Ballistic Silence of Special Years

Chapter 1278 The blood-stained sky (2)

When it comes to hunting the support aircraft in the opponent's fleet in a large-scale air battle, it is generally difficult to do.

No one is stupid.

Support aircraft are generally large fixed-wing aircraft, and the interference range and early warning range of such aircraft are basically more than 400 kilometers.

Just like the human race in StarCraft, the medics hide in the back to treat, and will never rush to the front to die. The only ones standing in the front are machine gunners.

Therefore, the support aircraft will hide behind, and there are fighter jets in the formation to escort them.

Therefore, it is not an easy task to kill the support aircraft.

However, the Red Army has long considered this situation. Several SU-30MK2s that have been at the rear of the fleet have been equipped with the Red Army's latest over-the-horizon air-to-air missile, the PL-21.

PL-21 is a mysterious missile model that has been "circulated" in the market in recent years. The news about it is that related promotional pictures appeared at an air show, but the specific parameters were not mentioned.

However, judging from the size and appearance structure of the missile on display at that time, the PL-21 should be an air-to-air missile with an ultra-long range, mainly used to attack high-value targets at long distances such as enemy early warning aircraft, bombers, and tankers.

After that, this missile appeared very rarely. One of the few times it was found that this missile was mounted under the wing of a red J16.

Regarding its performance, currently only fragmentary information leaked from some channels can be pieced together to give a rough appearance - PL-21 should be an ultra-long-range air-to-air missile that uses active radar and other guidance modes. The initial promotional materials appeared It is shown that the missile uses a wedge-shaped inlet ramjet engine on both sides, and its appearance and structure are similar to the European "Meteor" air-to-air missile. This also shows that the PL-21 may use a dual power mode of rocket engine + ramjet engine, and its flight speed is also There will be an improvement.

此外，外界推测认为PL-21最大射程至少可达300公里以上（也有推测认为达400公里），远超当前世界主流的AIM-120D、R-77以及“流星”等空空导弹，射程也超过了蓝方正在研发的AIM-260远程空空导弹。

With the support of the ultra-long range of the PL-21, main fighters including the J-20, J-16, etc. can attack key targets such as enemy early warning aircraft, tankers and even strategic bombers outside the opponent's air defense fire range. The "point-pointing" operation was carried out in the depth of the battlefield.

The reason why a batch of SU-30MK2s of the Navy were mounted this time is because the J10C is mainly responsible for air combat with the F15C, and the mounting capacity of the J10C is relatively small. If the PL-21 is mounted, it will need to carry a lot less. Combat bombs.

Therefore, it is very suitable to be carried by a multi-purpose fighter aircraft such as the SU-30MK2 with a load capacity of 8 tons, and then hide behind the J10C as an assassin.

Each SU-30MK2 participating in the air battle carries two PL-21 beyond visual range long-range air-to-air missiles, which are perfect for killing those "Growlers" hiding behind the F15C.

But for the blue team, which has not surpassed long-range combat bombs, it is not easy to pass through the fighter group in the front row and snipe support aircraft such as KJ-500 and GX-11 in the rear?

Facing the red team's support aircraft 200 kilometers away from the battlefield, the blue team could only sigh in despair.

When the blue fleet came this time, in addition to a few "Growlers" mixed into the formation, an E-3 "Wangtower" early warning aircraft was also deployed at the rear, which was responsible for the early warning mission.

If the E-3 "Wangtower" early warning aircraft had been placed 20 years ago, it would have been world-class.

It's just thirty years from Hedong and thirty years from Hexi. This is already after the second decade of the 3st century. E- has long become a Lianpo who can't make a living.

It uses a traditional mechanical rotating radar, and its early warning capabilities lag far behind the third-generation digital early warning aircraft such as the Red Fang's KJ-500.

Although the EA-18G "Growler" is a modified fighter jet, it flies fast, but the electronic interference coverage is small, so it cannot hide behind and can only travel with the fighter jets, otherwise it cannot provide support to its own fleet.

As a result, the SU-21MK30 carrying PL-2 in the red team relied on its ultra-long range and, with the assistance of the rear KJ-500, targeted the E-3 early warning aircraft behind the blue team to accurately sniper.

At the same time, the J10C group also began to prioritize hunting the EA-18G "Growlers" mixed in the fighter group in the blue group.

