In early spring, it is warm and cold. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info sailed on the new United Kingdom Navy aircraft carrier "St. Patrick" in the eastern Mediterranean, and the ground crew wore thick, overboard-protected vests and nylon hats of different colors, and they were seen shuttling and busily on the flight deck.

In the early morning, the Mediterranean sea is as calm as usual, and a few white clouds float in the blue sky, indicating that the next day will be good. Guarded by a group of light cruisers, destroyers, and submarine hunters, the "St. Patrick" turned course, bowed into the wind, and accelerated forward. Eight IR-39s were neatly parked in the take-off area near the stern, and the propellers of these white fighters spun rapidly to the melodious roar, and in their cockpits, solemn-looking Jewish pilots waited for the take-off order.

On the bridge observation deck, Ezel-Weizmann stared at the eagles with a serious face. Having served in the Luftwaffe for several years and flown many types of land-based fighters, Ezeer's flying skills and military literacy were far better than those of the Jewish youths who had only been trained for a few months at the Tipperary Flying School. If he had piloted the plane, the chances of the group of fighters reaching Tel Aviv's northern airfield should have been much higher, but Hamyi-Weizman's instructions made him give up this heroic idea. He has more important things to do than to be a flight leader, and he may play a hundred, if not a thousand, of the role of the Jews in the thousand-year-old restoration of the country......

Finally, the small flag in the signalman's hand waved down, and the first IR-39 in the line slowly left the "starting line". The Frings V-1200 liquid-cooled engine it is equipped with is an early model developed and manufactured by the Royal Frings Engine Factory, although its performance is not as good as the later V-1600 and V-1750, but it is a perfect match with the lower version of the IR-39 - this fighter is very eye-catching in air combat, especially in medium and low airspace, and it is an existence that can compete with the Fokker G-51 and even the ME-50 in the early days of World War II!

Seeing the first IR-39 take off seven or eight meters from the end of the flight deck, Ezel's nervousness suddenly relaxed a lot. You must know that the design of land-based fighters and carrier-based aircraft has its own emphasis, and the IR-39, as a lightweight interceptor, still has a take-off distance of forty or fifty meters longer than that of ordinary carrier-based aircraft. In order to ensure a smooth take-off for the Jewish pilots, all IR-39s were filled with only half a tank of fuel and half of the ammunition. Even so, the naval officers of the new United Kingdom were not at ease, and they demanded that the Jews divide all the planes into three groups, one at a time, in order to maximize their take-off distance on the carrier.

Given that these planes were not equipped to land on an aircraft carrier, and that the Jewish pilots were not trained in this area, once they had taken off, they could not return to the aircraft carrier, no matter how bad the conditions might be.

While the "St. Patrick's" formation focused on flying fighter planes, the maritime formation with the "Fenian" as the core assumed the task of guarding the sea and air more than 10 kilometers behind. The new United Kingdom's newest lead aircraft carrier carries a full 64 IR-44Ts, and with full preparation, the Irish will be able to take off all their carrier-based fighters in half an hour. Looking at the world, only the newest aircraft carrier of the Germans can be compared in this regard.

In the radar room of the "Fenia", the officers on duty and the radar operator are closely watching everything that changes in the radar detection range. Through the radar echoes mapped on the screen, they can clearly see the aircraft taking off from the "St. Patrick" circling in the air waiting for friendly planes. It was only after the first to take off that they circled the mothership four times before all eight planes had taken off, and they formed themselves into an extremely irregular formation and flew unhurriedly in the direction of the Palestinian coast.

Seeing this, the officer on duty took off the microphone from the hanging phone on the bulkhead: "Pick up the bridge...... Hello, sir, this is the radar room, and the geese have already set off...... Yes, keep on the lookout! ”

Putting down the microphone, the officer on duty with sleek eyebrows walked back behind the radar operator, his eyes fixed on the round screen glowing green. At this moment, in the airspace around the task force, in addition to the eight Jewish-piloted warplanes, there were two other flying formations and one aircraft flying alone. After a while, one of the four-plane formations changed its original flight trajectory and followed the Jewish group towards the Palestinian coast.

The line of sight was raised from the sea surface to the airspace of 3,000 meters, and I saw four IR-44T carrier-based aircraft with standard blue and gray paint flying from west to east in a standard battle formation. They are the proud work of the Irish aviation industry, the flight performance is close to the limit of the piston fighter, and the cost is only 50%-60% of the jet carrier-based fighter, the mechanical reliability and maintenance cost are better than the jet aircraft that has just entered the historical stage, so it has been favored by many countries, so far more than 2,300 have been produced, in addition to equipping their own armies, but also widely used in the navy and air force of the United States, Spain, Sweden, France and other countries.

In the encrypted communication channel, the leader assigned a task to the wingman pilots: "Attention of the Gray Falcon team, the hive has sent an order asking us to protect those rookies to their temporary airfield, and wait for them to land safely before returning home." As you all know, the Jewish armed forces are currently engaged with the government forces of the Arab Kingdom, and we may encounter warplanes from both sides in the middle of the flight. In the case that we have not yet entered the war, everyone is smart and adaptable! ”

"Grey Falcon 2 understands!"

