Chapter 456: Prowler Electronic Warfare Aircraft

Death blooms on the battlefield, killing burns in the heart, souls struggle and cry, and the flames of war spread.

On the battlefield, the sound of firefighting was everywhere in all directions, and the sound of gunfire did not stop for a moment.

And in the middle of the battlefield, a strange plane full of antennas is constantly hovering here. The huge size is easily reminiscent of the Kunpeng transport plane, and it is also easy to associate with the mysterious AWACS aircraft, because their bodies are carved out of a mold, and the fuselage style is completely the same as that of the Kunpeng transport plane.

The huge fuselage and strong carrying capacity make the fuselage of the Kunpeng transport aircraft the first choice for multi-purpose aircraft. For example, the AWACS aircraft that came out before, the current electronic warfare aircraft, and even the air tankers and anti-submarine aircraft that appeared later. Both use the same fuselage as the Kunpeng, but its big belly contains different things, and its functions have become diversified.

In this electronic warfare plane hovering over the battlefield of Jask, the dense instruments are filled with the belly of this plane, and the staff inside are concentrating on operating the instruments in front of them.

The electronic warfare aircraft is an all-rounder, in fact, strictly speaking, the early warning aircraft can also be regarded as a kind of electronic warfare aircraft, but its function is relatively simple, specially used for early warning, and it is not like an electronic warfare aircraft, it is an all-rounder.

An electronic warfare aircraft is an aircraft that specializes in electronic reconnaissance, jamming, and attacks on enemy radars, electronic equipment, and radio communication equipment. Its main task is to disable the enemy's air defense system and cover the enemy's aircraft to carry out the attack mission smoothly.

On today's battlefield, the emergence of electronic radar. Electronic warfare began to be applied to warfare. Many of the belligerent countries have developed active jamming devices, electronic alarms and negative jammers against radar and installed them on or carried by bombers. In fact, for the current countries, they have their own electronic warfare aircraft, but they are all very rudimentary.

Chen Shao knew very early on that with the continuous development of air defense radar technology in the future, simple jamming means could no longer protect its own security, so China has always been committed to developing and perfecting jamming equipment and aircraft specially designed to jam the enemy's radar and listen to the enemy's communications system.

The installation of these devices on the aircraft is mainly due to the advantages of the aircraft itself. It can quickly reach the combat area, has a long range, and is not easy to be detected at high altitude. And it is not limited to the impact on land and sea. The advantage of being able to arrive at any time when you need it.

The Chinese National Defense Forces have been modernized for many years. Not only in the equipment hardware of the world's leading. In other respects, thanks to the various insights brought by Chen Shao, a later person, China's army building has always been at the forefront of the world and has always maintained a correct direction of development.

To strengthen the construction of the Navy's defense system of its fleet. Chen Shao proposed early on the establishment of a "three-service joint operations system." The system requires the ability to unify all the information that can be gathered, such as warships, submarines, land bases, and air aircraft. Joint use.

In order to unify command and coordinate operations in the air, on the ground, on the water, and under the water. Increase the defensive combat capability of the entire fleet. In today's terms, it is to enhance the navy's ability to operate in an integrated manner in the air, ground, and sea. This kind of conception was when Chen Shao said it. It should be of great strategic importance and absolutely ahead of its time. If Chen Shao hadn't been a latecomer, he would never have thought of building a sea, land and air integrated war.

The main system of this "tri-service joint operations system" is set up on an aircraft carrier, which requires the coordination of corresponding subsystems in the air, ground, and sea areas, and in the air, it requires the establishment of a corresponding "airborne tactical system" (subsystem).

This is also the main reason for the emergence of early warning aircraft and electronic warfare aircraft, because electronic warfare aircraft are an important part of this system and are its most important core. If it weren't for the absence of electronic warfare aircraft, there would be no such system.

The Y-1 is the Hawkeye AWACS aircraft, while the electronic warfare aircraft is codenamed the Prowler P-1. (Originally, it was intended to be called the Intruder, but there was already a Red Alert Intruder fighter.) )

The Prowler hovering over the battlefield today is the P-1 electronic warfare aircraft, number 008.

Inside the prowler at this time, the electronic equipment in the big belly was ticking. This time their task was not to jam the enemy's radar and electronic equipment, but to search for the enemy's electronic signals and locate the largest source of signals.

This is an easy task for an electronic warfare aircraft. But it is related to the follow-up pace of the ground offensive forces, so the crews of these electronic warfare aircraft are careful and careful. Do your best to ensure that there are no mistakes.

"Report to the captain, at the moment fourteen targets have been locked, according to the signal strength, ten of them should be the divisional radio of the enemy army, and three of the remaining four have a weak signal, one of which is the signal of our army, and the remaining one has a strong signal. And it has been running at a high intensity, and many of the signals sent are long-wave. ”

"Make every effort to lock on to the target with the strongest signal and decipher it." The prowler's supreme commander is the captain, who is responsible for managing all things prowler. Having received a report from the electronic reconnaissance department, he did not hesitate to lock on to the target.

