Chapter 443: Contact Again
Morenko, with the rank of major, commander of the 105th Regiment of the 345th Airborne Division, was the commander of the first batch to land in Kushiro during the last island operation. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info was still the battalion commander at the time, and now he has become the regiment commander.
At this time, sitting in the rumbling transport plane, looking at the BMD paratrooper car tied to the central slipway, and then looking at the subordinates who were waiting for him next to him, Morenko was very satisfied.
"Comrades, this time our operation, which is related to the overall strategy of our Soviets, can only succeed, not fail, after we have parachuted, we must make a quick assault, occupy Zahedan, and lay a defensive line on the eastern border of Zahedan to prevent the armed forces of the Americans from crossing the border!" Major Morenko's voice, in the roaring transport plane, seemed so clear: "We are a team of heroes, we are paratroopers, let us appear where the Motherland needs us most!" ”
"Yes!" Everyone responded loudly, inside the dark green and earthy yellow spotted camouflage uniforms, there were strong hearts!
Inside the An-50 AWACS aircraft, the operators were highly nervous, looking at the bright spots on the fluorescent screen and carefully interpreting them.
This is a vehicle on the ground, which can be seen very rarely, and there is no excess electromagnetic radiation.
The various air bases of the Iranians along the way, no fighter planes were found to take off, and in the last American air strike, the main ground-based radar systems of the Iranians were destroyed, and because there were no suitable channels to replenish them, the Iranians had almost no more air searches except for the only remaining air defense radars around Tehran.
Perhaps, the Iranians discovered their own large aircraft group, but they had no way, and there were no Iranian surface-to-air missile units on the route they flew over, and the Iranian air force? It would be more appropriate to call it the former Royal Iranian Air Force.
As time passed, the fleet gradually approached the intended landing site, a flat open field at the southern end of the Lute Desert.
Suddenly, one of the operators' eyes widened: "Azimuth 030, distance three hundred, speed six hundred, height five thousand, two targets!" ”
Pakistan direction! Fighter jets flying from Glendi Air Base in western Pakistan!
Compared to Iran's already shattered air defense, Pakistan is quite intact, and there are American troops stationed in Pakistan! The air defense of the United States is always staring at the Iranian sky!
The United States was also extremely surprised when it discovered this huge group of planes, and they immediately took off two F-15 fighters and flew in the direction of this huge group.
Soon, they will enter Iranian airspace and will encounter this group!
With the call of the early warning aircraft, among the fighters escorted by the formation, four MiG-23MLA fighters turned on the afterburner, and the flames in the night sky were so dazzling, and they flew towards the dark eastern airspace under the guidance of the early warning aircraft.
The wings were swept back, the engine thrust was turned to the maximum, and with the sonic boom cloud piercing, the fighter entered the supersonic flight phase.
Intercept! Under the command of the AWACS aircraft, the four MiG-23 formations began another contact with the US Air Force, the last contact was in the Far East, when due to the engine failure of the main US fighter F-15, there was a large-scale grounding, which led to the absence of the US Air Force, and surrendered air supremacy to the Soviet Union. And now, the engine problems of the American F-15 fighters have been solved!
No matter how the MiG-23 is improved, it still belongs to the second generation aircraft, while the American F-15 belongs to the third generation aircraft, and the United States' aviation technology is still advanced.
If it is only a single confrontation, the improved MiG-23 is still not an opponent of the F-15, because the MiG-23 is only a transitional product for the Soviet Air Force! The MiG-29 has begun to be put into production, and the Soviet Air Force will gradually be reequipped, and the Su-27 will soon be finalized, and the MiG-23 can only be a temporary product during the period of equipping the Territorial Defense Force, so the current MiG-23 has not been replaced with an advanced flat-panel slot radar again, which will account for one-third of the cost of the MiG-23, or it is more cost-effective to concentrate more funds on the MiG-29.
Therefore, if the two sides really fight, although there is no powerful immortal bird, only relying on medium-range Sparrow missiles, the F-15 also has a greater chance of winning in head-on interception!
However, the Americans have a disadvantage, because the radar technology of the F-15 has been completely mastered by the Soviets! When the Americans left Hokkaido, the F-15 left to the island nation was acquired by the USSR in its entirety, so the APG-63 radar, in the eyes of the Soviets, was no longer a secret!
Just when the MiG-23 went to intercept head-on, the Il-76 modified electronic warfare plane following the rear of the formation began to adjust the jamming output mode of its own jamming aircraft, and when it successfully captured the opponent's radar beam and determined it to be an F-15 fighter, the specially targeted radar jamming began.
At this time, two F-15s were already approaching the national border.
The long-term captain James, in the air operation against Iran some time ago, killed two Iranian fighters, including an F-4 and an AH-1 helicopter, these two results have always made Captain James complacent.
Today, he and his wingman were on combat readiness duty, and as soon as they received the order, they took to the air.
In the sky over Iran, a large number of targets appeared, more than a hundred! All of them are slow transport planes! It's definitely Soviet! What do they want to do?
This time they crossed the border again, and their task was to track and observe the Soviets! Although in the dark night sky, this operation is very difficult, and they must also complete it!
"Red Coral, Red Coral, pay attention, the target group has four fighters and is approaching you, radar contact is expected in a minute." A voice from behind me came from the headphones.
"Red Coral received." Captain James replied as he turned on his APG-63 radar.
As a single-seat fighter, it is necessary to fly and operate the radar, but fortunately, the on-board radar is already smarter and can reduce the workload of the pilot.
Flipping the switch and selecting the auto-tracking mode, James looked at the dark night sky, and then looked down at the green Honeywell vertical situation display screen, but this look, he was surprised.
Damn, there is no target information on the screen! (To be continued.) )