When it came to the preparation for the match, Long Yun and the two first asked about the game model and battle mode.

Unlike the previous four rounds of elimination, the last three matches between the top three of the PRSFT will not be able to choose the model and mode of play used by the players, but will need to be arranged by the tournament organising committee.

The main reason for this rule is to ensure that the tournament is fair (which is only a secondary reason), and that the game is to be entertaining and attractive (which is the real purpose). Therefore, before each match, the organizer needs to specify the aircraft type and battle mode according to the number of events, online voting and feedback from the bookmaker - yes, the bookmaker, although gambling involving aviation competition is not allowed within the Eastern League of Nations, but in many countries and regions around the world, this suspenseful entertainment is very popular.

Just like today, seeing the two Su-50 and the carrier-based heavy fighter aircraft with the domestic number J-30 "Shenglong" arranged by the Organizing Committee for "May", Long Yun and Lin Feng looked at each other, they didn't expect that the model they had just defeated in the competition before would now become a mount. Looking at the "Polaris" side is the same accident, it is obviously a team that is used to the F-22 "Raptor", but it is assigned to two F-34 "Silent Cats" in active service in the US Navy.

J-30 vs. "Silent Cat"?

This is clearly the rhythm of a sea heavyweight showdown!

Sure enough, after looking at the game mode on the computer, Long Yun felt very fresh. Unlike many of the previous matches, this time they had to use carrier-based aircraft to take off from an aircraft carrier, and not only could they completely destroy their opponents to win. There is also the option to attack an opponent's aircraft carrier with anti-ship missiles!

"It's kind of interesting! Hehe. Brother Feng. What do you think? ”

"I, I'm ——! dizzy"

Unlike Long Yun, who looked relaxed, Lin Feng, who was used to pure air combat, was a little weak at this time, not that he would not be able to control the J-30 to launch an attack on the sea, the control methods of these advanced fighters were similar, but he really did not have the experience of this kind of integrated sea and air combat environment.

Not to mention anything else, they now have to make a decision, whether to choose to carry out defensive counterattacks with air superiority, or to mount anti-ship missiles and directly attack enemy ships. It's hard for him to make this kind of decision!

"You can also hit aircraft carriers...... Long Yun, what tactics do you think we should use? To be honest, I don't have any idea right now. ”

"Don't panic, Brother Feng. There are a lot of people here," looking at the Americans next to him, who were also facing the F-34 and were a little dazed, Long Yun patted Lin Feng's shoulder, "Let's go to the simulator to warm up first, let me think about how to fight." ”

"Yes, brother! It's up to you this time! ”

After experiencing the brilliant winning streak of QSFT and PRSFT, Lin Feng now regards Long Yun as a god, let alone fighting an aircraft carrier. If you give this guy an aerospace fighter and say that he can take down the Star Destroyer, he will believe it!

and Lin Feng walked to the simulator to prepare for a warm-up confrontation. Long Yun's snooping of consciousness made him discover Lin Feng's thoughts, and he couldn't help but feel quite funny in his heart. If you want to fight an aircraft carrier, I'm afraid you still have to let Lin Feng go, in the face of the frontal interception of the two "silent cats", it will not be easy for him to escort the attack aircraft to the firing distance, and the dirty work of air combat still has to be done by himself. While thinking about it, he chose to use the model, Long Yun first chose the F-34 and planned to experience it.

"Silent Cat" is not a skin-pulled version of the F-15 like the "Silent Eagle", but a real new model, but you can't be fooled by this name!

After a morning of warm-up training and study of tactics, the match between "May" and "Polaris" in the small theater on the middle deck of the "Ruby" in the afternoon of the same day can be said to be particularly eye-catching.

Yes, unlike the pure air combat of the knockout round, the competition format of the confrontation match is much richer.

Allowing China's "May" and the United States' "Polaris" to use their respective navies' heavy carrier-based aircraft to stage a wonderful showdown of sea and air integration, the arrangement of the competition organizing committee is obviously for the sake of broadcasting and betting revenue, and it is also a little in line with the current hot spots.

Tourists who linger on the "Ruby" basically know that at this time they follow the international news, the large-scale joint exercises of the countries of the Pacific Rim are in full swing in the waters west of Hawaii, and perhaps even now, the heavy aircraft carriers of the three major powers are frequently active in the waters not far away. At a time when the navies of various countries are taking the opportunity of the exercise to exchange ideas and compete in secret, isn't it also interesting to have such a simulated confrontation?

The appearance of aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft elements will naturally attract more people's attention.

Since the invention of aircraft carriers, the mode of combat on the ocean has gradually undergone fundamental changes, and the strategic value of surface ships has been decreasing, giving way to aircraft carriers with air power projection capabilities; On the surface, the struggle for sea power between major powers is a game of naval strength of various countries, but it is still the air contest of carrier-based fighters that really determines the outcome of the battle.

