Chapter 53: Destroy the Fighter Plane! (Part 2)

Sure enough, the attack was not effective. Andre fired four R-60s with proximity fuses as rockets, but only one of them got close enough to the fuse to detonate, while the other three flew into the air. Moreover, the warhead of this R-60 exploded with limited power. The MiG-25 was still on the salvage ship, and was now being hoisted back at high speed.

Looking at the scene, it was just like being hit by a firecracker, and no actual damage was caused at all.

Although the other three MiG-25s rushed towards Andre after receiving the news, the Americans were not slow in coming and Andre did not have much time left.

It seems that we can't worry about accidental injuries at this time! Andre adjusted the weapon operation knob to the two R-40s.

Due to the gap in electronic technology of the Soviet Union, the performance of semi-active radar-guided air-to-air missiles was too poor. Therefore, every time Andrei took off, he hung the infrared-guided R-40T. This missile weighed half a ton and had an effective range of no more than 40 kilometers. The contemporary American Phoenix also weighed half a ton, but had a range of more than 100 kilometers. This was the gap.

Now, this little gap is nothing. The salvage ship below, which is speeding away, is less than three kilometers away from Andre. Its engine is running at full power, emitting billowing black smoke. The huge chimney is a good source of infrared radiation.

The crane's boom was behind the chimney. At this time, the swaying MiG-25 was following behind the chimney. Although it was swaying left and right, the error was not very large.

As long as the opponent does not turn, Andre's plane follows behind in a straight line. In this way, aiming at the opponent's chimney, theoretically it should collide with the MiG-25 behind the chimney first!

There is no time to hesitate. Once he makes up his mind, Andre will be firm in his will. If the two missiles miss, Andre will have no choice but to crash into them. There are still eight tons of fuel on his plane. If he crashes into them, both planes will be reduced to ashes.

Thinking of this, Andre stepped on the rudder and pushed the joystick to the right. The MiG-25 fighter drew an arc in the sky and flew back behind the fleeing salvage ship.

Plaster Flag, you forced me to do this. I didn't intend to hurt you! Andre knew that if a half-ton air-to-air missile was fired, the salvage ship would also suffer external injuries. In short, this was a diplomatic incident. Andre didn't need to consider cleaning up the mess. He just needed to destroy the MiG-25!

Following carefully behind, Andre used the TP-26-SH1 forward-looking infrared search/tracking system to visually track and lock the target, transmitted the target's position to the R-40 missile's seeker, allowed the missile to lock onto the target, and then pressed the launch button.

A thick smoke appeared at the tail of the missile, and the missile broke away from the rack and flew towards the target on the sea.

Three seconds later, Andre fired a second R-40 missile.

At this time, the distance was only two kilometers. At this distance, the missile's rocket engine had not yet completely burned out. The remaining fuel, plus the explosives in the warhead, would definitely destroy the MiG-25!

"Quick, turn the rudder to the left!" Locke on the deck was still looking at the MiG-25 plane in the sky. It was obvious that the other party would not give up.

Sure enough, after seeing the other party continue to launch missiles, Locke shouted and asked the salvage ship to turn, hoping to avoid the missile attack.

Last time it was an uncontrolled launch, this time it was infrared guided! It was impossible for this salvage ship to make a high-overload maneuver of several Gs. Just like that, before it completed the turn, a loud bang was heard from behind.

The first R-40 missile hit the chimney accurately!

The remaining fuel and the 55-kilogram warhead were all ignited at this moment, and the huge explosion instantly blew away the chimney.

However, after the blast passed, the MiG-25 hanging at the back was still dangling!

The left full rudder just now caused the MiG-25 hanging behind to be thrown away instantly. As a result, the missile behind actually passed through the side of the swaying MiG-25 and hit the chimney in front, but did not affect the MiG-25 behind.

Andre stared at the flight trajectory of the missile and became anxious. At this moment, the second R-40 missile flew over!

At this moment, the MiG-25 just swayed to a position that coincided with the chimney. The huge R-40 missile sensed something in front of it and its fuse was instantly activated.

"Boom!" A violent explosion sounded again. The MiG-25 was hit in the middle. The explosion almost split the plane into two. Unfortunately, the stainless steel frame was too strong, and the MiG-25 was still hanging. Moreover, since the skin was also made of stainless steel, it was not easy to burn.

The second missile has hit the fighter plane, but did not completely destroy it!

Andre's heart sank slowly. He looked at the burning chimney and the MiG-25 that was almost broken in two. He knew that one more attack was needed!

If I sacrifice myself this time, can I travel back again? Andrei didn't have much nostalgia for this world. He still wanted to go back to the original world, but he remembered that he had just fallen in love with Ekaterina. If he sacrificed himself like this, Ekaterina would definitely be heartbroken.

No matter what, since this body belongs to the Soviet Union, we must fight for the national interests of the Soviet Union! Thinking of this, Andrei has made up his mind.

After another three turns, the only thing left in Andre's sight was the still shaking MiG-25!

The distance was getting closer and closer, and a voice came from Andre's headset: "Captain Andre, what are you doing?"

034 had already flown over and watched Andre's flying movements from a distance, and immediately shouted on the radio.

"No, Commander, you can't do this!" Seeing from afar that the MiG-25 was about to overlap with the salvage ship, the pilot of No. 034 shouted even more anxiously.

"Boom!" At this moment, the view was already filled with a huge fireball. Under the burning chimney, there was a violent explosion, and in this explosion, the swaying MiG-25 was instantly blown into pieces by the violent explosion!

"No!" The pilot of No. 034 couldn't believe his eyes. The fireball covered almost everything! Captain Andre was probably dead!