Chapter 198 Arrogant Edward

Fixed-wing aircraft have an unparalleled advantage over helicopters. It can be said that when a fixed-wing fighter encounters a helicopter, it will absolutely be slaughtered. As for helicopters, there is only one way out, which is to slip away from a low altitude!

If it is on land, especially in the mountains, that would be the best. The helicopter will go through the canyons in the mountains, and the radar of the fighter planes in the high sky cannot detect it at all. If the enemy comes down, they cannot keep up with the speed of the helicopter and will pass by in a flash, making it very difficult to launch an attack.

But now we are on the sea, and even with one-meter-high waves, we cannot hide the trace of the helicopter.

"003 calling Kiev, 003 calling Kiev, 003 is being chased by American carrier-based aircraft, 003 is being chased by American carrier-based aircraft!" The captain kept shouting into the radio.

The Ka-25 rushed down from several hundred meters in the air at an angle of almost sixty degrees. The sea surface was getting closer and closer. Kulikov felt that his breathing was about to stop.

This is neither a fighter jet nor an armed helicopter. The Ka-25 is almost a transport helicopter, suitable for steady flight. Diving downward rapidly like it is doing now is quite dangerous.

In order to get rid of the American attacks, Kulikov had no choice. Although the two sides have not declared war and the other side is more of a tease, being controlled by others is always the most uncomfortable.

When the helicopter dived to more than 30 meters above the sea surface, Kulikov pulled the operating stick back. The rotor on the top stirred the airflow, making a whirring sound, and the two coaxial reverse propellers began to pull the helicopter backward.

The sea surface was still approaching quickly.

Slow down, slow down!

Level it up, level it up!

Kulikov's eyes remained firm. He believed in his own abilities and the performance of this helicopter.

Finally, when it was only five meters above the sea surface, the altimeter had already reached zero and the helicopter resumed level flight.

Americans, let's see how you deal with this! Are you going to fly down with us?

The sound of the radar warning receiver in the headphones finally stopped.

The captain wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to Kulikov: "Quick, return at maximum speed!"

"Understood." Kulikov pushed the joystick forward and pulled the total torque steadily with his left hand. The helicopter began to lower its head forward and accelerated forward at the same time.

The propeller stirred the air flow, impacting the sea surface, forming circular waves that spread outward, and the circle gradually turned into an ellipse.

"Damn it!" At this moment, the roar of an engine came from behind. Kulikov's face suddenly changed, and he was no longer as calm as before. The Americans are going to kill him!

Kulikov had to relax his command and let the Ka-25 continue to lower its altitude. At worst, it could make an emergency landing on the sea!

"Damn Americans!" the captain also shouted at the side, while holding on to the armrest next to him.

The plump and muscular figure, with two engines spewing tail flames, stirred up two waves on the sea behind, and the wings stretched out gracefully with the smallest sweep angle. This Tomcat fighter was now flying on the crest of the waves!

After discovering the Ka-25 helicopter, the fighter jets escorting the Enterprise aircraft carrier formation immediately flew over with the mission of driving away the helicopter!

At this time, Major Edward, who was flying the Tomcat fighter, was humming an unknown tune and looking at the target in front of him.

As an experienced carrier-based aircraft pilot, Major Edward has served on the USS Enterprise for five years. Even when he was flying the previous F-4 fighter, Major Edward had played this before. The exhaust gas from the rear engine stirred up the sea water, which was really fun!

Now, as an all-around fighter, the F-14 also has excellent performance at ultra-low altitudes! Major Edwards operated the fighter plane steadily, looking at the Ka-25 helicopter in front of him that was trying to slip away like a mouse, so close!

With a slight pull of the nose, the F-14 flew over the Ka-25 helicopter, almost brushing against its edge!

A huge airflow was blowing the Ka-25 helicopter. Kulikov had already sensed something and could only hold the joystick tightly, like a fallen leaf in the air.

The roar passed by, and a dark cloud quickly appeared in the sky above. The American plane had already flown past!

The Ka-25 helicopter swayed from side to side, and the propeller on top was turning with a clattering sound. Suddenly, there was a terrible clicking sound.

"Prepare for an emergency landing!" Captain Kulikov shouted as the helicopter began to fall uncontrollably.

Coaxial reversal means that the upper and lower rotors at the top rotate one in the positive and one in the counterclockwise direction around the same theoretical axis. Due to their opposite directions, the torques generated by the two rotors balance each other in the flight state with unchanged heading. Heading control can be achieved by generating unbalanced torque through the differential total pitch of the upper and lower rotors. During the flight of the helicopter, the coaxial twin rotors are both lift surfaces and longitudinal, lateral and heading control surfaces.

The advantage of this is that it greatly reduces the rotor area and the fuselage length, which in turn reduces the footprint, which is why it was chosen as a helicopter by the Navy.

However, the upper and lower rotors still pose certain dangers. For example, in extreme cases, the upper and lower rotors may collide!

Just now, this was exactly what happened! The Tomcat fighter passed by so close that the airflow above was turbulent, and the rotating upper and lower rotors collided!

Kulikov had anticipated this situation, so he continued to lower the altitude just now, and now it is only two meters above the sea! When the rotors collided and lost power, the Ka-25 helicopter slid down and fell onto the sea.

As a ship-borne helicopter, in order to prevent accidents, it can land on the water. The bottom of the helicopter is sealed and can provide sufficient buoyancy on the water.

The Ka-25 gently touched the water surface and made an emergency landing on the water. At that moment, everyone relaxed a little, but then became nervous again.

It’s more than 200 kilometers away from the mother ship. How do we get back?

"003 report, 003 report, the rotor is damaged, and we have made an emergency landing on the sea. Position, 16235." The captain reported to the mother ship in a depressed tone.

"Are the Soviet helicopters so weak?" The Tomcat fighter plane pulled up and turned gracefully. The pilot saw the Soviet helicopter that had crashed into the sea and couldn't help but look down on it.

"Edward, it looks like we're in trouble." The radar operator in the rear cabin said to Edward.

Originally, it was an expulsion operation. As long as the Tomcat flew over, the Soviets would leave. But now, Edward had to do some tricks, and as a result, he brought the other side down!