Chapter 201: Changing Perceptions
Knowing that the two MiG-25s were successfully docked and replenished with sufficient fuel, Andrei was also relieved, after all, the two MiG-25s were from the 513 Regiment, although Andrei has now been promoted and has become the deputy commander of the Hokkaido region, Andrei still remembers the old troops, if the refueling fails and he is forced to parachute, Andrei will feel guilty, the whole plan was proposed by him, and the loss was also caused by him. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"We have a certain number of carrier-based aircraft, in addition to regular carrier-based aircraft." Andrei continued to talk about his own train of thought, taking advantage of the fact that Marshal Gorshkov was now in a happy mood and could listen to his own opinions, and Andrei wanted to correct the wrong train of thought of these people.
"Aircraft carriers, the embodiment of combat power is carrier-based aircraft, and every part of the space on the aircraft carrier must be prepared for carrier-based aircraft." Andrei said: "For example, our current aircraft carrier Kyiv, if all the space is used to accommodate carrier-based aircraft, can fit 40 to 50 MiG-23s, we at least have the courage to fight the Americans, if it is like now, at most 20 MiG-23s, we will be powerless." Out of the combat radius of land-based fighters, we still do not have enough confidence. ”
Gorshkov is a supporter of aircraft carriers, but he is also a champion of missiles, and he wants them to have a strong attack on ships, and those huge SS-N-12s must be equipped on carriers.
And now, this contact with the American aircraft carrier group at sea made him realize what the Red Navy needed.
Carrier-based aircraft, the more the better, and the higher the performance, the better! Only air supremacy was mastered. Only then was the Soviet Navy able to go out into the ocean and really compete with the Americans at sea!
In the Hereafter. All the way to the collapse of the USSR, to the Russian era. They realized their mistake at the beginning, but unfortunately, at this time, there was only one Kuznetsov in hand that could be tossed, and after more than 20 years of half-dead survival, when the Russians had begun to ease their breath, they planned to do something to the Kuznetsov, improve the internal space, and equip more carrier-based aircraft.
And by this time, the Huaxia had already empty the hull of the second ship Varyag. It has been improved to its own aircraft carrier Liaoning, and the space for anti-ship missiles in front is also used to equip carrier-based aircraft.
Don't take the original detour, directly when building an aircraft carrier, throw away those miscellaneous things, and specially install carrier-based aircraft!
"But in this way, our aircraft carriers cannot be dispatched alone, and a large number of escort formations must be able to act each time." Hearing Andrei's words, Captain Bekovsky on the side said. This time, the Kiev dared to come over. If it is changed to the United States, it will have to have escort warships.
"We have escort warships, but there are very few warships that can take off and land fighters. Isn't it more efficient to fill our warships that can take off and land planes and leave the escort to other warships? Andrei said: "From the point of view of national strength. We can't have as many aircraft carriers as the United States for the time being, if the combat effectiveness of a single aircraft carrier. Even less than half of the American aircraft carriers, how can we fight the Americans in the Pacific? How can we get to Hawaii? Hit the continental United States? We must have powerful fleet aviation! Aircraft carriers are here to load planes! Without carrier-based aircraft seizing air supremacy, our guidance helicopters simply cannot take off and provide guidance for our huge anti-ship missile group. ”
Andrei's words made Gorshkov's eyes light up, and, apparently, these words moved him.
The Soviet Navy must be able to fight a naval battle with the Americans in the depths of the ocean! The USSR had to have a strong carrier-based aviation! Without these forces, the powerful anti-ship missiles will not be able to give full play to their superiority at all.
When the Soviet Union possessed long-range anti-ship missiles, it was also developing supporting systems for the anti-aircraft carrier and anti-ship missile attack system, in addition to the helicopters equipped with aircraft carriers to guide, the main thing was to use the air signal-intelligence (SIGINT) system composed of Tu-16 and Tu-95.
At most, the Soviet Union could deploy these planes to overseas bases to conduct aerial reconnaissance at sea far from the Soviet mainland, and if necessary, use them to guide its own anti-ship missiles. If you go deep into the ocean and fight the US Navy on the ocean, you won't need it.
In order to meet the needs of the SS-N-12/19 system, especially the cruise missile nuclear submarine to fight independently in the ocean, the Soviet Union is also developing a space-based search and positioning system, the platform is composed of search satellites with nuclear batteries, and is not limited by ship-based search and guidance helicopters, but this system will not be deployed in place until 79 years at the earliest, and the system is expensive.
"Yes, it looks like we're going to have to change our mindset." Gorshkov said: "For the sake of our ocean-going strategy, we need more carrier-based fixed-wing fighters, and it is a wise decision to leave the rest of the tasks to the escort warships, so that our aircraft carriers can carry more fighters, and I will propose it to my superiors." ”
Andrei breathed a sigh of relief, with his own intervention, history is constantly changing, and Andrei really hopes that the Soviet aircraft carrier can change the status quo as soon as possible and become an aircraft carrier in the true sense! And the development after that, it is not something that Andrei can intervene in.
"Actually, we can test it now, if our beveled deck leaping device can allow the MiG-23 to take off, it should not be very difficult to convert the second and third ships into MiG-23-based aircraft carriers." At this moment, Lieutenant Colonel Matkovsky, director of carrier-based aircraft of the Air Force, said.
The Yak-36M is too chicken, as the commander of the first carrier-based aircraft unit to operate the Yak-36M, Matkovsky has never liked this kind of aircraft, the ideal is beautiful, the reality is cruel, this kind of aircraft is not suitable for military equipment at all!
If the bow of the ship does not move, it will install a jumping runway on the beveled deck, and if it can take off the MiG-23, it will definitely be ten times more powerful than the existing Yak-36!
The Kiev is no longer good, if you want to refit you have to overhaul it, and the follow-up warship on the slipway should not be difficult to refit.
Andrei is also eye-catching, if he really does this, it can indeed more than double the combat effectiveness of the follow-up aircraft carrier! It's more nondescript, but it's definitely more practical than it is now!
"Andrei, do you think it's okay?" Gorshkov asked Andrei. (To be continued.) )