Chapter 532: Self-destruction? No way!
Feitian 01's voice rang out in the command center. With every word he reported, the joy on the commanders' faces grew more intense.

After he finished reporting everything, the two commanders made a quick decision.

Commander No. 01 took the microphone and gave orders to Feitian .

"Flying formation, this is the XX airspace command center. We hereby formally order that your formation's training mission for today be cancelled and switched to a combat mission. The target aircraft is U2."

Upon hearing this, the two comrades in the flying formation felt a surge of blood rushing to their heads. They had finally waited until this day, haha!

Why practice? Why not just hit the real thing?

"Feitian 01/02 understands!" Two firm and powerful voices rang out in the command center.

"I now order you to advance towards XX airspace at maximum cruising speed!"

After receiving the order from the command center, the two Type 6s made a beautiful turn in the air and flew towards the designated target airspace. They were now to the north-east of the U-2, while the U-2 was flying in the northwest direction.

This airspace is the one where the command center calculated the flying formation would intersect with the U-2 in a flank pursuit state. The actual intersection point may be deviated, but there is no problem in the general direction.

The rendezvous distance of 600 kilometers would take about 6 minutes at the cruising speed of the aircraft. The two pilots were focused and, under the command of the command center, rushed towards the expected engagement airspace.

Time passed minute by minute. On the U-2, Major Huang felt a little relaxed as he watched himself flying the plane while paying attention to the radar warning device.

There was a period of time just now, even the warning sound of the P-20 disappeared. It seemed that I had flown out of its effective range. Although a new radar warning signal came in soon, I had already flown past a P-20 radar station but there was no reaction from the other side. I should be lucky this time.

The radar screen showed radar signals of several aircraft in front of him. Judging from the speed and altitude, they should be the MiG-17s on the opposite side.

This made Major Huang feel a little more relaxed. It proved one thing: there was most likely no surface-to-air missile position ahead. Otherwise, the opponent would not have to go to the trouble of sending out a fighter jet that obviously could not reach them, which would interfere with the operation of the surface-to-air missile.

Thinking that the opponent could only be in the air several thousand meters below, helplessly watching him fly over, with weapons all his own but no way to do anything, he felt even more comfortable.

The automatic photographic reconnaissance mode on the aircraft had been turned on for a long time, and the U-2 was flying along according to the preset program, taking pictures all the way. Major Huang did not bother with taking pictures himself, but flew over at the risk of his own life, and in order to take care of the image quality, he also flew at an altitude of 21000 meters. This was enough to do the old man justice.

Your main focus should still be on saving your life.

A big problem was discovered at the command center.

"Commander, we no longer have a radar station on the U-2's route. We will lose the target."

The P-20 is a good thing, and good things mean they are expensive, so the quantity purchased can be guaranteed for strict defense along the coast, but further inland, special attention can only be paid.

This time, the U-2's route happened to have a lot of places that were not taken care of.

This made the commander feel troubled. Did he have to rely on the flying formation to fly over and find it himself? As for the radar on the 6th Master, they knew that with that limited range, in the clear sky in the stratosphere, it was not as reliable as the pilots' own eyes.

At this time, the second commander remembered something.

"There is a Tu-4T deployed at a nearby airport. It was originally used for the P-2V. Now that the P-2V is not coming, it has not been properly deployed for a long time."

The commander's eyes lit up: "You mean to let the Tu-4 serve as an airborne radar station?"

The Tu-4 is equipped with a high-power radar. Although it is not as good as the P-20, its effective range is still good for an aircraft like the U-2. If the ground guidance is proper, after flying over, even if the Tu-4 is not as fast as the U-2, it can still provide air situation support for a long time.

At an airport ahead of the U-2, the four propeller engines of a Tu-4T made a huge roar as it dragged its huge body into the air.

Major Huang stared at his radar screen and suddenly found something different from usual. The signal of a large aircraft appeared on the radar display. At the same time, the radar alarm sounded loudly and a new radar frequency appeared.

This made Major Huang a little uneasy, as this had never happened before and none of his accomplices had reported this situation.

He stared at the signal of the big plane carefully for a long time. Judging from the radar signal, it was a Tu-4 from the opposite side. Apart from this, there was no other plane as big as this one on the opposite side.

This conclusion made him feel a little relieved.

A modified Tu-4 with radar. This aircraft has been mentioned by people who flew the P-2V before. It is very difficult for the P-2V to deal with. Even the last P-2V that was shot down may have been caused by it.

But this was not a threat to Major Huang. He knew very well that the plane was too far away from him. The altitude difference of 10 kilometers made any action of the plane just a futile act.

He guessed half right. Although this Tu-4T was equipped with missiles, it was obviously powerless against the U-2. However, the mission of this Tu-4 was not to shoot it down, but merely to relay air situation information.

At this time, thirty minutes had passed since the flying formation changed its mission. The auxiliary fuel tanks of the two aircraft had been burned out and discarded, but there was still plenty of remaining fuel.

Getting rid of the auxiliary fuel tank also makes the fighter more flexible and lightweight. The impact of the auxiliary fuel tank is not only weight, but also drag and damage to the aerodynamic shape.

