Chapter 52: Destroy the Fighter Plane! (I)

"Pay attention to the lateral spacing, Kawasaki, slow down." The two salvage ships were also cooperating nervously at this time.

Just now, two salvage ships jointly lifted the MiG-25 fighter from the water. Now, the two salvage ships need to work closely together to put the MiG-25 fighter on the rear deck of one of the salvage ships. In this way, the other ship needs to slow down so that the MiG-25 can be aimed at the rear deck.

The crane arm was also turning and shaking constantly at sea. This close coordination was also a very dangerous operation. If one was not careful, the two salvage ships would collide.

Locke was not worried at all. Now, his mission had been completed. If these people couldn't even complete the final work, they would be too stupid.

At this moment, a loud roar was heard in the distance. Locke looked up and saw a huge fighter plane roaring over the sea in the distance. The iconic huge air intake and the double vertical tail layout made Locke stunned. Damn, it was the Soviet MiG-25 fighter!

"Attention, the Soviets are coming!" Locke shouted.

In order to avoid being discovered by the Soviets, this salvage operation was kept secret, and no warships were dispatched, only these two salvage ships. They did not expect that after they had lured the Soviet warships away, Soviet planes would suddenly appear again.

"Be careful!" The roaring fighter plane caused the two salvage ships below to panic. One of the salvage ships shook and its bow crashed into the stern of the other salvage ship.

If this hits, the damage to the ship is secondary. The main thing is that the MiG-25 that is still being hoisted will definitely be hit hard into one of the salvage ships and smashed to pieces!

At the critical moment, the captains of the two ships maintained close cooperation, as if they had telepathic connection. The two ships separated again, and the MiG-25 shook a little and then regained stability.

The roaring MiG-25 flew over the masts of the two ships, and the airflow it brought almost blew Locke on the deck into the sea.

"Sokolovka, Sokolovka, 032 report, the situation has changed, I have visually discovered the Americans' salvage operations, Belenko's fighter has been salvaged by the Americans!" Flying at an ultra-low altitude, Andrei turned the fighter plane around after climbing and reported to the base.

What should I do? Andre was extremely anxious at this moment. At this moment, the two frigates of his side had been driven away from this sea area by the US Navy, at least fifty nautical miles away. Even if they came over, it would take about two hours. Moreover, the Americans obviously would not give him such an opportunity. As soon as they discovered him, the American fighter planes would definitely take off to drive him away.

This place is only a hundred nautical miles away from Hokkaido. The American fighter planes will arrive in ten minutes at most. We must solve this problem within ten minutes!

"032, 032, destroy Belenko's fighter!" Sokolovka's order came through the headset.

"Received!" After receiving the order, Andre was full of fighting spirit.

Rushing to a height of several hundred meters, Andre turned the joystick, and the MiG-25 fighter once again turned into a god of death and fell from the sky!

Destroy Belenko's fighter! If the fighter was still in flight at this time, it would be a piece of cake for Andrei. Andrei could launch an R-40 missile and easily break the fighter into pieces.

But now, the plane was not flying and its engine was not ignited. The MiG-25, which was in a salvage state, was almost an impossible target to lock onto between the two salvage ships!

Andre's fighter has a total of four pylons, which are equipped with two R-40 missiles and four R-60 missiles. Because this type of missile is too light, a composite pylon is used. Two missiles can be mounted on one pylon, which is also the mounting method on other fighters.

Andre thought about it for a moment and decided to use a visual method to fire four R-60 missiles like rockets!

It is difficult to hit the target purely by relying on inertia to fly, but if the R-60's seeker is used for guidance, it will definitely not attack the aircraft that has not been ignited, but will attack the chimneys of the two salvage ships, where the infrared characteristics are most obvious.

Launching missiles as rockets was something that American pilots did only during the Vietnam War when they faced the low hit rate of Sparrow missiles.

Now, Andre had to resort to the same tactics.

The MiG-25 does not have a way to launch rockets, but Andrei has used the Su-27 series aircraft to carry out rocket attack missions more than once in his previous life. Due to various reasons, he was reluctant to launch missiles during exercises and could only launch this low-cost, beautiful and ornamental rocket.

When the MiG-25 turned again and flew towards this side, the crews on the two salvage ships burst into screams. They saw flames flashing under the opponent's wings, and then missiles flew over with flames. They immediately thought that the plane was going to kill them.

"Kawasaki, let go of the rope!" Locke shouted loudly. He had seen clearly that the other party was not coming towards their ship, but wanted to destroy the plane.

Locke knew very well that this MiG-25 fighter was used for air-to-air combat and did not carry any anti-ship missiles.

Now, in the panic of our side, if we are not careful, the two ships will collide and damage the MiG-25 on top. That will be troublesome, so we must separate! We must let the ship behind let go of the rope!

Locke's voice resounded on the deck, and he was not panicked. The Kawasaki received the message and quickly disconnected the lifting wire rope, but it was still a step too late.

The four missiles flew over, trailing flames. Three of them flew over the top of the aircraft. Only the last one barely reached the side of the MiG-25. The proximity fuse exploded, and countless fragments of the warhead flew towards the MiG-25 that had just emerged from the water.

Then, the rope broke, and the MiG-25 lost one side of the rope and spun around instantly, forming a simple pendulum in the air, swinging back and forth for several circles.

Still intact!

"Quick, speed up, return!" Locke looked at the dangling fighter plane. He had no other choice but to run away! He didn't have time to fix the fighter plane on the rear deck, so he quickly retreated under the towing of the rope!

If we hold on for another three minutes, our fighter jets will come up to support us and we will be safe!