According to the superior instructions conveyed by the early warning aircraft, the Fourth Flying Group led by Wang Yu should serve as a force that changes the situation of the war and engage in the fierce close-range melee that is unfolding in the eastern airspace.
But at any rate, the superiors also knew that Wang Yu's Fourth Group had also fought a large air battle before, and it could not be said that the whole team was energetic at this time, so they did not issue an order for all members to reinforce the eastern airspace.
The superiors gave Wang Yu full power to select the team members, and the only requirement was that the three machines of the Polaris Squadron must be present.
It seems that the superiors are also worried about the anxious war situation in the east, so they must ask the Polaris Squadron to fight.
Wang Yu ended the communication with the early warning aircraft, and while reorganizing his team, he thought about it in his mind.
The power to change the situation of the war.
Luo Yu briefly analyzed the combat strength situation: "If we want to join the melee of a hundred machines, we must mobilize the strength of three squadrons to play a certain role in ending the melee."
"That's right..." Wang Yu thought for a while: "The Northwest Wind Squadron is not in our group. Besides, they have consumed a lot of fuel and ammunition in previous interception missions, and the pilots have also approached the critical point of fatigue. This
It is unrealistic for them to continue fighting at this time, so let them return to base first."
"It seems that in addition to our squadron, there are two more squadrons that need to come with us."
The channel was silent for a moment, and then Wang Yu heard the captain of the avant-garde squadron say: "Our squadron voluntarily signed up!"
"This time is not a simple battle."
"We know, but our squadron is currently in the best condition. It did not consume too many resources in the previous battles. The pilots are also in good spirits and are suitable for participating in battles."
Wang Yu said no more and agreed to the request of the vanguard captain.
"We will be the second squadron." The captain of the Needle Squadron said: "The Stinger lost two fighter planes, and our side at least maintains full strength - but we can only send out three fighters.
The damage condition of our No. 4 aircraft has just worsened, and we must let him return."
"I remember that three of your fighters were injured?"
"Well, except for No. 4, the rest of the injuries are not serious. Although it may be a little powerless to continue to fight the enemy with high intensity, we can still successfully complete the task of harassing the battle group."
Wang Yu nodded and decided like this.
The three squadrons of Polaris, Needle, and Vanguard immediately adjusted their flight directions and began flying toward the air combat battlefield.
"According to the requirements of our superiors, we have to rush over first. The battle situation is not good." During the climb, Wang Yu ordered the other two squadron leaders: "Polaris 3 will take over my leadership, and she will work with you
Form a formation and lead you to rush to the war zone at the current speed, while Polaris 2 and I will go ahead to provide reinforcements."
"Vanguard received."
"Needle received."
Therefore, Murong Lan, who was flying at the right rear of the Polaris Squadron formation, tilted her fuselage to the side to break away from the formation, and moved towards the Vanguard and Needle Squadrons in the rear - the task given to her by Wang Yu was to command the other two squadrons.
, "orderly" joining the melee from the side, thereby gradually liberating teammates fighting with the Aisians and cannibalizing the enemy's vitality.
Wang Yu, Liu Lingxin and Luo Yu discussed it and decided to use two aircraft as a formation to directly enter the center of the melee from high altitude.
The melee is like a mess. If a sharp knife cuts through it cleanly from the middle, the whole mess can be untangled in an instant. When Polaris cuts directly into the melee from high altitude, it can act as a knife.
function.
Of course, if the knife is not sharp, it will definitely get tangled in tangles.
Wang Yu and Luo Yu simultaneously increased the speed of their fighters, and the two fighters immediately entered supersonic cruising state.
Murong Lan, who was joining the vanguard and the Needle Squadron at the rear, watched the two fighter planes overhead cleanly tearing through the sound barrier and flying away at high speed. She couldn't help but curled her lips. When would she be able to fly such an advanced fighter plane like this pair of bastards?
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After a period of supersonic cruising, the two fighter planes arrived above the melee.
