This morning, the liaison officer of the US Pacific Command stationed at the JASDF Hokkaido Command Center said that the pilots of the F-15J fighters of the Air Self-Defense Force reported the discovery of the "Caucasus Reaper", although the two "Eagles" later fell in the sea west of Sapporo and did not send any follow-up news It is likely that it was controlled by Viktor Rezenov.

The terrible "butcher of fighter planes" and the "Caucasus Grim Reaper" that makes people talk about it have now appeared in the sky over the Far Eastern Theater filled with gunsmoke, and the news is naturally full of explosiveness, but it has not deeply surprised the top brass of the US military.

Think about the previous situation in the Caucasus, Viktor Rezenov, this elusive Russian ace has always been active on the front line of the battle, almost giving NATO air power a devastating blow, which is not so much reflected in the rising number of downs as a kind of spiritual oppression like a black cloud crushing the city; Later, piloting a stealth fighter that came out of nowhere, the Russian madman who didn't want to die even shot down two E-3 "watchtowers" that the United States relied on to support the air system in succession, and since then, the shape of the southern theater has taken a sharp turn, and hundreds of thousands of NATO coalition troops have retreated all the way to the front line of Jordan and Saudi Arabia, which has to be said to be directly related to the early warning aircraft attack.

Now, the polar bears, whose morale has been high due to the victory in the Caucasus, have ignited a war in the Far East, and if it is said that the "white death" will once again rush to the forefront of the confrontation between the two armies. This would not have been surprising at all.

But. It's one thing to be mentally prepared. Really waited for the terrifying message of fear day and night, the huge NATO warplanes still made a series of stress reactions, and a large number of JASDF and US F-15 fighters were quickly transferred in this direction, but they did not even see the shadow of the "Grim Reaper"; Under the patrol of the fighters, the undulating Sea of Japan, there is no trace of fierce fighting on the sea, and the four F-15J fighters painted with small red dots are almost like they have been devoured by some demon. Thus disappeared from the vast expanse of the Far East without a trace.

Hmph, one guy lost four "Devonian Eagles", but after the army was encircled, he didn't even see the shadow of Russian fighters, such a clean and neat battle, if it wasn't the "White Death", who could it be?

"Shooting four F-15s at a time, although I am not optimistic about the training level of the Japanese, but it is obvious, plus the '20-9' livery - the intelligence department is right, the 'sickle' is the hateful Russian. And sure enough, he's here! ”

"Ah...... That being said,"

Unlike the angry Lieutenant Colonel Smith. On the other side of the table, a staff member of the Seventh Air Force in an old military uniform, Air Force Major Thomas Beagle's tone was quite calm, and the thin middle-aged man raised his hand and took off his gold-rimmed glasses, and pinched the slightly sour bridge of his nose with two fingers:

"Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, you just mentioned that a top-secret report has been sent to Honolulu, right?

However, the question now is whether it is a little arbitrary to conclude that it must have been the work of the 'sickle' based on the information from the Air Self-Defense Force and the radar echo recognition of our army's air defense network. ”

"Arbitrary? …… Hmph, maybe there is,"

Will Smith, who was crooked and thick-necked, was a little unimpressed by the questions raised by his colleagues, his bloodshot blue eyes turned, and he couldn't think of any good excuses, so he said in a rough voice, "Ivan has always been very cunning!" However, the guy that JASDF encountered, even if it wasn't a 'scythe', was definitely a very difficult Russian ace to deal with, and it was normal to take down four 'eagles' at once, hum, and deal with it with all his might. ”

As the lieutenant colonel spoke, almost all the participants in the various departments present looked depressed, although they agreed with Lieutenant Colonel Beagle's opinion and felt that it was not possible to say that the "butcher of fighters" had appeared in the Far East based on the words of the Japanese alone, but Smith's words were also very reasonable after all, so they fell silent for a while.

After a while, someone looked left and right, scanning the conference room illuminated by the mercury lamp:

"That's pretty much the case with the 'sickle,' so -- where is Lieutenant Colonel Vincent, didn't he come to the meeting today?"

"Ah, Vincent, he's probably still ...... at this time"

Glancing at the wall clock that was out of time, Will Smith's fat hand reached into his bosom and pulled out his shiny pocket watch, "It's just after eight o'clock; The technical negotiations on the JASDF side are probably not over yet, right? Gentlemen, I'll rest for a while and get busy with military affairs, and we'll wait for Vincent to come back and talk about the technical matters! ”

At the sound of the lieutenant colonel's loud voice, the soldiers in the room got up and left their seats, some walked to the communications room, others left the slightly cramped room and took the elevator up to find a place to smoke a cigarette.

