Of course, the operational considerations of the 237 regiment by the superiors are not only because of the large bomb load of the Su-27.

Because of its high price and complex structure, the Su-27, which is not heavily equipped even today, is well received by all parties, and neither pilots nor commanders want to involve it in dangerous combat air combat.

However, unlike anyone here, Long Yun, who has crossed over from the not-so-distant future and has a completely forward-looking consciousness, with his grasp of the current battle situation and his understanding of the Su-27, a sharp weapon in air combat, will of course make him form a completely different combat thinking from the soldiers in front of him.

Compared with the conservative pilots, Long Yun appreciates his colleagues who are confident in the Su-27's maneuverability and eager to engage in white-knuckle combat with the enemy.

Unlike the dazzling arsenals of Western countries, on the list of air combat weapons of the Warsaw Pact countries, only the fighters provided by many Soviet design bureaus alone support the overall situation; This situation is not likely to change in a short period of time.

Therefore, on the current air battlefield, the situation is also clear: as the most powerful and comprehensive heavy fighter of the Soviet Union, the Su-27 must directly face the challenge of NATO's most elite fighters, and use a decisive victory to suppress the opponent from the combat and psychological aspects.

Looking back on the previous combat experience in the skies of Central Europe, Long Yun clearly knew that the performance of the R-27 series missiles was limited, and it was even more constrained in actual combat; Enemy aircraft that penetrate the medium-range interception line must finally be solved by dogfight, and the Su-27, as the fighter with the best combat maneuverability in the Soviet Union, must face it head-on, and there is absolutely no way out at this time.

However, Long Yun, who expressed his views at the discussion meeting and tried to bring some changes to the training and operational thinking of the aviation regiment, was questioned and refuted by many pilots.

"Lieutenant Colonel Rezenov, I'm afraid you are not very familiar with the performance characteristics of the Su-27. When we use the Su-27, we need to give full play to its range and bomb load to attack the invading enemy aircraft one by one; The N001 radar can only guide two R-27s to attack a maximum of two targets at a time, and it is useless to hang more missiles without using the interception method of high-speed engagement. ”

"yes. If a batch of two R-27s is launched and then goes into visual air combat, then what is the difference with the MiG-29? ”

"Our regiment is one of the only few Su-27 regiments in the Caucasus, and if we risk frequent combat air battles, I am afraid it will be difficult to maintain sustained combat effectiveness, which will be detrimental to the anti-aircraft form of the entire region."

With the appearance of these remarks, Long Yun was a little surprised to find that his comrades-in-arms did not very approve of his sortie, or his combat mode, and he realized that this was not the 309th Regiment that he or Viktor Rezenov was familiar with.

The pilots here may have a lot of respect for him when he first arrived, but they don't really understand his operational thoughts and ideas.

However, in the midst of such doubts, there were also some pilots who were very interested in Long Yun's words; According to his sortie table today, they believe that the use of the Su-27 to carry out all-round interception operations from over-the-horizon to combat should be said to have merit. Seeing that there were also people who supported him, but the confidence seemed to be a little insufficient, Long Yun found some reasons to continue; He waved his hand to silence the pilots who were talking for a moment, and then spoke out his considerations.

"Yes, maybe you're right." With the sufficient intelligence support before, Long Yun's words also had a little more full confidence.

"Now that the Su-27 has a limited number of equipment, our 237 regiment really needs to preserve its strength and not casually bear the battle damage. But when it comes to preserving strength, how much strength do they need to preserve in the US Air Force on the other side?

In my personal observation, now NATO's attention is still shifting from the west of Europe to the Caucasus; In fact, the U.S. 8th and 20th Air Wings in front of us were not immediately able to receive adequate weapons and logistical support. As for the fighter wings that came up later, the number seems to be quite amazing, but they are basically second-line forces that have been drawn over, and their combat experience and will to fight are not enough to fear for the time being.

In this situation, as long as we can cooperate with our friendly forces in several offensive operations at any cost, we can quickly drive them out of the Caucasus airspace; Then the anti-aircraft shì of the entire region will become quite favorable to us, at least until the enemy recovers its combat strength, and we can get valuable time to recuperate, which will be enough to provide the rear with new Su-27 fighters. ”

These analyses of mixed tactical and strategic perspectives are Long Yun's reflections on the current operational form; This is not only to illustrate the importance of combat operations from a tactical level, but also to try to consider the use of Su-27 fighters from an overall operational level.

