QH Lake, a converted flat-bottomed barge floats quietly on the lake.

It was a barge used to transport potash that was bought a few months ago and then converted into an unmanned vessel with several close-range self-defense weapon systems and electronics installed on it. In the following two months, a mysterious unit was stationed at an air base in Daheba and began to carry out training missions over Qinghai Lake.

In fact, this is a test unit formed by the Air Force and naval aviation.

The unit is equipped with only five aircraft, two of which are J11B modified from J15 by HNA aircraft, two by J-11 of the Air Force, and one by an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft.

These five planes are not simple, especially the unmanned reconnaissance plane with a peculiar shape and a wingspan of nearly 30 meters.

Over the plateau south of Lake Qinghai, two J15s lined up in echelons flew north at a speed of 1,100 kilometers per hour at an altitude of about 150 meters above the ground.

In the cockpit of the lead plane, Liu Huaxiang was concentrating on controlling the fighter, and the auxiliary frame provided him with navigation information.

"It's five meters high, and it's been manually controlled."

"Switch to manual control." Liu Huaxiang grabbed the joystick. "Damn, you can measure the height of five meters?"

"Brother Liu, don't get angry, the image has been transmitted to you, on the posture display, you can see it yourself."

Glancing at the route data that appeared on the screen on the left, Liu Huaxiang sighed and glanced up at the sky in front of him.

The formation flight information was provided by the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft flying at an altitude of 18,000 meters. Instead of being measured by the ground radio altimeter on the fighter.

For two months. Liu Huaxiang: The others have been practicing the tactics of guided attacks by unmanned reconnaissance aircraft.

In this new set of land tactics. The key role was played by the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft.

Relies on "shaped batteries" and superconducting motors. The 17-ton "Vulture" unmanned reconnaissance plane is capable of flying for 54 hours at an altitude of 18,000 meters. Or fly to a 5,400-kilometer-per-hour theater at a speed of 540 kilometers per hour. Twelve more hours of search and reconnaissance missions. If it can be integrated into the "Vulture" ground wing that Xi'an Aircraft Company is developing to develop ground protection solar panels. The Vulture can be at least twice as long.

The real strength of the Vulture is not in its flight performance.

What makes the "Vulture" the protagonist is its powerful ability to collect information, conduct joint command, and conduct reconnaissance on the battlefield.

Three broadband satellite communication lines and five tactical data links enable the "Vulture" to receive information from three military satellites at the same time, and to provide tactical information to the four fighters while maintaining communication with the command center.

The high-resolution optical digital camera and millimeter-wave synthetic aperture radar device give the "vulture" two eyes that are 100 times sharper than the eagle's eye, so that it can clearly see the numbers on the car at an altitude of 18,000 meters, or use the radar to distinguish the specific model of the tank. The Air Force also plans to equip the Vulture with infrared and ultraviolet phasers, allowing it to detect ballistic missiles hundreds of kilometers away.

How to give full play to the powerful capabilities of the "vultures" has become an important tactical subject for the Air Force and the Navy.

Today, they will play two roles at once.

First of all, under the guidance of the "Vulture" and using the target information provided by the "Vulture", the flat-bottomed barge acting as an imaginary enemy was attacked with anti-ship missiles. Then switch to air combat mode, playing as a defensive aircraft of the Air Force and intercepting new fighters that do not have the support of the Vultures.

In order to achieve a realistic effect, two J15s have already flown 1,200 kilometers near the Kunlun Mountains.

Now, it is less than three hundred kilometers from the target.

"Brother Liu, I have received the target data."

"Enter data into the missile guidance system." Liu Huaxiang looked back at the wingman in the left rear, "Fifteen seconds later, the missile will be launched." ”

"Understood, enter the fire control data."

Under the operation of the auxiliary frame, the fire control computer entered the information about the target that had just been received into the guidance system of the anti-ship missile under the wings of the sides. At this time, Lieutenant Colonel Yang Jinjie on the wingman also completed the same operation.

In order to achieve the effect of a surprise attack, the two J15s flew at an ultra-low altitude throughout the whole process, relying entirely on the data provided by the "Vultures" to attack the target, and did not have to irradiate the target with fire control radar before launching the missile, as in the past. In this way, before the attack, the two J15s do not emit any radio signals and do not even have to climb high to find a target.

"Guidance information is loaded, request to launch missiles."

Liu Huaxiang hesitated a little and said, "You can launch missiles." ”

As the control button for launching the missile was pressed, the explosive bolt on the pylons detonated, and two heavy anti-ship missiles weighing 1.8 tons were thrown out. Liu Huaxiang's reaction was very fast, and as soon as the fighter plane jumped less than 10 meters, he pressed the nose of the plane and regained control of the flight altitude.

About fifty meters above the ground, the rocket-ramjet engines on the four missiles started. Within five seconds, the missile flew at a speed of Mach 2, and the engine worked in ram mode. Reaching the sky over Qinghai Lake, the missile's flight altitude was reduced to less than twenty meters. Fifteen seconds before hitting the target, the missile enters the self-guidance phase. Depending on the pre-set attack pattern, the missile will choose to jump and dive or skim horizontally. Eventually, the barge was destroyed by a missile, that is, the missile was shot down by the rapid-fire cannon on the barge.

