Chapter 444 Contact Again

Molenko, with the rank of major, is the commander of the 345th Regiment of the 105th Airborne Division. He was the commander of the first group of troops that landed in Kushiro during the last island nation operation. He was a battalion commander at the time, and now he has become a regiment commander.

At this moment, sitting in the rumbling transport plane, looking at the BMD paratrooper vehicle tied to the central slide, and then looking at his subordinates who were ready for battle, Molenko was very satisfied.

"Comrades, our action this time is related to the overall strategy of our Soviet Union. We can only succeed, not fail. After parachuting, we must quickly attack and occupy Zahedan, and set up a defense line on the eastern border of Zahedan to prevent the American armed forces from crossing the border!" Major Morenko's voice sounded so clear in the roaring transport plane: "We are a heroic team, we are damn paratroopers, let us appear where the motherland needs us most!"

"Yes!" Everyone responded loudly. Inside the dark green and khaki spotted camouflage uniforms, there were strong hearts!

Inside the An-50 early warning aircraft, the operators were extremely nervous. They looked at the bright spots on the screen and interpreted them carefully.

The vehicles here are on the ground. You can see that they are very rare and there is no excess electromagnetic radiation.

No fighter jets were found taking off from the various Iranian air bases along the way. In the last American air strike, the Iranians' main ground radar systems were destroyed. Due to the lack of suitable channels for replenishment, the Iranians had almost no more air searches except for deploying the only remaining air defense radars around Tehran.

Perhaps the Iranians discovered their large fleet, but they had no way to stop it. There were no Iranian surface-to-air missile units on the route they flew over. And the Iranian Air Force? It would be more appropriate to call it the former Royal Iranian Air Force.

As time went by, the fleet gradually approached the designated landing site, a flat open area at the southern end of the Lut Desert.

Suddenly, an operator opened his eyes wide: "Azimuth 030, distance 300, speed 600, altitude 5,000, two targets!"

From Pakistan! Fighter planes flying from the Grundy Air Force Base in western Pakistan!

Compared to Iran's already broken air defense, Pakistan is still quite intact, and there are American troops stationed in Pakistan! The US air defense force has been keeping an eye on Iran's sky!

The large fleet of aircraft flying from an altitude of 3,000 meters could not escape the eyes of the US air defense forces. After discovering this huge fleet of aircraft, the US side was also extremely surprised. They immediately took off two F-15 fighter jets and flew towards this huge fleet of aircraft.

Soon, they will enter Iranian airspace and encounter this fleet!

Following the call from the early warning aircraft, four MiG-23MLA fighters in the escort formation started up their afterburners. The flames in the night sky were so blinding. Under the guidance of the early warning aircraft, they flew towards the dark eastern airspace.

The wings were swept back, the engine thrust was increased to maximum, and as the sonic boom cloud was pierced, the fighter entered the supersonic flight phase.

Intercept! Under the command of the early warning aircraft, the four MiG-23 formations began another contact with the US Air Force. The last contact was in the Far East. At that time, due to the engine failure of the US main fighter F-15, there was a large-scale grounding, resulting in the absence of the US Air Force and handing over air supremacy to the Soviet Union. Now, the engine problem of the US F-15 fighter has been solved!

No matter how the MiG-23 is improved, it is still a second-generation aircraft, while the US F-15 is a third-generation aircraft. Moreover, the US aviation technology is still advanced. Who will win this confrontation between the two sides?

If it is just a single-machine confrontation, the improved MiG-23 is still no match for the F-15, because the MiG-23 is only a transitional product for the Soviet Air Force! The MiG-29 has begun production and is gradually being replaced by the Soviet Air Force, and the Su-27 will soon be finalized and equipped with the National Air Defense Force. The MiG-23 can only be a temporary product. Therefore, the current MiG-23 has not been refitted with an advanced flat-plate slot radar, which will account for one-third of the cost of the MiG-23. It is more cost-effective to concentrate more funds on the MiG-29.

Therefore, if the two sides really fight, although there is no powerful Phoenix, the F-15 has a greater chance of winning in head-on interception relying only on the medium-range Sparrow missile!

However, the Americans were at a disadvantage, because the F-15 radar technology had been completely mastered by the Soviets! When the Americans left Hokkaido, the F-15s left to the island nation were completely acquired by the Soviets, so the APG-63 radar was no longer a secret in the eyes of the Soviets!

Just as the MiG-23 was about to intercept head-on, the modified Il-76 electronic warfare aircraft following behind the formation began to adjust the jamming output mode of its jammer. When it successfully captured the opponent's radar beam and identified it as an F-15 fighter, the specifically targeted radar jamming began.

At this time, the two F-15s were approaching the border.

Captain James, the leader of the plane, shot down two Iranian fighter planes, including an F-4 and an AH-1 helicopter, in an air operation against Iran some time ago. These two achievements have made Captain James complacent.

Today, he and his wingman were on combat readiness duty, and they took off immediately after receiving the order.

A large number of targets appeared in the sky above Iran, more than a hundred! All of them were slow transport planes! They must be Soviet! What did they want to do?

This time, their mission was to track and observe the Soviets! Although this operation was very difficult in the dark night sky, they had to complete it!

"Hong Shanhu, Hong Shanhu, pay attention. Four fighter jets have been separated from the target aircraft group and are approaching you. Radar contact is expected in one minute." A voice came from the rear through the headset.

"Red Coral received." Captain James replied while turning on his APg-63 radar.

As a single-seat fighter, it has to both fly and operate the radar. Fortunately, the onboard radar has become smarter and can reduce the pilot's workload.

James flipped the switch and selected the automatic tracking mode. He looked up at the dark night sky, then looked down at the green Honeywell vertical situational display screen. This time, he was shocked.

Damn, there's no target information on the screen!