The appearance of "backfires" in two directions, the number of which was at least one regiment, was not good news for the U.S.Navy.

In the face of the crisis, Lieutenant General William Pratt frowned, his current thoughts are the same as Stanley Cooper next to him, on the surface it is not revealed, in fact, he is also very worried that the Russians will launch a precise anti-ship missile attack, a large number of "kingfish" and other things fly over, if it is a rough launch, it is easy to say, but if it is aimed at the sea area where the fleet is intensively attacked, it will really become the so-called "saturation attack".

With the current strength of the United States fleet, there is no problem in simply defending against the "backfire" penetration of the Russians, and in addition, it is possible to send attack aircraft to attack the enemy's surface ship formation.

But now, with the unexpected emergence of an extra "sickle" to stir up the situation, the commanders can't help but worry that even if they have three heavy aircraft carriers and 12 squadrons of VF and VFA fixed-wing fighters, they will be a little unable to cope with these three tasks at the same time.

This mention was a rather cautious choice in itself, but William Pratt flatly refused.

Contrary to his aides' preoccupation with the shape of the battlefield, as a vice admiral in command of a vast fleet, Pratt was well aware of the current situation of the United States and how politicians in Washington were hungry for a morale-boosting victory that would save America's precarious image; There is no hope of this kind of victory on land and in the sky for the time being, and it can only fall on the U.S. Navy, whose strength has basically not been lost.

Therefore, not to mention that now that your own forces are clearly divided, you have some advantages, even if the forces of the two sides are equal. He also makes decisions. Let the lads take the plane and give the Russians a free ride.

Victory or defeat at the level of a campaign. The Russians may not care, they don't need to rely on fleets to maintain their status as great powers, but the United States is different, defeat on the seas, or even wandering around and doing nothing, will become an excuse and fuse for the client state to deviate from Germany, so now he must not back down, he must try to defeat his opponent!

Thoughts so, next. The deployment of the Americans has become more aggressive.

Even if the "backfire" on the horizon was discovered, and the terrifying "Caucasian Reaper" was wandering in the outer defense circle of the fleet, the actions of the US Navy remained orderly.

On the CV-67 "John F. Kennedy" located on the south flank of the formation, some of the recovered F/A-18 fighters were returned to the hangar through the elevator, and the rest of the fighters were replenished on the deck and overhauled. Quickly mount under the wings of the densely parked "Hornet".

As an attack platform for this battle, the CV-67 carried three squadrons of combat attack aircraft: VFA-27, VFA-102 and VFA-154. The "Bumblebee" and the "Super Bumblebee" have both a significant difference in stature; In the previous air raid operations, the former was mainly used as a multi-purpose aircraft, and the two "Harpoons" were mounted with air-to-air missiles, while the bloated latter gave up the air combat function and directly hung up anti-ship missiles for full assault.

They are all members of the F/A-18 family, but they have different tasks, and they are now nervously preparing for the next wave of attacks.

Considering that the Russians already had precautions, coupled with the batch of "backfire" and a "sickle" in the sky, and deeply felt the reality and cruelty of the air threat, the twelve F/A-18C/D of the VFA-154 did not hang the "Harpoon" anymore and chose the typical anti-air load, and then if the commander ordered, the CV-67 would urgently release three VFA squadrons to cooperate with the "Tomcat" squadrons released by the other two aircraft carriers to launch an attack.

In the strategic intentions of the U.S. Navy, the Soviet Pacific Fleet has always been a stumbling block to its ability to display its skills and assist in the operation on the road, and if possible, Vice Admiral William Pratt and others still hope to launch a beautiful air attack to destroy Ivan's ocean-going fleet, so as to open the way for the future naval operations of the United States.

Time passed minute by minute, and the preparations on the battleship were tense and orderly, but compared with this busy but not chaotic scene, the battle in the sky was full of dangers, which made the US commanders and personnel very nervous.

The "Scythe", a lone "flanker", caused amazing trouble.

Just a few minutes earlier, the "Super Hornet" of the VFA-122 squadron had rushed to the airspace on the west side of the fleet, and in the face of the "Grim Reaper" climbing all the way, the boys of the U.S. Navy were unable to solve this intractable threat, and could not even contain him outside the fleet's air defense circle.

Several attempts were in vain, and just when the leading commander in front was at a loss and the "Slammer" launched was also fruitless, the light point on the radar suddenly had a new movement.

