Chapter 593： Know yourself and the enemy

The battlefield is the best place to test weapons. The Soviet Union's new fighter jets are designed to fight against American fighter jets and overwhelm the opponent's third-generation fighter jets. Now, these laws belong to the Su-27 fighter jets of the Soviet Turkestan Homeland Defense Air Force. The logo of the Iranian People's Air Force was hastily smeared on the vertical tail and participated in this air battle.

The responsibilities of the Homeland Defense Air Force and the Air Force are different, and the original role of the Su-27 was to replace the Su-15 and use it as an interceptor. Therefore, the regular tactics of the Su-27 should be to project the R-27 missile at a long distance, then retreat to the safe airspace, and then launch the second round of the R-27 missile. This is the combat mode of the interceptor. This is how the Air Defense Force stationed in East Germany operates.

However, the Su-27 fleet in the Turkestan Military Region, influenced by Andrei, is not limited to long-range missiles. This huge, advanced fighter has unparalleled mobility. This kind of fighter is used as a launch platform for medium-range missiles, just like the MiG-31, it simply cannot play its full role!

Therefore, in addition to launching medium-range missiles, the pilots of the Su-27 have been trained more on how to fight at close range, which is also a favorite tactic of the pilots. Able to show the true combat level of a pilot!

After dodging the Bird-at-Large missile fired by the Americans at a long distance, and after a round of bullets was thrown by both sides at a medium distance, the close-range fighting began.

Captain Nikolayev, driving his Su-27 fighter jet, encountered a Tomcat head-on. Just three kilometers away, both sides fired a close-range combat bomb.

Captain Nikolayev flew towards the fighting bomb, and just as he was about to encounter, he quickly rolled sideways, and at the same time released a group of infrared decoy bombs, forming a fireworks smoke screen every second at the tail of the aircraft, the Sidewinder missile , followed by the infrared decoy bomb.

Successfully shake off!

In this era, the performance of the infrared seeker is still limited. As long as the infrared decoy bomb is used and the correct action is used, the probability of getting rid of it is very large. Until later generations, after the development of infrared focal plane guidance, the missile sees not a single The infrared light source, but the shape of the entire aircraft, at that time, it was almost impossible to deceive the missile.

The Tomcat fighter on the opposite side is obviously also a veteran, and also got rid of the missile.

The two sides flew head-on, and then began to turn.

The wings of the Tomcat fighter automatically extend forward. When the sweep angle is the smallest, the Tomcat fighter has excellent steering performance and a small turning radius, which is an unmatched advantage! As long as you turn around, you can go around behind the opponent, launch an attack with missiles from behind, and it's not that simple to get rid of!

When Michael, the pilot of the Tomcat, flew the fighter and recovered from the heavy overload, he was stunned.

Because the other party did not circle on the horizontal plane, the other party was still climbing up while spinning in circles! Therefore, even if your own circle radius is better than the opponent's, you can't launch an attack now! At the same time, seeing the opponent's tail nozzle, Michael almost acted subconsciously, turned on the afterburner, and followed the opponent to climb.

The two fighter planes were circling and climbing, rising in a spiral shape, and Michael at the back couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

From his point of view, it seems that he can catch up with the enemy aircraft at any time, catch up to the rear of the opponent, and launch his own missiles, but, it is always a little bit short, and the missiles can't lock on!

Unconsciously, the altitude has risen by one kilometer, and at this time, it is about to catch up. The fighter in front has recovered from the state of spiral climb. Come on, climb upwards at a high angle of attack.

Oops, hit the jackpot!

Of course Michael knew that the opponent's large-looking MiG-29 fighter must be a third-generation Soviet-made fighter. The opponent was developed for the F-15. Although it is more than level fighting, his own Tomcat fighter relies on the ability to fight. The aerodynamic advantage brought by the variable swept wing can prevail, but vertical maneuvering will not work!

For a fighter aircraft developed more than ten years ago, the engine is an absolute shortcoming. The thrust-to-weight ratio is less than 1, so it is impossible to achieve a climb upward without losing energy, and the opponent must have no pressure.

In this way, if you follow the opponent to climb up, you will be in the game, and if you don't follow the opponent to climb, the opponent will definitely dive down and attack you!

How to do? Looking at the handsome appearance of the opponent, turning on the afterburner and climbing quickly, Michael pressed the engine, moved in the opposite direction, and withdrew from the battle!

The wings swept back, pulled together, and sprinted at full speed!

After all, when the opponent pulls up and climbs, he can't see the situation behind. When the opponent thinks that it is almost the same, when he dives down, he can no longer find himself in this airspace!

Air combat is all about fighting fast, and losing the target is also very common.

Unfortunately, Michael miscalculated this time, because although the opponent could not see the situation below when he was pulling up, the opponent still had the advantage of an early warning aircraft!

"035, the target escaped in the reverse direction of 340." During the climb, Captain Nikolaev heard the voice in the earphone and immediately replied: "035 received."

At the same time pulled the operating lever, the fighter plane finished climbing, flew backwards, and buckled backwards. With his head down, he had already seen the trajectory of the opponent's escape! Turning over, the Su-27 dived downward. At the same time, Nikolayev stared intently at the tomcat that left the battlefield. At this time, he had reached the position of the opponent's rear hemisphere. The vertical axis angle was 35 degrees. !

The flames under the wings flickered, and an R-73 missile flew past. A few seconds later, the opponent's tail exploded, and thick smoke rose from the flames.

Michael, who was fleeing, was blasted with chrysanthemums without warning.

Looking at the crooked look of the other party, Nikolayev adjusted the weapon to the machine gun and decided to go up and make up the gun.

Only by knowing ourselves and our enemies can we be victorious in every battle. American pilots are not familiar with Su-27 fighter jets, while Su-27 pilots often fight against Tomcat fighter jets of the Iranian People’s Air Force. They have long been familiar with the performance of Tomcat fighter jets. The disadvantage is that the two engines with insufficient thrust!

At the same time, the current Su-27 is different from the original Su-27 in history. The solution of electronic technology has made this fighter plane without the birth of rickets, and the close-quarters combat is also first-class! (To be continued.) To find this site, please search for "" or enter the URL: