Chapter 869: The "Scalpel" That Appeared in Advance (Part I)
With Chen Geng's secret agreement with Gorbachev on behalf of the U.S. government, some of the history of the United States and the Soviet Union was changed......
On June 13, 1987, at the station of the 333rd Wing of the Norwegian Air Force, the joint commander of the base, Lieutenant Colonel Maxson of the United States Air Force, said in a deep voice to Lieutenant Jan Servesson who was standing in front of him: "Lieutenant Servisson, we have just received news that a Soviet fleet has appeared in the open sea area of the Barents Sea, and the base has decided to send you and your crew to find out the purpose and composition of this fleet, is there any problem?"
Jan Servesson crossed his feet slightly, and asked Lieutenant Colonel Maxson, "Lieutenant Colonel, this is a routine routine reconnaissance mission, right?"
"Yes," Lieutenant Colonel Maxson nodded affirmatively: "This is a routine routine reconnaissance, all you have to do is to confirm the composition of this Soviet fleet, take pictures of the fleet's warships to confirm, and conduct echo detection of the fleet, is there a problem?"
"No problem. β
Jan Selwison breathed a sigh of relief: It was just a routine routine reconnaissance mission, and in the past few years, neither NATO nor the Warsaw Pact has conducted many similar reconnaissance missions, and it can be said that this kind of reconnaissance mission is the easiest and safest reconnaissance mission in the past 30 years or so.
"That's good," Lieutenant Colonel Maxson told again, "remember, be sure to take pictures of the Soviet warships and planes you encounter." β
Although he was a little curious about why Lieutenant Colonel Maxson specifically told himself this sentence, Jan Selveson didn't think much about it: since the joint commander of the base asked him to take a photo to confirm, then take a photo to confirm.
After receiving the mission, after the ground crew checked the condition of the aircraft and refueled it to confirm that the aircraft was in good condition, Lieutenant Jan Serveson and his nine crew members flew their beloved aircraft: the 602 P-3B large electronic reconnaissance aircraft and slowly left the ground.
Because it was a routine reconnaissance mission, everyone was very relaxed, laughing along the way, and some people said two colored jokes from time to time.
Almost when the No. 602 P-3B reconnaissance plane had just flown to an altitude of 2,000 meters and was continuing to climb, the alert radar station in the northwestern part of the Soviet Union discovered the plane, and it was quickly determined by the flight route that the plane was an "old friend" who took off from the Norwegian 333 Wing station, and the approximate flight destination should be the Soviet fleet that was sailing in the Barents Sea.
Everyone is a very familiar "old friend", the Soviet fighters at the alert radar station were not nervous at all, and in accordance with the standard procedure, they sent a call to the 10th Wing of the 941st Air Defense Army of the USSR: "Comrades, the big stupid goose of the 333rd Wing is here again, who do you arrange to go over and see? Well, according to the habit of damn NATO, they will definitely sneakily throw sonar buoys." β
"Roger," the radar liaison officer of the 10th Wing of the 941st Air Defense Army was also lazy and didn't take it seriously, but I don't know how many times this happened: "I think it's a good idea to let Simbal go, I guess Simbal will not only not give the Norwegians a chance to throw sonar buoys, but maybe also spill kerosene on the heads of the Norwegians." β
"Hahahaha......"
There was a burst of laughter from the radar station.
On the front line of the confrontation between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, Vasily Simbal, the 2nd Squadron of the 941st Wing of the 10th Air Defense Army of the Soviet Union, can be described as "bad" For example, in the winter of the previous year, in order to expel a Norwegian spy ship that had arrived close to the territorial waters of the Soviet Union for reconnaissance, Simbar and his comrades played a big game: while they flew at an ultra-low altitude to warn the other party, they also opened the emergency fuel drain valve of the aircraft, and directly spilled a considerable part of the fuel on the Norwegian spy ship, so that all the Norwegian crew members who were exposed on the deck took an "aviation kerosene shower" , You know, the weather was dozens of degrees below zero at that time, such a low temperature, and the aviation kerosene that was drenched all over the body, it made people's scalp tingle when they thought about it......
After this incident, the Norwegian side and NATO lodged a serious protest to the Soviet Union, saying that the actions of the Soviet pilots were "very dangerous and substandard", but within the 10th Soviet Air Defense Army, especially the 941st Wing, Comrade Vasily Simbal was seen as a hero: in the face of those damned capitalist lackeys, do it!
Even the commander of the wing admired Vasily Simbal's approach very much, so much so that at the beginning of last year, when the 941st Wing had just been equipped with the latest Su-27 fighter jets, Vasily Simbal was the first pilot to be qualified for the redress, and we must admit that this is not only a great honor, but also an affirmation of Vasily Simbal's superb flying skills.
