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In the dark night before dawn, the water and the sky are colorful.

At night, it was pitch black, and on the rough sea, there was a faint thunderous roar in the sky.

As far as the eye can see, the starlight is dim and flickering, and in the boundless sky, there are shadowy figures, dragging long and thin flames behind them, looking from a distance, it looks like a burning meteor, but the direction of the fall is parallel to the sea surface, with a thunderous roar gradually moving away.

The night was dark, the sea was rough, and the horn of the decisive battle sounded at this time.

In the endless night, flying at a low altitude close to the sea, the gray circles and white stars with low visibility on the wing surface were faintly visible, and the 12 "Super Hornet" fighters of the US Navy's carrier-based aircraft unit formed a wild goose formation, and the white "Harpoon" missiles were hung and pounced westward. Just above this large area of fighters, the "Tomcat" fighters, which were cruising at an altitude of several thousand meters, were far away in a group of four at this time, and advanced 30 kilometers in front of the attack plane group to pounce on the enemy under the guidance of the E-2C "Hawkeye."

A large group of aircraft dispatched an air raid from the sea, just after the three groups of F-14D "Super Cat" fighters, the three VFA squadrons at medium and low altitudes were all dispatched, and the target was the formation of Russian surface ships hundreds of kilometers away.

Although it was only a feint, dozens of fighters poured out to attack, and if the number of incoming "flanks" was small and could not withstand the attack of the "Tomcats", the Americans would not mind making a fake show and throwing batches of AGM-84 missiles on the heads of the Russian fleet that was being attacked unilaterally.

"'Derrick'. ‘Derrick’。 Here is the 'Victory_One' ('Victory One'). Skull Squadron Call Sign), target batch zero three, distance about one hundred and forty-five (nautical miles), height twenty-one thousand (feet), azimuth three zero, IFF identification no answer, over! ”

"'Victory_One', the air situation information has been confirmed, and the enemy can be engaged!

Target distance modifier 135 (nautical miles). Watch out for batch 02 'Scissors' at eleven o'clock, 'Bullet' squadron behind you, over! ”

"'Victory' received! ――over！ ”

The four VF-103 "Skull" squadron fighters in a dense formation turned sideways and spaced left and right under the command of the squadron leader, and the bright light of the green display screen was reflected on the face of the radar operator, and the AN/APG-71 was capturing the traces of the enemy from afar.

According to the unified command of the "derrick", the twelve F-14Ds of the "Skeleton" squadron will go hand in hand, and this group of four planes in the center will be the first to exchange fire with Ivan, and the enemy planes will follow. It should be where the Russian fleet is located!

The forward throttle valve broke through the sound barrier, and the "immortal bird" on the half-buried hanger was on standby. The courageous charge of the "Skeleton" squadron was only an inconspicuous microcosm of the vast battlefield: At 5:30 a.m., flying over a distance of several hundred nautical miles, the first wave of air strikes of the US Navy approached the Red Navy's surface battle group in the western sea, and in the dark night of the thin clouds drifting opposite the "Tomcats" and "Hornets" with these bombs hanging and rushing, Sukhoi fighters with "cross axes" on the pylons also lined up to meet them.

Flying at an altitude of 6,300 meters, the route bypassed the surface battle group in front of them, and the six Su-27Ks approached from the side of the Red Navy fleet in a roundabout way, the 281st carrier-based aircraft regiment of the Red Navy from the "Varyag", the St. Andrew's flag painted with a blue cross on a white background on the tail of the vertical tail, and the red five stars on the wings were clearly distinguishable in a faint moonlight.

After taking off, they have been in a hurry, according to the commander's request to enter the position at 5:20 in the morning, the six Su-27Ks at high altitude have not yet discovered the oncoming "Super Cat", but the RWR has detected the STT mode scanning signal of the AN/APG-71 radar, at the same time, the low-altitude interceptors that occupy some of the trails have also been in place, and the other six Su-27Ks full of R-27 series missiles have been deployed into a fan under the guidance of the high-altitude fleet, searching for the US attack fleet that will inevitably wait for the opportunity to follow.

High-altitude suppression, low-altitude interception, the Red Navy's echelon configuration interception line has a lot of troops, but at this time, the number of U.S. Navy fighters opposite them is larger, and the tactics are also very complex and flexible.

In the face of the enemy, a wave of bulldozing tactics will not work most of the time.

The problem is that in the absence of a determination and confirmation of the coordinates of the Russian surface warship formation, a large number of F/A-18E/Fs full of "Harpoons" do not know where to rush, even if they have the intention to get into battle.

