Chapter 785 Maritime Distribution
The two J-15 fighter jets had been ready for a long time. After the first wave of planes were released, they parked at the take-off position. The pilots also sat in the cockpit, ready to take off at any time.
Wang Wei looked sideways, and his wingman pilot Zhao Yu also happened to look over, so the two made familiar gestures.
At this moment, an order came from the earphone: "Air Police-600 has found the target, 1502, 1503, take off immediately!"
“Yes, 1502 received!” Wang Wei replied as he started to start the engine. He looked at the gestures of the yellow vest below and performed various checks before takeoff. Thirty seconds later, the yellow vest squatted down and pointed his right hand forward.
Wang Wei released the brakes.
Like an arrow off the string, the J-15 fighter jet rushed towards the jump deck at the bow of the ship, and then jumped out.
Just the moment his plane left the deck, Zhao Yu next to him also released his brakes. Within a minute of each other, the two fighters took off, turned on afterburners and climbed upwards.
“1502 calls 1503. According to the target data provided by the early warning aircraft, turn to the 0-3-1 direction.”
“1503 received.”
After climbing to an altitude of about 300 meters, the two fighters began to turn and continued to sprint towards the target. Because this time it was an emergency takeoff to intercept, the two fighters had the luxury of continuing to use afterburners to rush towards the target. The climbing belt climbed wildly in the direction, and finally reached an altitude of 10,000 meters.
“1502 calls 1503. It’s about two hundred kilometers away from the target. Activate the radar now!”
In front of the nose of the aircraft, the large flat-panel 1493 radar was activated. After a few seconds of warm-up, powerful radar waves were fired forward.
“One hundred and fifty kilometers away, three targets found!”
The Changjian 10 is not a stealth cruise missile, but it is still impossible for ordinary airborne radar to detect it at a distance of 150 kilometers. This is of course thanks to the intelligence support of the early warning aircraft and the rapid development of domestic airborne radar technology. develop.
The Su-27 series fighters are all heavy-duty aircraft. This kind of fighter has a large nose, and of course it also has a huge-caliber airborne radar antenna. Except for the Su-27 and the Tomcat, no other fighter in the world can have this. Radar antennas exceeding nine hundred millimeters in diameter. Although the MiG-31 calls itself a fighter, it should be called an interceptor and cannot be counted among them.
Relying on advanced airborne radar, both fighters have searched for the target.
"1502 calls 1503. The target data has been assigned. We each lock a target." Wang Wei continued to call on the radio.
"1503 received." Zhao Yu touched the weapon operation interface in front of him with his hand, and locked the target in the distance according to the data transmitted through the data link.
While the two were operating, the fighter plane was also flying forward rapidly, and the distance between them and the missile was getting closer and closer.
One hundred kilometers, eighty kilometers…
“Launch!”
Wang Wei shouted as he pressed the launch button hard with his hand. There were flames under the wings, white smoke rose, and the PL-11 missile flew out.
Wingman Zhao Yu also launched a missile. The two lines of white smoke continued to lengthen, forming two white dragons in the sky. The two J-15 fighters continued to fly smoothly, with their noses pointed steadily at the target.
“The missile was launched seventy-five kilometers away. Where did they get such confidence?” The experienced radar officers on the distant early warning aircraft were surprised to see this scene.
The range of an air-to-air missile is a psychedelic statement. For a missile with a maximum range of 70 kilometers, the pilot will only dare to use it at a distance of 30 or 40 kilometers at most. Otherwise, once the target makes any maneuvers to consume the kinetic energy of the missile, the missile will Just out of reach.
When facing the target, you can launch farther. If you are chasing after you, you have to launch at a closer distance, such as one or twenty kilometers. After all, this distance is a relative distance, and the actual flight of the missile is the distance to the ground.
In later generations, in order to allow air-to-air missiles to fly farther, a new generation of air-to-air missiles began to use ramjet engines. This thing not only has a long range, but also has power throughout the entire process and has first-class performance. However, if you look at the United States, it seems that this kind of missile is not suitable for not interested.
The missile does not just have to have a long range, it also needs to have a high enough hit rate, and the most important thing is identification of friend or foe! To put it simply, if the IFF of the aircraft on the opposite side automatically responds, it can definitely be a friendly aircraft. However, if it does not respond, it may be an enemy aircraft, or the transponder may be broken. If you fire rashly, you may accidentally injure your own people. A superpower. The navy and air force have experienced this kind of accidental damage more than once, so they are very cautious.
As a result, sometimes it is necessary to enter the visual range for visual identification, making beyond-visual-range missiles useless.
In short, the current route taken by the Americans is to improve other performance of the missile, especially the new generation AIM-120 upgraded to an active radar guidance missile, but the range is not much improved compared to the previous Sparrow, it is still dozens of kilometers.
