Babylonian Empire

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"Attack the formation behind first," Akbari said.

The biggest threat to the ground is those nasty bombers, kill the bombers first!

Moreover, the bomber has poor maneuverability, so it is most suitable for Phoenix's attack, and because it uses two missiles to attack two targets at the same time, if it attacks a fighter with good maneuverability, it is likely to be unlocked.

The fire control system of the Tomcat fighter was calculating quickly, and after a second, all the data was input into the Phoenix missile, which dragged its tongue of flame and flew away from the belly of the Tomcat.

Two Tomcats fired four phoenixes, aiming at the four bombers.

During the experiment, the Tomcat fighter tried to use six missiles to attack six different targets at the same time, but now it only attacks two. It is not very difficult and the success rate is very high.

After flying out, the phoenix did not fly directly to the target, but continued upwards, climbing to an altitude of [-] meters. At this altitude, the air is very thin, which is conducive to the flight of the phoenix.

Although the power of the MiG-25 radar is very high, due to insufficient resolution, it was not found that the Phoenix missile launched by the Iranians in the high altitude had already started the initial stage of pre-programmed flight.

If it was Mirage F1 or F-20, the radar had already found the target and notified the bomber formation.

But now, they are already on the track to intercept each other. The Tu-22 bomber does not have an omnidirectional radar warning receiver, and it has not realized that it is in danger. It has already started to drop its seven-ton aerial bombs on the ground. A similar carpet bombing was carried out. A bomb left the plane from its belly and fell to the ground.

The Tu-22 bomber has a pointed head. There are several separate pieces of glass in front of the pilot, and the vision is very poor. This kind of medium-range bomber mainly uses air-to-surface missiles for long-distance attacks. Performing such ordinary bombing missions, some kill chickens The feeling of using a sledgehammer.

The Phoenix completed its autonomous flight at high altitude, and under the guidance of the AWG-9 radar of the rear Tomcat fighter, it began the flight process of semi-active radar guidance.

At the same time, the distance between them and the MiG-25 has also shortened rapidly, and they will soon reach the distance where they can launch medium-range missiles.

Reyer has discovered that the situation is abnormal. Since the Tomcat came, it means that the Iranians must have premeditated. However, he is still lucky. The Iranian Phoenix missiles are gone, and they are fighting the Iranians. In air combat, even if it cannot be fought, the MiG-25 can still escape by taking advantage of its height and speed.

Sparrow air-to-air missiles will never fly to an altitude of [-] meters.

They had to entangle each other to give the bombers behind a chance to escape.

At this time, the pilots of the bomber formation also received a notification from Reyer that they must return immediately!

Unfortunately, it's too late!

Chapter 349 The Iranian Air Force Revival

"Ready to launch missiles." Reyel shouted over the radio.

On the radar screen, the two targets actually turned into a level flight state without any maneuvering, just like two live targets.

Naturally, Reyel would not let go of this good opportunity. No matter what the reason was, since the other party stayed honest, then beat him down!

Lock on the target, launch the missile, and a second later, under the wing of the MiG-25, an R-40R semi-active radar-guided air-to-air missile flew out.

Now the distance between the two sides is [-] kilometers. If they fly head-on, the distance will be shortened quickly. Reyer has already adjusted the fire control to the short-range air-to-air missile. After a while, I am afraid that we will have to fight at close range.

Because he didn't have much hope for this kind of air-to-air missile produced by the Soviet Union. In several air battles, it was okay against the enemy's slow bombers, but the hit rate was very low against the agile Tomcat. Always love goes wrong.

The two fighters Akbari and Jarrard are going through their most dangerous time.

If they fly with a large overload, they can dodge the incoming missiles, but the phoenix will lose the target due to lack of radar illumination, and the precious phoenix will become a dead bird.

Only in the autonomous guidance stage of the last phoenix, the AWG-9 radar, can it be freed.

Fortunately, you only need to hold on for two more seconds.

