Therefore, in modern times, there are always people complaining that one island after another in the South China Sea has been "stolen and occupied" by small neighboring countries, but China has always only protested.

This is a veritable "don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil, and salt are not at home".

Of course, there are many reasons for this, the main reason is that our fighters could not reach the airspace at that time, that is, the whip could not reach it...... You must know that the farthest island in the South China Sea is more than 2,000 kilometers away from us, not to mention that the 800-kilometer combat radius of the Jian-7 and Jian-8 is beyond reach, and even modern fighters such as the modern Su-30 must refuel in the air before they can reach the designated airspace.

Of course, the neighboring countries also do not have many fighters capable of containing our warships, but the problem is that other countries can use the advantage of distance to play a game of cat and mouse with us...... When our warships arrived, they would back down, and as soon as we left, they would come up again, we were more than 2,000 kilometers away, and it would take nearly two days for the warships to arrive, while the other side would be able to arrive within a few hours, and if we really did this, we would be strategically wrong.

"What about the performance of the Su-22 that Vietnam has?" I asked.

Commander Zhang shook his head: "We only know that the Su-22 can launch air-to-surface missiles, and we don't know anything about the rest." ”

I am not surprised by this, the war between China and Vietnam has always been a land war, and the air force has never participated in the war, so the spies we planted in Vietnam have not put much effort into the fighter planes. On the other hand, Vietnam also uses Soviet-style equipment, and its production time is 76 years, less than 10 years now, so the United States does not know anything about it...... This is just like the United States never knew that the MiG-25 was made of steel, and the United States and the Soviet Union were still very strict in guarding each other in terms of intelligence during the Cold War.

"What about the air defense of our warships?" I asked as I flipped through the information.

The most important thing in naval warfare is air supremacy. This has been well proven in the Falklands War.

So. Since our fighters cannot reach the target airspace. It is time to consider the use of warships to contain the enemy's air supremacy.

This would not normally be possible because of the superiority in the air...... To put it simply, the radar with the same performance will see farther in the air, and it can see far away when it stands high, so the detection range of the fighter is always farther than that of the warship, so theoretically the fighter can attack the warship beyond the distance that the warship's radar can detect, that is to say, the fighter can hit the warship and the warship cannot hit the fighter.

On the other hand, there is the problem of the curvature of the earth, the earth is round and curved, while the radar waves radiate outward in a straight line. In this way, radar waves near the ground or sea level will be blocked by the ground and sea surface, which is the blind spot of mine radar.

Fighters often take advantage of this to fly at low altitudes, for example, in the Falklands War, Argentine fighters flew at ultra-low altitudes, avoided British radars, and jumped at the right time to destroy the British army's most advanced destroyer, the "Sheffield".

However, this is only under normal circumstances, if the enemy's fighters are inferior in performance and our warships have strong air defense capabilities, they will still be able to gain an advantage in naval warfare.

Commander Zhang couldn't help but sigh: "At present, our destroyer is a brigade class, and the anti-aircraft fire of this kind of warship is a small-caliber machine gun. ”

I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this...... Small-caliber machine guns, this weapon will not play a role in supersonic fighters such as the Su-22.

However, there is nothing surprising to know that the brigade-class destroyer was built by ourselves according to the drawings of some of the "Kotlin destroyers" left by the experts when Sino-Soviet relations broke down, and the air defense of warships at that time was mainly aimed at low-altitude and low-speed fighters, and its mainstream air defense mode was still ...... Use dense anti-aircraft artillery fire to intercept fighters. At the same time, it can also take into account attacking sea targets, and the muzzle of the gun can be flattened to attack warships.

In other words, we simply do not have enough equipment to deal with the Vietnamese Su-22.

"British ship-to-air missile ......" I couldn't help but feel strange at this time. In other words, I had already asked the British side for ship-to-air missiles when I was fighting the Falklands War, so why is it that I am still blank in this regard.

"There are several sets of Sea Javelin ship-to-air missiles on the British side!" Commander Zhang said: "But it was not installed on the warship, the main reason is that we found many shortcomings when we tested it, such as slow reaction speed, long preparation time, poor interception ability, etc., so we did not plan to equip it." ”

I nodded, I also had a slight understanding of the shortcomings of the Sea Javelin on the Falklands battlefield, and at that time I only thought that it could fill the gap in the domestic ship-to-air missiles, but now it seems that this is just to provide a test object and a reference object.

However, this consideration of the superiors is also reasonable, first of all, China did not have much air defense needs before, and the surrounding countries did not have a few aircraft, who will go for air defense?

