In addition to the visit, Long Yun also went to the ship's dining room and had a warm exchange with the Red Navy pilots who had gathered in the officers' dining room for lunch.

The members of the 281st Carrier-based Aviation Regiment on the "Varyag" were at first a little puzzled by Viktor Rezenov, who had previously claimed to have left the plane, but now suddenly appeared, but after a few conversations with the super ace of the Red Empire, the identity of this person was confirmed, and the communication between the pilots proceeded very happily.

During the conversation, Long Yun was half an interview, half an interview and the young men of the Red Navy talked, from this sea and air battle to the fighting technology of the fighters, he has always been alone, and the wingman does not cooperate at all, in the formation air combat or campaign tactical planning can not say anything, but the main combat weapon of the Red Navy's carrier-based aviation - Su-27K, he is quite familiar, now that the fierce battle is over, most of the pilots do not need to be on duty, everyone has been stranded in the restaurant for a long time, In the end, I made an exception and drank some wine as an end.

Stolichnaya red card vodka, I didn't expect that there was also such a thing on the "Varyag", and the lads drank it happily.

Limited by the discipline of the troops, of course, it is impossible to talk about a drunken party, but just after a decisive battle at sea, even if the aircraft carrier battle group of the Yankees was not completely annihilated, the Red Navy, which ranked last among the five major branches of the Soviet Union, finally proved its strategic value, after all, for the United States, which dominates the world with sea power, heavy aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines are the backbone of the country, and the army and air force are a little beyond the reach of this bone. The Strategic Rocket Force, on the other hand, has little real combat to speak of. In the end, it is necessary to rely on a strong ocean-going navy. In this regard, the Red Navy, built by Marshal Sergei Gorshkov, did not disappoint the Soviets, and of course, the strong support of the Red Air Force's number one ace was also crucial.

It was nice to exchange tactics, sip spicy spirits, and have a few drinks after lunch, and then he went on a tour of the Varyag's hangar, walking under the tightly packed dark blue Sukhoi wing.

Travels aboard a Project 1143.6 battleship. Compared with visiting the bridge, power compartment and other places, it is still the hangar that is more attractive to Long Yun, and when he comes to an aircraft carrier, he always wants to see the only carrier-based heavy fighter of the Red Empire; Previously in a long conversation with Mikhail Simonov of the Sukhoi Design Bureau at IAPO, he also proposed that the designers focus on the research of the next generation of twin-engine heavy carrier-based aircraft of the Red Navy, but this is only a forward-looking idea, and it is not possible to become a reality for the time being.

Walking in the brightly lit hangar, the smell of kerosene wafted through the air, mixed with the smell of the sea breeze.

Walking forward from the back of the hangar, Long Yun saw a Su-27K at the front elevator position preparing for a strike. The gray-and-white R-27R missiles on the trailers have been removed, and the red conical caps have been removed. The refueling operation had just been completed, and after watching for a while, Long Yun proposed to the accompanying personnel to take a look in the cockpit of the K-shaped aircraft.

"Ah, sure enough, it's still a big piece of instrumentation, comrade."

For the Su-27K, a carrier-based fighter based on the three-wing improvement program of the Sukhoi T-10S project, the design itself can be said to be the Su-27S, and the cockpit instrument arrangement is almost the same as that of the S type.

Although the aerodynamic configuration and fuselage structure of the two are very different, the K-type aircraft adopts a three-wing layout, the main wing, flat tail, tail vertebrae and even the airspeed tube can be folded, in addition, it is more important to add a pair of heavy-duty pylons under the inner fixed section of the folding wing, and the radar has also been upgraded from N001 to N001M, focusing on improving the detection ability of sea surface targets, but in general, the combat capability of the Su-27K is still basically equivalent to that of the S-type.

Carrier-based aircraft based on the single-seat standard Su-27, in the face of the US Navy's F-14 "Tomcat", it can be said that the two have advantages and disadvantages to each other, and the role of AIM-54, a bulky active radar-guided missile, in fighter confrontation is not obvious, but in the face of the "Super Hornet" equipped with AIM-120B, it is a little bad.

From the analysis of the materials in hand, in this contest, similar to the campaign deduction conducted by the General Headquarters, the US Navy really adopted a more pragmatic fighter configuration posture, using the F-14 with excellent high-altitude and high-speed performance for fleet air defense and interception operations, and the task of attacking the surface ship formation was handed over to the F/A-18 series fighters, of which the F/A-18E/F was equipped with active radar-guided missiles. The number of Su-27Ks lost was basically also shot down in over-the-horizon confrontations, and there were not many cases of real entry into combat at all.

