Why retreat?

There is no need to lure the enemy deep. Just rush over with reinforcements and attack them directly. They are just pirates. There is no need to use complicated tactics.

Besides, the command post is very aware of its current situation. To retreat is to give up your back. Besides, you can't retreat even if you want to.

But why did the command post issue such an order - asking him to retreat fifty kilometers? The first batch of reinforcements will arrive in the theater in twenty minutes!

Several thoughts went through Li Zhan's head in an instant. Although he had countless questions, he did not ask questions to the command post, nor did he resist orders. Instead, he saw the opportunity and decisively pressed down on the stick at a high angle to dive away from the battle group.

Of course, the command post knew that it was a very dangerous move for Li Zhan to withdraw at this time, but for the smooth progress of the follow-up plan, Li Zhan had to retreat fifty kilometers and pull the pirates' F-15J to that sea area!

The naval force, which rarely has actual combat missions, treats the impromptu attack on the West Pacific pirates as its best opponent, and is determined to hone its emergency combat capabilities. Since it is a war, there cannot be no casualties.

The commander-in-chief, Wang Jiaqi, knows this very well and will not hesitate to sacrifice Li Zhan!

However, everyone has great confidence in Li Zhan. After all, the first shot has not been fired yet. With Li Zhan's strong combat effectiveness, it is not surprising that he cannot defeat the F-15J, but it is not difficult to escape.

It's just that the exercise headquarters, which transformed into a frontline headquarters, didn't know the situation at that time. The two F-15Js were already determined to shoot down Li Zhan. The two pilots hired by the pirates just couldn't adapt to Li Zhan's cunning for a while.

The tactical maneuver has not yet formed a favorable attack situation.

At this time, Li Zhan suddenly accelerated and dived at a large angle, which surprised the two F-15Js again - how did that person know that there was a fleet below?

Li Zhan didn't know that his airborne radar couldn't search the sea in a dogfight. It was an old radar with limited combat performance. Li Zhan did this just to get rid of their entanglement as soon as possible.

Achieve the goal of retreating fifty kilometers.

He is very aware of the performance of the F-15 series of fighter jets. Fighting them at high altitudes is seeking death. Only by bringing the battlefield to low altitudes or even ultra-low altitudes and limiting the range to as small a space as possible can he take advantage of being far stronger than the opponent.

His driving skills can scare the opponent or even kill him.

To leave directly is to die, and some struggle must be carried out.

Niu Jun still insisted on taking pictures during various violent maneuvers. In her opinion, this would be extremely rare first-hand air combat image data. When it came time to dive, she could no longer distinguish between the sky and the ocean, and she was completely confused.

It was hard, but she still insisted on working.

The Lao Feibao easily exceeded the speed of sound during the steep dive with afterburner. Since it carried a supersonic auxiliary fuel tank, it did not have much impact on the fighter's supersonic flight.

However, Li Zhan has decided to throw away the two auxiliary fuel tanks that still have some fuel. He must be more flexible so that he can fight with the more flexible F-15J fighter.

At an altitude of 3,000 meters, he dropped two auxiliary fuel tanks. The fighter plane still maintained a steep dive, but he began to reduce its speed, allowing the fighter plane to slowly become the fastest responding state. He did not dare to

Pulling up a fighter plane at supersonic speeds, an attack aircraft like the Old Flying Leopard that wears the skin of a fighter-bomber can never be compared with an air superiority fighter.

As a result, Li Zhan suddenly saw a lot of flashing navigation lights on the sea. They were warning lights on the ship's mast. They were so conspicuous in the cloudless low altitude and the dark sea.

"Holy shit!" Li Zhan was sure right away that it was not a merchant ship, but an armed fleet of West Pacific pirates! What was displayed was a standard battle formation!

Almost at the same time, the radar warning buzzed.

It wasn't the F-15J that was chasing after him, it was the fire control radar on the pirate armed ship on the sea that locked onto him!

Li Zhan's decision was very decisive. He turned on the radio interference function of the integrated tactical pod. He did not have high hopes for the radio interference capability of the integrated tactical pod, and he had to rely more on his own evasive maneuvers.

