Chapter 1270: Careful consideration
After receiving the call, comparing the navigation map on the multifunctional display, the distance given by the autopilot system is 610 kilometers, which is a bit long for the Su-27M2, which has less than two tons of oil left.
Fortunately, the flight performance of the facelifted M-model, which has been improved from the S-type, is better than the original, and the lift-to-drag ratio has a slight advantage, since the Su-27S can stay in the sky for twenty-eight minutes with a ton of low-grade kerosene, then this range will not be beyond the capabilities of the White Twentie.
Fierce battle, returning, on the vast ocean behind Long Yun, the U.S.Navy, which had undergone a baptism of missiles, was very depressed, and the Red Navy, which had just won a decisive victory, was ready to pursue the victory.
A spear and shield contest at an altitude of 10,000 meters has already inflicted heavy losses on the arrogant Yankees, and as long as they use more strength to throw a batch of heavy anti-ship missiles on any platform, it is estimated that the gray US Navy will be completely annihilated, and not a single ship will be left -- this kind of thinking is not only the command personnel of the flagship "Frunze," but also the generals and staff officers of the Great Rear Fleet Command and the Far Eastern Theater General Command.
In the face of the Yankees, who have been hit hard and are still dizzy, Admiral Nikolai Kuznetsov, who has a calm personality and is not lacking in determination, has some similar thoughts.
However, unlike the enthusiastic young officers and front-line combat personnel, the marshal is now thinking more about a Far Eastern wrestling in which the Red Navy participates, and it is clear that the current operation must serve the overall strategy of the Red Empire, so the elimination of the US Navy's ship formation is not the first priority. In contrast, it is more important to preserve yourself and collect evidence at the same time.
Yes. It is to "collect evidence". If, after this war, the Americans wanted to cover up the facts and use understatement excuses to stabilize the feelings of the people and the client states at home, the Soviet side would throw out these materials and use the US Navy aircraft carriers that would turn the billowing black smoke into a sea cemetery to make everyone see clearly and understand the moment when the era of imperialism rampant in the seas began. It was solemnly declared by the Red Giant.
Well, the only regret is that the Kh-15s thrown at the heads of the Americans were all launched from air platforms, and in comparison, the surface battle group of the Pacific Fleet that the warships exhausted has not fired a single bomb so far.
Since his ideas were different from those of some radical generals, Marshal Kuznetsov raised his hand to stop the heated debate in the command room, and he ordered the personnel in charge of operational planning to continue to work out the plan, and to connect the lines and have one of the generals personally command and coordinate on the air bridge of the "Varyag", and to make sure that the landing arrangements for the Red Air Force's helper, Comrade Viktor Rezenov, were well arranged.
The current battle is according to the young men who are gearing up. Now it is time to send a group of Su-27Ks to cover the Red Navy's surface battle group to strike eastward, as long as the Type 1164 missile cruiser and the 949A cruise missile nuclear submarine are sent into attack positions, and the reconnaissance aircraft are also scrupulously duty-bound. If more than 100 P-500s and P-700s are shot, they will be able to destroy 100% of the Yankees' aircraft carrier battle groups.
Unlike the Kh-15 on the air platform, the P-500 and P-700 missiles, those are all big guys with tons of warheads!
The young people were full of energy, but the commanders, represented by Marshal Kuznetsov, had other considerations.
According to the battle reports from the front, the Americans are now suffering from a wave of Kh-15 salvos, but it is not yet known how many casualties these missiles have caused to the Americans when the Soviet reconnaissance planes are unable to get close.
In particular, the three heavy aircraft carriers at the core of the US Navy formation, the anti-strike capability of the aircraft carriers is certainly not comparable to that of ordinary surface ships, and the same number of anti-ship missiles can be greatly different, from "basically not affecting the operation" to "sending scrap depots" It is possible, in other words, the Americans may still have some advantages in carrier-based aviation, and if they rashly pursue, the Red Navy may encounter a counterattack and suffer some losses.
At the beginning of the operation, commanding batches of Tu-22M3 to attack the US fleet, the Red Navy's combat style was still very active and aggressive, but when it came time to dispatch surface ships, Kuznetsov could not help but think carefully.
After all, the losses of the Americans' aircraft carriers can be replenished, not to mention that there is a "Nimitz" class near delivery at the Newport shipyard across the ocean, a CVN-76 in the dockyard to rush work, and at least one section of the same class ship is under construction.