The meeting was temporarily suspended, and Lieutenant Colonel Vincent, who was waiting for the participants, was at another Air Self-Defense Force base on the north side of Tokyo's vast urban area, participating in the technical coordination between the U.S. military and the JASDF. Standing in the messy, tense enclosed hangar, facing the impatient JASDF liaison officer together with several other professional and technical officers in straight uniforms, the air pilot standing next to him had an unhappy face, but puffed out his mouth and did not say a word.

Directly opposite several US officers, standing next to a bomb truck holding several gray-and-white "Sparrow" missiles, a pale-faced, thin, bespectacled officer waved his arms down to explain the situation to these slightly arrogant visitors.

Talking endlessly, spitting everywhere, this expert from the JASDF Technology Headquarters, is speaking a rather lame English view to explain what everyone present knows, semi-active radar-guided missiles cannot confront ARHM head-on, in the face of the terrifying strength of the polar bear, the Air Self-Defense Force, which is only equipped with the AIM-7M "Sparrow", an over-the-horizon missile, has fallen into a bitter battle, and the loss of personnel and fighters greatly exceeds the replenishment, and if this continues, it will soon be unsustainable.

In the face of the friendly troops' generous statements, several US officers who were holding their arms or putting their hands in their pockets did not say a word, and only after listening to the pilot's description of the battle situation did some of them slowly open their mouths.

Considering the level of English of the Japanese, the officer's words are really a bit of a straight word:

"Well, all in all, you guys know everything about it.

As for the issue of missile weapons, Air Captain, you just mentioned that the J-type fighter's fire control computer processing capacity is limited, and the number of links reserved is also not compatible with our army's ARHM system. Well, the situation is clear, now that a war is going on, we can't afford to arrange for the SDF F-15 fighters to be upgraded in batches, so-"

"Let me interrupt, Mr. Major!"

From just now to now, he has been standing beside the bespectacled air captain and watching coldly, and now when he hears the Americans say these clichés, Keiichi Nakamura, a second-class air force of the Air Self-Defense Force wearing a fat military uniform, finally feels unbearable, and he really can't understand that at a time when the whole of Japan is about to shatter jade and act as a buffer shield for the Americans, these arrogant guys are still pushing back and refusing to provide advanced weapons for the Self-Defense Forces:

"At this point, our question is, since your country has already started a war with Lucia and a war in the Far East is a matter of time, why has it not approved our upgrade plan and refused to provide complete information and software code for the radar control system of the F-15J fighter?

If this is the case, then it is okay, why did the new air-to-air guided missile developed by our ministry and Mitsubishi also receive orders and told not to arbitrarily advance the progress? ”

"Who told you that you were going to delay the progress?

Finalize AAM-4, I don't think I'll mention this messy account again. ”

Hearing the complaints of the Self-Defense Force officers, it was clear in his heart that these words were indeed true, and the US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Mark Vinson, who was present, waved his hand to stop Nakamura's seizure.

Seriously, as a civilian in the technical department of the U.S. Pacific Command, Vinson really had a little sympathy for the Japanese who flew the F-15J against the Russian planes; The results of the work of the CIA and the military intelligence department have already indicated that the Russian fighters facing each other across the sea are about to prepare the "R-77" active radar-guided missiles, and for this reason, an urgent order has been issued on the surface to let the US military wings stationed in Japan step up their preparations for war, and at the same time verify all the AIM-120B missiles that have arrived, so as to ensure that in this Far East war that will break out sooner or later, the US fighters still have a certain advantage, at least in terms of technology.

The AIM-120B, which was hastily equipped in the Great War, once held up a piece of the sky for the free world in the Caucasus, and the exchange ratio of NATO's tactical air force to the Russians also increased for a time, and then it was defeated by inexplicable anti-radiation missiles and the murderous "crazy Ivan".

Now the Recion company in the rear is stepping up to launch a counter-radiation guided missile in an attempt to regain technological superiority over the Russians, but it is clear that this qiē is no longer relevant to the Japanese in front of them - the wheels of war have rumbled over, the JASDF has only 300 aircraft equipped with more than 300 aircraft, the daily battle losses are swinging in double digits, and there is only one incomplete F-2 fighter production line in China. How many F-15 fighters can the Air Self-Defense Force now be provided with F-15 fighters to supplement the United States, which seems to have abundant production capacity, to make up for the terrible losses caused by the fierce battles in the Caucasus and Western Europe? (To be continued......)