It's a night to look forward to.

Like the United States, British soldiers are actually fighting one after another, but on a small scale, and it is the first time that a nationwide mobilization like this is now for a cross-sea expedition.

At the same time, the upcoming battle, they will also be the first.

Now, the sky is not yet bright, and the deck of the aircraft carrier of the Queen Elizabeth is already brightly lit, and everyone is preparing for takeoff.

The first to step into the cockpit was the E-2 AWACS aircraft with a large plate on its head, and the captain Michael sat in the cockpit in high spirits.

"Hawkeye has completed preparations for takeoff and is requesting to take off."

"Roger, good luck." The sound of the bridge came from inside the headphones.

Michael increased the throttle, and the turboprop engines on both sides burst out with maximum power, and in the roar, steam filled the deck.

The aircraft carrier had already accelerated to maximum speed, and under the 30 knots deck wind, the smoke from the catapult dispersed backwards, and in a huge overload, the AWACS aircraft was ejected into the air.

Every time the ejection is so exciting, the engine of the AWACS roars and begins to climb upwards.

After the AWACS aircraft took off, in the take-off position behind, the Tomcat fighters began to prepare for takeoff one after another.

The US aircraft carrier has four catapults, which can be ejected back and forth at intervals of one second, and the ability to fly fighters is very strong, while the current Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier, due to its small displacement and narrow deck, only has two catapults, and the ejection efficiency is not high.

At the front of the deck, two catapults were ejecting in turns, and the speed of the aircraft carrier was reduced in the midst of the steam.

The power system needs water vapor, and catapult fighters also need water vapor, so after catapulting more than a dozen fighters, the speed of the aircraft carrier is seriously reduced.

At this time, the aircraft carrier can only stop the ejection and wait for the boiler to continue boiling water to increase the power of the aircraft carrier.

Since it was a take-off operation, on the back deck, one after another Tomcat fighters were ready to take off, and the aircraft carrier was full. After ten minutes of continuing to sail forward, the second wave of ejection began again.

In later generations, to develop electromagnetic catapult, it is because of this defect that even if it is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the speed at which the boiler produces steam cannot catch up with the consumption of the catapult, and after a wave of catapult, you have to wait.

Electromagnetic catapult, on the other hand, uses electricity, and will not have the dilemma of grabbing steam with steam turbines, of course, this also requires a strong power reserve, after all, the energy required is still certain.

Now, when the carrier picked up speed again, Nathan finally got off the bridge.

Important people are always the last to play, and Nathan was going to fly the first in the formation, but he was the last to eject and take off.

The US aircraft carrier formations are also arranged in this way, first ejecting one wave, circling the aircraft carrier, and then ejecting the second wave, everyone will form together and then go to attack.

Nathan stood underneath the plane and circled around the plane as usual.

Two sparrows, two rattlesnakes, these are self-defense weapons, because this is a ground bombing mission, so there is no need to mount those heavy undead birds, on his belly, mounted are two huge cylindrical bombs, inside are small bombs, this kind of submunitions, used many times on the battlefield in Vietnam, is definitely a killer weapon.

Bomb the Soviets, what will the Soviets do?

Whatever, if the Soviets decide to go to war in the South Atlantic, and they are even less afraid, a continental country and a sea power country will bypass half the world to fight, who will win?

If the Soviets really consume all their strength here, then it will be applauded.

Thinking so, Nathan stepped into the cockpit, and when he looked up and watched the cockpit canopy slowly close, he saw Emily looking at him from a window on the bridge.

Emily wanted to go on deck to see her off, but she didn't, she knew that the operation on the deck was in danger at any time, and she couldn't make trouble, and now, seeing Nathan flying the fighter plane to take off again, there was always a deep feeling.

This man will never give up flying, nor will he give up fighting, is it happy to marry such a man?

There was a roar of the engine at the tail, and when he heard this surging sound, Nathan was filled with a sense of pride, for a long time, Nathan didn't fly a fighter, especially after the hair change! It was only after joining the British Navy and conducting adaptive flight training that I regained my senses and was invigorating.

In the past, the TF41 was replaced, which only solved the problem of reliability, but did not improve performance, and compared with the F-15 of the Air Force, the thrust-to-weight ratio was seriously insufficient.

Although the variable sweep wing is very powerful, it also has a disadvantage, when I am training in close combat, as long as I see the wings of the F-14 spread, it is to tell the other party that I have no energy. At this time, the tomcat fighter will not be able to keep up.

But now it's okay, now, it's got rid of the underpowered hat.

General Electric's F101DFE engine, the F101 is the power plant of the B-1B, and the fighter variant has an enlarged fan and afterburner, although it has not been renamed the F110-GE-100 engine, but the performance is absolutely unambiguous.

This engine gives the Tomcat a thrust-to-weight ratio close to 1 and good power.

For example, now, catapult take-off, there is no longer a need to turn on the afterburner, as long as it is under the normal maximum military thrust situation, it is enough to steadily realize the catapult take-off of air combat mount.

However, for the sake of speed, it is more enjoyable to open the afterburner.

With a familiar thrill, Nathan's fighter plane catapulted into the air.

The deck was empty, this was the last Tomcat fighter on combat duty, and Nathan shouted loudly over the radio: "Attention Wing, I am a lone ranger, now act according to the mission plan and prepare to fly in formation!" ”

One fighter jet after another followed, following Nathan, forming a long snake formation, 20 Tomcat fighters, whistling towards the eastern land.

British Navy carrier-based aircraft aviation, fight!

By this time, the east had gradually revealed the whiteness of the fish's belly, and according to the pre-planned plan, by the time dawn came, they would burrow into the mountains of Chile.

After all, this time they flew illegally over Chilean airspace, so they flew at ultra-low altitude all the way, at ultra-low altitude on the sea surface, and at ultra-low altitude when entering land.

The E-2 Hawkeye AWACS aircraft was guiding them, and at the same time, they were full of praise for the skills of these pilots.

Andrew's plane, right behind Nathan, was just as excited in his heart, he had been looking forward to fighting with the Lone Ranger, and now, such an opportunity has finally come!