Chapter 615: Stopping the Soviets
We cannot initiate an attack! If the first attack was just a test, then judging from the radar signal from the other side, it should be Tomcat fighters, not the Turkish Air Force fighters as originally expected!
Shooting down a Turkish fighter plane is one thing, and shooting down an American fighter plane is another. The direct confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States can easily lead to the outbreak of a world war. At this moment, we cannot take the initiative to fire the first shot!
If the Americans wanted to open fire, they would have already launched Phoenix missiles to attack the two fighter planes they had released! Now, the Americans were obviously very cautious, so in that case, we might as well just stand there and not open fire easily!
"Understood." Zhenya replied on the radio, and she followed the lead plane and continued to fly forward.
At the same time, at the mouth of the Aegean Sea, the US aircraft carrier formation was also moving in this direction. When the US Navy learned that the Soviets were about to break in, it already knew that the situation was not good.
What to do? Let the Soviet aircraft carrier out? If this conspiracy fails, the Soviet Union's larger catapult aircraft carrier will definitely continue to rush out arrogantly in the future! Our plan to intercept the Soviet aircraft carrier has completely failed! Continue to compete with the Soviets? If a serious conflict really breaks out, it will trigger a world war! Without authorization from the White House, any senior general must exercise necessary restraint!
Therefore, when he received the request from his carrier-based aircraft, Mark, who was shrewd and calculating, didn't know what to do for a moment. The Soviet carrier-based aircraft were intercepting his carrier-based aircraft and preventing them from approaching. In fact, after the Soviets launched missiles in demonstration, their carrier-based aircraft could not get closer than 100 kilometers to the Soviet aircraft carrier!
"Call back the carrier-based aircraft. Since we are not determined to fight a war with the Soviets, this kind of air confrontation is unnecessary." said Colonel Bonn, commander of the 7th Carrier Air Wing.
Continue to fight with the Soviets and show off your fighters? The performance of the Tomcat fighters has fallen behind the opponent! After this confrontation, Congress must pass the budget to fully replace the engines of our Tomcat fighters! Otherwise, this war will not be fought at all! In the air battles over Iraq, our Tomcat fighters continued to suffer from insufficient engine thrust!
Now, we don’t have the advantage when confronting the Soviet carrier-based aircraft. Instead of doing this, we might as well take back all the fighter jets!
"Take it back?" The division of labor between the aircraft carrier captain and the carrier-based aircraft wing commander is different. The aircraft carrier captain is mainly responsible for the entire fleet and preparing for the carrier-based aircraft, while the operations of the carrier-based aircraft are mainly commanded by the wing commander. Now, hearing what Colonel Bonn said, Mark was still a little puzzled.
"Yes, there is no need for our carrier-based aircraft to get entangled with them. I think it would be better for us to line up our warships in a row, covering the entire surface of the Aegean Sea, and see how the Soviets pass through!" Bonn said angrily.
Our side has a fleet of three aircraft carriers and nearly a hundred warships of various sizes. If they were lined up in a row, they would be able to cover the entire surface of the Aegean Sea.
What Born said just now was just an angry remark, but when Mark heard it now, it suddenly became clear in his mind. Now that the Soviet aircraft carrier formation has rushed out, they have no other choice but to confront the Soviets at sea. Instead of having the two formations confront each other in the Mediterranean, it is better to block the mouth of the Aegean Sea here!
As for the reasons, there are many, for example, we are conducting anti-submarine exercises, searching for unidentified underwater targets, etc. There are all kinds of reasons. Let's see how the Soviets respond! As long as we can block the Soviets in the Aegean Sea, it will be a victory!
However, this tactic seems a bit idiotic, right? The aircraft carrier formation is an oval-shaped entity, with the aircraft carrier in the middle and the destroyer formation around it. But now, they have to line up in a row. If the Soviets launch anti-ship missiles, our aircraft carriers will definitely not be able to suffer such a heavy blow!
"I think it's okay." At this time, Vice Admiral Wylie, who had been silent, said. He was from Europe and was the commander-in-chief of this fleet.
Stop the Soviets! Do the Soviets really dare to rush over?
"Lieutenant General, this is probably not appropriate?" Now, hearing that even the fleet commander-in-chief agreed, Bonn frowned immediately. He was really just talking just now!
"What's wrong with that? Let's send all our fighter planes flying, especially the attack planes carrying anti-ship missiles! If the Soviets dare to launch a salvo of anti-ship missiles at us, we will also fire anti-ship missiles at their heads. The Soviet navy is still weak, and they mainly rely on shore-based aviation. In the Aegean Sea, the Soviet aviation is out of reach."
We still have the advantage at sea! Vice Admiral Wylie was upset when he recalled the confrontation in the Indian Ocean, where the Soviets had the upper hand.
Moreover, the two sides have not yet torn their faces apart or declared war. It is just a fierce confrontation in the Cold War. This time, we will give the Soviets a big blow!
This time, we must show the powerful formation of the US Navy! Although the total tonnage of the Soviet Navy is constantly increasing, they still cannot compete with the US Navy! We are blocking the horn of the Aegean Sea, and see how the Soviet Navy fleet will come out!
Those stupid Turks couldn't even stop the Soviet naval invasion in their own territorial waters! What a bunch of wimps! What are those Harpoon missiles for? At least they could have launched a few to scare the Soviets. Do they really dare to go to war with Turkey? Don't be kidding! If a war really breaks out, Turkey will definitely block the strait. Then we'll see how the Soviets get out of the Black Sea! Moreover, in order to protect Turkey's strategic position, NATO will definitely send troops to protect Turkey!
Since the commander-in-chief had given the order, Bonn did not insist on his own opinion. On the deck of the aircraft carrier and in the hangar, they began to get busy. These days, they were carrying out ground attack missions, so the attack aircraft were carrying ground attack ammunition. Now, they needed to demonstrate to the Soviets, so they had to re-mount the anti-ship missiles!
The three aircraft carrier formations changed their formations and continued to sail towards the Aegean Sea. A few hours later, the two formations met in the beautiful Aegean Sea. The US Navy formations were arranged in a straight line, like the battleship formations of the World War I era, exuding a solemn momentum. At the same time, several large aircraft groups were flying in different airspaces above the entire formation, ready to dive down and attack at any time!