Red Soviet Union

At the rear, two high-thrust turbofan engines burst out with majestic thrust. Without opening the afterburner, only relying on the maximum military thrust, the fighter has already pushed the fighter through the sound barrier and entered supersonic speed!

After all, the d-30f-6 engine has a thrust of up to 100 kN without afterburner, while the al31f has a thrust of more than 120 kN with afterburner. , supersonic flight for a long time!

Even so, the technology of this engine is still backward, and the fuel consumption rate is high. It can be said that without afterburner, there is not much difference from Western afterburner.

In any case, in short, Christophe in the sky is quite happy now. Although he was the last to catapult and take off, he has already caught up with those who first catapulted and took off. Attack mounted Su-33s.

Christopher doesn't like ground attack. When the Su-33's outer pylons are full of ammunition, the air resistance will become quite large. The aircraft can only fly at an altitude of 10,000 meters at Mach 0.8 cruising at optimum speed. The air superiority-mounted fighter jets only mount air-to-air missiles, so it is much easier to fly. As for now, all the missiles of this Su-37 are mounted in the internal bomb bay, and there is no need to worry about any missiles. The air resistance is reduced, and it is extremely smooth to fly!

This is what a real fighter pilot should fly! Moreover, if you change to a newer engine in the future, it will definitely be even more enjoyable!

Twenty minutes later, Christopher's two-aircraft formation was the first to arrive over Johannesburg. Here, in the airspace specially opened for aerial refueling, a large Il-78 refueling aircraft was already waiting in the airspace.

This tanker is improved from the Il-76 transport aircraft, which was developed and produced by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and is of the same level as the American C141. It can transport 40 tons of load, and it has excellent field conditions It can even take off and land on dirt runways.

Behind the tall T-shaped vertical tail, three refueling pipes have been pulled up. At the end of the refueling pipe is an umbrella-shaped refueling cone.

Align, and slip on!

Christophe skillfully pushes the joystick. When docking, it is like wearing an embroidery needle, and you must be careful!

The huge black fighter plane approached little by little. The refueling cone was constantly shaking under the action of the airflow. The refueling pipe protruding from the right side of the Su-37 approached the refueling cone. Then, Christoph quickly Push the joystick, and in an instant, they are connected together!

success!

On the other side, the wingman also docked to another refueling pipe and began a rapid aerial refueling operation.

Soon, the fuel just consumed will be replenished! The fighter plane also seemed a little heavy. After leaving the tanker, Christopher started a radio call.

001 calls Hawkeye, 001 calls Hawkeye, Christopher yelled over the radio.

The fixed-wing early warning aircraft on the Soviet aircraft carrier is the Yak 44. The nickname of this early warning aircraft is also called Hawkeye.

Hawkeye received. At this time, the Yak 44 early warning aircraft, 200 kilometers behind, was cruising at an altitude of 8,000 meters. On both sides of it, there were two air-superior Su-33s in charge of protection.

In the large plate on the top, the radar antenna radiates continuously, covering all the airspace, and the personnel on the early warning aircraft are on high alert.

001, the airspace ahead is clean, and no fighter planes have been found in the sky above the target area. The personnel on the early warning aircraft shouted in the radio.

The airspace is clean, which just means there are no ordinary fighters! In Christophe's heart at this time, there was a faint expectation, maybe, he would encounter the other party's stealth machine unexpectedly!

Received by 001, ready to patrol the target airspace. Christophe shouted in the radio, and while re-aligning the heading, he turned on his own radar.

In fact, active phased array radar is also radar,

As long as it is radar, it has various shortcomings of radar, and stealth aircraft is mainly invisible to radar, and the reflected echo is very small.

However, compared with other radars, the advantage of active phased array radar is that it is easy to focus the radar beams together when necessary, so that stealth aircraft can be found more effectively than ordinary radars. The distance is farther!

Of course, if you only rely on the active phased array radar, it is still not enough. Just in front of the cockpit, the photoelectric sensor is also working at full speed at this time.

In the era of the Su-27, Soviet engineers installed the oeps-27 photoelectric tracking system on the fighter plane to avoid losing the ability to observe the surrounding airspace when the airborne radar fails in a complex electromagnetic environment.

Now, on the Su-37, this system has been further upgraded. Taking advantage of the progress in electronic technology in recent years, this system has become the photoelectric radar of later generations, integrating infrared, visible light, and laser ranging systems. It can also be cross-linked with helmet sights, has long-range target detection and tracking capabilities, can track multiple air targets at the same time, and provides missile approach warning capabilities and the ability to provide guidance for laser-guided weapons. This system is also the trump card of the Su-37 fighter, and it is a magic weapon for discovering stealth aircraft!

Two planes, at an angle, searched the vast area ahead, hoping to find something.

Target found! The wingman pilot suddenly yelled over the radio, and this voice made Christophe excited.

002, report the target position. Christopher shouted.

Report 001, it was a false alarm just now. The voice came again.

False alarm! Although these systems are advanced in performance, they do not work reliably and effectively every time, especially the photoelectric detection system. The biggest defect is that there is a certain degree of false alarm.

Continue to probe, Christopher shouted. And at this moment, he also saw a clutter appear on the monitor in front of him, and then disappeared.

Is it also a false alarm?

No, once is a false alarm, twice is absolutely not!

In the direction of 002 and 090, there are targets flying towards us, ready to fight! At this moment, Christopher has already made a judgment.

It was not a false alarm at all, it was our own radar that captured the target in an instant, but the target's echo was too small, and then it was judged as a false alarm by the aircraft computer. In fact, it was not at all!

Ready to fight! At this moment, Christoph had turned on the afterburner, and at the same time, adjusted his weapon system to the R-73 missile for close combat.

When stealth aircraft hunt non-stealth aircraft, it is most appropriate to use long-distance active radar-guided air-to-air missiles, which simply kills the enemy invisible. However, in the confrontation between stealth aircraft, medium-range missiles are useless, because neither side can effectively lock the opponent!

At this time, either turn your head and leave, or continue to approach, and then enter into close combat!