Chapter 21： single engine return

"He's going to shoot us down!"

"He's coming for us! Damn, it's already over Mach 2, so a missile must be fired!"

"God bless!"

There were screams in the cabin. If it weren't for the fact that such a compact aircraft couldn't parachute, they would have already wanted to leave this terrifying early warning aircraft that would soon explode into a fireball.

When the locking sound disappeared, everyone was dripping with sweat and drenched from top to bottom. The air traffic control officer sat on his chair and started to cry.

This kind of experience of escaping death is not something that everyone can bear, and they are not so lucky every time. The guy who drives the MiG-25 is simply a devil!

After three seconds, Andre turned off the radar with satisfaction, pulled the joystick to the left, it was time to return home!

The afterburner has just been used again, and the fighter has already exceeded the speed of sound. When he completed this turn, he almost flew out of Hokkaido and reached the sky over the southern part of Sakhalin Island. In the case of high speed, the turning radius will be so large that It is difficult for people to accept.

Andre continued to use the afterburner. The fuel in the aircraft had been consumed by more than half, and the performance of the fighter was further improved. Soon, it reached 26,000 kilometers, and the speed reached Mach 2.6.

Opposite, the F-4 fighter jets that flew in, facing the height difference, these American fighter jets could only sigh and sigh, they were out of reach!

The pressure of the MiG-25 on the Americans is enormous. The Sparrow missiles carried by the F-4 fighters are almost impossible to attack targets at a height of more than 20,000 meters. In the current situation where the head-to-head flight exceeds Mach 3, the Sparrow missiles cannot be attacked. The hit rate is almost zero percent.

The only threat to this kind of fighter is the Phoenix missile carried by the Navy's F-14 fighter.

Above the heads of the Americans, he flew in a dignified circle, and regarded the intercepted F-4 fighter jets as nothing. This time, Andrei completely showed off the force of the Soviet Union.

However, in addition to worrying about being scolded by Kozhdubu and punished after returning home, Andre's biggest problem now is fuel!

MiG-25, this is a controversial fighter. In later generations, there are various opinions of various bricks. Some people think that the combat radius of this fighter is no more than 300 kilometers, which is more than the MiG-29. It is still an airport guard. Some say it is a flying brick with little mobility.

If you haven't used it, you're not eligible to comment. Andre knew that those claims were false.

The MiG-25 has sufficient fuel in the aircraft, and the maximum range exceeds 3,000 kilometers. The combat radius under the air combat mount also exceeds 1,000 kilometers, which is the data of a typical heavy fighter.

Of course, these data are not in the state of afterburner cruise. Like this attack, the fast interception mission, almost flying together, has been flying with afterburner. When it flew to the interception point, it flew 400 to 500 kilometers. At the time of the flight, half of the fuel in the aircraft had been consumed. After fighting in the scheduled airspace for more than ten minutes, there was still enough fuel to cruise back to the base at a speed of Mach 0.8.

However, someone like Andre accidentally "lost" over the island country, ran after the F-4 chrysanthemum, and drove the E-2 around. The face of the meter height difference, when flying away gracefully, looking at the fuel gauge, Andre's face is about to turn green.

There are still more than two tons of oil! Among them, several hundred kilograms are still oil bottoms, which cannot be taken out for use. What he can use is no more than two tons!

There are still 800 kilometers from the base, and this little oil is not enough!

How to do? If it is another two years, the MiG-25 will be improved again, and it will be able to refuel in the air. Hurry up to call the base and send a tanker over, and I can persist, but now, this trick is impossible.

After turning off the afterburner, the speed began to decrease continuously, but the height did not drop much.

The higher the altitude, the thinner the air and the smaller the air resistance. Therefore, if you want to fly back, you must not drop the altitude! Andrei reminded himself secretly.

Just like that, after flying for another minute, I calculated the fuel level in my heart, but I still couldn't return safely!

How to do? Do you want to fall into the sea and wait for the helicopter at the base to rescue yourself?

Of course not! Andre suddenly remembered something, it seems that if you want to continue to save fuel, you can only take risks!

Wearing thick gloves, Andre's fingers moved the switch on the front panel. When the fifth switch was pulled in a row, the body suddenly shook, and then the speed slowed down, and the height also started. drop down.

If you can see Andre's MiG-25 fighter from the back, one of the engines at the rear is still burning orange flames, while the other engine has no tail flame!

Shut down an engine! Use only one for cruising!

This is also a method used by the helpless Andrei. The two R-15 engines are like monsters that drink oil. Even without afterburner, the fuel is rapidly consumed.

The only way is to close one of them!

With the sudden drop in power the MiG-25 began to lose altitude.

Andre operates the fighter carefully, turning off one engine can reduce the fuel consumption by about 30 to 40 percent, but if you get into the dense atmosphere, this effect will be offset again, and the height cannot be dropped. so good!

Fortunately, when the altitude dropped to 20,000 meters, the MiG-25 finally resumed level flight. Looking at the speed indicated by the Mach meter in front of it at about Mach 0.7, it seems that a single engine provides the power for cruising, which is still good. .

"032, 032, report the fuel situation." The voice of the Sokolovka base continued to come through the headphones.

As he continued to fly back, the radio finally resumed two-way communication. Andre looked at the oil gauge and said, "032 report, there is still 1.5 tons of oil."

1.5 tons! Looking at the distance displayed on the radar, there are at least more than 400 kilometers, and this fuel, I am afraid that I will not be able to fly back! Kuoridub couldn't help clenching his fists: "032, you are driving the latest fighter jet of our regiment. Even if you die, you have to die for me!"

Listening to the howling of Kuoridub in the earphones, Andre felt that after he got down, he would definitely be scolded by this guy. Alas, the bureaucracy is so serious.

However, looking at the fuel consumption just now, you should be able to return to the base!

"032 received." Andre replied in the radio, he continued to move the switch to turn off all kinds of redundant equipment to save power.

The waiting process was full of torment, Kuoridub stared at the radar screen intently, for fear that the plane would suddenly fall off while flying, it must be out of oil Welcome to book friends Read, the latest, fastest and hottest serial works are all in Mobile users please go to read.