Chapter 613 Containment of the Soviet Navy

The Soviet warships were getting closer and closer to the Turkish Strait Bridge. The Turks on the bridge began to feel panic in their hearts.

What should we do? Should we really launch missiles to intercept these hateful Soviets? As long as we dare to intercept them, the other side will definitely dare to fight back! In this world, the only country that can fight the Soviet Union head-on is the United States!

Now, the only country they can rely on is the United States! If the US Navy's aircraft carrier is on the other side of the strait and blocks the strait, the Soviet aircraft carrier formation can be stopped!

So, the Turks watched helplessly as the Soviet warships appeared under the bridge and then crossed the bridge, feeling extremely frustrated.

Türkiye lost again in this confrontation!

No matter what kind of international confrontation there is, there must be real strength behind it. The Soviets’ confidence came from their powerful aircraft carrier fleet, and Turkey’s confidence came from the support of the United States. But now it seems that the support of the Americans is really unreliable!

The Turks don't know that the Americans have tried their best!

After learning of an emergency in the Turkish Straits, the Tomcat carrier-based aircraft that took off from the USS Eisenhower did not go to the Iraqi mountains to support their own ground troops, but instead changed direction and headed for the Turkish Straits to carry out a deterrence mission!

Air support for northern Iraq is very important, but maintaining America's maritime power is even more important. This is the US Navy's top priority!

The fleet composed of more than 30 Soviet warships has extremely powerful destructive power. If they are allowed to emerge from the Black Sea, they will tie up all three US aircraft carrier formations, and the United States will not have any spare energy to provide ground support!

At the same time, the rapid expansion of the Soviet Navy's strength also made the US Navy feel uneasy. The first two Kiev-class aircraft carriers, which looked like monsters, were able to confront the US Navy at sea, and the new aircraft carriers now have even more outstanding combat power!

In the past, it was generally believed that the Soviet Union had an advantage on land, while the United States had an advantage at sea. Now, the Soviet Union is catching up at sea, and the advantage of the US Navy will become smaller and smaller! If the United States is not good on land and at sea, what is the point of it?

Therefore, it is necessary to stop the expansion of the Soviet Navy's strength! And an important part of it is to block the Black Sea! Do not let the Soviet Navy's aircraft carriers come out of the Black Sea and circle them! If this confrontation is successful, the Soviet aircraft carriers cannot sail out of the Black Sea, then there will be no threat, and the Soviet Union will waste several years of time by choosing a new shipyard.

The previous Kiev-class aircraft carriers were ignored, but now this type of large aircraft carrier with a straight-through deck has begun to be built in the Soviet Union, which shows that the Soviet Union has clearly defined the correct direction of naval development and must be curbed!

Therefore, the United States instigated Turkey to use previous treaties to impose restrictions. In order to make Turkey take action, the United States still spent a lot of money, such as a $2 billion arms aid plan, which gave Turkey the courage to resist the Soviet Navy.

Unfortunately, the US Navy did not have any extra warships to support, and at the same time, the United States thought that the confrontation between the two sides would last for some time. As a result, the Soviet Navy was not afraid and just rushed forward!

We can't let the Soviet Union succeed like this! With this in mind, the Tomcat fighters quickly approached the Soviet aircraft carrier formation!

Turus, captain of the 143rd "Spit Dog" Fighter Squadron, with the rank of major, was flying his Tomcat fighter at a high speed towards the Turkish Strait with all its wings swept back. The Tomcat's air combat mounts at this time allowed it to soar at a speed of Mach 1.6.

Turus was not at ease, because his previous mission was to support the ground troops and drive away those Iraqi helicopters and attack aircraft. There might be air battles, so all his fighters were equipped for air combat. But now, the mission suddenly changed, and his squadron had to demonstrate to the Soviet aircraft carrier.

What are you demonstrating on? That's the job of attack aircraft! You can't just throw Phoenix missiles at the enemy's ships, right?

Moreover, the order was very vague. What should we do to stop the Soviet aircraft carrier formation from crossing the Turkish Strait? The Soviet aircraft carrier formation was like a hedgehog. It was dangerous for us to get close to it! Because the Soviet carrier-based aviation was not good, they had developed a large number of anti-aircraft missiles over the years. The farthest could reach hundreds of kilometers. Moreover, the Soviets were unreasonable. If you approached their anti-aircraft missile launch circle, they would launch missiles at any time!

Although I know it is dangerous and difficult to handle, as a soldier, it is my duty to follow orders!

Now, the Aegean Sea is below, and the Anatolian Peninsula is on the right! Tullus glanced to the side and saw that the four Tomcat fighters he brought were all flying on one side.

"Attention, one hundred kilometers away from the strait, stay alert!" Turus shouted on the radio.

Just as he finished speaking, the sharp voice of the radar warning receiver sounded in his earphones, and he had been locked!

Locked! At a distance of one hundred kilometers, a "Kara" class "Yazov" missile cruiser in the Soviet Navy fleet has already firmly captured the target with the ship's single-sided rotating phased array radar canopy!

This warship is equipped with the Soviet Navy's longest-range air defense missile system, the Rif all-weather long-range ship-borne area air defense missile system. This system was transplanted from the land-based SAM-10, also known as the famous S300 system!

This system is mainly equipped on the Kirov-class and Slava-class warships. However, the Kara-class is actually the first warship to undergo the transformation and is currently assigned to the Black Sea Fleet.

The Soviet aircraft carrier actually took a considerable risk when crossing the Turkish Strait, so the Soviet Union had to take a tough attitude!

Now, the air defense system detected the target and immediately locked onto it!

One hundred kilometers! If the fighter planes carrying Harpoon missiles are coming, they can launch anti-ship missiles and attack at a distance of one hundred kilometers! For the Soviet Navy, a distance of one hundred kilometers is very dangerous! Therefore, now that this fighter formation has been discovered, and because the opponent is flying from the direction of the Anatolian Peninsula, the Soviet Navy has no tolerance at all. After the radar locks the target, then, in the revolver-like launcher, flames fly, white smoke covers the warship, and the 5B55 missile has already flown up!