Faced with the large number of Soviet long-range bombers and unclear locations, the combat command system of U.S.navy is still quite standardized.

From the chaos of losing Hawkeye at the beginning, the F-14 and F/A-18 fighters in the outer air defense circle of the fleet are quite large, and the missiles and internal fuel are also enough to support an interception operation. The situation does not seem to be as bad as those imagined by Lieutenant General and others.

According to Colonel Walsh, the number of United States fighters reported under his command was distributed in the west of the aircraft carrier battle group after a chaotic battle. There were about 30 aircraft in the north, which was the size of three squadrons. Due to the frequent takeoffs, recovery and other dispatching, coupled with the "Scythe" riot, these more than 30 aircraft stagnant fighters belonged to eight different combat squadrons. Fortunately, the US military's battlefield command system was still complete, so there would not be too many command and coordination troubles for a while.

There are a lot of fighter jets, and the cvn-71 and cvn-73 are still continuing to eject F-14. It seems that the situation on the US military side is not bad.

However, unlike the beautiful imagination of ordinary people, on the vast ocean battlefield, you can't determine the outcome by comparing the number of fighter jets on both sides.

Faced with the American fighter interception line, the tu-22m3s of the 68th Bomber Aviation Regiment of the Red Navy were flying all the way. The onboard radar warning system did not send a warning message for the time being, and the escort aircraft provided the necessary air information. These fearless supersonic monsters seemed to be charging blindfolded and advancing towards unknown dangers. In fact, this kind of combat method was the first-hand director of the Far East War Zone General Command. In other words, it was a tactical feint attack that sowed the Americans.

A bomber that is scattered attack. Even without e-2c surveillance, it is not easy to break through the interception between F-14 and Aim-54.

However, unlike theoretical deductions, facing an unprecedented number of "counter-fire", the Americans' choices are actually very limited. The number of "Tomcats" fighters in the northwest direction is not large, and a few F-14Ds cannot intercept Ivan's torch with one-to-one long-range sniping method. If you want to launch an attack using the TWS mode, the distance between the enemy and us is a little far away. Seeing the "counter-fire" attacking the U.S.navy fighter is in a dilemma for a while.

Seeing the Russians approaching step by step, the US pilots who were driving the "Tomcat" were willing to rush up and start the film directly, but the command center did not send an order.

Obviously, unlike the front-line soldiers who were excited, Lieutenant General Pratt and others were more worried that there were not many "Tomcats" in the sky. If the F-14s that were stuck in the air were ordered to intercept, a new gap would appear in the US Navy's air defense circle. If Ivans did not find it, everything would be easy to say, but if you were a little bit behind - it was still very possible, then the whistling Russian bombers would sneak in from the gap and fire wildly. The scene would become extremely chaotic.

Such a desperate attack is a piece of cake with the character of the Russians. Even if the final outcome of the swept-wing monster is mostly hit by a US carrier-based aircraft, the Americans are of course frightened and cannot tolerated the exchange of "several bombers and an aircraft carrier".

"What!

——Major, you must make it clear why it malfunctioned at this time?”

"Report, report to the general, the people in the turbine unit have just checked the No. 2 steam storage tank. There is no problem with the ejection steam delivery pipeline. However, they used an x-ray flaw detector to find several tiny cracks in the circuit; the pressure value of the main pipeline has not been raised, but once the pressure starts to be increased, it is-"

“Do you want to give an engineering lecture here, Major?

——Speak human words!”

"Uh, ah——the conclusion is..."

He was scolding his subordinates on the communication line just now, but now he was sweating on his forehead when facing the lieutenant general. He quickly organized his words and then told William Pratt that the carrier-based aircraft of the CVN-71 "Theodore Roosevelt" is now unsustainable. Even if he did not consider repairing immediately, he could only barely drive a catapult to work normally.

The major's report, or bad news, made Lieutenant General Pratt and others more impatient.

Russian bombers were getting closer and closer, and the commanders of u.s.navy were already anxious. At first, the lieutenant general thought that his anxiety was just because of this bad thing. Now he finally found a breakthrough to vent. He shouted and cursed a few words, but knew that it would be useless. Just as the lieutenant general was chattering and cursing the Russians, Major General Cooper, who was busy dispatching troops next to him, was still rational. He ordered the battlefield dispatcher to change his plan immediately and send a batch of F-14D released from cvn-73 to the direction that needed reinforcements.

The Russians are coming in large numbers. Although there are many fighter jets in the air, it is impossible to completely protect the air defense circle with a radius of hundreds of kilometers. As for which direction is the most important direction, Stanley Cooper's professional qualities are quite reliable. He ordered the F-14s that had just been launched to turn to the west and prepare to set up a sparse fighter interception line in the western sky where the "sickles" ravaged.

Cooper's order is very consistent with the battlefield situation and is also an inevitable choice for a commander in this situation.

After a brief and chaotic sky confrontation, the US Navy aircraft carrier battle group that was broken into and set fire by a "flanker" was finally going to face the "counter-fire". There are quite a lot of tu-22m3s that have appeared in the sight of the Tomcats one after another. In addition, there are also a large group of bombers painted with red five-stars approaching in the western airspace.

Under this situation, although the air defense pressure in the northwest direction of the fleet has been increasing, Major General Cooper still turned his attention to the west side of the battlefield situation chart. In the invisible fog of war, the large area of ​​Russian warships patrolling the dark blue.
Chapter completed!