After exchanging action information with the early warning aircraft, the Polaris Squadron went straight to an altitude of 10,000 meters and flew to the mission target airspace at the most fuel-saving cruising speed.
This mission requires all fighter planes taking off from the oasis base to fly from the central and southern parts of the continent to the southwest corner of the continent, so it can be regarded as crossing half of the continent, with a flight distance of thousands of kilometers.
This means that the aircraft participating in combat must have a long range and a high bomb load. Therefore, many medium-sized aircraft pilots who were eager to prepare for the war were suddenly disappointed. Their fighters did not support such long-distance strike operations at all, because even if they were fully equipped
There is very little ammunition in the auxiliary fuel tank, and it may not be able to meet the amount of fuel required for this kind of back-and-forth combat.
Therefore, the fighters participating in the mission are basically heavy-duty fighters with large fuel tanks and high range.
For example, the Flanker series has a very large internal fuel tank. This thing does not even need to hang an auxiliary fuel tank and has a huge combat range.
Just like the Su-37 flown by Luo Yu and the others, this mission does not require additional auxiliary fuel tanks. However, Wang Yu's F-15e pales in comparison. In addition to filling up the conformal fuel tank, it is also mounted on the belly pylon.
An additional auxiliary fuel tank is installed.
It takes a while to rush to the combat airspace, so the members of the three fighters of the Polaris Squadron are constantly checking the weapon systems and navigation information of the fighters, but this is actually just a way to waste time - the fighter systems are taking off
It has been fully confirmed within the next ten minutes, and the navigation has been input according to the mission requirements before taking off, so the check at this time is purely to find something to do in the free time before the mission.<
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A formal military operation like this is different from the daily tasks in peacetime. This kind of operation will not use any form of radio communication when it is not necessary. That is to say, radio silence must be maintained except when reaching the waypoint and making contact with the early warning aircraft.
In addition, even the communication between the teams must be reduced to a level where no talking is necessary.
Even if the targets of this operation are those pirates, they are not hard-core - but there is a saying that habit becomes natural. The rules of the empire will not change just because the enemy changes. You have to act how you should act, even this time
The enemy is not pirates but a group of ordinary criminals, but as long as the action is a military operation, everything must be conducted in accordance with the rules of military operations.
The squadron flew along the seaside. Wang Yu looked at the extending coastline below and couldn't help but sigh. The empire only has a military base like the oasis in the south, so there is no such thing as landing supplies midway. There will probably be no shortage of such long-distance raids in the future. Therefore, he felt that his squadron was like a so-called long-distance strategic strike squadron.
Why not just change the name to lrssg when you go back.
After about an hour's flight, the squadron arrived in silence at the last assembly point before the attack.
This is located outside the borders of the country where the pirates are located, so it is an excellent location to gather troops.
According to the mission arrangement, the fighter group must assemble here before entering the other side's national border and conduct aerial refueling in batches. The local weather is good and the high-altitude airflow conditions are sufficient to support the aerial refueling work, and subsequent fighter planes will also arrive at intervals.
Therefore, everything is in order, and there will be no large-scale actions where everyone gathers together to cause chaos.
The Polaris Squadron was the first to arrive, and not far behind them there was another Su-35 squadron from the Oasis Base, and the following squadrons would arrive in an hour.
Wang Yu broke the radio silence and called the refueling machine on the corresponding frequency.
The tanker has been cruising on a north-south route and has almost arrived near the coordinate point at this time, so the fighter planes that need to be refueled are directly sent to the waiting route and prepared to perform aerial refueling procedures.
Imperial's refueling machine is a new model that can support hose/hard tube refueling at the same time.
Among the current batch of fighters waiting for refueling, only Wang Yu’s F-15e is refueled by hard tubes, and the rest are refueled by hoses.
According to the order, Polaris will be the first batch to refuel, and other fighters will fly on the flanks of the tanker and wait.
Wang Yu is in the center, Luo Yu and Murong Lan are on the left and right, and the tanker also extends the hard refueling pipe on the fuselage and the two soft refueling pipes under the wings. The three fighters will perform refueling procedures behind the tanker at the same time.
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As a pilot, what he has to do when refueling in the air is to remain relatively stable with the tanker, so Wang Yu stared closely at the indicator light bar on the belly of the tanker - this light bar can help him control the fighter jet in the corresponding position.
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After he stabilized, the refueling pipe operator on the tanker extended the refueling pipe and aligned it with the fuel port on the rear side of the fighter cockpit to complete the docking.
Soon, a notification representing docking came from the radio, and Wang Yu also saw that his fuel gauge began to rise slowly.
On both sides of him, Luo Yu and Murong Lan also quickly connected the fighter's fuel port with the hose's fuel port.
Three fighter planes flew steadily behind the tanker, receiving fuel supplies.
After a while, the fuel replenishment was completed and the three fighters were disconnected. Due to the strange formation, they did not act according to the standard separation method. Instead, Wang Yu pulled away backwards, and Luo Yu and Murong Lan pulled away to the left and right.
, the squadron formation was not completed again until a certain distance from the tanker formation.
