Viewed from the perspective of the overall strategic situation, it is not only the Caucasus that has benefited from the "anti-radiation operation."

Along the front all the way to the west, in the more distant Balkans, the Warsaw Pact's hundreds of thousands of troops were ready to douse the offensive illusions of the American amphibious assault fleet; After the strategic counteroffensive in the Caucasus theater was launched, the panicked Americans fell into a dilemma of "tearing down the east wall and making up for the west wall."

Information sent by the KGB shows that late yesterday, the US aircraft carrier battle group, which had been patrolling the eastern Mediterranean and eyeing the Balkan littoral countries, had rushed eastward under the leadership of the flagship "Enterprise" to speed up to aid Turkey; If it had been a few days ago, this movement would have put considerable pressure on the Red Empire, but now it is an unwise move that borders on a moth to a fire.

Yes, if the threat of the R-27P/EP cannot be solved, what is the use of mobilizing more fighters?

After reading a stack of fax papers from beginning to end, he only felt relaxed and refreshed, Long Yun, who participated in two wars in two worlds at the same time, rarely had such a happy mood, he stood up and paced back and forth in the room, and by the way, he also planned the future combat arrangements.

With the Warsaw Pact entering a strategic counteroffensive in the Caucasus, Long Yun and his white No. 20 Su-27P42 are simply like a fish in water: because they have no radar, they are born to avoid being accidentally hit by anti-radiation missiles, and now he can completely repeat yesterday's combat experience, drive the plane south to kill the battle group, add another mess to the already chaotic NATO air combat system, and by the way, he can also brush up the already incredibly high record.

Speaking of records. It is not the same as the combat mode of the R-27P/EP anti-radiation missile. Long Yun's white No. 20 landline can only use R-73M combat missiles or aerial guns. That is, only visual air combat can be conducted; This means that in the next battle, every result of his battle will be recorded, which is convenient for the statistics of the relevant departments.

Haha, since NATO's tactical air force has become a mess, why not take advantage of the fire to rob now, and when?

However, as the saying goes, "good times are always short-lived", after being happy in the house for a while, reason calmed Long Yun again, and he began to think about the current shape of the Southern Theater of Operations. I think I'm still a little too optimistic.

For "anti-radiation missiles" such as R-27P/EP, as a direct participant in the weapon research and development process, Long Yun certainly knows that this thing is not too profound, even with the current level of the Soviet Union's electronics industry, it can be successfully developed in a short period of time and put into mass production, so naturally, if NATO countries get this missile, it is conceivable that they will soon be able to crack the secrets inside, which he also raised at the previous combat meeting.

Of course, how can the Americans get R-27P / EP missiles?

It's not that hard at all.

The main weapon of modern air warfare - air-to-air missiles. For the sake of technical secrecy and to reduce accidental hits, self-destruct circuits are generally set up. When the missile has completed the entire flight but has not yet encountered the target, the self-destruct circuit will detonate the missile warhead.

However, like all precision electronic devices, the reliability of the self-destruct circuit is certainly not 100 percent, and in a large-scale air battle, there will always be many missiles that neither hit nor self-destruct after being launched, and may be picked up by the enemy if they fall to the ground.

So now, considering the counterattack of the Americans, Long Yun needs to face a very real problem.

According to the current situation in the Caucasus, in the past day alone, the Soviet VVS and PVO have launched a total of more than 600 R-27P/EP missiles, which looks really amazing, mainly because of the tactics of covering shooting and casting nets; Then in terms of probability, the number of R-27P/EP missiles that did not explode and fell in the theater of operations because of various circumstances is also indispensable. Although the NATO coalition forces are losing ground under the Red Army's massive offensive, and most of the unexploded missiles that fall will not fall into the hands of the enemy, it is enough to figure out how the seeker of the R-27P/EP works.

So the situation is clear, "NATO picks up missiles and devises countermeasures", this is not a possibility, but a reality that will happen sooner or later, and perhaps soon.

Thinking of the inevitable NATO counterattack next, Long Yun put aside his previous ease of feeling for the time being, he returned to the table and sat down, feeling that he should do something, but suddenly he had no clear ideas.

