Chapter 198: Weakness
If you want to compete with the US Navy's aircraft carrier formation, you need to have the same aircraft carrier formation! This castrated version of the aircraft carrier is definitely not good! And what about anti-ship missiles with a range of several hundred kilometers? Without helicopter guidance, these missiles are in vain!
And the helicopter, which is undoubtedly quite vulnerable, is now a living example, the Ka-25B helicopter on the aircraft carrier Kyiv, which fell into the plot of the Americans, made a forced landing at sea!
The distance of 200 kilometers has made the Yak-36M carried by the Kiev-class powerless, and only conventional fixed-wing fighters can play a role in this kind of competition, especially the most powerful MiG-25 in the Soviet Union!
Looking at the helicopter that crash-landed on the sea, Major Edward didn't have much mercy, the Pacific Ocean, it was originally American! If the Soviets want to break out of the Pacific Ocean, don't fantasize, without powerful carrier-based aviation, the Soviets will always be able to operate only within the protection of shore-based aviation! The Soviets, like now, are simply too mentally retarded to break away from the operational scope of shore-based aviation and run out of the ocean to challenge the sea power of the United States!
In the previous Hokkaido War, the United States was firmly overshadowed by the Soviet Union, but it was only a land war, which was the strength of the Soviets, and now, at sea, it is still the sphere of influence of the United States!
"Edward, UFOs have been discovered. www.biquge.info"At this moment, the radar operator in the aft compartment reported: "Prepare to switch to PSTT mode." ”
Just now, Edward flew around the other party on the surface of the sea, and the radar operator in the rear cabin only routinely scanned the surrounding sea, and after discovering that there was a radar echo, he began to prepare for the search. See if you can scan those targets, of course. It is also possible that the radar miscalculated.
"The distance is a hundred, the height is three hundred. The speed is eight hundred, and the number of targets is two. The radar operator in the rear compartment looked at the display on the screen and held his breath: "Damn, these are definitely not blacksmiths!" ”
The shore-based aviation of the Soviets, it is absolutely impossible to come here! Now it has only flown to the target of 800 at an ultra-low altitude, what is it? Could it have been taken off from an aircraft carrier of the Soviets?
"They're climbing!"
"Quick, get ready to launch the immortal bird!" Major Edward was suddenly in a hurry, he seemed to think of something, these flying guys. It can't really be the MiG-25, right?
Before taking off, the commander of the flight wing introduced that on the Soviets' aircraft carrier recently, the Soviets' aircraft carrier Kiev was accidentally discovered, and MiG-25 fighters were operating, and the front end of the oblique deck of the aircraft carrier also appeared in a more nondescript configuration such as the leaping deck.
Major Edward just laughed at this. He absolutely does not believe that such a heavy fighter will be able to take off and land on an aircraft carrier, it is simply impossible!
But now, these two flying guys made Major Edward a little nervous.
Previously in air battles in Hokkaido. It has been discovered that the Soviets have an improved MiG-25 fighter that can launch missiles with a range of more than 100 kilometers, and they can no longer have an advantage in long-range interceptions.
Instead of being locked by the other party. It's better to strike first!
Just as Major Edward's words fell, the alarm sound of Didi was already heard in the headphones.
"Not good. We're locked in! "Listening to the sound of this terrible radar warning receiver is like ringing the death knell. Suddenly, Major Edward's courage was gone.
"The old harrier calls the enterprise number, and the old harrier calls the enterprise number." Major Edward pushed the nose of the plane and drilled in the direction of low altitude, in the years of confrontation, the Soviets' electronic technology has always been weak, and only by drilling into the low altitude can they get rid of the Soviets' attack.
Fight with the Soviets? Then it just fell into the trickery of the Soviets, who would fly upwards all the time, guiding the Tomcat high in the air, at an altitude of 20,000 meters, which is the MiG-25's own stage, the kind of shameless tactics, rushing down to launch missiles, and then flying up again, making the Americans angry, but helpless.
Therefore, not to entangle with the Soviets, to avoid from ultra-low altitudes is the right way!
At the same time, with the call, the Enterprise and Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier battle groups also received the news of the discovery of the fixed-wing aircraft of the Soviets, and an E-2 early warning aircraft in the eastern airspace of the sea formation was the first to capture the two targets, and the other party flew from an ultra-low altitude over the sea, locked on their own fighters with radar, and forced their fighters to leave, and then, the other party did not let go, and climbed high and faster!
Damn Soviets, it's going to slap the US Navy in the face again!
Although the Kitty Hawk and the Enterprise both urgently ejected two Tomcat fighters, when the Tomcat was spraying tail flames and quickly took off to intercept them, the Soviets' planes had already flown at an altitude of more than 20,000, and the radars of all warships had captured those two targets.
There is no doubt that it was the MiG-25 of the Soviets!
The E-2 early warning aircraft turned off the radar and secretly touched the low altitude, although now the two sides have not officially declared war, after all, their own side first forced to land the other side's helicopter, Mao Xiong has always been unreasonable, in case he sees his own early warning plane, viciously pounced, he can't dodge.
This moment, once again, is a moment of shame for the US Navy! On the radar screen, those two planes flew directly above their own aircraft carrier with a swagger! It went around in a circle, flew away to the north, and finally disappeared on the radar screen.
"Retreat two hundred nautical miles to avoid a conflict with the Soviet Navy." Standing on the bridge, Colonel Steve said through gritted teeth.
Two aircraft carrier formations, an aircraft carrier formation of hundreds of fighters, were actually scared away by just two MiG-25 fighters! Steve felt extremely humiliated and helpless, and they were also powerless.
What else can I do? Really rush up to the battle? It has to be able to fight! In the face of the planes of the Soviets, which had an advantage in flight altitude and speed, the United States could not come up with decent weapons!
"We must improve our missiles, ship-to-air missiles and air-to-air missiles that can hit an altitude of 30,000 meters!" Major Ted also said through gritted teeth.
What else can I do? Let the rear develop a high-altitude and high-speed fighter comparable to the MiG-25? The so-called fighter mafia will come out and make a fuss, the Navy has limited funds, and it is already very good to make a Tomcat. Moreover, those domestic aircraft manufacturing companies really do not have this kind of strength!
Therefore, improving the existing missiles is the fastest and most effective way.
"Yes, hopefully our standard missiles will be put into service as soon as possible!" Major Steve said: "The MiG-25 of the Soviets can't be allowed to run rampant, and also, what exactly did the Soviets do?" Will it be possible for the MiG-25 to take off from the aircraft carrier with just that jumping deck? It's simply unthinkable! ”
Now, although it is very humiliating to the Americans, it can be regarded as proof of one thing, the Soviets did secretly deploy MiG-25 fighters on their aircraft carriers, and moreover, they were able to take off and land from aircraft carriers! (To be continued.) )