"Throw off the auxiliary fuel tank, switch to anti-air combat mode, at an altitude of six thousand five, change the flight line, and search the nearby airspace. Notify other fighters of the opportunity and prepare for confrontation drills. ”

"No. 2 understands that the altitude is 6,005, the anti-air combat mode, together with other fighters, is ready to fight the exercise."

The two J15 fighters pulled up one after the other, and the on-board fire control radar was immediately activated and began to search the surrounding airspace, while two J10s also arrived from a distance.

The two J-11s sent by the Air Force were not ordinary models, but the latest. In addition to the new engine and greatly improved maneuverability, it is also equipped with more advanced passive detection equipment, and the fuselage is coated with a composite material that can absorb radar waves, and the radar reflection cross-section is less than one square meter.

As time passed, Liu Huaxiang became more and more uneasy.

"Brother Liu, what do you think the rabbit cub driving the new fighter will do to us? They're not going to go behind our ass and kill us with machine guns, like they did last time, right? ”

"It's not that outrageous." Liu Huaxiang sighed, "This is a combat effectiveness test exercise, he will definitely launch missiles outside of vision, and then use the data link to provide guidance information for the missile, which will not give us a chance to fight back at all." ”

"Damn, don't we become fish on the chopping board?"

"What's the solution?" Liu Huaxiang smiled bitterly, "Who told the Indian Air Force to be equipped with a SU-30 similar to ours, and we have become the most ideal 'imaginary enemy'?" ”

"Also, this time we are even equipped with advanced early warning aircraft, and it seems that we really want to see the specific performance of the new aircraft."

"Don't be wordy, pay attention to the radar warning." Liu Huaxiang glanced around, "That rabbit cub won't hide all the time." The datalink can only provide medium-range guidance information, and ten seconds before the missile arrives, they must illuminate us with a fire control radar, otherwise the missile will not be able to obtain the final attack data. ”

"Understand, there's only ten seconds left for us to pray."

As soon as Yang Jinzhong's words fell, the radar warning machine screamed.

Liu Huaxiang immediately pressed down the joystick and pressed the launch button of the radar jamming bomb. The radar on the J15 fighter takes only five seconds to acquire the necessary data, and if it does not leave the range of the opponent's fire control radar within five seconds, it will definitely be "shot down".

"Where is he?"

"There is no left rear, there is no right rear, the radar does not detect enemy aircraft. , where the hell is he? ”

"Damn, fight!" Liu Huaxiang felt a burst of excitement, which was the result of the rapid secretion of adrenaline.

Two J15s and two J11s rushed like meteors to the lake below.

The radar alarm machine has not stopped, and the frequency of the alarm is getting higher and higher.

When the red signal light comes on, the siren stops abruptly. Liu Huaxiang immediately pulled back the joystick and increased the throttle. When J15 changed to dive, it pulled a white air flow over the lake.

"Falcon One, this is the command center, the exercise is over, and the team will return home at an ultra-low altitude. Repeat, at the end of the exercise, lead the team to return home at an ultra-low altitude. ”

"Command center, this is Falcon No. 1, after receiving the order, immediately lead the team to return at ultra-low altitude."

After switching the flight status to automatic control mode, Liu Huaxiang pushed up the goggles of his helmet and wiped the sweat off his face.

There was no suspense, and even the shadow of the "enemy plane" was not seen, and it was shot down by a medium-range air-to-air missile launched by the "enemy plane".

Liu Huaxiang is a little unwilling, really more than fighting, he will not lose to the fighter pilots of the Air Force.

Thinking of this, Liu Huaxiang looked up at the sky above him.

I thought that this time with the help of the advanced unmanned reconnaissance and early warning UAV "Vulture", how could it not be shot down without finding anything as before, but I didn't expect it to be the same this time, in order to get more specific performance of the new model, and two more J11 with new engines were added, but the result is still ......

What does the new machine really look like? Is it really the J20 that was only tested as rumored to be in the outside world? It is simply impossible, even if China's stealth fighters are now, it is impossible to reach the level where the radar cannot get any search signals at all, and one question after another is entangled in his mind.

It's already ten minutes in the middle of 4011, and the ninth group of the special operation group of the Ministry of National Security was ordered by Xiao Yu to come to the desert base after completing the last mission, according to Xiao Yu's intention to improve their abilities, which is actually the case, but from time to time Xiao Yu has to do a lot of things to train the army.

Although nothing big happened in that counterinsurgency, there were still many team members who were injured, and some people could not get rapid treatment and died because of excessive blood loss, which made Li Guoan, who led the team, very sad, and what made people even more angry was that there was a traitor in Guoan, that is, Ma Xiaoping, who had always looked down on Xiao Yu, on the way to the mission, he escaped from the pursuit of Guoan with several ** main characters, and escaped from the border, and Li Guoan, who was helpless, had to lead the team back.

Hearing what Li Guoan said, many soldiers died because they lost too much blood because they could not be effectively treated, Xiao Yu also planned to start the next step.