The Fox-1 F-35C, which maintained a speed of 500 kilometers per hour, was only 200 meters above the sea. Before the PL-10 arrived, it crossed a short distance of 200 meters and crashed directly into the sea.
The aircraft body containing a high amount of kinetic energy poured out all its own energy the moment it touched the sea surface. The nose of the aircraft was impacted by a huge longitudinal moment from the sea surface and was directly broken. The severely damaged left main wing followed closely and separated from the aircraft body. The entire Fox One seemed to disintegrate like five horses.
Countless seawater poured into the air intake and the gap between the damaged parts like turbulence. The F-135 vector turbofan engine, which had no time to shut down, was hit by seawater and was immediately damaged and stalled.
Fortunately, the structure of the aircraft was not damaged and the expected explosion did not occur.
At the same time, the high-speed Pili-10 short-range combat missile suddenly lost its firmly locked air target and passed by the Fox-1 F-35C stay area. The 128×128 staring infrared imaging seeker fell into confusion. It can maintain altitude and continue flying until it exceeds the limit range and initiates the self-destruction program.
"boom!"
The next second, a blooming white umbrella flower appeared in the sky. The lead aircraft Sea Eagle, which successfully ejected to escape, fell to the sea while looking at the J-15C 'Tiger Shark' in the sky, with a look of expectation on its face. .
Three AIM-120s were accelerating crazily, approaching the J-15C. The lead pilot Hai Diao never believed that the Oriental Flanker could escape from this dead end under the attack of three missiles launched by himself.
"You will definitely die." Changji Haidiao sneered at the corner of his mouth and his eyes were as penetrating as poisonous snakes.
"Decisive enough." Zhou Hai was slightly surprised when he saw this scene. Unexpectedly, the pilot of this F-35C carrier-based aircraft would rather eject to escape and let the fighter plane crash into the sea than be hit by the PL-10.
Be decisive and direct.
Although the F-35C that fell headlong into the sea disintegrated directly, which was no different from the effect after being hit by the Thunderbolt-10, it showed all this with its own actions, just like the German navy opened the sea valve and chose to sink after the defeat of World War II. Battleship, unwilling to surrender.
This is--
Military integrity!
The pride of the eagle!
At this moment, there is only one other F-35C left in the sky.
One-on-two becomes one-on-one. This is a complete qualitative change.
Moreover, another F-35C was hit by its own missile, with a large hole directly piercing the fuselage, leaving it unable to fight back.
The balance of victory in this air battle has tipped to him.
In an instant, Zhou Hai's brain was running at high speed, and he had already figured out the pursuit plan and detailed steps. He stared coldly at the three AIM-120D medium-range air-to-air missiles flying directly in front of him. He pulled the lever with his right hand and stepped on the rudder, constantly adjusting the angle and orientation of the fuselage.
The three AIM-120Ds fired before the Fox-1 F-35C ejected need to be dealt with first.
Three AIM-120Ds attacked from the front, which met the basic conditions for aircraft guns to intercept missiles.
In the Tiger Shark cockpit, Zhou Hai was sitting on the ejection seat with an expressionless face. His extremely sharp eyes were firmly locked on the three AIM-120Ds flying at high speed at 12 o'clock. His mind calculated based on the relevant flight data. Seconds later, a gleam of light appeared in his deep eyes.
The interception success rates were 95%, 96% and 93.5% respectively.
After completing the calculations, Zhou Hai constantly adjusted the position and attitude of the Tiger Shark's body to enter the best interception state. Suddenly, at this moment, his heart beat wildly, and an unprecedented sense of life-threat spread throughout his body, crazy. Shock to the brain.
Danger!
It’s the feeling of imminent danger.
what happened?
An extremely strong sense of life-threat filled his mind. Zhou Hai kept his mind absolutely calm, and his whole body instantly entered a state of full power. He turned his head at an extremely fast speed and saw that the Fox No. 2 F-35C, which had suffered heavy damage to its fuselage, had already appeared. At about seven o'clock on the left rear side of the fuselage, the distance was actually only about 1,000 meters.
Surrounded!
With three AIM-120Ds in front, the Fox II F-35C, like a ghost assassin, quietly came behind the Tiger Shark through the performance of the fourth-generation aircraft over the third-generation aircraft.
No matter how fat the F-35 is, its performance will always be crushing to the level of third-generation aircraft.
There is a wolf in front and a tiger behind. This is a sure-kill situation!
"Careless."
Upon noticing the F-35C that suddenly appeared like a ghost, Zhou Hai immediately understood that he had made a big mistake. His expression froze, his eyes stared at the three missiles coming at high speed in front of him, his brain was running wildly with calculations, and he clenched the joystick. Use your right hand to accurately control the body to avoid it and aim forward.
"What the hell ACE, go to hell!" At this moment, Firefox in the Lightning cockpit had blood-red eyes and sweat on his forehead. His whole body was forced to bear the high overload caused by the high-speed maneuver of the fighter plane, as well as the pain coming from his spine. When I saw the aircraft gun indicator mark of the joint helmet display system locking onto the J-15C, I roared and directly pressed the aircraft gun launch button.
There is no seemingly foolproof missile launch. In close-range air combat, aircraft guns are always the most reliable and direct means of attack, bar none.
Stable, reliable and straightforward.
With an initial speed of Mach 3, compared to air-to-air missiles that continue to accelerate, aircraft cannons are the real killer in the air at a distance of one thousand meters.
Firefox, who is famous in the Naval Academy for his flying genius, once ranked first in the school's aircraft gun training with his extremely superb aircraft gun skills.
"Bang bang bang!"
The five-barreled GAU-22/A 25mm aircraft gun located on the fuselage received the attack command and suddenly entered the maximum rate of fire mode of 4,200 rounds per minute. The barrels turned wildly and fired, spitting out tongues of fire, each 25mm The armor-piercing incendiary bomb leaves the barrel with a muzzle velocity of 1,000 meters per second and sweeps forward.
In the cockpit of the Tiger Shark, the extreme life-threatening warning coming from the deepest part of the body was almost overflowing. Zhou Hai remained calm, staring at the three air-to-air missiles in front of him. After completing the last round of calculations, he suddenly pressed the cannon to fire. button, and at the same time press the rudder hard with the left foot to control the fighter plane to tilt to the left and roll to the left, in a diagonal flight attitude.
When facing a life or death moment, you must not panic.
If you panic, there is only one outcome - death.
Between avoiding the Fox 2 F-35C attack and intercepting three AIM-120D missiles, Zhou Hai chose the latter because the threat posed by the Fox 2 F-35C was far less than the three AIM-120D air-to-air missiles.
"Bang bang bang!"
The J-15C 'Tiger Shark', which was flying diagonally to the left, opened fire violently. Its single-barreled 30mm cannon entered its maximum rate of fire and fired three waves of artillery shell interception clusters in the shortest time. Each cluster contained 20 armor-piercing incendiary bomb.
At the same time, a group of 25mm armor-piercing incendiary bombs spanning a distance of more than 1,100 meters reached the end of the predetermined trajectory. Dozens of 25mm shells passed by the right side of the fuselage and did not hit the fuselage, but the attack was not over yet. .
Suddenly, a 25mm armor-piercing incendiary bomb that deviated from the original ballistic trajectory directly hit the huge right vertical tail of the fuselage. In an instant, the huge right vertical tail like a work of art was penetrated, and the high-energy incendiary agent carried by the projectile exploded. The damage caused the surface of the damaged part of the vertical tail to catch fire.