Leaving aside a large number of examples of World War II in the distant past, let's just say that the Soviet Union in the Cold War era, although it was also one of the two superpowers recognized in the world, was limited by the overall strength of the navy, especially the strict disadvantage of maritime aviation forces, although it formulated a saturation attack strategy against US aircraft carriers and established a large-scale Red Navy, it was never able to win complete control of the ocean from the hands of the US Navy, which is considered to be one of the important reasons why the Soviet Union was finally dragged down by the arms race, declared its disintegration and sank for a time.

With the establishment of the Eastern Union of Nations, the resurgence of the Russian Federation and the rise of China joining the competition in the vast oceans, the once-dormant maritime confrontation has regained momentum, albeit in a relatively peaceful and smokeless form.

At the end of the twenties of the new century, whether or not a country has a sufficient number of heavy aircraft carriers, that is, sufficient means of projecting global power, has become a rigid criterion for whether a country can serve as the administrator of the global village and sit on the main platform to speak. With the transformation of the once united and once glorious European Union into a shrinking European Community, the four vast world's oceans are now basically left with the heavy aircraft carriers of the three blocs of the Eastern States, the Atlantic Federation and the European Community, shuttling and patrolling, from time to time to perform the duties of the earth's police.

Of course, if the major powers reached a tacit agreement before and were no longer hostile to each other to engage in armaments, would the small global village be able to become a song and dance from now on?

A look at the war-torn Middle East shows that this is still only a distant dream of humankind.

As the main carrier-based heavy fighter of the Soviet Russian Navy and the Chinese Naval Aviation, the Su-50/J-30, which was born from the Sukhoi T-50 program, and the F-34 obtained by the US Navy's efforts to "resurrect" the F-14, although the political and economic relations between the two sides are now good, and there is no possibility of war, but the scene of this kind of heavy fighter soaring over the ocean and fighting between the clear sky and blue sea, even if it is just a virtual competition, is not it something that countless people are eagerly looking forward to witnessing?

With the anticipation of supporters on both sides, the "May" and "Polaris" competitors shook hands with each other and exchanged pleasantries, and then sat down in the simulator for a pre-race test.

"Long Yun, I'm in charge of attacking the ship, and you're covering?"

Although he did a lot of temporary preparations for the "Sea and Air Integration Competition" of the Organizing Committee in the morning, Lin Feng was still a little uncertain when he thought of using carrier-based aircraft that he was not familiar with to deal with enemy planes and aircraft carriers on the water, and his tone was obviously unconfident.

Now he regrets it a little, since he decided to join PRSFT in the first place, why didn't he do his homework and prepare a little earlier?

"That's right!" Long Yun thought to himself, wasn't it predetermined before, it was not possible to fight such a thing without information, "-Captain, you don't have to be too nervous; As long as we take down the 'Silent Cat', won't we win the game?" ”

"Haha! I hope so, but I'm still ready to do so, then I'll choose to mount it! ”

Infected by Long Yun's optimism, Lin Feng laughed knowingly on the radio, poked his finger at the weapon mount panel in front of him, and after thinking about it, he still chose two YJ-83K air-launched anti-ship missiles as a means of striking at the ship.

As a heavy carrier-based aircraft that deliberately strengthens the payload capability, the wide and fat J-30 roll performance can only be regarded as average, and the agility is not too good, the advantage is that there is a large to perverted belly magazine between the left and right engine compartments of the fuselage centerline, and it is no problem to put two YJ-83K with folded wings side by side; After choosing air-to-air ammunition, there are also air-to-air weapons, and since the belly magazine has been filled with anti-ship missiles, Lin Feng can only equip the side magazine with two PL-10s.

Unlike the F-34, which the Americans specialize in air combat and take into account air-to-surface attacks, the former can only be equipped with large missile weapons, while the J-30 with built-in YJ-83K still has good radar stealth characteristics, and then Lin Feng needs to make good use of this great advantage.

Lin Feng has already selected the weapon configuration, and on the other two simulators not far away, the Americans are also making similar choices, and the "Polaris" combination of weapons at this level is only available with the air-launched AGM-84 "Harpoon"; If you want to use the belly and wing sleeve pylons, the F-34 can carry up to four air-launched "Harpoons", and I wonder if they will be fully reloaded?

Of course, if you want to use high-subsonic light anti-ship missiles to attack a 100,000-ton aircraft carrier, this kind of combat efficiency is naturally very low, and you have to dispatch a large group of fighters to ensure that there is a victory.

In order to improve the enjoyment of the game, the organizing committee also has many restrictions on the selection of anti-ship weapons, otherwise Lin Feng really wants to get a YJ-12 half-buried and hung in the belly magazine, the warhead charge is more, and the speed and range are quite amazing. (To be continued......)