Chapter 77: Fierce Battle with the Autobots (Part II)

At the final moment, Sun Cheng seemed to see the seat being ejected from that unfortunate U. S. military fighter jet.

It was a pity that the guy was too unlucky; the power of the four AIM-120s was truly formidable, and the energy radiation circle formed by their near-simultaneous detonation was enough to make even Sun Cheng, who had already fallen several hundred meters, sway wildly, so one could imagine how high that guy's chances of survival were.

However, he soon had no mood to worry about the other party; his move to approach the U. S. military formation to dodge those four AIM-120 Missiles had temporarily helped him escape one disaster, but it had also caused Sun Cheng to fall into a new crisis.

"Whoosh..."

Without the Core reminding him, his auditory system alone could clearly capture over a dozen Combat Missiles attacking him densely from all directions.

The AIM-9 Sidewinder Combat Missile used by the U. S. military is a short-range air-to-air missile; it adopts infrared homing guidance, has greatly improved detection range and sensitivity, and uses a Laser fuze to improve the accuracy of the blast point, making it a very troublesome missile that possesses both close-range combat capability and the ability to fight in all directions, at all altitudes, and in all weather conditions.

Especially since Sun Cheng was currently less than one kilometer away from the nearest U. S. fighter jet that had launched a Sidewinder, and the speed of a Sidewinder exceeds Mach 2.5, so once the Missile was launched, it had already flown to within less than two hundred meters of him.

Knowing that he was in an extremely dangerous state at this moment, Sun Cheng was not overly panicked; compared to the AIM-120 series air-to-air missiles that could heavily injure him with just two hits, the explosive unit of a Sidewinder was much smaller, and his body armor strength was far superior to that of human fighter jets, so taking two or three hits head-on would at most result in him being injured.

Moreover, infrared-guided missiles like the Sidewinder are easily interfered with.

Although he was not equipped with an infrared Interference Shell, the Core could similarly simulate an infrared interference function!

Immediately, Sun Cheng extended the five fingers of his left palm and emitted sets of infrared radiation waves toward the incoming Missiles; after briefly interfering with the trajectory of the Sidewinders, he immediately summoned his Vulcan Cannon, raised his right arm, aimed, and fired a crazy barrage.

"Boom..."

"Boom..."

The successive explosions in the air made Sun Cheng, in mid-air, sway left and right as if he were a sailboat in giant waves, buffeted by the angry power of nature.

Seeing that he was about to fall to the ground, he then spread his wings again to return to his Reaper Drone form, suddenly accelerated and shot upward, and repeated his old trick by aiming at an F-16 that was chasing him the most fiercely.

Previously, after being readjusted by the AllSpark, one of the Rapid-fire Machine Guns in Sun Cheng's body had been decomposed back into metal atoms and integrated into his body, while the other Rapid-fire Machine Gun, which was originally on the wing in drone form, had been adjusted to the nose according to his wishes, facilitating his close-quarters dogfighting.

Sun Cheng's sudden adjustment at less than a hundred meters from the ground clearly caught the pilot of the F-16 chasing him the most fiercely by surprise; although the pilot was experienced and sent a cover signal to nearby wingmen, he simultaneously climbed in altitude with the pilot and fired his aircraft cannon at Sun Cheng, attempting to open up distance and prevent him from getting close.

The early version of the F-16 fighter jet had decent close-quarters combat performance; although it was not as good as the F-15 and F-14, it had few rivals globally.

However, with the development of the times, destroying enemies from medium range and beyond had long become one of the development strategies of various national air forces, which led to the U. S. military's newly equipped F-16 fighter jets becoming increasingly dependent on various air-to-air missiles, making them very uncomfortable once they were engaged at close range.

Ever since Sun Cheng had ambushed U. S. military Bases with Barricade and Brawl, he had considered that he might engage in fire with the U. S. military again in the future, so he had seriously studied relevant countermeasures; for this reason, he had retrieved a large amount of data and arguments from military experts of various countries online, and he had a fairly deep understanding of the U. S. military, especially its air power.

"Da-da-da..."