After pondering at the table for a moment, he took out a pen and paper from the drawer, trying to roughly deduce the speed of progress in the Caucasus with some knowledge he had acquired in the military academy and the general situation of Soviet military power in the parallel world. For example, with the NATO tactical air force completely suppressed, how long will it take for the two fronts of the Soviet Army to advance into the Turkish hinterland and basically achieve the objectives of this campaign?

This question is related to how long the "anti-radiation operation" operation will last, and Long Yun certainly wants to know it now, but he probably wrote down and calculated for a while, and then wisely chose to give up.

Isn't it, there is neither an accurate number of troops and equipment, nor the specific situation of front-line battles, so the confidence interval of such a calculated time node will definitely be too large to have any practical value; The staff officers of the high command did not dare to draw conclusions lightly, so how could he, a pilot, be a prophet.

Since coming to the parallel world and participating in this world war as Viktor Rezenov, Long Yun, who has experienced one battle after another, has grown a lot in terms of combat skills and thinking insight, but after all, he is still only a pilot, not an army commander commanding thousands of troops.

Compared with when he first crossed over, the trajectory of the parallel world has completely deviated from reality, and even if he crosses over, it is impossible for him not to know what will happen in this world next.

From this point of view, as for the afterhand response to the Southern Campaign, it is really necessary to start planning as much as possible.

After clarifying what to do next, Long Yun first waited in the house for a while, handed over the materials to Valentina, who had returned, for safekeeping, and then set off to prepare to go to the regiment headquarters again and explain the situation to the regimental commander Samsonov, who was going to leave for a few days temporarily.

How the next battle will be fought may depend on the project report of the MiG Design Bureau.

Prior to this, Long Yun had already received a notice forwarded by the Southern Theater Command, telling him that "the MiG Design Bureau has sent the improved MiG-29N to the Bugas base in Bulgaria as required", that is, in an forward base where Long Yun had flown his plane before, so he planned to set off today, maybe he could arrive with the fighters of the Design Bureau, and he could satisfy his curiosity as soon as possible.

Isn't it strange that in this bizarre parallel world, the Soviet Empire, which does not have an advantage in terms of scientific and technological level, should put stealth fighters into the battlefield one step ahead of the Americans?

"MiG-29 that can be stealth", this itself is already quite attractive, and for this project, Long Yun has always been unable to understand one thing: when he flipped through the project report, he had already found that he didn't know what the situation of this MiG-29N was, or what the people in the meter pattern were making up, in short, the internal fuel range of the "low detectability" MiG aircraft was even less than that of the standard single-seat MiG-29, and the transfer range of 1,270 kilometers was simply impossible to look at. Isn't this just a return to the level of the MiG-21F-13, what the hell is going on.

Looking back on the history of research and development over the years, the works of the MiG Design Bureau have always been characterized by "short legs", and even the range of the "Iron Flash" MiG-25, which has more than 14 tons of fuel in the aircraft, is not ideal (no way, the fuel consumption rate of the two R-15B-300 artifacts is really terrifying); But there must be a limit to everything, how to use a fighter with a range of 1,200 kilometers?

It's really a bit difficult to GCI, it's basically a rhythm of one sortie, say hello to the enemy, and have to return.

All in all, after knowing that the Soviet Union still had such a strange radar stealth fighter, Long Yun's curiosity was aroused, and he wanted to hurry up and take a look.

Thinking like this, Long Yun walked quickly to the regiment headquarters and came to the door of the office building, but met Kamenev, who was wearing a flight jacket and holding materials in his hand, and the two stood down outside the door of the building and chatted a few words:

"Hey, Victor, didn't you have a mission scheduled for today?"

"It's okay, no tasks; Gennady, - I see you've just flown back, haven't you, haha. ”

"Isn't it; But I didn't meet a few decent opponents today, and the missiles were basically brought back as they were," folding the material and tucking it into his pocket, Kamenev inadvertently glanced at it a few times or so, "The American plane in the sky is now like an antelope burning its butt, and it will all jump away in a few moments, haha!" Uh, I said Victor, - are you going to the regimental headquarters? ”

"Yes, I'm going to report to the regiment commander and prepare to go on a business trip."

Facing Lieutenant Colonel Gennady Kamenev, who was once the number one ace of the 237th Regiment and now has a cumulative record of nineteen aircraft, Long Yun knew that this thoughtful pilot was completely reliable, but he still did not reveal the destination he was about to go, after all, this mission was a top secret, and there could be no mistakes. (To be continued......)