Dominate South Asia

As the latest upgraded version of the Chinese J8 fighter, the J8D has been greatly upgraded and improved in terms of engine and electronic equipment. Its overall combat capability is on par with the Soviet MiG-25. It is good at high-speed raids, but its low-altitude quality is poor, which is also related to the backward fuselage design and engine level. Compared with the J10A/B, the J8D, which is good at high-speed interception, is also a dangerous combination in certain specific situations with its PL12 advanced medium-range missile and PL8 infrared short-range missile.

Rick is convinced that the new Tomcat and Falcon he leads are quite good. As for the Tomcat, its prototype F14D relies on powerful engines and advanced electronic equipment to dominate the sky. Unlike the J10, whose engine thrust is still using the Spey engine with slightly weak power, Rick knows that the new Tomcat with two Chogori-1 engines is quite powerful. Due to the addition of a dorsal fuel tank, his own fuel is also very abundant, so he has the idea of ​​using the speed advantage to conduct energy air combat from the beginning. Of course, if the opponent wants to play with him with delicate techniques in the low-speed zone, he is also very happy. Of course, China's J10 is also an excellent fighter. During the communication, I was deeply impressed by the extraordinary flexibility and agility of the J10. It is simply a combination of F16 and Mirage 2000. If possible, it is better not to fight with the J10 in close combat.

Using the excellent long-range interception capability of the Tomcat, Rick led the new Tomcat to increase the speed to the maximum 2.4M, and then, at 100 kilometers, 8 Phoenix missiles were launched. The first target was the opponent's J8D, and then the J10A.

Major Li Lu suddenly found that he would face the danger of annihilation again. The Sky Eye early warning aircraft and Tu-154 in the rear had lost contact, and some black and white spots appeared on his communicator and radar from time to time. This is electromagnetic interference!

A throbbing that he had never experienced flashed through his heart, "Be alert. Be careful of Lao Ba's interception..."

Li Lu just said in the communicator, and the voice did not fall.

In front of him, many missiles appeared, flying towards him and his fleet.

Because of the maximum speed of the carrier aircraft, the missile also gained a huge kinetic advantage after launch, and rushed towards the defender's fleet at lightning speed.

Several flames passed by Li Lu's eyes, watching these harmless training missiles fly by, damn it. His fingernails dug deep into the flesh, hate it, or careless, too careless, is it going to fail again!

Azazel actually ambushed his support aircraft first, causing the early warning aircraft, electronic warfare aircraft and 3 J8Ds to withdraw from the battlefield early. In the Phoenix missile attack just now, two J10As were lost, and one J8D was lost. Now there are only six J10As and four J8Ds, which are still superior to the opponent's 8 fighters on the surface. But the gap between light aircraft and heavy aircraft is very obvious. How to play with the opponent's fierce new Tomcat. What's more, the opponent also has an EF-14G "Roaring Cat", although because of the electronic pod. There were only four short-range and medium-range missiles for self-defense, but the ability to use "external plug-ins" to improve the opponent's combat power really made the Chinese pilots very afraid.

"Now you are free to engage the enemy. If you don't kill them today, you won't have the face to return to the base." At the critical moment, Li Lu decisively ordered his pilots in the communicator.

For honor and dignity, the Chinese pilots also plucked up their courage and rushed towards Rick's fleet.

Both sides were very fast and entered within 80 kilometers.

"It's interesting. Play with them and prepare to launch Sky Flash." Rick calmly gave orders to his formation.

The eight intruder fighters shared the data transmitted by the Hawkeye early warning aircraft through the data link and quickly assigned their targets.

The distance between the two sides was still getting closer, reaching a distance of 60 kilometers.

Under the wings, the fire flashed, and the new Tomcat and Falcon each launched two Sky Flash missiles.

"Launch PL12 missiles!" Li Lu said calmly in the communicator.

At the same time, the defenders' six F16s and four J8Ds launched 20 PL12 missiles.

The missiles in the sky left beautiful white traces.

Time passed tensely minute by minute, and the missiles launched by both sides were flying towards each other. Both sides were persisting. Would they perish at the same time? Absolutely not! When the missiles flew to the range of 20 kilometers of the other side and could be guided autonomously. Rick ordered: "Electronic Cat No. 1 immediately starts electromagnetic suppression, and all fighters immediately maneuver. Get rid of the opponent's missiles!"

Following Rick's order, the eight fighters of the invaders turned on the afterburner at the same time, and performed vertical climbs or serpentine low-altitude maneuvers.

"All fighters, continue to maintain formation, we rush over!" Li Lu ordered coldly.

Still in the director's office of the Douzhen training ground, the generals of China and Pakistan were nervously looking at the electronic screen, listening to the electronic synthesized female voice coldly saying: The invaders lost three fighters: 2 F14E and 1 F16. Now there are only six fighters, including the EF-14G that was hiding nearby. However, the loss of the defenders was really "terrible". In the missile exchange just now, four J10As and three J8Ds were lost. Only two J10As including Li Lu and one J8D survived. In terms of numbers, they were no longer dominant.

Rick's movements in operating the fighter plane were frequent and intense. He glided like flowing water in the sky where fighter planes were flying everywhere, but his mind was as calm as a lake without wind. The data displayed on the LCD monitor was continuously displayed in his eyes through the monocular lens of the helmet display, and the sky background full of missile tail smoke outside the cockpit. At this time, nothing could cause any interference to him. His own status was always clear in his mind; the position of the enemy plane was also calculated clearly.

