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A new day begins, and the sun shines brightly on the rolling expanse of the Caucasus.

Today is the day when Viktor Rezenov returned to the 237th regiment after a long absence.

Bidding farewell to the reluctant Lyudmila early in the morning, Long Yun saw a "special plane" bound for Stavropol at a military airport near Moscow, and met Colonel Molotov again. The last time I went to Stavropol, it was this flight instructor from the Aviation Training Corps who sent him south; The two were very happy after meeting each other, and this journey of thousands of kilometers naturally passed quickly along the way.

Riding a heavy fighter plane through the blue sky, the long-lost feeling of flying is pleasant and pleasant.

Sitting in the front seat of the Su-27UB fighter with a wide field of vision, flying over the vast land of the European part of the Soviet Union under the reflection of the morning sun, the vast scene that had amazed him a few months ago was once again presented in front of him; But things have changed, and the current Long Yun not only has many more medals and ranks than before, but also has added more worries and mysteries.

But no matter what, in the vast river of parallel worlds, he knew that he had to make great strides forward, using his strength and actions to solve one problem after another.

During the nearly two-hour journey, Molotov naturally chatted with Viktor about the current form of war; In the face of the lieutenant colonel's inquiry, Long Yun considered it for a while before deciding to tell him most of the truth, in fact, he didn't know which of these contents could be revealed and which could not, but with the help of conscious snooping, he knew that Molotov, a member of the KGB, was completely reliable, so he didn't need to care about it.

"Oh? -- The loss rate is ...... So high? ”

While controlling the huge fuselage, the Su-27UB flew steadily in the sky. Molotov's words were tinged with concern. "It's tricky. It seems that the Americans are planning to fight us to the death in the Caucasus, and they are going to fight a long war, you say? ”

"A long war? - Well, I think that's the same. ”

Nodding in the front row to give an answer, Long Yun's thoughts at this time were similar to Molotov's.

Although, historically, all invaders who chose the Black Sea and the Caucasus as their offensive route did not end well in the ancient land of Russia, this does not prevent NATO from taking another risky gamble here.

After a long time of crossing experience. Long Yun already knew more about the overall situation of the Soviet Union in the parallel world, and he knew that this large area of land stretching from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea was not only an important location for the Red Empire's oil, minerals, and machinery industries, but also an important production area for grain, cotton, and other bulk strategic materials. If this beautiful and fertile land is seized by NATO, or if it is turned into a scorched earth in the flames of war, although it will not immediately endanger the life and death of the Soviet Union, it will greatly weaken the country's long-term war potential, and will shake the living conditions of the whole society because of the sharp decline in the production of certain means of subsistence, which will be extremely unfavorable to a protracted and protracted war.

Not only that, but just in the last two weeks, the aerial shape of the Caucasus has become more sinister due to the generational superiority of the NATO Air Force in missile weapons; With the constant convergence of NATO ground forces. A large-scale ground war on the Transcaucasian border is already inevitable.

The situation is now very clear. NATO's ground military force, which relies on air support, is not the most urgent threat at the moment; However, once the air supremacy in the theater changes hands and the air barrier of the air force is lost, the situation will immediately change to a different situation.

Isn't that the case in the Caucasus, which seems to have no great direct military value, but is it a vital battleground for soldiers?

Thinking of this, Long Yun sensed the worry in the lieutenant colonel's heart, of course he wanted to cheer Molotov up, but before the plan was fully implemented, he couldn't and didn't need to say his plan of action at this time:

"Hey, you don't have to worry about that. This time I heard in Moscow that there was already a strategy for dealing with the Americans, and that the situation in the Caucasus would soon change radically. The Americans, if they want to follow the Germans and advance all the way to Stalingrad, I don't think they have enough body bags, they are just daydreaming! ”

"Haha, yes! -- I won't ask you specifically, but if that's the case, it would be great. ”

chatted with Long Yun for a while, and Molotov didn't forget to ask him halfway through, he had been on a business trip to Moscow for a long time (naturally, Molotov didn't know about Long Yun's secret mission), and he hadn't piloted a Sukhoi fighter, do you want to use this two-seater to practice again? So, just like last time, Long Yun flew the Su-27UB in the sky for a while, and then resumed the fù route all the way south, landing at the 237th Fighter Aviation Regiment on the outskirts of Stavropol two hours after departure.

Just as he was approaching the airport runway and preparing to land, the connection between Tongguò and the tower was connected, but Long Yun received an air alert of "preparing to attack".

After a long absence, he returned to the front again, and this time he was greeted not only by the eager comrades-in-arms of the 237th Regiment, but also by the Americans in the southern sky; Today's air alert is very similar to the situation of the previous days.

