In order to prevent the polar bears from going berserk and ordering a "backfire" to attack and die with the aircraft carrier, Grumman's engineers created a high-speed interceptor like the F-14, just to intercept the Russian bomber before it launches missiles.

But now, the officers and men of the Red Navy do not need to brave the "immortal birds" to charge at all, batches of Tu-22M3 according to the target coordinates given by the "White Death" bravely forward, at a distance of about 350 kilometers from the US Navy, suddenly pull up with their heads held high, full of afterburner, two Kuznetsov turbofan engines burst out of a thunderous roar, sprinting to the high altitude at a rate of climb of nearly 100 meters per second, just on the other side of the sea, the patrolling "Ticonderoga" and "Burke" quickly noticed a clue, AN/ SPY-1 identified high-speed targets jumping out of the water antenna, and the echo signature detection was completed, and the radar control officer's face turned green all of a sudden.

"'Backfire' -- 'Backfire' is coming!

Oh_Jesus, number, more than ten, at a distance of one hundred and sixty-five (nautical miles), Russian bombers were found! Alarm！ Alarm！ ”

Shouting with a non-standard call sign at the top of his voice, the voice of the control officer echoed in the channel, in fact, this kind of exclamation is completely redundant and can only increase the psychological pressure of the people, just when the AN/SPY-1 radar on the escort warship found a target emerging from a distant water antenna, the US Navy's integrated air defense command system has already moved.

However, in the face of these arrogant "backfires", even if the automatic engagement system quickly determines the type and number of targets. The RIM-41H Standard II missile, tucked into the MK-66 launch cell, did not move.

It's too far away. Russian bombers whizzing at 300 kilometers away. The commander immediately called the E-2C "Hawkeye" in front of him, and at this time, the early warning plane, which was in a hurry, also discovered a target emerging at a low altitude, and the battlefield dispatcher grabbed the microphone and yelled a few times, ordering the U.S. Navy fighters in the nearby airspace to cheer up and launch an interception according to the guidance of the "Hawkeye."

Damn the Russians, their bombers are really coming!

But just now, the above firmly denied this, telling them that "Russian bombers will not attack from the west." Don't these guys even have this kind of observation and judgment?

At the time of the tense confrontation, the Russian bombers suddenly found a rapid climb, these obviously roaring monsters with full afterburner can climb to an altitude of 10,000 meters in only two minutes, and then launch a missile salvo, the anxious US carrier-based aircraft only then woke up from a big dream and came back to their senses, one after another F/A-18E/F are trying their best to rush to the direction of Ivan's attack, but there is no trace of the F-14 "Tomcat" in the dark blue sky in the early morning, these should have been responsible for intercepting the "backfire" The twin-engine variant-swept wing interceptor was still engaged in a hopeless battle with the "Scythe".

The fight, not so much like this, is more appropriate than a scuffle.

Ever since Viktor Rezenov flew into the air defense circle of the US fleet, he fought with the "Tomcats" of the VFA-154 "Skull" squadron. These fat cats laden with AIM-54 missiles are fighting hard to get rid of the great threat to the United States - all right. It's a dream to say that, but now that the enemy is outnumbered, several F-14Ds cooperate with each other and work together, even if they can't shoot down the gray-white "Flanker" painted with red stars, it's always okay to force this guy back, right?

Although the idea was very good, and the battle spirit in his heart was very strong, the lagging E-2C made a call to try to get VFA-154 out of the fight, but it was expected to be of little use.

In the fierce battle, several F-14D fighters dragged by the "Caucasus Reaper" had no time to turn around and leave, and the mentally nervous United States boys did not have this thought, they were bent on a showdown with the "Scythe"; It's one thing to call out to reason in the face of an almost invincible enemy, but when it comes to facing Russia's strongest killers painted with a red five-pointed star, these pilots, who have always prided themselves as the elite of the U.S. Navy, are naturally not willing to admit defeat.

- But!

What if you don't admit defeat, now the weapons mounted by the "Tomcat" are not competent at all!

AIM-54, a thousand-pound big cumbersome, tumbling and circling F-14D can't abandon these stout artillery battles, and later if necessary, the "Super Cat" is counting on these guys to intercept Russian bombers; In addition, caught in a visual confrontation with the "Scythe", the only thing available to the radar officer in the rear row of the F-14 was the AIM-7M, which had a decent performance, but a few missiles were shot out but did not gain anything.