Under Rick's gaze, Li Lu's J10A twin planes were pulling away. Li Lu's lead plane, who was being chased by Rick, accelerated to make a feint, and the wingman entered a vertical somersault to catch him. If he rashly entered the close pursuit of Li Lu's lead plane, he would fall into a trap. Although the opponent's double plane cover was quite good, he still found the opponent's flaw after several rounds of maneuvers.

Rick glanced around. A J8D that was trying to intercept him not far away had missed the good interception position due to its continuous maneuvering and rolling, and was trying to attack him again. He had to get away from the J10A in front of him first, otherwise it would be very dangerous. It was estimated that a simple defensive barrel roll might not be useful. Rick decisively made a right turn, climbed with full afterburner, and then suddenly reduced the engine thrust, and at the same time entered a violent side turn with amazing overload.

The new Tomcat drew an almost inverted "U"-shaped track in the sky, just like a textbook. Rick's speed dropped a lot at once, completing an almost perfect high-overload sharp turn.

This action close to the over-stall maneuver is very dangerous, because the overload at the top of the inverted U-shape is too large and the rolling is violent. Many pilots will feel dizzy and completely lost after doing it, not to mention its combat value; but Rick completed it beautifully. He also captured the J8D that should have turned 30 kilometers behind him in the launch cone of the R73M.

Act decisively!

Rick estimated that the distance between the enemy and us was less than 40 kilometers at this time. The J10A leader piloted by Li Lu and his wingman were still busy dealing with the siege of the four invaders. With the press of the thumb, a large cloud of smoke rose under the left wing tip, and the R73M, which had separated from the carrier like a sharp sword, flew away rapidly in the air. Then the voice of the director's department came to his ears: the J8D fighter had been "shot down", but it was no longer important. Li Lu's other J10A wingman was outnumbered and had "died" under the siege.

Now only Li Lu's J10A was left, but he also shot down an F16Z of the invader.

"No, I must not let the honor of the Chinese Air Force be harmed again!" Li Lu, who was determined, turned on the plane's afterburner and flew towards the invader's fighter.

"I want to fight to the death" I saw the J10A in front of me turn sideways and rush towards the advantageous fleet. Azazel (Rick) followed up immediately. In the last round of attack, this guy actually dodged multiple Phoenix and sky flash attacks. This guy has good skills. Rick thought to himself, it was a bit like "sympathy", but it was better to kill this guy as soon as possible.

Using the powerful explosive power of the new Tomcat, Rick flew the plane in the collision with Li Lu, and suddenly dived down in front of the J10A, and then reduced the thrust of the aircraft to pull the stall into a nearly vertical 90-degree climb, a textbook "cobra" action was completed. If the engineers of Grumman saw it, they would probably cry bitterly. It turned out that the Tomcat could also do the "cobra" action, and then used the sight on the KT-2M to lock the opponent, and fired two R73Ms at the J10A that was about to climb out.

Then, there was no more.

"Alas, I lost again." Looking at the fireworks in the sky, Li Lu took off his oxygen mask in the cockpit and stared blankly at the new Tomcat fighter outside the cabin.

Suddenly, his public channel came: "Chinese pilot. You are very brave and have very good skills. I am Rick. How about we be friends?"

"I am Li Lu. Don't be complacent. We will definitely defeat you next time." Li Lu said unconvinced.

"Haha, okay. Chinese friends, I look forward to that day, but I think in the future, if we fight side by side, wouldn't it be better?"

"Of course, if Rick, you want to partner with me, I would be more than happy, but before that, I still want to defeat you!"

"Haha, I'm always here, Li Lu."

After a nearly actual combat exercise, the Chinese and Pakistani pilots were very tired. The sky was gradually getting dark, and all the planes had turned on the yellow navigation lights to return to the "Douzhen" base.

In this near-actual combat exercise, although China's 16 fighters were completely wiped out in the battle against Pakistan's 8 fighters, both China and Pakistan gained a lot. First, the various fighters of both sides practiced a variety of sneak attacks and counterattack tactics, especially the process of the intruder aircraft sneak attacking the defender early warning aircraft and electronic warfare aircraft was very classic, which made the top leaders of the Chinese Navy and Air Force exclaim that it was unexpected and wonderful, and it can be written into the textbook battle examples of the aviation force; secondly, of course, the aircraft companies of the two countries were happy to see that their aircraft had been tested in a near-actual combat manner, and their reliability and advancement were beyond doubt. The finalization of the new Tomcat and the further improvement of the J10 were accelerated; finally, China was happy to see that the quality of its pilots was growing at an astonishing and gratifying speed under the hard work of these Pakistani old vultures and eagles. Compared with the earlier annihilation with almost zero record, this time the Chinese fighters at least shot down four of the opponent's fighters, which was also a breakthrough from zero. The pilot, Major Li Lu, also came into the sight of the Chinese high-level officials and began to rise rapidly, gradually becoming a famous figure of the new generation of the Chinese military. As for Pakistan, the Pakistani pilots who participated in the Red Flag 93 exercise gradually put away their contempt for Chinese pilots. They also learned their lessons. After all, while honing the Chinese pilots, they were also honing themselves.

Neither Rick nor Li Lu thought that their conversation would come true in the future, and they really became comrades-in-arms fighting side by side! (To be continued ~^~)