Chapter 157： MiG-31 early warning aircraft

A fierce battle is raging in the sky above Hokkaido, and at this time, the battle is about to start in the Pacific Ocean in the east of Hokkaido. One small? said?????????

No matter what waterway the Soviet reinforcements take, to eventually reach Kushiro, they must go around and go to the Pacific! And the Soviets obviously can't come around from the south, it can only be from the north!

Therefore, after receiving the order, the aircraft carrier formation of the Kitty Hawk cruised to the north, ran to the southern sea area of ​​Zeluo Island, and directly blocked the gate!

This time, the Kitty Hawk is 800 kilometers away from Zeluo Island, which can effectively prevent long-range attacks by Soviet long-range bombers. The Tomcat carrier-based aircraft on the Kitty Hawk has a combat radius of up to 1,000 kilometers. , and completely within its own combat radius.

After dawn, the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk catapulted and took off the E-2 early warning aircraft, cruising 400 kilometers in front of the aircraft carrier, and when a formation on the sea emerged from the Guohou Strait, it immediately called the hero in the rear. Cat Fighter.

The opinion of the White House is not to carry out a ground war, but the support of the Soviets at sea must be blocked. If the Soviets continue to transport the follow-up personnel and materials, more and more Soviet troops board 6 to Hokkaido, then It's not easy to clean up.

Of course, it is not necessary to sink the merchant ships of the Soviets. As long as they seize air supremacy over the waters south of Guohou Island, they will also block the way for the Soviets to go south.

These tasks require the US Navy to complete!

In order to avoid the escalation of the situation caused by close-range firefights, the only option for the US Navy is to use carrier-based aircraft!

At this time, the four Tomcat fighters that received the order were flying towards each other at a low altitude, ready to fly within a hundred kilometers, then quickly climbed, and then shot Phoenix missiles.

At the same time, the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk in the rear continued to eject the Tomcat fighter jets quickly, preparing to seize air supremacy with the Soviets.

Just two hundred kilometers away. The formation of Tomcat fighter jets has been spotted by two MiG-31 interceptors cruising at high altitudes. The interceptors immediately called the MiG-25 fighter jets patrolling at the rear to intercept!

The MiG-31 at this time. It acts as a typical early warning aircraft!

Phased array radar, the main thing is to control the phase, through the ferrite phase shifter, to control the phase of the radiated electromagnetic waves, can achieve the maximum convergence of the beam. It can detect farther and wider range. When the MiG-31 was developed, it paid attention to the role of the data link, and they could be controlled by the data link to automatically cooperate and engage in combat. Even the "leader" can directly control the autopilot of the "wingman" through the data link, fly to the target area, automatically intercept the target, and automatically engage in combat. All data exchanges do not need to pass voice information to achieve the purpose of anti-interference.

At this time, the MiG-31 has not completed all the project test flights. It was pulled to the battlefield, and the Mikoyan Design Bureau also very much wanted to test the combat effectiveness of this fighter in actual combat. Therefore, the two fighters piloted by test pilots appeared in the sky of East Asia.

Test pilots are precious, and they can't go to air combat. Their role here is to guide other fighters to fight! At this time, the anti-jamming capability of the MiG-31 far exceeded that of the Tu-126 early warning aircraft! Contact with the MiG-25 fleet was made via frequency-hopping radio.

MiG-25 fighters of the third squadron of the 513th regiment. Turn on the afterburner, climb quickly, take the advantage of height, and at the same time. Prepare to guide R-4o air-to-air missiles for medium-range interception.

"oo2, scan airspaces 3, 4, and 6." Continue to maintain a steady flight, guide the MiG-25 fighter jets to engage in combat, and the pilot of a MiG-31 fighter jet shouted on the radio.

The powerful radar of the MiG-31 allows this fighter to be used as an early warning aircraft. However, this is a fighter plane after all, and cannot have an omnidirectional vision. The MiG-31 radar can attack the target in a cone of plus or minus 7o degrees, which is even more abnormal than the ag-9 radar. The angle of rotation of the section is up!

