Chapter 497: MiG-29 Cheers

"The Soviets are fighting desperately." Captain Miller said from the bridge of the Nimitz: "The one hiding underwater is the Soviet Oscar-class submarine."

When he said this, his face was extremely gloomy, because everyone knew what the Oscar-class submarine was used for.

This is a Soviet anti-aircraft carrier cruise missile submarine! After the development of the previous models, the Soviet Union finally developed a mature submarine, carrying 24 SS-N-19 anti-ship missiles on both sides, with a range of 550 kilometers. It is dangerous to let this submarine approach the sea area of ​​500 kilometers! But today, this submarine, at the closest time, is probably only 50 kilometers away from us! At this distance, not to mention the powerful anti-ship missiles, even 650mm torpedoes can pose a fatal threat to us, not to mention that the Soviet torpedoes have nuclear warheads! This is a tactic of burning both sides!

Now, the Soviets have made their preparations and all the missile launch covers are open. If we insist on doing what we want and anger the Soviets, they will definitely launch missiles!

I really didn't expect that a perfect hunting operation of ours would turn out like this. Now, although several of our air defense ships have started up and escorted to the front of the aircraft carrier, it is still unknown whether they can intercept supersonic anti-ship missiles. If the interception fails, it means that they will use their own warships as targets to protect the aircraft carrier!

The distance was less than a hundred kilometers, and the Soviet anti-ship missiles did not even need guidance. They just needed to activate the mad dog mode and fire directly into their own sea area. Those missiles were huge in size, and the guidance radar at the front was enough to actively detect their own warships!

What to do? Vice Admiral Jonathan is now in a dilemma. If the submarine can be captured intact, it will be of great significance to the US Navy. The US Navy can study the performance of Soviet submarines and how they are so quiet. They can also study those powerful missiles, understand their guidance principles and flight processes, and then formulate interception measures.

Everyone was eager to get the submarine over, but now the Soviets were ready to fight to the death. If the Americans dared to move forward, they would definitely launch missiles crazily! Once their own aircraft carrier formation was attacked, World War III would really begin!

Without the authorization of the top leaders, Lieutenant General Jonathan could not bear the responsibility of starting the Third World War mode. Without the consent of the US Congress, even President Carter did not have the power to ignite the flames of the Third World War!

"A large number of fighter planes are coming from the direction of Chahbahar." At this moment, the E-2 early warning aircraft suddenly sent a warning signal: "It is expected to arrive in five minutes. The number is two aviation regiments, 50 aircraft, and there may be large bombers."

Chabahar! Our aircraft carrier fleet is now less than 200 kilometers away from Chabahar! There is a small field airport in Chabahar. If we take off from there, fighter planes will soon attack us.

Now, with 50 aircraft, it was obvious that the Soviet Union had received the submarine's call for help and came to rescue! Now, the dual-carrier fleet could take off no more than 40 air superiority fighters, and was simply unable to fight both anti-submarine and air defense at the same time!

"Abandon the Soviet submarines, launch Tomcats, F-18 fighters, and air combat mounts, and prepare for the second wave of takeoff!" said Lieutenant General Jonathan.

In addition to the main Tomcat fighter jets for air superiority operations, the F-18 has always been a jack of all trades. Now, we can only rely on the Tomcat fighter jets to seize air superiority and rely on the F-18 to deal with those slow-moving bombers following behind!

Emergency takeoff! The engines of the two aircraft carriers were fully powered, driving the aircraft carriers at full speed. Then, on the catapults, one after another of the Tomcat fighters were quickly launched into the air.

"Red Coral Squadron, position 030."

"Xiaoxieshu Squadron, position 035."

The early warning aircraft took over the command of the Tomcat fighter and quickly directed the Tomcat's course.

The huge aircraft carrier was moving slower and slower. There was a contradiction between launching carrier-based aircraft and sailing at full speed, because both required steam! Although the boiler was already running at the highest power, the continuous launching of carrier-based aircraft still caused the boiler pressure to drop continuously, so it could only be stopped temporarily. At the same time, after the carrier-based aircraft on the deck were launched, they also needed to be lifted up from the hangar below the deck, which also took time.

After the Tomcat took off, it opened full power, swept its wings, and rushed towards the predetermined target. Just two minutes after flying, it made its first contact with a Soviet aircraft.

The pilot opened his eyes wide and flew side by side with the Soviet plane. At this time, the Soviet fighter plane had changed its course and flew westward, avoiding the direction of the American aircraft carrier.

What kind of plane is this?

For the Americans, this was their first encounter with a Soviet aircraft. In the past, they often fought against variable-sweep-wing fighters like the MiG-23, but now, this Soviet aircraft had a completely different appearance from the MiG-23.

The twin-engine structure has the air intake at the bottom. From the outside, it looks like the entire fuselage is sitting on the air intake and the engine. The nose is slightly tilted downward, and the back ridge is slightly raised. And, obviously, the entire fuselage seems to be integrated. Is this called a wing-body fusion structure?

At the same time, Soviet pilots were also looking at them. They all belonged to the Soviet Naval Aviation Force. These planes were painted in the blue paint scheme used exclusively by the Naval Aviation Force.

With the success of the war in Iran, the Soviet Union will soon have a newly formed Indian Ocean Fleet, and a new naval aviation force will be stationed, mainly responsible for the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf. And these fighters are also the latest MiG-29 fighters in service! At the field airport in Chabahar, these fighters were temporarily stationed, and they received combat missions almost as soon as they were transferred!

The American aircraft carrier fleet is besieging one of their own submarines! Now, their mission is to attract the attention of the American aircraft carriers so that the United States has no time to attack their own submarines!

At the same time, in addition to their regiment of MiG-29s, there is also a regiment of Tu-22M bombers, which work with them to deter the American aircraft carrier formation!

Now, the aircraft carriers of the US aircraft carrier intercepted them. In order to avoid escalation of the confrontation, they did not continue to fly in the direction of the US aircraft carrier, but turned to the west, leading the Americans by the nose. At the same time, that was the direction of their own submarines!

This was the first time that the MiG-29 confronted Western fighters, but both sides were cautious and there was no exciting fight. Both sides were in the cockpit, constantly looking at each other.