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The time pointed to 5:41 a.m., dawn was coming, the Tu-22M3 bombers in the sky were silently sprinting, and the afterburner tail flame of the NK-25 engine was particularly dazzling.

Red No. 20, Viktor Rezenov's landline, like a frightening feather, appeared on the battlefield of the mighty duel between the two armies.

Piloting planes approaching from the southwest and crossing the large formation of the 22nd Red Flag Bomber Aviation Regiment, Long Yun's battlefield journey began an hour earlier.

The time returned to 4:35 a.m., and finally climbed into the cockpit, and the "Ruslan" carrying the Su-27M2 climbed all the way to an altitude of 6,000 meters.

When the two planes were separated, the speed of the "Ruslan" was about 700 kilometers per hour, which was the result of a compromise in all aspects.

From the point of view of saving the internal fuel of the White No. 20, it is of course more advantageous to bring the carrier to a high altitude to release, but in this way, the flight speed of the "Ruslan" must be increased, otherwise it will not be able to obtain sufficient lift; After bidding farewell to the An-124B, Long Yun flew from the east, approaching the first scheduled rendezvous in the vast night with the help of instruments, where he met four Su-27Ks of the 279th Carrier-based Aviation Regiment of the 1143.5 Type "Tbilisi".

Outside the cabin, the moon was dark. Rely on radio to contact friendly fighters. At the same time, Long Yun also obtained a piece of situational information forwarded by "Ruslan". Confirm that every participating force on the vast battlefield is operating as planned.

Next, he did not stay in front of the large formation of the 22nd Regiment, but sprinted eastward with afterburner.

In this pre-dawn battle, Long Yun, who was in the middle of it, had detached himself from the battle level, and focused on tactical play, striving to become a sharp long knife stabbing at the US Navy; At the same time, the Soviet military was intensively working on the communications support of Viktor Rezenov's landline, and the An-124B "Ruslan", which had previously separated from the White Twenty, was transited. Anyway, the carrier has been released, and the transport plane hovering in the night sky no longer needs to hide its whereabouts, and now the most important thing to keep secret is the location of the White Twenty, and one-way communication like broadcasting can ensure this.

Because of this, although there was not a single fighter plane flying around, Long Yun could still receive enough battlefield information, although the reconnaissance methods on the Red Navy's side were not perfect, and the battlefield situation he saw was only "half", and he did not know the specific location of the US Navy's aircraft carrier battle group.

Shun lì into the battlefield, next. Long Yun needed to figure out how his first tactical operation would be carried out.

Before the start of the campaign. The Theater Command and the Pacific Fleet Command were silent about the predetermined sea area of this ocean-going contest, but anyone with a little strategic vision could see that the Red Empire and the United States were completely different from each other in the distant seas, and the closer the battlefield was to Kamchatka, the more advantageous it was for the Soviet side, and the closer it was to the Aleutian Islands, the more beneficial it was for the Americans.

In this case, as a result of the game between the two sides, neither of them would be stupid enough to go to the other party's doorstep to fight, so in the current situation, Long Yun analyzed the battlefield situation intelligence sent by "Ruslan", and his thoughts were the same as those of the staff officers of the General Headquarters.

In the face of the challenge of the Soviet Union, what would the commander of the US Navy with heavy troops think, hoping to seize the opportunity to destroy the Red Navy's ocean-going ship formation, but also unwilling or afraid to get too close to the Soviet Far East coastline, this distance is really quite difficult to grasp, but all in all, the position of the US fleet is about 2,000 kilometers from the coastline on the southeast side of Kamchatka -- this figure is basically reliable, combined with the position reported by the fighter navigation system, Long Yun found himself approaching the outer defense circle of the US Navy, in the sky in the south-east direction, At this time, I am afraid that there are many "super cats" waiting for it.

The enemy is in front, but there is no air situation guidance, and the Su-27M2 radar warning instrument that is speeding forward has not yet given any hints, but the traces have already appeared on the radar display screen of the "Eagle Eye" early warning aircraft hovering at an altitude of 10,000 meters.

The E-2C "Hawkeye", the eyes and ears of the US Navy, has a considerable ability to detect fighters.

In 1996, the E-2A/B/C, a family of carrier-based early warning aircraft that had served on US aircraft carriers for several decades, was replaced with an improved version of the AN/APS-138 series radar -- the AN/APS-145, and the maximum detection range of medium- and high-altitude targets exceeded 500 km.

With an extremely long detection range and the fact that it can be deployed forward, the E-2C can theoretically even provide an early warning range of seven or eight hundred kilometers for the aircraft carrier battle group; As for now, even against the approaching Su-27M2, the radar's scanning and tracking range of fighter targets is close to four hundred kilometers, and this figure is not much worse than that of the E-3A / B "Watchtower", and naturally the traces of Viktor Rezenov were quickly discovered.