Soon, in the melee, an E-3 "Wangtower" early warning aircraft, an RC-135U electronic reconnaissance aircraft and two EA18G electronic warfare aircraft of the blue team were shot down one after another. The KJ-500s and GX-11s on the red side that were hiding behind the fighter group were spared because the blue side did not have ultra-long-range air-to-air attack missiles.

As the blue side's auxiliary aircraft were shot down one after another, the blue side's F15C fighters gradually felt the pressure of the electronic power drop and tasted the bitter consequences. The hit rate of their air-to-air missiles was getting lower and lower, and even airborne radar and The system is strongly interfered by the red team, resulting in a situation where it is in an advantageous position but cannot be locked.

On the other hand, the aircraft fleet on the red side was relieved because all the support aircraft on the blue side were shot down. They were completely out of the interference state, and the fighting bombs they carried returned to their due effectiveness.

The balance of the battlefield quickly tilted towards the red team's fleet. The blue team pilots, who were fighting harder and harder, saw the brothers' aircraft on their own data links on their own airborne systems disappear one by one, and their backs were already soaked with cold sweat.

They began to call continuously for help, informing the ground command that they needed the assistance of support aircraft.

However, it will take time for the second batch of fighter planes to take off. Everyone at Huang Fang's airport is currently extremely busy. If they could really take off, they would have taken off long ago...

When the blue formation commander saw this, he knew that the situation was over. This aerial battle had already gone badly, and it would be difficult to regain the situation. If the fight continued like this, all the brothers would have to deal with it.

So he ordered the remaining F15Cs to turn around at a large angle and began to retreat toward Huang Fang's base at maximum speed.

The fighter jets on the red side became more and more courageous as they fought, chasing all the way until they were close to the air defense circle of the Huang Fang Jia Shou base. When they were reminded by an early warning aircraft, they began to organize the fighter jets to turn around and evacuate.

After all, the PAC system is guarding it there. If you break in like this, you will probably have to pay a heavy price.

Now that they had taken a big advantage, the formation commander ordered the troops to withdraw, and the formation turned to retreat.

Some J10Cs flew directly back to the base to replenish fuel due to battery life issues, while the remaining SU-30MK2s stayed on patrol near their own cordon airspace, waiting for subsequent fleets to take over and change defenses.

After the two sides separated, Li Zheng received a fresh and steaming briefing in the red side's combat command room of the Joint Staff Headquarters.

据统计，红方共损失J10C共计6架和苏30mk2共计4架，蓝方在本次冲突中几乎全军覆没，共计损失F15C战斗机24架，E-3预警机1架，RC-135U电子侦察机1架和两架EA-18G“咆哮者”电子战机。

Just when Li Zheng received the air combat briefing, Wen Zhaohui also received the data in the Blue Joint Staff Headquarters.

After reading it, he was shocked.

It is not that he has never done data deduction before, but he did not expect it to be so bad. The reason is that he did not expect that Li Zhenghui would mix some SU-10MK30 multi-purpose fighters with large load capacity into the J2C fleet to take advantage of the range of the PL-21. The advantage directly killed the support aircraft at the rear of the own fleet. If not for this, our F15C would not lose to the J10C, at least it would be a - tie.

Now, it seems that Lady Luck is favoring the red side.

Before the second fleet took off, the red side was already intensively advancing their attack plan against the green side. A multi-pronged attack method had been launched towards the green side. This made the green side thoroughly feel what it means to The gap between system generations.

The phone in the blue team's war room has been ringing, and they are all calling from the green team. Basically every few minutes, they are all wailing for help. It is said that the green team's command has even prepared to launch an evacuation plan, planning to rub oil on the soles of their feet - running for help. On!

Of course, as the overall commander-in-chief, whether it is Long Gang or Wen Zhaohui, the blue side absolutely despises the "partner" arranged by the AI, the green side.

As a soldier, it is dignity to fight until the last moment.

But I have to admit that for someone like Green Fang, this AI's simulation is quite accurate. After all, you can't ask Green Fang, who is just a puppet, to have the courage to fight to the death.

Aren't you just being a puppet? Risking your life for what?

Wen Zhaohui couldn't help but cursed bitterly: "This system's deductions are really accurate!"

　Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　

　

(End of this chapter)