Chapter 156: Protecting the Fleet
The Americans feel good about themselves and seem to be sure to win. After they really have conflicts with the Soviets, they can far outperform the Soviets in terms of naval and air force.
Unfortunately, it is not the 1900s. The advanced F-15 fighter jets of the United States have not equipped their army in large quantities, and the main force of the air force is still mainly F-4. This fighter jet is actually half a dozen taels of pounds with the Soviet MiG-21 and MiG-23. The only advantageous Navy Tomcat fighter jets have not gained much benefit in recent battles, especially in front of the advanced MiG-25 fighter jets of the Soviet Union. The only advantage is the combination of awg-9 and Immortal!
When the US order was issued, the island country was already at night, and a large-scale air battle did not break out immediately. Both sides were accumulating strength and waiting for the next day's air battle.
The bad climate did not stop the exchange of fire between the two sides. Just as dawn was just dawn, the fighter jets of the 13th Fighter Squadron took off quickly from the Misawa base.
After experiencing the last battle, the 14th Fighter Squadron was severely injured and stayed at the base to repair it. He did not participate in this air combat. However, the F-4 fighters of the 13th Fighter Squadron have been modified and upgraded and can carry the same Aim-7f and Aim-9j missiles. The technical performance of the missile has been greatly improved, which makes this type of fighter have obvious advantages in air combat.
At the same time, as the main battle, Hokkaido's Chitose Base, all the fighter jets of the 201 and 203 flight teams took off. Hokkaido is the territory of the island country. Now, Hokkaido, the island country, has been shamelessly invaded, and they must drive away the Soviets!
First, seize air supremacy, and then a large number of fighter jets attacking the ground can bring the Soviet ground troops to full bloom!
At the same time, the Soviet Union also took off a large number of fighter jets in the direction of Sakhalin Island and Itulupu Island. When the early warning aircraft discovered that the United States had taken off a large number of fighter jets, it immediately commanded its own fighter jets and flew over Hokkaido.
A fierce aerial confrontation kicked off.
The first one to fly in was the MiG-23 of the 41st Regiment. It was entangled with the F-4 fighter jets of the 201 Flying Team that took off by the island country, from over-visual air combat to close-range fighting. The two heavy fighters left white smoke in the sky, and some fighters were also hit and fell from the sky with smoke.
Strong electromagnetic interference filled the entire Hokkaido, and both sides took off high-power electronic jammers, interfering with each other's communications and radar.
The Tu-126 early warning aircraft flying over Sakhalin Island is trying hard to command the battle between the Soviet Air Defense Force and the Air Force. However, as the interference continues to intensify, there are more and more snowflakes on the screen, and the early warning personnel are staring at the screen with their eyes tightly, with their expressions of high tension.
In addition to paying attention to the airspace of both sides, more importantly, it is to prevent sneak attacks from the US Navy!
For the whole day yesterday, the fleet of transport aircraft in the air was transporting personnel and supplies to Kushiro Airport. At sea, the first fleet transported the personnel and equipment of the Fifth Tank Division and the 73rd Guard Motorized Infantry Division to Hokkaido, and then urgently transported the second batch of personnel and supplies.
This time, the 14th Guard Tank Division and the 3rd Guard Motorized Infantry Division were directly installed from the Port of Korsakov. As long as this group of troops was transported to Kushiro Port, the number of Soviet troops in the Hokkaido area would reach more than 40,000, which was enough to occupy the entire Hokkaido!
There is no longer a suddenness of the strategy. After starting directly from the Port of Korsakov, passing through the Sea of Okhotsk and passing through the Guohou waterway, you can quickly reach Kushiro.
There was still a cloud of fog floating on the sea, and several destroyers and frigates from the Pacific Fleet in the Port of Korsakov were closely guarding the merchant ship.
Will the Americans launch an attack on these ships? If the Americans dare to attack, it will cause great casualties to the Soviet army! This means the escalation of the war!
However, no one would relax their guard. All the officers and soldiers of the escort fleet were looking at the sky nervously. If they were discovered by fighter planes in the sky, they would be attacked in the air!
At the same time, in order to protect this fleet, the Soviet Union also invested a lot. Just behind the fleet, above Kunasher Island, two heavy interceptors were scanning the distant sky with powerful radars.
The same double-engine double-superior tail, the same huge rectangular air intake, and the same majestic and majestic appearance. If you look from a distance, these two fighters are very similar to the Soviet Eagle and MiG-25. However, only when you get close can you see that the two aircraft are two-seater. Just behind the cockpit in front, there is a cockpit, which is different from the American large cockpit with smooth lines. The cockpit behind is very narrow and the glass opening is very small. At this time, the front end of the nose and the flat-shaped antenna are constantly radiating electromagnetic waves into the airspace.
These two fighter jets are the crystallization of Soviet aviation technology, the powerful MiG-31 interceptor!
The fuselage was strengthened and a certain proportion of titanium alloy was used to reduce weight, increasing from 8% of the MiG-25 to 16%. Moreover, the two Tumansky R-15 turbojet engines were replaced with two Soloviev d-30 turbofan engines with a force thrust of 14,886 kg. The advantage of the turbofan engine is that it consumes low fuel! The aircraft was equipped with a secondary fuel tank, with 4 R-33 missiles, and a cruising range of 3,000 kilometers at Mach 0.8! Almost meets the standards of the bomber.
Although the high-altitude and high-speed characteristics of the turbofan engine are not as good as those of the turbojet, resulting in the MiG-31's maximum speed dropping than that of the MiG-25, this choice is worth it. In addition, the MiG-31's maneuverability has been improved and allows supersonic flights at low altitudes.
In addition to these, the biggest change of the MiG-31 lies in the weapon system. The Soviet Union's electronic technology defects have led to the difficulty of flat-slit gap radars that have never been able to overcome. Even when it comes to the Su-27, it is still using backward reverse card antennas. Therefore, the Soviets simply took a different approach and directly installed the passive phased array radar on this interceptor!
At this time, the radar operator in the rear cabin was fiddling with the radar equipment in front of him on his seat to protect his transport formation.
"Three brigades, the third brigades pay attention to the direction 090, four targets, altitude 500, speed 1.2, go to intercept." Later, the radar operator issued an order in the radio.
Chapter completed!