On the first night of leaving Hawaii, Long Yun, who fell asleep on the Ruby, traveled to a parallel world again after a few days.

In the middle of summer on the outskirts of Aralsk, the sun jumps out of the horizon and reveals its hideous white and blazing face, and the cold of the early morning is quickly dispelled by the light, and the heat wave with a little wind and sand gradually rises and rolls in.

Coming to the station of the 290th Territorial Defense Regiment again, he walked slowly on the side of the long and wide airport runway in the Alarsk base, and witnessed the two silver-gray interceptors flying from the field landing one after another, sliding and slowing down, the howling of the air flow and the roar of the engine filled Long Yun's ear holes, and the large deceleration parachute thrown out was slightly faded, and the rustic umbrella style couldn't help but remind him of those scenes in old war movies.

So, are these the two MiG-25s that he was previously deployed and ready to be deployed?

Remembering the last time he crossed over, he piloted the MiG-31 to intercept the SR-71, but he didn't gain anything, Long Yun, who squinted his eyes and looked into the distance, temporarily put the real world aside, and he remembered that in this parallel world, today should be the day when the planned fighter modification began.

With a trace of unfamiliar memories, he tried to integrate the pictures in the information with the scene in front of him, until he approached the MiG machine that slowly stopped and stabilized, and the body still had the residual temperature of pneumatic friction, and the strong body and sharp nose came into view, Long Yun really had an intuitive feeling, and the MiG-25 that he was about to modify and control himself was what a fast sword full of personality.

"Ah, Victor - General, does this plan really work?"

I heard a whispered question in a respectful tone. Long Yun tilted his head to look at Captain Simonov, who had been following beside him. It's not the same as the energetic lads in the hangar. He had never heard Long Yun's sensational and flamboyant mobilization speech before, and of course this did not prevent him from expressing his admiration for the air combat heroes in front of him.

But worship is one thing, actual combat is another.

In the face of the MiG-25, which is a little old in paint, stereotyped and significantly inferior in comprehensive performance to the MiG-31, this down-to-earth and hard-working captain of the PVO aviation is still a little uncertain, is the MiG-25 really an old gun?

Undoubtedly, the doubts of his comrades-in-arms beside him were spied on, Long Yun did not bother to explain more, but reached out and patted him on the shoulder, with undoubted majesty in his words:

"It's not just a spectrum! This plan will definitely work. ”

Receiving the MiG-25 fighters provided by the brother troops, Long Yun did not waste time, he immediately went to the regimental headquarters to say hello to Levsenko. Then a meeting of mid-level officers was called; Relying on his high prestige and the rank of major general, he integrated and deployed the technical strength of the entire 290th Regiment, as well as the technicians who arrived by transport plane before, he was ready to let go of his hands and feet and do a good job in this desolate air base.

However, the modification of fighters is quite interesting to say, but it is not the same thing in practice.

After having lunch in a hurry, chatting with the pilots who flew in from the other side, and entering the bright hangar with a faint smell of oil from the side door of the hangar, Long Yun's first eyes were still attracted by the huge fighter plane parked in the center of the field.

According to the information consulted in reality, the two MiG-25s, which have long been dragged into the hangar by the pilots and done routine inspections, are the latest version of the MiG-25PD with the replacement of the R-15BD-300 engine and the upgraded radar system, and their combat capability has been improved to a certain extent compared with the old MiG-25P type. From the perspective of standing on the ground, the strong body of the MiG is extremely tense. The sharp, slender radar head cone with blade-thin wings and twin vertical tails and a stout landing gear supports a steel body that is more than 22 meters long. The whole plane looked like a strong heavy warrior, but in his hands it held several long-bladed knives that were incomparably sharp.

This is the MiG-25, the creator of the volley myth of the Red Empire and the only fighter in the world that can fly at Mach three speeds so far, there is no one!

But......

It looks like a lot of intimidation, but what is the actual combat power?

After doing enough homework in the real world and reading a lot of relevant materials, he formulated the high-speed capability enhancement strategy of the MiG-25, and Long Yun also reviewed the actual combat performance of the MiG-25, which is known as the "Iron Hero", by the way, but it is not as inspiring as the technical parameters on paper.

Looking back at the decades of service history of the "Iron Hero" in the real world, this fighter with an astonishing maximum speed and an astonishing backward range of equipment has not had any remarkable results in either the Soviet Air Force or the Territorial Defense Force because it has no combat arena for it to play. In the Gulf War in the 90s of the last century, although there were also courageous Iraqi pilots who flew the MiG-25P into the air and did the feat of rushing into the group of multinational forces to easily take the head of the E/F-18C "Hornet", in the face of the ever-changing military science and technology, the former veteran could only withdraw from the stage of history in a gloomy manner, leaving only the top speed of Mach 3.2 and the climbing limit of 37,500 meters, and the sad condolences and endless reverie of countless descendants.

The bumpy journey of the veteran seems to have become history; However, unlike those long-ago yellowed memories, in the face of the unscrupulousness of the "Blackbird", with the improvement and control of Long Yun, a traverser, the "Iron Hero" is about to face the old job he should have undertaken - high-altitude and high-speed volleys, or a battle to defend the dignity of the Red Empire's sky!

If someone asks about this, the so-called "Lian Po is old, can he still eat"?

The answer is just do it!

Gathering all the mechanics and technicians together, and having a brief meeting with the team leaders, Long Yun took the scribbled paper that he had recorded so as not to forget it, and instructed the pilots to first take the blue No. 08 MiG machine parked in the front of the hangar and do some preparatory work such as scraping off paint, inspecting the state of the airframe, and disassembling the nose radome, and then start the substantive modification of the fighter.

"Comrade General, you ...... Really decided to retrofit the gun? ”

Participating in the modification work presided over by Long Yun, Deputy Regiment Commander Asimov dutifully organized the logistics personnel in the base to provide convenience for the operation of the modification workshop; However, when he thought about climbing to an altitude of almost 30,000 meters and firing artillery at more than twice the speed of sound, he felt that the risk was really high.

In the face of Asimov's questioning, Long Yun's answer was also very simple:

"Yes. Otherwise, relying on missile weapons, it is still as hopeless as the previous MiG-31. (To be continued......)