The melee took place in the range from 500 meters to 7,000 meters. Wang Yu and the others maintained a safe altitude of 12,000 meters, which allowed them to overlook the entire battlefield as they approached the melee zone.
"Oh my god..." Liu Lingxin murmured to herself.
"I never thought that an air battle could be fought like this." Luo Yu also said with a surprised tone: "This is simply... chaotic and extremely dangerous."
When it comes to large-scale close-range air combat, what is the first thing people feel?
In fact, no matter how you describe it, the answer is a very simple word, confusion.
If I had to add another word, it would be danger.
In ED Star, a game where air combat is as magical as possible, a quick mission in which fifteen to twenty fighter planes from both sides compete for air supremacy over a small area of airspace is launched. However, even in this battle, the total number of fighter planes does not exceed twenty at most.
Everyone can feel that the battle is very chaotic.
To put it simply, you are chasing people and the enemy is chasing you. You must prevent yourself from hitting your teammates while also preventing them from being hit by them. The same is true for the enemies. You must prevent TK and at the same time prevent yourself from being hit by them.
teammates to fight.
During the fight, you don't even have the mood to look at the data link to carefully distinguish the battlefield situation. You can only constantly observe the surroundings to look for enemies and friendly forces. Maybe a missile flying from nowhere will hit you from the sky.
But now this is just a small airspace, and it is crowded with a terrifying number of close to a hundred fighter planes.
The Aisians invested a large number of fighter planes, and the Empire responded urgently. The reinforcements from both sides joined the battle group. By some coincidence, the two sides entered a close combat state, fighting in the clear sky without any clouds over the sea.
stand up.
The sky has long been filled with the roar of fighter jet engines, filled with the lingering wakes of missile launches, torn apart by the dazzling tracer firing lines of cannons, and polluted by the wreckage of bombed fighter jets.
The contrails of missiles and fighter planes were distorted and frivolous by the air currents. So many white contrails had not had time to dissipate, remaining in the sky and intersecting and merging, looking like abstract paintings scribbled by children.
Wang Yu and the others know that for this kind of melee, the so-called cooperation is no longer so important.
Different from BVR air combat, whichever side cooperates well in BVR can occupy a more active position.
To put it simply, BVR air combat is very methodical. Both sides fire missiles and evade until one side disappears from the radar.
But it's completely different now. In the close-range melee, there are enemies and teammates everywhere.
An enemy plane suddenly appears in your three o'clock direction. This enemy plane has just finished fighting with your teammates and is about to take a breather. Naturally, you seize this opportunity, but just as you turn around to chase him
At that time, an infrared combat bomb from nowhere came from your six o'clock direction. You were frightened and started to avoid the combat bomb. At this time, other enemies on the other side -
- Just like you just discovered an enemy plane that was taking a breather - it discovered you who were exhausted, and immediately chased you and attacked you - and this enemy may have been the target of your teammates just now.
This process is repeated over and over again.
The enemy is not taking things easy either. They are also doing the same things as our own.
Therefore, the importance of coordination in this kind of close combat is much reduced.
Originally, air combat coordination focused on a so-called long wingman, but at this time, the distinction between long wingmen is no longer important.
At this time, it is impossible to continue to maintain the battle formation. Each pilot can only think about themselves. They must maintain a high level of concentration, otherwise they will be shot down next.
One second, you may be covering your lead aircraft, but the next second you are forced to separate from your lead aircraft due to the enemy, and another fighter aircraft of unknown team naturally becomes yours.
Your wingman begins to cover your rear until he is driven away by attacks from other enemies. No one can keep an eye on your rear while you are fighting, and you can only rely on yourself.
The direct confrontation between missiles and fighter planes is actually tangible. In addition to the tangible battle, there are also invisible confrontations in this chaotic airspace.
The airspace is filled with electromagnetic waves emitted by various radars. The radar warning system of each fighter plane is ringing rapidly at this time. The radar warning shows that threats are coming from all directions - the circle is surrounded by flashing warnings.
Some of these warnings occasionally disappear, only to be quickly replaced by another completely different warning.
It even includes "Buddy Spike", which is a lock-on from friendly forces.
