"Understood, I'll call right away! Then the last time you spoke to the wingman, he was in the ......"

"Oh, I'll check the coordinates right away, it should be ......"

The comrades-in-arms who accompanied the flight were asked to forward this request to the command center as much as possible, and flew the Su-27S fighter plane, which had run out of fuel, to fly over the narrow Bosphorus Strait back to the side of the Warsaw Pact-controlled zone, and Long Yun was still worried about Dzerzhinsky's safety. However, considering that the lieutenant colonel is experienced and calm-headed, and the possible landing point is very close to the eastern shore of the strait, Long Yun feels that he should not fall into Turkish territory.

Perhaps, by this time, he was already drifting on the surface of the Sea of Marmara, waiting for his own rescue?

But even if this is the case, rescuing a pilot who has fallen into the water in the Turkish Strait, where the two armies are facing each other and fighting constantly, is by no means as simple as dispatching a few small boats and helicopters to search and rescue them.

Rising from the Kherson base in the early morning, after almost a whole morning of high-intensity combat, and now finally breaking away from the battle line, Long Yun, who was sitting in the cockpit, only felt exhausted, and at the same time had a dizziness and headache similar to lack of oxygen, which he guessed should be a side effect of using his superpowers more than once.

After this fierce battle, although it achieved an unexpected great success and used the R-27 to frantically chase and kill the Americans' "lancers", he failed to return safely with his wingman, which still affected Long Yun's mood to some extent. Piloting the white 20 to land lightly on a field airfield in southern Bulgaria, he climbed out of the cockpit with the help of ground crew, opening the cockpit canopy, taking off his helmet, and taking a few breaths of fresh air with wet raindrops. One sat on a simple stretcher next to the fighter plane and rested for a while.

I've been flying in the sky for a long time. It feels a little more relaxed on the ground......

Take the kettle from someone else. After drinking a lot of orange-flavored electrolyte supplements in one go, Long Yun could only say a few words to a Russian-speaking officer in front of him in front of him, who was dressed and matched and had obvious facial features.

But despite the language barrier, he could see from the enthusiastic onlookers and bright eyes of everyone around him that he was no stranger here: after a long period of reporting by the Soviet Union or the Warsaw Pact propaganda agencies, Viktor Rezenov's prestige was now well known not only in the Warsaw Pact countries, but also in the enemy countries on the other side of the ocean.

Feeling the exhaustion surging in his body, Long Yun lay down on the canvas stretcher. Hearing the officer's request for "where are you going next?", he waved his hand a little helplessly and grinned at the Bulgarian with the big brimmed hat:

"Please...... Well, of course, go to the bathroom first. ”

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In the gloomy sky, as the wind and rain gradually subsided, the widespread storm showed signs of stopping.

The raging storm is about to pass, and the dark clouds on the horizon have begun to dissipate; However, because Boris Dzerzhinsky, a lieutenant colonel of the Red Air Force Aviation Corps who was damaged by a bullet and parachuted in the area of the strait, the Turkish strait, where the two sides were tense and confrontation during the war, was even more nervous at this time.

In order to rescue the acting political commissar of the 224th regiment who followed Viktor Rezenov into battle, after receiving the report of the ace major general, the Balkan theater command and the air force had already issued orders at the first time. The KGB then sent a special operations team to infiltrate Turkey, making sure to confirm the life and death of the lieutenant colonel and try to rescue him safely. And what about NATO. The sleeper agent, who has always had few achievements, finally played a role, and after receiving the heavy news that "the suspected 'Reaper' wingman was injured and crashed, and the pilot is believed to have parachuted", he came to his senses like a cat smelling fish.

Since there are heavy losses in the sky, how about taking at least one prisoner?

For that terrible "Caucasian Grim Reaper", it would be a complete pipe dream to eliminate him directly, but if you can catch his partner, it can be considered a kind of propaganda material that can be used to boost morale, isn't it?

Regarding the boring thoughts of NATO commanders, Long Yun, who was relaxing in the air base in southern Bulgaria, shrugged his shoulders and unconsciously sneezed; If he knew that he had become an immortal and immortal existence in the eyes of his enemies, he might have sneezed a few more times.

Isn't it, as for using the wingmen of the "Grim Reaper" to boost morale-

In order to "capture" the wingman of the "Caucasus Reaper", more than a dozen fighters were put in front and behind?

If such a cruel truth is accidentally poked out to someone, not only will it boost morale, but it is not impossible to directly trigger a mutiny.

But even so, what the generals have already decided, of course, the big-headed soldiers can only carry it out.

