Facing the menacing twenty enemy planes, the friendly squadrons on the front line were not frightened by this. Instead, they tried their best to delay the opponent's attack and buy time for the follow-up friendly forces to arrive - although they exchanged energy in BVR
In the process, they quickly fell into a disadvantage and had to turn their backs to the enemy and dive to accelerate their retreat. However, they did delay the enemy in the early stage, so that the enemy's squadron-sized formation flying at the forefront had to give up its existing formation.
Energy advantage and turn to avoidance.
The leading squadron of enemy aircraft had to dive and turn to maneuver 3-9. By the time they regained their maneuverability and continued to approach, several minutes had been wasted. During this time, the friendly squadrons had already distanced themselves and were preparing to continue delaying the work.
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It's really annoying to not fight head-on when they meet, but to throw two missiles that attack indiscriminately in mad dog mode and then turn around and run. It's really annoying to focus on a disgusting person who harasses normal flight. Although strictly speaking, this method is not good for Ai
The West Asians' fighter formation does not pose much of a threat, but it can indeed slow down their advance.
To give a simple metaphor, you are walking on the road with a bunch of people, and you are faced with two stray dogs that are about to bite you. No one can guarantee that these two dogs will bite others instead of themselves. Everyone has to copy it.
Pick up the dog stick and get ready.
However, although such tactics have certain effects in a short period of time, they are not a long-term solution.
The number of enemies is really quite large. Although the empire's frontline flying squadrons can temporarily delay some of the enemy's middle squadrons, there are other squadrons that can still maintain their original flight routes and continue to approach.
Faced with two vicious dogs biting each other, the group of people who are attacked by the vicious dogs must naturally be prepared, but if another group of people happen to be far away, where they can be sure that the vicious dogs will not bite them,
Naturally, he must speed up and pass through the dangerous zone...
See how easy-to-understand this metaphor is.
In short, although the Imperial Squadron delayed the enemy to a small extent, it actually only temporarily delayed the enemy's leading flying force. Therefore, when other subsequent enemy aircraft formations arrived, they no longer had time to intercept.
Under Wang Yu's order, they did not make a strange move like rushing up to fight with the enemy. Instead, after confirming that they could not intercept, they preserved themselves and converged in the direction of the large army - they still had enough fuel.
With a certain amount of ammunition, and blocking the enemy with teammates, it is much better than stupidly rushing forward with your own squadron to reach the limit of four for one.
Fortunately, when Wang Yu and his large force arrived, they were also thinking about the troops on the front line, so in line with the combat attitude of rushing to burn more fuel and save teammates from bleeding, they rushed to the combat airspace in the northeast as quickly as possible.
When Wang Yu saw the squadron approaching on the data link, the squadron was running away desperately, and not far behind them - not far away based on air combat - there were a total of six people following the Aisians.
The vanguard of the F-35C.
I can only say... I haven't caught up until now. In addition to the harassment by the friendly squadron before starting to retreat, there is another important factor, that is, the power of the single-engine F-35... is not very good.
After all, strictly speaking, this thing has complete functions, an excellent system and excellent flight control, but it cannot fly a bomber.
In the realm of pure air combat, flying slowly is the original sin...
After letting his thoughts drift for a brief moment, Wang Yu immediately began to issue instructions to the captain.
This is a battle between brigade and brigade, a big air battle involving nearly forty fighter planes, so it is impossible for everyone to huddle together and start fighting randomly. This kind of situation, which is like a group fight between street gangsters, is not a good thing for aerial combat.
When fighting in a large group of aircraft, in order to prevent all kinds of chaos, it is best to have an enemy order and engagement process, including the overall task distribution, the attack route with clear priorities during attack, and the orderliness during defense.
Program protection plan, etc.
Generally speaking, a first-rate air force can maintain this orderly fighting posture during all battles, and will flexibly switch the battle layout at any time according to the battle situation, thereby ultimately winning; a second-rate air force may
In the early days, they acted according to the plan, but in the end because the plan was too rigid or rigid, they ended up in a very chaotic state of chaos, but at least they knew how to maintain cooperation among their teammates.
As for a third-rate army, it was just a random fight in which each one fought independently. It can only be said that it is not much better than a mob.
As for a ragtag group similar to that of air pirates?
Things of that level won't even have the chance to fight in large formations.
