Command of the Murmansk Air Defense Army Group.

Samoilov, the officer on duty, put down the phone, and his face changed greatly: "Quick, go and call the general immediately!" ”

A few minutes later, the commander of the Air Defense Army, Lieutenant General Dmitriev, in his pajamas, hurriedly walked in with a cool air on his body: "What's the matter? ”

"We received a report from the coastal radar station that an unknown target was spotted and was flying towards us, which is now 250 kilometers away from our coastline."

"So what are you waiting for?" Lieutenant General Dmitriev looked at the annotations on the airspace map on the table and said: "Immediately order the 5th Aviation Regiment of the 365th Air Defense Division to dispatch Su-15 fighters to intercept them." Also, reports Moscow. ”

There was an icy chill on Lieutenant General Dmitriev's face, he had come from the brutal world war, he was the one in the army who strongly advocated the initiative to attack, and he thought that it was an unforgivable mistake not to advance to the French coast in the first place.

Now, the Americans still dare to take the initiative to invade and investigate? He must be stopped by the most severe means!

With the order, the sirens sounded in the base of the 365th Aviation Regiment.

Andrei Vladimirvich Tolstoy, a young pilot of the Soviet Territorial Defense Forces, was assigned here after graduating from aviation school, piloting interceptors, ready to intercept the enemy.

Tonight, it happened to be his turn to be on duty, and just after hearing the siren, he immediately grabbed his flight helmet and ran outside.

Not far away, at the end of the runway, a Su-15 sparkled in the sun.

It's 21 o'clock in the evening, but the sun is still shining at the horizon, which is a phenomenon unique to the Arctic Circle, and it is now in the period of polar day, with few nights and long days.

This slender and long fighter was given the nickname of a thin spout bottle by NATO, and in later generations, it also had another title, called the Butcher of Passenger Aircraft.

When Mikoyan's fighters became famous all over the world, the planes of the Sukhoi Design Bureau were unknown, this was a difference in the division of labor, and the interceptors of the Sukhoi Design Bureau were only equipped with domestic equipment and never exported.

And now the Su-15 is one of the main Soviet interceptors, equipped with 29 flying regiments.

This aircraft follows the tailed delta-wing aerodynamic layout of the Su-11 and has a long and elegant fuselage. Two Tumansky R-11F turbojet engines mounted side by side in the rear fuselage. This effectively reduces drag, which allows the aircraft to fly to twice the supersonic speed when fully armed.

At the same time, the RP-22 "Eagle" radar installed in the nose of the front aircraft is an improved model, but it still does not have the ability to shoot downwards and can only intercept high-altitude targets.

Under the wings, two large R-98 air-to-air missiles are mounted, including a radar-guided version and an infrared-guided version. In general, the Su-15 will launch both missiles at the same target at the same time to increase the hit rate. (There is also the code name P-98, NATO code name AA-3.)

Not satisfied with his Su-15, Andrei has already submitted an application to switch to the MiG-25, a super interceptor that can fly at three times the speed of sound.

When he stepped into the cockpit, the ground crew followed, helped him close the hatch tightly, made sure it was locked properly, and after the ground crew moved the ladder, the two engines in turn burst into flames with the help of the power truck, and the ground crew observed the tail smoke and made a skilled gesture to him.

The temperature in the cockpit has not yet risen, it is extremely cold, and the airflow exhaled by Andre has begun to condense in the cockpit, he can't care so much, he releases the brakes, and the fighter plane begins to slide.

As a standby fighter, it was parked at the end of the runway, and now under Andrey's control, the fighter began to accelerate.

The speed is getting faster and faster, Andre swept the airspeed meter below with the corner of his eye, he knew that although his fighter could fly to Mach 2 at a top speed, its take-off and landing performance was quite poor.

Finally, when the speed reached 350 kilometers per hour, he pulled the lever, with a small upward elevation angle, the Su-15 spread its wings and flew into the blue sky, the silver-white fuselage in the sunlight, like a thin mouth bottle.

"032, note, now turn thirty degrees to the right and continue to climb to ten thousand meters." The sound of a ground guidance station came from inside the headset.

As an interceptor, the most common combat mode is to fly to the interception area under ground guidance, after all, the radar in front of the nose is only a few tens of kilometers away, and it is used in the final guided missile.

"032 Roger." Andrei replied on the radio, and as he climbed, he pushed the lever, and the silver fighter began to turn to the right, aiming in the direction where the target was coming.

Ten minutes later, according to the guidance from the ground, Andrei had already arrived in the target airspace, and he soon spotted the large plane that was flying towards the Soviet coastline.

"Report 032, four-engine, visually RC-135 electronic reconnaissance aircraft." Andrei shouted over the radio: "I'll get closer and observe." ”

Pushing the lever, the spout began to dive downward, chasing the plane at an altitude of nine thousand meters.

The RC-135, an electronic reconnaissance aircraft converted by the Americans on the basis of their Boeing 707 airliner, is also an old adversary of the Soviet Territorial Defense Forces, which they can easily identify.

With a whistling, the bottle swooped downward, and when it was leveled, the Su-15 flew side by side with the reconnaissance plane.

Andre glanced at the tail of the plane, and the logo was clear: "032 report, the tail of the target aircraft has a red maple leaf insignia, the Canadian Air Force logo." ”

When the radio reached the rear, Lieutenant General Dmitriev immediately clenched his fists: "Order the pilot, shoot down this enemy plane for me!" ”

Generally speaking, when enemy planes are discovered, they must first expel as much as possible, and in order to avoid incidents of misfire, pilots of the Territorial Defense Force often use ramming tactics and are reluctant to open fire.

Moreover, there is no order from Moscow yet, and Lieutenant General Dmitriyev gave the order to open fire!

Lieutenant General Dmitriyev did not need to explain anything to those present.

In the past, it was because the airspace of the other side was not the key point of the Soviets, but now, the target of this reconnaissance plane is its own port of Murmansk, and it is to reconnoiter its own aircraft carrier.

Lay it down!

"032 Attention, Maintain Altitude, Enter from Behind the Target, Disarm Insurance, Prepare for Attack!"

With a clear voice coming from the headphones, Andrei flipped the switch with his gloved hand, warmed up the missile, unsafed the weapon, and prepared to fire.

If it is an interceptor bomber, in order to pursue the interception effect, infrared and radar-guided missiles will be salvo, but now the plane flies smoothly and does not seem to care about its own interception, in this kind of smooth flight, a radar-guided missile is enough.