Chapter 471 It’s Rude to Come and Not Reciprocate

Chen Fei almost vomited.

Several large overload maneuvers were really unbearable for him.

As we all know, people who get carsick don't get sick while driving. People who don't get carsick may get carsick if they don't drive and drive more intensely. This is the case for Chen Fei. The most helpless thing for him was that Li Zhan regarded the J-16 as an air superiority fighter. Yesterday he was still saying that the J-16 should be mainly used for ground-to-sea strikes instead of fighting for air supremacy. Only a few hours later, he had forgotten all about it. Already?

Unexpectedly, after not seeing him for more than two years, Li Zhan's combat flying skills had reached a level that was difficult for him to touch.

He couldn't help but remind, "Lao Li, safety first."

"Don't worry, be prepared to attack the sea. It's our performance time." Li Zhan said.

Chen Fei said, "We can only stay for ten minutes. We must return after ten minutes, otherwise there will not be enough fuel."

It was supposed to be stranded in the mission airspace for at least half an hour, but Li Zhan drove too roughly, and the afterburner was not stopped, and the fuel consumption exceeded the plan.

"Ten minutes is enough."

Li Zhan pulled the lever and turned the rudder and glanced at the radar. There were several large signal sources in the southeast, about 20 kilometers away. They were simulating the Blue Army's task force.

"Gaoxin No. 33, are you okay? It's disrespectful to come and go without reciprocating. Let's go say hello to the simulated Blue Army task force." Li Zhan called the Y-8 maritime patrol aircraft.

Gao Feiyou smiled and said, "A man can't say no, you can tell me what to do."

"You cover me, and I'll break through their air defense net." Li Zhan chuckled, "Is it okay to have a sea-skimming height of fifty meters?"

Friends Gao Fei heard the meaning, and naturally he would not be willing to lag behind. He immediately accepted the challenge and said, "No problem, what else should I do?"

"You rush over at a sea-skimming altitude of 50 meters, and I will break through at a very low altitude under your belly. When I start to pull supersonic speed, I will notify you to go up to altitude, okay?" Li Zhan said with a smile.

"No...you said you broke through under the belly of my plane?" Gao Feiyou suddenly came back to his senses.

Are you kidding me? When I skimmed the sea at a height of 50 meters, the actual clear height, head to tail, was only over 30 meters. The body height of the J-16 fighter was six meters. Including the wave height, it took about ten meters. , can you fly with only about 20 meters of clear height left?

Li Zhan said, "Yes, it is difficult for the search radar that simulates the Blue Army task force to find the target under the belly of your aircraft. Even if they take off the early warning aircraft, it will have no effect. Gaoxin Sansan, be prepared, I am very sure .”

Stacked Arhat style ultra-low altitude sea skimming penetration.

Using the huge body of the Y-8 maritime patrol aircraft as cover, the No. 1616 J-16 fighter-bomber approached the target covertly and then advanced at high speed. This is the best way that Li Zhan can think of now. Of course, there are difficulties. The pilots of the Y-8 maritime patrol aircraft and the J-16 fighter jets must cooperate with a high degree of tacit understanding to achieve it. Otherwise, let alone break through. , maybe I hit it first.

When clearing the siege, Li Zhan saw the Gaoxin No. 33 Y-8 maritime patrol aircraft quickly climbed to altitude and turned to help Li Zhan block two of the simulated Hornet fighter jets. This allowed Li Zhan to deal with Richard more calmly. Li Zhan immediately concluded that the pilot of the aircraft had extremely high combat literacy. This combination was so comfortable. The pilot of Gaoxin No. 33 might have flown a fighter jet before.

Therefore, Li Zhan is very confident in stacking Arhat style penetration.

He is not doing it randomly. The J-16 will do this job in the future. In other words, attacking large surface ships is one of the main tasks of the HNA fighter-bomber fleet. Ultra-low-altitude sea-skimming penetration attack itself is one of the subjects. Doesn't the actual test flight mean flying out of the specific envelope parameters of these established subjects?

Even Chen Fei thought it was necessary to do this. A test flight was not just about dealing with death, let alone an actual test flight. It doesn't make much sense to do it like usual. What test pilots do is to explore the ultimate potential of fighter planes.

Li Zhan is of course very confident. Ultra-low altitude defense penetration is his famous stunt. What needs to be paid attention to is the change of the combat area. These changes will not pose a significant obstacle to veteran pilots.

Large aircraft covering the penetration of small aircraft is not a new tactic. The stacked Arhat-style flying method can actually be used at any combat altitude. The precise operating range of even the most advanced search radar is limited, not to mention that when flying at such an altitude, the air search radar is basically useless. Instead, the sea search radar used to search for maritime targets can play a greater role.

Theoretically speaking, due to the curvature of the earth, the lower the flying altitude of the target, the more difficult it is to detect, and the reflected clutter generated by the ground and sea surface will also affect the accuracy of detection.

As far as the stacked Arhat-type ultra-low-altitude sea-skimming penetration is concerned, it is also difficult for an early warning aircraft to hide a small aircraft under a large aircraft. But having said that, it is not easy for two aircraft to fly up and down at a very close distance, so this tactic Not universal.