The Orientals actually launched missiles at a distance of 75 kilometers. Even if it was a head-on attack, in order to leave a certain margin, their missiles must have a range of 100 kilometers before they dare to do this, right?
On the observing warship, Qin Tao also expressed emotion: "Although the PL-12 has not come out, our PL-11 is still very powerful."
The PL-11 has a long history. After acquiring the Viper air-to-air missile technology from Italy in the 1980s, China began to integrate the seeker into the Hongqi-61 to create a medium-range air-to-air missile, and then planned to mount it on the J-82 On the fighter plane.
This process has been going on for a long time, and the types of domestic fighter aircraft are also increasing. J-10, J-11, J-15, J-16, a lot of fighters are waiting for air-to-air missiles, so the progress of the PL-11 is gradually accelerating. At the same time, existing technologies are also being used to make improvements, such as rocket engines. After replacing them with new propellants, the range has indeed been greatly improved.
The actively guided PL-12 is still under testing and does not have a large amount of equipment, but the PL-11 has become the main air-to-air missile. Except for the first batch of imported Su-27s, which are using imported R-27s, other fighters They are all using this missile.
“This kind of missile has a maximum range of 80 kilometers. Now they are flying at a distance of 75 kilometers. This is bold enough. However, those people should be shocked when they see it.”
No matter how much we improve, we cannot escape physical limitations. It would be good if rocket-propelled missiles can travel 80 kilometers. Now they are used at the extreme distance.
Of course, they are confident: the launch height is 10,000 meters, and the missile dives down from a high position, and the gravitational potential energy can be converted into kinetic energy, allowing the missile to fly farther. The two sides are flying head-on, even if the missile loses power in the end. , as long as it is aimed at the target, the cruise missile will not know that it is being attacked and change its route anyway.
Of course, the key is that the radar is easy to use. It can target the target at such a long distance. If the radar is not powerful, then everything is in vain.
This time I am showing off my sword, just to show some people that we are not afraid of the Tomahawk missiles coming!
The PILE-11 missile continued to fly forward. Taking advantage of the dive, it even accelerated to Mach 4 at one point!
It’s a pity that this kind of semi-active radar-guided missile needs to continuously receive the echo reflected by the target. If it is similar to the Phoenix missile, it can fly a hundred kilometers away with a high-altitude ballistic trajectory.
It is getting closer and closer to the target. In the J-5 carrier-based aircraft behind, the two pilots are still operating the aircraft steadily. They need to guide the missile until it finally hits the target. During this process, no large overload maneuvers are allowed. , this is also the biggest problem of semi-active missiles. During this period, they will become living targets.
However, there will be active radar-guided PL-12 missiles in the future anyway, so we will make do with them for the time being. Semi-active missiles also have advantages, such as high accuracy!
The Changjian-10 missile further dropped in altitude and was less than twenty meters away from the sea. The surging waves on the sea would form clutter and interfere with the missile's receiving circuit. However, with modern technology, it is easy to filter out the clutter from the waves.
As the missile gradually approached the target, the onlookers began to feel nervous.
“Ten kilometers away!”
“Five kilometers!”
"one kilometer!"
“Five hundred meters!”
“Three hundred meters!”
“One hundred meters!”
"Are they going to use a precise collision method? This is impossible!" A radar officer muttered, and at this moment, the light spot on the radar screen disappeared.
“Interception successful!”
At a distance of thirty meters, the warhead of the PL-11 exploded, and countless broken rod warheads formed a dense metal storm and poured towards the target.
Two Changjian-10 missiles immediately exploded in the air, burst into flames, rolled and fell into the sea.
Interception successful!
"Awesome!" Qin Tao was also very excited: "In the future, the main threat we face will also be cruise missiles. Under the command of early warning aircraft, long-distance interception by fighter jets is the most appropriate method, preferably outside our territory. Just destroy these missiles!"
“Is there another one?”
"Two interceptions are enough to illustrate our capabilities. I guess the navy plans to shoot down the last missile with machine guns, right?" Qin Tao said.
"Machine cannon? Yes, the machine cannon can really intercept it, but if they do this, they will not give our air force face."
“There is no need to talk about saving face on the battlefield. In the future, when the Navy and the Air Force engage in confrontation exercises, the pilots of the Navy will be more energetic.”
“That’s right, I’ve heard them say it a long time ago. The smooth and steady flight of the Air Force is not flying at all. Carrier-based aircraft pilots are the real pilots.”
The guys started joking.
In the air, the interception continues.
After Wang Wei finished speaking, he pushed his operating lever, and the huge J-5 dived down flexibly, like a swift.