The second is that we now have a large amount of equipment to choose from...... The Yankees are on our side, so France, Germany, etc., we can say that we can have whatever equipment we want.

In other words, we don't have to rush for a while, we can pick slowly. Later I learned that we had chosen the French "Sea Rattlesnake", which is the prototype of the "Sea Red Flag 7", but this was also in 87, that is, a few years later.

In fact, at this time, our country was also developing ship-to-air missiles, and it can even be said that they began to be developed in 65 years, which is the Haihongqi 61...... However, like most of the equipment of our army, under the influence of ten years, the development of this equipment was also stop-and-go, and it was not put on the ship for testing until 75 years, and finally it was finalized in 86 years.

This couldn't help but make me ponder.

If we compare this equipment comparison and the experience of the Falklands naval battle, even if our navy is several times or even dozens of times stronger than the Vietnamese devils, it will not help...... Because our warships can almost be said to be the targets of the Vietnamese Su-22, and they are the targets that they bomb in batches.

"You're the one who fought with the British in the Battle of the Falklands." Commander Zhang said, "What do you think? ”

I shook my head: "If we fight according to this number, we can say that we will definitely lose." ”

Although I hate to admit it, sea and air battles are not the same as land battles...... If there is a shortage of equipment in land warfare, it is still possible to use people to fight with courage, but naval and air warfare is not the case at all, and if the equipment is not as good as others, or even if there is a generation gap, then it is basically in a state of being passively beaten.

But there are no absolutes in everything, because the two Sino-Vietnamese naval battles between China and Vietnam in history were both in Vietnam's overall equipment superiority but failed miserably: one was the Battle of Xisha in 74, when Vietnam had several large destroyers taken over from the United States, while our army only had a few minesweepers and frigates, but it was these small guns and boats that caused the Vietnamese artillery and big ships to flee in the desert, which was called a sea fight bayonet.

The other time was the Battle of Nansha that I was going to face...... Although the shape is so grim now, in fact, the Su-22 of the Vietnamese army did not make any sorties during the entire battle, and even the Soviet Navy stationed in Cam Ranh Bay did not react.

"You can't think of it that way." I said: "From a military point of view, we don't have much room for maneuver, but this matter can still be considered from the political perspective." ”

"政zhì?" Commander Zhang looked at me unexpectedly: "Tell me." ”

"That's what I thought." I said: "As for the Vietnamese side, I found that Vietnam has always been worried that we will launch another self-defense counterattack, which can be seen from the reaction of the Vietnamese army in the battles of Lao Son and Zheyin Mountain. ”

Seeing that Commander Zhang nodded and agreed with my statement, I continued: "Then we can put pressure on the Vietnamese side in this regard, didn't China and Vietnam have a tacit understanding that both sides would not invest in the air force?" We can let out the rumors that once Vietnam is put into the air force, then our army will also be put into the air force immediately. ”

"Hmm! This may work! Commander Zhang agreed: "Our air force can't fly on land at sea, but it can fly, we can send a large number of military planes to the Sino-Vietnamese border to put pressure on it, as long as the devils break the rules and dispatch the air force, whether it is for land or sea, then don't blame us for being polite!" ”

"Yes!" I continued: "On the other hand, the attitude of the Soviet Union, at this time the Soviet Union was also suffering from internal and external troubles, and at the same time the Cold War with the United States was also mired in Afghanistan and Vietnam, and at this time we resumed trade with the Soviet Union and indirectly transfused blood for the Soviet Union, so the Soviet Union at this time never wanted to see another large-scale war between China and Vietnam, which would not only make it sink deeper and deeper into Vietnam, but also possibly break off trade relations with China again. Therefore, it is very likely that the Soviet Union will do cold treatment and even put pressure on Vietnam not to send their air force. ”

"Makes sense." Commander Zhang couldn't help but nodded: "If the air force of the Yue devil doesn't participate in the war...... Then our sea power is not afraid of him. ”

After a pause, Commander Zhang continued: "However, this matter is also very risky, in case our estimation of Vietnam and the Soviet Union is inaccurate, the consequences are conceivable. ”

Of course, I understand what Commander Zhang said, what he said before is very right, neither Vietnam nor the Soviet Union wants another large-scale war between China and Vietnam, but what about China? At this time, China is in the early stage of reform and opening up, and it is the time to vigorously introduce foreign investment, if the border is unstable, and the whole country is still in a state of all-out war, how can investors have confidence? Moreover, at this time, the Soviet Union was still an exporter of light industrial products and an importer of heavy industrial products in China.

But at the same time, I also know that there is no such thing as zero risk in any war, and it is no exception now. (To be continued......)