To be precise, it is impossible for them to have a large fleet formation, because they cannot form a formation at all!
Just like you can't expect ordinary people to learn advanced mathematics, handicapped players to be able to successfully play Elden's Ring, and Hi Plus One players to see the masterpiece - 90% but resist not buying it. This is impossible.
Bar……
In short, the combat plans of each squadron of the Fourth Independent Group were immediately determined - mainly determined by Luo Yu.
This girl is much better than Wang Yu in commanding and coordinating battle plans, so Wang Yu put the ablest first and asked Luo Yu to be responsible for formulating the battle plan. He was only responsible for informing others of the battle plan as the captain.
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"The combat deployment is as follows: Our Polaris will be the first to directly engage the enemy's main aircraft group, but we cannot contain all enemy aircraft for a period of time, so vanguard squadron, you are responsible for connecting our friendly forces before they regroup.
Protect them to ensure that the Asia fighter jets that we cannot contain cannot pose a threat to them, and then join the battle from the front after the friendly forces regroup, merge with us and provide cover."
Wang Yu quickly conveyed the battle plan for the frontal front, and then began to allocate flanking fronts.
"Needle Squadron and Stinger Squadron, you will distance yourself from the two wings and increase the flight altitude. You two squadrons will try to achieve the tactical goal of flanking the enemy from the left and right. However, I think the enemy's air power on both wings will definitely not let them down.
You are so relaxed because the enemies are relatively evenly distributed, so the number of enemies you face is larger - if you encounter an enemy squadron, take the initiative to entangle the opponent with all your strength, giving us time to create local advantages in frontal combat.
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To put it simply, the Aisian aircraft fleet is divided into three parts. The main force is eight fighters, and the remaining twelve are distributed in half and half in the airspace about ten nautical miles behind the main force. So at this time, Wang Yu decided to let his
The two squadrons each have four fighter planes to entangle the opponent's flank and rear troops respectively, and then themselves, the avant-garde squadron and the frontline friendly forces add up to a total of eleven fighters to take advantage of the local numerical advantage on the frontal front to quickly kill the opponent's eight troops.
Set up the main machine.
Wang Yu couldn't help but complain in his heart. This idea looked familiar. It seemed that someone didn't understand large formation air combat and couldn't find corresponding combat examples, so he directly copied the blitzkrieg idea to the sky battlefield.
So this guy really didn't think about logic at all when he was typing on the keyboard. Although everyone agreed from the beginning that this air battle was going in the direction of magic, you should show it to me anyway, you bastard.
Well, don't worry about these details.
All in all, the combat strength of both sides is almost the same, and the overall number of fighters is equivalent.
The technology of the friendly forces is enough to delay the Aisian flank formation, and on the front, in addition to numerical suppression, the own Polaris Squadron is a force that can produce overwhelming strength in small formation battles.
Therefore, Wang Yu is full of confidence in winning this battle.
After the order was issued, the four squadrons scattered within more than ten nautical miles began to act according to their predetermined plans.
The two squadrons of needles and stingers on the left and right pressed the levers sideways to distance themselves from the squadron in front. The four fighters on each side moved away quickly. They needed to fly a longer distance to meet the enemy's side.
formation.
On the front, the Polaris Squadron further pushed the throttle to the afterburner state. Wang Yu and Luo Yu's fighters automatically entered supersonic cruise. Although Murong Lan's Su-37 did not have this ability, it could still maintain a brief supersonic state through afterburner.
Arrival - In general, the three fighter planes took the lead, tearing through the sound barrier. After passing by the retreating friendly formations and surprising these friendly forces with sonic booms, they took the initiative to meet the lead of the Aisians.
force.
This retreating friendly formation was picked up by the vanguard squadron that followed.
The four fighters of the avant-garde squadron slightly opened their horizontal distance and began to climb up and conduct warning at higher altitudes. At the same time, this friendly formation quickly reorganized its posture, adjusted the direction of its nose, and prepared to join the battle with the avant-garde.
Oh, by the way, this friendly squadron is codenamed "Mistral" and the fighter aircraft it uses is Rafale-M.
When Wang Yu learned the news, he felt unable to complain.
In short, the scene of the Fourth Independent Battalion's encounter with the enemy is indeed quite handsome. Coupled with the beautiful curves drawn by the contrail clouds in the blue sky as the fighter planes maneuver, it adds a touch of indescribable to the process of meeting the enemy.
of beauty.