Soon, however, the comrades at the radar station were not calm, and they exploded like cockfights: "941 Wing! 941 Wing! Urgent take-off! Urgent take-off! Our old friend has crossed the international waters and entered our territorial sea line! Repeat! The planes of the 333 Norwegian Wing have crossed the international waters and entered our territorial waters!"
The atmosphere inside the intercom suddenly became solemn.
If the planes of the 333rd Wing had not crossed the sea, it would have been a routine flight and expulsion mission of "hello, hello, hello, everyone", but damn the Norwegians actually crossed the international waters and entered the territorial waters of the USSR, did they want to taste the iron fist of Soviet justice?
At the same time, the radar station also began to shout to the 602 P-3B reconnaissance aircraft: "Warning the Norwegian reconnaissance aircraft, warn the Norwegian reconnaissance aircraft, you have entered the territorial waters of the USSR, and the Soviet Red Army demands that you withdraw immediately, otherwise all the consequences arising from this will be borne by you!"
Repeat, warn the Norwegian reconnaissance planes, warn the Norwegian reconnaissance planes, you have entered the territorial waters of the USSR, and the Soviet Red Army demands that you withdraw immediately, otherwise all the consequences arising from this will be borne by you!"
Comrade Simbar drove the Su-27 heavy fighter numbered 36 from the base of the 941st Wing of the 10th Air Defense Army, and under the guidance of the ground radar station, he went straight to the plane that did not know the specific model, the specific number, and only knew that it took off from the Norwegian 333 Wing.
At 10:36 a.m., the Norwegian P-602B reconnaissance plane met the Soviet fighter jets that had come to connect.
Looking at the heavy fighter plane that he had never seen before in the distance, Lieutenant Jan Selveson kept rubbing his eyes: What kind of plane is this? How come I have never seen one?
The Soviet heavy fighter, which Lieutenant Jan Servesson had never seen before, flew very fast, and almost in the blink of an eye, it sped from the direction of the Soviet open sea, from a small dot to a heavy fighter that could be distinguished by the naked eye.
"Oh God," Lieutenant Jan Selveson couldn't help but exclaim, "What kind of plane is this?
Yes, Lieutenant Jan Selveson and his crew members of No. 602 had never seen such a heavy fighter in the Soviet Union before, this is the latest Soviet fighter jet, and at the same time, this is the first time that the West has observed this kind of aircraft at such a close distance, looking out of the window, this fighter is like a proud golden eagle with wings spread, the huge air-to-air missiles mounted under its wings are close at hand, the sharp leading edge of the wings is like the Li Zhao of the golden eagle, emitting a cold light in the sun, and the large speed brake opened on the back of the aircraft is like the neck feathers between the neck of the golden eagle, fiercely and angrily charging at its preyγ
Compared with this Soviet heavy fighter, the P-130B reconnaissance aircraft, which is almost the same as the C-130 "Air Hercules" medium tactical transport aircraft, is almost like an ugly, clumsy duck compared to this Soviet heavy fighter.
What frightened Lieutenant Jan Selveson the most was that because this never-before-seen Soviet heavy fighter was getting closer and closer to him, the distance between the two planes was only 2 meters, almost wingtips touching wingtips, so that from the window, he could even see the cold gaze of the Soviet pilot in the cockpit of this single-seat heavy fighter, which was really like a golden eagle staring at its prey.
Lieutenant Jan Selveson reacted quickly enough, and in the face of the pressure and backlog of this new Soviet heavy fighter marked with the eye-catching red 36 on the tail, Lieutenant Jan Selveson hurriedly adjusted the course of the P-3B reconnaissance plane under his buttocks, and in this way showed the other party that he was leaving and had no intention of violating the Soviet airspace, and at the same time loudly ordered his crew: "Take a picture! Quickly take a special photo of Lao Tzu! This is the first time we have seen this Soviet fighter!"
PS: Sorry brothers, please wait a few minutes.
What frightened Lieutenant Jan Selveson the most was that because this never-before-seen Soviet heavy fighter was getting closer and closer to him, the distance between the two planes was only 2 meters, almost wingtips touching wingtips, so that from the window, he could even see the cold gaze of the Soviet pilot in the cockpit of this single-seat heavy fighter, which was really like a golden eagle staring at its prey.
Lieutenant Jan Selveson reacted quickly enough, and in the face of the pressure and backlog of this new Soviet heavy fighter marked with the eye-catching red 36 on the tail, Lieutenant Jan Selveson hurriedly adjusted the course of the P-3B reconnaissance plane under his buttocks, and in this way showed the other party that he was leaving and had no intention of violating the Soviet airspace, and at the same time loudly ordered his crew: "Take a picture! Quickly take a special photo of Lao Tzu! This is the first time we have seen this Soviet fighter!"