The sky slowly dimmed, and the sun slid into the sea to the west, staining the sea crimson, red like blood.
On the sea, the huge naval fleet is moving slowly to the south.
On the Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier, the lights were brightly lit, and the people on the deck were busy back and forth.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.
If the Soviets are unwilling to fail, they will definitely start tonight. After all, if you can't win during the day, you must come at night.
Night operations are suitable for the offensive side, especially the Soviet landing fleet, which can find a suitable place to land in any position in Hokkaido, which is difficult to prevent.
In order to monitor the movements of the Soviets, the E-3 early warning aircraft still did not rest, and patrolled back and forth over Honshu Island. Its escort aircraft increased to eight.
At the same time, the aircraft carrier formation sailed slightly to the south. For the US Navy, the pressure this night was also very high.
If the Soviets were to do it, they would certainly not let the US Navy aircraft carrier formation be spared. After all, the Tomcat carrier-based aircraft carried on the aircraft carrier was the biggest threat. During the day today, several Tomcat carrier-based aircrafts were destroyed. Soviet fighters.
On Kitty Hawk’s deck, the parking area is almost full of Tomcat fighters. These fighters have been mounted. Four Phoenix missiles, four Sparrow missiles, and two Sidewinder missiles are completely intercepted and mounted in the air.
Although it can hang six in the limit, the US Navy is generally reluctant to do that, because the Tomcat fighter can carry six Phoenix missiles to take off, but it can only carry four Phoenix missiles to land. If it strikes, there is no battle. , When he came back, he had to throw two phoenixes into the sea.
On the bridge, Captain Steve Blanche looked at everything in the distance, with complicated things in his eyes.
"We have taken off the early warning aircraft. If the Soviets want to attack us, they should find us first." Next to him, Colonel Petrobori said.
The aircraft carrier formation on the sea is huge, but compared to the sea, it is nothing.
Therefore, if you want to attack the aircraft carrier formation, you have to find the aircraft carrier formation on the vast ocean. During the day, you can use the reconnaissance satellite, and at night, you can only rely on maritime patrol aircraft.
We have already taken off the E-2 early warning aircraft. As long as there is an unidentified aircraft flying into our nearby airspace, it will be able to intercept it first, and after night falls, they will change their course and sail towards the eastern waters, even if it is 20 With a speed of 200 knots, it can run 200 nautical miles in one night, and the other party will find it according to its previous position. It will definitely be impossible to find.
These are all in order to deal with possible extreme situations. If today's battle will become the fuse of the Third World War, then one must stick to it and fight until victory comes.
"What about the Lone Ranger?" Steve asked. As long as the Lone Ranger was there, he felt at ease in his heart. Today, it is under the protection of the Lone Ranger that the Air Force's E-3 early warning aircraft was spared.
"The lone ranger is resting." Petropaoli said: "He arranged for the night battle cruise of his 111 squadron, and did not arrange for himself."
Now it only needs to patrol at night. The Tomcats can take off for two or three hours at a time. However, for two-aircraft patrol, only eight squadrons are enough. Therefore, Nathan did not arrange for him to play by himself.
Nathan is not ready to cruise at night? It seems that he still insists on his own judgment, the Soviets will not launch an offensive
Pilot cabin.
There is a lot of space on the aircraft carrier, but most of them have to put aircraft, so there is not much space left for people to live. Many of them are on the lower deck. However, the living space for pilots is not bad, and it is quite convenient under the bridge.
The double room happened to accommodate a set of crew members. At this time, Nathan was lying on his bed, flipping through a magazine.
On the bed next to him, Lieutenant Gus was not as calm as he: "Nathan, are you sure the Soviets won't come?"
Nathan was taken off and left behind, under the comfortable quilt. Lieutenant Gus was all dressed neatly. He couldn't bear to take it off even the anti-G suit. He was always ready. Once the alarm went off, he Can jump back into the plane immediately.
Before dark, there was news from the reconnaissance satellites that the Soviets were in the aviation base in the Far East. Those Tu-22m backfire bombers had been pulled out of the hangar, and the hanging bombs could be seen. It seems that the Soviet Union People are going to come for real.
After hearing this news, almost the entire fleet became nervous and performed their duties. The fleet left its original course, and the early warning aircraft took off overnight.
Tu-22M is a long-range bomber equipped by the Soviet naval aviation. Its purpose is to carry KH22 missiles to kill the US aircraft carrier formation!
This is the Soviet Navy's tailor-made nemesis for the US Navy aircraft carrier. It has a total weight of 5.8 tons, a range of 600 kilometers, and a speed of Mach 4.6. It can be said that this type of missile is specially designed to fight the US aircraft carrier. The total weight is 5.8 tons. The warhead With a range of 1.2 tons and a range of 600 kilometers, it is just outside the aircraft carrier’s air defense firepower circle, and at a speed of Mach 4.6, it can hardly be intercepted.
It sounds very powerful, but if the Soviets really want to hit the US aircraft carrier, will they be discovered by reconnaissance satellites? So, when he heard the news, Nathan went to bed with confidence.
This dispute will eventually be resolved peacefully. Why do we have to fight and kill the tasks that can be accomplished at the negotiating table? Everyone is a civilized person.
Nathan relaxed completely.
Now, hearing Lieutenant Guth’s question, Nathan could only answer: “You can go to the cabin and sit right away and wait for it to take off at any time. You can also take off your clothes and sleep in **, but please don’t ask again. Me, this is the fifth time."
Gus's face immediately blushed, yes, this is already the fifth time. I am anxious. Although Major Nathan has never judged that he missed it, he is in a state of war after all!
Do the Soviets have the courage to start the three-war mode? If that Andrei has now become Andropov's assistant, and Andropov has come to power, maybe he really has the courage.
But now, the Soviets are just being intimidated by the war, and no one dares to really do it. Now, in Moscow, maybe the high-level Soviets are arguing.
In the declassified Sakhalin air battle in later generations, the two sides fought a round of ping-pong, but in the end it was still nothing
Nathan guessed right. In the Kremlin, the main battle group and the main peace group are already in a noisy relationship. (End of this chapter)