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"Prepare to use magic air-to-air missiles." Reyel also issued an order.

At present, although the short-range air-to-air missiles equipped by both sides theoretically have the ability to shoot head-on, the French missiles are still a generation behind the latest Soviet-developed missiles. A year later, France's improved Magic 2 air-to-air missile entered service, while the Soviet R-73 remained in service until the new century.

Therefore, Reyer knew that even if he fired the missile head-on, the chance of hitting the opponent was very small, and using the powerful mobility of his fighter plane to carry out the usual tail-chasing attack was the right thing to do.

The Soviet pilots didn't think so. Just now, they ventured into the mountains in order to avoid the missiles. Now, they can't wait to launch the missiles immediately.

Therefore, the pilot of the MiG-29 chose to shoot head-on. This can almost be said to be the first time in history to attack the opponent head-on with infrared combat bombs in close-range air combat.

Compared with tail-chasing attacks, due to the lack of hot tail flames, the infrared seeker's operating distance will be shortened, and the missile's range advantage cannot be exerted.

The lead pilot of the MiG-29 skillfully turned the seven-position switch on the H001-165 console to the "IIInEM" state, and then turned the HABEu-ABT-pyqH (guidance: automatic-manual) switch to "pyqH ” position, and then put the 3AxB-ABT-pyqH (interception: automatic-manual) switch in the “pyqH” position.Then turn the N3nyq-3KB-OTKn (shè-equivalent-off) switch to the N3nyq position, and adjust the fire control system to the state of the helmet sight.The Soviet engineers didn't know what to think. In a fierce and complicated air battle, multiple switches need to be toggled once to change the guidance mode. Don't they know that it is difficult for the pilot to have enough time to complete the twisting of so many knobs, or Say, the pilot will forget to turn a certain switch due to factors such as nervousness?

The wingman pilot of the MiG-29 didn't know that he made a serious mistake and accidentally touched the switch of the nu (laser range finder). He needed to be careful when doing these actions with his hands wearing flying gloves.

Two MiG pilots were using their new weapons. After visually spotting the two Iraqi planes, the pilots quickly turned their heads, pointed at an Iranian fighter plane with the observation mark on their helmets, and pressed on the throttle handle. input (BBOu) button.

Compared with the original MiG machine, the MiG-29 also added a head-up display. As the helmet sight started to work, the head-up display screen began to display the interception screen of the target interception state.

Chapter 576 Large Off-Axis Launch

The distance between the two sides is still rapidly approaching. The heads of the two MiG pilots have been facing the target. At the same time, the input (BBOu) button on the throttle handle has been kept in the pressed position.

Reyel never dreamed that under such circumstances, the opponent was actually aiming at them, waiting for the opportunity to launch.

Due to the height difference between the two sides, the angle between the Mirage 4000 fighter and the nose of the opponent's fighter has long been greater than [-] degrees. In this case, the infrared seeker could not turn to the corresponding position at all.

The angle of view of the infrared seeker of the magic air-to-air missile is 30 degrees, that is to say, it can only attack the enemy aircraft in the area of ​​[-] degrees left, right, up and down in front of it. If it exceeds this fan, it cannot be seen.

However, the infrared seeker of the R-73 does not have a modulation wheel for ordinary infrared bombs.Instead, it uses a unique multi-detection non-imaging phase array seeker. Therefore, it can lock the target in the sector of plus or minus [-] degrees in front. With the helmet sight, it has large off-axis tracking and high Mobility and air combat are always high-tech contests!

Just when Reyer thought it was safe to prepare for maneuvering after the two sides flew head-on, the situation changed.

The lead pilot of the MiG-29 finally waited for an xìng command "np" to appear on the head-up display, which represented that the infrared seeker had intercepted the target according to the target indication information of the helmet target indication system and completed launch preparations. Launch is allowed.

Without hesitation, he pressed the launch button on the control lever, and the R-73 missile that he had been waiting for had jumped out from under the wing.

