Chapter 889: Fighting, but against tradition
The 12 planes that arrived at the battlefield first hovered within the border line, waiting for the arrival of enemy planes.

The air command center at the Snow Mountain Airport was busy issuing instructions to the air formation. For some instructions, the radar station would even bypass the air command center and send the information directly to the fighter jets.

Everything is still in the exploratory stage. We have information advantages, but it is not a simple matter to make good use of these information advantages. It requires comprehensive promotion from peripheral equipment, systems, institutions, training and other aspects.

The radar station was not far from the comrades in the sky, and they turned on automatic data conversion and transmission.

This is a device that automatically extracts the most important parameters such as target direction, number, speed, altitude, etc. from the radar, and then automatically sends them to friendly units via an encrypted radio data communication device.

It does not carry any instructions, but only automatically sends these most core data, and the amount of data is extremely small.

The update rate can even be achieved with a delay of only 1 to 5 seconds, and it can be updated synchronously with the radar data. After all, radars don't rotate very fast these days, and the rotation time is enough to send this little bit of data. This is a remarkable result in this era.

This allows our fighter jets to independently decide when to attack in an emergency without having to wait for instructions from the command center.

"The enemy planes are only about 50 kilometers away." These twelve modified Z-6 fighters were all in pair formation, with a leader reporting to his wingman.

"I see. I see it here too."

The enemy planes were flying at an altitude of about 10000 meters, so they flew at an altitude of 13000 meters.

The F-86 is the first fighter to carry air-to-air missiles, but it happens that we are very clear about the performance of the air-to-air missiles it carries.

If it is 2000 meters higher than this, it is relatively safe, and if it is 3000 meters higher than this, it is basically safe.

If the missiles of the Americans can easily reach 3000 meters, then we don't have to go to great lengths to attack the U-2s, and we don't have to charge up at full speed again and again.
At this time, the comrades who were rushing over from Baiyu Airport in the rear were less than 100 kilometers away from here. After all, they were turning directly in the air without any complicated take-off procedures.

"Captain, should we use the old tactics and rush down to fight?" a squadron leader asked the captain on the radio.

A total of 12 fighter jets from one brigade were stationed at the western airport, divided into three squadrons, with each squadron consisting of two pair-plane formations.

"No, we will take advantage of the height and fire two rounds of air-to-air missiles first. Remember the interception tactics in the new air combat textbook? We will use that." Seeing that the enemy outnumbered us, the captain decided to fire two rounds of missiles at the enemy first.

In fact, it is not impossible for a small number of fighter jets to attack a large enemy force. During the battle on the peninsula, the famous heroic squadron of our Air Force defeated 12 enemy fighter jets with only 60 fighter jets, and they won.

Not to mention that now we have greater advantages in fighter jets and equipment, so the captain is not at all nervous.

However, now that we have good new weapons and new tactics, we must naturally use them well.

Normally, for interception, medium-range air-to-air missiles are required, but this is not a big problem. The head-on range of the Thunderbolt-3 has reached 10 kilometers, and the maximum maneuvering overload is over 45G.

In this era, it is not a big problem to use it for intercepting and shooting.

And the biggest advantage of this thing is that it can be left alone after launch, so it puts little burden on the pilot.

"understood."

"Throw... Oh, no need to throw, get ready to engage the enemy."

This place is too close to the Snow Mountain Airport, about 200 kilometers away. This batch of modified Zhan-6s did not carry any auxiliary fuel tanks, but directly mounted 4 Thunder-3 infrared air-to-air missiles.

Our comrades were a little uncomfortable with not having the fuel tank attached, and they almost gave the order to jettison the fuel tank.

Meanwhile, the distance between the enemy and us had approached 20 kilometers.

"Turn on the radar, maintain an altitude advantage of more than 3000 meters over the enemy, freely select targets, fire the first round of missiles at 10 kilometers, and then fire the second round as quickly as possible. After the missiles are launched, take advantage of the chaos to attack the enemy aircraft. Each squadron will fight on its own and choose its own targets."

With the addition of new technologies, the abstract radar of the modified Zhan-6 now finally has a relatively reliable search distance of around 15 kilometers and a locking distance of around 7 kilometers.

There is no radar air-to-air missile, but this distance is enough for controlling infrared air-to-air missiles to search and lock targets.

The 12 Warhawks showed no fear and charged head-on towards the enemy whose number was almost twice their own.

What is the enemy doing at this moment? Nothing...

The F-86 Sabre is theoretically equipped with a radar, but that radar is not much better than the MiG-15's radar. Compared with the improved radar of the Z-6, it may be an exaggeration to say that it is blind, but it is not unfair to say that it is extremely myopic.

