The destroyer Admiral Fokin, belonging to the Type 58 "Kenda" class missile cruisers, is the ancestor of the Soviet missile cruisers, although it is called a cruiser, in fact it has a displacement of only 5,000 tons.

As a cruiser, although the displacement is not large, it is also competent, because on his deck there are two sets of P-35 "Progress" ship-to-ship missiles equipped with a side-by-side quadruple launcher of the SM-70 type.

The missile is 10.9 meters long, 0.86 meters in diameter, 2.58 meters in wingspan, 4,500 kilograms in weight, powered by a turbine main engine and two solid rocket boosters, with a flight speed of Mach 1.3 and a maximum range of 500 kilometers.

From the weight and range, it can be seen that the target of this missile is the aircraft carrier formation.

After entering service, the Admiral Fokin changed its name twice, and finally became its current name, but its ownership has not changed, and since its entry into service, it has joined the Pacific Fleet.

The Americans' RIMPAC military exercises were clearly aimed at them, especially today, after the Americans used powerless and brutal methods to expel Soviet reconnaissance planes, the Soviet Far Eastern Military District was completely angry.

It was originally an international sea area, and it was still more than 300 kilometers away from the Americans' aircraft carrier formation, but as a result, the Americans actually ran over and entangled, and finally let the reconnaissance plane return in vain.

After receiving the report, the Far Eastern Military Region quickly mobilized two warships cruising in the Pacific Ocean to find a place in their exercise area.

Originally, I planned to just send planes to reconnoitre, but this time, warships must be dispatched!

In addition to the Kenda-class cruiser, it was accompanied by a Cassin-class destroyer, the first Soviet warship to experiment with a gas turbine, which started quickly and accelerated well.

At this time, the two warships were sailing on the sea at a high speed of 25 knots, and they were fiercely rushing towards the Americans' exercise area, and they should be able to catch up with the Americans in the exercise area at noon tomorrow!

At this time, the bearded captain Chekurov, standing on his bridge, looking at the gradually darkening sea in the distance, was quite anxious in his heart, and he was eager to immediately chase after the Americans' aircraft carrier formation, interspersed back and forth from their formation, and used such a move to tell the Americans, what is your aircraft carrier formation, this is the public waters, the Soviet Navy, you can do whatever you want.

His idea makes sense, after the end of World War II, the Soviet Navy was quite weak, but after all these years of development, the Soviet Navy has become stronger, especially the Pacific Fleet.

In 1968, the Soviet Union took advantage of its relationship with India, and the Pacific Fleet began sending warships to the Indian Ocean for regular voyages. From 1969 to 1976, the Soviet Union also established a series of naval and air bases in Yemen, Mauritius, Angola, and Mozambique along the Indian Ocean coast, which controlled not only the Persian Gulf, but also the Strait of Malacca and other key shipping lanes.

In the 70s, after the end of the Vietnam War, the Soviet Pacific Fleet began to send a detachment to Cam Ranh Bay, which was originally the headquarters of the US Seventh Fleet, and built a submarine base and a missile base, completely controlling the waters off Vietnam, so that the Pacific Fleet's area of activity extended more than 2,000 kilometers to the south.

In this way, the Pacific Fleet of the USSR has become the fleet with the largest range of activities among the four major fleets of the USSR. It was also due to the active activities of the Pacific Fleet of the USSR that the US Pacific Fleet was on the defensive for a time.

Now, the Americans have just withdrawn from Vietnam in disgrace, and they still want to play the prestige of the past? There are no doors!

He was eager to rush over and pick the Americans' yard at once.

When it was almost dark, when Petro Bori returned from the Enterprise, he immediately called a meeting of all the pilots of the carrier-based aircraft.

"It's the two main battleships of the Soviets, and they're likely to make some outrageous moves against us." Petro Bori said: "Tomorrow there will be a lot of pressure on our fleet. ”

The news is already very clear, the warships of the Soviets, a cruiser, and a destroyer, have huge firepower, and moreover, the Soviets are obviously looking for trouble when they come this time, and how to maintain the face of the US Navy without causing a conflict is what Petro Bori is most worried about.

"Tomorrow, our main Tomcat fighters will be ready to take off, and at the same time, our attack planes will be equipped with anti-ship missiles, and when necessary, we must show our determination." Petro Bori was conveying the results of the discussion on the Enterprise, only Nathan was there sneering.

"Nathan, what do you think?"

"If the warships of the Soviets are allowed to swagger over, then what kind of ability is it, it will lose the face of our US Navy, and I don't know how to be ridiculed by the Air Force." Nathan said.

The contradiction between the US Navy and the Air Force, which has always existed, now that Nathan said this, the faces of many people present have changed.

"Nathan, what do you say to do?" Petro Bori asked.

"I do have an idea." Nathan said.

When Nathan said his plan, everyone present could only open their mouths wide.

"The Soviets have anti-aircraft missiles on their warships, with a range of 30 kilometers, and the Soviets will not be stingy, if an aircraft flies within the range of its air defense, it will open fire, even if it is its own family."

"Just fly at a very low altitude." Nathan had a smile on his face: "Without AWACS, the radar of the warship is blind, how about it, Colonel, are you going to do it?" I'll just go over it. ”

"Major Nathan, please note that you are the squadron leader of the 111th Squadron of Tomcat fighters, in addition to flying your own planes, you also have to take care of the other pilots in the squadron, think more about how to improve the combat effectiveness of the entire squadron." Colonel Petro Bori said: "As for this suggestion of yours, I will report it to the commander of the fleet." ”

Nathan was not interested in himself, but thinking about it, after he came, he only cared about how to fly the Tomcat, and he hadn't thought about how to improve the combat effectiveness of the entire flying squadron.

"Okay, then I'll take our squadron and study the problem of how to do a good job of air defense for the fleet." Nathan said.

The arrival of Tomcat fighters can effectively improve the air defense combat level of the fleet, and at the same time, the Tomcat fighters and aircraft carrier formations must also go through a run-in, and since Nathan is the squadron leader, he must take responsibility.

However, since the proposal just came out, I have been itching in my heart.