"Grey Falcon 3 understands!"

"Falcon 4 understands!"

The wingman pilots replied one by one.

Immediately afterwards, the leader continued to voice on the communication channel: "The Gray Falcon team calls Sentinel No. 1!" The Grey Falcon team calls Sentinel 1! ”

In a moment, another voice came from the communication channel: "Gray Falcon Squad, Gray Falcon Squad, this is Sentinel 1, and we are above you." Now in addition to our own people and those rookies, no other aircraft have been found in the warning range, everything is under control. Communication complete! ”

The encrypted radio signal that carries this audio comes from an altitude of more than 6,000 meters, and the signal source is a single-winged, twin-engine, large elliptical plane on its back, which soars like a vulture, quietly, and smoothly, while looking at everything within a radius of 220 kilometers with invisible pulse radio waves. This is the successor to the IA-40, which shined in the naval battle between the United States and Japan and the Philippines, the IA-48 carrier-based early warning aircraft nicknamed "Shenmu". It is equipped with the AN-75 radar jointly developed by the new United Kingdom and the United States, which not only has a great improvement in effective detection range compared with the previous airborne radar, but also greatly enhances the ability to filter out clutter, of course, its cost and maintenance cost have also increased a lot compared with the IA-40. Even the unipolar hegemon of this era, Germany, has only 80 carrier-based early warning aircraft of the same utility, and if it is not for high-intensity combat missions, a main aircraft carrier usually carries only 2 on board.

Confirming that the communication with the radar early warning aircraft was normal, the leader of the captain responded: "Understood! Keep in touch! Communication complete! ”

"Understood! Communication complete! ”

The Jewish pilots flying to Tel Aviv were not part of the communication channel, and had no way of knowing to what extent the New United Kingdom's naval carrier-based aircraft would provide them with cover. The yellow-brown coastline appeared at the end of their vision, and their hearts were surging and apprehensive -- no matter how rigorous their training had been before, how many combat exercises they had participated in, and how many live-fire drills they had conducted, they could not make up for their lack of participation in actual combat. A real battle may come at any time, and you may face a strong opponent like a wolf, maybe you will be able to deal with it, you may be shot down in a single shot, or you may be able to land in Tel Aviv smoothly, kiss their long-lost homeland, and accept the embrace of your relatives......

After 5 minutes, the radar AWACS aircraft on duty routinely sent a report to the mothership: "Hive, hive, this is Sentinel No. 1!" The flock of geese has flown over the coastline, and no other aircraft with other identities have been found within the warning range! Repeated, the flock of geese has flown over the coastline, and no aircraft with other identities have been found within the warning range! Communication complete! ”

In the bridge command room of the "Fenian", the combat staff officer responded with a microphone in his hand: "Sentinel No. 1, Sentinel No. 1, this is a beehive, receive a report, please continue to maintain a vigilant posture!" Repeat, receive a report, please continue to be vigilant! Communication complete! ”

But before the combat staff officer could put down the microphone, he heard the AWACS pilot report in a strange tone: "Hive, hive, this is Sentinel No. 1!" We detected the appearance of unidentified aircraft in the direction of 15 degrees north-east due east, at a distance of 150 kilometers, and the number is 4-6! ”

"Sentinel No. 1, this is the hive, confirm the target's movement as soon as possible, and report at any time!" Without hesitation, the combat staff officer commanded.

Suddenly, the pilot of the AWACS aircraft made a confirmatory report: the unidentified aircraft appeared more than 140 kilometers to the northeast, the radar detected the flight altitude of 600 meters, and their position was less than 80 kilometers from Tel Aviv.

"Inform the radar room that the AWACS aircraft detected the aircraft in a direction of 15 degrees due east and north, and let them pay close attention!" The Operational Staff Officer instructed his subordinates to relay the new situation to the ship's commander, Colonel Ian Flynn.

Colonel Ian Flynn, a native of Ireland, touched his chin: "Is there only 4-6?" Let's let the Jews play a few tricks against their opponents! Order the Grey Fastrel team to climb to an altitude of 5,000 meters and keep a surveillance distance from the Jewish group, so that we don't have to get involved in their battle with the Arabs as long as the Jews are not a one-sided defeat. ”

The operational staff officer then passed on the order, then turned back to the colonel, and said with a wry smile: "Although this is a battle between Jews and Arabs, nine out of ten of the Arab fighters are retired pilots from European countries, most of them Italian pilots. Let the Jews, who had not even touched the control stick of an airplane a few months ago, pit it against an Italian pilot who has served for at least four or five years, and the odds are probably not good! ”

"If the most elite Italian pilots fly their best fighters, even our pilots have to do their best, but as far as I know, the best Italian pilots are mostly employed by the largest airlines after retirement, and they can get no worse remuneration than the Arabs." Only those who are of average level and are not favored by big airlines will travel thousands of miles to the Middle East to live in tents and blow wind and sand. Moreover, this is a war between Jews and Arabs, and unlike the Foreign Legions, our participation in such a war does not allow us to prove our worth, nor does it allow us to gain real honor, and once we are involved, hundreds of families will inevitably fall into the pain of losing their loved ones. Therefore, we can still avoid it and try not to get involved. ”

(End of chapter)