Chapter 804: Flight Instructor
Can't make a mistake, can you?
Piloting a MiG plane with a range of more than 1,000 kilometers with internal fuel to take to the air for combat must have a lot of constraints in all aspects, and if the Americans know the details, it will be a big deal, even if the radar is stealth?
At that time, if the enemy planes fill the sky with hula and randomly fire a few waves of "Slime" missiles, I am afraid that he will be forced to evade and waste fuel with afterburner, and probably he will have to turn around and return to the ship without even seeing the enemy's face.
Oh, but in that case, maybe he could act as a decoy and lure more prey to the R-27P/EP's aerial salvo?
While thinking about walking, entering the regimental headquarters building with the brisk Kamenev, Long Yun quickly extinguished these fantasies, he felt that Viktor Rezenov, as a major general of the Soviet Air Force Aviation, and also the spiritual idol and central pillar of VVS and PVO, it was better not to take too many risks, lest he accidentally capsize in the gutter one day.
For the current Red Empire, Viktor Rezenov has become a well-known super air killer, and if there is a slight mistake in his Long Yun's hands, the impact on the entire battle situation is immeasurable.
After a revery and subsequent self-denial, Long Yun came back to his senses and found that Kamenev was following him into the corridor, which made him feel strange.
This Kamenev, he didn't just leave from the regimental headquarters, how did he come back?
Seeing the confusion on Viktor's face, Kamenev stood down and rubbed his hands, as if he was not sure what to say, he stood there for a few seconds before he spoke:
"Well...... That is true. Victor; Today I met with the dispatch order from the headquarters at the regimental headquarters. It's about me, and a few other Air Force pilots. Wait until the war in the Caucasus is over. I was leaving the 237th Regiment and reporting to the 149th Aviation Training Regiment of the VVS stationed in Voronezh. ”
"Aviation Training Corps...... So, Gennady, are you going to be a flight instructor? ”
When the words came out, seeing Gennady Kamenev nodding with a complicated expression, Long Yun raised his eyebrows in surprise, but he didn't feel any surprise in his heart.
Dispatching ace pilots during war is not unusual.
In a large-scale war after the entry of aircraft into the military sphere. As long as there is a capable country, there will be such an arrangement, that is, to transfer the ace pilots with outstanding achievements to the rear, mainly in training centers and other places to undertake the task of aviation instructors. The reason for doing this is that, on the one hand, it can prevent the pilots with top-notch combat achievements and resounding reputations from dying in battle, which will affect the morale of the military and civilians, and on the other hand, more importantly, it can improve the overall technical level of the pilots, so as to obtain greater operational gains in the protracted and long-term war.
For example, during World War II, Ivan Kozhdub, the number one ace of the Allied side, and Alexander Pokryshkin, the number one ace of the Allied countries, who served in the Soviet Red Air Force and had great achievements, were ordered by the Supreme Command to hide and only work as instructors or commanders in the rear after achieving amazing results. It is no longer allowed to fly in combat.
For an ace pilot whose technique is close to perfection, it is better to play a role in the training camp than to continue to shoot down enemy planes in air combat. Obviously, the latter's contribution to the war was far greater than that of the former, and this has long been recognized by the world's major air powers. As for Nazi Germany and militarist Japan during World War II, they often did not evacuate ace pilots, not because they did not agree with this principle, but because the front-line battles were really tight, they were simply not allowed to transfer manpower from the already inferior air force combat sequence, let alone transfer the most capable ace pilots from the front-line troops.
It is precisely because of this understanding that Long Yun is not surprised by Kamenev's whereabouts, saying that he himself was asked by Air Force Commander General Sergeyev before, "Do you want to come to the rear aviation school as an instructor."
But arranging is one thing, love is another; As a battle-hardened VVS veteran, Long Yun can understand Kamenev's mood right now. -- Soldiers who can become ace pilots are certainly not cowards, and when such an alliance needs to fight the most, they are sent to the rear as instructors by a piece of paper, although they also know that this arrangement is more beneficial to the whole battle situation, but in all fairness, no pilot is willing to say goodbye to his comrades-in-arms who live and die together day and night, and leave from the line of fire that fights and kills the enemy.
Thinking of this, Long Yun nodded to Kamenev, he comforted the No. 2 ace of the 237th regiment, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and the two shook hands in the corridor to say goodbye.
