Chapter 187 The last madness
Received the alarm of the large-scale deployment of Liberal fighter jets, the 151st Regiment of the 15th HNA Division, which was on standby on the "Zhejiang", was immediately dispatched. A brigade that set out in advance had a total of 12 J-30 "Shenglong". Each fighter jet had eight pl-15s in the belly of the aircraft and two pl-10s in the side of the aircraft. Now it is taking off quickly from the aircraft carrier in a group of two. The carrier-based early warning aircraft serving as the battlefield command has also been launched from the No. 3 catapult.
At this moment, following the gestures of the deck guides, two fighter jets in front were ejected, and the other two slowly gliding blue-gray "Shenlong" had crossed the takeoff flame blocker, and the nose was aimed at the wide bow of the ship that was raised high.
With a few short tests, the front wheel landing gear was accurately engaged with the ejection hook, and received a series of commands from the tower. The data link connection and radio channel were tested normally. Seeing the catapult commander wearing a yellow vest waved his hand and signaled that the young pilot in the cockpit finally tested the aerodynamic control surface, and then smoothly pushed the throttle valve forward. The two WS-15b engines gradually increased to the maximum thrust, and the engine whistling gradually increased. After confirming that the engine operating conditions were normal, a signal was sent to the catapult commander, indicating that "be prepared and you can eject."
After being confirmed by the pilot, he squatted down and made a standard "go you" action. The person responsible for the ejection operation next to him immediately turned the switch and connected the working circuit.
As the powerful current passed, the surge of the electromagnetic catapult mechanism suddenly sounded. The huge giant bird with a take-off weight of nearly 30 tons moved and accelerated and rushed forward. With the help of the powerful power output of the catapult, it swept past the jump deck, which gradually rose in the second half. Then it flapped its wings and flew into the sky.
Two quickly took off in groups. After taking off, they did not circulate over the mothership. The "Shenglong" fighter jets that flew into the sky one after another completed their formation during the raid. Among the twelve fighters, except for one of them who failed to ensure the completion of the mission due to a navigation system failure and returned midway, the remaining fighters quickly climbed to an altitude of more than 7,000 meters, turned on the rear-burner at an altitude that completely ignored the residual threat in Iraq, quickly accelerated to Mach 17, and then turned off the after-force and entered high-speed cruise.
The J-30 "Shenglong" mounted on two air-optimized aircrafts is actually quite easy for the 002a "Zhejiang" equipped with electromagnetic catapults.
As the second-generation large aircraft carrier built by China in the new century, the Type 002a aircraft carrier with a full load displacement of more than 80,000 tons has improved in many aspects compared to the previous generation of Type 001,001a transition ship. In addition to using long-range nuclear power, it also creatively adopted a combination of jump deck and electromagnetic catapults, which has some benefits to ensuring the wartime dispatch rate. Even if the catapult system temporarily fails, it will not affect the light load J-15, J-30 and other fighter jets that are released with light loads will perform air defense missions.
Of course, in today's combat situation, we must fly over Iraqi airspace as soon as possible and enter Syria for combat. The combat radius requires more than 700 kilometers. Almost all the "Shenlong" of the 151st Regiment have filled the fuel tanks in the aircraft. In this way, the supersonic cruise all the way to the war zone will be in a semi-oil state. After fighting the FSA fighter, we can easily return to the mothership through economic cruise.
Of course, if some accidents occur during the battle, the fuel consumption of some fighter jets exceeds expectations. Although the "Zhejiang" does not have a special tanker, in a place like the Persian Gulf where there is no threat, it can replenish fuel by carrying a J-30 with a partner refueling pod; or, in a more direct way, it can directly change the route and land at several alternate airports in Iran.
With so many tactical choices, a battle to encircle and suppress the Syrian Liberal Party should have been simple and straightforward, and there was no pressure to speak of.
However, now, unlike some of the predictions before the launch of the battle, driving the "Shenglong" with a blue-gray low-visuality painted "Shenglong" climbed all the way and entered a supersonic cruise state. The captain of the first brigade of the 151st Regiment and the young lieutenant colonel code-named "Sword Thorn" are still revising the mission plan. The plan formulated before the war may not be completely in line with the current situation. The Syrian rebels surrounded by all sides will actually release such a large number of fighter jets, which is indeed beyond everyone's expectations.
However, even if there are many enemy planes taking off, according to the rhythm of air combat these days, facing the full force of all forces, the Liberal Party, which is at a loss, will probably be impossible to regain Deirzor's air supremacy!
"Call the 'Sword' and the 'Sword'. The air information data has been refreshed. The rough estimate is that the number of enemy aircraft in front of you is 20. Pay attention to the airspace boundary restrictions and allow combat."
