Changkong Fighter

Chapter 304 begins!

The second aerial sprayer, like a moving vertical launch system, quickly released all the missiles it carried.

Amidst a dense swarm of small-diameter missiles, a short-range air-to-air missile flew toward the six Type 2 aircraft, where it was immediately intercepted by the Type 2s.

Clustered and pulsed lasers pierce the air, intercepting a few missiles. The remaining missiles fly forward again and are destroyed one by one. However, a few small-diameter missiles approach Type 2, and the air-to-air missiles sandwiched inside are even more lethal.

boom! boom!
Fireballs exploded in the air. The clean and environmentally friendly hydrogen warhead was extremely powerful. A Type 2 aircraft was only grazed by the blast, and half of its fuselage was shattered. It spun and fell towards the sea below.

The remaining five Type 2 helicopters sensed the danger and quickly climbed to higher altitudes, hiding in thick clouds. Before the Type 2 helicopters in the clouds could react, several missiles struck the clouds with a bang, shooting down two more Type 2 helicopters in the explosion.

Then, Liu Jun looked at the empty missile racks, pulled up the J-15T, and plunged into the clouds, entering the "dark forest" with the other side.

The dark cumulonimbus clouds acted like a giant curtain, obscuring his vision. The laser search radar also became ineffective due to the cloud cover. After jettisoning the auxiliary fuel tanks on the heavy-duty pylons under the fuselage, only the GSH-30-2 cannon remained on the aircraft. This also meant that his fighter jet had entered its lightest state, reducing parasitic drag and greatly improving maneuverability.

The two sides approached each other in the dark clouds. Liu Jun could not detect the other side, which meant that the other side could not detect his position either. The two were like blindfolded hunters fighting in a confined space.

In the pitch-black clouds, everything in front of the naked eye is black, as if entering a mortuary. Everything is gray, which also means that the pilot can no longer determine his position with the naked eye and must switch to instrument flight to determine the aircraft's altitude, speed, and heading.

The built-in interference of Type 2 also prevented it from contacting the KJ-3000 airborne early warning and control system via radio communication. It returned via radio navigation and relied entirely on INS navigation to determine its location.

The moisture in the cumulonimbus clouds increased, and under the influence of the cyclone, a storm gradually formed. Several large raindrops smacked onto the canopy. Liu Jun looked at the raindrops on the canopy and frowned slightly.

Rain is an advantage for him, based on experience from previous battles between the two sides. High humidity can severely reduce the damage of laser weapons, but there is a limit. According to meteorological data, it will soon turn into a bigger storm. In this situation, the wisest choice is to increase altitude and fly above the clouds.

However, this presents a problem: when the aircraft is flying over the clouds, it will project the shadow of the fighter jet onto the clouds, making it easy for the Type 2 aircraft below to launch a surprise attack, and the enemy has three of them!
Slightly reducing the throttle, the J15T entered cruise mode. Liu Jun used the [Spatial Awareness] function to constantly sense the situation in the surrounding area. If he could not find the three Type 2 aircraft in a short time, he would probably have no choice but to break away from the cumulonimbus clouds, climb to a higher altitude, and avoid the typhoon and cyclone.

Rain and strong winds are not a big problem for the J-15T. After all, the Flying Shark was designed to cope with extreme weather at sea. The most fatal thing is the huge lightning in stormy weather. The fighter jet can be regarded as a conductor. Once it is struck by lightning, the powerful voltage may burn through the insulation coating of the fighter jet and overload the internal circuitry.

where?

Liu Jun recalled their positions before entering the cumulonimbus clouds. He and his opponent were flying face to face, which meant that his opponent would definitely appear in the front hemisphere!

The opponent likely has the same idea and will focus on searching the front half, meaning I'll probably be facing a 1-on-3 battle. Should I open from the top or the bottom?

After mentally simulating the situation he would face in the upcoming battle, Liu Jun chose to ascend, that is, to climb the altitude and launch an attack from high altitude.

The advantage of doing this is that after the attack, the fighter can use a dive to accelerate and disengage, rather than being slowed down by poking the bamboo pole from below, which would allow the other two Type 2 fighters to catch up in the rear hemisphere. After all, the possibility of the surprise attack failing must be taken into account.

After formulating the tactics, Liu Jun pulled the stick to climb the altitude. The altimeter readings on the J-15T continued to increase. Once above the clouds, he turned off the laser search radar on the bow. In such extreme weather, the enemy would automatically become visible. On the contrary, turning on the laser radar would allow the enemy to find him by following the light path.

Next, it will be a contest of patience between the two sides, who will be the first to expose themselves in the dark clouds and find the other first.

The thought of taking on three opponents single-handedly filled Liu Jun with an indescribable excitement, a feeling of challenging his own limits.

Inside the cockpit, apart from the sound of raindrops hitting the fighter jet, there was only deathly silence. The radio could not receive external information due to interference, and the EODAS system was also gray due to the extreme weather. Under the high thermal melting ratio of water, the surrounding background was the same temperature.

At this point, Liu Jun was completely reliant on his eyesight and had no idea what the situation was like for his comrades in the distance. Meanwhile, his wingman was carrying out his pre-arranged plan according to procedure.

So where are you?
Just as Liu Jun was unable to detect the Type 2, these three Type 2s were also unable to locate him in such extreme weather. After entering the cumulonimbus cloud, the Type 2s formed a diagonal formation, with the highest-ranking Octopus in the safest position, and the other two Octopus followed behind it.

After searching for some time, the three Type 2 aircraft began to climb, preparing to leave the cumulonimbus clouds, as the highest-ranking Octopus gave the "order".

Over such a long period of fighting with humans, the octopuses have become very familiar with the performance of human aircraft, especially their weapons that can launch attacks from long distances, which have shot down a large number of their fellow octopuses. As a result, they have also upgraded their fire control systems, which can accurately lock onto incoming missiles and intercept them.

Furthermore, by learning human technology, they also acquired this type of long-range attack weapon.

But what truly made them take humans seriously and even sit up to fight them was the fact that humans' fighting prowess earned their respect, especially the Ascended from other races. According to battlefield records, more than 50 Ascended have died at the hands of Chang Kong, which forced the Octopus Brothers to take this seriously.

However, this time the interceptors do not seem to be the Ascended One, as their markings did not react.

The three Type 2 aircraft climbed little by little as the clouds above darkened. They were about to break through the clouds when a bolt of lightning struck the cumulonimbus clouds, illuminating the surrounding airspace.

(End of this chapter)