Iraqis, let you know that the sky is great for the USSR!

Reyel was concentrating on preparing for close combat. Suddenly, he saw the smoke from the missiles under the opponent's wing. Then, he saw a burst of flames, pushing a missile flying towards it quickly.

It was too late to think too much, although his heart was full of doubts, how did the opponent's missile launch this missile when the launch angle was a full [-] degrees off-axis, at this time, that missile was just about to launch. It was flying towards him.

Reyer pulled the lever to push the rudder, and he adopted a method: fly towards this missile!

In such a short distance of three kilometers, it is impossible for him to do any maneuvers to get rid of it. This is almost the no-escape zone for missiles, so there is only one way: head-on flight!

At present, no matter how advanced the missile performance is, it is always a problem to attack head-on. The relative speed of the two sides is very high, and the missile needs to change its direction more quickly, leaving less time for the missile to react. More importantly, let the missile The fuze of the seeker controls the explosion time of the warhead of the missile, which will be very difficult to grasp. If the explosion is early, the opponent has not arrived, and the explosion is late, and it has passed. This is also the way that current missiles mainly use tail pursuit attacks.

Are the opponent's missiles advanced enough?Reyer has passed the age when a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, but in this kind of air combat, fearless spirit and correct operation are the most important.

The pilot of another MiG-29 fighter did not wait for the opportunity to launch. He mistakenly touched the switch of the laser rangefinder. Therefore, the aiming command of the helmet sight was lowered by one level, and he never locked on the opponent. .

Reyel watched the light spot flying towards him. He manipulated the nearly [-] million dollar fighter plane in his hand and flew towards the hundreds of thousands of dollar missile without the slightest hesitation, like a moth to a flame.

Then, he turned on the afterburner. He was diving to a low altitude, and then turned on the afterburner. The Mach meter in front was rapidly turning clockwise.

Although fighter jets have the ability to have a maximum speed of more than two Machs, that is the data measured in level flight at high altitudes. The air in high altitudes is thin and the resistance is small, so it is easy to exceed the speed of sound. In low altitudes, the air density increases greatly, resulting in drag It's very big, and it can fly up to Mach [-] at most.However, when diving down from a high altitude, the kinetic energy provided by the potential energy of gravity will be superimposed. In addition, at this time, a twin-engine fighter jet is already very powerful. Reyel felt the plane he was driving vibrate with excitement, and then , the speed begins to decay, which is a sign that the sound barrier is about to be broken.

At this time, the local indigenous residents of Khorasan on the ground were fortunate to witness this strange scene. Several fighter planes were "playing cool" in the air, and one of the planes was even more peculiar. Behind it, there was an umbrella-like The white "cloud", but after that, they were shocked by the huge explosion, and their eardrums were about to be shattered. Could it be that there was another earthquake?

When the Phantom 4000 broke through the sound barrier at low altitude, it formed a "sonic boom cloud" behind it. This is because the temperature dropped due to the drop in air pressure behind the shock wave that broke through the sound barrier, and the water vapor condensed to form tiny water droplets, which looked like Generally cloudy.

When breaking through the sound barrier, there was a huge sonic boom. This airflow with strong pressure has terrifying power.

Then, the R-73 missile flew close to the Phantom 4000, but it suddenly felt a strong airflow.

In fact, the R-73 missile quickly exceeded the speed of sound after it was launched. However, the R-73 missile is much smaller than the aircraft, and the sonic boom it arouses is very small, which can almost be ignored, while the Mirage 4000 It's different, the sonic boom he caused in the sky can affect the ground.

Originally, the R-73 missile was not afraid of the sonic boom, but it was stunned by the sonic boom and hesitated for a while. Then, it passed by the Mirage 4000, and the proximity fuze was too fast because of the speed of both sides. When the warhead was detonated, it had already flown over the Phantom 4000, and came to a distance of more than ten meters behind it, and then detonated the warhead.

