If the U.S. Navy was still armed with Tomcat fighters and Immortal Bird missiles, it would definitely not be the situation it is today! Lieutenant General Poindexter, who was on the Nimitz aircraft carrier in the rear, angrily slammed his fist on the table.

The battle situation at the front is constantly transmitted to the aircraft carrier battle group behind, and the current situation is not favorable for the American side.

The area where the two sides are engaged is more than 300 kilometers away from the US aircraft carrier group and more than 500 kilometers away from the Pakistani aircraft carrier group.

Bullying US aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft does not have the ability to attack air at a long distance! Vice Admiral Poindexter was so angry that he was about to vomit blood, the US Navy has dominated the world for decades, and it has not encountered the current situation, even if it is against the aircraft carriers of the Soviets, they are confident that they will kill the carrier-based aircraft of the Soviet aircraft carriers in one wave.

"Take off the A-6E attack aircraft and strike from the south!" "Ask for help from PACOM, we need Air Force fighter support!" ”

As he said this, Poindecker felt that he had lost all the face of the navy.

For various reasons, the navy and the air force have always been in a competitive relationship, and unless it is ordered by the Ministry of Defense to have the two branches of the armed forces coordinate operations, under normal circumstances, the two sides will not get along with each other, and this is the first time that the navy has asked the air force for help.

After the F-14 was decommissioned, the main carrier-based aircraft of the aircraft carrier, the F-18 Hornet and the improved Super Hornet, were carried to facilitate logistics maintenance and reduce expenses by reducing the types of fighters. And these A-6E attack aircraft. It is also planned to be decommissioned in a few years, due to limited performance, it is impossible to attack without air supremacy, it was not intended to be sorted, and now, only A-6 attack aircraft can be dispatched. A sneak attack on the aircraft carrier formations of the Pakistanis from the other direction.

After all, Pakistan's aircraft carrier squadron does not have enough fighters to seize air supremacy in two directions, and when its own A-6 attack planes fly over, it just reaches the critical point of fuel consumption of the other side, and the other side is returning home, so it is easy to succeed in a sneak attack.

While the catapult of carrier-based aircraft continued in the rear, the battle in front was also raging.

Faced with the cunning second retreat of the Pakistan Naval Aviation, the U.S. carrier-based aviation had no choice. It is necessary to make a move to clear the way for the bumblebees with anti-ship missiles mounted in the back.

In this way, they continued to fly indomitable, and at the cost of being shot down by ten more planes, the Super Hornet formation finally narrowed the distance with the other side, fifty kilometers, and could launch their own AIM-120 missiles!

In the sky, medium-range air-to-air missiles are flying. Both sides were nervously maneuvering to get rid of it, and some were lucky enough to get rid of the missiles. Some were shot down in the sky.

Pakistan's Tomcat fighters, indomitable, in this round of engagement, only one was shot down and one was damaged. These pilots are the best of the best. Participated in many air battles, and many people have a record of shooting down in their hands.

Pakistan's fighters cannot retreat indefinitely, and if the other side approaches their own aircraft carrier circle of 200 kilometers, they will let the other side launch missiles at any time, so. Pakistani warplanes also bravely rushed forward.

That is, in a round of medium-range air combat, American fighters can occupy a certain advantage, and now, when they reach the visual range, it is almost a one-sided slaughter.

The F-18 was originally born as an attack aircraft, and its number is F/A-18, so it is barely able to deal with a second-generation aircraft, and it is impossible to gain an advantage against a third-generation aircraft, especially against a highly maneuverable aircraft born for combat such as the Tomcat fighter.

The powerful Chogori-2 engine, the afterburner was turned on, and the surging thrust came, and Rick easily shook off a sneaking Super Hornet behind him, and then, the helmet scope covered a Hornet fighter that appeared in the field of vision.

An R-73 missile mounted at the lower end of the air intake, the seeker rotated synchronously, capturing the fighter, and then, the launch signal came, and the missile dragged the flames and flew towards the fighter.

Just after the missile was launched, Rick did not hesitate at all, switched the fire control to the gun, pushed the nose of the aircraft, and pressed the button on the control stick.

"All of them." A string of 20-mm shells flew by, knocking out dozens of holes in the wing of another Hornet fighter in an instant.

Like chopping melons and beans, Rick stirred up a bloody storm in the American fleet. He drove straight in, and while passing through the opponent's group, he shot down two fighters, and then, in front of him, another group appeared.

The Hornet fighters of the attack group in the back, throwing away the heavy Harpoon anti-ship missiles, also bravely pounced.

