The headquarters of the Far Eastern Military District is located in the city of Khabarovsk, the capital of the Khabarovsk Territory, hundreds of kilometers from Sokolovka, and even Andrei did not expect that the commander of the military district would come directly to his own field airfield.

What are they here for? It must be for the wreckage of the MiG-25, right? Andrei, of course, knew how serious Belenko's defection was, and now even the General Secretary of the Soviet Union, Leonid Brezhnev, knew about it.

"In front of you are the heroes of our Far Eastern Military District." Lieutenant General Konstantin said, his eyes were large, and he was staring at Andrei with great intensity, obviously proud of the fact that his subordinates had produced such a fierce general.

"Lieutenant Colonel Andrei, you personally shot down Belenko, so that the secrets of our advanced fighter plane were not leaked to the Americans, and on behalf of the entire military district, I will report on your resourcefulness and bravery to the whole army!" Colonel-General Tretyanko said.

Lieutenant Colonel? Andrei was stunned, his military rank is captain, and he was only recently promoted, how did he become a lieutenant colonel now?

"Andrey, in view of your heroic performance, your superiors have unusually promoted you to the rank of lieutenant colonel, and moreover, the position has also been promoted to the captain of the third brigade of the 513 aviation regiment and the deputy commander of the aviation regiment." Kozhidub on the side said.

Deputy Commander? Captain? Andrei almost felt like he was in a dream, he was arrested by the KGB in the middle of the night last night, almost put a treason hat on himself, and took him to Moscow for trial, and now, he was promoted two levels in a row on a rocket and became a lieutenant colonel!

Although Andrei was very capable and shot down American fighters, during the Cold War, Andrei could be said to be the only pilot in the entire aviation force who shot down American fighters, and from this point of view, as long as Moscow is not afraid of getting into trouble, it is time to improve itself. However, Andrei was always a little uneasy.

Andrei faintly felt that such a small person as himself was afraid that he was in a huge whirlpool, and in this current situation, there is only one possibility, the power struggle between the high-level! The KGB wants to do its own thing, and the army wants to protect itself, and it has turned itself into a political struggle.

Thinking of this, Andre felt that his head was big, and his small role, no matter who he was, could knead himself at will!

"Andrey, Andrey." At this moment, kind words came from his ears, and Andrei came back to his senses, looking at Kozhdub looking at him with a smile on his face: "You can tell the commander about the situation of shooting down Belenko at that time." ”

"Yes." Andrei repeated it in detail.

The two commanders came together, obviously not only to bring Andrei the news of his promotion, but also to understand the situation at that time and determine the follow-up handling of this incident, after all, this is related to the strategic actions of the entire military region, if the incident is not handled well, either the secret of the MiG-25 fighter will be leaked, or a war will break out with the United States, and the cold war will become a hot war.

Either way, it was not something that the two commanders of the military region could bear, and the pressure was very high, so they came to the front line to understand the situation at that time.

After listening to Andrei's report, the two frowned: "So that MiG-25 did not explode before it fell into the sea?" ”

"Yes, I wanted to fire a refill missile, but unfortunately the Americans came quickly, and I got caught up in a fight with American fighters." Andrei replied.

"Now, the Americans are definitely trying to salvage that fighter, it's only a hundred nautical miles from Hokkaido, and we're very passive." Lieutenant General Konstantin said: "The MiG-25 is our most advanced interceptor, and the Americans must not be allowed to get our fighters, even if they are wrecked!" ”

"Report, the photo of the reconnaissance plane has been washed out." At this moment, a military officer walked in and said to the two.

After the return of the MiG-25RB, the negatives from the camera were washed, and now, the washed photos are placed in front of the two commanders.

"It seems that the Americans are indeed going to salvage." Looking at the appearance of the salvage ship and the survey ship clearly shown in the photo, Admiral Trecyanko frowned.

"We have also observed movements in the U.S. Navy, and the Navy's Seventh Fleet, which is stationed in Yokosuka Harbor, has dispatched two warships." The staff officer continued, this is what has just been discovered by satellite, which was transmitted to the Far Eastern Military District.

Obviously, the reconnaissance of the two MiG-25s just now made the Americans even more anxious, and in order to prevent the intervention of the Soviet side, they even sent out the fleet.

"Did the aircraft carrier sortie?" Andrei asked suddenly.

Although Andrei's interjection made this staff officer very unhappy, the staff officer looked at Andrei's military rank is only captain, where can he intervene in this kind of place? However, the commanders were there, and the staff officers could only reply: "No, the Seventh Fleet has not sent aircraft carriers for the time being." What they dispatched was supposed to be a Keeling-class destroyer and a frigate of unknown type. ”

For Andrey, the only enemy of the MiG-25 is the aircraft carrier F-14 Tomcat, the US Navy's variable sweep wing fighter, has quite strong maneuverability, due to the use of computer-controlled variable sweep wing, this fighter has excellent performance in all airspace at high and low altitudes, rather than like the MiG-25, only pay attention to high-altitude and high-speed performance. Moreover, this fighter can also carry the Immortal Bird missile, a long-range heavy missile that climbs to 28,000 kilometers after launch, and has the ability to shoot down the MiG-25.

Hearing what the other party said, Andrei remembered that the aircraft carrier of the Seventh Fleet was the USS Midway, and this aircraft carrier did not stay in its home port almost all the year round, and the Vietnam War of the United States in recent years involved too much military strength of the United States, and the Midway Island had been carrying out military strikes against Vietnam until the end of the Vietnam War last year, which was considered to have completed its mission.

This aircraft carrier, which was commissioned only in 45 years, is a typical aircraft carrier of the World War II era. With a rectangular right-angled flight deck similar to the Essex class, with an open bow, it was capable of accommodating more than a hundred aircraft at the time, including the F-6F-5N Hellcat, the F-4U-B Corsair fighter, and the AD-1 Skyraider launched after World War II.

Later, although it was modernized several times, it had a beveled deck and a modern appearance. However, after all, the base is there, and it is difficult to operate, especially the F-70A Tomcat large shipboard fighter that appeared in the late 14s, which cannot be operated on the Midway class; Fortunately, the A-6 attack aircraft and the F/A-18 Hornet fighter-attack aircraft that appeared in the 1980s were still used by ships of this class, otherwise they would have been shelved long ago.

Unless the Americans send a new aircraft carrier, the MiG-25 will not be threatened by Tomcat fighters.

In fact, for the Sea of Japan, which is not very wide, land-based fighters can completely fly into the opponent's airspace, and if aircraft carriers operate in the Sea of Japan, they will be threatened by land-based bombers, so the aircraft carriers deployed by the United States here are not intended to be used to deter the Soviets on the other side.

Since there are only two surface ships, the situation has not deteriorated to the point that it cannot be managed, and there is still hope for our side. Andrei couldn't help but think in his heart.