In his opinion, since the unprecedentedly powerful Su-27 has the technical indicators required for over-the-horizon interception and combat air combat, it can be said that it is a waste to continue to use such an all-round weapon as a large interceptor or an over-the-horizon missile launch platform.

Even if there are strategic considerations above, as the 237th Regiment, can it also appropriately show its edge and carry out some offensive operations?

However, after hearing Long Yun's remarks, the pilots and commanders in the regiment obviously fell into a short period of thought, and then began to discuss and argue quite fiercely.

"The characteristics of the Su-27, now we have quite a good grasp of it, and the execution of volley operations can fully meet the needs. Why do you have to go up and melee your opponent? ”

However, as Victor said, choosing to disengage when you can enter a visual air battle has its own risks. -- Haven't there been fighter planes that have been attacked or even shot down in this situation before? ”

"You mean Rykov?"

When it came to this question, the pilot named Rykov opened his mouth to distinguish: "I also think that it is better to fight when it is time to fight; Or rather, it depends. ”

In several previous operations, because of the large number of NATO fighters in the combat airspace, and also because the 237th Regiment adopted countermeasures in echelon configuration, the Su-27 formation, which completed the over-the-horizon attack and turned around, was also attacked by NATO fighters and suffered a certain range of losses.

As an experiencer of such an experience, although they ejected from the hit Su-27 fighter jet, remembering that it was not a pleasant experience, Rykov and the other pilot were eager to change their tactics and face off against their opponents in close quarters.

"That's right, but," it was Kamenev who took the lead this time, "Comrade Rezenov, can the performance of the Su-27 really compete with the F-15C?" Why are you so sure that we can have an advantage in dogfight? ”

Such a question is not only asked from Kamenev's mouth, but also the confusion of many people here.

Unlike the dragon clouds that have crossed over, in this parallel world, the long-term continuation of the Cold War between the East and the West, accompanied by strict information blockade and secrecy measures, has been continuing; In this kind of fierce contest on the intelligence front, it was impossible for the Soviet Union to obtain the actual performance parameters of the advanced US fighters, let alone obtain a real fighter plane for comparative testing and then to study targeted combat strategies.

Of course, with the outbreak of the Great War, this kind of real contrast and contest that was impossible before has been frequently staged in the sky of blood and fire; However, if you want to truly recognize the strengths and weaknesses of your opponent and use them freely in battle, of course, a month is not enough.

I don't know how much it costs to get this kind of valuable performance reference?

But for Long Yun, none of this is a problem at all.

In the real world where assault aircraft are popular and fourth-generation stealth fighters are outdated, third-generation fighters such as F-15 and Su-27 have long since withdrawn from the air force equipment sequence of the world's major powers, and fly in the sky as the main aircraft of aviation competition; When it comes to the performance parameters and confrontation strategies of these two models, many aviation teams have studied it countless times.

――Not only research, but also real confrontation drills and competitions, I think there are thousands of more than that!

Long Yun, who is obsessed with aviation competition and has a great interest in fighter aircraft, is of course familiar with these studies and confrontations. Because the J-11 series fighters introduced by China are one of the main aircraft types of the current aviation competition, the demand for countering the American F-15 is particularly strong, and related combat research can be said to be blooming everywhere; This is because there are real fighters to fight against each other repeatedly, and the level of analysis and research is even higher than that of the Cold War confrontation period.

With such background knowledge to rely on, to answer the question of the confrontation between the F-15 and the Su-27, Long Yun can be said to be confident.

In fact, he doesn't need to say much, if you want to talk about playing F-15, he has cleaned up several planes when he piloted the MiG-29 before; Now that it has been replaced by the more powerful Su-27, why are these lads timid?

Interested in finding drawings and rulers, to draw the flight envelope of the two fighters and the attack envelope of the weapon system for everyone in front of him, on this basis, combined with the fire control system, control characteristics and the weaknesses of the Americans' tactical arrangement, Long Yun was indeed eager to do so.

He was fully confident that he would convince everyone here to immediately take to the skies and follow him to fight the U.S. Air Force in the far south, and prove his verdict with more wreckage of enemy planes!

But...... If he continues to talk like this, how will he explain his arguments that have fallen from the sky?

Can it still be explained by "having a problem with the head" as before?

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