However, when there are pursuers behind, the evasive maneuvers that can be taken are very limited.

In almost just one second, Li Zhan chose to continue accelerating the dive instead of performing other evasive maneuvers. Only by speeding up to a low altitude and entering the blind spot of the anti-aircraft missiles of the pirate armed fleet could he gain a chance of survival!

He could only hope that Lao Feibao could obey his control and level off smoothly when approaching the sea surface.

The pilots on the two F-15Js chasing behind made a fatal mistake. They pursued them very closely because they were worried that the air-to-air missiles they launched would accidentally damage their own fleet, so they planned to use aircraft cannons to deal with their opponents. You must know infrared.

Guided air-to-air missiles cannot distinguish which infrared sources are friend or foe, and they cannot guarantee that their airborne radar can always lock on to the target and continue to provide indication data to the missile.

Two Sea Sparrow short-range anti-aircraft missiles were launched, heading straight towards Li Zhan, and then two more. The distance between each other was only more than three kilometers, which was the range where the Sea Sparrow had the highest hit rate. Just launching these Sea Sparrows at close range

The armed pirate ship of the long-range air defense missile did not expect that the target would keep diving and the altitude would get lower and lower. The missile would have to maneuver with a very large overload to hit the target at the predetermined point.

The result was that the first two Searams disintegrated under the huge overload, and the warhead exploded.

The second batch of two Sea Sparrow missiles had no time to lock on to the target. Because the integrated tactical pod carried out radio interference, the fire control radar on the ship temporarily lost its function. Then the two Sea Sparrow missiles discovered two more obvious infrared signals.

The source of the signal - two F-15J fighter jets clinging to Li Zhan.

At this time, something unexpected happened - an armed pirate ship suddenly exploded on the sea. The second explosion was so violent that the fire lit up half of the sea and sky!

Li Zhan was suddenly startled. Where did the angel sister come from to say this for him?

It's the auxiliary fuel tank!

The two auxiliary fuel tanks actually hit an armed pirate ship of more than 4,000 tons at a vertical angle. The kinetic energy of the auxiliary fuel tanks thrown away at supersonic speed was so huge, plus the residual fuel inside, it was not

What about unpowered aerial bombs?

The first auxiliary fuel tank hit the bridge. Under the huge impact, two cabins of the bridge were penetrated, and the fuel inside burned quickly. The second auxiliary fuel tank directly destroyed the more than 4,000-ton armed ship.

The fate of the pirate ship - it actually penetrated the front deck and hit the ammunition bay under the main gun on the bow!

The ammunition compartment storing hundreds of rounds of 76 mm caliber naval gun shells exploded. The huge explosion opened the front deck. The Otto Melara 76 mm caliber naval gun was thrown high, and then hit hard.

It hit the water. The huge shock wave even tore apart the hulls on both sides, and the sea water poured in ferociously, announcing the death of this "First Snow" class general-purpose pirate ship.

Li Zhan didn't have time to think about it. At this time, he used all the means of deceleration. He stared at the airspeed indicator and altimeter, shouting in his mind to slow down, slow down, slow down. Only when the air speed dropped to the ideal value could he pull the stick and resume level flight.

Otherwise, Lao Feibao is very likely to disintegrate!

The numbers on the altimeter dropped rapidly. Li Zhan did a quick mental calculation. After confirming that it was too late, he decisively pulled the lever and pedaled the rudder to perform level flight control.

"Fight!"

Li Zhan shouted, and suddenly heard two huge explosions behind him. In the rearview mirror, he saw two groups of fire suddenly exploded behind him. What the hell was going on? Why did the two F-15J fighters behind them explode?

Yes! In fact, when the pilots of the two F-15Js saw their own missiles coming towards them, they were also full of questions. What was going on? As a result, they were blown up before they had time to think about it.

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Which angel sister said this for Li Zhan?

Two unexpected changes happened within just a few seconds, but Li Zhan's crisis did not come into contact. He got rid of the attack in an extremely dangerous way, but he has not yet escaped from the dangerous situation.

