Hearing Long Yun's reply, Valentina thought for a moment.

After all, she didn't know much about air combat, and found that she was blinking in the dark, Long Yun could only vaguely see the faint reflection of the watery eyes flickering a few times, and then a low soft voice came from his ears: "It should be possible, in short, you must be careful." ”

After a brief conversation, the two of them watched the movie in silence for a while.

Just now he agreed to the request of "pay attention to safety", and Long Yun still felt strange on the one hand, why the KGB cared so much about him, an air force pilot.

All he could think of now was the superpower test at the KGB headquarters in Moscow - but the attention and arrangement for him had clearly been decided before he left the 309th Regiment, so it couldn't be because of that trip to Moscow, so what could it be for?

Moreover, to be honest, let's just say that the two operational principles just now can really be observed all the time in actual combat?

Well, even Long Yun himself is not sure.

Air warfare is an extremely complicated form of warfare, and it is impossible for anyone to predict the many changes on the spot. It is easy to say that when you encounter an unfavorable situation, you will get out immediately, but if you are really targeted by the opponent, how can you escape so easily?

How many times he had fought air battles and simulator competitions, Long Yun knew that the best defense at this time was to attack, and escaping from the battle was not only a coward's behavior, but it was even more risky than staying and fighting bravely.

However, after Valentina's reminder, Long Yun also secretly warned himself that he must be more careful, especially to guard against attacks by NATO agents; If it is barely acceptable to actually die on the battlefield and put an end to Viktor Rezenov's identity in the air, then it would be too much to be killed on the ground.

About an hour later, the two men who came out of the movie theater drove to the famous restaurant in Stavropol for lunch, and then Valentina sent Long Yun back to the gate of the base, and watched him walk past the sentry before driving away.

On the way back, driving the car on the suburban road without hurrying forward, Valentina lowered the window and felt the fresh breath of the Caucasus that is different from the big cities of Stuttgart and Moscow. While driving, she subconsciously thought of the number one ace of the Red Air Force who was not smiling, but fascinated her, the corners of the young woman's mouth turned slightly, and a smile unconsciously appeared.

This Viktor Rezenov, although he is not a handsome boy, but the calm and decisive killing aura that should have come from a hundred battles really stirred her heart.

But...... Anyway, if the above really wants to hide him in the snow, why not just arrange it to the aviation training regiment in Moscow?

Isn't it even more dangerous on the front lines of war in the Caucasus than in the skies of Central Europe.

……

Returning to the base of the 237th Regiment, Long Yun was busy with the pilots in the maintenance hangar for an afternoon, inspecting and familiarizing himself with the Red No. 17 Su-27S again.

As a highly complex combat aircraft, the fighter plane also has a bit of its own temper like a human, although this difference is not obvious, but it can be felt by an ace pilot like Long Yun.

Thinking that in the real world, he and "Chenlong" only have the J-7IIM to fiddle with for the time being, and Long Yun will certainly not miss any opportunity to contact the Su-27 at zero distance; However, when the electronic pilot removed the radome, lifted the Su-27's long nose upward, and overhauled the N001 radar and fire control unit, he still took a breath of amazement.

No wonder this Su-27 is so large, just this set of radar and fire control system, I am afraid that it will weigh close to a ton!

Curiously leaned up to watch, the antique-level radar that was originally only seen in the video and pictures was presented in front of him (it is indeed an antique, as for the earlier original airborne radar, it is already a cultural relic level in the real world), and when I saw the dark green inverted Cassegren antenna, as well as the dense component boards and connection lines in the cabinet behind, I saw Long Yun's head dizzy for a while.

Now he finally fully understands why the MTBF (Mean-Tim-Between-Failure) of typical airborne radar and electronic systems is often only a pitiful few hours: the whole radar is simply beyond imagination with a large number of electronic components put together, plus the antenna feed and mechanical scanning part.

After putting together this large pile of things, it was able to work normally, and Long Yun really felt that it was a miracle in itself.

Well, in any case, in addition to the excessive weight and relatively single function of the N001 series radar used by the Su-27, the overall performance is not much different from the AN/APG-XX and AWG-9 used by the third-generation fighters of the United States; If Long Yun is not mistaken, the Soviet Union's flat slit array antenna technology during this period was almost mature, and it can soon be applied to the antenna replacement and transformation of radars such as N001 and N019 - by the way, remind that the so-called N001, N007, N019 and other radars, this series of code names actually refers to antenna models, and the radar as a whole has another name, but it is often not well known.

