It has to be said that this method is very inappropriate to use a cruise missile for sea attack for ground attack, because land attack and sea are completely different combat environments, and the technology content of this land-attack cruise missile is much higher than that of sea attack cruise missile.

The environment on the sea surface is like walking on the ground for cruise missiles, but on land where the terrain is undulating and all kinds of obstacles are everywhere, it is enough to make the C-801 missile, which originally performed well in sea-skimming attacks, make no achievements in land attacks, and even make a mess.

As early as the 70s, in order to make up for the lack of nuclear strike capability of the Republic's Air Force, after the successful development of the C-601 missile, the Republic had a nuclear cruise missile that was converted into a land-attack cruise missile on the basis of the C601

In any case, in order to develop an air-launched land-attack cruise missile, it is necessary to have a sound electronic industry, automatic control, and the support of space-based geo-surveying and mapping satellites.

With this, we can have a basis to start developing land-attack cruise missiles, and there is a big gap between this land-based cruise missile and sea-based cruise missiles, and it is very ridiculous to think that with a sea-skimming cruise missile of the C-801 level, it can be simply improved into a land-attack cruise missile that cruises at a low altitude on land.

This is all the experience gained by the Republic of China in the development of the C-601 land-to-land cruise missile, and now that there are young people who are not afraid of death who are ready to use the C-801 missile for ground attack, Commander Liu is the first to stand up and oppose it.

"Pull it down! Such an unrealistic scenario is almost impossible. We have not tried this method of attacking land depth with naval anti-ship missiles before. But the land is much more complex than the sea surface, and the subsonic anti-ship cruise missile land-based cruise attack scheme is impossible to achieve. If you have this in mind, you might as well think of other methods, maybe it will be more effective. ”

Hearing this, Director Zhang was not in a hurry, and Commander Liu said this to show that he was willing to discuss this issue, which means that the Republic has also fought this kind of idea before, and the combat staff of the Navy still knows some things about the C-601 to the sea and the land, so naturally this kind of problem should be avoided in this C-801 improvement.

To avoid these complications, it is actually very simple: "Commander, our improvement plan this time is not the same, the chief engineer from the C-801 research and development unit is already in place, and the improvement plan we proposed is feasible. The first sample is now being refined, and if the weather is good, we can test it tomorrow afternoon. ”

Originally, I thought that Xiao Zhang of the Advanced Tactical Research Bureau would understand after his instructions and would not continue to say more about the C-801 attack on the land, but now it seems that this guy is cutting first and then playing.

"Really? Have the developers of the 801 missile agreed to your plan? If the C-801 missile can be changed to a ground attack, it is naturally the best, but it is distressing to use! ”

As he spoke, Commander Liu remembered the high cost of the 801 missile. This thing is hundreds of thousands of yuan each, and it is naturally not a loss to use it to fight warships, but when it is used to fight large-scale fortifications, it is simply a loss and even pants are gone.

It hurts to think about it. At that time, 30 J-74 fighters will have to carry at least 60 C-801 missiles to attack, and that wave of missiles will go down. But tens of millions are gone, how can this not be heart-wrenching.

But heartache is heartache. It's an eventful time right now, and it's nice to have a good weapon to attack. As for the question of money, it is better to put it aside for now, and the existence and loss of the territory cannot be measured by money.

Director Zhang on the side also can't do anything about this, who made the cost of this missile too high, and now the Republic urgently needs this kind of attack capability.

"The reason why our C-801 missiles are not suitable for land attacks is because they need to fly close to the ground during the cruising phase, which is absolutely impossible to do on unfamiliar Vietnamese land, and we have no detailed data on the territory of Vietnam, so we gave up the cruising attack close to the ground and changed to a high-altitude and high-speed missile strike."

Changing the C-801 missile to a high-altitude and high-speed raid is also a simple and indispensable method in this assault on Vietnam. Just talking about the C-801 missile cruise attack, in the end, it can't be supersonic, although this missile can penetrate the ship's side armor, but now used to hit ground fortifications, it seems that these underground hangars have no sides.

In view of the special location of the Vietnamese Su-22 attack aircraft hangar, the way to attack the top can only be used, and the top attack must also be a supersonic high-speed attack on the top, so as to penetrate those fortifications whether it is a semi-buried hangar or a fully underground hangar.

With the help of the kinetic energy of a high-speed raid, it is easy to break down the defense, and under the combination of these two requirements, the C-801 missile should be changed to a land attack, which is inevitably improved, and of course this improvement is not too troublesome.

Although Commander Liu has not yet been told about these situations, it doesn't matter, as long as the afternoon test can be successful, and a successful C-801 missile land-attack model is come up, then Commander Liu will naturally approve the plan

In the afternoon, the missile test site

"Commander, we believe in the technical ability of Chief Zhang, this kind of improvement in small details is not too troublesome, and the technology of dropping ground-to-ground missiles at medium and high altitudes is a generation behind the technology of low-altitude cruise missiles."

Zhang Juzuo stood next to Commander Liu, and watched with Commander Liu watch the mission plane take off with the improved C-801 missile, and it was enough to wait for the news to be transmitted from the shooting range dozens of kilometers away.

As the designer of the C-801, he is naturally confident about this improvement, and the mid-course flight of the C-801 missile is inertial guidance, and it is naturally easier to improve the flight path of the missile by this inertial guidance method.

"Commander Liu, our missile is a finalized product, and I am very clear about its improvement, and we have not even added or reduced the parts of the missile, and this kind of improvement only needs to change the flight altitude control data."

Seeing that the chief designers are so confident, what else can Commander Liu say can do, he can only sit on the side and silently wait for the evaluation and technical feedback of the shooting range.

Maybe, maybe, should, it took about ten minutes or so, and the phone arrived in the hands of Commander Liu here, and when he got the phone, Commander Liu handed it to the chief engineer first, but the chief engineer, who was very confident, shook his head.

"There will be no problems with the results, and I guarantee my title of academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and academician of the International Cosmos Federation, which is definitely good news."

At this time, Commander Liu picked up the phone suspiciously, and as the news arrived through the airwaves, Commander Liu's expression looked good, that's right!

Standing up, he held the position of the chief teacher of his own age tightly, and his gratitude was overflowing.

"Chief Engineer X, if our navy can achieve results this time, you should be the first to take credit, and I will personally go to ask for credit for you."

"Where! These are the things that are within the purview of our defense workers, and if we really want to make meritorious contributions, we still have to look at our naval officers, and I will definitely wait for your good news. ”

As a weapons developer, what this thing is used for, it's simply impossible to guess, just wait for news.

In this way, on the fourth day after the successful missile test, the Yongxin Island airport began to be densely packed with take-off fighters and the coordination of 30 combat planes, which was a big test for the island's ground support and air traffic control, but fortunately, the test was passed.

Thirty planes, with heavy iron bumps, flew in formation to south-central Vietnam under the leadership of the regiment commander, and on the way they would encounter a group of eight bombardment six air tankers, which would carry them out for an air refueling, and then it would be the most dangerous low-altitude raid phase of the entire operation. (To be continued.) )