Chapter 308: A Photo
The noon sun made Chen Xu's single dormitory a little hot, and the quilt couldn't cover it a little, so he had to put one foot out of the quilt to feel comfortable. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Chen Dasan gently pushed the door in, put a bowl of fried rice and braised pork in his hand on the bedside table, pushed Chen Xu's shoulder, and said loudly: "Boss, get up and eat!" ”
"What time is it?" Chen Xu stretched his waist in a daze, opened his eyes and said.
Last night, Chen Xu cooperated with his comrades-in-arms and drove an armed helicopter for a night flight training. It simulated an actual combat exercise that took off from Kuncheng Airport late at night, arrived at Qiong Island at dawn, and after a short pause to refuel, it flew over the Beibu Gulf Strait into Vietnam.
The duration of the exercise was very long, and the whole process was strictly pinched in time for training, and the error from take-off to arrival at the destination did not exceed three minutes. It is not easy for all of the more than 800 helicopters to maintain such a level, especially in the process of simulating the landing and refueling on Qiongdao, the pressure on the ground refueling troops is too great, and there are many mistakes, resulting in some helicopters failing to take off in time, occupying the apron and delaying the landing of follow-up planes.
In order to be able to refill all the planes within half an hour, the Central Military Commission collected nearly 400 refueling trucks from China to ensure that the fuel tanks of all 800 helicopters were filled with fuel during the short rest time on Qiongdao. In particular, helicopter gunships shoulder the task of escort and air support, so the longer the stay in the air, the better, and the fuel must be sufficient.
And in order to keep the gunship in the air at all times, Chen Xu devised a plan to have forty Chinook and Sea Stallion transport helicopters hoisted in large oil tanks to Hanoi.
At that time, these tanks will be placed in the area controlled by the parachute unit as a temporary refueling station for the helicopter gunships to refuel at any time, and the 40 tanks can basically ensure that all the helicopter gunships will hold out until the main force arrives. In addition, some Super Stallion transport aircraft will also transport enough ammunition to come over, and once the gunship runs out of ammunition, it can quickly rush to the supply point to replenish the weapons.
Last night's training session was generally a success, with the only trouble being that refueling halfway through the training session did not guarantee absolute accuracy. The second is that the flight phalanx is too dense, and the process of spreading out after arriving at the destination will produce an accident of collision, especially on the battlefield, when the pilots are in a highly tense environment, and it is very likely that a domino-like multi-collision will occur.
Therefore, the formation had to be redesigned, for example, to disperse before arriving in Hanoi, so as to minimize the impact accident.
Yesterday's exercise was very effective, and the price paid was that the helicopter drove all night without sleeping, and the control stick of the armed helicopter in his hand was extremely consumed, and in the end his body collapsed a little, and he had to take turns with the co-pilot to drive it to survive. In the morning, the helicopter formation flew back to Kuncheng Airport, and after Chen Xu returned to the dormitory, he took off his clothes and fell asleep.
"It's past one o'clock in the afternoon, you slept all morning, and everyone was tired from training last night." Chen Dashan stuffed the chopsticks into Chen Xu's hand and motioned for him to hurry up and eat the meal.
Chen Xu sat up from the bed, rubbed his eyes, drank a few sips of boiled water and rinsed his mouth before starting to eat.
After that, he slept again, if he hadn't been woken up by Chen Dasan's rough push, he could have slept until tomorrow before waking up.
"Wake me up in a hurry, it's better if something big happens, or I'll be mad." Chen Xu yawned and sat up again, the scenery outside the window was already gray.
"There is an emergency military situation, it's about the Air Force!" After Chen Dasan finished speaking, he stepped out of the way, and behind him stood two lieutenants in Air Force uniforms.
Seeing Chen Xu's gaze looking at him, the two hurriedly saluted, and one of them hurriedly handed over the folder in his hand and said, "This is a photo of the Vietnamese airport taken by the US military satellite, and the shooting time is noon today!" Pentagon intelligence analysts have discovered a never-before-seen fighter jet from a Vietnamese airfield, and because there is no definite intelligence, it is impossible to determine their performance, and for the time being, it is not certain whether such an aircraft will affect our army's attack operations. ”
"A new fighter? What other planes could the USSR give Vietnam during this period! It can't be that the monkey deceived us with a fake plane made of wood! Chen Xu licked his lips, frowned and opened the folder, pulling out a stack of photos from it.
The photo was scattered and thrown on the bed, Chen Xu took out a magnified photo of the Vietnamese army's tarmac, looked at the blurry fighter jet above, and was stunned.
"This is the MiG-29, a response model developed by Mikoyan in order to deal with the third-generation aircraft made by the United States, which belongs to the light front-line interceptor. It is an air superiority fighter developed by the Soviet Union dedicated to territorial air defense, with a range of only 1,400 kilometers on the auxiliary fuel tank, hydraulic transmission, and a small bomb load. The avionics system is very backward and must be guided by ground-based radar to exert its strength. However, this kind of aircraft has just been equipped by the Soviet army, and it has not begun to be equipped in batches, so how can it be willing to take it to the Vietnamese! ”
Of course, Chen Xu recognized this as the MiG-29, this kind of aircraft was quite famous in later generations, and those countries in the world who want to use the third-generation fighter but are shy in their pockets, the best choice is the MiG-29.
Its performance in all aspects has reached the level of the third-generation aircraft, but the price is cheaper than the American-made third-generation aircraft, although the range is a little shorter, but it is enough to defend the country.