Other fighters will still need some time to refuel, but this has nothing to do with Polaris Squadron.
As the first strike force, Polaris' mission was quite special after all, so under the instructions of the early warning aircraft, they directly adjusted their direction, crossed the national border, and flew straight towards the largest pirate base located in the southwestern corner of the mainland.
In the process, they need to fly through territory controlled by a warlord.
Moreover, their fighters are not stealth fighters, so they must be extremely conspicuous on the radar. However, those warlords who usually want to mess with people when they see them don't even dare to let out a fart at this time. Their radars are only in scanning mode, and the fire control mode is not at all
If it is not opened, the missiles are even more dormant, and the covering cloth has not even been removed. All fighter planes are on standby at the airport, and even the original flight missions have been postponed or cancelled.
In short, the warlord just allowed the three fighters of Polaris Squadron to fly over their chassis.
Under certain circumstances, those who know the current affairs are heroes. Doing something when you know it cannot be done cannot be said to be brave, but can only be said to be stupid.
This warlord has a good idea. If he does not interfere in the military operations of the empire now, he may gain the favor of the empire. At that time, he can complete arms purchases from the empire and replace the old weapons and equipment on his hands, thus standing in front of all warlords.
Head.
Of course, that’s all for later.
"We are about to enter the sky above the pirate camp and prepare to start dropping bombs."
Wang Yu looked at the distance data displayed on the situation map, and finally said on the team channel: "Get ready, we have to lower the altitude a little. You complete the bomb release first, then break away and climb to alert, and then I will release the bomb."<
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"Received on the 2nd."
"Received on the 3rd."
The three fighter planes dispersed, Luo Yu and Murong Lan accelerated. The two fighter planes had JDAM bombs on board, and were about to carry out precise strikes on the coordinate points of several targets detected by the satellite - these coordinate points were among the few pirates had.
Anti-aircraft firepower.
The coordinates of the bombs have been set using the p-p (pre-n) mode before taking off. At this time, Luo Yu and the others only need to watch the fighter plane enter the attack range, and then press the bomb button to drop a series of bombs. p>
Soon, when they were still about ten nautical miles away from the target, they began to drop bombs.
The joint guided bombs separated from their pylons one after another and began to fly towards the preset coordinates.
Although the bomb did not have its own power, since Luo Yu and the others dropped the bomb at an altitude close to 10,000 meters, and the bomb was dropped at a sufficient speed, the bomb could be thrown forward a distance of more than ten nautical miles and accurately hit the target. The bomb's wings will adjust the attitude of the bomb during this process, so when the bomb flies out, it will first maintain a horizontal attitude and fly forward, and when it flies not far above the target, it will fly forward on the bomb's wings.
With help, they constantly adjusted the angle, and finally hit the coordinates according to the preset angle - like this time, Luo Yu and the others had to let the bomb hit the target's head vertically at 90 degrees. After all, there were some obstacles around these attack targets. If the bomb was allowed
If the attack is hit at an attack angle of forty-five degrees, the attack path may be blocked.
The heavy cloud bomb on the left wing suddenly separated from the fighter plane and fell downwards.
"Bombs dropped."
Wang Yu suddenly felt that the fighter plane was tilting to the right due to the extra mount on the right wing, so he quickly pressed the stick to the left to ensure the stability of the fighter plane. Then he pushed the throttle to full, adjusted the direction, and quickly moved away from the bomb drop area.
The bomb with orange-red paint adjusts its posture in the blue sky and flies towards the target as much as possible.
The height dropped rapidly, and the speed gradually accelerated until it stabilized.
The pirates below are still gathering, unaware of the imminent disaster above them.
Finally, the bomb dropped to the detonation height.
In an instant, the shell of the bomb was shattered, and a stream of pure white gas that seemed to be somewhat viscous appeared from inside the bomb like white mist. This dense fog expanded instantly in a short period of time, with lightning speed.
The force quickly spread to a large area around the space, and in the blink of an eye, no one could react, and it enveloped the sky above the pirate base.
And just as the white mist spread, a light flashed through the center of the white mist.
Then, at a moment when the brain could not even think, a flash of light even stronger than the sun appeared in the sky, and as this flash of light disappeared within a ten thousandth of a second, a rapidly expanding fireball appeared out of thin air.
At the same time, a shock wave swept through the surroundings at hypersonic speed.
This fireball expanded and filled the entire sky in an instant, and the white mist that had spread was like an excellent fuel for this expanding fireball, which intensified the explosion.
Compared with the brief flame of the bomb, the explosion of this cloud bomb is like a real flame forbidden spell.
Wang Yu's cockpit was reflected red by the fireball behind him. After a moment, he felt that his fighter plane was also affected by the aftermath of the impact and began to shake slightly in flight. At the end, he heard a deafening explosion.<
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Fortunately, we were out of the explosion range, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
Liu Lingxin's eyes were protected by the goggles of her helmet. She couldn't help but be curious and looked back. Then she realized that the sky had become dim due to the explosion, and all the colors seemed to be infected with crimson.
At this time, the fireball has expanded to the limit, and it is an excellent viewing moment.
This scene is like another sun blooming in the sky.