The characteristics of cruise missiles are that they are concealed, fly at ultra-low altitudes, and are difficult to detect. However, once discovered, cruise missiles are nothing to be afraid of. They fly slowly and cannot maneuver to evade. Therefore, even in World War II The anti-aircraft artillery at that time could also shoot it down easily.
At this time, naval carrier-based aircraft pilots are practicing various tactics to intercept cruise missiles, first using tall air-to-air missiles, and then using more conventional cannons.
For pilots, cannons are an ancient and reliable weapon. There was a time when aircraft designers thought that cannons were useless. Missiles had completely replaced cannons. As a result, during the Vietnam War, F4 Phantom fighter pilots After firing off all the unreliable Sparrow missiles, they found that they no longer had any means to deal with the MiGs that were so close. Therefore, the cannon was reinstalled on the aircraft in the form of a pod, and it never appeared again. Left.
Of course third-generation aircraft like the J-15 also have organic cannons.
Two huge fighter planes roared down, and the three-wing layout looked so beautiful and handsome.
"Visually discover the target, 1503, you are responsible for covering! If my attack fails, you take over my attack." Wang Wei continued to give orders.
When they flew the J-8 in the past, Wang Wei and Zhao Yu were already in the same team. They had practiced attack tactics well, and they had already understood each other well.
Two aircraft formation, one attacking and one covering. After the attack fails, the wingman replaces the lead aircraft to attack. This is also a very old air combat tactic, but no one has ever ignored it. Even if there are no enemy aircraft now, this kind of cooperation is still needed.
"1503 received." Zhao Yu replied firmly. However, he also knew in his heart that Wang Wei would not leave him a chance at all. How could such a simple attack fail?
The two fighter planes were originally flying head-on towards the cruise missile. Now, during the dive, they had seen the cruise missile flying below them. They pulled the lever and pushed the rudder. After turning during the dive, the two fighters changed from flying head-on to flying head-on. It became a tail chase.
Wang Wei selected the weapon to the cannon. On the HUD in front of him, a cannon hotline appeared. Wang Wei gently pushed the fighter operating lever and slowly approached the cruise missile.
The appearance of the Changjian-10 missile is the same as that of the Tomahawk. It has a cylindrical body with a straight wing inserted in the middle. This wing mainly provides lift during flight. There is a cross-shaped tail behind it, which is vertically oriented. The tail is used for yaw control, and the horizontal tail is used for pitch control. At this time, the tail engine is still working, spraying almost invisible gas backward.
The Changjian-10 missile was flying smoothly like this, without any awareness of the coming danger. It was just working according to the procedure.
You are the one! Wang Wei pushed the operating lever again.
“1502, pay attention to your height!” Zhao Yu’s voice came from Wang Wei’s earphones.
At this time, the flight altitude of the cruise missile had dropped to twenty meters. In order to better shoot down the cruise missile, Wang Wei lowered the altitude again. His fighter plane was only ten meters away from the sea. In this case, it was very dangerous. If you are not careful, you may fall into the sea.
"1502 received." Wang Wei's answer was very calm. He sweats more in peacetime and bleeds less in war. In order to better attack the enemy, naval pilots need to fly at ultra-low altitude close to the sea, not to mention more than ten meters, a few meters heights are possible.
He is confident in his skills.
Closer, even closer, he gently moved the operating lever, and the end point of the hot wire was firmly pressing on the target. Then, Wang Wei pressed the launch button on the operating lever.
嗵嗵嗵!
All Su-27 series fighters use the GSh-30-1 cannon, with a caliber of 30 mm and only a single barrel. The rate of fire of this cannon is definitely not as high as that of the M60 commonly used by the Americans, but its accuracy is very high.
Smoke filled the air, and 30mm projectiles were sprayed towards the target. It was almost just a burst of fire. Wang Wei pulled the operating lever and turned on the afterburner at the same time.
The nose of the J-15 began to tilt up, and the air flow from the tail engine rushed directly to the water. The two water waves were stirred up, which looked very spectacular.
Just as the J-15 was climbing rapidly, the cannon shells had already covered the airspace where the Changjian-10 was located. The missile, which was strolling smoothly, suddenly burst into brilliant flames and shrapnel flew.
Machine gun shooting not only tests skills, but also tests courage. Not everyone has the courage to get close to the target a few hundred meters and then fire the shells. At the same time, how to exit after hitting the target is also a big problem. If you cannot master these techniques, After the cannon hits the target, your aircraft will also pass through the debris field formed by the target explosion, and the outcome can be imagined.
Wang Wei’s movements were impeccable and he avoided these debris perfectly.
“Interception completed!”
“1502, 1503, continue to perform fleet air defense patrol missions.” The voice from the aircraft carrier island came over the radio.
