The destroyer Admiral Fujin belongs to the Type 58 "Kenda"-class guided-missile cruiser. It is the ancestor of the Soviet guided-missile cruiser. Although it is called a cruiser, it actually has a displacement of only 5,000 tons.
As a cruiser, although the displacement is not large, it is also competent, because on his deck, it has two sets of P-35 "progress" ship-to-ship missiles, one in front and one in the back, using the **-70 side-by-side quadruple. Install the launcher.
This missile is 10.9 meters long and has a launch weight of 4500 kg. It is powered by a turbine main engine and two solid rocket boosters. It has a flying speed of Mach 1.3 and a maximum range of 500 kilometers.
From the weight and range, we can see that the target of this type of missile is the aircraft carrier formation.
After entering service, Admiral Fujin changed its name twice, and finally became the current name, but its ownership has not changed. Since its entry into service, it has joined the Pacific Fleet.
The Americans’ Pacific Rim military exercises were clearly directed at them. Especially today, after the Americans used powerless and brutal methods to expel the Soviet surveillance aircraft, the Soviet Far East Military Region was completely angry.
It was originally an international waters, and it was more than 300 kilometers away from the American aircraft carrier formation. As a result, the Americans ran over to entangle and eventually let the reconnaissance plane return without success. In particular, the Americans actually simulated attacking their own. The early warning aircraft is really hateful.
After receiving the report, the Far East Military Region quickly mobilized the two warships cruising in the Pacific Ocean and went to their exercise area to find a place.
I originally planned to send out airplanes for reconnaissance. This time, warships must be dispatched!
In addition to this Kenda-class cruiser, it was accompanied by a Kashin-class destroyer. This was the Soviet Union's first attempt to use a gas turbine warship. It started quickly and had good acceleration performance.
At this time, the two warships were sailing on the sea at a high speed of 25 knots, rushing towards the American exercise area. At noon tomorrow, they should be able to catch up to the American exercise area!
At this time, the bearded captain Chekurov, standing on his bridge, looking at the darkening water in the distance, was quite anxious inside, and he wished to chase the American aircraft carrier formation immediately. , Interspersed back and forth from their formations, using such a move to tell the Americans, what is your aircraft carrier formation, this is the public waters, the Soviet navy, do what you want.
His idea is reasonable. After the end of World War II, the Soviet Navy was quite weak, but after years of development, the Soviet Navy has become stronger, especially the Pacific Fleet.
In 1968, the Soviet Union took advantage of its relationship with India and the Pacific Fleet began to send warships to the Indian Ocean for regular voyages. From 1969 to 1976, the Soviet Union also established a series of naval and air bases along the Indian Ocean coast in Yemen, Mauritius, Angola, and Mozambique, which could control both the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Malacca and other key waterways.
In the 1970s, after the end of the Vietnam War, the Soviet Pacific Fleet began to dispatch a squadron to Cam Ranh Bay, which was originally the site of the US Seventh Fleet, and built submarine bases and missile bases, and completely controlled the waters off Vietnam, making the Pacific Fleet active area. It extends more than 2,000 kilometers to the south.
In this way, the Soviet Pacific Fleet has become the largest fleet of the four major Soviet fleets. It was precisely because of the active activities of the Soviet Pacific Fleet that the US Pacific Fleet was once on the defensive.
Now that the Americans have just withdrawn from Vietnam in disgrace, they still want to show off their previous prestige? No doors!
He couldn't wait to rush over right away and pick an American place.
When it was almost dark, Petropaoli returned from the Enterprise and immediately called all the carrier-based pilots to a meeting.
"The two main battleships of the Soviets are here, and they are likely to make some extraordinary actions against us." Petrobori said: "Tomorrow the pressure on our fleet will be great."
The news is already very clear. The Soviets’ warships, a cruiser, and a destroyer, have huge firepower. Moreover, the Soviets came this time, obviously looking for something, how to protect the face of the US Navy without fail. When a conflict arises, Petropaoli is the most worried.
"Tomorrow, our main Tomcat fighter jets must be prepared for launch. At the same time, our attack aircraft must mount anti-ship missiles. When necessary, we must show our determination." The results of the discussion on the enterprise account, but only to see Nathan sneer there.
"Nathan, what do you think?"
"If you let the Soviets' warships sway over, it would be nothing. It would lose the face of our U.S. Navy. I don't know how to be laughed at by the Air Force." Nathan said.
The conflict between the U.S. Navy and the Air Force has always existed. Now that Nathan says this, the faces of many people present have changed.
"Nathan, what do you think you should do?" Petrobori asked.
"I do have an idea," Nathan said.
When Nathan came up with his plan, everyone present could only open their mouths.
"The Soviets have anti-aircraft missiles on their warships with a range of 30 kilometers. The Soviets will not be stingy. If there is a plane flying within its air defense range, it will open fire, even if its own family dare to fight. Come down."
"Flying at very low altitude is fine." Nathan's face was smiling: "There is no early warning aircraft, the radar of the warship is blind, how about it, Colonel, do you plan to do it? I'll just go there alone."
"Major Nathan, please note that you are the squadron leader of the 111th Tomcat fighter squadron. In addition to flying your own aircraft, you must also take care of the other pilots in the squadron. Think about how to improve the combat effectiveness of the entire squadron. Right." Colonel Petropaoli said: "As for your suggestion, I will report it to the commander of the fleet."
Nathan is boring to ask, but think about it, after he came, he only cared about how to fly Tomcats, and he hadn't thought about how to improve the combat effectiveness of the entire flying squadron.
"Okay, then I will take our squadron to study how to do a good job in air defense for the fleet." Nathan said.
The arrival of the Tomcat fighters can effectively improve the air defense combat level of the fleet. At the same time, the Tomcat fighters and the aircraft carrier formation have to go through a break-in process. Since Nathan is the squadron leader, he must take responsibility.
However, since the proposal just now came out, I have been itching in my heart. (End of this chapter)