Compared with the deep-pocketed opponents, the Pacific Fleet of the Red Navy is very different, the second ship of the 1143.7 project "Almaty" has been suspended for a long time, and the completion date has not been determined, and the first ship of the 1143.7 "Kremlin" is deployed in the Barents Sea, which means that the heavy aircraft-carrying cruisers of the Red Navy are very valuable, and if anything goes wrong, whether it is newly built at the Nikolaev shipyard or transferred from the Northern Fleet, it is unrealistic.
Since the outbreak of the World War, the Red Empire has been fighting for the upper hand on different fronts, and the contest between East and West has become more and more clear, but it has not seen much light for the Pacific Fleet.
For many reasons in history, and of course due to the actual situation of the shipbuilding industry, all the destroyers and above ships in the Pacific Fleet came from the Black Sea coast, and at the moment the Americans were entrenched in the Middle East and could not get rid of each other, and the four fleets of the Soviet Union still could not care for each other.
The loss of one large ship is one less, and this is the case, how can Kuznetsov, as the commander of the fleet, not be careful?
As far as the current war situation is concerned, the Red Navy has gained the first mover advantage, but in the case of not being sure of the remaining strength of the US carrier-based aviation, sending the Su-27K to participate in the attack means that the air defense of the fleet will be weakened.
Surface ships are very valuable, and for the sake of today, if you want to completely send all the Americans to the bottom of the sea, maybe you still have to use the Tu-22M3 to penetrate the defense?
No, it's not very safe, at least not yet.
Standing in the command room and thinking, Nikolai Kuznetsov knew the origin of the results of an air raid just achieved, and at the secret meeting before the war, the General Headquarters made careful arrangements, and Viktor Rezenov, the super ace of the Red Air Force, would use "some way" to provide air cover for the Tu-22M3 that penetrated the defense at high speed, so that the powerful Americans would be caught off guard all of a sudden.
Now, having received a message from the command, the communication system of the "Varyag" has also contacted the returning Vice Admiral, the legendary killer of the sky, who is preparing to land on the ship.
Although I don't know how a land-based fighter will do it - it is not enough to simply install a ship hook, the marshal can at least be sure that Vice Admiral Rezenov, who has returned from a fierce battle, will definitely need to rest, and it is not yet known whether he will be able to take off from the "Varyag" and participate in the battle, so at the moment, it is more dangerous to continue to send a regiment-sized Tu-22M3.
In the face of a favorable situation, the marshal of the Red Navy was still strategizing, and in the sky, a gray-white figure was gradually approaching.
"Call 'Flat Top', call 'Flat Top', here is 'Дракон', I have entered the landing track, the state of the fighter is not abnormal, request further operation instructions, over."
"'Flat top' received, 'Дракон', the landing track is confirmed to be normal, the distance is 9.6 (km), the altitude is 300, please smoothly lower the altitude to 200; Visibility is good, the channel is clear, pay attention to the landing lights, maintain radio contact and put the landing gear in advance.
'Дракон', please report your current fuel level, done. ”
"'Дракон' received, -- four hundred fuel, can support two go-arounds, over."
While allowing the fighter plane to glide smoothly and communicating with the "Varyag" clearly visible in front of him, Long Yun used the once familiar code name "Дракон (Dragon)".
Due to the IF compatibility problem between the Red Navy and VVS, the transponder system on the heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser could not automatically obtain the status information of the White Twenty, and the young man reported his fuel stock, and when he saw the two dark blue Su-27Ks flying with him in the cockpit separated from the left and right, he took a deep breath, put his finger on the landing gear button, and prepared to fly a little further and lower it in advance, so that the comrades next to him and the landing assistants on the "Varyag" could observe and confirm together.
In the Northwest Pacific after the fierce battle, the sky was bright, the wind was calm on the sea, and the heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser chopping the waves against the wind became larger little by little in the line of sight.
Isn't it, in order to land smoothly on the heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser of the Red Navy, in the real world, he "crashed" on the simulator I don't know how many times!
Yes, it is "crashed", both controllable and uncontrollable, anyway, many times.
Piloting the White Twenty back to the sea, along a fairly standard gentle descent track, the angle of attack remained within the normal range, and the young people in the cockpit abandoned distractions and prepared for a difficult landing. (To be continued......)