When this kind of radar warning receiver is busy ringing, the alarm triggered by the missile cannot even be distinguished. Most pilots have to adjust their countermeasures to automatic, which is when the radar warning receiver starts to send warnings of incoming missiles.
Simultaneously and continuously throw out thermal bombs and chaff at a certain frequency.
At the same time, they hope to coordinate their maneuvers so that they will not be blown out of the sky by missiles coming from the blind spot.
At this time, the early warning aircraft on both sides and rear could no longer provide much help.
On the radar of the early warning aircraft, the symbols representing the enemy and friendly forces flashed across each other. They were unable to provide effective intelligence to each pilot and could only rely on the pilots who were fighting to judge the situation of the enemy aircraft.
Both sides are well-trained pilots, but even such pilots cannot gain much advantage in this situation.
What everyone is better at is system combat, rather than this kind of melee that can easily knock down friendly troops from the sky. No one thought that there would be such a situation where a missile would be fired and both teammates and enemies would be shot down.
possible.
As the air battle began, fighter planes from both sides were hit and fell - some pilots successfully escaped and hung under their parachutes, taking advantage of the wind to stay as far away from the air battle as possible, waiting for assistance from friendly forces, while some pilots followed their own
The fighter planes exploded or crashed together, leaving their lives in this unfamiliar sea.
But in fact, so far, the battle losses on both sides have not been high.
Because of the current situation, neither side dared to let go of the fight.
When the two sides in a fierce battle are launching missiles, they must make sure again and again that there are no friendly units in the firing range. Otherwise, if an infrared combat missile is fired, it can be said to be a disloyalty. The enemy will get out of the way and may run away in the next second.
Teammates left.
This is also the reason why as the scale of the melee increases, the fatal damage of both sides has been reduced a lot - most pilots will not choose to launch missiles when they can. First, because this short distance is already lower than
The second reason is the fear of accidental damage.
The missile is not loaded with IFF. It is launched to lock on a target and hit it. If the target is detached, it will chase the next target that can be seen, regardless of whether you are a friendly unit - to put it simply, once the missile is detached
The pylon is a neutral unit that can fight whoever it wants and whoever it can.
This is what Wang Yu and the others saw.
Liu Lingxin subconsciously turned Radio No. 2 to the friendly channel in the eastern combat airspace, and suddenly heard bursts of noise.
"There is a fighter plane approaching my six o'clock direction! Is it an enemy or a teammate?!"
"CTMD, please cease fire. We are friendly forces! Those behind you! You have bitten the wrong person!"
"This battlefield is so chaotic that my IFF system has failed and I don't even dare to fire!"
"Use the paint and emblem to determine whether it is an enemy, rookies."
"The battle is too fast, the window is so short, there is no time to do these things, okay?!"
"Ah! I've been shot! I'm bleeding all over the floor!"
"Your fucking tail is just damaged. Get out of the firing range quickly. I want to attack the enemy and you are blocking me."
Wang Yu couldn't help but sigh when he heard the noise.
Okay, I've never seen this happen before.
Even though the elite and brave pilots of the empire have shot down some enemies and forced some enemies to leave the battlefield early by injuring them, they have also suffered relatively serious damage on their own side.
At present, the numbers of both sides are still equal.
At the same time, both sides have fighter jets that continue to fight despite injuries.
So far, no one has been able to tip the balance of victory.
Luo Yu's tone was filled with worry: "Who would have thought that we would also be dragged in? This won't work. Even if we win, we will suffer heavy losses. Even if we continue to block the Aisian people's coveting of Stonehenge in possible future conflicts, we
The air power cannot suffer serious losses."
The chatter on the channel continued.
"Didn't the headquarters say there would be support?"
"Shaoyigu, Guerra...ah, you are not visiting the studio, dome base! Early warning aircraft! Where is our support?!"
Wang Yu always felt that it was okay not to be connected to the communication channel. Once connected to the friendly army's large channel, the melee process became even more chaotic.
However, it's time for them to join the battlefield.