"Yes, start the password docking and intercept the signal."

Five minutes later.

"Report, just cracked a long-wave communication. It's in Indian language, and it says, 'There's a dance party in the evening, are you coming?' According to the enemy translation code I obtained, the real content is: 'Our army is in trouble, asking for reinforcements. ’”

"Keep listening, and immediately mark the location of the station." The captain didn't care about the content of the telegram, he just wanted to find out where the station was. That's what he's here for, and as for the content of the message, there's no need to worry about it at all. Even if the Allies had already sent reinforcements here, it wouldn't matter.

From this telegram, it has been clearly stated that the radio station that has just been locked is a telegram sent to New Delhi for help. And for the Allied forces in the Jask area, only the Allied commander-in-chief in this area is qualified to send such a message to New Delhi. That's what he's looking for, but he'll need to double check it out if it's a matter of caution.

"Location marked."

"Keep listening."

Ten minutes later.

"Report, once again cracked a long-wave communication. It's also in the Indian language, and it says: 'I'll pick you up at the prom, hurry home.'" The decipherment reads: 'Reinforcements have set out to meet and break through as soon as possible.' ’”

"Very well, immediately notify the Jask base of the locked station location." After listening to the contents of the telegram, the captain immediately ordered.

"Yes."

In the Jask base, Dai Anlan and Feng Anbang were listening to the information gathered by the attacking forces from multiple sides. The current situation has a great advantage over the Chinese side, and the attacking forces on the four fronts have taken the allied forces by surprise and won great victories one after another.

"At present, our troops on four fronts have advanced at least five kilometers in a row, while the Allied forces have been squeezed by us in a radius of only seven kilometers. Our frontal attacking forces have converged with the motorized rifle divisions to the north and are now squeezing towards the midpoint. After listening to the report of the Quartet, Feng Anbang took the lead in speaking.

"Is the situation of the Allied troop movements clear?" In the face of the good situation, Dai Anlan didn't care very much, and his attention was not here at all now.

"On the sum of all circumstances, there are at least 80,000 soldiers on the Allied side, which is estimated on the basis of the number of our prisoners and the estimated number of casualties of the opposing side. Moreover, these 80,000 allied troops, on the edge of their area, put up a desperate resistance to our attack. Feng Anbang replied.

"In other words, the area where the allies are currently located is relatively empty!" Dai Anlan said again.

"If the previous information is correct, it is more or less so. According to intelligence, there were 120,000 Allied forces before, and after preliminary statistics, the number of Allied troops captured by us was close to 20,000, and according to the intensity of our attack, the other side had at least 20,000 dead and wounded. According to the reports of the attacking troops, the number of Allied forces standing in front of them was at least one division or more. Especially on our front, the enemy had a minimum of two divisions. Therefore, in the middle of the enemy's army, the forces should be empty. Feng Anbang explained in detail.

Just as Dai Anlan was about to say something, a signal soldier ran over and handed a telegram to Dai Anlan, reporting: "Report, the Prowler No. 8 is calling. ”

After reading the telegram in his hand, a smile bloomed on Dai Anlan's face, this was the first time a smile appeared on his face since the outbreak of the battle.

"Send a telegram to the Tigers immediately, and send the contents of this telegram directly to them." In addition to being happy, Dai Anlan did not forget the important things.

From the arrival of reinforcements to the all-out attack, Dianlan's plan was a gamble. Although the Chinese army is strong and well-equipped. But at an absolute disadvantage in numbers. Although sometimes the equipment can make up for the gap, the equipment of the Allied troops is not very bad, and even if there are still most Indians in the Allied army, the quantitative gap cannot be fully compensated by quality.

Even if the Chinese army can win this major counteroffensive, it will be at the cost of huge casualties. For the Chinese side, which has already suffered many casualties, the victory won by sacrificing the lives of a large number of soldiers cannot be called a victory.

In the cold storage in the rear, there are already lying dead soldiers, and the number has also risen from nearly 1,000 to more than 2,000. And coupled with the fact that the field hospital beds were full, the defenders of the Jask base had already suffered nearly half of the casualties in these three days. And that's not counting the soldiers who were able to fight even after they were wounded.

The soldiers lying in the field hospital were all seriously injured, and many of them were unable to take care of themselves in the future. On crutches, wheelchairs are also likely to accompany them for the rest of their lives.

Let's ask, in the face of at least six or seven thousand of his subordinates who have been killed or wounded, where will he Dai Anlan let the soldiers bleed more. The attack was inevitable, but he wanted to bring home all the remaining fighters.

Relying on the victory piled up by human life, even if the Ministry of Defense does not deal with him, Chen Shao will not hold him accountable. He himself could not forgive himself, and in the future, he would not have the face to meet the families of those soldiers, let alone those wounded subordinates. (To be continued.) )