1105: Chapter 1044: Striking Down from the Sky!

Escape from Desperation!

1105: Chapter 1044: Striking Down from the Sky!

Escape from Desperation!

Swoosh~

The missile relentlessly pursued, continuously accelerating.

The engine ferociously spewed flames, shining with an orange glow.

Behind the missile, a thin streak of smoke trailed.

In the vast darkness of night, the missile streaked like a meteor, at a breakneck speed.

In comparison,

The massive aircraft, even though flying at over 800 kilometers per hour, was too slow in relative speed.

The missile entered its final sprint, easily surpassing the speed of sound several times over, covering one or two kilometers per second.

Moreover, due to its large size and the influences of its own power and structure, the aircraft had limited maneuverability and maximum overload; even a fighter jet couldn’t exceed 9G.

Like a fat, bloated person, it couldn’t perform complex evasive maneuvers, as excessive movements would directly result in self-injury.

By contrast, the missile’s maximum overload was generally very high, usually around thirty to forty.

That’s why

Once the missile closed in on the airplane, it entered its inescapable zone.

Within this range, it was very difficult for the aircraft to escape.

Like a nimble sprinter who had caught up to a heavyset person, no matter how the latter ran, escape was impossible.

Unless…

Bang bang bang~

The besieged War Statistics Institute’s special jet deployed decoy flares once again.

Previous missiles weren’t smart enough, only guided by infrared heat sensors because of the high temperature at the airplane’s exhaust ports, which made them prone to infrared flare deceit.

To reduce the deception rate, missiles incorporated small radars, scanning and detecting targets themselves and then calculating the relative position and speed via ballistic computers to precisely pursue their targets.

However, this made them susceptible to being disrupted by chaff, as scattered metallic strips could clutter the missile’s radar, making it lose lock.

The latest missiles directly utilized a composite guidance head, integrating radar, visible light, infrared, laser, and other components to improve interference resistance.

But the weaponry’s competitiveness was continuously escalating in a spiral.

No weapon could be absolutely perfect or invincible.

To handle new types of missiles, there were naturally new countermeasures.

Just like at this moment, the pursued War Statistics Institute’s special aircraft, if it were a civil airliner with no defensive systems, the first missile would have blown it up mid-air.

But this aircraft was originally a military transport plane, equipped with various defensive devices for wartime, and further enhanced for operations on the Jiazhou Continent.

Electronic countermeasure equipment was activated immediately, continuously disrupting the enemy’s radar frequency.

While deploying decoy flares, it also used laser beams and infrared interference to make the incoming missiles lose their target.

With the help of a series of high-tech methods, the second missile was also successfully evaded.

Only…

There were still a third and a fourth missile!

Facing such a saturation attack, no matter how capable, it couldn’t withstand this kind of assault; there weren’t enough decoy flares!

Thus, the fate of this aircraft seemed destined!

However, while the missiles had not yet pushed to their final moment, various self-defense systems were still doing their utmost to interfere with the missiles.

Inside the cockpit.

The sound of the radar alarm had already become incessant.

Like a car horn pressed non-stop.

Now,

No need for the pilot to remind, everyone immediately readied themselves for the explosion.

Parachute?

Impossible!

The airplane was flying at over 800 kilometers per hour at altitudes of tens of thousands of meters.

Outside, the air was thin, with temperatures below freezing, and extremely low pressure.

Jumping at high altitude without any protective measures, one wouldn’t even wait to freeze to death, as the pressure differential would cause blood vessels in the eyes to burst, and internal organs to eject…

The person would literally explode in place, dying instantly in the air, and upon hitting the ground, smash into pieces.

Instead,

It was better to take cover inside the aircraft, which had started to accelerate its dive, continually lowering its flying altitude.

Plus, the aircraft was at least made of aluminum alloy, with armor reinforcement at key points.

Missile attacks generally targeted the heat sources first,

Like the vigorously burning aviation fuel, producing high-pressure hot air streams that powered the jet engines forward.

This was why the aircraft hit by missiles almost always had their tails blown off.

Because the hot air stream from the engine exhaust, compared to the bitterly cold high-altitude environment, was just too hot.

At that moment,

Other people inside the cabin were taking emergency evasive actions, wearing parachutes.

Meanwhile, the mercenaries in the Humvee were utterly dumbfounded.

Boarding this wind-assisted aircraft was indeed not smooth sailing!

Who in hell, desiring to blow this plane out of the sky, launched so many missiles?

But at this time, who still had the time and energy to curse?

Hold tightly onto everything sturdy nearby, close your eyes and silently pray!

One could only hope that the missiles would just blow up the wings and engines, praying that the explosion fragments wouldn’t scatter chaotically, let alone blow the entire aircraft up.

Of course,

Hiding in the vehicle was relatively safer now, as, at the moment of explosion, the vehicle could still block some of the small fragments.

But when the plane fell, being inside the vehicle was unsafe, whether parachuting or crashing, being stuck inside was not ideal.

But overall, being struck by missiles in an aircraft, nowhere was absolutely safe.