After initially mastering the powerful weapon of "active radar-guided missiles," the Americans who were on the defensive have begun to try to apply the same tactics of the Gulf War on the Caucasian front: First, they used air superiority fighters carrying active missiles to separate and squeeze the airspace of the Soviet fighters, forcing the opponent to engage in battle to defend air supremacy; After several clear-up air superiority operations, Soviet fighters were gradually driven out of the area and air supremacy in the theater was obtained, and then air force could be used to sweep any high-value targets on the ground and cover the ground forces to advance all the way to the north.

Even today, NATO air activity along the Black Sea is as frequent as ever, and NATO attack planes frequently dispatched to coordinate the offensive of ground forces are flying everywhere in the skies of Transcaucasia; And to the north of them, the fearless Red Air Force pilots are flying MiGs and NATO escort fighters back and forth, completely sacrificing their lives.

After such a complicated situation, the Americans did not forget to continue to carry out air strikes on targets on the Black Sea line while attacking Transcaucasia in a big way. Attack aircraft groups that come in batches from the southern shore of the Black Sea and have mixed aircraft types to cover the sky and the sun often adopt ultra-low-altitude penetration tactics before approaching the coastline. However, the US Air Force fighters escorting them had to wait for an opportunity to move at an altitude of several thousand meters, and naturally they were caught by the PVO three-coordinate anti-aircraft warning radar deployed behind the battle line.

With the discovery of the incoming target, the air situation guidance network covering the entire theater of operations immediately took action, and the fully automatic air defense command system sent interception guidance instructions to VVS and PVO combat units, including the 237th Fighter Aviation Regiment, which was stationed in Stavropol and provided support to the front-line fighter units.

Well, it's time for the enemy to come!

"-- Air Alert, Comrade! Please slide the fighter over here! ”

As the Su-27UB with a parachute taxied to a stop in the middle of the runway, Long Yun, who jumped out of the cockpit, heard the call not far away, and his comrades were reminding Molotov to slide and leave the runway and enter the tarmac to make way for the fighters behind to take off.

As the mournful sirens sounded over the airport, the huge base was filled with a tense atmosphere; Fortunately, before coming to the station, Long Yun had already asked Suvorov to inform the regiment to get ready, and at this time, he didn't have time to say a few more words to his comrades, so he immediately rushed to the reinforced hangar with the gate open on the other side.

At this time, outside the hangar door, the dark green battery car had already towed a huge fighter to the runway, which was the red No. 17 Su-27S that was ready to attack at any time.

As he ran, he saw the man with glasses coming out of the hangar, and Long Yun shouted at him and waved:

"How is it, Comrade Kirilenko?"

"Don't worry, Victor! -- It's all done, exactly as you commanded! ”

Running quickly to the red No. 17 that was ready to go, with the gradual roar of the engine starting in his ears, Long Yun glanced at his eyes and confirmed that this long-lost fighter plane was indeed ready to attack, and both ends of the wide wings were equipped with "Kirilenko ovens" to fight against the "Sparrow" missile. Although after the appearance of the AIM-120, it is conceivable that sooner or later the Americans will abandon the "Sparrow" series of missiles with average performance, it seems that this threat is far from being lifted.

The jammer has been installed in place, and as for the configuration of the weapon system, Long Yun also explained the configuration plan to the regiment before, and now there are four R-73Ms under the wing pylons of the Red Seventeenth Su-27S, and this kind of combat ammunition with a slightly improved self-homing head has only arrived in the regiment in recent days; Mounted on the air intake and belly center line pylons are four R-27Ts with gray-white hemispherical shapes at the front of the bomb body.

The configuration of all infrared-guided missiles is the sharp blade for Long Yun's plan to carry out a "comeback" operation.

Climbing the boarding ladder in three or two and jumping into the cockpit of Red Seventeen, he closed the hatch, released the brakes, and taxied to the top of the runway to meet the wingman; It is not the same as the scene of the previous large group of aircraft attacking, in the open take-off area, at this time, only the red No. 15 on the left rear side of the Longyun landline is on standby.

Unlike the previous solo fight, in today's battle, Long Yun chose to attack side by side with the wingman.

Suvorov, who had rushed back from Moscow and was ready for the sortie, reported to the long plane by radio after checking that the subsystems were working properly; As one of the people who participated in the training in Moscow, Viktor's previous theoretical explanation gave him full confidence, and now it is time to follow this ace to the sky to test.

At this time, Suvorov may not be able to skillfully drill maneuvering tactics against AIM-120 missiles, but with Viktor's ascension into the air, everything will be fine as long as he does not lag behind. (To be continued......)