At this time, the three fighters of the Polaris Squadron had already included the enemy aircraft in the radar lock.
"Weapon systems, countermeasures and combat avionics have been set up."
Liu Lingxin tilted her head slightly in the back seat and looked forward to ensure that Wang Yu could see her through the rearview mirror.
"The first slot is for two infrared combat bombs, the second slot is for the single-shot mode of the electromagnetic gun, and the third slot is for the continuous-fire mode of the electromagnetic gun. The countermeasures are set to automatic. Currently, five groups are released at one activation.
Thermal bombs and chaff also have manual modules. Press the counter launch button to throw two sets of chaff or thermal bombs.
"The radar is temporarily set to have a detection range of twenty nautical miles. The scanning height has been set to the height where enemy aircraft appear. The scanning angle is 30 degrees to the left and right. In order to cooperate with the electromagnetic gun, the RWS mode is used. It scans in a single row and automatically turns after locking the enemy.
For STT (single target tracking), when you enter melee later, you can press the button on your side at any time to adjust to vertical scan mode."
The advantage of having a weapon control officer is that you don't have to set up all those messy things before a battle, and you don't need to pay attention to whether you have selected the corresponding equipment during the battle. The back seat will help you take care of all these things.
All the pilots have to do is concentrate on air combat.
"Thank you for your hard work. Please help me pay attention to the situation map and provide warning for the air battle with Irene."
"clear."
Wang Yu looked at the position of the enemy aircraft on the display on his helmet, then turned on the main weapon safety, and then adjusted to the electromagnetic gun attack mode - with his movements, the inner pylon in the middle of the fuselage air inlet unfolded.
An electromagnetic railgun hoisted by a complex pylon automatically lowered and locked, and the entire track was flashing with electric light.
Thanks to the powerful materials, this electromagnetic gun can be deployed at supersonic speeds while maintaining shooting stability.
"Start the battle as planned." Luo Yu said on the channel: "We expect to engage the enemy in ten seconds."
"Use our advantage to let the opponent reduce their numbers first." Wang Yu nodded: "No. 3, prepare missiles. After they were disrupted by the electromagnetic gun attack in the first wave, they will rely on you to use missiles to continue to suppress the enemy aircraft.
energy."
"No. 3 understands." Murong Lan replied simply.
In order to shoot down enemy aircraft faster, both X-02S and CFA-44 carried their own airborne electromagnetic guns as the main battle weapons this time. Although Luo Yu liked her ADMM weapon system, but in this kind of main battle
In the air combat mode, the use of electromagnetic guns can obviously cause a large amount of unexpected damage to enemy aircraft.
After a brief pause, Luo Yu said: "Entering the precise shooting range."
The airborne electromagnetic gun has a precise range, which is different from the effective range. It refers to the range where the airborne computer can ensure that the electromagnetic gun shell has a high probability of hitting the aiming point after it is launched, unless it is extremely bad.
environmental conditions, otherwise the electromagnetic gun has basically become a weapon that can hit wherever you point it.
"Get ready to attack."
Wang Yu preferred to wait for the enemy plane to get closer before launching an attack, so his fingers kept rubbing on the trigger of the operating stick.
His other hand is holding down the throttle lever to ensure that the speed of the fighter plane is maintained at a stable value. Only by firing the electromagnetic gun from a long distance to keep the aircraft stable can the attack hit accurately.
"My dear, I haven't had a real battle in a while."
Erin's three-headed little man appeared on the main console of the fighter plane. He put up a tent with his hands and looked at the direction in which the enemy plane appeared: "I wonder if my dear is not familiar with the 'technical' aspect?"
Wang Yu locked one of the enemy planes and switched the radar to single-target tracking. Looking at the proximity rate and enemy movements displayed after the radar range measurement, he slightly adjusted the direction of the fighter plane and aimed the electromagnetic gun at the prediction calculated by the computer.
point.
"Some things are already engraved in the DNA."
He simply answered Eileen's question: "At that time, we used the F-15 to scare the people of Asia. But this time, with more powerful fighters, they will know that Polaris will always be a ghost in their hearts."
"What a great speech from a second grader." Irene smiled.
Wang Yu curled his lips, it was so easy for him to say something like this, so you can't help but dampen people's enthusiasm.
Then, he gave the order to start the attack in the channel.