Dominate South Asia

A parachute flower bloomed in the air. Belosevic was very frustrated. Just now, he pulled the ejection handle, the canopy gun pierced through the canopy, the rocket on the seat ignited, pushed the canopy open and flew out, until the seat fell off and the parachute opened. A series of actions made him have no time to react, until he saw his plane crashed and turned into a fireball. He became the first pilot to parachute in the battle with the Pakistani Air Force.

The battle in the air continued. In addition to Belosevic and his wingman climbing up, the other two MiG-23s were hovering horizontally, biting Bashar's J-6 and trying to shoot him down.

Bashar was not afraid of fighting one against two. The main tactic of the J-6 was fighting. Unless it was a competition of extreme speed, the J-6 only broke through the speed of sound and did not have the performance of twice the speed of sound. However, in the fight at medium and low altitudes, the J-6 was not inferior.

A MiG-23 circled around the tail of the J-6 and immediately guided its R-60 missile. As long as it could keep up for two or three seconds, it could launch the R-60 missile.

When he found himself being tracked, Bashar quickly pushed the joystick to the right and pedaled the rudder at the same time. The J-6 made a clever turn and moved its hot tail away from the nose of the MiG-23.

The pilot of the MiG-23 followed the push stick and pedaled the rudder, wanting to turn together, but the MiG-23 needed a turning radius of more than 2,000 meters. He could not keep up with the rotation of the J-6 and could only watch the J-6 disappear from his front hemisphere.

"Danger, pull up!" The voice of another pilot came from the headset. The tail of this MiG-23 had been bitten by the J-6.

After being bitten, he could only rely on pulling up to get rid of it, because he was completely at a disadvantage in horizontal maneuvers, but the experience of the leader of their squadron just now also showed that they were not at an advantage in vertical maneuvers.

Bashar saw the other side pull up, and he did not hesitate to follow suit, following a curved course.

Behind Bashar, the other MiG-23 followed Bashar and also began to rotate and rise.

Although there was an enemy plane behind him, Bashar was still not afraid. His eyes were fixed on the MiG-23 above, and he began to use the movable ring of the sight to trap the other side.

You can't escape, damn Soviets! After two seconds of stable tracking, Bashar pressed the shooting button.

"Boom boom boom." During the vertical climb, Bashar fired, and three 30mm cannons, with tracers, fired shells that flew straight to the MiG-23 above.

"045, get rid of it immediately, the enemy plane behind has launched missiles!" Hussein was fighting with another MiG-23 while observing the situation on the battlefield with his peripheral vision. When he found that the MiG-23 behind him also launched missiles while Bashar was shooting, Hussein immediately reminded him.

In this kind of high-overload maneuver, the Soviets can also launch missiles? It seems that the performance of their missiles is not as bad as they say in training.

When Bashar wants to shoot, he must stabilize the plane. His action also creates opportunities for the MiG-23 behind him.

If Bashar pulls the lever to disengage, then his shells will not be able to shoot down the plane above. At the same time, after disengaging, he will soon be chased by the two MiG-23s together, and it will be difficult to turn defeat into victory.

So, Bashar gritted his teeth and continued to push the nose of the plane. He watched the shells fall on the opponent's fuselage, making holes one after another, and he continued to shoot.

"Boom!" Bashar shot for three seconds in a row. The MiG-23 in front turned into a fireball and was blown up by Bashar.

Bashar pulled the joystick back violently, trying to avoid the fireball in front and the attack of the missile behind. At this moment, there was also an explosion at his tail.

The R-60 fired by the MiG-23 behind accurately hit the tail of the J-6. After launching the missile, the MiG-23 behind flew to the side to prevent being accidentally injured by the fragments of the enemy aircraft.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was only a few hundred meters. The infrared-guided R-60 had no possibility of missing the target.

Bashar felt that the tail of the plane trembled violently with the explosion. He used all his strength to level the plane. At the same time, he felt that the plane could still be controlled.

The MiG-23 continued to rush forward, wanting to launch the second R-60 missile. The pilot was very dissatisfied with this performance.

In previous air battles, pilots found that the missiles they were equipped with were not easy to use. Because they had to visually confirm the type of target and judge whether it was an enemy or a friendly aircraft, the use of medium-range missiles was not very frequent. As for short-range missiles, the process of locking the target by the early missile infrared search system was very time-consuming, and the angle at which the target could be locked was very small. This required the pilot to be able to lock and track the target all the time, and at the same time, the pilot was in extreme danger. Therefore, coincidentally, the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously envisioned a new small-volume missile specifically for close-range air combat in the late 1960s. It does not have a large range, but has a small weight and volume. Launching them can strike a large number of enemy aircraft entering the airspace, and at the same time it is very flexible. This type of missile is specifically called a combat missile.