After saying goodbye to Kamenev, Long Yun came to the regimental headquarters office to explain the situation, and after listening to his vague remarks, Regiment Commander Samsonov was very happy to let him go to work with peace of mind -- speaking of which, his military rank as the commander of the fighter aviation regiment was not as high as that of Viktor Rezenov, and although the army order system looked at military positions and not military ranks, Viktor's situation was extraordinary, and there was no doubt about this.
As for those vague statements, Samsonov knew very well that this major general of the aviation corps was busy with official business and needed to keep many things secret, so naturally it was impossible to be so clear about what the regiment said about 1510:
"Hey! Victor, there is no problem with the arrangements in the group, you can rest assured to get busy; If there is any situation, just call the regiment at any time, and if I am not there, I can find the political commissar as well. ”
"Understood, Comrade Regiment Commander!"
After explaining to the regiment commander and others, and pondering in the regiment headquarters for a while, several people talked about the situation on the first day of yesterday's counteroffensive, and Long Yun said goodbye to Colonel Samsonov, went to the duty room to change into a flight suit and put on a helmet; After confirming that the ground crew had refueled the fighter, he quickly boarded the overhauled white No. 20 Su-27P42, entered the runway with four R-73M missiles that were only for self-protection, accelerated and flew into the blue sky with his head held high.
This time, because the decision was hasty, Long Yun did not expect the KGB to arrange a specific itinerary, but Valentina reminded him that it was better not to take a helicopter or a train to avoid any possibility of being figured out by Western spies. After thinking about it, Long Yun decided to fly the fighter plane himself to Bugas from the north around the vast Black Sea this time, which was considered to break the convention and the safety was more guaranteed; And then if there is any emergency, you can also fly the Su-27P42 directly from Bugas to battle.
Of course, as for the conditions for the advance base of the Bugas, whether there are technical conditions to guarantee the Su-27, Long Yun is not worried at all: as the number one trump card of the Red Air Force, he only needs to say hello to the Air Force Command, and naturally someone will coordinate with the Balkan Theater Command and do all the logistics support work.
From Stavropol, which was sunny in fine weather, to cruising altitude and heading west, Long Yun cautiously followed the instructions of the GCI guidance information, taking care to avoid the dense anti-aircraft fire kill zone scattered throughout the Black Sea coast.
Piloting the light, fuel-rich white No. 20 landline, Long Yun's route planning did not need to be too calculated, he set up navigation beacons, let the fighter plane fly northwest first, prepare to fly over the northern part of the Sea of Azov, to avoid the sword-ridden Crimean Peninsula, and then follow the ground guidance information all the way to approach and pass through Kherson, Nikolaev and other places, and then change the direction of the flight again, along the path of the Union Republic of Moldova, Romania to Bulgaria all the way south.
Such a long-distance flight with twists and turns was different from the intense and intense combat action, and Long Yun, who flew the fighter plane to an altitude of 6,500 meters, felt very relaxed, and he could relax and think about things while overlooking the earth from the cockpit.
Once his thinking began to diverge, the first thing he thought of was naturally Kamenev's whereabouts, and Admiral Sergeyev had also asked him if he wanted to be an instructor before, and Long Yun's attitude was very clear: unlike ordinary pilots, participating in the war process of the parallel world as a traverser, Long Yun knew very well that what he wanted to do was not just to kill in the air, but to try to solve a series of mysteries, so he resolutely could not accept the arrangement and go to the aviation training unit as an instructor, In that case, he would be tied up in a training base, which would be very detrimental to the development of many operations.
But the situation is okay, maybe I was shocked by Viktor Rezenov's amazing combat power, and felt that this superman-like air killer was best used on the battlefield, and it never mentioned that he should be an instructor, but it saved Long Yun a lot of trouble.
But then again, like Gennady Kamenev, who is about to bid farewell to the 237 fighter aviation regiment, Long Yun now has a trace of melancholy:
Viktor Rezenov, in the 237th regiment, in Stavropol, I'm afraid it won't be too long.
This kind of thinking is not someone to inform Long Yun, but an inference he draws from the battle situation.
Thinking back to the battle sequence a few months ago, when he had just traveled from the front line in Western Europe to Moscow, received an award and flew to Stavropol to join the 237th Fighter Aviation Regiment, Long Yun can still remember the scene of that day, and he feels that it was still yesterday. When he first came to the Caucasus, the NATO coalition forces were still only active in the sky, and the overall shape of the Caucasus was relatively stable; Now, however, after several months of twists and turns, the decisive battle between the two major military blocs of the East and the West has begun, and no matter whether the next battle goes smoothly or not, in short, the situation in the southern theater will soon become clear, and the winners and losers of the two warring sides will soon be clear. (To be continued......)