Chapter 121： find the target

Big plane! In fact, an hour and a half ago, the air defense base on the Kamchatka Peninsula had discovered a large target, but the target disappeared later, and they did not report it.

And now, this target is flying in the direction of Sakhalin Island!

If the other party doesn't change the course, they will be able to fly over their own side in half an hour! This is the Soviet Far East strategic missile launch site!

Emergency situations! Through the telephone line, the information was quickly reported, and at the same time, the 592 Air Defense Regiment, which had just been stationed here in the Kamenei Ruchii base, received an order to attack.

Emergency interception!

Two Su-15 fighter jets, which looked like slender seabirds on the outside, started their engines on the tarmac, and the tail flames illuminated the eyes of the ground crew. The attack at this time was a severe test.

Before dark, the runway had been cleared once, and now, the snow is a few centimeters thick, but even so, the airspace of the motherland must be defended!

Captain Osipovich was sitting in the cockpit, and it was his turn to be on duty today. This sortie order made him extremely awake. At this time, it must be an emergency!

After turning on the afterburner, the two P-13Ф-300 turbojet engines at the tail exploded with a thrust of 70 kN, pushing the fighter plane, and on the snow-covered runway, it rolled quickly, and soon, it was pulled up.

Compared with the MiG-25, the thrust of this engine is far worse. However, at that time, especially in the era when Khrushchev was very disgusted with aircraft and was only interested in missiles, he was able to complete the development of the Su-15 and put it into production. The production is already quite good. When the thrust is insufficient, we can only use this slender fuselage scheme to achieve a faster flight speed by reducing the flight resistance. Huaxia's J-8 is almost the same. Thought, although the fighting ability is very poor. But its combat target was originally an invading bomber, and it was the most important thing to be able to take off and intercept quickly.

Under the wing, mounted are two R-98 missiles and two R-60 missiles. Standard intercept mount.

The Su-15 interceptor quickly disappeared into the dark night sky, and the ground crew soon couldn't even see the tail flame. In the automated air defense interceptor system, the two interceptors were heading for the intended route.

"467.467, heading 260. Distance 200." The clear voice of the ground radar guide came from the headset, and Captain Osipovich put on his oxygen mask: "467 received, immediately turned to 260, distance 200, Prepare to intercept."

Pushing the lever, the fighter began to steer to the right.

In the dark night sky, you can't see anything, and flying at night is much more difficult than during the day, especially now. Completely relying on instruments to fly is a test of the pilot's skills.

Glancing to the right, the wingman followed his side, and both of them had navigation lights on on their planes, which was also to prevent accidental collisions.

Turning his head, Captain Osipovich turned on several switches on the side. Now it is time to warm up the Typhoon-M radar in front of him. I hope that in this dark night sky, his radar can detect the target as soon as possible, instead of Only rely on the guidance of ground personnel.

soon. The radar responded, the target should be a large aircraft, and its own airborne radar captured it 50 kilometers away!

"468. 468, prepare to intercept." Captain Osipovich called his wingman, and at the same time, corrected the course and flew towards the target.

The night was still pitch black, and it was difficult to see the target visually. However, Captain Osipovich had to do this, and only after visual confirmation could he attack. This is an unspoken but unwritten rule during the Cold War.

Fortunately, soon, a bright spot appeared in Captain Osipovich's field of vision, and the other party turned on the navigation lights!

Pulling the throttle lever back a little, the fighter plane began to decelerate. At this time, he looked down at the radar screen. The distance was eight kilometers, and he could already see it visually!

Two slender Su-15s flew towards the target. At three kilometers, Captain Osipovich could clearly see that this was a big guy, with lights on from beginning to end.

After crossing, the two Su-15s turned in the airspace behind, and then chased forward.

At this time, Captain Osipovich was wondering, what happened? If it was an invading American reconnaissance plane, it would definitely turn off all the navigation lights at this time. Now the lights are on. From the appearance, it looks like a transport plane of its own. Could it be that the high-level people came to test the speed of their response?

U.S. intelligence planes typically flew only along Soviet borders, and it was impossible for Western commercial planes to carry passengers to Soviet military strongholds hundreds of miles away from planned routes.

It has been half a month since the 592 regiment was deployed to Sakhalin Island. Recently, it participated in the combat readiness duty, and this incident happened. It seems that it was dispatched by the headquarters in Vladivostok in the Far East. Test your own reaction speed?

Thinking of this, Captain Osipovich was no longer as nervous as he had just been. He pushed the lever and leaned up cautiously.

It was just head-to-head, and it flashed by, and now, leaning in from the back, the plane can be seen more clearly, and Captain Osipovich with his wingman, approached the plane from left to right , you can see that there are two rows of windows on both sides of the cabin, all of which are lit.

No, this is a civilian aircraft! And, based on the lights inside and the shape of the windows, it can be seen that this is a Boeing airplane!

"SakhalinSakhalin, report 467, report 467, visual observation, this is an American Boeing airliner, this is an American Boeing airliner."

"Can you see the people inside the airliner?" The voice came from the earphones again.

"Report, completely incomprehensible."

Although the window is bright, the curtains from the inside have been drawn, so it is impossible to see whether there is anyone inside, nor can it be seen in the cockpit.

The shape of the passenger plane is certain, but this does not mean that it is a passenger plane flying at this time! You must know that some reconnaissance aircraft in the US Air Force, such as the common RC-135, are modified with passenger aircraft, and now, this must be a conspiracy against the Soviet Union!

It is absolutely impossible to pretend to be a passenger plane, pretend to be a lost passenger plane, and come to the Soviet Far East for reconnaissance! In the absence of orders from superiors, Captain Osipovich kept a close watch.

The Far East Air Defense Force is facing a formidable enemy, and information is being reported quickly. (To be continued.)