"'Sword Thorn' was received; it is expected to take the enemy in two minutes and be finished."
After a brief call, a clear and evident green display soon appeared in front of me. The target information refreshed on the helmet display was dense. The onboard system has automatically marked the head-on enemy aircraft with a relatively large threat with orange and red, and a shallow layer of dotted line display on the boundary of the airspace was superimposed.
According to the latest deployment of the command center, the eleven J-30 fighter jets that were cruising rapidly in the sky quickly approached Syria and Iraq's border, and entered Syria where the civil war was in full swing from the small town Abu Kamal.
From the southern sky toward Deirzur, the direction of the fighter jets of the Sino-Soviet Army was different from the past.
It was different from the usual combat missions that were dedicated to air strikes and bombings. Before the Damascus army launched the Battle of Deirzur, the multinational forces led by several major countries coordinated with the Arab League, the Security Council and the Mosul regime. The Deirzur airspace, which is less than 100 kilometers, was divided into four pieces by an invisible "x" line. Among them, the British and American coalition forces are responsible for the north side, the Alsa is responsible for the west side, and the newly joined the Central Soviet Union is responsible for the south side, but the last piece is handled by Nata.
Such a division of war zones is a nonsense in the general preparations for the battle. The powerful multinational troops, Alsa and Nata, are not on the same order of magnitude at all. However, the Liberal Party is now out of the ordinary, and I think FSA should have no strength. In order to facilitate the post-war arrangements in the Middle East, several major countries have come up with such a compromise plan.
Since the plan has been formulated in a hurry, the war must be strictly followed. Otherwise, so many air forces will participate in the war together, and Iff alone will make people dizzy.
However, it was completely different from the expected situation. After the general attack was launched, the Liberal Party of Syria sent a large number of fighter jets to take off, patrolling the multinational early warning aircraft behind the front line, and under the surveillance of satellites passing by in low orbit, the Liberal fighter jets identified in the narrow Deirzur airspace had actually exceeded 150!
"One hundred and fifty fighter jets", this number naturally surprised the commanders, but in this incredible civil war, everyone has seen many bizarre things. All forces who have made emergency plans in advance will naturally fight with all their might. After all, if we want to compete for the scale and combat effectiveness of air forces, the Syrian Liberal Party has no chance of winning even if it is transformed into many "ghosts".
Fighters flew over the sky in groups, and large-scale chaos in the sky was about to break out. Facing the black yf-23 "ghosts" behind the front line, stealth fighters with various low-visual aircraft logos painted on the wings were surrounding them on all sides. However, this almost perfect encirclement still had an obvious inconsistency.
In the clear sky east of Deirzur, unlike the heavy stealth fighters such as "Silent Cat", "Raptor", and "Shenglong" that are coming strongly in the other three directions, under the vast blue sky, there are only a few smooth-line Nata fighters climbing along with their white tracks. The wings and belly are filled with air-to-air missiles, the auxiliary fuel tank and electronic warfare pods, which look really murderous. However, on the other hand, it also helplessly explains one thing, that is, all of these fighters do not have any basic radar stealth capabilities, but are just a group of third-generation aircraft that are completely out of date in today's era.
The battle started in the early morning and I received an order to fly the plane in the morning. Long Yun, who was a little aware of his last battle, was sitting in his "villain" of Red Zero 3, flying west with the wingman "Gevas" not far away.
As a Nata volunteer pilot, Long Yun is very familiar with the appearance of the Independent Third Squadron and even the entire New Party Air Force. He is more of a great curiosity than a nervousness in the sky due to the crazy counterattack of the Liberal Party.
Yes, seeing that the destruction was about to fall, so many fighter jets suddenly emerged. What are you doing? Should you learn from the Japanese devils in World War II to commit suicide attacks?
Since the end of the civil war, it has been dormant on the ground for several days due to the IF problem. This morning, the Damascus army launched a general attack on Deirzur. Nata, who has been eager to try, also attacked with all his strength at the instruction of the new party regime. Even if it cannot achieve many tangible results in the final battle, it can at least successfully build momentum and add one plus point to Mosul's resolute resistance to the Liberal Party.
With such considerations, the front-line combatants probably wouldn't think so much about it, but Long Yun knew it clearly. Of course, this didn't matter to him at all. Taking off the air attack was something he was really interested in.
Before, seeing the war ended soon, there would be some hesitation from time to time. Long Yun, who was ready to attack early in the morning, was still waiting for orders in the combat preparation room. He was quite absent-minded at the time, but in fact he was thinking about the ending trajectory of the civil war.
Chapter completed!