The efficiency of a Rapid-fire Machine Gun in close-quarters dogfighting within a turning space of less than a hundred meters was obviously higher than that of a large-caliber Vulcan Cannon, not to mention that the weapon had been Enhanced by the AllSpark; a round of point-shooting as they passed each other easily penetrated the cockpit glass of the F-16, which was made of high-grade synthetic resin material, and directly killed the pilot.

"Woo..."

After the pilot of the single-seat F-16 was killed, it lost control and actually crashed directly into a wingman dozens of meters away; the violent explosion made Sun Cheng's body sway, but after quickly stabilizing, he increased his speed again, took a round of aircraft cannon fire head-on, and forcibly broke into the close range of another F-16, forcing it into a close-quarters dogfight with him.

This was undoubtedly a very good method of restraint; the U. S. fighter jet could not fire the air-to-air missiles he feared, as the possibility of friendly fire was very high once launched, and at the same time, he could push the flexibility of his own body to the limit.

The bulletproof performance of modern fighter jet cockpit glass is very poor; most are special glass made of resin materials, which can withstand bird strikes, but they are completely helpless against human aircraft cannons, not to mention that Sun Cheng was very insidious and specifically approached to snipe at the pilots in the cockpits.

After eliminating four or five F-16 fighter jets in this way, this U. S. military aviation squadron had completely reacted, adjusting their flight formation and completely dispersing the original three-three wingman formation; no matter which F-16 Sun Cheng tried to approach, he would be exposed to the strafing of other fighter jets.

Besides this, there were actually two F-16s that were clearly the latest models; when they were nearly approached by Sun Cheng, they suddenly increased their airspeed to supersonic, and one must know that most fighter jets require a preparation process to increase speed.

Although not as good as the F-22s currently being equipped, the new F-16s only maintained short-term supersonic cruise, but relying on the absolute suppression of speed, thousands of bullets had been poured onto Sun Cheng's body in a short time, more than half of which came from those two latest-model F-16 fighter jets.

Fortunately, the damage that human bullets under 40mm caliber could cause to Sun Cheng's body was minimal; although they left countless tiny cracks on his body due to their quantity, they ultimately failed to make him suffer a major loss.

Just as he was in a stalemate and unable to achieve further results, suddenly, the four F-16s that were besieging him abruptly increased their speed, preparing to open up the distance between them and him.

"Out of ammo?"

Sun Cheng's eyes couldn't help but light up; the M61 Vulcan aircraft cannon equipped on the U. S. military's F-16 fighter jets was the same type as the one he was equipped with.

However, unlike his Vulcan Cannon, which had been modified by the AllSpark and could directly draw energy from his Spark to fire continuously, the U. S. military's F-16 fighter jet's aircraft cannon only had four or five hundred rounds of ammunition when fully loaded.

He had been waiting for this moment since just now; now that he saw the U. S. fighter jets' aircraft cannon ammunition was exhausted and they were trying to open up the distance again to use air-to-air missiles against him, how could Sun Cheng let them have their way.

The Decepticon body was far superior to the materials used in the F-16; even if his top speed was not as good as the F-16, he could rely on the strength of his body to maintain a supersonic cruise state for a long time.

This resulted in the F-16s, once approached by him, being unable to shake him off in a short time, except for the two new fighter jets that could perform short-term supersonic cruise.

And this period of time was enough for Sun Cheng to complete a counter-kill.

"Da-da-da..."

Once again in drone form, he emitted a set of infrared interference rays to stop the Sidewinder Missiles launched by the jets that had forced him to approach, then Sun Cheng accelerated to close in on two fighter jets, cruelly revealed the Vulcan Cannon under his belly, and directly strafed the two F-16s in mid-air until they exploded.

Not long after, he quickly approached another nearby F-16 and again used the Rapid-fire Machine Gun at the nose to directly kill the pilot.

Seeing that they could not pose a threat to him, they were now being hunted by him instead.

The few remaining F-16 fighter jets soon seemed to reach a consensus, hurriedly firing all their Combat Missiles at him, forcing Sun Cheng to stop and deal with them.

After the interference caused them to detonate, Sun Cheng looked again, and there were only a few mosquito-like dots left in the far distance of the sky.

PS:

Thanks to the two readers "Chaotic*evil" and "5x Jun" for their tips.