They did not notice our planes which were 3000 to 4000 meters higher than them. These 21 enemy planes were all fighters. Their idea was very interesting - to wipe out our air defense force at the western airport in one fell swoop, and then send a combination of bombers and fighters to bomb the airport.

The limited air command capacity is also a very important reason for this. They can command almost the limit at one time. All of them are fighters. If bombers are mixed in, it will weaken the air combat capability. Even if we don’t destroy our fighters in the air, it is also a good idea to destroy them directly on the airport. The fighters on the airport are very vulnerable to the six 86mm machine guns carried by the F-6.

This batch of F-86s were equipped with infrared air-to-air missiles, the AIM-9B which could not attack head-on and had a much shorter range. As for the radar-guided C-type, the Citigroup did not give them the Dirty Three, and even if they did, it would be useless because the F-86's radar could not do anything at all.

This idea cannot be said to be wrong. Concentrating resources to accomplish major tasks is also a very effective strategy.

"Colonel, we have entered the enemy's airspace 10 kilometers away, and the target airport is still 130 kilometers away."

One of Zang San's pilots reported to the air commander of this operation.

"Turn on the radar. Keep an eye out for the Dongda fighter jets coming to intercept us. We must not let them appear in front of us a second time." The colonel ordered the formation.

This is not the time to attack, just focus on the air combat.

The colonel was a little worried. He still hadn't found any trace of the enemy fighter jets, but that didn't mean the other side was unaware of his actions. The radar warning device that kept warning made that very clear.

If the colonel saw the other party, he would not be so worried. The most uncomfortable thing is that the boots do not touch the ground.

"Report, enemy aircraft spotted!" Almost at the same time, each fighter plane reported.

"Fight according to the established plan and freely select targets based on the radar signal strength."

There is really no way to achieve this free target selection. No matter how much the radar of the Zhan-6 is modified, it is impossible to hit as many targets as it can. It is even difficult for this thing to distinguish multiple targets crowded together. Fighting 1 against 1 is its limit.

Fortunately, although the air formation is called a formation, it is actually scattered. The signal strength returned by the enemy is naturally strong or weak. For the aircraft in the formation, just pick the one with the strongest signal to the aircraft and shoot it. There is a high probability that the same aircraft will not be hit.

In fact, only a few seconds passed from the time they opened their radar to the time they discovered the target. These were two groups of aircraft approaching each other at a relative speed of more than Mach 1.

The comrades in the Warhawk did not even have time to reply. They selected the first missile and pressed the infrared search button. The Thunder-3 seeker, which had already been powered and cooled, began to rotate under the control of the radar, each aiming in the direction of its own target.

In fact, during air combat, it is rare to see the scenes in the movies where multiple planes launch missiles in unison as "Fox-One" or "Fox-Two". Especially when using dogfight missiles in air combat, the locking time of each aircraft is different due to many factors such as conditions, equipment, technology, and enemy and friendly situation.

The pilots in the Warhawks didn't know whether the targets they were aiming at were duplicates, nor did they care about that.

For these two rounds of missiles, how many can be shot down is one thing, the main thing is to break the enemy's flying posture, make them waste energy dodging missiles, and then it is time to hunt.

Twelve Thunder-12 missiles were launched one after another from under the wings of 12 Warhawks and flew forward. At this time, they were about 3 kilometers away from the enemy.

About 3 seconds later, the second round of missiles was fired, following the previous 12 missiles and swooping downwards.

At this time, even without radar, Zang San's planes could almost spot our fighter jets by sight. After all, a fighter jet may be a small dot, but the terrifying streaks of white smoke in the sky that kept extending rapidly forward were too obvious.

"Missile! Maneuver to dodge!" Colonel Zang San only had time to shout this because the relative speed was too fast!
For a moment, from the perspective of our pilots, there was chaos in front and below.

Zang San's flying formation fled in all directions like flies hit by an explosion.

There are too many incoming missiles, and they have no idea who they are targeting. They just need to move first.

But all this seems to be in vain.

The meaning of combat missiles is close combat, and the maneuvering overload above 45G is too hardcore for the enemy.

The situation in the air at this time was too complicated. For Thunder-3, a small single-chip computer with a computing speed three times that of DJS-3 obviously could not handle such complex information. Damn, there were too many targets, and they were flying in different directions!
A missile was unlocked in the chaos.

But for most missiles, the idea is simple: "pick up the brightest one and shoot it."

This is definitely not good news for Zang San.

They found that no matter what maneuvers they made, it was difficult to get rid of the small flying sticks coming head-on. They were too agile, and those things were staring at them closely with an overload they had never imagined.

There is a feeling of "I'm just watching you go crazy quietly."

At this moment they remembered one thing: "Is this a radar bomb? Otherwise, how could they hit it head-on?"

(End of this chapter)