Chapter 189： red blacksmith

Historically, this warship remained in the Northern Fleet until it was decommissioned, but now, history has made a joke with the Northern Fleet. Powerful warships, equipped for less than a year, must be accompanied by all operators. Under the command of the Pacific Fleet!

This was originally the mission of the No. 2 ship Minsk. After the Minsk was built, it served in the Black Sea Fleet for a year, and then transferred to the Pacific Ocean and became the flagship of the Pacific Fleet. After that, the No. 3 ship "Novorossiysk" , also joined the Pacific Fleet. Lewen Novel Network

After all, in the direction of Western Europe, the Soviet Union does not have a very urgent need for aircraft carriers, and land-based fighters can still arrive, but in the Far East, aircraft carriers can allow the Soviet Union to penetrate into the Pacific Ocean, deter South Korea, island countries and other countries, and even deter Hawaii! Therefore, the Soviet Union attaches great importance to the Pacific Fleet in the Far East.

Now, the Soviet Union's strategic situation has undergone a great change, and a breakthrough has appeared in the Pacific Ocean. How can this not make the high-level excited! In order to enhance the strength of the Far East, this huge warship was naturally handed over to the Pacific Fleet.

As for the Northern Fleet, there is no need to feel wronged. The second ship, the Minsk, will soon complete the final sea trial and hand it over to the Northern Fleet.

As for the Kyiv, it has traveled across the ocean and has a voyage of tens of thousands of nautical miles. Of course, such a valuable voyage experience will not be spared by the Red Navy.

At this time, Captain Vladimir Nikolayevich Bekovsky, the captain of the anti-submarine cruiser Kyiv, was standing on the tall bridge, looking at the deck below, taking off and landing. A Yak-36M carrier-based aircraft.

"It seems. We have to improve, the high temperature in the Indian Ocean. Let our Yak-36M underpower." Aviation carrier aircraft chief Lieutenant Colonel Fokdis - Matkowski said.

"It doesn't matter, we are going to the Pacific Fleet anyway, where the climate is cold, and our carrier-based aircraft take off and land without any problem." Colonel Berkovsky said.

As the Soviet's first real anti-submarine cruiser that took off and landed by fixed-wing fighters, he was actually the captain of an out-and-out aircraft carrier, and Berkovsky's resume was absolutely extraordinary. He is burly. Muscular, with a large Scottish beard, a rarity in the Soviet army. At the same time, his eyes were piercing, not angry. Before serving as the captain, he experienced three ups and downs. He once kicked a drunk sailor into the sea, and once had the firing squad execute a negligent subordinate with blank bullets. The other party's excrement and urine came out. The most recent incident was when the commanding destroyer was docked in Conakry, at the request of the local president without Moscow's order. The two small boats that Guinean terrorists were on were intercepted. When Seryosha, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, reported to Brezhnev, he had two documents in his briefcase, one for devaluation and one for commendation. As a result, Brezhnev Zhinev was quite happy, that's all. Berkovsky won the admiration of Brezhnev, and at the same time became the captain of the Soviet Union's first fixed-wing aircraft carrier.

However, at this time, Berkovsky felt a little unhappy. As a captain, he could not tolerate that when the warship was conducting aviation training, he had to listen to the order of the director of the aviation carrier. The captain should be the full The supreme commander of the ship!

However, his unhappiness can only be buried in his heart. Since this order is definitely reasonable, as the captain of the Red Navy, he must obey the orders of his superiors.

Fortunately, this Matkowski still respects him very much, and also explained to him why he should take over power at this time, because Berkovsky does not know how to fly! For example, when a carrier-based aircraft takes off and lands, the aircraft carrier must adjust its course and sail in the direction the wind blows, so that the carrier-based aircraft can take off and land more smoothly, especially for such vertical take-off and landing aircraft. The impact is quite serious!

Although Matkowski is in charge of flying, he also has a wealth of flying experience, and he is also the first in the naval aviation to fly the Yak-36M. However, the Yak-36M is a new type of aircraft after all, and this aircraft carrier is also the first ship of the Soviet Navy, and everything needs to be explored.

A few days ago, when it was in the Indian Ocean, the take-off and landing of the Yak-36M was very difficult, which made Matkowski very worried. The Yak-36M with vertical take-off and landing has poor adaptability in the tropics.

Now, out of the Straits of Malacca, into the Pacific Ocean, and training again, obviously much better.

At this moment, on the deck, the unique Yak-36M was swaying and taking off from the deck.

The air intakes of the lift engines in the front had been opened, and below were the fiery tail flames, while the main engines in the rear, with the jets down, could smell a scorching smell on the deck.

The guide holding the baton, standing in front of the Yak-36M, kept making upward movements with his left and right hands, guiding the take-off of the carrier-based aircraft.

The pilot Asef was very nervous. After graduating from aviation school, he first flew the MiG-21, and then changed to flying the most difficult-to-operate fighter in the Soviet Union. Every take-off and landing was a severe test. Gently push the lever and carefully adjust the bearing while constantly watching for the signal from the leader ahead.

Finally, at a height of more than 20 meters above the deck, he carefully adjusted the direction of the nozzle, and it was even more of a hurdle when he switched from vertical take-off and landing to normal flight.

The fighter plane began to speed up slowly. When the speed reached more than 300, he breathed a sigh of relief, turned off the lift engine, and cruised normally!

"Perfect take-off and landing, our young man is the best." Matkowski said on the bridge watching the Yak-36M take off normally.

"Okay Now can I take over command of the warship?" Berkovsky said: "Order, course 030, accelerate to 25 knots."

Just in order to take off and land this guy, the speed of the warship dropped to 15 knots. This time the order was for the Kyiv to go to the Far East as soon as possible.

"Report, 037 direction, found a target, distance 200, height 7000, is flying towards us." At this moment, the voice of the radar soldier came.

"It must be an American reconnaissance plane flying in the direction of Okinawa, and ordered 03 to intercept it." Matkowski said.

Now, just after passing the Bashi Channel, the Americans are running for excitement!

The US aircraft carrier formation, as soon as it came out, was a large number of anti-submarine, air defense, cruisers, destroyers, mighty, three layers inside and three layers outside. The Soviet Union's aircraft carrier is solitary, and only this aircraft carrier has come across the ocean like this!

The Soviet aircraft carrier does not need escort, because it is not an aircraft carrier, but a heavy aircraft cruiser! (To be continued.)