"Is this the third generation aircraft developed by Mikoyan! It would be bad if the Vietnamese were equipped with this kind of aircraft, which appeared in the sky over Hanoi and was deadly to our helicopter troops, which could attack us like a target as long as it used its cannon! One of the Air Force lieutenants was surprised, this is too surprising, if the Vietnamese army is equipped with advanced third-generation aircraft, the trend of the war may change.
"Don't make a fuss, the MiG-29 is only a light third-generation aircraft, with less bomb load and short flight range, it may be that the Soviet army thinks that our Air Force has accepted a large number of advanced American-made third-generation aircraft, and the Soviet Air Force does not have an advantage in the South Asian theater, so it mass-produced the MiG-29 in advance to restrain our air superiority. However, we cannot ignore the fact that the flight test of this aircraft was only completed two years ago, and even if the Soviet Union started mass production, the number would not be too much, and the number of support given to Vietnam would be even smaller, and it would only be a dozen or twenty planes, not more. ”
Chen Xu pursed his lips, put the photo on the bedside table, picked up the fried rice and took a few bites, before continuing: "Compared with the battlefield in Vietnam, we should be more worried about the Indian side, if India is equipped with a large number of this type of fighters, under the powerful combat system of the Soviet army, this kind of aircraft will exert the greatest combat effectiveness." Although its comprehensive performance can catch up with the F16, the third-generation aircraft is the third-generation aircraft, and its maneuverability is very powerful, and the close-range combat is afraid that the F14 and F15 have to drink a pot. ”
Chen Xu is not worried about the performance of the MiG-29, although this kind of aircraft has touched the threshold of the third-generation aircraft, but Lao Maozi's requirement for this kind of aircraft is that the cost of this aircraft is cheap, not only can be used but also can fight against all the third-generation fighters of the United States imperialism, so this short-legged airport defender was born.
The biggest advantage of the MiG-29 is that it relies on the powerful military industry of the Soviet Union and can quickly carry out mass production, just like the explosion of the sea of tanks in World War II.
In the South Asian War, if the Chinese Air Force faced the Soviet Air Force, armed with the MiG-29, then there was not much superiority in the air.
Before the collapse of the Soviet Union, the old Maozi economy had reached the point where he had to be the family to make a living, and he originally wanted to give the MiG-29 to China, after all, the MiG-29 was already a very advanced fighter for the flower planters at that time, and it was better than using the domestic air Cai Guoqing in any case.
Unexpectedly, when the delegation of flower planters went to the Soviet Union to inspect and select goods, the MiG-29 that Lao Maozi blew into the sky fell down in front of the delegation in the process of doing low-altitude stunts, and the pilot also died in the line of duty, and then there was no more......
The flower growers say that they don't want the MiG-29, they must have the most advanced heavy interceptor Su-27, this matter is not negotiable, and the flower growers will not be wronged!
Lao Maozi twisted and pinched to refuse and welcome, but there was no rice left at home, and finally agreed to sell.
Of course, before the arrival of the Su-27, the Red Empire collapsed, and Da Maozi, who inherited most of the Soviet property, was even poorer, and directly sold the Su-27 equipped by the Soviet Air Force to the Huajia family, and this kind of aircraft also supported the sky of the Huajia era.
In the 90s, the Su-27 made a huge amount of money from the flower planter because of a huge order of 2.5 billion US dollars, and then made a lot of money by selling the upgraded Su-30, and became a rare military enterprise with a relatively comfortable life for the Da Mao family, and even had the ability to develop fourth-generation aircraft.
Mikoyan lost his order to grow flowers, and as a famous aircraft design bureau in the Soviet era, he lost the support of the government and became depressed. can only barely survive by fooling Ah San, but there are rumors of drunk driving and sleeping on Ah San's face when he drove the plane, so it is not surprising that Ah San's fighter jet crashed.
Ah San threw the MiG-29 one after another, breaking Mikoyan's heart, and when he met such a customer who made the reputation of the product stink, Mikoyan would not want to sell the fighter in the future.
"Find out the specific location of these MiG fighters, and let the front-line command focus on taking care of the airfield where the fighters are located!" Chen Xu glanced at the military ranks of the two lieutenants, and felt that there was no need to tell them too many military secrets, but he just said a little ambiguously, and the front-line command should understand what he meant.
"Is it really okay? This is the latest Soviet fighter plane, and if a fish slips through the net and flies into the sky, it will be a great threat to our army. One of the lieutenants asked worriedly, still unrelenting.
The Soviet Union is still a behemoth in the eyes of people in this era, and any weapon developed and produced by Lao Maozi is full of deterrence, especially for the soldiers of this era.
"What if something happens? Our air force has not conducted a serious air battle for many years, and isn't it good to have a third-generation aircraft of the Vietnamese army to practice this time? Now in the face of several third-generation aircraft of the Vietnamese army, we have been frightened like this, and when we reach the battlefield in India, we have to face the overwhelming fleet of Soviet aircraft, so wouldn't it be to turn around and run! ”
Chen Xu sternly pointed out that this lieutenant should not have a cowardly mind, air combat is a narrow road to meet the brave wins, the survival rate of those who dare to fight is often higher, and those who are afraid of death are the fastest to die.
The two lieutenants glanced at each other, although they were still worried in their hearts, but since Chen Xu had said so, they could only go back immediately to resume their lives. Now the front-line command still knows nothing about this fighter, and the information provided by Chen Xu is enough for the front-line command to design corresponding tactics for the MiG-29.
As for the South Asian battlefield, it depends on whether we can be lucky enough to capture a few prototype MiG-29 planes from the Vietnamese army, so that our army can better analyze the weaknesses of the planes and make targeted tactical arrangements. (To be continued.) )