Therefore, according to his assumption, before the electronic scanning radar is truly mature and the active radar-guided missiles are put into actual combat, the Soviet Union's airborne radar will not form a complete generation gap with its Western opponents.

After reading the radar part, Long Yun's attention was on the dome long cylindrical object stored on the side of the hangar, he was still a little familiar with this shape of the pod, it should be the electronic countermeasures pod mounted on the wingtips of Su-27 series fighters, right?

In the real world, this kind of pod is used as an optional mount for the Su-27, and frequently appears on the Su-27 and Su-30 fighters introduced by China, but it is relatively rare for the country of origin to be used in Soviet Russia (which was still Russia at that time).

Asked the pilot with great interest, and Long Yun learned that these pods had just been shipped, and if they needed to be used, they would have to remove the wingtip missile launch rails of the Su-27S.

"It's really not small, what is the specific function of this thing?"

Standing next to the pod transport box with the lid open, seeing this electronic countermeasure pod that is more than four meters long and thicker than the R-27 missile, Long Yun visually observed that the volume of this thing was similar to that of an anti-submarine torpedo, and he imagined the scene of hanging such two huge pods on the wingtips, and felt that this kind of thing was really a bit of an obstacle to the maneuverability of the fighter.

"It's no wonder that it's large and power-hungry, and this model of the ECM (Electronic-Counter-Measures) pod is multi-functional, allowing it to cast clutter jamming and counter radar-guided missiles."

"Oh?"

Suddenly thinking of the idea of the electronic jamming machine that had been provided to the MiG Design Bureau, the "Pennant" and other units, Long Yun took the pod explanatory materials and looked at them for a while, and then realized that the pod he saw today used the principle of alternating interference, which was still a bit backward compared with the interference scheme he provided before.

To put it simply, when confronting radar-guided missiles, after the carrier aircraft pod detects the signal of the enemy aircraft's radar, it copies the signal and launches alternately through the two pods on the wingtips of the guò wings, confusing the missile seeker and making the missile fall into a maneuver that constantly corrects its course; In this way, even if it cannot interfere with its aiming, it will consume the kinetic energy of the missile and reduce the probability of hitting.

The reliability of this jamming method is not high, and the equipment in front of him is obviously too large, Long Yun is now secretly hoping that Andrei Ushakov of the "pennant" design bureau will do his best to produce results.

Even if he no longer flies the MiG-29, the universal pod made of that scheme can be used on the Su-27.

Just after such an idea came to him, Long Yun also made a decision at the same time: that is, he did not plan to use this kind of jamming pod, which was bulky and weighed more than an R-27 missile.

You must know that although the Su-27 is large and maneuverable, it seems that it doesn't care about two more burdens on the wingtips; But having a considerable understanding of the flight characteristics of the Su-27, Long Yun knew that the high maneuverability of this fighter was premised on light load and low profile drag.

Although the Su-27 is capable of carrying nearly ten tons of fuel and four tons of weapons loads, the total weight of more than thirty tons in this case becomes very clumsy, and the maneuverability is not as good as that of the MiG-23 in the air combat state, which of course cannot be used for combat.

Any payload that is not used in air combat, especially in combat air combat, not only increases the weight of the fighter but also increases the flight resistance, and any loss of maneuverability may not be visible in over-the-horizon air combat, but it is a little unacceptable for Long Yun, who is good at fighting.

As for countering radar-guided missiles, Long Yun knows that in this parallel world, active radar-guided missiles, whether AIM-120 or R-77, have not yet been put into actual combat, and he does not need to worry too much about it for the time being; And a semi-active radar-guided missile like the AIM-7 "Sparrow", to put it mildly, is not too exaggerated, as long as it detects the signs early and handles them properly, it can be said that it will not pose any threat to him at all.

After talking for a while with Korolev, who had returned from the voyage, Long Yun took a shower and returned to the dormitory to rest, putting aside the tactical arrangements and the parameters and characteristics of the fighter for the time being.

Tomorrow, do you want to attack alone?

Thinking of Korolev, whose technical level was still limited for the time being, and his comrades-in-arms who unfortunately died yesterday, Long Yun quickly made up his mind. He not only has to apply for a sortie to avenge his comrades who died in the line of duty, but it is best to meet a few F-15s and fight a decisive air battle; And considering Korolev's situation, he also did not plan to go into battle in a two-plane formation as ordered by the regiment.

Even if they go to the meeting alone, if they can achieve results, it will probably be enough for the commanders and fighters of the 237th Regiment to think about tactical flexibility, and then improve the training to change the combat style, right?

With this in mind, Long Yun relaxed his body and mind, and soon fell into a deep sleep.