Chapter 4 Air Scalpel

Americans, I’m here! In an instant, Andre’s eyes were filled with madness, and the scene of that year appeared in his mind again.

The American EP-3 was flying recklessly over the South China Sea, detecting electromagnetic signals from the mainland. The brave and fearless naval aviation pilot Wang Wei, driving a long-outdated J-8II fighter, went to intercept with the lead plane. During the confrontation between the two sides, the American pilot maliciously approached Wang Wei's plane, and the huge EP-3 quickly crashed into the rear fuselage of Wang Wei's J-8II. Wang Wei did not have time to react, and the nose and left wing of the American plane hit the rear fuselage of Wang Wei's plane one after another. The outer propeller of the left wing, like a chainsaw, smashed the vertical tail of Wang Wei's J-8II into pieces.

This was a malicious collision! The hero Wang Wei's plane lost its vertical tail and could not continue to fly. In desperation, Wang Wei chose to parachute. Since then, he has never been found again. The Republic has lost an excellent pilot. Wang Wei's spirit is inspiring all the people in the Republic, including pilots fighting in the sky! Before the time travel, Lei Tian, ​​although not a front-line combat unit, still kept this shame in his heart.

Now, encountering the American EP-3 again, Andre's heart is naturally filled with anger. It's okay to bully the old J-8II, but now, let me let you taste the power of my stainless steel fighter!

In this era, the pursuit of speed is endless. When the speed exceeds Mach 2.5, a problem called thermal barrier arises. Due to friction with the air, a large amount of heat will be generated. This can be ignored when the speed is low, but when the speed reaches Mach 3, the temperature of the nose will exceed 300 degrees!

At this temperature, aluminum alloy will become as soft as toilet paper. Not to mention maneuvers, even normal flight cannot be guaranteed.

In order to allow aircraft to break through this restricted area, the United States and the Soviet Union each took their own approach. The Americans used advanced titanium alloys to manufacture the SR-71 Blackbird, a reconnaissance aircraft. In addition to being expensive, its performance was quite limited and it had almost no maneuverability, so it could only be used for reconnaissance and could not engage in air combat. The Soviet Union, on the other hand, adopted a simple and crude approach, which was stainless steel!

Some experts have made conclusive analysis that the stainless steel fuselage of the MiG-25 is bulky, and in order to reduce weight, the structural strength of the fuselage can only be sacrificed, so the MiG-25 cannot withstand high-G maneuvers, so the MiG-25 can only be used as an interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft. This is completely theoretical! The MiG-25 uses a stainless steel fuselage, which is quite strong. A pilot once pulled out an overload of 11.5G, and the fighter was still fine. Some experts also said that the Soviet Union's titanium alloy technology was not up to standard at the time. In fact, the Soviet Union's Yevachkin Design Bureau, which later became the Sukhoi Design Bureau, had already built a titanium alloy T-4 verification aircraft. The titanium alloy technology had long been up to standard, but the Soviet Union chose stainless steel after comparison.

The aluminum alloy J-8II cannot crash into the EP-3, but the stainless steel MiG-25 is different!

The entire frame of the MiG-25 is made of stainless steel, and the tall vertical tail at the tail is also made of stainless steel!

The two engines at the tail spewed flames, and Andre operated the MiG-25 fighter and flew quickly towards the EP-3.

At this time, the countdown for EP-3's departure had begun. In another thirty seconds, all data collection would be completed and the mission would be over. Although there were terrible Soviet planes following, they didn't seem to do anything to our side. After all the trouble for so long, it was of no use.

Polar bears are not to be feared! They are also afraid of accidental discharge of guns!

With this mentality, the Americans on the plane were no longer afraid, but relaxed. After the mission was completed, they could go to Hawaii for vacation, find a beautiful woman, and show off this operation!

"032, pay attention to the altitude!" The leader's voice came through the headset. At this time, Belenko already felt something was wrong.

Generally speaking, to drive away the enemy aircraft, you fly above it, and after flying over the nose of the aircraft, you press the control stick, just like cutting off other cars on the road, forcing the other side to turn along with you, just to tease them.

But now, Andre's fighter plane is at a lower altitude than the enemy's. What's wrong with Andre?

The speed of flight in the air is measured in seconds. Just after Belenko gave the order, Andrei's fighter plane had already flown to the rear and lower side of the EP-3. Then, under Belenko's gaze, Andrei's plane quickly flew under the opponent.

Damn, we’re going to collide with each other at this close distance!

The MiG-25 has no rearward vision, so when performing this maneuver, Andre could only rely entirely on his own experience to pilot.

In order to have sufficient lateral control capabilities at high altitudes, the MiG-25 has a tall vertical tail and a double vertical tail layout! This is the world's first fighter with a double vertical tail. The American F-15 fighter got a lot of inspiration from the MiG-25 in its aerodynamic shape.

Now, the advantage of this double vertical tail is that if one vertical tail is damaged, Andre can also fly the fighter back!

Andre's plane flew quickly from under the opponent's left side. In order to ensure the effect, when the opponent's wing passed over Andre's head, Andre deliberately pulled back the joystick.

"Andrei, press the joystick, it's going to collide!" Belenko in the back saw it clearly. The nose of Andrei's plane flew over, but the right vertical tail at the tail was about to collide with the American EP-3.

Unfortunately, his reminder was too late. Before he finished speaking, the tall vertical tail on the right side of the MiG-25 had already passed outside the left wing of the EP-3, near the No. 1 engine!

The sharp vertical tail, like a knife, cut off the outer part of the left wing of the EP-3! The vertical tail continued to move forward and collided with the propeller, and metal sparks flew.

Andre's first close contact with the American EP-3 ended just like that. When Andre pushed the accelerator and accelerated away, the EP-3 was already shaking like a leaf in the wind.

Damn the Soviets, they are crazy! In the porthole of the main observation station on the port side of the EP-3, the observer watched his wing being cut off and falling off, and saw the propeller of the external No. 1 engine sparking, and couldn't help shouting: "Quick, shut down the No. 1 engine, our wing has been cut off!"