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The two F-14A+/D, considering the complexity of air defense operations, each "Tomcat" only carries four AIM-54Cs, plus two "Sparrow" M and two "Sidewinder", which are obviously not enough to intercept the hordes of "Backfire" bombers, but exist as a warning force, on the one hand, cooperate with the "Hawkeye" to detect and eliminate Russian reconnaissance aircraft, on the other hand, act as an early warning platform for the fleet, and once it is confirmed that the "Backfire" fleet breaks through from a certain direction, it will immediately issue a warning signal, A large number of fighters from the inner air defense ring were summoned to intercept it.

One after another, the F-14 fighters with roaring engines and tail flames spewed out were ejected into the air one after another, using the fuel in the auxiliary fuel tanks to accelerate and climb, and rushed to the airspace where the previous batch of fighters were patrolling, and for this purpose they did not hesitate to use afterburner to enter supersonic flight.

The radius of the 350-kilometer air defense circle is still slightly insufficient for the heavy air-to-ship missiles mounted on the "Backfire", and the AS-4, AS-6 and other big guys projected by these bombers can even have a high ballistic range of more than 600 kilometers; But now, the United States side can only do this, even with a large formation of three heavy aircraft carriers, the ability of fighters to fly has reached the limit, and further expansion of the air defense circle can only dilute the forces, and is not conducive to resisting the saturation attack of the Russians.

One in the south and one in the north, the two heavy aircraft carriers are full of busy scenes, compared to the "Theodore Roosevelt" located in the core of the formation, it is much easier, although it is also continuing to fly and recover, but still has a considerable number of fighters as a campaign reserve.

This division of labor. From the fleet commander William Pratt. In fact, it is also a very helpless choice.

CVN-71 "Theodore Roosevelt". Like the other two carriers, the ship carried four squadrons of fighters/fighters, but in the past few days, only about half of the fighters have been dispatched, mainly due to the poor functioning of the steam catapult mechanism.

Steam catapults under high temperature and high pressure working conditions rarely fail, but once there is a problem, it is difficult to deal with it at sea, and they rushed to the battlefield before and did not have time to do a thorough overhaul. The CVN-71 can only attack with illness, and now it is strictly kept secret from the outside world, but almost everyone on board the ship is known to the public, that the "Theodore Roosevelt" has limited ejection ability, which is about half that of the ship of the same class "George Washington".

The Americans were not helpless on this issue, and Vice Admiral Pratt's plan was to use the "Roosevelt" as a reserve force for the campaign and at the same time support the inner air defense circle of the battle group.

The advantage of this arrangement is that it can catapult and recover more before the outbreak of the battle, maintain a certain number of fighters in the air, and at the same time dispatch KA-6D tankers to carry out frequent aerial refueling operations. In this way, even if a large number of fighters need to be dispatched to meet the enemy. It is also possible to dispatch forces directly from the air.

At about 5 o'clock in the morning, at the darkest hour before dawn, the Americans' air offensive finally kicked off as fighter planes roared into the air and marched westward in a circled formation.

A battle between Scythe and Hammer and Polaris is coming, and one of the protagonists on the battlefield has quietly appeared.

In the waters south of the Kamchatka Peninsula, under the starry sky northwest of the Red Navy's naval and air battle group, the An-124B carrying Sukhoi fighters is cruising at an altitude of 2,700 meters, and four D-18T engines are smoothly propelling huge giant birds through the night sky.

Looking closely, in this vast dark night, under the dim light on the top of the fuselage, on a certain protrusion in the rear section of the central wing box of "Ruslan", the hydraulic device drove the hatch cover to open forward, facing the high-speed airflow of the sweeping fuselage, a pilot in a bloated flight suit and a white helmet was quite conspicuous, holding the armrest on the outside of the bulkhead, and the other hand tightly grasped the edge of the cockpit of the fighter plane, and moved to the plane in the raging wind.

Leaving the cabin of a transport plane in flight and climbing into the cockpit of another fighter plane on its back, surrounded by darkness of the night, is no easy task.

Since the hydraulic hatch was opened, the ears were full of a whining sound of the wind, fortunately, at this time, the flight altitude of "Ruslan" was below three thousand meters, at least he did not need to consider the problem of low air pressure, in the dense air at low altitude, the flight speed of the transport aircraft was further reduced, and the oncoming air flow was not very violent, and it felt like a convertible sports car experience with a speed of more than 300 kilometers per hour.

Just said goodbye to his comrades-in-arms and climbed to the White Twenty, which is the first challenge of Long Yun's battle journey.

Climbing from the cabin to the top of the fuselage of the "Ruslan", the canopy of the Sukhoi fighter in front of him was open sideways, and Long Yun felt like a submariner, going out of the cabin to perform tasks in a dozen typhoons; In the blink of an eye, except for a few temporary lights, there was darkness in the front, back, left and right, and it really looked like it was on the sea where you couldn't see your fingers.

After staying in the wind for a few seconds, he felt chills all over his body, and without further ado, the young man took a few deep breaths with his back to the direction of the wind, and then with a sharp force, jumped from the raised cabin into the cabin of the Su-27M2 fighter, and immediately pressed the button to close the hatch cover.