As a multi-role fighter, the Hornet has two AIM-120 and two AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on board, in addition to two Harpoon anti-ship missiles, and throwing away anti-ship missiles, it is a fighter.

It's a pity that multi-purpose fighters can do everything, but they are not proficient in everything! Although the Harpoon missile was thrown away, it was not an order of magnitude compared to a fighter like the Tomcat, which was specially designed for air combat!

Skillfully rolling around and hiding outside the launch envelope of an AIM-120 of a Hornet in front, Rick launched an active sky flash missile to take out this Hornet, and if you count the record in long-range air combat just now, Rick has already killed five fighters when he takes off this time!

The only threat to Rick is the AIM-120 missile, and to deal with this missile is to burrow into the opponent's fleet! The active seeker will not distinguish friend from foe, and in this case, in order to prevent accidental damage, the Americans will not dare to use the AIM-120, and can only use Sidewinder missiles.

The R-73's firing capability at an angle of up to 60 degrees, combined with the helmet sight, can be detected by the enemy first, the enemy fires first, and more than 20 Tomcat fighters beat the American Hornet fleet to the point of crying dad and mother, they finally gave up the engagement and retreated to the rear.

In this air battle, a total of more than fifty Hornet fighters were shot down! More than half of the main carrier-based aircraft equipped by the US twin aircraft carrier squadron have been lost and have been beaten to the point that they have lost their combat effectiveness.

On the aircraft carrier Indomitable, the commander Vice Admiral Norman was very satisfied with the interception, and his side shot down more than 50 fighters of the US Navy at the cost of losing two fighters, which was simply an unimaginable success!

The United States has always believed that its maritime supremacy is unbreakable, and if the results of this battle are announced, the face of the US Navy will be lost all over the world!

If it weren't for the instructions of President Mhammad to deal a heavy blow to the US Navy before departure, and at the same time not to provoke the Americans to jump over the wall, Vice Admiral Norman would have ordered the guys with supersonic anti-ship missiles to go out and take out the American aircraft carriers.

Just when there was jubilation in the bridge, the AWACS aircraft suddenly sounded an alarm, and more than thirty planes appeared in the southern part of the formation, at a position of one hundred and fifty nautical miles!

One hundred and fifty nautical miles, this is a very dangerous position! The Harpoon missiles of the Americans, soon they will get the opportunity to launch!

In order to direct the air battle, the Pakistan Navy took off two E-2 AWACS aircraft, but both were close to the airspace in the northeast. The search for the southern airspace was not so timely, and just like that, it was exploited by the Americans!

"The fighters of the escort immediately went to the southern airspace to expel them! The carrier-based aircraft in reserve catapulted and took off! Norman gave the order with aplomb.

In the face of the surge of more than 80 US fighters, the other side has only dispatched 30 fighters, just to keep a certain backhand, and there is a four-plane formation escorting the aircraft carrier formation, which is rapidly flying to the southern seas, and at the same time, more than a dozen Tomcat fighters in reserve are also rapidly catapulting and taking off.

White steam filled the deck, and one Tomcat after another, quickly catapulting and taking off, their wings swept back, breaking the sound barrier in a rapid sprint, continuing to fly at supersonic speeds, and in a few minutes, they were able to launch long-range sky flash missiles.

Without air supremacy, there is no sea supremacy! This battle at sea was fought entirely by air forces, and up to now, the other warships of the aircraft carrier formation, although they had made preparations for air defense, had not fired a single shot.

Almost without suspense, a dozen Tomcat fighters shot down some of the invading enemy planes, and the rest fled in disgrace, and these fighters returned to the sky over the aircraft carrier formation because they had to escort the landing formation.

"Squeak." Listening to the sound of the wheels touching the deck, Rick continued to increase the throttle, ready to go around at any time, landing on the carrier, each time as if dancing on a tightrope.

"Bang." With a soft sound, the landing hook hooked a blocking cable, and a strong braking force came, pushing the engine quickly to Rick, who was in a slow state, felt like a rear-end collision, and a huge impact spread throughout his body. This is how the landing on the aircraft carrier is, direct, domineering!

Slowly sliding to the nearby parking area and tightening his wings, Rick stepped off the plane and saw the smiling faces of the ground crew.

"Victory, we victory!" Countless cheers were heard from the entire aircraft carrier, and Pakistan's nascent maritime forces, in their first sortie, crushed the US naval formation!

Rick was lifted up by the ground crew and thrown high into the sky. (To be continued.) )