Bearing a huge overload, Reyel pulled up the plane, and if he didn't do anything, he was about to hit a mountain.

During the mid-range air combat between the two sides, the early warning aircraft can provide them with a lot of information, but in close combat, the early warning aircraft cannot help. What the early warning aircraft can do is to patrol the surroundings airspace.

"Report, the situation in the air battle ahead is very complicated. Colonel Chekhov asked if he could send more fighter planes to support it." Defense Minister Ustinov, who was anxiously waiting in the hospital, received another hasty request.

how?Your best fighter has not taken advantage yet?Ustinov feels a bit overwhelmed, send more fighters?In this case, sending more fighters would mean an escalation of the conflict!

Now, these high-level officials already had a premonition. Looking at the medical staff coming in and out, they knew that the general secretary's illness might be very serious this time.

Some people have already thought, if something really happens to the general secretary, who will be the next one?

Under such circumstances, the domestic situation has begun to become complicated. At the top level, this transfer of power will have certain risks. Under such circumstances, it is not in the interests of the Soviet Union to provoke another war.

"Let our fighters return to the base as soon as possible, and this operation will be terminated." Ustinov angrily ordered.

This time it is cheaper for the Iraqis, the Minister of Defense of the great Red Empire, this is probably his weakest time, not weak, but not strong enough.

It's just that, after receiving his order, Chekhov on the front line didn't think so much. The point is, if no additional fighter planes are allowed to be sent now, how could it be so easy for those two fighter planes that have already entered close combat? back out?Whoever withdraws first will show his tail and be killed mercilessly by the other party.

Reluctantly, he conveyed this order to the front, hoping that the two pilots would be lucky enough to escape.

The pilots of the MiG-29 were no longer in the mood to care about the orders of their superiors. They were engaged in close combat with the two Iraqi fighters.

Both sides are top-notch pilots, and the fighters they are driving are almost the most advanced aircraft of this era. The Iraqi pilot, Reyel, after getting rid of the opponent's lock, went through a rapid climb and flip, and came to the MiG- 29 behind the lead plane.

At this time, Reyer had the advantage, but the opponent was also trying his best to make all kinds of difficult maneuvers, which kept Reyer unable to obtain the locking range within 21 degrees of the front hemisphere Well, the opponent's plane is even more maneuverable than the MiG-[-], completely overturning his impression of Soviet aircraft. In terms of maneuverability, it is almost comparable to the heavy fighter he is flying now.

Moreover, the opponent also has dual engines, so not only does it have good horizontal performance, but it is also very superb in vertical maneuvering.

The opponent suddenly pulled up the nose of the plane and climbed vertically upwards, and Reyer climbed up accordingly. At this time, whoever can't hold it first will have the advantage.

Because, whoever falls first, the opponent will dive down and bite the opponent's rear hemisphere.

Reyel already knows that as long as he is bitten by the opponent, the consequences must be very tragic, because the missile just now has proved that the opponent's off-axis launch ability is very good, and it is okay to escape the opponent within a [-]-degree area , It is almost impossible to exceed the opponent's sixty-degree area.

The lead pilot of the MiG-29 fighter is confident that he is the best pilot in the Soviet Air Force, but now, he also has a sense of powerlessness. He has been fighting for several minutes, but he still can't get rid of the opponent!

That damned guy in the back was able to kill him just now, but he actually flew head-on, and in a way that exceeded the speed of sound, delaying the explosion of his own missiles and escaped a catastrophe.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and the canyon he flew in appeared again, and he flew into it without hesitation.

Reyel saw that the other party wanted to slip away from the canyon, he wanted to push the nose of the aircraft, and flew in. At this time, the command of the rear early warning plane came from the earphone: "Prepare to leave, get rid of the air battle."

The fight is going on happily, but you want to let it end?Reyel watched the other party slip away and didn't follow up. Although he was confident that he could definitely fly in that canyon quickly, he still strictly followed the order.

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