Gao Feiyou has been flying airplanes for nearly 20 years and has extensive flying experience. He fully understands Li Zhan's plan, fully agrees with it, and knows what he should do.

He felt as if there was a connection between him and Li Zhan, and he set up his posture in a very short period of time - heading southeast, sea skimming height of fifty meters, and airspeed of 680 and continuing to increase.

The first officer looked at the airspeed indicator and then the fuel gauge and said worriedly, "Captain, flying at low altitude and high speed consumes fuel very quickly. I'm afraid I won't be able to go back."

"Please ask for instructions to adopt a backup plan. The Forgotten Reef can be refueled." Gao Feiyou said.

The co-pilot frowned and said, "The runway at Forgotten Reef is still under construction, so we can't land."

"Most of it is done. We can make an emergency landing. Contact Forgotten Reef to get ready." Gao Feiyou made up his mind.

"yes!"

Li Zhan cautiously descended to twenty meters. Flying at this altitude was almost flying close to the sea. From a distance, it looked like an airplane-shaped speedboat. He hesitated for a moment, then continued to descend some heights, and finally stabilized at a sea-skimming height of fifteen meters. It is no longer possible to turn directly when flying at this altitude, and some height must be raised to ensure that the wings do not hit the sea.

J-16 No. 1616 came up from the right wing of the Gaoxin No. 33 Y-8 maritime patrol aircraft. Li Zhan chose an entry method similar to aerial refueling to avoid the impact of the wake of the leading aircraft. He is very familiar with the Y-8, and he is very clear about the wake range formed when the aircraft flies at low altitude.

The co-pilot saw the "Experiment 16" slowly flying sideways from the right, at a very low altitude as if it was about to hit the waves. He quickly said, "Captain, he is here, on our right wing. He is flying very low, as if he is touching the sea."

Gao Feiyou said, "Got it, the crosswind is a bit strong, please come and help me."

"Yes!" The co-pilot held the control stick tightly and worked with his high-flying friend to stabilize the attitude of the aircraft.

Li Zhan stared at the direction of Yun-8, slowly approached it, and accurately inserted it directly under Yun-8 like a wedge, perfectly completing the "stacked Arhat".

"Gaoxin Sansan, I'm in position, can you increase the airspeed? Over." Li Zhan raised his head and looked at the Y-8 maritime patrol aircraft above his head, and an unknown pressure followed him.

Flying friend Gao cannot see "Experiment 16", and he cannot feel any impact on the airflow due to the existence of "Experiment 16", but he knows that "Experiment 16" is directly below him. It is no exaggeration to say that if he presses the lever slightly now, he can push the "Experiment 16" into the sea.

A few minutes ago, we were strangers to each other, but at this moment, we have become close and tacit partners. Without rich experience with each other and each other's phone numbers, it is impossible to succeed in the first time, and it is even more difficult to ensure that everything is foolproof.

But the airspeed of the Y-8 has been difficult to increase.

Gao Feiyou replied, "Testing Yaoliu, I can't go any faster, it's over."

The high-altitude top speed of the Y-8 is not high to begin with, and it is at low altitude with greater wind resistance, so it is already trying its best to reach a speed of more than 500 kilometers per hour.

"Understood, keep your attitude and fly southeast, over." Li Zhan could only give up. Although he once drove the Yun-8 to a speed of more than 660 kilometers per hour at low altitude, it was obvious that the Gaoxin 33 was a year old It is difficult to do this on an old machine with two trials.

After Richard returned to the mothership, the mothership operations center suddenly discovered that the target signal had disappeared. The commander on duty did not panic, and the personnel on duty at various positions were also calm. They had never seen anything like this before.

"Have the destroyer turn on the sea search radar and focus on searching the northwest direction." The commander on duty issued the order.

Immediately afterwards, he quickly issued the second order, "Let the early warning aircraft take off, and the second batch of fighters be ready to take off!"

The aviation department quickly started preparations.

Soon, the communications officer reported: "The destroyer found the target! It was a maritime patrol aircraft that appeared early."

"No trace of the second target?" the duty commander asked.

The communications officer reported, "No."

The combat staff said, "Maybe he has returned. If he returns north, he will soon be able to fly out of the detection range of our search radar."

The duty commander frowned and said, "Return? Will you?"

"Richard reported that it was a Shen Hoy heavy fighter. Although it has an ultra-long range, according to our calculations, they took off from the most capable land airport and had at most ten minutes of stay in the air when they arrived here. Just now and Richard's team has been fighting for several minutes, and they probably don't have time to do anything else." The combat staff analyzed carefully.

The commander on duty said, "No, even the early-model Sukhoi fighter jets can stay in the air here for more than thirty minutes. The range of the heavy-duty fighter jets produced by Shen Hoi has been increased to 4,000 kilometers, and the combat radius can reach as far as 1,800 kilometers." Hundreds of kilometers.”

"But the sea search radars of the two destroyers did not detect the second target." said the combat staff.

The commander on duty thought for a moment and then ordered, "Let the AWACS take off."

"Yes!" The communications officer immediately passed on the order.

An E-2C carrier-based early warning aircraft was ordered to take off and quickly climbed to combat altitude...