However, if you want to have an omnidirectional vision, you have to use your brains. Just like the balance beam early warning aircraft has to fly the s route during early warning, the MiG-31 has to keep turning to be able to grasp the surrounding situation. .

oo1 is in command of the MiG-25 engagement, while oo2 needs to change its course and protect the two wings of the maritime formation.

Andre pushed the operating lever, the huge MiG-31 turned, and pointed the nose to the west, where the air battle over Hokkaido was going on fiercely. Thinking of this, Andre felt a little itchy in his heart.

Unable to bear Andre's application, the commander of the military region finally agreed and let Andre go back to the 513th regiment. Anyway, Andre did not systematically learn to command the 6th Army to fight. , to be specific, that is the work of the staff.

Although he agreed to Andre's return to the army, he didn't want him to experience the front line. So, Andre was sent to this MiG-31. According to the original plan, this fighter was used as a command aircraft to guide The MiG-25 fighters of the 513th regiment fought. Since Andre was the head of the 513th regiment, it was easy to command.

Moreover, in this way, Andre not only satisfies the desire to launch operations, but also does not need to be in danger. He is commanding from the rear.

Although Andre has never flown a MiG-31, the characteristics of this fighter are similar to those of the MiG-25. Andrei flew a few sorties before completely mastering it. Of course, this is also related to the Soviet Union's inheritance system. The Soviet Union does not engage in any ergonomics, and the instrument does not change its position very much for several generations, so it is very easy to remember. This is also a feature of Soviet aircraft. There is one type of aircraft, and almost all types of instruments can record the location roughly.

At the same time, the radar operator in the back seat is Colonel Fedotov. He was originally a test pilot of the Mikoyan Design Bureau. He has been flying MiG-31 all the time. He is most familiar with this aircraft. He can also take over control of the plane at any time.

After all, few people in the Mikoyan Design Bureau can fiddle with the huge electronic equipment in the rear cabin, so engineers can't fly over, right?

Test pilots are accompanied by the **** of death every day. Test flight is a high-risk job, which is also a man's favorite job. However, flying a fighter plane and fighting enemy planes is also extremely desirable. Fedotov was also excited for several days by sending their two test-flying MiG-31s ​​to the Far East this time.

"No abnormality in airspace No. 3." Fedotov in the rear cabin reported.

Andrei operated the MiG-31, drew a beautiful route in the air, and pointed the nose to the fourth and sixth airspaces in turn.

"Airspace No. 6, four fighter jets! One hundred and fifty kilometers away!" At this moment, Fedotov in the rear cabin suddenly shouted.

Airspace No. 6Etulupu Island eastern airspace! Americans actually want to engage in sneak attacks!

The four enemy planes flying in front are just bait! Americans actually learned to go around in a circle and attack from the east!

At this point, the distance is only 150 kilometers away! The opponent is climbing rapidly from low altitude, and the enviable climb rate must be an American Tomcat fighter!

Continue to mobilize MiG-25 fighters from the rear? It's too late! The MiG-25 fighters of the third squadron were guided to intercept the target flying from the south. The MiG-25, which continued to lift off from the rear, was flying over with full force, and it took a few minutes. During this time, the United States People have already flown over their own merchant fleet!

"Prepare to intercept!" Fedotov said with a hint of excitement: "Four R-33s, one second apart, four targets to intercept at the same time!"

R-33! Phoenixsky in the Soviet equipment sequence! This missile has almost the same range as the Phoenix, up to 120 kilometers! In terms of appearance, it is also quite similar, with 4 pieces of trimmed triangular, narrow and long side strip-type fins and 4 pieces of rectangular tail fins, weighing 49o kg, under the belly of the MiG-31, half-buried mounted four Pieces! (To be continued.)