In front is a roaring Sukhoi fighter, behind is a formation of Tu-22M3, on the radar display of the "Hawkeye" AWACS aircraft, the former is not as conspicuous as the latter, the captain operator at first mixed the radar echo of the White 20 into the "backfire" group, and then found that the target distance reading is different from the bombers.

Combined with the strength of the radar echo and the target's track, the captain quickly determined that this should be a "sea guard" that was leading and opening the way for the "Backfire", and immediately reported the situation to the command center.

"Three-two-zero direction, -- 'sea guard'?

What do you mean, the fighters of the 'Lancer' squadron are in place, - whatever, shoot it down first!

If you are sure that there is only one 'scissors', but、Is this possible...... Stanley, do you think the Russians are playing some tricks? ”

A lone Russian fighter will appear in the open sea and sky where a fierce battle is about to break out, and Lieutenant General William Pratt, who had just returned to the command center from the aviation bridge, thought it was strange to hear it, and he immediately asked the staff officer of the command who was frowning and silent next to him, and the officer on duty next to him also reported loudly to the staff officer:

"Report to the General! The order has been given, and the CVN-71 is releasing its third Hawkeye! ”

"Oh, that's good!

But- what is the distance from that target, sergeant? ”

Seeing that a large group of "Backfire" bombers were about to rush over, and now a "pilot plane" suddenly appeared, and I didn't know what the Russians were doing, Major General Stanley Cooper asked about the suspicious target, and the sergeant glanced at the monitor and reported in a loud voice:

"Three hundred and thirty (nautical miles), General!"

"The distance is about 600 kilometers", from this number did not see any problems, his eyes stared at the battlefield situation map with flashing lights for a few seconds, and the staff officer of the major general did not think of it for a while, he did not know what this "sea guard" intended to do, if it was to provide relay guidance for a large number of "backfires" behind, and to rush up with such a swagger, is it too much to take the carrier-based aircraft force of the United States seriously?

The appearance of the "flankers" caused a wave of confusion in the US command structure, and the commanders may still have a little time to think about it all, but the "super cats" who were waiting in the distant sky did not want to delay for a moment.

About two minutes ago, the air situation information was received, the AN/AWG-9 fire control radar in RWS mode was tracking the incoming enemy aircraft at an altitude of 7,000 meters, and the deputy leader of the VF-21 "Free Lanner" squadron called the "Hawkeye" again and asked "the Russian fighter is about 600 kilometers away from the center of the fleet, does it need to occupy a place to intercept"?

This question sounds like nonsense, but the dispatcher on the AWACS aircraft is hesitating.

After consulting the aviation commander on board the "Roosevelt," the noncommissioned officer called VF-21 in a stack and instructed the squadron to detach two fighters to intercept the suspected "sea guard" approaching target.

At the moment of the great enemy, the "backfire" of the Russians is roaring, and the distance is already approaching within 700 kilometers, at this time, all U.S. Navy fighters between the direction of 300 and 359 should be ready to launch a missile salvo when the Ivan bombers rush over.

Although the current situation is that there is only a cluster of targets in the northwest direction on the radar scanning line, and there do not seem to be other Russian aircraft in the airspace controlled by the No. 02 E-2C "Hawkeye", behind the interceptor aircraft is a huge United States aircraft carrier battle group, and the responsibility is heavy, and no command decision can be made at all, even if the combination of "Aegis" and "Standard" is foolproof, it is best not to let any anti-ship missiles fly over the outer interception circle!

After receiving the order of the "Eagle Eye", the night sky flew in a horizontal formation, and the two F-14A+ of the VF-21 "Free Laner" squadron quickly pulled up and broke away from the large formation, using single-target tracking to visually aim at the Russian fighters in the distance, and each launched an AIM-54C "Immortal Bird" to intercept.

At 5:52 a.m., the firing distance was about 190 kilometers, and the two stout missiles, which were smoky at their tails, quickly disappeared into the night one after the other, and climbed all the way up by inertial guidance into a high-throw trajectory with an increased range.

Firing at such a long distance, the US pilots estimated in their hearts that after about two minutes, the "immortal bird" flying over the sky could enter the self-guidance stage, and for such a long time, it would simply be like a year on the battlefield where every second could contain danger, and the "immortal bird" beyond the typical launch distance could not count on any killing probability, and the pilots of the VF-21 did not expect to use two missiles to shoot down the somewhat eccentric Russians. (The novel "Dragon Battles in the Sky" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)