Chapter 147: MiG-31
"We defeated the Americans! What a victory to celebrate! ”
Vladivostok, the General Headquarters of the Air Defense Forces of the Far Eastern Military District, the Commander of the Air Defense Forces of the Far Eastern Military District, Lieutenant General Konstantin Bourman, with an excited face, said: "Andrey, this time you have made a great contribution!" ”
Everyone knows that this retaliation plan against the Americans was planned by Andrei, including the activation of the Haiyan base on Iturupu Island, including a simulated attack on the US Navy's aircraft carrier formation with the Tu-22, all of which were Andrei's ideas, and these even generated fierce debates, and in the end, Andrei persuaded everyone with various reasons to let this plan be adopted. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Now, this plan has been a complete success, shooting down and damaging more than a dozen American F-15 fighters, and also killing the American AWACS aircraft, leaving the Americans powerless to fight back!
After the end of this air battle, the Americans did not let go of their farts and honestly stopped their invasion of the airspace of Sakhalin, and after the situation temporarily eased, Andrei and the commander of the 24th Division, Major General Manitsky Desagoev, and others came to Vladivostok to discuss their next move.
"It's a credit to everyone." "AWACS and electronic jammers from Western Europe have provided great support to our operations," Andrei said. ”
Andrei does not take credit, in this battle, everyone will make meritorious service and be rewarded by his superiors, and Andrei's honor will never run away, after all, this operation was planned by him, and Defense Minister Ustinov trusted Andrei so that he could assist the 24th Division, and the main force to fight F-15 is also the MiG-25 fighters of the 513th Regiment.
However, Andre said this, and everyone was satisfied. Among the people present, Andrei's military rank was the lowest, however, no one would look down on Andrei, because Andrei was only twenty-four years old now, and he was already a colonel! Only during the Second World War. There will be such a young colonel!
Moreover, with the command of this air battle and the merits of front-line operations, the generals on their shoulders may soon be able to carry it. Even if it doesn't work now, the war that is about to take place will give Andrei enough chances!
"Andrey, can the fighters of our air defense forces completely seize air supremacy over Hokkaido?" Just as everyone's minds were thinking, Lieutenant General Bourman suddenly asked.
Seize air supremacy over Hokkaido? A question popped up in Andrei's head. Could it be that Moscow is really going to decide to go to war in the Far East? Also, it is the Americans who are taking the initiative to provoke the war now, and as a tough red empire, they must also take advantage of it!
"If we seize air supremacy over Hokkaido, we will fight with the US military stationed in the entire island country." Andrei said: "Now, the main force of the US Air Force is still F-4 fighters. The body is bulky and lacks performance. Our MiG-23 can engage in air combat with such fighters without falling into disadvantage. However, the United States will definitely bring in new F-15s, and there are also Tomcat fighters of the US Navy, and the biggest threat to our MiG-25 fighters is the Tomcat fighters. The Immortal Bird missile launched by this fighter is capable of knocking us down from an altitude of 30,000 meters. And the end section is still active radar guidance, if we are not careful, we will be targeted by such fighters, we will have losses, now. Our MiG-25 is relatively small in number and does not stand up to consumption. ”
Tomcat fighters, although they have not yet gotten rid of the trouble of the engine, but the combination of AWG-9 and immortal birds has always been the most headache for Andrey, and in the next air battle, the Americans will definitely get early warning aircraft, jammers and the like together, and the advantage of electromagnetic power is still on the side of the United States.
Although the MiG-25 looks advanced, it is better not to get caught up in a fight with the Americans' third-generation aircraft, and to give full play to the advantages of high altitude and high speed. The only threat in the sky is the immortal bird!
"The higher authorities will transfer a MiG-25 flight regiment from Europe to supplement our shortcomings in this regard, but we really have to be prepared for the American Tomcat fighters, Andrey, do you have any good solutions?" Lieutenant General Bourman asked.
"To deal with Tomcats, we'd better have the same long-range missiles." "If our MiG-25 is capable of launching missiles with a range of more than 100 kilometers, it will be able to intercept the American Tomcat fighters at a long distance and prevent their sneak attacks," Andrey said. ”
An air-to-air missile with a range of more than a hundred kilometers!
Andrei knew that in the Soviet arsenal, this missile was under development, codenamed R-33, which was very similar to the American Immortal Bird missile in appearance, and also received the nickname of Immortal Birdsky, with a maximum range of 120 kilometers, and was specially used in conjunction with the MiG-31.
Now, the MiG-31 should be under development, according to the memory of later generations, this more powerful interceptor, should have entered the air defense force in service in 81, although it was developed on the basis of the MiG-25, but it is more expensive, the composition of titanium alloy in the fuselage has increased, and the nose has been replaced with a phased array radar, this huge fighter, which has been in service with the Russian Air Force in later generations.
Now, the Americans' AIM-7F Sparrow missile, the performance is already more advanced than their own, once the F-4 fighter is also equipped with a large number of this medium-range air defense missile, it will bring a greater threat to fighters such as the MiG-23, and the invulnerable MiG-25 will also lose its advantage in front of the immortal bird.
This time, the Tu-22 bomber formation was relied on to scare the Tomcat fleet, but next time, once it really starts fighting over Hokkaido, it is really a war, and the Tomcat fighters will definitely dare to fire at their own bomber formation.
"Well, that's a serious problem." Lieutenant General Bourman said: "The Mikoyan Design Bureau suggested to us that we could send two prototypes that they were working on to combat test. I think we can consider asking them to help us, and I heard that they have already launched missiles with a range of more than 100 kilometers, and they have been successful in target shooting. ”
A new aircraft from the Mikoyan Design Bureau? Andrei suddenly felt his eyelids jumping vigorously, obediently, it can't really be a MiG-31, right? If there are two of them, they will be able to bluff the American Tomcat fighters from approaching! (To be continued.) )