Chapter 107: The Crystallization of Courage and Technology
As long as there is no early warning aircraft in the air, the ultra-low-altitude flight is in the radar blind zone of the opponent's surface ships, otherwise, far away, it will be scanned by someone's radar, and then, people's radar will lock on you, and then continue to fly forward, it will definitely be fired.
The Soviets were very fierce, they did what they said, and the peoples of the cold regions were like that.
Now, Nathan can only achieve his goal by flying close to the sea, and Lieutenant Gus, who is in the back cabin, is still very strange in his heart.
"This time, the wing captain would actually order us to fly over at a super low altitude, it's just too strange." Gus said.
"It's long overdue." Nathan said: "We have lost the Vietnam War now, the Soviets look at our good show, the weaker we are, the more the Soviets bully us, what are we afraid of, and if we fight with the Soviets a few times, a world war may not necessarily break out." ”
When the air battle on Sakhalin Island was so powerful that it was declassified by later generations, it did not develop into a world war.
"It's a pity, the order is too late, if only it had been prepared from last night."
I didn't bring anything, so I relied on this plane, even if it flew over, what was the use? It's not as enjoyable as a white-faced bomb at all!
Gus had some regrets.
"Don't worry, it's up to me." Nathan had been prepared for a long time, and when it came time to drop the flour bomb, Nathan had already thought of a better alternative.
I was going to talk about mechanical failures, but now I don't have to fool around, just let the bridge watch the show.
While communicating with Lieutenant Gus, Nathan continued to fly forward, flying close to the sea, how cool it was.
This is a test of courage and technique, at which the barometric altimeter and the radar altimeter have completely lost their role, and it is entirely up to the pilot's own intuition.
On the ground, there is a field called low-altitude large meter speed pass, which is such a tactical action, a powerful pilot, can fly only one meter from the ground, and only the most skilled pilots can do it.
And at sea, it is even more dangerous than on the ground, because there are winds and waves on the sea.
If the plane meets the wind and waves, it will be like an airplane hitting a bird, although the waves do not have much energy, but the speed of the plane is too fast, so it will be smashed at once.
However, only in this way, it is equivalent to hiding the plane in the waves, so that there is the greatest chance of approaching the enemy ship!
From the telescope, the most spectacular scene I saw was that under the air flow of the plane's engine, the two sprays of water spurting towards the sky were almost exactly the same as in the Top Gun movie.
That film didn't use any special effects, it was all real shots, and the scenes were exciting.
This is the style of the US Navy.
"111 Squadron, transfer a fighter jet and replenish it." Petro Bori gave the order while continuing to look into the distance with his binoculars.
Originally, Nathan was going to go on patrol and fly, but now that he went to trouble the Soviets, there would be one less fighter plane on patrol, and now, he needed to transfer one to it.
At the same time, you can also help Nathan when needed.
"Understood."
Having received an order from Colonel Petrobaury, in the flight preparation room, the pilot of the 111 squadron, Lieutenant J-I. Kosichsky, and his radar control officer I-E. Seymour, carrying their helmets, walked to the root of the bridge, and after coming out, it was the parking area.
In this era, the Americans are constantly complaining that large aircraft carriers are quite wasteful, the cost of operation is very large, the combat cost and efficiency ratio is not high, and they are fooling around, as a result, the British believe it and begin to engage in such nondescript things as the invincible class.
The United States, on the other hand, is still building supercarriers one after another, the tonnage is getting bigger and bigger, they have the most experience, and the larger the deck size, the better, for example, now, in addition to the beveled deck and the bow deck are vacant, in the front and rear parts of the bridge, more than a dozen fighters can be parked, which is much easier than lifting it from the hangar.
The two climbed into the plane, and on one side, a deck power cart came over, and a brown vest stood there, turned on the circuit, and then, made a skilled gesture to the two above.
Lieutenant Kosiczysky toggled the various electric doors, and when his fingers pressed the buttons, the characteristic roar of the engine came from the tail, and the left engine started normally!
Then, it's time for the engine on the right.
Thirty seconds apart, the two engines all started successfully, idling, the sound was normal, the brown vest made a gesture, removed the deck power car, and then, it was time to remove the shield slider under the wheels, and the plane slowly slid out of the parking position and slid towards the catapult under its own power.
At this moment, suddenly, the engine behind it roared violently.
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Kucherov was very excited, he could already see the aircraft carrier formation in the distance, the Americans have always used their aircraft carriers as a tool to show off, as an important platform for weapons delivery, hum, what is the use of aircraft carriers? On his own warship, eight P-35 ship-to-ship missiles are enough to send those two aircraft carriers to the bottom of the sea!
If it is in a war, the maximum range of 500 kilometers, and launching it yourself at a distance of 300 kilometers, is enough to send the opponent to hell properly!
It's a pity that now this kind of missile weighing four and a half tons cannot be used, and it can only rely on its own command to provoke the Americans.
The other side's formation is very fast, but the distance between the warships is very long, so yes, it is better to insert into the opponent's fleet and conduct a formation exercise with them.
In the RIMPAC military exercise, the Soviet Union is also a country in the Pacific Rim, and of course it also has the right to coordinate the exercise.
Thinking of this, Kucherov was already extremely excited, he no longer needed a telescope, he could clearly see the opponent's aircraft carrier formation just by looking at it, at this time, it was on the port side of the opponent, and it was easy to complete the insertion action.
Ha ha.
The flag of the Red Navy was fluttering fiercely in the wind, and the radar of the M-1 "Wave" ship-to-air missile system was also continuing to rotate, searching the surrounding sky.
It's a conundrum.
Even in later generations, with the support of various advanced electronic technologies, the new radar is still very short to deal with missiles flying over the sea, and even often can only rely on ship-based short-range defense systems, such as phalanxes, to destroy the other side, which is already a distance of several kilometers, the last means of interception.
And now, almost all of the Soviet shipboard electronic equipment with five big and three thick ones are tubes, and the signal processing ability is the weakest, and there is no ability to discover this at all.
Even it was not as clear as the lookout post on the mast of the bridge.