"Discover the target." The radar officer said, and when he saw a point of light flashing on the screen, he couldn't help but shout.

But then, he was disappointed: "No, it's an ice floe." ”

As they move south, the melting ice floes on the glaciers of Antarctica are already drifting in this direction.

The radar can only scan things on the surface of the sea, and at most it can filter out the clutter of the waves, but it will definitely not filter out the ice floe, which is completely dependent on the experience of the radar officer.

If it is an aircraft carrier, this point of light is too small, and the radar reflection wave of the aircraft carrier is very strong.

Suddenly, Pugachev understood something, that's right, the other side must be in the southern seas, and they want to hide their own whereabouts by relying on the ice floes here, and sure enough, the British are also very cunning!

Unfortunately, they are still doomed to disappointment, even in the ice floes, they will find them!

Keep flying and search the seas!

The fuel was constantly being consumed, and now, with less than half an hour of flight time remaining, they would definitely not be able to fly back.

However, they will never give up, as a well-known old man, they have never been afraid of death, just like now. Keep flying and find each other!

It's already two o'clock in the morning.

On the deck of the aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth, a row of deck lights was lit, and from a distance, the lights in this row flickered, and it was still so blurry on the sea.

Clive steadfastly operated his fighter and accurately entered the glide line, they were already tired after a long patrol, and now, it was time to return.

At the same time as he landed, on the bow deck, the carrier-based aircraft that replaced him, had already hooked the ejection slide.

"Take off!" With the action of the deck ejection officer, the pilot opened the throttle wide, however, the fighter did not leave the deck as quickly as usual.

"Catapult No. 1 is malfunctioning." The ejection officer shouted: "Wait for catapult number 2." ”

It's too cold here, and after the last ejection, although the de-icing operation was carried out, the piston inside the catapult was still frozen, but the No. 2 catapult on the beveled deck has not been used, so it can definitely still be used.

Actually, the No. 1 catapult can also be used, but it will take about ten minutes until the steam melts it.

As long as the recovery operation of the carrier-based aircraft is completed on the beveled deck, the catapult take-off operation can be carried out.

On the bridge of the aircraft carrier, a three-coordinate antenna is also constantly rotating, searching the surrounding airspace, although according to the general combat regulations, the new carrier-based aircraft is required to catapult and take off, and after reaching the patrol airspace, the old carrier-based aircraft can be recovered, but in this icy sea area, the release of the carrier-based aircraft has been delayed, and it took them more than ten minutes to warm up the engines of the carrier-based aircraft on the deck, resulting in the previous batch of carrier-based aircraft having returned.

They don't have much fuel either.

Although Clive was tired, he was refreshed, and the danger of landing at night was unaware of the ice on the deck, so he landed first and let his wingman wait for him.

Clive's Tomcat fighter is steadily approaching the aircraft carrier, and the runway lights are getting clearer and clearer.

On the bridge, Nathan was also looking at Clive.

Because of the communication with Emily, Nathan was also so preoccupied that he couldn't sleep until midnight, so he ran to the bridge.

Lieutenant Colonel Brown had gone back to sleep, and on the bridge, Nathan's position was at the highest level, and he watched the landing of his carrier-based aircraft, and in this dark night, under the air currents blowing from Antarctica, Clive's landing was also quite beautiful.

Suddenly, the radar soldier shouted: "A target has been found, four hundred kilometers away from us, and the course is right on us!" ”

This shout of the radar soldier immediately made the entire bridge tense, and Nathan looked at Clive's fighter plane that was landing, and his face showed hesitation.

The next batch of carrier-based aircraft did not catapult into the air, and now it is best to let the Clive crew intercept it, but their aircraft fuel is running out, and if they go to intercept it, maybe there will not be enough fuel to return, once they crash, parachute, in the icy sea, at night, it is almost like death.

As a commander, it is very cruel, because sometimes, although he knows that his orders will send his subordinates to death, but he still has to do it, and he has no choice.

Like now.

Nathan just hesitated for a moment, and then gave the order: "Chisel, pay attention, find an unknown target, 270 direction, four hundred distance, go and intercept it immediately!" ”

"Chisel received." After receiving the order, Captain Clive did not hesitate to pull up his plane, and, without hesitation, turned on the afterburner.

There are enemies! The distance is four hundred.

For aircraft carriers, this is a terrible distance, many anti-ship missiles of the Soviets can be launched at a distance of 400 kilometers, if he can reach the airspace as soon as possible, he can also expel the opponent's planes, if he can't arrive as soon as possible, he can only intercept the missiles fired by the opponent, in comparison, of course, it is easier for fighters to intercept, after all, the opponent's missiles will often soar to Mach 1, and it is not easy to intercept.

Captain Clive was accelerating, and the Tomcat's wings swept back, and soon, it exceeded the speed of sound and continued to climb at an accelerated pace.

The radar officer in the back seat, who has turned on the AG-9 radar, has activated the mounted Immortal Bird missile at the same time.

Throughout the aircraft carrier, the atmosphere instantly became tense, and everyone knew what this meant.

The two fighters of their own side have already pounced on the target, and the other side is still continuing to approach their own side.

"Three hundred."

When the other party flew to a distance of three hundred, the two Tomcat fighters were already less than two hundred kilometers away from the other party.

At this time, on the Tu-22M bomber, the radar officer was also excited: "Found an aircraft carrier, yes, it must be an aircraft carrier!" ”

"Attack now." Pugachev shouted.

Everyone was excited, they had been flying for almost twenty hours, and their lives were coming to an end, but they had finally found each other's aircraft carriers!

In the midst of the iceberg, the huge aircraft carrier clearly appeared on the radar screen, he was completely sure.

Attack!

Since the radar at this time was in the sea search mode, and the beams were all downward, they did not find the interceptor flying from high altitude at all at this time.

Activating the missile is a complex process, it takes time to start the missile gyroscope, input target data, and warm up various electronic equipment.

At this time, the distance between them is also rapidly approaching.

"Lock on to the target." Here, on the Tomcat fighter, the radar officer behind Captain Clive has completed the task.

A hundred kilometers away, lock on to the target, launch the immortal bird!