization. The ew interface on the display screen can clearly show the location and source of the radar warning receiver's alarm.
The siren that represented the enemy's lockup quickly turned into an urgent warning of incoming missiles. Faced with the Su-37's first attack, the Custer people fought back not to be outdone.
But Iris is an ace squadron, with elite pilots, excellent fighter planes, and excellent aircraft girls. The three-in-one combination is not just a simple ability improvement. They naturally have the psychological quality of an elite squadron.
When the missiles struck, Luo Yu and the other two calmly began to take normal countermeasures.
The formation has long been disbanded, so the pilots can maneuver freely.
What's more, the enemy was still about 20 nautical miles away from launching their missiles, and their missiles were still outside the inescapable range.
But no matter what, being outside the no-escape zone does not mean that the missile cannot hit the target. The evasive strategies must still be carried out.
"The missile is approaching, direction twelve o'clock, execute evasive strategy." Luo Yu simply said, "Then, the second missile, fox3!"
Before flying along the 39th line, she raised the nose of the aircraft again and fired an active radar bomb at the enemy.
If you hit me and let me evade, then I will let you have the same experience even if I risk not being able to hit you.
Before everyone is shot down or shoots down the enemy, let's do some evasion.
If beyond-visual-range air combat cannot kill you, then continue to close the distance.
Since we are not afraid of fighting for energy, we are naturally not afraid of close combat.
At worst, everyone will enter into close-range air combat.
However, in the end, the situation Luo Yu imagined did not happen at all.
Soon, the enemy MiG-29 disappeared from the radars of these two fighters.
Judging from the data synchronized by the early warning aircraft, it was found that their altitude dropped sharply before disappearing, so it can be judged that they crashed after being hit by a missile.
However, in order to ensure the shooting down, the two fighter planes of the Iris Squadron accelerated towards the airspace where the enemy plane was previously located.
Soon, they saw thick smoke rising from the ground. This was the wreckage of a fighter plane that was shot down and crashed. Therefore, they could determine that the enemy plane had been shot down, so they reported the incident to Wang Yu.
It can only be said that the enemy plane was more uncomfortable. It was shot down ruthlessly before even seeing the enemy's face.
This may be one of the more interesting aspects of modern air combat. In many cases, the enemy and we will not see each other directly.
"Well done." Wang Yu said to Luo Yu, "We also started to accelerate and prepare to enter the attack coordinate point."
Luo Yu expressed receipt and informed him that the Iris Squadron would arrive at the airport first, join the Yin Mulan air force, and conduct vigilance to ensure that the attack process after the arrival of the F-15e went smoothly.
"Our treatment is really good."
Liu Lingxin sat in the back seat and put her hand on the control column. At this time, the pod's field of view had been locked on the location of the airport from a distance, but it was not very clear yet, so it was impossible to determine the exact position.
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She could also hear the communication between Wang Yu and Luo Yu's squadron, so she couldn't help but complain: "Is this coordinated operations?"
"What exactly do you mean?"
"The convenience of coordinated operations." Liu Lingxin replied with a smile, "Everyone performs their own duties, which makes it a lot easier for us to perform tasks, don't you think? Like this time, we only need to fly over the target and drop it
The bomb will return home, and there is no need to worry about other things."
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"That's the truth, this is systematic combat." Wang Yu thought for a while, "The combat missions we carried out before were generally non-systematic, that is, we carried out them alone or with two machines, without the cooperation of others, so many
You may have to do everything yourself, which may be troublesome, but now that you have someone to cooperate and fight within a formal system, you naturally feel a lot more relaxed."
"Okay, maybe this is what it feels like to serve in the Imperial Air Force." Liu Lingxin whispered, "Do things according to your assigned tasks. You don't need any adaptability. Others can help you complete what you need to adapt to..." <
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"Yes, the Imperial Air Force's system can ensure that pilots have the maximum error tolerance rate." Wang Yu replied, "But you have to know that this will never cultivate pilots with adaptability, and pilots who have been fighting within the system will also
They can never be outstanding. In the end, such pilots can just pull the trigger to fire missiles and press the button to throw bombs. If you want them to take on some complex missions that require contingency, it is basically impossible."
Liu Lingxin suddenly thought of something: "So, those actual combat missions we performed before, were our superiors deliberately training our adaptability?"
"Maybe, I can't say." Wang Yu shrugged, and then he ended the topic, "Look ahead, we are almost at the attack point, you can use the pod to aim at the target."
"Okay!"
When Liu Lingxin saw this, she said no more. She began to focus on the content displayed on the pod screen.