In the face of a sudden air strike, although the anti-aircraft firepower on the ground was fierce, it still seemed a little weak.

Since the launch of the "Typhoon" operation, it has been engaged in continuous high-intensity operations, and the front-line air force of the VVS in the Transcaucasia has suffered serious damage, and the fighter interception line in the air is no longer complete, and it is difficult to contain the enemy in the air by relying solely on ground anti-aircraft firepower. The low-altitude Turkish "Fighting Falcons" did not encounter interception by MiG planes and quickly completed an air raid mission.

Although the Turks did not dare to stay too long and the bombs were just thrown away during the attack, the "Crimea" squadron, which had only lost one fighter, quickly put together a formation and prepared to return home, but Major Hassan received the latest order from the command center, instructing the squadron to immediately turn due west and fly to the airspace 941X.

Looking at the navigation map, the major found that the airspace was exactly on the east side of Kutaisi, that is, the war zone where the fierce fighting was raging, Hassan couldn't help frowning, these planes that had dropped bombs and only half of the fuel were called to put out the fire, what was the battle like over there?

Nervously, the group turned to the direction of nine o'clock, and the Turks still had no idea what was going on over Kutaisi.

Seriously, if the order sent by the command center had been more detailed and had not deliberately omitted that terrible detail, maybe these bearded men would not have been so willing to rush to battle, or even disobey the order directly on the battlefield:

Viktor Rezenov, piloting the Su-27 "Reaper", at this time was in the sky of Kutaisi.

……

It seems to have appeared out of nowhere in Kutaisi. Long Yun's white twenty was actually planning to sneak into the war zone early in the morning.

At Stavropol airbase. After a full day of hasty test flights. Early this morning, Long Yun, who was ready for battle, asked the ground crew to pull out the airborne equipment almost a clean landline, and began to inspect and refuel to prepare for an attack. Standing in front of the sunny hangar door, Kirilenko's surprise and objection to the arrival, he relaxed his look while sorting out the anti-load clothes and telling the pilots to carry the R-73M on all the pylons, and at the same time explained to the engineers with a pleasant face:

"Ah, Igor; You think such an operation is risky, don't you?

But then again. Which of the fighter sorties was not a risk, at least I had been flying this plane around the sky for many hours yesterday, and I had a pretty good grasp of her temperament. As for the advice you gave, such as writing a comprehensive and detailed flight test report, roughly depicting the flight envelope, and comparing it with the theoretical calculations one by one, my comrade engineer, do you think that under the current flaming combat shape, what kind of knightly demeanor should the Americans have, so that we can do everything well at a glance? ”

"Ah, even if that's the case, but—"

"Haha! No problem old man. I'll always keep in mind that this is a new, modified, hot-tempered aircraft, and I won't be reluctant to get into a bitter battle with the enemy for too long. What now. Time is so short, I want to try my best to verify the combat performance of the Su-27 after weight reduction, and according to the tradition of our army, there is no better opportunity to test the real performance of a weapon than in real combat, you say? ”

"Our army's ...... Tradition? ”

Seeing that Viktor "haha" smiled and turned around and walked towards the fighter, stunned in place and a little unable to come back to his senses, Igor Kirilenko naturally didn't know what the absolute confidence of this guy came from, so he could only comfort himself with the number one ace's terrifying killing record.

This guy was born with a "Grim Reaper" appearance, maybe he has really figured out the temper of the fighter?

But in any case, piloting a plane that has been dismantled like this ghost into the air to fight, this kind of thing is not something that normal people, or ordinary people, can do!

So...... Let him go, as long as he doesn't make too much of a fuss.

……

Thirty minutes after liftoff, the 237th Regiment fighter formation followed by Long Yun had crossed Sukhumi and arrived over the eastern Black Sea.

Flying in formation with a large group of fighters, I saw the sky gradually brighten up along the way, and it seemed that it was an ordinary weather with clouds and no rain, but it was also a good day for air combat.

Maintaining a cruising speed of about 700 kilometers and flying all the way south, when arriving at the predetermined separation point, Long Yuntong Guò's airborne navigation system still retained confirmed that it was correct, and drove the white No. 20, which was exceptionally light, to separate from the large group. Because of the need to maintain radio silence, Long Yun did not have the opportunity to say hello to his comrades in the channel, but with the help of a little flight performance advantage after the weight of the landline was reduced, he slightly pushed the throttle valve forward and came to the front of the fleet heading south to meet the enemy.

Diving all the way down from a height of thousands of meters, seeing the blue sea slowly approaching, the constantly beating altimeter numbers reminded Long Yun that the landline was now plummeting down at a speed of hundreds of meters per second.