So now, the large aircraft group sent out on the CVN-73 is fighting separately, and the VFA-27 and VFA-102 "Super Hornet" squadrons responsible for air-to-air missions are deployed at low altitudes, and each fighter plane is mounted under the wing with four AGM-84D/G, all the way to follow the VFA-154 in front, and then go straight to the target after receiving the exact order; The VFA-154 "Bullet" squadron, which carried out the task of seeking the enemy and luring the enemy, carried two "Harpoons" on each fighter, and the remaining hardpoints were all "Slammer", and the high-altitude "Super Cat" cleaned up the Russian carrier-based fighter force in front of it.

In the execution of the tactics, the distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and one after another carrier-based aircraft are passing through the boundless night sky, preparing for a fateful life-and-death duel.

At this time, in the Pacific Ocean, under the dark and dreary night of the killing cloth, even if you open your eyes widely, you can only see a faint moonlight that is almost imperceptible; Flocks of metal giant birds, on the battlefield situation map in the large rear, only appear as clusters of light spots, the commander on the chart of the sea crisscross, with the transmission of shadowless and invisible orders, the situation in the mysterious sky is rapidly changing, the US Navy carrier-based aircraft attacking according to the predetermined direction soon approached the Red Navy surface battle group, the first round of over-the-horizon contest between the two sides immediately broke out.

In the face of the Red Navy's carrier-based aircraft interception line, the VF-103 squadron fighters that rushed to the front, except for the captain aircraft, the remaining three "Super Cats" all used STT mode to lock one "sea guard", and the same was true of another four-plane formation that followed up on the north side of the airspace, and the F-14 fighters with their wings swept back fired first at a distance of more than 150 kilometers.

The button was pressed, the "Fox_Three" call sign was endless, and the six AIM-54Cs that were whistling away disappeared from sight, and the first shot of the sea and air duel was fired!

Commanding his comrades to launch a wave of attacks first, piloting the No. 302 F-14D of the "Skeleton" squadron, squadron leader Raul Johnson was highly nervous at this time, and Anderson, a radar officer sitting in the back row, was scanning the airspace ahead with radar over and over again, providing a rough air situation for his comrades who were concentrating on long-range shooting.

In the first round of the "Immortal Bird" salvo just now, it did not undertake the attack mission, and the AN/APG-71 working in RWS mode on the 302nd aircraft worked very hard, and the two batches of enemy aircraft that completed the tracking were temporarily stored in the zài fire control system, and there was a corresponding bright spot on the display screen; Faced with the oncoming Russian fighters, Anderson adjusted the radar scanning angle, switched the beam type and repetition rate at the same time, and he quickly determined from experience that the group of "sea guards" in front of him was dividing into three groups of twin planes to meet the head-on, and the Russians at low altitude were waiting for the opportunity.

Hearing his partner's call, Major Raul Johnson thought for a moment, immediately called the "derrick" hovering in the rear, contacted the VFA-154 to turn to the 300 direction, which is the north side of the expected position of the Russian fleet, and then ordered the third group of four planes of the VF-103 to turn to the south side, using guò to guard against a sneak attack on the Russian flank.

Isn't it, looking at the current situation, it is clear that Ivan's warships are behind this line of fighter interception.

Now that they are aware of the air raids of the United States, that is, when it is time for the two sides to decide the winner, there are only a few "sea guards" on the Russians' front?

As a front-line commander with a good sense of the overall situation, Major Johnson suspected that this was some kind of trap on the part of the Russians, and of course, it could also be that their aircraft carriers were poorly dispatched and could only dispatch these fighters in a hurry.

But no matter what, after defeating this group of Ivans, the boys of the VFA can drive straight in and launch the "Harpoon" missile!

The decision was made, and the No. 302 "Super Cat" entered the climb, and the F-14 fighters of the "Skull" squadron climbed up one after another with a faintly visible steep track.

While transposing in the vertical plane, as soon as the time came, the "Tomcats" ended the first round of AIM-54C midcourse guidance.

Radar scanning shows that, as expected, most of the "sea guards" have dodged a "dead bird" pounce, radar ranging, the enemy aircraft distance has been shortened to 69 kilometers, the four "super cats" that have been evacuated on the left and right during the climb immediately perform their duties, Johnson's No. 302 and No. 311 on the far right of the formation entered the multi-target interception process: the radar switched to TWS mode, all AIM-54C pre-powered up, locked all targets in the sector, and pressed the launch button, The heavy gray-white missiles immediately detached and ignited, and the second batch of seven "immortal bird" missiles was launched in a salvo!

First STT, then TWS, the mounted long-range missiles were quickly exhausted, and after a round of dense missile salvos, the other two F-14Ds of the "Skull" squadron quickly dived with their heads down, entered the side and left the established course.

There are still three heavy "immortal birds" on the belly of the plane, and the target of these two fighters is a group of "sea guards" hovering at low altitudes, whether they hit or not, in short, they must first use up all the long-range bombs, suppress the maneuver space of the Russians, and then fight to the death with these guys. (The novel "Dragon Battles in the Sky" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)