The R-60 missile is a product of this concept. It belongs to the third generation of air-to-air missiles. It has a hemispherical seeker in front and four rectangular fixed stabilizing wings in the back. Together with the trapezoidal tail fins in the back, it ensures the flight stability of the missile. The front section of the missile body is also equipped with four triangular wings to control the flight direction of the missile. This special structure gives this missile outstanding maneuverability.

However, in order to maintain a slim body and improve maneuverability, it is only equipped with a 6-kilogram high-explosive fragmentation warhead, which is 53% of the previous generation K-13 warhead and 67% of the Sidewinder missile warhead. Such a warhead has insufficient attack power. Now, although this missile successfully hit the J-6, it only destroyed one engine of the J-6. The other turbojet engine is still running, driving the J-6 fighter to fly unsteadily.

"The Pakistani Air Force is flying rapidly towards the No. 6 airspace, and withdraw to the Afghan airspace immediately." The voice of the guide at the Bagram base came from the headset.

Retreat immediately? Watching the J-6 swaying and trying to return, the MiG-23 pilot Konstantinevich skillfully turned the fire control to another R-60 missile, preparing to attack again.

"045, hold on!" Hussein shouted on the radio. He let go of a MiG-23 that was fighting with him. The other party accelerated back to the Afghan airspace. He turned the nose of the plane and flew towards this side.

Bashar's J-6 had been injured. It was very difficult to maintain the flying posture. It would definitely not be able to withstand the next attack. Hussein was going to save his wingman.

The other party was flying steadily and preparing to launch the missile under the wing. Moreover, he did not notice Hussein at all. This gave Hussein an opportunity. He flew over quickly, while firmly holding the movable ring of the sight on the other party, and then pressed the firing button.

There was no vibration from the fuselage, only the hissing sound of the AC motor was heard, and Hussein's heart tightened immediately.

I was too anxious just now and used up all the shells!

The J-6 is equipped with three 30mm cannons, which are extremely powerful. As long as the enemy plane is hit by one, it will be injured. However, the disadvantage of this cannon is also obvious, that is, there are too few ammunition.

Each cannon has 70 rounds, and the three cannons have a total of 210 rounds. If you keep firing, you can use up all the ammunition in five seconds. Just now, in order to kill the enemy plane, Hussein kept pressing the firing button and had already used up all the ammunition.

What to do?

At this moment, Constantinevich stuck his head out of the small cockpit and saw the J-6 flying from the side. He was immediately shocked. The opponent occupied the best attack position, but why didn't he launch an attack? He was about to pull the operating lever to get rid of it, but he stopped abruptly.

If the opponent could attack, he would have attacked long ago. Could it be that he had no ammunition? Seeing that he could launch the missile under the wing in just one second, Constantine gritted his teeth and insisted on this second to beat the opponent down!

What to do? Two Sidewinder missiles had been launched, and the shells were all used up. He had no weapons and no time! Seeing that the other side was about to launch a missile, Hussein suddenly turned on the afterburner, pushed the control lever, aimed the nose of the plane at the other side's fuselage, and crashed into it!

A distance of several hundred meters was reached in an instant! In order to save his comrades, he would rather sacrifice himself!

Konstantinevich pressed the launch button, and the R-60's seeker had successfully locked the injured fighter, and the other side would never be able to get rid of it.

At this moment, he suddenly found that the other J-6 on his side was crashing towards him quickly!

Damn, are the Pakistanis crazy?

Konstantinevich had no other choice and immediately pressed the control lever down to avoid the collision.

The R-60 missile under the wing had successfully locked the J-6 in front, and green smoke came out of the tail, and it was about to leave the rack. At this moment, it suddenly felt its head lowered and its body downward. It wanted to quickly catch up with the target it had just locked onto, but its seeker could not rotate at a large angle, so the target escaped from its sight.

The rocket engine at the tail continued to ignite, pushing the missile away from the rack, but it had lost its target.

Constantine's MiG-23 was diving rapidly downward. He skillfully operated the fighter and got into the gap in the mountainous area in front.

Seeing that the fuel gauge was beginning to run out of fuel, Hussein gave up the idea of ​​pursuing. The J-6 had a short range and it was time to return.

Four Mirage 3 fighters appeared in Hussein's field of vision, forming a prismatic formation, quickly disappearing from Hussein's sight, and went into the mountains to look for the Soviet plane that was escaping secretly.