The exercise has not yet been completed. The two scrambled fighter jets have now completed the task of intercepting missiles, and it is time to perform common fleet long-range air defense tasks.
The two fighter planes turned on their afterburners, climbed to a patrol altitude of 10,000 meters, and circled around the fleet. For them, this kind of task was even more of a piece of cake.
“Cruise missiles pose a great threat, but after we have early warning aircraft, such missiles will no longer pose a serious threat to us.” On the No. 112 warship observing, everyone started talking again.
“However, if we want to use cruise missiles to hit enemy targets, we will face the same problem. Once discovered, they will be easily intercepted.”
“Mr. Qin, do you have a good solution to this problem?”
“That’s why we need to get skinny.”
“Pumping up?”
“Change the shape of the cruise missile to be stealthy, so that the probability of being discovered can be greatly reduced.”
Everyone’s eyes lit up, yes, why didn’t they think of doing this? It is completely possible to carry out stealth modifications, thereby reducing the probability of the missile being discovered by early warning aircraft.
“In this case, it will be difficult for our early warning aircraft to detect it. After all, we are taking the route of meter wave radar, and the early warning aircraft cannot be equipped with meter wave radar.”
"Yes, it will be difficult for us to find it. However, I can think of it, and the Americans can think of it. Maybe they will develop stealth Tomahawk missiles next. After all, we are not the only ones in this world who have advanced technology. Americans Will we not develop stealth Tomahawk missiles because they are difficult to be detected by stealth aircraft?"
Having advanced military technology, but not developing it because you are afraid of being threatened, trying to shelve such weapons is the most stupid behavior. However, looking at history, there are indeed many such things.
The exercise continues, but the eye-catching scenes have passed, and the rest are routine subjects.
Another two hours later, the exercise ended successfully, and the lively naval parade was next.
The time the Navy has been waiting for has finally arrived!
The army often undergoes inspections. After all, for them, inspections are a very simple matter. They just need to line up in a square formation and walk in front of the leaders. The navy is different. It takes a lot of effort to undergo an inspection.
It has only been carried out twice in history.
The first time was in 1957, when we were celebrating the 30th anniversary of the founding of the army, and our superiors decided to hold a maritime military parade in Qingdao in August. The People's Navy, which was established only eight years ago, was reviewed for the first time in a form other than a phalanx of sailors on foot.
At that time, a maritime parade was used, that is, the warships and submarines under review were lined up neatly and inspected by superior leaders. The entire review lasted more than two hours.
The second review took place in the 1990s. After several maritime exercises were held in succession, superior leaders inspected the troops holding the military parade.
Now, it’s the third time.
Compared with the previous two times, the biggest difference this time is the split type. At the same time, this is the first time an aircraft carrier has been reviewed by a superior!
The aircraft carrier formation began to change its formation. The 054 frigate moved at full speed and lined up at the front of the entire fleet. Behind it was the most dazzling aircraft carrier!
Behind the aircraft carrier are 052C and 051C, and then the supply ship. The entire fleet is arranged in a straight line, sailing towards the sea area in front of the bow of the 112th ship.
The sailors put on brand-new military uniforms and lined up neatly on the deck of the warship, with flags fluttering. Each warship quickly completed the operation of hoisting the flags. Now, the sea is such a lively scene.
Wu Shengli also stood upright on the island, looking in the direction of the 112th ship.
The fleet lined up in a row was so spectacular, and the atmosphere on the 112th ship also became serious.
Qin Tao's heart was full of pride. Look, every warship here was participated by himself. Under his own promotion, in 1999, at the turn of the new millennium, the navy had become so powerful!
Having such a fleet can already solve many problems. The navy has the ability to protect the lifeline of the sea. Things that have happened before will never happen again.
"Salute!" Although the distance was far apart, the voice still drifted over. Following this order, the sailors under review saluted in unison, showing the strict discipline of the army.
“Defend the motherland’s maritime borders and build the Great Wall on the Sea!”
“Break through the first island chain and build an ocean navy!”
Majestic slogans sounded.
At this moment, Qin Tao was also inspired and felt a fire burning in his chest.
In the sky, a fleet of naval aviation aircraft also flew over.
There is a three-aircraft formation in front, with two stealth J-32s protecting the large plate of Kongjing-600s. Behind them are two J-15s, and then there is the H-6J flight formation. Amidst the rumbling roar, the display With the strength of the motherland, the motherland's navy has entered the era of carrier-based fixed-wing aviation. Even on the sea far away from the motherland, it can gain air and sea supremacy and win any battle!
A photography helicopter flew nearby, recording this spectacular scene. The news program this evening will feature the grand spectacle of sea and air exercises.
(End of this chapter)