"Feitian 01, spring."

Secret messages from the command center came through the headset, letting the flying formation know that they were approaching enemy aircraft.

Both the U-2 and the flying formation were flying high in the sky. The command center could see them clearly through the ground and air radar networks. There was no need for the combat aircraft in the air to report the enemy contact themselves as in the case of the P-2V. Instead, the fighters in the air could maintain radio silence and just follow the instructions from the command center.

Comrades at the command center watched as the Z-16000 at an altitude of around 6 meters in the sky was rapidly approaching the U-21000 at an altitude of 2 meters.

The practical ceiling of the Zhan-6, thanks to the LYP-6, is 18000 meters, but the flying formation must leave some space for the afterburner sprint. The climb rate of this type of Zhan-6 is 190 meters per second, and the reserved altitude difference is probably enough for it to sprint for 10 seconds. "Feitian, Xia Tian."

Getting closer, the pilot of Feitian 01 began to check the aircraft's status.

At this time, perhaps because of his guilty conscience, Major Huang felt a little uneasy again on the U-2. Although the Tu-4 was flying at a very low altitude, it was following him relentlessly. The special radar signal belonging to the Tu-4 was also shining on him and never disappeared.

This persistent radar signal, like a dark cloud, hung over Major Huang's heart.

Something must be wrong. Using a Tu-4 to continuously track and detect a U-2 had never happened before.

Major Huang understood that there must be something wrong when things are abnormal.

"Flying, autumn."

At this time, the secret message from the command center sounded again in the headphones of the flying formation.

In fact, at this time, there is no need for guidance. These days, an important requirement for pilot selection is good eyesight! 1.5 is not enough, 2.0 is required.

The two pilot comrades from the flying formation were able to visually detect the target.

High in the sky ahead, a small black dot was flying in the air, slowly growing larger at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

The distance of autumn is the encounter between you and me, a coincidence that just allows me to take the initiative.

In layman's terms, the code word "autumn" given by the command center represents the distance between the two sides, which is exactly the distance that the GUOZHAN-6 needs to complete a sprint and leap attack.

It’s not good if it’s too far, you can’t reach it; it’s not good if it’s too close, you will rush right under the person or even over their head.

Feitian 01 initiated the first proactive call since the mission change and high-speed enemy engagement.

"Feitian 01 requests to attack."

The two commanders in the command center looked at each other.

"Attack is allowed! Pay attention to your own safety."

After receiving the permission order, Feitian 01 issued combat instructions to Feitian 02.

"Just watch me, I'll go ahead!"

"02 understand!"

Feitian 01 connected the power to the missile and turned on the afterburner. A long red flame emerged from the tail, and it roared diagonally towards the U-2 above and ahead!

On the radar screen of the Tu-4T, a small dot was seen flashing with afterglow, and it would move forward a certain distance with each scan.

Inside the U-2, Major Huang felt something was wrong and his anxiety reached its peak. Although the signals did not change, he still made a decisive decision to increase the altitude!

Under his operation, the U-2's nose rose slightly and flew upwards.

But by this time, it was too late.

The U-2's climbing rate of 50 meters per second seemed to be unable to keep up with the 6 meters per second climbing rate of the Liuye.

If Major Huang had an outside perspective, he would have discovered in despair that a Silver Swallow carrying two missiles was rising rapidly from behind and approaching him at a speed faster than the Feng Lei.

But Major Huang had no outside view. He, or the radar on his plane, could not see the Z-6 approaching rapidly from behind and below. He was just a little nervous. He just needed to climb to 24000. As for the reconnaissance mission, who cares!
At this time, the pilot of Feitian 01 had already opened the cooling device of the Thunderbolt-1 missile on the right, and for safety reasons, only fired one missile at a time.

Compared with the U-6, the sprint jump route of the 2th aircraft was very straight. The pilot of the Feitian 01 did not even need to turn on the radar to cross-link the missile fire control. The seeker of the Lei Dian-1 had already sent out a locking signal during the sprint and successfully locked onto the enemy aircraft.

This time, Major Huang was still maneuvering the U-2 to climb slowly. It was not that he did not want to go faster, but that he could not go faster.

"18000"

"19000"

"20000"

At this time, Feitian 01 had almost reached the top. The pilot pressed the button, and a flash of fire appeared under the right wing, and it swooped down towards the U-2, which had not climbed very high.

Behind and below, in Feitian 18000, which also climbed to the maximum altitude of 02 meters but did not jump to attack, the pilot pressed the shutter button of the camera gun, and a somewhat blurry photo was frozen on the film.

A few seconds later, Major Huang, who was unaware of the attack from behind, felt the fuselage shake violently. All kinds of alarms in the cockpit suddenly sounded, lights flashed, and noises were loud!

"Hit!" Although he didn't know where the attack came from, he still decisively activated the ejection. As for self-destruction, screw it!
In Feitian 01, which had begun to lose altitude, the pilot looked at the beautiful fireworks in the sky and smiled happily.

(End of this chapter)