Chapter 157 MiG-31 AWACS
Fierce battles are raging over Hokkaido, and at this time, the battle is about to begin in the Pacific Ocean in eastern Hokkaido. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
No matter what waterway the Soviets reinforces take, if they want to reach Kushiro in the end, they must go around and take the Pacific Ocean! And it is obviously impossible for the Soviets to bypass from the south, then it can only be from the north!
Therefore, the Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier formation, after receiving the order, cruised in the northern direction, ran to the southern sea area of the island, and directly blocked the gate!
This time, the Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier was 800 kilometers away from the island, which could effectively prevent long-range attacks by the Soviets' long-range bombers, and the Tomcat carrier-based aircraft on the Kitty Hawk aircraft had a combat radius of up to 1,000 kilometers, and they were completely within their own combat radius.
Just after dawn, the Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier catapulted and took off the E-2 early warning plane, cruising 400 kilometers in front of the aircraft carrier.
The White House's opinion is not to engage in a ground war, but the support of the Soviets at sea must be blocked, and if the Soviets continue to transport follow-up personnel and supplies, and more and more Soviet troops land on Hokkaido, it will be difficult to clean up.
Of course, it was not necessary to sink the Soviets' merchant ships, as long as they seized air supremacy over the waters south of Kunashir Island, it would also block the way for the Soviets to go south.
These tasks need to be completed by the US Navy!
In order to avoid the escalation of the situation caused by close firefights, the only option for the US Navy is to use carrier-based aircraft!
At this time, the four Tomcat fighters that received the order were flying towards each other at an ultra-low altitude, preparing to fly within 100 kilometers and then quickly climb. Then launch the Immortal Bird missile.
At the same time, the Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier in the rear continued to catapult Tomcat fighters at a rapid pace, preparing to seize air supremacy with the Soviets.
At a distance of 200 kilometers, the formation of Tomcat fighters had been discovered by two MiG-31 interceptors cruising at high altitude. The interceptor immediately called the MiG-25 fighters patrolling the rear and went to intercept them!
At this time, the MiG-31 played the role of a typical AWACS aircraft!
Phased array radar, the main thing is to control the phase, through the ferrite phase shifter, to control the phase of the radiated electromagnetic waves, can achieve the maximum convergence of beams, to achieve a farther detection, wider range of effects. And the MiG-31 at the time of development. The role of the data link is important, and they can be controlled by the data link to automatically cooperate with each other. Even the "long plane" can directly control the autopilot of the "wingman" through the data link, fly to the target area, automatically intercept the target, and automatically engage in battle. All data exchange does not need to be through voice information, so as to achieve the purpose of anti-interference.
At this time, the MiG-31 had not yet completed all the project test flights. was pulled to the battlefield, and the Mikoyan Design Bureau also very much wanted to test the combat effectiveness of such fighters in real combat. Therefore, these two fighters, piloted by test pilots, appeared in the skies of East Asia.
Test pilots are precious, they can't go to the air battle, their role here is mainly to guide other fighters to fight! MiG-31 at this time. The anti-jamming capabilities far surpass the Tu-126 AWACS! Through frequency-hopping radios, contact was made with the MiG-25 fleet.
The MiG-513 fighters of the third squadron of the 25th regiment, turned on the afterburner, quickly climbed and occupied an altitude advantage. At the same time, it is ready to guide the R-40 air-to-air missiles for medium-range interception.
"002, scan airspace 3, 4, and 6." Continuing to fly smoothly and leading his own MiG-25 fighters into battle, the pilot of a MiG-31 fighter shouted over the radio.
The powerful radar of the MiG-31 can allow this fighter to be used as an early warning aircraft, but, after all, this is a fighter and cannot have an omnidirectional field of vision, and the radar of the MiG-31 can attack the target in a cone of plus or minus 70 degrees, which is even more perverted than the AWG-9 radar, which has long exceeded the rotation angle of the universal joint of the AWG-9!