So in a certain sense, Viktor Rezenov's entry into the war is indeed of great significance to the Red Navy, otherwise, this battle may be won, but the price paid will be much higher.

Compared with the old enemy of the US Navy, the enemy's side has more carrier-based aircraft and aircraft carriers, and the losses can be replenished as much as possible, but the large warships and carrier-based aircraft of the Pacific Fleet are not so easy to deal with, and the number of pilots suitable for combat on ships is also limited; Next, unless necessary, the High Command will no longer lightly let the fleet go to sea.

The arrogance of the Americans, running into a duel within the combat radius of the bombers, was enough to teach the Yankees enough lessons that they would not make the same mistake again, but on the other hand, after this crushing defeat, the foundations of the United States were already showing signs of crumbling, and the Americans could not afford to throw in a large number of warships and take another risk, and the battle on the seas could be temporarily calmed down.

After visiting the cockpit of the Su-27K and discussing with the comrades-in-arms of the 281st Regiment next to him, Long Yun had a plan at the moment.

He felt that although the Americans had eaten this good meal, they probably would not risk provoking an ocean-going conflict for a long time, but the technical level of the Red Navy's carrier-based aircraft did lag behind the VVS and even the PVO, and he planned to give it a little mention after returning to the base, to see if he could take advantage of this strategic recuperation period to upgrade the carrier-based aircraft on several heavy aircraft-carrying cruisers, at least the radar and fire control systems to the level of the Su-27M.

In addition, with his own experience, the navigation system on the K-type aircraft is also best replaced together, and the satellite navigation module based on Glonass is still stable on the M, M2 aircraft, and there are no landmarks on the sea, and the navigation system is naturally as advanced as possible.

On the original Su-27S fighter, the navigation system is based on a gyro-stabilized route integrator, and the problem of accumulating errors has not been eradicated, before he ran out of fuel in the 237th regiment and stationed in Stavropol but could not find the airport, and finally landed in a mine on the outskirts of Ordzhonikidze, I have to say that there is a "credit" for the navigation system, and now with satellite navigation, Long Yun naturally hopes that the young men of the Red Navy can also use it, otherwise they can make a forced landing if they get lost on land, In the vast sea, you can only plunge headlong into the sea, and the situation is naturally more dangerous.

In addition, regarding the Su-27K's weapons matching, the R-77 active radar-guided missile is a sought-after commodity on the battlefield, and it is true that there has always been a shortage of production capacity, but if you only rely on the SARHM type of R-27R, or R-27T, it is still very stressful to face the US carrier-based aircraft equipped with active bombs, and it is also a top priority to make it have the ability to use ARHM.

After all, as a VVS ace, he can't take the "Ruslan" to participate in the battle every time.

Long Yun, who had been on the "Varyag" and feasted on his eyes and drank some wine, was quickly told by the detectives that he must not drink vodka again at dinner, and he said goodbye to Anatoly Kapushkin and others on the battleship at midnight that day, and took the plane into the air after preparing for the flight, and by the way, he also took a dozen R-77s from the reserve on the battleship, anyway, it was useless to leave this thing on the "Varyag", and flew back to Khabarovsk in his own white twenty Su-27M2K.

At the end of an expedition, like the officers and men of the Red Navy, the lieutenant general of the aviation corps, who needed to hide his whereabouts, landed alone on the concrete runway of the base on the outskirts of the city, and came to greet him, of course, not by the enthusiastic crowd with flowers in his hand, but by a dedicated KGB agent.

"Victor, welcome back, must be tired, right?"

Leaving the landline of the long-distance flight, Long Yun, who climbed down the boarding ladder, first saw a familiar face, which was not very real in the night, but the voice was Valentina undoubtedly, anyway, there was no one else around, he accepted the girl's hug quite calmly, and then there was a soft touch of his lips touching his cheeks.

Pretending to be the lover of the lieutenant general's comrade, in the eyes of others, Valentina's intimate behavior can be seen as a duty, of course, what the actual situation is, only the two who embrace passionately know best.

It's just that the specific relationship between the two is somewhat different from the memories in the minds of the general and the detective.

Returning to Khabarovsk in the second half of the night, Viktor Rezenov's whereabouts were kept strictly secret by the military and КГБ, and the young detectives who had been looking forward to the suburban base for several days did not care so much, anyway, now it is dark everywhere in the base, and the surrounding agents are not clear, Valentina is very "dutiful" to play the identity of a lover, she accompanied Viktor Rezenov to complete the handover of the fighter plane, underwent a routine medical examination by the military doctor, and then urged him to rest quickly, and if there is anything to say the next morning. (To be continued......)