Vladivostok, command of the Far Eastern Military District. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"At present, we have received information that the Americans have sent their aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk to the island country, and they also plan to conduct a military exercise in the Pacific Ocean east of Tokyo, and this exercise is completely aimed at us." In the conference room, an officer with a serious face said.

The commander of the Far Eastern Military District, Colonel-General Ivan Trecyanko, Andrei had met once at the Sokolovka base when he shot down Belenko last time, and after that, he never saw it again, and after returning this time, within two days, he received an order from his superiors to go to the headquarters of the Vladivostok Military District for a meeting.

When Andrei arrived, he found that all the people present were high-ranking officials of the military region, and in the midst of a large crowd of people carrying generals, Andrei, the colonel, had the lowest rank, and at the same time, he was the only person who attended the meeting as the commander of the base.

Andrei knew that this was not because he was taken care of, but mainly because in the last salvage operation with the Americans, Andrei's actions bankrupted the Americans' conspiracy, and this time he was specially called over to attend the meeting.

Of course, there may also be other reasons, such as his marriage to Catherine, these people may already know Catherine's identity, plus Ustinov values himself, so that his position in the Far Eastern Military District is important.

Not to mention anything else, there are not many people who can get the rank of colonel in their twenties, and there are not many in the entire Soviet Union.

Andrei didn't think much about his identity, but was thinking about the purpose of the Americans.

If it is said that it is a demonstration to the Soviet Union, then it is a little redundant to go to the Pacific Ocean to conduct exercises, and what is it to demonstrate to the Soviet Union across the island country? Could it be that they were afraid of the threat of Soviet anti-ship missiles? What other ulterior motives do Americans have?

Andrei's mind was thinking rapidly, since he shot down an EP-3 last year, the Americans have almost never received any benefits, and this time since the Tomcat fighter has arrived, as the world's first third-generation aircraft, it must have come to compete with the MiG-25!

Since you are very shy to go to the Pacific Ocean to exercise, why don't you go over and play the field yourself? I think of the Americans in later generations who took advantage of Russia's weak national strength to perform military exercises in the Sea of Japan, and as a result, they were severely abused by the Russian naval aviation, so they simply played it themselves!

"Now, our task is to prepare, the Americans' aircraft carrier is very powerful, but it has just been refitted, and now it should be the first exercise after the other side's refit, and in the future, this aircraft carrier may enter the Sea of Japan and confront us." Colonel-General Ivan Trefyanko said.

Now, the Pacific Fleet of the USSR has not yet welcomed its own large aircraft carrier Minsk, only the cruiser as the flagship, and the strength of the Soviet Navy is very weak compared to the US Navy.

Admiral Durt-Sbilidnov, commander of the Pacific Fleet, sat in a corner and looked at the ceiling in silence, if the Navy of the Red Reich had not been for Khrushchev, there would have been several aircraft carriers by now! If the Pacific Fleet also has aircraft carriers, I really want to pull it into the Pacific Ocean and confront the US Navy!

"Report to the general, I have an idea." Just then, a voice came from the corner of the conference room.

Admiral Spilidenov looked over and saw a young face, whom he did not recognize.

"Andrey, what do you think?" Colonel-General Tretyanko asked.

"The aircraft carrier formations of the Americans are holding exercises, and we can get closer and observe." "We have MiG-25 reconnaissance planes at our base, which can take a lot of clear pictures, and they don't have the means to intercept us when we fly over the other side," Andrei said. ”

What Andrey said is to fly over the heads of American aircraft carriers! Hearing Andrei's words, everyone was shocked.

For the Americans, their aircraft carriers are their lifeblood, and the Americans have a large number of frigates to protect the aircraft carriers, and if Soviet fighters can fly over the heads of the other side, it means that the 500-kilometer defense circle of the aircraft carriers they preach is pure nonsense.

However, even if the United States and the Soviet Union are engaged in a cold war now, this kind of behavior of flying directly over each other's heads must be carefully considered, after all, if the Americans launch missiles and shoot down their own planes, it is possible to turn the cold war into a hot war, and the two sides will completely start fighting in the Far East.

At present, the Far Eastern Military District is not ready, and the higher authorities have already transferred some new troops and equipment to the Far East to hold a new exercise, but it will take several months before it can be mobilized.

"Andrey, what if you encounter an interception by American fighters?" Commander-in-Chief of the Air Defense Forces of the Far Eastern Military District, Lieutenant General Konstantin Bourman, said to Andrei.

"Then we can just communicate with the Americans, see the difference between the performance of our fighters and the American Tomcat fighters, we still can't grasp the performance of the American Tomcat fighters, and confrontation is the best way to find out the performance of the other side. As for shooting down, I don't think there is this risk, whether it is a ship-to-air missile or an air-to-air missile, it is quite difficult to shoot down a high-altitude target flying at Mach 3. Moreover, we can take advantage of the loopholes, for example, to pass while the other side's aircraft carriers are resupplying at sea, and the Americans will never think that we will go to the Pacific Ocean to find trouble for them. ”

"But the range of the MiG-25 is not enough." Lieutenant General Konstantin Bourman said that it would be good to be able to fly over the island nation from the Sokolovka base, and it would have to be a straight flight, which would be enough for a one-way trip to the Pacific Ocean.

"We can do in-flight refueling." Andrei said: "Our MiG-25PD fighters can be retrofitted with in-flight refueling pipes at any time. Or, we transfer to Sakhalin, take off from there, add a 5,300-liter fuel tank, and that's enough for a round trip. ”

In the Soviet Union, the range of fighters that pay attention to front-line aviation is not high, and interceptors like MiG-25 consume too much fuel, so the Soviet Union is also tirelessly developing air refueling technology, in fact, it has been developing since World War II, and now, it has also reached the practical stage, professional Il-78 air tankers have begun to be manufactured, and now, naval aviation also has Tu-16 modified tankers. And the MiG-25 is also easy to install an air refueling tube, after all, the historical MiG-25PDS is a modification with an air refueling tube.