The Chicago escaped from danger and got rid of it in an incredible way. This method is simply unrepeatable. It is simply unique. In fact, the missile attack failed. Another reason was that the altimeter had an error. Otherwise, it would just Two meters lower, you can get to the Chicago, so the Chicago, even if it doesn’t sink immediately, will be decommissioned.
A false alarm.
The Navy’s mission was so bold that the Chicago was used as a bait!
What is the use? In fact, it was to fool the Soviets and make them think that there is a fleet here, nothing more!
After all, only large ships can have obvious echoes on the opponent's radar, making the opponent think that it is an aircraft carrier. If the opponent does not find an aircraft carrier formation, how can it be possible to launch a missile
At the same time, only warships can complete the mission. When the other party is induced to open fire, one must flee. Only warships have high speed and can meet the need for escape.
The purpose of this time is to let the Soviets shoot out that large group of anti-ship missiles, and then there will be no results, which will severely impact the confidence of the Soviets. After all, this time is an absolute actual combat.
In order to avoid the escalation of the conflict, the United States did not shoot down their plane, but expelled it. As for the crashed reconnaissance plane, it fell by itself and has nothing to do with it.
As a result, there was still an accident, everything was accidental, and there was a missile coming towards the Chicago! If the Chicago is sunk, then the US Navy will be completely free. The more than one hundred missiles are not as good as a battleship!
This night, it was absolutely thrilling. At the same time, for the carrier-based aircraft that attacked, they still had the last difficulty, landing at night.
Now I can't wait for dawn, it's just two o'clock in the morning.
The U.S. Navy despises the Air Force. They consider themselves the most experienced pilots. Apart from anything else, just taking off and landing on an aircraft carrier is dancing on the tip of a knife. If measured by a data, the pilots of carrier-based aircraft The risk factor is 5 times that of astronauts and 20 times that of ordinary pilots.
Operating a 30-ton Tomcat during the day and landing on a short aircraft carrier deck at a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour is already dancing with the god of death, and landing at night is even more terrible death dance.
Historically, in the famous Mariana battle, the Japanese combined fleet suffered a disastrous defeat. Three aircraft carriers were sunk and more than 400 carrier-based aircraft were shot down. The US Navy lost only 20 aircraft in the battle against the Japanese aircraft carrier. This was a brilliant victory.
However, the lucky ones of the US Navy suffered terrible losses during the landing. They lost 77 aircraft during the night landing of the aircraft carrier, which was four times the loss in air combat.
At the beginning, the 58th Task Force of the United States recovered hundreds of carrier-based aircraft at night. Several aircraft carriers were under light control. Pilots could not see the deck of the aircraft carrier. Some aircraft even used a destroyer mast light as a guide signal, which was neat and clean. The ground landed on the sea next to the destroyer.
At that time, in order to reclaim these poor children, Vice Admiral Mitchell was forced to make a bold decision: He ordered all aircraft carriers to turn on the lights, the lights on the flight deck were brilliant, and the remaining planes landed smoothly.
That was in the age of propeller planes, and now, in the age of jet planes, landing at night is even more difficult.
If it is during the day, Nathan is used to landing at the last one. He has to watch his entire squadron's planes come down to be at ease. If some planes fail to land successfully, he can also be guided by the flight.
But it's different at night. It's impossible to land at night. Nathan wants to be the first to land to provide confidence to the subsequent pilots.
"Kitty Hawk, I have seen the deck." Nathan yelled over the radio.
The navigation lights on the plane had been turned on, the wings were fully extended, and the Tomcat fighter jet was like a huge eagle, ramming into the Kitty Hawk.
The Kitty Hawk is also brightly lit, the runway lights are in the sky, and the Fresnel light box that is responsible for guiding is also as gentle as usual.
A simple invention can greatly improve the safety of landing. This Fresnel light box is simply a great invention.
Relying on the combined action of the "Fresnel" lens and the biconvex lens, a light beam is formed, usually composed of 4 groups of lights, with a light box in the middle, which emits 5 layers of light beams through the lens.
These five layers of light beams are parallel to the flight runway and maintain a certain angle with the sea level, forming five layers of wave surface. The five layers of light beams are orange beams in the middle, yellow and red upwards and downwards, and green reference beams on both sides. The orange light represents the correct route.
Therefore, when the carrier-based aircraft descends, the pilot of the carrier-based aircraft only needs to keep looking at the landing assist mirror from the corner of his eye.
When he first entered, Nathan saw a yellow light beam, so he pushed the joystick and continued to lower the height. Then, he saw the green light on the left again, and then adjusted it to the right.
Each time, his adjustments were rapid, and at the same time, the amount of shots was very large, so the Tomcat fighter was dangling.
If you stand on the deck at this time, the Tomcat fighter is like a drunk person.
Compared with the previous F-4 ghosts, the Tomcat is advanced. Its variable wings are now fully deployed, resulting in a lower and safer approach speed, but because the speed is lower, more and more control is required. The deflection angle of the control surface is also larger.
Now, the Tomcat fighter was coming slowly, and when Nathan adjusted for the fifth time, finally, he saw an orange light.
"The route is correct, keep it." The voice of the instructor came from the headset.
In the sky, it is not as dark as it was in the first half of the night. The stars are illuminating the night sky. The personnel on the deck can only see the landing lights on the landing gear of the tomcat from a distance. Then, with a rough roar , The huge wing and vertical tail silhouette suddenly appeared!
For the 30-ton Tomcat fighter, the rear landing gear touched the deck. At the moment of contact, the huge impact made the entire deck seem to tremble.
At the moment of contact, Nathan pushed the throttle to full, and the Tomcat fighter was like a beast, spraying flames and rushing down the three steel cables on the deck.
Once he can't catch it, he must go around immediately.
Then, the plane trembled, and the huge force drew him, and it caught him like a rear-end collision!
Nathan released the accelerator and entered the idle state. During the huge overload, the Tomcat fighter quickly decelerated under the pulling force of the ground blocking cable, and soon stopped.
Unknowingly, Nathan's back was soaked. (End of this chapter)