With two Su-27s in good condition and more than fifty shot-down results in his hand, Long Yun's Caucasus combat situation is still very good for the time being.

However, as the bad weather gradually dissipated, the activities of NATO and the Soviet Air Force began to become frequent again on the long front; the "encirclement and suppression" battle against Victor Rezenov was about to begin, and Long Yun would soon face an unprecedented severe life and death test.

The re-active US Air Force is mainly to cooperate with NATO's upcoming large-scale ground offensive.

Just in the vast south of the Caucasus region, the American Army Armored Division and Mountain Division gathered with military auxiliary ships are still conducting tense pre-war preparations. The heavy M1A1 tank and the fat and bloated "Bradley" infantry fighting vehicles often appear in the mountain plateaus in eastern Turkey; the dark green Ah-64 "Apache" swept through the desolate land with sparse vegetation with a low altitude, and the "Hellfire" missiles and rocket nests hung under the short wings, and the appearance of the "Hellfire" missiles and rocket nests hanging under the short wings are even more ferocious. Behind the front line near the Soviet border, more M270 mobile rocket launchers battalions and PAC-3 surface-to-air missile companies are completing deployment, providing long-range fire support and air defense for ground forces that are about to launch an attack.

Faced with the strict deployment of the Soviet Caucasus War Zone and the harsh terrain that was inconvenient to the development of large troops, the United States changed its previous style of dealing with the annoying small countries. It did not expect to achieve the combat goals through surprise attacks or air strikes by the Marines. Instead, it took action cautiously and steadily, preparing to launch a massive ground attack in the "Caucasus Corridor" between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.

The war was right now, but the air situation in the Caucasus could not make the army commander feel a little relieved.

Although the Air Force promised to launch a continuous high-intensity strike against the Russians before arriving in the war zone, it seems that their execution is not ideal now, let alone the "Caucasus Death" is still elusive in the sky. However, even so, the army, which has many concerns, has received the order to "launch an attack on time"; in order to appease the commanders' emotions, the Pentagon also promised them while issuing an order that the United States Air Force and the Navy will immediately launch an unprecedented offensive battle, solving the "crazy Ivan" problem "once and for all" and providing sufficient air cover for the subsequent ground operations.

According to the previous plan, after the storm completely stopped, the large-scale air encirclement operation finally slowly began.

In the sunny June morning, facing the cool breeze of the morning, two B-1b strategic bombers that took off from the Saudi airport faced the newborn sun, climbed all the way to the north.

These black air giant birds who came from the Diego Garcia Air Force Base in the Indian Ocean and were used as bait before they went to the battlefield. If they had not been based on the deployment of the headquarters and knew that there were a large number of fighter jets ahead and were also taking up their positions, they would probably have definitely not risked access to the crisis-ridden Caucasus airspace.

At the same time, according to the unified plan of the "round-up" operation, American fighter wings stationed in various Turkish air bases also dispatched one after another. F-15c and F-16 fighter jets filled with missiles took off one after another, and rushed to various predetermined airspaces of the long front to enter ambush. Because I don't know where the "Caucasus Death" will appear, the NATO zhongyāng Command deployed two invisible large networks over the Black Sea and near Georgia. Each of them is ambushed with two air force wing fighters, maintaining the scale of at least twenty fighters. In addition, in the distant southern waters, the naval fighter squadrons on the CVN-70 and CVN-74 have also entered a standby state. Once the traces of the "Caucasus Death" are found, they will be ejected immediately and take off and rescued.

The dense air net has been opened and expensive bait has been spread. The b-1b radar signal close to the war zone should have appeared on the display screen of the Soviet long-range radar. Let's see if the Russians will take the bait?

Just when the Americans were deliberately trying to lure their opponents to die, the Red No. 17 Su-27s driven by Long Yun was calmly crossing the Great Caucasus Mountains at the towering clouds, intercepting them according to GCI's prompts, and eliminating suspicious targets approaching the southern Soviet airspace.

Unlike the previous GCI prompt information, the command center judged that the two looming targets should not be fighter jets, but American strategic bombers with signs of invasion. After the storm, the NATO Air Force activities became more and more frequent, and the comrades of the 237th Regiment were busy dealing with enemies in other directions. Now they are only Red 17, who are accustomed to hunting alone, patrolling opposite the invading targets, so they instructed him to respond.

Before this, Long Yun had never encountered many targets outside of fighter jets, and now it is time to go and find out.

