Changkong Fighter

Chapter 276 Flying Sharks and Birds of Prey

The enemy is an F-22?

Very good. Liu Jun immediately felt his blood rushing. During those unbearable years at Dongda University, it took eight to one to take down an F-22.

Eight for one? Everyone knows that's impossible. The F-22 won't just sit there like a target and wait for your missiles to come!

But now! The J-15T from the Dongda Naval Aviation, the new century's sea eagle of Dongda, is about to face two Raptors that once overwhelmed the Dongda Air Force. Although almost 40 years have passed, many things have changed.

However, on this incredibly special day, April 1st, 2026...
【Ready-PL15A】

Liu Jun selected the PL15A medium-range air-to-air missile on the wing, activated the seeker, and waited for the IRST to stably lock onto the target's heat source before launching the medium-range infrared missile to attack the enemy.

With a buzzing sound as the infrared seeker was powered on, the PL15A's seeker "looked" into the distance, capturing the infrared heat source signal emitted from the F22's tail nozzle. Thanks to the advanced optical technology of the extraterrestrial civilization, the University of Tokyo also upgraded the PL15A's seeker.

Just as Liu Jun was about to launch the infrared seeker, he suddenly stopped what he was doing. He noticed that the heat source captured by the IRST was not right. After the IRST locked onto the heat source, the proximity rate between the heat source and the J15T was abnormal.

Heat decoy?
These two F-22s were quite cunning; they dropped decoy flares behind them while flying to prevent being attacked by infrared missiles.

After closing the distance further, Liu Jun abandoned the idea of ​​launching the missile now. Instead, he continued to close the distance between the two sides and waited for the IRST to distinguish the heat source of the decoy missile from the tail nozzle of the engine before launching the missile.

As the distance between the two sides continued to close, observing the speed of the F-22 after it turned, the thrust-to-weight ratio was not as high as the United States had claimed.

40KM
30KM
Buzz!
At this moment, IRST can clearly detect the heat source emanating from the F22's exhaust nozzle.

"Launch 2!"

Liu Jun instinctively spoke softly, and the two PL-15A missiles on the wing pylons were released one after another, flying towards the two F-22s respectively. The moment the missiles were launched, Liu Jun jettisoned the auxiliary fuel tanks on the heavy-duty pylons under the fuselage and climbed to accumulate energy.

Liu Jun wasn't sure if the two PL-15s could actually shoot down the enemy, but he was being prudent. If the problem wasn't resolved in one battle, he might have to face an attack from two F-22s.

Of course, he wouldn't just sit idly by while he had the advantage; he would also launch medium-range missiles to suppress the enemy. Just as Liu Jun was pondering how to launch an attack from his advantageous position, an alarm suddenly sounded on his RWR. A non-friendly radar scanned his aircraft. Based on the ultra-high-definition RWR resolution, it was deduced that the radar originated from the Kuril Islands.

Sure enough, there was more than one surface-to-air missile system on the island; the surface-to-air missiles would activate their radars in batches.
With the WZ7 shot down, the electronic warfare suppression capability will inevitably decrease, and then the sound of gold coins will be heard in the communication channel.

Several more Patriot missiles were launched, heading towards the Flying Shark and Hercules, intending to intercept them. However, perhaps due to Liu Jun's position, the Patriot missiles did not attack him.

However, trouble is brewing!

Just as he expected, the two F-22s in front suddenly began to release heat decoys over a wide area. During the release, they turned their aircraft around, preparing to point their noses in the direction of Liu Jun. The two PL-15A missiles were also hooked by the decoys due to the large area of ​​heat decoys being released.

He's been discovered!
Liu Jun glanced at the distance; there were still 25 kilometers to go. If the enemy was carrying an AIM-9M, they hadn't entered the missile's range yet, but if it was a 9X, they were already within range.

With both sides possessing missiles, turning back would definitely put one at a disadvantage. Pushing the throttle all the way, the J-15T Flying Shark fearlessly flew towards the two F-22s, striking first before the other aircraft could turn their noses around and launch missiles.

【Ready-PL10】

"Launch 2!"

Two PL-10 missiles were launched from the wingtips, delivering one missile each to the two F-22s in an even distribution.

As the two PL10 rocket engines ignited, Liu Jun clearly saw two small black dots in front of him. The fighter jet with a twin-tail stealth structure was very difficult to distinguish with the naked eye under its low-visibility paint.

Then, two missiles were launched from the air-to-air missile bay at a large off-axis angle, turning in the air and flying towards Liu Jun. Then, the two F-22s made evacuation maneuvers to the left and right respectively, and released a large number of decoy flares behind the aircraft.

The two sides clashed again, and almost instantly Liu Jun quickly maneuvered his aircraft, locking onto two F-22s that were attempting to evade him through the HUD.

The launch pods carried under the wings and the missile pods mounted on the air intake pylons unfolded with a click, revealing a dense array of guidance heads inside. The launch button was then pressed.

The missiles in the missile pods were launched instantly, nearly 40 missiles giving the two F-22s a saturation missile barrage attack.

In an instant, Liu Jun could clearly feel that the pilots of the two F-22s seemed to pause for a moment, and then the heat decoys were released as if they were free.

Due to the special nature of the mission, in addition to the anti-laser resin particles specifically designed to counter alien spacecraft, a small number of heat decoys and chaff were also carried.

With a series of "whoosh whoosh whoosh" sounds, heat decoys and chaff were launched together. The AIM-9M missile flying head-on triggered its blind-eye mechanism the moment it saw the heat decoys, and the 9M entered inertial navigation.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Liu Jun made a second change of direction, breaking away from the field of vision of the 9M seeker flying head-on.

At this moment, a large number of small-diameter missiles, along with two PL-10 missiles mixed in, flew toward the F-22. The guidance heads of most small-diameter missiles were attracted by the heat decoys, but the PL-10 air-to-air missiles were not so easily affected. Planar imaging is not so easy to interfere with, unless the heat source can instantly blind the opponent.

Two missiles were tracking two F-22s respectively. Seeing that the missiles were almost impossible to shake off, the pilot of one of the F-22s quickly reduced the throttle, the heat emitted by the engine decreased rapidly, and then used a dive to accelerate away, spreading a large amount of heat.

The pilot of the other F-22 turned its nose towards the incoming PL-10, and then launched heat decoys while entering a barrel roll, attempting to interfere with the PL-10's seeker.

Puff puff!
From the speed at which the F-22 launches its decoy flares, Liu Jun could clearly "understand the enemy"—they were utterly desperate.

After refueling, the PL-10 seeker was successfully attracted by the heat decoy, causing the PL-10 to miss its target. Meanwhile, the pilot of another F-22, which was barrel-rolling head-on with the PL-10, was hit head-on by the PL-10 amidst desperate cries. The entire F-22 was blown to pieces and lost control, crashing into the sea below.

Liu Jun looked at the downed F-22 with some confusion. Why didn't the pilot eject?

But for now, he didn't want to think about those things. He rolled 180 degrees, pulled back on the stick, and dove to chase after another F-22. He was now in a position of absolute angular advantage.

(End of this chapter)