When Nathan and Gus were dressed and rushed to the pilot's preparation room on the bridge, on the deck, there was already fire and steam, and the two Tomcat fighters on standby had already dragged the tongue of fire and left the deck of the aircraft carrier and flew into the dark night sky.

"What's going on?" Nathan turned to Petro Bori and asked, "Did the Soviets really come over?" ”

"A target has been found, and now, the cruise fighter is flying towards the direction of the target, and we need to visually determine the type of target." Petro Bori said.

Although the United States and the Soviet Union have not yet declared war, the conflict between them is already very intense, and even in this case, the United States is still cautious and cannot directly go over and open fire.

"If it is a maritime reconnaissance aircraft of the Soviets, then the next thing will be the Tu-22M bomber group of the Soviets." Nathan looked at the directions marked on the chart, and immediately frowned.

This night, the single target, that should be the reconnaissance plane, did not expect that the Soviets actually wanted to attack at night!

However, it is not as easy at night as during the day, and generally speaking, the Tu-22M bomber group of the Soviets should attack during the day, because they can use satellites during the day!

In addition to using satellites to reconnoiter targets, the guidance of their missiles in the middle of the course can also be carried out through satellites, so that the reconnaissance planes do not have to risk providing medium-range guidance.

Because there is no strong electromagnetic radiation, it should not be the Tu-126, and even if it is the Tu-126, their radar detection range is not enough.

What to do? Next, it will be related to the life and death of the aircraft carrier formation, a large number of Tu-22M bombers, will launch a saturation attack on their own aircraft carrier formation?

In this era, the American aircraft carrier group does not yet have the Aegis system to protect their sky.

The Aegis system, with multi-target attack capabilities, can calmly deal with incoming missiles, and now, a large number of the U.S. Navy is still in service with the Allen-Sumner-class destroyers and Keeling-class destroyers that were built during World War II.

These old ships, the appearance is still the same as during World War II, without the slightest modern beauty, among which the Allen-Sumner-class destroyers have gradually withdrawn from active service, and the Keeling-class destroyers will have to be retrofitted for a few more years to be equipped with STIR radars and Sea Sparrow anti-aircraft missiles.

The main force of the air defense of US warships is still the shipborne air defense system developed in World War II to deal with the Japanese kamikaze suicide aircraft.

These include the Beagle, the Tatar, and the Brass Knight, which constitute the first generation of the US surface defense ship-to-air missile system.

Among them, the Beagle and the Tatar, respectively, are medium-range and short-range missiles, with a height of almost 10,000 meters, while the Brass Knight, which uses a ramjet engine, is mainly used for fleet air defense to deal with attacks by various aircraft. The maximum firing range reached 120 km, and the firing altitude reached 3 to 26.5 km.

That is, if the MiG-25 comes, the Navy can use Brass Knights in addition to intercepting with Tomcat fighters.

And once it is a large-area anti-ship missile, relying on this 3T system, it is not enough.

So what to do?

"Colonel, I suggest that we catapult all the Tomcat fighters at once now, and we fly to the path of their Tu-22M bombers and intercept them in advance!" Nathan said.

Now, if you find the other side, then the other side will also find your own side, and then you will call the Tu-22M bombers, the supersonic bombers with variable sweep wings, come at full power, it will take at least an hour, and there will be enough time for your side to arrange an ambush position and intercept them from the other side's halfway.

They want to attack by the darkness of the night, and with the tomcats there, they won't let them succeed.

This is also the best solution, intercept the opponent before they launch their missiles!

The route is unique, and it is impossible for the other side to go around in circles, it must take off from Sakhalin, fly over the four northern islands, and then pounce on itself in a straight line, and with the powerful search capability of the AG-9 radar, that kind of medium bomber can detect them from a distance.

However, Colonel Petro Bori shook his head anyway.

Although this plan is tempting, the implication is obvious: you cannot open fire when the other side is not clearly hostile.

It's like the battles during the day almost always broke out over Hokkaido, and the wreckage also fell on Hokkaido, so it was easy to negotiate later.

You have to take care of yourself.

And now, those supersonic bombers can attack from 500 kilometers away, and their own side will shoot them all down from 500 kilometers away? In the mouths of the Soviets, they will definitely say that they took the initiative to provoke it, and they are flying normally.

During the day, the Soviets had already suffered losses, and now, if the Soviets continue to suffer too badly, they will be annoyed and angry, and maybe World War III will really break out.

It's embarrassing enough to think about, but they have to look at things more from a political point of view, and it's really inappropriate now.

Looking at Petro Bory's expression, Nathan was extremely angry, sure enough, you guys, you guys, are all soft eggs, you don't dare to do anything, and on the other side of the house, there is a guy named Andrei, who is a fierce man, with the Soviet Union, broke through the encirclement of the West, and finally, divided the West, bulldozed Europe, and the United States was also divided.

Thinking of this, Nathan was extremely anxious, but he knew that it was useless for him to be anxious, and he had to find a way.

"If that's the case, then I have another idea." "We can sacrifice one warship for the absolute safety of the entire formation," Nathan said. ”

When Nathan's words were heard, the captain, Colonel Steve, finally agreed, "Okay, then we'll do it." ”

Sure enough, the idea of such a shrinking turtle is acceptable? Nathan was also speechless: "Okay, then I'll go down and prepare." ”

"Idea, fleet, speed south." Colonel Steve began to give the battle order: "Chicago, turn course, sail north, all warships except Chicago, keep the radio silent!" ”

It's an escape plan.

With his order, the huge aircraft carrier fleet began to sail south with its right rudder full, and contrary to the fleet was the heavy cruiser Chicago, which was at full power and all the electromagnetic equipment was in motion.