Chapter 287 Trembling Under Soviet Fighter Planes

It was useless to shut down the radar! Because the attack this time was launched by a semi-active radar-guided air-to-air missile! In the final stage, the phased array radar focused all the radar beams on the target aircraft, allowing the R-33 to enter the final attack!

Quick, intercept, intercept these incoming missiles! The pilots of the two F-4 fighters were very anxious. They certainly knew what the target behind them meant. It was the most advanced early warning aircraft of the US Air Force. It was so expensive that even Congress approved it with gritted teeth.

Now, if the Soviets destroyed this AWACS, the air battle in Hokkaido would be impossible! It was dangerous for our AWACS to fly over Honshu, so how could we command the fighters? Without the guidance of the AWACS, the performance of our fighters would not be superior, and the final outcome would definitely be failure!

They wanted to use their aircraft radar to lock onto the incoming missiles and then attack them head-on with Sparrow missiles. Unfortunately, the incoming missiles were flying too fast! The speed of over Mach 3 was beyond the processing capacity of the aircraft's fire control system, so they could only quickly transfer fire control to the short-range Sidewinder missiles, hoping to intercept the opponent's missiles with this missile.

When flying at Mach 3, the nose of the missile will rub against the air and the temperature will reach several hundred degrees. Such a high temperature will provide good guidance for the Sidewinder missile!

The Sidewinder missile, trailing a tongue of fire, flew out of the launch pad and flew towards the missile in front.

The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer. Finally, with a "boom", the proximity fuse of the Sidewinder missile was triggered, and countless shattering rod warheads blocked the airspace where the opponent's missile was flying.

Damn it! The American pilot observed visually that the missile flew through the explosion of the Sidewinder without any damage and continued to move forward! Damn, what kind of missile is this? The warhead of the Sidewinder did not damage it?

Three kilometers away, he couldn't see clearly. In fact, if the Sidewinder could really explode in the direction of the opponent's flight, it could still be intercepted. However, the electronic system of the Sidewinder missile had a delay. By the time it calculated the target distance and the proximity fuze detonated the warhead, it was too late. The missile had already passed by the Sidewinder!

It is very difficult to attack a target flying at Mach 3 or above. The speed is too fast! So fast that even American electronic equipment cannot react synchronously!

We can’t threaten our own early warning aircraft! Seeing that the missile was still coming, the pilot made up his mind, pushed the joystick, and flew in the direction of the missile.

"Are the Americans crazy?" muttered the radar operator in the MiG-31 interceptor. Looking at the radar echo, he knew that the Americans launched a missile, which did not hit their own missiles, but actually crashed into them!

Collision tactics, this is the Soviet style. Are Americans so brave now?

There was no time to operate, and the light green spot on the screen quickly disappeared. The radar operator knew that it was his own missile that shot down one of the enemy's escort fighters, and both sides disappeared.

The other escorting fighter plane did not have time to react, or perhaps the brave ones were still a minority, so the remaining two missiles finally caught up with the target!

"Boom!" The 47-kilogram warhead exploded. In the violent explosion, countless fragments flew everywhere, and half of the wing on one side of the E-3 early warning aircraft was instantly blown off.

With a large plate on the top, its air performance was not very good to begin with. Now, one side of the wing was broken, causing the E-3 early warning aircraft to roll down.

At this time, the second missile flew over and shot the E-3 early warning aircraft into pieces.

"The target has disappeared!" said the radar operator.

"Return home!" After this happened, Andre knew that his goal had been achieved. Now, most of the fuel had been consumed, and it was time to return home!

After making a big circle in the air and returning, they were already over the Pacific Ocean. Andrei operated the MiG-31 and continued flying for a few minutes before encountering a four-plane formation of MiG-25s that came to greet them.

As the commander-in-chief of the Soviet Union's Hokkaido, Andrei's safety was very important. When it was discovered that Andrei could no longer conceal his desire for battle and flew over Honshu Island in a MiG-31, four MiG-25 fighters were quickly mobilized in the rear to follow Andrei's footsteps and go forward to escort him.

At this time, the battle over Hokkaido had also ended. The 171st Regiment paid the price of having two planes shot down and shot down eight fighter planes of the Plaster Flag. The remaining fighter planes withdrew from the battle.

Without F-15s and the support of the US Air Force, the islanders on Hokkaido were in a passive position.

After this E-3 was shot down, the US Air Force in Honshu fell into great fear.

Up to now, the US Air Force has no means to attack the Soviet MiG-25 fighters! They can only watch the Soviet MiG-25 wreaking havoc in the sky! And the Soviet MiG-25 actually has the ability to launch an attack at a distance of 150 kilometers! They must have improved the new radar and modified more advanced missiles!

Throughout the 1970s, the West was trembling under the MiG-25 fighter! Now, the amazing combat capability of the MiG-31 makes the West even more afraid!

Now, even if more F-4 fighters are sent to Hokkaido, it is impossible to regain the initiative!

This day was the most difficult for the Americans. They were thinking not only of Hokkaido, but also of the whole of Europe. If the Soviets launched a war, the Soviet tank clusters would advance rapidly on the vast plains of Western Europe, and they would still be unable to do anything to them!

"The only thing that can stop the Soviets is nuclear bombs!" Shigeo Kuma stood anxiously in the headquarters of Yokota Air Base and said to the American commander in front of him: "Please help us resist the Soviets!"

Nuclear bomb! The island nation had been attacked by nuclear bombs twice before, and those two nuclear bombs directly led to the island nation's decision to surrender unconditionally. Now, the island nation is facing the threat of the Soviet Union. Seeing that the entire Hokkaido is about to be taken away by the Soviets, the island nation does not care even if a nuclear bomb is dropped on its own land again!

Nuclear bomb? Hearing what Kuma Shigeo said, Lieutenant General Paul stared at him with sharp eyes: "As the highest commander of the island country's defense department, please be rational! Now, we need to do a good job of defending Honshu. We can't let the Soviet troops cross the Tsugaru Strait and land on Honshu!"

Nuclear deterrence is always just nuclear deterrence! The United States and the Soviet Union are well aware of this truth. If a nuclear war really breaks out, it will not benefit the United States in any way!