Long Yun, who was fully exerting his strength and sprinting straight, had just approached the predetermined interception area, which soon attracted the attention of the e-3a pre-refining machine hovering in northern Iraq.

It was discovered that the Russian single fighter was heading westward, with a suspicious speed and altitude; according to the acceleration of the target's signature and combined with the unique radar echo signal strength of the "Flanker", the battlefield control officer on the pre-search machine highly suspected that it should be the terrible "Caucasus Death", so he immediately reported to the US Middle East Command Center and the higher-level NATO zhongyāng Command.

I have been waiting for the game for several days, and I have been on duty several times before. After receiving the frontline report, the NATO headquarters was cautious and temporarily stopped moving, but ordered the front-line Eighth Air Wing to send two F-15cs to intervene between the B-1b and the enemy plane for close reconnaissance. The order issued to the Eighth Wing group of two aircraft was to immediately escape as long as the opponent was determined to be the "Caucasus Death"; but the commander and his staff were actually very clear that the danger of their trip was actually quite high.

We need to verify whether it is "death"?

That's simple. As long as this set of two aircraft is shot down after encountering it, it is the best proof - this is indeed crazy. The F-15, which costs 45 million US dollars, and the precious pilot, turned into a disposable consumable just as a test strip for verification?

——Why is the Russian so powerful?

I hope that the pilots of this group of two aircraft are smarter and don’t be beaten if they fail to spy on them.

Fortunately, after discovering signs of B-1b invasion, Long Yun flew south under GCI guidance. During this period, the F-15c of the Eighth Fighter Wing gradually approached. After the Americans used the an/apg63 radar to scan and confirmed the typical radar reflected signal characteristics of the "Flanker", they immediately turned around and returned with guilt.

“eagleone, has it been confirmed to be ‘death’?”

"—Not completely certain; but it should be a 'flanker' in combination with the echo intensity and distance."

Although the information fed back is not completely certain, it has already satisfied the commanders. Being able to clearly judge the opponent's fighter model at the risk of being attacked is not easy for the young men in the Air Force Wing. If you insist on continuing to reconnaissance, you can only go up and see the fuselage identification information clearly. However, in front of the "Caucasus Death", this may mean two more fighter jets, which is completely unacceptable.

After weighing the pros and cons of losing and omission, General Clark, who served as the commander-in-chief of the operation, finally issued an order.

"The 'round-up' operation began! Each unit acted immediately as planned."

Since the opponent has appeared, the action has officially begun!

With the issuance of orders, the Air Force Command Center under the NATO zhongyāng Command immediately issued an interception order. The Eighth Air Wing and the 20th Air Wing that were rushing to cooperate immediately took their positions. According to the pre-set huge combat plan, they approached north with the "Flanker" fighter jets that were approaching directly in front of them. The 20th Air Wing F-16c, which was already on standby in the northern airspace, immediately turned to the direction of nine o'clock, and advanced to catch up with the enemy under the guidance of the Eighth Air Wing F-15c, who arrived later, and prepared to use an oversized pocket array to deal with the Russians who rushed to the north.

At the same time, the CVN-70, the "Karl Vinson" aircraft carrier, was also busy on the deck. The F-14D "Super Cat" full of Aim-54b missiles and the F/A-18e "Super Hornet" fighter jets that also carry live ammunition beside them have occupied all ejection positions. They will immediately take off at an emergency ejection of more than two per minute and accelerate through Turkish airspace to meet the Air Force fighter jets.

As the second-line force of this operation, the Navy received the order not to fight alone, but to wait for an opportunity behind the Air Force fighter jets. If necessary, immediately dispatch fighters to cooperate with the Air Force's roundup plan. It is necessary to kill the "Caucasus Death" who was killed alone!

With the mobilization of a large number of fighter jets, in the sky after the blue rain, only fighter jets were shuttled and the tracks were intertwined. The two fighter jet wings of the US Air Force were all elites. Dozens of light and heavy fighters flew in the sky in a formation, which was like an air parade without guided aircraft. However, unlike the real parade, every fighter jet shuttle now shuttled into the sky, with blue circles and white star emblems coated with blue rings and air-to-air missiles were hung under the wings, as if hedgehogs were running around looking for food. The scene could even be said to be a bit chaotic.

In this slightly chaotic air situation, the net that surrounded Russia's number one ace slowly opened, and a nervous aura began to permeate everywhere.
Chapter completed!