Summoning up the courage to confront the "Grim Reaper", just now he was still confronting and chasing the terrifying Russian madman at a visual distance, the height difference between the two sides was still the same, with the early morning sun barely seeing where the opponent was, Viktor Rezenov's actions made the boys of the "Flying Eagle" squadron feel a little confused, and after a while, the call of the "derrick" rang out urgently, and when they heard the call in the headset, the faces of these pilots turned green all of a sudden.

"Hurry, hurry,-'Flying_Eagle', what are you doing!

Hurry up and find a way to deal with the 'Scythe', we only have two escort planes now, this guy - this guy is approaching us! ”

'What?' Derrick', you mean ......"

I didn't understand it at first, I couldn't figure out what the battlefield dispatcher was talking about, the pilots reacted the next moment, and just now wandering aimlessly, it seems to be a provocation, the "scythe" that accelerated the escape now has a new target, this guy is sprinting towards the "derrick", what is he going to do?

- Jesus Christ, is he going to do anything to the E-2C Hawkeye?

This, this devil!

Suddenly realizing what the "sickle" intended, the call of the "derrick" on the radio did not stop for a moment, and several "Super Hornets" of VFA-122 immediately entered the state of full afterburner, and at this time the order from the command center was also issued, requiring them to immediately pursue and ensure the safety of the early warning aircraft.

Viktor Rezenov, such a terrifying legend that makes people talk about how the "White Death" came to power, approached and crashed the "watchtower" like a ghost, not only the USAF side was silent, but even the US Navy carrier-based aircraft units were not only silent; The pilots of the "Flying Eagle" squadron all knew a rough idea, and now seeing that this guy was running wildly with a knife and clearly fighting the "Eagle Eye" idea, the group naturally went berserk on the spot.

The terrible "Mad Ivan", a berserk demon who kills people without blinking, this guy ...... today

The bullshit Russians are too arrogant, right?

Dare to rush in and spin around with a mere "flanker", not to mention, and now they actually want to sneak attack the AWACS aircraft -- well, what kind of sneak attack is this, is it a good thing to rob it at all, and really treat the United States Navy as a dish?

This airspace is not an ordinary place, but the air defense position of the US aircraft carrier battle group!

In an instant, realizing that the "derrick" was in danger, and the provocation of the "sickle" aroused the fighting spirit, and at the same time it was clear what the result would be once the AWACS aircraft was killed, several F/A-18E/F with full afterburner hurriedly picked up speed and chased closely behind the Russians, while busy carrying out IFF, putting forward the target echo of this guy and preparing to launch missiles.

In the sky, the morale-boosting squadron of the "Flying Eagles" was in pursuit, but the command staff of "Theodore Roosevelt" was in a hurry.

In the face of the two waves of "backfire" that had just appeared, at the beginning, Lieutenant General Pratt and others did not panic, the three-aircraft carrier battle group of the United States was not so easy to provoke, if only these bombers came to send them to death, as long as there were "Tomcats" and "Immortal Birds", then it would not be difficult to clean up one or two more regiments.

However, at this moment, the "Scythe", which had been playing hide-and-seek with the "Bumblebees", suddenly realized that the distance between the enemy plane and the E-2C was only more than 100 kilometers, and Colonel Walsh stared at the radar display screen in a daze; He couldn't figure out what kind of command mistake he or his dispatch officers had made when the scene was chaotic just now, or that it was impossible for a well-trained subordinate to make such a low-level mistake, so what was going on, could it be that the Russians were so lucky that a fierce man could poke the E-2C in the head?

Damn, the radar of the AWACS aircraft will not trigger the RWR, how did this guy find the "Eagle Eye", could it be that he really knows what kind of witchcraft!

The colonel's speculation was still a little bit of a problem, and of course he himself was absolutely unaware.

In the vast sky, a huge air defense circle with a radius of thousands of kilometers, although there are several E-2C early warning planes patrolling among them, but on the whole, these small planes are not at all conspicuous on a large scale, even if the AN/APS-145 is always on and scanning, unless the opponent sends the kind of slow-swallowing electronic reconnaissance aircraft modified by the "Badger" and "Bear", it is not possible to discover the existence of the early warning aircraft, let alone precise positioning.

Suddenly encountering a great crisis, the Americans are still dumbfounded, the white No. 20 speeding up in the sky is getting closer and closer to the "Eagle Eye", and the doom of this chubby big disk machine is already doomed. (To be continued......)