The South China Sea is indeed turbulent today, especially after a brief conflict in mid-March, when China won at a small cost, but did not continue to expand its gains in the face of possible air threats.

After being slapped in the face, the Vietnamese army was naturally unwilling, and began to encourage the Soviet big brother stationed in Cam Ranh Bay to support him.

As the saying goes, it depends on the owner to beat the dog, the Vietnamese army was beaten hard, and the Soviet army also felt that there was no light on their faces, so warplanes and warships frequently appeared in the sea area where the conflict occurred.

Seeing that some people were standing up for themselves, the Vietnamese army also began to use armed fishing boats to make frequent sorties, intending to put pressure on our army in order to force our army to voluntarily abandon the stilt houses built on the islands and reefs.

In response to the provocation by external forces, the navy immediately dispatched several capital warships from the north to the South China Sea, and at the same time, the air force units also began to assemble in Panyu Province and Qiongdao in order to cooperate with the naval aviation to deal with possible air threats.

With a series of transfers, a large number of naval and air forces were soon assembled around Qiong Island.

In view of the continuous actions of external forces, the headquarters decided to use the existing naval and air forces on Qiong Island to organize a joint naval and air exercise to warn the restless Soviet and Vietnamese troops in a way that showed their muscles.

The Eighth Detachment of the Soviet Pacific Fleet, stationed in Cam Ranh Bay, immediately received information that China had organized a large-scale joint naval and air exercise.

In response to the opponent's exercise, the Soviets responded very directly, sending reconnaissance ships and reconnaissance planes to the exercise area to carry out close reconnaissance.

After all, this joint naval and air exercise is a relatively large-scale maritime exercise organized by China over the years, and in particular, this exercise highlights the joint naval and air forces, which is very rare in China's previous exercises.

Therefore, the Soviets were very interested and hoped that this exercise would enable them to comprehensively examine the achievements of the Chinese army's naval and air forces in recent years, evaluate the Chinese army's naval and air strike system, and explore the existing loopholes.

Of course, if it is possible, secretly make a stumbling block and interfere with it, and the Soviets will be equally happy to see it.

However, it depends on the mood of the two Vietnamese officers on the Tu-16 bomber-converted reconnaissance plane, at least that's what the commander of the reconnaissance plane, Lieutenant Colonel Churkin of the Soviet Navy, thinks.

After all, it is also the duty of the big brother to help the little brother take a breath of sulking.

It is precisely because of this that when they approached the exercise area 600 nautical miles southeast of Qiongdao, all kinds of electronic equipment on the reconnaissance plane had already been turned on, and with the huge roar of the two turbojet engines, the signal of the electronic display device inside the fuselage was somewhat unstable, but thanks to the unique system integration capability of the Soviet Union, although all kinds of electronic equipment looked a little bulky, the performance was not bad.

At least they were able to listen to the calls of the Chinese exercise troops in the first place.

Lieutenant Colonel Churkin turned on the recording equipment and looked at the Vietnamese Army Major Nguyen Dung on the side, and couldn't help but smile with satisfaction when he saw the other party holding a pen and writing beautiful Chinese characters on the paper quickly.

The most important reason why the two Vietnamese officers were arranged on the reconnaissance plane was that there were quite a few people in the Vietnamese army who knew Chinese, apart from the fact that there was a treaty of mutual military assistance and exchanges between the Soviet and Vietnamese troops.

The Major Nguyen Dung in front of him is one of them, because he studied and lived in China for five years in his early years, and not only speaks fluent Mandarin, but also masters two dialects, Cantonese and Hakka.

It is precisely because of his extraordinary language talent that he was favored by the Soviet intelligence agency in Cam Ranh Bay and was selected to the listening department to specialize in the work of reading and interpreting China's surveillance.

This joint reconnaisance and surveillance exercise of China's navy and air force can be regarded as the most important reconnaissance and surveillance mission of the Soviet troops stationed in Cam Ranh Bay in recent years, so when Lieutenant Colonel Churkin received the task, he immediately asked Major Nguyen Dung to come over so that he could grasp the specific situation of China's joint naval and air exercise through a manpower translation machine as soon as possible.

As a typical nationalist, Ruan Yong did not have much rejection of becoming a manpower translator, but felt that it was very honorable to follow the Soviets to find trouble with the Chinese, and even proposed to Churkin that if he could, he hoped to use the jamming equipment on the Tu-16 reconnaissance plane to teach the participating troops of China's joint naval and air exercises a good lesson.

Lieutenant Colonel Churkin agreed very happily, and even said that you are the commander in this regard, but there is a premise, that is, you can think about these things after completing the reconnaissance and listening mission first.

Nguyen Dung was so grateful to Lieutenant Colonel Churkin for being so flexible, and because of this, from the moment he boarded the plane, he and his assistants were very familiar with the operation of the various equipment, and when the equipment was fully turned on, a series of obscure Mandarin with different local accents were transmitted to the reconnaissance plane through the listening equipment.

It wasn't until Churkin opened his mouth to ask that Ruan Yong paused his pen, then took the previous transcript from the assistant, glanced at it, and said in Russian, which is not fluent: "According to the surveillance information summarized in the past forty minutes, the Chinese army, which has entered the fourth day of the exercise, is finally going to dispatch their air power, and we are still exploring the specific situation, but the general intention has been preliminarily concluded, and the details are all on this piece of paper." ”

Saying that, Ruan Yong took out a sheet from a stack of manuscripts in his hand and handed it to Churkin, who only glanced at it in his hand, then his eyes widened in surprise, and then he looked at it repeatedly for two minutes, and then exhaled twice, which was considered to calm down some incomprehensible moods.

He immediately frowned and looked at Ruan Yong: "Chinese want to carry out a maritime raid by a long-range aviation formation? Moreover, it is a joint operation of fighters, bombers, electronic warfare aircraft, and maritime patrol aircraft......

Before the words fell, Churkin's coarse yellow brows furrowed deeply: "When has China's aviation force system been so high?

It is no wonder that Lieutenant Colonel Churkin has such doubts: The joint operation of multiple aircraft is not a matter of combining different types of aircraft in formation and flying over in a mighty way, but requires different types of aircraft to cooperate and coordinate with each other in different mission ranges, so that a fist can be formed.

Otherwise, it will be a plate of loose sand, let alone carrying out the mission, and it may be swallowed by the opponent's air defense forces as a delicacy before it flies to the place.

It is precisely for this reason that if we want different types of aircraft to unite and give full play to their advantages, we must have a strong command system to support it, and the question is whether the Chinese military has such a command system.

Ruan Yong immediately noticed Lieutenant Colonel Churkin's doubts, and did not answer, reached out to adjust the recording equipment in front of him, and then pressed the fast switch, and there was a burst of words with a Jiangsu-Zhejiang accent inside, Churkin listened to a daze, and subconsciously looked at Ruan Yong.

Ruan Yong grinned and said with great disdain: "This is the commander of their aviation unit, it is said that it is a good formation, fly over, and shoot the missiles out to be considered a victory, that is to say, their formation is the same as in World War II, just to make a scheduled strike, and there is no flexible emergency response means." ”

When Churkin heard this, his eyes narrowed slightly: "Comrade Ruan Yong, ......what do you mean?"

"Of course, in their weakest link, stab them!" Ruan Yong was still smiling, but his smile became more and more gloomy.