If markets plunge, you would realize an instant price appreciation in bonds. Bonds react positively to a market crash. The longer your duration, the larger the gain.
A market crash usually is also accompanied by an economic downturn and a drop in inflation which helps in propping bond prices as yields adjust to the possibility of a lower inflation regime. Secondly, bonds being a safe haven asset, a market crash drives capital to safer avenues again propping bonds.
So to answer your question, “yes” if market crashes you can just redeem your bond funds without a loss (infact a gain) and move to equities.
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