In the opinion of Major Morris, the losses of two "Attack Eagles" are enough to tell the story.

Although the loss of two fighters is not a big deal in a fierce air battle, isn't it obvious enough as evidence of the reappearance of the "Grim Reaper"?

"Okay. So,"

Looking at the large-scale three-dimensional theater situation in front of him, the commander seemed to hesitate for a moment before waving his hand to give the order: "Maintain the original plan and order the 'Yellowstone' squadron to carry out the next step!" ”

As one order after another was issued, several "Lancer" strategic bombers that had made a detour from their bases in Tunisia in North Africa and were briefly hovering over the Mediterranean Sea immediately turned to the north and, accompanied by escort fighters, approached the southern border of Turkey and flew further north, preparing to project "Alqam" at a distance of less than 500 kilometers from the northern shore of the Black Sea.

On the western side of the stormy Black Sea, the area where this large number of fighters were scheduled to fight, the fierce air battles that had lasted for a long time had also entered a white-hot one, providing excellent cover conditions for the bombers' low-altitude raids.

Using the bad stormy weather as a cover, first use the tactical air force to attract and delay the air defense forces of the Warsaw Pact, and then dispatch a large number of fighter jets to carry out a parallel dragnet sweep; Just when the two sides were fighting with all their might, and no one in the sky had time to care, they used the B-1B with a frontal RCS that was almost the same as a "Fighting Falcon" to attack and carry out air strikes on Soviet targets in depth that had not been effectively destroyed before.

It has to be said that such a tactic is still very valuable to strive for: In modern warfare where information is supreme and system confrontation is emphasized, as long as it can deal a heavy blow to the key nodes of the opponent's communications, command system, and air defense network, it will be possible to achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Gray in a low sky. Fly over the rolling hills of the Asia Minor Peninsula from a height of several hundred meters. Take advantage of the storm ahead to avoid detection and tracking by Soviet long-range radars. Several B-1Bs of the "Yellowstone" squadron gradually moved into the dense rain zone, speeding through the gradually increasing winds. As the fighter flew all the way north, the huge swept wings of the "Lancer" cut through the misty rain and fog out of thin air, and the rain whipped on the fuselage was quickly swept away by the air current, leaving a fleeting gray-white track behind the slender dark gray figure.

Taking off from the newly established base in Tunisia and no longer needing to travel long distances, the four B-1B "Lancer" bombers lined up diagonally not only carried eight AGM-86Cs in the fuselage magazine, but also carried a total of up to 14 "Alcams" on the fuselage hardpoints; Four heavy bombers delivered more than eighty cruise missiles at once, and one can imagine the "Arcam" that each successfully penetrated the Soviet air defense network. will inflict severe damage on the target with a high-explosive warhead weighing hundreds of kilograms.

In the continuous wind and rain, the "lancers" full of missiles are constantly approaching the battle line, and a dense missile raid is just around the corner!

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Just when the strategic bombers of the US Air Force were surging and the storm over the Black Sea was raging, a large number of fighters had been fighting fiercely on the raging sea for a long time, but there was still no sign of victory or defeat.

This unexpected, intensified battle began early that morning.

Early in the morning of this day, at the end of the two-day ground rest, Long Yun, who had put on his flight suit, buckled his flight helmet on his head, and hurried through the base path into the well-camouflaged reinforced hangar in the gusts of wind and rain. I grabbed a towel and wiped the rain off my face. He didn't have to take a breath and was busy with the ground crew pilots to conduct routine tests before the sortie on the white twenty Su-27S, which had just been assigned.

"Comrade Major General. The missile has been mounted, and the radar and other electronic equipment have also been detected. ”

"Okay, thank you very much!"

As he spoke, he looked up at the huge gray-blue camouflage painted fighter in front of him, at this time, the wings and fuselage pylons were already full of R-73M and R-27E series missiles, and even the missile launch slides on the wingtips were not empty, Long Yun nodded to the ground crew with satisfaction, "In terms of fuel, let's fill about six thousand." ”

Following Long Yun's instructions, the pilots immediately took action, using the temporary refueling pumps in the hangar to simultaneously fill several Su-27S refueling ports with aviation kerosene. In today's bad rainy weather, it is naturally inconvenient to tow the fighter plane to the runway first and refuel in the rain in the outfield, but completing this qiē indoors can ensure that it can be dispatched at any time.

Sitting on the folding chair in the hangar, chatting with another pilot of the 224th Regiment who walked in later, while waiting for the NATO fighter to come to the door, Long Yun also took the time to go to the adjacent maintenance warehouse to check the maintenance progress of the Red Seventeen. Since the Black Sea encounter the day before yesterday, due to the close detonation of AIM-120B, the Red Seventeen has been parked in the heavily guarded maintenance warehouse after the forced landing, and there are two expressionless strong men standing guard with guns at the door at all times; This is not to say that there will be any mystery about a damaged Su-27, but that the missile jammer on board must not be leaked.

"Igor, what's going on?"

Seeing Igor Kirilenko, who was dressed in overalls and still running in the rain early in the morning, Long Yun walked up and patted him on the shoulder.

"Ah, it's fine! Comrade General, in fact, the damage to the jammer itself is not severe, but some elements must be replaced. If it is not the fighter that is damaged, but only the jammer is broken, we can also expedite another set of backup machines to replace it; But now that time is running out, it is too late and difficult to keep your new fighter a secret here. ”

"Well, I think that's the same. -- But well, since the Americans had the Slammer, the Sparrow missiles have not been the main threat. ”

After chatting with Kirilenko, who had put down the work at hand, Long Yun did not urgently need the protection of missile jammers now; Obviously, in the western airspace of the Black Sea, where the 224th Regiment is stationed, the activities of the US Navy are even more frequent than that of the US Air Force, and based on what he knows in the real world, the American E/F-18E "Super Hornet" fighters must have the ability to use the "Slammer".

Now, since the Americans do not know that there is such a thing as a "missile jammer", they will definitely abandon the "Sparrow" series of missiles as much as possible; In the face of the strong challenge of the US Navy's fighter jets with active bombs, a head-on attack is the best solution, and Long Yun, who temporarily lives in the 224th Regiment, has a very clear understanding of this.

But......

Who made him have no active bombs available now?

was a little anxious because of the development progress of countermeasure weapons, and also knew that Kirilenko in front of him was completely reliable, so Long Yun discussed with him how to improve the 9B-1032 homing head; Just as the two were about to end their conversation, a loud battle alarm suddenly sounded in his ears, and he hurriedly said goodbye to Kirilenko and ran back to the hangar, climbed into the white No. 20 fighter with the help of ground crew, and closed the cockpit canopy.

A brief look at the mission briefing I just got in the cockpit, there are not a few NATO fighters that appeared over the Black Sea today, and they are not idle in this ghost weather that is not very suitable for flying, and they are really dedicated enough! (To be continued......)