However, if you want to have an omnidirectional field of vision, you have to use your brains, just like the balance beam early warning aircraft has to fly the S route when it is warned, the MiG-31 also has to constantly turn to be able to grasp the surrounding situation.
No. 001 is directing the MiG-25 to engage, and No. 002 is about to change course and protect the two wings of the sea formation.
Andrei pushed the operating stick, the huge MiG-31 turned, and aimed the nose of the aircraft to the west, where the air battle over Hokkaido was raging, and the thought of this made Andrei's heart itch.
couldn't bear Andrei's application, and in the end the commander of the military region agreed, and let Andrei go back to the 513 regiment, anyway, Andrei did not systematically learn to command army operations, interlaced like a mountain, Andrei made a suggestion OK, specifically, that is the work of the staff officers.
Although he agreed to Andrei to return to the army, he didn't want him to experience the front line, so Andrei was sent to this MiG-31, according to the original plan, this fighter was used as a command plane to guide the MiG-25 fighters of the 513 regiment to fight, because Andrei was originally the commander of the 513 regiment, it was easy to command.
Moreover, in this way, Andrei not only satisfied the desire to take to the air to fight, but at the same time did not have to get into danger, he commanded from the rear.
Although Andrey never flew the MiG-31, the characteristics of this fighter were similar to those of the MiG-25, and Andrey flew a few sorties before he completely mastered it. Of course, this has something to do with the Soviet system of succession, the USSR did not engage in any ergonomics, and the instrument did not change its position much for several generations, and it was very easy to remember. This is also a feature of Soviet aircraft, which can be used in one model, and the instruments of almost all models can be used to give a rough idea of the position.
At the same time, the radar operator in the back seat was Colonel Fedotov, who was originally a test pilot of the Mikoyan Design Bureau, had been testing the MiG-31, and was most familiar with the aircraft, and in the event of an error in Andrei's operation, he could also take over the operation of the aircraft at any time.
After all, not many people in the Mikoyan Design Bureau will fiddle with those huge electronic devices in the rear compartment, so they can't let the engineers fly over, right?
Test pilots are accompanied by death every day, and test flying is a high-risk job, which is also a man's favorite job, but flying a fighter plane and fighting enemy aircraft is also extremely desirable. This time, Fedotov was also excited for several days by sending these two MiG-31s for test flights to the Far East.
"There are no anomalies in airspace three." Fedotov in the aft compartment reported.
Andrei operated the MiG-31, carved a beautiful course in the air, and pointed the nose of the aircraft to the airspace of No. 4 and No. 6 in turn.
"Airspace No. 6, four fighters! One hundred and fifty kilometers away! At this moment, Fedotov in the rear cabin suddenly shouted loudly.
Airspace No. 6, the airspace east of Iturupu Island! The Americans actually want to carry out a sneak attack!
The four enemy planes flying from the front were just decoys! The Americans actually learned to go around in a circle and sneak attack from the east!
At this time, the distance is already only one hundred and fifty kilometers! The other party is rapidly climbing from an ultra-low altitude, and the enviable climbing speed must be the Tomcat fighter of the Americans!
Continue to mobilize MiG-25 fighters from the rear? It's too late! The MiG-25 fighters of the third squadron were guided to intercept the targets flying from the south, and the MiG-25s that continued to rise in the rear, although they were flying at full speed, it would take a few minutes, and during this time, the Americans had already flown over their own merchant formations!
"Prepare to intercept!" Fedotov's tone was filled with a hint of excitement: "Four R-33s, with an interval of one second, four targets intercepted at the same time!" ”
r-33! Immortal Bird in the sequence of Soviet equipment! This missile has almost the same range as the immortal bird, up to 120 kilometers! In terms of appearance, it is also quite similar, with 4 pieces of cut triangle narrow side wing and 4 pieces of rectangular tail wing, weighing 490 kg, under the belly of the MiG-31, four of which are half-buried! (To be continued.) )