Before entering the dive and disengaged, the RWR had not reacted at all to confirm that the landline was not illuminated by enemy radar, but Long Yun was completely convinced that the E-3 early warning aircraft now patrolling the southern sky was monitoring this large area of airspace, and he lowered his altitude while turning due east, and quickly reduced the altitude to only a few hundred meters above sea level, and then pulled the rod and kicked the rudder in one breath, recovering to a state close to level flight and further descending altitude.

As a defender of the high sky of the Red Empire, Long Yun had been fighting to the death with enemy planes in the medium-altitude airspace before, and the opponents were basically NATO fighters who came to fight for air supremacy.

However, at the moment when the battle situation was critical and the counteroffensive was about to begin, he decided to change his usual combat method and go from high altitude to low altitude to do some piecemeal dirty work; The purpose of this is to disturb the enemy commander's train of thought through a series of capricious actions, or rather, to further increase the fear in the adversary's heart.

Yes, if someone thinks that the "Caucasian Reaper" will only concentrate on destroying air superiority fighters, and will not appear at low altitudes filled with gunsmoke, so attack planes can sneak over and drop bombs unscrupulously?

- Hey, hey!

After today's battles, such statements will be history.

With the happy mood of changing combat habits and giving the opponent some new surprises, piloting the fighter plane to the east against the calm sea surface of the waves, Long Yun did not completely relax at this time: although he was eager to kill the enemy, he also knew that it was still a little far away from discovering the enemy plane and harvesting lives, and as the coastline gradually approached, he must always pay attention to the navigation information, and he must not fly in the wrong direction casually.

Otherwise, according to the Soviet Army's usual way of fighting "preferring to kill the wrong one rather than let it go", he would probably be immediately subjected to heavy anti-aircraft fire, even if the guòIFF recognized himself as a friendly fighter.

According to a series of predetermined signs of the navigation system, checking the deviation of the coordinates of the aircraft from the scheduled route from time to time, Long Yun quickly crossed the coastline and entered the skies over Transcaucasia without incident, knowing that from now on, he was flying over the dangerous theater of operations, and even if he was careful not to stray into the anti-aircraft fire zone of the Soviet Army, the anti-aircraft fire of the NATO ground forces might attack him.

So just after entering the sky over land, he firmly held the control stick in his hand and gradually pressed the flight altitude of the fighter to less than 100 meters.

For the Su-27S, which has no on-board equipment and no way to track the terrain, this is already a rather exciting and dangerous altitude, not to mention that the terrain below is still slightly undulating; The mentally nervous piloting fighter plane is flying fast, even a top player as strong as Long Yun will feel that the earth is rapidly approaching, constantly sweeping, and the thrilling scene of a collision at any time makes people unconsciously break out in a cold sweat, and at the same time, their hearts will beat faster!

Maintaining a speed of 600 kilometers per hour, such an ultra-low-altitude and high-speed state is a great drain on the pilot's spirit and body.

But now, Long Yun must always maintain such a low-altitude, high-speed flight state, of course, not to seek excitement, but to be able to engage the target immediately after discovering it - after all, it is very important for a fighter to maintain energy, and when it is so close to the ground, the potential energy stock of the aircraft is already negligible, and only by maintaining a high flight speed can it have at least some energy reserves when entering the battle.

Flying a Su-27S without radar and no infrared detection system in a war zone, searching for enemy aircraft and launching an attack is exciting to think about, but in fact it puts extremely high demands on the pilot's vision and judgment.

Completely different from the air combat situation that broke out at medium altitude, fighters flying at ultra-low altitude had no way to rely on radar to search a large area, and the clutter interference returned by complex landforms would seriously affect the radar work, and even the PD radar with the ability to look down would have a reduced sensing range.

It is based on such a consideration that Long Yun will take the risk of piloting the white No. 20 Su-27S with the dismantled onboard equipment into battle alone, but this also means that he must now keep his eyes open and rely on his good eyesight to find a suspicious target in the gray sky background, and then judge for himself whether the plane in the field of vision is friend or foe, and finally drive the fighter plane to rush up and swing a white-bladed blood-spattered throat seal.

However, looking at today's weather, the visibility is not bad, which is more favorable for the visual search of enemy aircraft.

And in addition to this, which is very helpful for Long Yun to carry out combat missions, that is, he is now flying on the southern side of the battle-torn Caucasus line of fire, which is also outside the air defense identification zone of the Soviet ground forces, but is already in the airspace where NATO tactical air forces are active. (To be continued......)