Chapter 164 E2C AWACS
At a distance of 380 kilometers from the US aircraft carrier and 220 kilometers from the aircraft carrier frigate, Xia Yu confirmed from the combat information transmitted by the Air Police 2000 that the US air early warning plane had turned back and was flying in its own direction. Xia Yu immediately realized that it was impossible for him to continue to let the AWACS aircraft think that he was sneaking around because of the sea clutter.
In fact, as early as 200 kilometers away, the American early warning aircraft radar found Xia Yu's J-15, but there is only one target, and there is no altitude, a while to reduce to the minimum speed, a while and a moment and then a strong rush, and from time to time to move left and right J-15 on the radar, the situation shown is not like an airplane, let alone a missile or a ship, considering that today's waves are very large, the AWACS radar operator can only treat Xia Yu's J-15 as a clutter, but still full of doubts, Therefore, although the George Washington was not immediately reported, it was monitored until Xia Yu suddenly climbed and was confirmed to be an aircraft.
And Xia Yu, after realizing that he would no longer be able to continue to use the sea clutter to disrupt the early warning aircraft, immediately turned on the afterburner and pulled up the control stick, and the J-15, which was only less than three meters above the sea surface, suddenly raised his head, and the nozzle in the tail of the aircraft almost touched the water surface with the change of the attitude of the aircraft. In the roar of the engine, the huge air flow from the engine directly impacted the sea surface, and the white waves exploded backwards, and at the same time, the J-15 was also like a sharp sword with cold light, piercing the sky.
At the same time as the speed soared, the altitude of the J-15 also surged upwards at a rate of more than 300 meters per second, after the sonic boom cloud like the white skirt exploded, Xia Yu had climbed to an altitude of more than 4,000 meters, and at this time, the alarm of the George Washington had just been raised, and the four pilots in charge of duty could only throw down the food in their hands and quickly run to the flight deck of the aircraft carrier, at this time, Xia Yu was 370 miles away from the George Washington.
Without any intention of saving fuel, Xia Yu changed the slope to 3 when he climbed to an altitude of 15,000 meters, and then rushed forward vigorously, and the speed soared from Mach 1.6 all the way to Mach 2.3, which was a distance of nearly 800 meters in one second, and in just thirty seconds, Xia Yu flew 25 kilometers, and the four pilots on the USS George Washington were not even on the runway flight deck at the moment.
Rush at low altitude, and then climb to seize the altitude, this is a typical bomber attack flight mode, when Xia Yu just started to climb, it can scare the American early warning aircraft and the destroyer on Xia Yu's flight route half to death, the radar scan saw the other party's plane, but it also needs to lock the tracking, and finally launch the time of the anti-aircraft missile, but at this time Xia Yu has approached the frigate more than 180 kilometers away, if the J-15 fuselage is mounted with KD88 anti-ship missiles at this moment, You can attack that frigate.
However, when the radar of the early warning aircraft captured that Xia Yu flew to an altitude of 5,000 meters, there was no phenomenon of leveling and diving, but continued to climb at a high speed, whether it was the radar operator on the early warning aircraft or the commander of the destroyer, they couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, they knew that there was no intention to attack this target, and it was very likely that the Chinese carrier-based aircraft came to make trouble, as before.
Although the other party has no signs of attacking, it does not mean that it can be relaxed, the American early warning aircraft still immediately began to shout to Xia Yu on the radio public channel, asking Xia Yu to report his identity and purpose, and at the same time asking Xia Yu to change his course, etc., of course, Xia Yu could not change his course, but at this time it was already necessary to talk to the American early warning aircraft, otherwise once it was tacitly assumed that it would attack them, the destroyer on the surface of the water would really launch an anti-aircraft missile.
Xia Yu didn't want to play the game of chasing me and running away with the missile when he had nothing to do, so he immediately replied: "This is a Chinese carrier-based aircraft, which is currently patrolling China's air defense identification zone, and I am approaching you to confirm your identity." ”
Confirm your identity? The US GIs in the AWACS planes were all dumbfounded, and for more than half a month, the Chinese carrier-based planes harassed them back and forth an average of three to four times a day, which made them very annoying, and in just a few days they issued more than 70 early warning notices.
It's all like this, and you're still here to confirm my identity? It's not like that's how to play by pretending to be stupid, is it? The crew of the AWACS and other staff rolled their eyes in unison, and their hearts became less nervous, because when the F18 on the George Washington arrived, the Chinese carrier-based aircraft would definitely go back in a short time.
In this way, after the two sides confirmed each other's identities, whether it was a destroyer, an early warning aircraft, or even the officers and men of the aircraft carrier George Washington, they lowered their vigilance. Although the pattern repeated in the past half a month is tireless, if it is harmless, then for everyone, it is just a routine business, no different from training, everyone is used to it.
Because of this, Xia Yu rushed forward without any interference. In three minutes, sprinting at a speed of Mach 2.3, when the F18 on the George Washington began to eject and take off, Xia Yu had already flown nearly 150 kilometers, only 210 kilometers away from the George Washington aircraft carrier, directly breaking the record of the Guangdong ship.
At the moment when the record was broken, the pilots on the Guangdong ship were quite unwilling, while the pilots on the Jiangsu ship cheered one after another, but then, the pilots on the two aircraft carriers threw their feelings aside at the same time as if they had a heart, and directly paid attention to what kind of distance Xia Yu could fly.
By the time Xia Yu and F18 entered visual contact, Xia Yu was only 70 kilometers away from the George Washington, although he still could not see the position of the aircraft carrier with the naked eye, but the radar had captured the huge reflection source of the aircraft carrier without any suspense.
"The Chinese carrier-based aircraft in front listen, you have over-approached our aircraft carrier, for safety, please immediately turn to 320, leave our aircraft carrier battle formation, repeat."
The first time a Chinese carrier-based aircraft approached this distance, the pilots of the F18 became a little nervous, and kept shouting at Xia Yu, but Xia Yu immediately replied that he was on a reconnaissance mission in China's air defense identification zone, asking to confirm the identity of a plane that had been wandering in the air.
In the past half a month, the US carrier-based aircraft pilots have listened to such excuses countless times, and they have long been impatient to hear them, and they will definitely be able to drive the Chinese carrier-based aircraft away in the end anyway, so they simply stopped shouting and flew directly at Xia Yu, and began to turn on the fire control radar, intending to take the initiative to irradiate.
As soon as the F18 fire control radar was turned on, Xia Yu's warning system directly began to alarm, but Xia Yu has been using the American early warning aircraft as an excuse, not just talking, the American early warning aircraft is now a few hundred meters in front of Xia Yu's left, as soon as the warning radar sounded, Xia Yu immediately controlled the J-15 to turn over, rushed to the back of the American early warning aircraft, and used the huge fuselage of the early warning aircraft to block himself.
"Oh, I'm." The pilot of the F18 rolled his eyes, the E2C fixed-wing early warning aircraft blocked the fuselage of the J-15, and the fire control radar could not scan the other party at all, at this moment they were still more than 50 kilometers away from Xia Yu, even if they wanted to find out the angle that could be irradiated, they had to fly to a certain distance, so the angry F18 pilot yelled on the radio to let the E2C early warning aircraft get out of the way.
But no matter how flexible the AWACS aircraft is, it is impossible for it to compare its maneuverability with the fighter, so no matter how the E2C AWACS aircraft flies, Xia Yu uses it to avoid the radar irradiation of the F18, and finally the crew members of the E2C AWACS aircraft are annoyed and angry, so they simply reduce their altitude and fly towards the George Washington, intending to land.