Chapter 267 Optimized Combination

The Soviet Union did a very good job of keeping secrets. Until now, the Americans have not discovered that the Soviet MiG-25 has a major modification model and has been given the number MiG-31. After last year's actual combat test flight, this fighter has been produced in small batches while continuing to test other subjects, and has been provided to the Far East Military Region on a priority basis.

At this time, the Far East Military Region has a total of eight MiG-31 fighters! And now, in the sky are two MiG-31s ​​that were equipped to the troops last month!

Interceptors are heavy and expensive fighters in the Soviet air defense equipment sequence. In large-scale operations, they are mainly used to intercept enemy strategic bombers. Now, the MiG-31s ​​that have entered the Far East Military Region have a new use, that is, as early warning and command aircraft!

The new An-50 early warning aircraft was still a long way from being put into service, and those old aircraft were simply not enough to provide sufficient early warning for air combat. Therefore, when the MiG-31 was equipped to the Far East Military Region, this new tactic began at Andrei's suggestion.

The combined use of MiG-31 and MiG-23MLA will make up for the shortcomings of both sides and achieve an optimized combination!

It is still a full-face helmet, and the view ahead can only be seen through a narrow lens. At an altitude of 30,000 meters, it is already the edge of the atmosphere. The extremely low pressure makes the cabin pressurization system very stressed. In order to avoid decompression that may cause the aircraft to crash and people to die, the MiG-25 and MiG-31 must use this type of helmet.

At this time, the altitude was only 18,000. Andre breathed the oxygen sent by the helmet and clearly conveyed the order: "Attention, climb to 23,000 and prepare to launch R-33!"

If Andre didn't have to maintain his image in front of his subordinates, he really wanted to shout loudly on the radio, I, Hu Hansan, am back!

Andre is back! Back on his favorite fighter plane, back in the frontline of air combat!

As the supreme commander of Hokkaido, Andre's behavior was quite inconsistent with regulations. Andre should have coordinated the command on the ground instead of fighting with bayonets in the sky!

However, Andre could not suppress his desire for the sky and his passion for fighter planes. Especially after learning that the MiG-31 had been put into service, Andre finally asked for one and painted his own number 032 on it. This fighter plane would be his from now on!

At the same time, the entire set of tactics was implemented under Andre's suggestion. In this first air battle, Andre must personally verify the effect!

Andrei's insistence alarmed the Ministry of National Defense and Andropov, who had just become General Secretary. Andrei called personally and only acquiesced to Andrei's behavior after Andrei promised to only watch the battle from a distance and never rush up for close combat.

After all, according to the altitude and speed of the MiG-31, as long as there is no mechanical failure, the pilot is quite safe. Moreover, Andrei argued that the next battle would still be dominated by air combat, and as the commander-in-chief here, Andrei must stick to his command post!

Moreover, from another perspective, it was a bit of a stretch to let Andrei command ground battles! It was okay for Andrei to come up with a few ideas, such as the last landing in Kushiro, and the long-distance raid on Chitose. However, forget about letting Andrei get involved in specific tactical command and strategic deployment! Although Andrei had been to the Frunze Military Academy, he had not systematically studied army command knowledge there, let alone graduated. He had only studied for less than two months when he was spotted by Ogarkov and went to the Moscow Military District to work in an informationized force.

Therefore, the newly promoted Colonel Dorofeyev, commander of the 5th Tank Division, became the deputy commander of the Hokkaido region and was also responsible for commanding the ground defense work. Andrei did not have to worry about any problems on the ground. Under the current circumstances, if the islanders really dared to launch an attack to the north, their armored forces would be able to advance to the Tsugaru Strait in a few days!

After participating in the political struggle in Moscow and returning to the Far East, Andrei's fighting spirit was restored. This time, when he learned that the defecting helicopter was chased by the Self-Defense Forces' aircraft, Andrei was keenly aware of the coming battle. At such an exciting moment, how could he be missing!

Because it was a command aircraft, it needed to command the three MiG-23s in front to engage in combat. The MiG-25 did not accelerate to more than Mach 2, and its altitude only slightly increased to 23,000 meters. When it was 60 kilometers away from the target, the radar operator in the rear cabin shouted clearly: "All four targets have been locked!"

Attack four targets at the same time! If it is at an altitude of 28,000 meters and accelerates to more than Mach 2.5, it can launch an attack from a hundred kilometers away!

Even now, 60 kilometers is far beyond the range of the enemy's Sparrow air-to-air missiles. In actual combat, the American AIM-7F can only fire head-on at a distance of 40 kilometers! This 20-kilometer distance difference is an advantage!

Launch! Now that we have locked on, the next step is to start firing!

Under the semi-buried rack on the belly of the aircraft, four R-33 missiles were fired one after another at one-second intervals!

"Attention, two MiG-25s at high altitude have launched four missiles each!" The E-2 early warning aircraft carefully monitored the situation on the battlefield. The two high-altitude aircraft continued to climb, and after the altitude exceeded 20,000, they were immediately confirmed to be MiG-25s. However, those medium-altitude targets still did not climb high, so it seemed that they were not MiG-25s, otherwise they would never give up the advantage of high altitude and high speed.

Four missiles were fired each! When did the Soviet electronic technology become so advanced? Did it reach the same level as our Tomcat fighters? Moreover, the Tomcat fighters were only testing multiple target attacks during target practice, and had never done this in actual combat!

The Soviets! Damn the Soviets!

"Baka!" Ikeda Yuji couldn't help cursing at this time. He had already locked onto his target firmly. As long as he could fly for another five seconds, he could launch the Sparrow missile he was carrying and teach those mid-air targets a lesson. But at this moment, the target in the sky launched a missile at him! Those damn MiG-25s, come down if you dare!

The sound of radar locking could be heard in the earphones. Yuji Ikeda skillfully turned the fighter plane. He needed to use the Doppler effect and turn to the radial direction so that the opponent's radar could be unlocked.

He didn't know how many times he had completed this action in training, but now, he still did it quite standardly. However, the sound of the radar warning receiver in his headphones kept ringing!