Chapter 545: AWACS?

During World War II, the joint operations of large air formations were actually very mechanical, and basically after the battle plan was formulated, the air formation meticulously completed it according to the plan.

As long as the higher authorities do not change the plan, under normal circumstances, the aviation formation will carry out the implementation to the end, and even if it encounters an enemy counterattack in the middle, it will be hard topped.

The day and night strategic bombing carried out by Britain and the United States against Germany on the European battlefield is a typical example.

What targets to bomb, when to take off, to assemble in formation in that section of airspace, and then to fly along that route into German territory are all clearly planned on the ground, and the officers and men participating in the battle only need to do it according to the technology.

As for what to do in the event of fire interception by the German air defense forces, there will also be a corresponding plan, but it is nothing more than the escort fighters going up, the bombers flying at an altitude of pulling, and then ...... It's all kinds of head iron.

The losses are naturally self-evident, and every time a large formation bombs are bombed, a few bombers are not shot down, and some people die as if they did not go out at all.

Now, through the monitoring of China's joint naval and air exercises, it has been learned that the subject of the upcoming long-range attack on ships by the Chinese air formation seems to follow the routine of the British and American bombing of the German mainland during World War II, and Lieutenant Colonel Churkin feels that Ruan Yong's opinion is still very feasible.

He even thought more broadly that if the timing of the jamming could be grasped well, and high-power jamming could be carried out at the moment when the Chinese air formation launched the long-range anti-ship missile, so that the Chinese long-range anti-ship missile would miss the target or fail and explode spontaneously, perhaps it would be more able to hit the morale and self-confidence of China's naval and air forces than mere jamming.

You must know that in the conflict in mid-March, the main reason why the Chinese navy ships accepted it when they saw it was good was that they were afraid of the Vietnamese army and the Soviet aviation units stationed in Cam Ranh Bay.

After all, the air defense capability of China's surface ships at this time was very weak, and in addition it lacked fighters with a combat radius of more than 1,000 kilometers, it was difficult to support the air defense network for the ship formation in the conflict zone, so it had to retreat.

The formation of Chinese naval ships at that time proved to be very sensible, because shortly after the conflict, the Soviet aviation unit stationed in Cam Ranh Bay sent two MiG-23s to patrol the conflict zone.

At that time, the Vietnamese army also prepared the Su-22 fighter-bomber that had just been equipped, but in the end it was not dispatched for various reasons, but it was hyped up in various press releases to form another invisible deterrent.

In addition to deterring the Soviet Union and the Vietnamese army, and swearing that your fighter planes can be dispatched, and our air force is not weak, it is also necessary to cheer up the country and show that its own air force is not as unbearable as the Vietnamese army and other external media have propagated.

Therefore, at this juncture, the anti-ship missiles launched by China have been confused, and the blow to the Chinese navy, air force, and even the domestic people can be imagined, and it is absolutely unexpected.

I wanted to show my ability and declare my ability, but as soon as the missile left the launcher, it went astray, which was not a slap in the face, but a direct declaration of its incompetence.

This is much more effective than scolding in the newspapers and arguing on the radio, and the best thing is that it is very hidden; even if the Chinese Navy and Air Force know that it was the interference released by the Soviet reconnaissance plane, the electromagnetic waves cannot be seen or touched, and you say that the Soviet Union is making a stumbling block, and I also say that the performance of China's anti-ship missiles is backward and the maintenance is not effective.

Because of this, but after Ruan Yong finished speaking, Lieutenant Colonel Churkin was immediately ready to nod his head in agreement, but as soon as the words came to his mouth, Churkin suddenly thought of another question, and immediately picked up the stack of documents that Ruan Yong gave him just now, flipped through one of them and found one of the monitoring reports, and when he saw the number 5506 on it, his brows wrinkled involuntarily.

Still waiting for Churkin to nod in agreement, by the way, he can praise himself for two sentencesRuan Yong fell into deep thought when he saw Churkin pick up the manuscript again and stare at the numbers on it, and his face also became very ugly.

The 5506, the latest modification of the Type 037 anti-submarine ship of the Chinese Navy, the biggest improvement of which is the replacement of the original power engine with two medium-power gas turbines.

As a result, the performance of the ship has been improved by leaps and bounds, not only with fast speed, increased endurance, but more importantly, with excellent maneuverability.

The Chinese Navy was obviously very satisfied with the incident, and soon made more in-depth improvements on the basis of replacing the power, removing the turret and depth charge rails at the rear and replacing them with two triple-mounted YJ-81 anti-ship missiles.

This was vividly demonstrated in the follow-up confrontation between the two sides after the clash between the Chinese Navy and the Vietnamese army in mid-March.

As the first reinforcement ship to arrive in the conflict zone and face the Vietnamese army, the 5506 ship crushed the old Vietnamese ships with its strong situational awareness and its own long-range anti-ship capabilities, and the Vietnamese army, which was obviously superior in numbers, was almost out of breath in the first 48 hours.

Even at one time, the flagship of the Vietnamese army was locked by the fire control radar of the anti-ship missile, so that the Vietnamese army did not dare to act rashly, and the two MiG-23s belonging to the Soviet Air Force wanted to deter the 5506 ship in order to get the embarrassed Vietnamese army out of the predicament, but they did not want to dive at a low altitude to have some excitement, but they were subjected to strong electronic interference, and as a result, the other party was not stimulated, and he almost plunged into the sea.

In desperation, they could only return home, and the Soviet army, which had lost face, finally sent Tu-16 reconnaissance planes to save face, but when they arrived, follow-up Chinese support ships had already arrived, including Type 053K missile frigates equipped with Hongqi-61 ship-to-air missiles.

As a result, the Tu-16 reconnaissance plane, which had just arrived, was locked on by the Chinese Navy's ship-to-air missile fire control radar before it could get closer, and the Tu-16 reconnaissance plane tried to get rid of it several times without success, because the Chinese Navy's ship formation tactics were to lock on to the fire control radar of two ships.

In addition to the fire control radar lock on the Type 053K missile frigate, the fire control radar on the 5506 ship as a backup control unit is also locked on the Tu-16 reconnaissance aircraft.

In other words, although the 5506 ship is not equipped with ship-to-air missiles, it is the most mobile mine station and guidance and control station, and cooperates with the Type 053K missile frigate to complete the sniping of air targets.

This tactic is very common in air defense on land, but it is very rare at sea, because ships with well-developed anti-aircraft electronics will be equipped with ship-to-air missiles themselves, and will not be used as a supplement like the 5506 ship.

However, this set of tactics was really effective, and the frequent lock-ons almost blinded the Tu-16 reconnaissance plane, but at this juncture, the signal detector of the Tu-16 reconnaissance plane above suddenly received a strong anti-ship fire control radar lock signal, as well as a weak air-ground communication radio wave.

Immediately after that, an alarm from the Vietnamese fleet followed, and before the Tu-16 reconnaissance plane could respond, the Vietnamese fleet turned its bow and let the girl run away from its own port.