No. 81198 JH-7 made a heartbreaking sound during his control. The fuselage structure was groaning. Air flow visible to the naked eye appeared in the position of the flaps. The air resistance suddenly increased and the fighter's kinetic energy was fighting with each other. The fuselage

The structure screams in pain in such a tragic environment!

The height continued to drop, one hundred meters, fifty meters, thirty meters, and it was about to hit the sea.

Li Zhan yelled: "Fat Leopard, get up quickly!"

He resolutely fired forward with the cannon, hoping that the backward force generated when the cannon was fired would help the fighter plane slow down and provide some upward force, even if it was extremely weak!

A coincidence happened again.

In front of him was a "Murasame"-class general-purpose pirate ship. Previously, a "Seahawk" carrier-based helicopter took off for anti-submarine search. After sounding the alarm, the "Seahawk" carrier-based helicopter was ordered to return and was on the landing route.

The 23mm aircraft cannon shell fired by Li Zhan hit the "Sea Eagle" carrier-based helicopter that had landed slowly above the stern flight deck...

The "Sea Eagle" carrier-based helicopter quickly lost control after being hit, and then rushed towards the hangar at an angle. The high-speed rotating rotor cut off the Sea Sparrow short-range air defense missile system and illumination radar above the hangar, and the fuselage loader

A large hole was created directly in the warehouse, and more than a dozen ground staff waiting for support inside were instantly killed and injured.

Li Zhan has no time to pay attention to these!

He found that Lao Feibao was resolutely descending. The altitude had already dropped to 30 meters, and the depression angle was hovering below zero. Life and death were on the line. Li Zhan gritted his teeth and decisively pulled back the full throttle. The fighter plane suddenly faltered, and Li Zhan exerted all his strength.

Pulling the stick back, he saw that the elevation angle finally returned to a positive value. He was so excited that he almost jumped out of the cockpit, and quickly turned on the full throttle and turned on the afterburner!

The old Flying Leopard's fuselage made a louder and more heart-wrenching sound, and finally raised its head. The sudden and powerful wake hit the sea surface and stirred up a large cloud of water mist!

The engine nozzle is only one meter away from sea level!

Li Zhan and Niu Jun narrowly escaped death. Lao Feibao did not disappoint them at the last moment. He stopped falling one second before hitting the sea and resumed his climb rate!

Because it was too close to the "Murasame"-class general-purpose pirate ship ahead, although Li Zhan had already tried hard to pull the lever and push the rudder, the distance was too close. When the old flying leopard slid sideways at a large angle, the belly of the aircraft rubbed against the highest point on the mast.

The antenna on the fighter plane shook a bit.

Li Zhan did not dare to climb. Instead, after fully controlling the fighter plane, he quickly descended the altitude again. With his powerful ultra-low-altitude flying ability, he flew at a high speed at a sea-skimming altitude of five meters. Only this altitude can ensure safety, even at close range.

Anti-cannon, it is also very difficult to intercept him.

You must know that Li Zhan broke into the pirates' armed fleet at this time!

Then he quickly checked the various systems of the fighter and found that everything was normal, except that he clearly felt that the structure of the fuselage was a little loose. Taking a deep breath, Li Zhan asked Niu Jun, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay! I took pictures of everything! It's a super blockbuster!"

"Sister, we almost had an honor and you still have the heart to take pictures."

"My mission is to shoot! That's right, senior brother, you shot down two enemy planes, sank a pirate ship and damaged another. How did you do it? You didn't bring any other ammunition?" Niu Junbai

Puzzled, he asked.

Li Zhan smiled bitterly and said, "Would you believe it if I said it was all a coincidence?"

"If you don't believe it, how could there be so many coincidences? Let's take a moment to explain." Niu Jun's doubts are strong. She is the most familiar bystander. Except for not knowing what kind of weapons Li Zhan used to do this, there are other things.

She saw it all.

How could there be such a coincidence?

Li Zhan sighed and said, "It was the same when we were participating in the drill in the Mediterranean. It was really an unintentional move. I can only say, how should I put it, it was their bad luck..."

After saying that, he shook his head helplessly and quickly called the command post, "Command post! We found a pirate armed fleet of more than a dozen ships, including four 7,000-ton pirate ships, in the waters where I am!"
To be continued...