The hatch cover was snapped, and the sound of the wind in his ears suddenly weakened a lot, and Long Yun, who had completed the climbing-like task, let out a sigh of relief, took the kettle and drank two sips, and he started to connect the breathing, anti-load clothing and other pipes and electronic equipment wiring, at this time Nasimov's inquiry was also heard on the radio, he pressed the button, told his comrades that the situation was normal, and hurried to start the two AL-31F-M2 engines and complete the self-inspection of the onboard subsystem.

For the first time, the plane was separated from the "mother plane", and compared with the process of taking off from the ground, now the aerodynamic surface of the White No. 20 has been unlocked on the ground, and there are no problems with the electronic systems such as navigation and fire control.

The necessary work was quickly completed, the cockpit gradually sounded the smooth roar of the engine running, and after the multi-function display on the dashboard lit up, Long Yun checked the weapon mount, the Su-27M2 with composite pylons carried fourteen air-to-air missiles today, including ten R-77s on the fuselage centerline, air intakes and underwing hardpoints, and four R-73Ms on the outboard of the wings; Besides. The wingtip missile launch slides were replaced by a pair of electronic jamming pods. As expected. It is the "Kirilenko oven", which has played a key role before.

The carrier-based aircraft unit of the US Navy, against this enemy, the "semi-active radar-guided missile jammer" is still effective.

When planning this operation, Long Yun confirmed that the U.S. Navy's fighters and weapon systems are different from the USAF, which has begun to fully equip AIM-120B active radar-guided missiles, and only the F/A-18E/F of the U.S. Navy's carrier-based aircraft currently has the ability to use the AIM-120B, and other F/A-18C/D, F-14A/D and other models can only use "immortal birds" and "sparrows" for the time being. In the face of these opponents, jammers can also play some role.

As for why the Americans did not fully roll out the "Slammer" in the Navy, or even that the "Super Hornet" had it but the "Super Cat" did not, perhaps there were some considerations.

Probably, in addition to the capacity constraints of ARHM, Long Yun's speculation is that the F-14 "Tomcat" already has AIM-54B/C missiles, and the combat mode is mainly high-speed volleying, compared to the F/A-18E/F's mission flexibility. The electronic systems are also a little more advanced, from the point of view of each performing its own duties. This arrangement is not unreasonable.

Regardless of whether it is reasonable or not, in the face of the SARHM jammer that has not yet leaked secrets, today's combat operations still have an extra layer of guarantee for Long Yun.

After checking the weapon system, the engine was also running smoothly in a slow state, Long Yun talked to Major Nasimov to confirm that the landline was ready, he pulled the lever slightly, pedaled the rudder, and felt the slight bump caused by the deflection of the aerodynamic surface, and now the white No. 20 he piloted was equivalent to flying in the night sky, but the landing gear was still locked with the "Ruslan" under him, as long as they unlocked each other, they could soar alone under the starry sky.

It's easy to say, but if you really want to drive the plane out of the carrier all of a sudden, Long Yun will inevitably be nervous.

Isn't it, although the project team led by Koneshev has done several practical things to confirm that this method is not dangerous at all, as long as the carrying aircraft does not enter the turbulence, and the flight altitude and speed meet the requirements, it can ensure that there is no "Bernoulli effect", and the two planes are easy to separate from each other on the Z-axis.

Before the actual action, he had been in radio contact with the crew members and the major, and Long Yun heard Nasimov count down "three, two, one ......" on the other end of the microphone, so he held the lever firmly with one hand and pushed the throttle valve forward slightly.

Feeling the slight change in the attitude of the landline, looking ahead, there was still a dark sky outside the cockpit, and in a trance, Long Yun almost had an illusion of taking off on the aircraft carrier, but compared with the catapult take-off with a violent overload, the current white No. 20 landline seemed to be fluttering in the clouds, with the irregular change of airflow, the Su-27M2 that relied on the locking mechanism to support the back of the "Ruslan" at the moment jumped lightly, climbed upwards with its head high, and quickly broke away from the flight flow field of the carrying aircraft.

"Unlock Shun lì, --'Cross Axe', how is the landline situation now?"

"One qiē is normal!

The engine output is normal, 'anvil', please keep course, I am entering the intended course. ”

After successfully separating the plane from the gray-white sky monster and climbing a few hundred meters at a certain angle of attack, completely avoiding the risk of collision between the two planes, Long Yun called "Ruslan" and ordered Major Nasimov to send a message to the headquarters, and at the same time asked the crew to fly the An-124B along the original route to the east for a certain distance, and then turn around and return after about five minutes, so as to confuse the long-range warning radar on the NATO side.

As soon as the plane was arranged, the plane climbed rapidly in the night, and the white No. 20 plane, dragging two dazzling tail flames, quickly disappeared into the vast night sky, and slashed towards the enemy in the sky.

The battle between the sea and the air in the depths of the ocean, the life-and-death struggle with all their might, a fight, who will kill the deer?

The red star was shining brightly, and the white Twenty landline and her pilot, who were rushing to the battlefield, were about to give a resounding answer with a blood-stained blade.

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