Even on the second day after the fierce battle, the reddish morning sun once again jumped out of the horizon, and the NATO tactical air force, which was beaten hard yesterday morning by the suspected "Caucasus Grim Reaper," was still terrified and forced to continue to send fighter planes to carry out the air defense patrol mission on the Turkish frontline.

Yes, that's it, it's anti-aircraft patrols indeed!

Thinking about yesterday's terrible sky, the white No. 17 controlled by Long Yun pierced the belly of the beast like a red-hot iron spear, and turned the battle situation in the western part of the Black Sea upside down in one fell swoop; When the limelight was in full swing, the NATO Air Force, which had suffered heavy losses, had not yet recovered from its composure, and of course there was no way to continue launching an air offensive.

It is also true that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the world's largest military bloc, has finally come to a profound realization of one thing, that is, some goals cannot be achieved by determination and courage alone.

In the face of a powerful opponent that cannot be defeated or even defeated, it is not advisable to blindly attack, and there is no shame in passive defense.

Having said that, but-

Even if we have suffered a big loss for the time being, since we have obtained reliable information, if we can't catch the Russian pilot who parachuted and add a little face-saving rhetoric to the battle report, how will this fiasco be reported to the Pentagon, or in the face of His Excellency the President, who is the commander-in-chief of the three armed services?

The joint command, which is under great pressure, is still urging the front line to take decisive action; However, in terms of equipment and morale, NATO is not ready to move troops in the strait region in a big way.

Even after yesterday's large-scale scuffle, the USS Stennis aircraft carrier, which had long been stranded in the Mediterranean Sea and whose combat strength had been falling due to terrible losses, had set sail and returned to its North American home port, while the CVN-69 "Eisenhower," which had come to take over the battle position, was still on its way 2,000 nautical miles away.

With regard to the joint command's temporary "arrest operation," the navy made it clear that it was not interested and would not fully cooperate; Along with the official article that politely refused, there were also reports of damage in the southern Turkish ports of Samsun and Sinop. For the US Navy, which is constrained by the loss of control of the strait and is unable to enter the Black Sea, it naturally does not have the slightest optimism about the "pincer offensive" to be launched next.

To put it bluntly, since the previous incident in the Mediterranean, when the prestigious Vice Admiral Mark Mitchell returned home from illness, the Navy has been unimpressed with the situation on the Black Sea to the Caucasus; As battle-hardened and far-sighted soldiers, many admirals were deeply surprised by the United States' strategy of abandoning the great counteroffensive in Western Europe and coming to the Caucasus to fight desperately with the Russians.

With only two or three aircraft carriers, there are only 200 combat aircraft in total, which may completely crush the air power of a medium-sized country, but it is completely inadequate in the face of the powerful Warsaw Pact; Recently, more and more MiG planes have been fighting in the northern skies, which has proved this point, that is, the iron box floating on the sea cannot fight the field airfields scattered all over the continent after all.

So today, after the sun rises, there is not a single "Tomcat" or "Bumblebee" in the southern sky. About a squadron of Turkish F-16Cs with several "Attack Eagles" at high altitude, this kind of line-up that can be called a chill for the wealthy United States, is the whole squad sent by the Joint Command Center to intercept the Russians.

Not only that, after taking off, they trembled and gradually approached the Turkish Strait, which had in fact been blocked by the firepower of the Warsaw Pact, and many "Fighting Falcons" in the sky were just watching from a distance on the side of the battle line, and in the face of the MiG fleet that was coming from the northwest direction, but also did not immediately draw their swords and slash and kill, none of the Turks dared to slap their horses forward, even if they used AIM-7F to shoot from afar.

In the gray blue sky where the clouds dissipated, a large number of fighters from the east and west sides confronted each other abruptly across the sea, and no one had the intention of firing the first shot; Sitting in the Mi-17 helicopter hovering in the low altitude searching, the pilot who saw the strange scene in the sky through the thin clouds couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, feeling that this was simply incredible.

Unlike any previous day, how did the U.S. warplanes in the sky become so few?

Piloting the sharp-shaped "Fighting Falcon" stranded in the air, staring at the MiGs covering the echelons in the opposite sky, especially the one that was particularly dazzling in the sky, the Turks were very wise and did not act rashly. As the unlucky ones who were caught in the top tank, they were all deeply jealous of the existence of the Russian "Grim Reaper", especially in this situation of being outnumbered, these bearded people are not stupid, and they will not take the old AIM-7F "Sparrow" to stimulate the Russians who are obviously murderous and sharpening their knives and only waiting for the film to open.

With a hint of awe and curiosity, the Turks are staring at the MiG in the sky, it seems that it should be the landline of the "Caucasian Reaper"? (To be continued......)