Changkong Fighter

Chapter 279 Deformable Directional Warhead
With the secondary ignition of the two-dimensional pulse engine, the energy consumed in the inertial segment of PL15 is rapidly replenished, increasing its no-escape zone and locking the F-22 firmly within it.

At this moment, as the F-22 was turning into the 39th parallel, the pilot seemed somewhat unwilling to give up the attack opportunity. At the extreme angle, he turned on the radar and launched all the AIM-120 missiles in the bomb bay off-axis to the J-15T in front, and then desperately "descended from the 39th parallel".

At high altitudes, the air is thin, missiles have low drag and high speed, and consume very little energy. Fighter jets, on the other hand, have less air to move through due to the thin air, making their maneuvers sluggish.

The best way to evade a missile coming head-on is to pull it down to a lower altitude.

In the dense air at low altitudes, aircraft fly as if they are flying in "concrete," resulting in extremely high drag. This significantly increases energy consumption, allowing them to deplete the energy of tail-chasing missiles at the fastest speed. At the same time, they can also use the "multipath clutter" effect on the ground to interfere with the guidance heads of tail-chasing missiles after descending to higher altitudes.

Most of the time, fighter jets evade missiles by using the characteristic of their own engines to continuously generate energy and exhaust the missile's energy. However, for a two-dimensional pulse engine like the PL-15, the pilot has no choice but to gamble whether to exhaust the energy first or be hit by the missile.

hurry up!

Hurry up!
As the pilot dived, he kept a close eye on the airspeed and airspeed to prevent the wings from breaking off due to excessive air resistance.

The altimeter descended rapidly, and as the sea drew ever closer, the F-22 pilot reduced throttle, leveled the control stick, and frantically unleashed chaff and flares behind him.

Then, at an altitude of 30 meters above the ground, the aircraft leveled off and flew close to the sea level. The ground effect increased lift, and the F-22 flew as if it were flying on an air cushion.

As the radar enters a multipath clutter altitude, it will lose lock due to the clutter.

Just as the F-22 pilots had expected, less than nine seconds after skimming the surface of the sea, a black dot suddenly plunged into the water like lightning.

The pilot exhaled deeply. Any slower and he would have been hit by the pursuing missile. The reason he couldn't shake off the PL-15 even after entering the 39th line was because there was a data link to correct it. After the lock-on was broken, the data link would provide him with target information.

If we had electronic warfare aircraft, we wouldn't be in such a sorry state.

Now, he should be thinking about how to escape and continue flying here.
Before the pilot could figure out how to escape, a missile fell from the sky and flew over the back of the F-22, exploding with a bang!

boom!
A massive fireball erupted, activating the unique deformable directional warhead of Tokyo University.

In simple terms, the missile consists of a deformable cylindrical core tube made up of the main explosive charge and pre-fragmented components, wrapped with a thin layer of auxiliary explosive charge. Combined with the aforementioned intelligent kill function, when the missile approaches the enemy, the proximity fuse will indicate the enemy's location, and then the auxiliary explosive charge within a certain arc range in the same direction as the enemy's location will detonate in advance.

The explosion of the auxiliary charge within a certain arc compresses the core tube, transforming it into a concave shape with a sharp point, thereby achieving the aggregation of fragments in a specific direction and the focusing of the main charge.

After the main charge explodes, the remaining large semicircle of unexploded auxiliary charge will also be detonated, further aiding in energy gathering and greatly enhancing the warhead's lethality.

This warhead directs the vast majority of pre-formed fragments toward the enemy, with very few fragments in other directions, concentrating the force in one direction like a directional explosion. Before the pilots below could react, the fragments from the "directional explosion" rained down on the F-22, piercing the canopy. The fragile human body shattered like tofu before the fragments, blood staining the entire canopy. The fuselage skin was riddled with fragments, leaving a dense honeycomb pattern on the surface.

The aerodynamics, the internal electrical system, and the wing boxes were all damaged. The severely damaged F-22 went out of control and, attracted by gravity, crashed into the sea at high speed. However, at such a high speed, the angle of entry into the water was not good. The water surface became as hard as concrete due to the high-speed impact. The Raptor was like a Lego toy that had fallen to the ground, constantly skipping across the water, with parts flying everywhere.

Ultimately, only the main body of the F-22 remained, and due to the sudden drop in speed, it sank into the sea with a splash.

"Eagle calling command center, destroy target."

"Command center received. Continue monitoring the battlefield."

"clear."

After a brief communication with the command center, Eagle looked in the direction of Changkong, where the F-22 he had shot down had launched all its missiles before being shot down.

Although it was a tail-chase launch, the missile was essentially running a marathon with the J-15T, competing to see who could travel the farthest. Unlike airplanes, missiles don't have a continuous supply of energy, so if they weren't detected in the air, there was still a certain risk.

Meanwhile, inside the J15T cockpit, the RWR beeped once and then went silent, immediately putting Liu Jun on alert.

This thing is like a Geiger counter that beeps once and then goes silent.
Being illuminated by an unidentified radar, in aperture mode, the pilot immediately realized that he might be locked onto by a fire control radar, and it was illuminating him from the advantageous position at six o'clock. Based on previous battles, the enemy aircraft at six o'clock behind him must be an F-22.

"Chang Kong Call Gold"

Before Liu Jun could finish speaking, a friendly communication channel interrupted the conversation. After the call was connected, a familiar male voice rang out, and Eagle explained in detail the situation he was about to face.

"Eagle calls out to the sky, six o'clock direction, distance 30000, enemy aircraft launched missiles, quantity: four, tail-chase status."

Eagle? Liu Jun recognized the voice, but now was not the time to wonder why he was there; he needed to deal with the impending arrival of four AIM-120 missiles.

As the world's most produced and exported medium-range air-to-air missile, Liu Jun was not clear about the specific model of the AIM-120 launched by the other party. However, the terminal speed of the AIM-120 is around Mach 4, and with the boost provided by the carrier aircraft itself, the overall speed is about Mach 5, or 1,700 per second.

I glanced at the speed of the J-15T in the HUD, which was Mach 1.2. This means that the missile behind it was approaching at about Mach 3.8. Considering that the missile's speed would continue to decrease after it left the propulsion phase and entered the inertial phase, the missile chasing it would be around Mach 3.5.

At 1200 meters per second, it can cover a distance of 30 kilometers in just 25 seconds!
Entering the 39th line?
Liu Jun immediately rejected this decision. The distance was too close, and they might be hit by the AIM-120 guided by inertia. So, they should go down high!
After devising a plan to evade the missile, Liu Jun entered the S-maneuver without hesitation, his aircraft diving downwards at almost a 90-degree angle!
(End of this chapter)