In the initial stage, the Phoenix missile uses a pre-programmed program to fly at high altitude to increase its range. In the middle range, it needs radar signals for semi-active guidance, and it is close to the radar search range of the Phoenix missile itself. After that, the rest of the tasks can be completely handed over to Phoenix.

They are holding on.

Listening to the sound of the radar warning receiver and listening to the report of the radar operator in the rear cabin, this requires quite a strong psychological quality.

Still, Akbari could bear it.

Finally, after hearing the confirmation from the radar operator that the phoenix had taken the initiative to guide, Akbari finally passed the most dangerous time.

Next, you need to face the incoming missile.

It's very simple, all he needs is to dive!

The two Tomcat fighter jets, with the wing sweep angle adjusted to the maximum, began to dive downward at high speed.

The huge overload pushed the pilot on the seat, unable to move. They could only watch the altimeter in front of them rotate rapidly, one circle, another circle.

The northern part of Iran is covered with mountainous areas. Such a complex geographical environment makes low-altitude the nemesis of airborne radars. Soviet-made tube-based radars simply cannot handle a large number of echo data. Therefore, low-altitude is their blind spot.

This is also the reason why Iran introduced Tomcat fighter jets in the first place. This powerful radar, using the pulse Doppler principle, can filter out the influence of ground clutter and distinguish low-altitude targets, and its fast interception capability also has a large area. what Iran needs.

After the Tu-22 bomber dropped all the bombs, the pilot let out a sigh of relief and started to return.

Suddenly, the pilot felt a huge shock, and then the sound of an explosion reached his ears, followed by flames behind him.

Without any chance of escape, before he could react, the plane exploded and disintegrated in the air.

The active radar in front of the high-altitude warhead of the Phoenix missile was turned on, and after searching for the target, it plunged down.

The phoenix that dived down from an altitude of more than 2 meters originally carried huge kinetic energy, coupled with the original high explosive of the warhead, it was so powerful that it directly blasted the Tu-22 bomber into pieces in the air.

The four Tu-22 bombers were immediately devastated. Three bombers were blown up and exploded in the air. Only one was not hit because the phoenix malfunctioned during the final attack.

Moreover, there is another reason, that is, they did not find the incoming missiles until they were hit.

Otherwise, the plane that has dropped the bombs, even though it is a bomber, still has a certain degree of maneuverability, and can completely maneuver and avoid missiles.

The Tu-22 bomber, which survived the catastrophe, immediately accelerated to return, and he didn't dare to look back, and he couldn't see it.

Reyel heard the voice from the radio, and knew that three bombers had been killed, and the other party must have used a super long-range phoenix to do it.However, he was no longer in the mood to take care of the bombers in the rear, because all the missiles they launched missed their targets.

When the missile fired by the MiG-25 approached the opponent for five kilometers, the opponent began to accelerate the dive, and the missile followed suit.

No matter how powerful an aircraft is, it is not as strong as a missile. A 9G overload for an aircraft is already the limit of a modern fighter jet, but a missile can easily achieve an overload of 20G.

However, the R-40 missile is typically visually unclear, especially when it dives with the target, its brain becomes confused.

As soon as it dives, the seeker of the missile follows downwards, and the received electromagnetic waves are already reduced, but what is even more frightening is that the echoes on the ground are increasing without limit.

After a few more seconds, the missile completely lost its target.

Not only did the missile lose its target and start the self-destruct procedure, but also, on the radar screen of the MiG-25, the Iranian plane had disappeared.

Reyel knew that the Iranians were already low in the air, using the mountains to play hide-and-seek with them.

The Tomcat fighter is a fighter with flexible maneuverability. It can fly at low altitude and rely on variable swept wings to obtain a lot of lift. However, the MiG-25 is different.

At the beginning of the development of the MiG-25, it was aimed at the task of high altitude and high speed. The huge rectangular inlet has great resistance at low altitude.

Moreover, because the radar is behind and enters the low altitude with complex terrain, the MiG-25 will be tied up, and it will be useless at all.