Chapter 20 Locking E-2

Climbing, diving, turning, rolling...all kinds of movements combined together are dazzling, it is just like performing aerobatics. Unfortunately, Warrant Officer Yamada in the cockpit is not in a peaceful state of mind at this time.

No matter what he did, he couldn't get rid of the fighter behind him. There was only one conclusion: the opponent's maneuverability was stronger than his! The opponent's flying skills were far superior to his! Now it was just a confrontation between the two sides. If a fight really started, he would have been hit by the missiles fired from behind!

Warrant Officer Yamada felt that the sweat on his back had soaked his entire flight suit. The weapons operator in the rear cabin was about to vomit from being turned around, but he still couldn't get rid of the other person!

What should I do? What should I do? Sweat was dripping down Warrant Officer Yamada's forehead. He felt his vision blurry. The continuous high-G maneuvers consumed a lot of his physical strength. He was about to collapse.

The dwarfs from the island country were far inferior in physical fitness to those of polar bears. Andre always had the initiative, and even though the wingman behind him wanted to launch a sneak attack on him, he did not find any opportunity.

The opponent was in a panic and flew towards the sky above Hokkaido. Andre felt that today's fight was particularly smooth.

It is not the opponent's fault. When the F-4 was first designed, the idea was to fly at high altitude and high speed. At that time, there was even a theory that missiles would win, believing that all future air battles would be solved by air-to-air missiles. In fact, fighter jets were just missile carriers. At that time, the F-4 even cancelled its machine gun. Unfortunately, the Vietnam War ruthlessly shattered this conclusion. The Sparrow missile had a near-zero hit rate, which made the F-4 fighter, which had poor combat capabilities, very helpless.

Although the MiG-25 is also high-altitude and high-speed, it is a third-generation prototype after all. With twin engines and twin vertical tails, its maneuverability is not as bad as some people say. It may be a bit difficult to encounter an F-15, but it will be completely defeated by a second-generation aircraft like the F-4, even in a dogfight!

"032, 032, return immediately! The target aircraft is flying towards your airspace. Repeat, 20 target aircraft attempting to cross the border are flying towards your airspace!"

It was already approaching the sky above Hokkaido, which the Americans took very seriously. In order to protect their own E-2 early warning aircraft, all the fighters of the Siren Squadron turned back urgently.

Originally, even if the 513th Regiment completed the interception mission and the Americans were the first to retreat, it could be considered as maintaining its national dignity. After receiving guidance from CGI, it turned back and broke contact with the Americans.

At this time, the ground CGI discovered that one of the returning fighters was missing. The fighter numbered 032 did not return! They continued to mobilize the long-range early warning radar and found that the plane actually flew over Hokkaido! The American planes turned back to intercept the 032 fighter that invaded the island country!

Confrontation over the Sea of ​​Japan is definitely different from confrontation over an island country! Andrei, this young man! In the Sokolovka base, Kozhedub was very anxious. If he was shot down by the other side in the airspace of an island country, it would be his responsibility, and he, the commander of the base, would definitely not be able to keep his position.

This Andrei, when he came to the army before, he was always very quiet and never caused any trouble. What happened to him recently? Kozhidub cursed in his heart and ordered him to return immediately.

Twenty target planes, all coming to oppose him? Andre was stunned. What was going on? He looked down and saw that the rippling blue water had disappeared, and only lush trees were seen.

Oh no, I seem to have flown into the airspace of an island country! Andre immediately shouted on the radio: "Received, return immediately!"

"032, 032, return immediately!" The hoarse voice of Kozhedub was still in the earphones, and Andrei suddenly realized that his radio could not transmit over such a long distance!

Today's fighter jets do not yet use satellite communication data links and can only transmit information via radio. There is an integrated air defense network in the country that can transmit information. However, at sea, unless it is an electronic warfare aircraft accompanied by communication forwarding, the radio power of the fighter jet is limited, and if it flies too far, it will lose radio contact with the rear.

It's time to return! Andre looked at the fuel gauge. The previous fight had consumed another half a ton of fuel. Now he had to use it sparingly, otherwise he would not be able to return to the base.

However, were those American planes chasing him just because he crossed the border? Twenty planes, that seemed a bit too much? Andre broke away from the pursuit and began to climb faster. At the same time, he used the Sapphire-25 radar to scan the airspace ahead and immediately found a suspicious target.

Altitude nine thousand, speed six hundred!

What is this target? Andre's mind suddenly shuddered. Could it be an E-2 early warning aircraft?

This is the United States' main early warning aircraft. The later advanced E-3 early warning aircraft is still in the test flight stage. Although the E-2 is a carrier-based early warning aircraft, it is also widely used by land air bases.

I found the fat goose by accident, no wonder the Americans were anxious! Andre immediately had a new plan in mind.

Chase after them and scare the Americans!

Originally, the E-2 should have retreated south to Honshu, but the F-4 sent to intercept it was chased and kept flying over, so the E-2 could only fly east. Moreover, the E-2 had a large plate on its back, and its speed was not fast at all. Even so, it was caught up!

The crew members were very scared when they thought that their AWACS aircraft, which had no combat capability, was targeted by the MiG-25. The radar operator stared at the screen nervously and said, "Damn it, that Russian is coming!"

A sharp alarm sounded inside the cabin. It was the sound of being locked! Damn it, was that MiG-25 really going to shoot us down?

"Lower altitude, lower altitude!" the combat controller shouted loudly. He then remembered that the Soviet radar performance was very poor and it had no ability to look down and shoot. As long as they flew to low altitude, they could use the ground radar echo to avoid the opponent's lock.

The pilot in front pushed the control stick, and the E-2 dived slowly downward. The tip of the propeller made a whistling sound, which made people even more nervous.

The sound of being locked is still continuing!