In the face of the terrifying "White Death", the secret of the "Kirilenko oven" is still unknown, and the cursed boys can only raise their hands and knock on their helmets, blaming it all to luck, or the Russians' life is hard enough.

Continuously shooting "Sparrow" M but none of them hit, perhaps, this is a surprisingly good luck?

This guy is known as the "Grim Reaper"!

In this way, under Long Yun's full delay, the AN/APG-71, which should have entered the interception position a long time ago and could rely on its excellent downward vision ability, discovered the low-altitude backfire, but several F-14D fighters were unable to perform their duties, and even lost one fighter in the confrontation with the Russian killers.

Time kept passing, and just like that, it wasn't until the dispatch officer's call came over the radio that a "Super Cat" felt that something was wrong.

Su-27M2 and F-14D, both fighters whose size should not be underestimated, but their combat performance is quite different, a grappling battle at an altitude of thousands of meters, the field is not exciting for Long Yun at all, and his combat performance can only be said to be decent, and only one "Super Cat" was shot down in the "long" confrontation, which is not a good result for the "Caucasian Reaper".

However, compared with the commendable air combat record, Viktor Rezenov's long-altitude fierce battle did play an unexpected role, and this behavior not only misled the commander of the US fleet and made him make an erroneous judgment, but also triggered an over-the-horizon onlooker of U.S. Navy fighters in the nearby airspace -- fearing the terrifying "white death" like a snake and scorpion, and every US fighter approaching the theater of war would use radar to keep an eye on the western sky, for fear that if he was not careful, he would be rushed into the line of sight by the god of death, and he would have only a dead end. In the vast sky, not a single US carrier-based aircraft turned on the scanning mode, and no one could spot the bomber formation of the 317th Guards Regiment that swept through the sea.

The morning sun rises, and on the vast Pacific Ocean, a sea and air battle spanning hundreds of kilometers is in full swing.

The tense atmosphere of the battle was suddenly brought to the apex of a thousand shots when a large number of Tu-22M3s climbed with their heads held high and launched a missile salvo after reaching an altitude of 10,000 meters.

Just when the US carrier-based planes were desperately attacking but did not have time to intercept them, in the sky about 300 kilometers away from the sea area where the US Navy aircraft carrier battle group was located, a Tu-22M3 long-range bomber with tail flames had just flown over a journey of 3,400 kilometers. It is more than enough to launch a dense missile attack in this way.

Kh-15, altitude 11,000, speed Mach 1.7, missile launch ready!

During the climb, a loose formation control line was always maintained, and with the high thrust of the NK-25 engine, it climbed step by step to the upper troposphere, and the Tu-22M3 bombers flying in a queue, the red star on the tall vertical tail was clearly distinguishable, and the swept wings were retracted to the maximum angle, allowing the entire fighter to pounce on the enemy at such a high speed.

In the face of the swarming "backfire," even if the US Navy formations in the distance abandon other tasks and specialize in intercepting the heavy anti-ship missiles that are being fired one after another, they may not be able to escape death.

Now, yes, now, the on-board RWR system sent a warning signal, the Yankees who came from all directions to intercept were approaching, and the huge bombers marching in solemn formation immediately opened the bomb compartment doors and used the revolver launcher to throw away the Kh-15 air-to-ship missiles mounted on the rotating frame one by one.

The fighter flew fast, the missile detached, and the dark gray missiles with smoke flying from under the gray-white sky giant bird, the Kh-15 with a sharp head cone looked like a slender APFSDS, but it was more than ten times larger, and the death thunders that flew in array and quickly accelerated to Mach 3 entered the high-trajectory flight one after another, dispersed and penetrated into the formation, and the Tu-22M3 launched missiles in a group of several at a pace, which seemed to be a little less momentum than the salvo of 10,000 bullets with a long slippery swept wing arrow, However, after all, war is not a one-size-fits-all armed column, and the sight of missiles flying in the sky can still make the corners of the mouths twitch for all the Americans who witnessed it.

Jesus Christ, the fire of death is fat in the sky, and those things that cut through the sky and drag white tracks behind them are the Russian air-to-ship V2, it seems-

It seems、How can this be!

The missile salvo filled the sky with white smoke, and the Kh-15s flying through the troposphere completely ignored the surroundings and persistently chased after each other, and flew away, and soon passed far above the US Navy carrier-based aircraft. (To be continued......)