The Tomcat fighter is continuing to leap upward in a graceful arc, which is completely exchanged for altitude by speed.
As the altitude continued to increase, the fuselage of the Tomcat fighter began to shake inexplicably, as if it was reluctant to go so high. Nathan knew that this was because the thrust of the engine was not enough to maintain the aircraft's ascent. Kind of body reaction.
So Nathan shut down the afterburner.
At this time, there is no point in continuing to let the engine work at full capacity. After the afterburner is turned on, more air is needed. Once the air is insufficient, the aircraft's engine will experience terrible surge.
Fortunately, the Tomcat he drove has been replaced with a TF41 engine. If it were the original TF30 engine, Nathan would not dare to do such an action. As long as he did it, it would almost certainly be the end of a surge.
As the afterburner was relieved, the body's tremor eased. Nathan drove the Tomcat and flattened slightly. The tremor disappeared perfectly. The Tomcat fighter continued to climb and climb again!
Two thousand one, two thousand two...
At this time, the MiG-25 was less than three kilometers away from Nathan, and Nathan could almost see the fiery flames from the opponent's tail, and the sound of locking came from the earphones.
emission!
On the pylons on the left and right, two Sidewinder missiles ignited quickly, flew away from the pylons, and rushed toward the target fiercely!
At this time, the speed of the Tomcat fighter was almost exhausted. After the missile was launched, the Tomcat fighter pierced down, as if it was flying to the highest stone in the sky. Its fall is inevitable.
The Tomcat fighter fell down, and the two Sidewinder missiles were chasing the target closely and flying forward. They must cherish this hard-won opportunity and kill the target!
The Sidewinder missile continues to fly forward, and at the same time, in its field of vision, the target is getting clearer and clearer.
Suddenly, the signal became stronger.
Andre turned on the afterburner again, and with the fiery flames from the tail, the Super MiG-25 began to accelerate again.
The turning just now reduced its speed to subsonic speed, and now that there is a missile flying at the tail, of course he has to accelerate.
The MiG-25 is super powerful. The most powerful thing is that it can fly faster than a missile. When launching a missile against the MiG-25, the missile does not chase closer, but chases farther and farther.
After all, the Sidewinder missile has a speed of Mach 2 a little bit more, while the MiG-25 can reach Mach 3, and is it chased by a missile? Don't be afraid, just speed up.
But now, just accelerating is not enough. After all, it takes time to accelerate, and the missile has already come over at a speed of more than Mach 2. In this case, the distance is getting closer and closer!
Andre lavishly turned on the afterburner again, ready to throw off the missiles, and now, when he realized that only by accelerating could not get rid of the two Sidewinder missiles, he certainly had to take different countermeasures.
Andre pushed the joystick, the huge fighter plane began to dive.
Yes, just dive!
The nose of the Super MiG-25 descends and dives toward the ground. Soon, its speed exceeds the speed of sound and continues to increase. Relying on the advantages of the thrust and dive of the engine, the speed of the Super MiG-25 is very fast. Got up.
The Sidewinder missile behind is also diving and accelerating, but compared to airplanes, its acceleration is not easy.
The shape of the aircraft is smooth, the nose is pointed, and the air resistance is very small, while the warhead of the infrared missile is hemispherical. This is to give the seeker a good view and at the same time, it also brings resistance. increase.
Although the dive is accelerating, it can't add the MiG-25.
The distance is still approaching, but it is not as fast as it was just now.
The Sidewinder missile did not give up, as long as it is faster than the target in front, it can catch up!
Twenty-two thousand, twenty-one, twenty thousand. Soon, the MiG-25 dived to 19,000 meters. At this altitude, the speed of the MiG-25 had reached Mach 2.
Then Andre pulled up the nose of the machine.
Yes, he is about to start climbing!
What's the point of diving first, then climbing? Of course it is to consume the energy of the next two Sidewinder missiles!
As he pulled up, the Super MiG-25 immediately went up high. At this time, the fighter had already slowed down. Although it was climbing, relying on the strong thrust of the two engines, the fighter's speed remained unchanged.
The missiles at the back will not work.
The engine of the Sidewinder missile has burned out. Just when it dived down, its speed was slowly increasing. Now, as the target starts to pull up, it is also pulling up. It can even cut the radius and take a shortcut. .
However, its speed is falling swiftly.
If you fly upwards without power, it will definitely slow down quickly, as is the case with the current Sidewinder missiles.
The speed continues to decrease. Although the Sidewinder missile is still chasing the MiG-25, it starts to chase farther and farther. Although it does not want to give up, there is no way. Its speed is already lower than that of the MiG-25 that was climbing ahead. It continues to lose speed.
In this way, the target gradually disappeared, and the two Sidewinder missiles, after continuing to pursue hopelessly, reluctantly followed the predetermined procedure and chose to explode.
At the rear, after the two missiles were played by Andre, Andre did not continue to fight. He pushed the lever to level the plane, and at an altitude of 24,000 meters, he set off on the way back toward the north.
At this time, the Tomcat fighter was quickly recovered from the dive in Nathan's hands. At 10,000 meters, Nathan leveled the plane, listening to Lieutenant Guth's helpless report behind him.
"We didn't hit the target, the target has flown away."
Phoenix, if you still have Phoenix in your hand, that's fine! Nathan clenched his fists, but he was helpless. In the battle, the heavy Phoenix must have been shot out first, otherwise it would affect his mobility.
In this way, another battle between him and MiG-25 was over.
"It's not an ordinary MiG-25." Nathan said: "Just when I was climbing, I saw a crew cabin behind it. This should be a new improvement from the MiG-25. The airplane, calculated based on its fuel capacity, should use a turbofan engine."
Although Nathan knew it was a MiG-31, he couldn't say it directly. After so many leaks, Nathan is now very honest.
Let's go back. Looking at the airspace where the opponent flew away, Nathan gave up the pursuit. He could not catch up, and it was useless to catch up. Therefore, he could only choose to go back. Today's battle has slowly come to an end. (End of this chapter)