Chapter 319: Two Missiles and One Pit
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More than a dozen people each let out their own exclamations, and then they heard the squad leader speak: "All get on the bus!" Let's go and check the effect of the missile's strike! β
Five kilometers is not too far away, it doesn't take long to drive, and when these Saudi soldiers came to the second tarmac, they were stunned by what they saw!
A large crater with a diameter of more than 100 meters has been blown out of the ground, and the depth of the pit is more than 30 meters! Although the soil here is not as solid as the rock, it is also very hard, and it is very much more than these Saudi soldiers expected to be able to blow up such a large crater here!
The wreckage of cars was scattered all around, and the cars that were originally parked on the second tarmac - including several discarded tanks - were all blown away at the moment, and the sturdy tanks had been blown apart from the turrets!
More than a dozen people looked at it for a long time, and then someone said: "Ballistic missiles are powerful......
Hearing this, the team leader said: "Not only is it powerful, but the key is that it hits too accurately!" Look at the location of this big pit, this is the middle ground of the second apron! β
As soon as he said this, the mobile phone hanging on his waist rang, and generally speaking, military personnel should use military phones, but this time it was a secret test launch, and the relevant information about the missile strike target could not be known to the Americans, so the Chinese personnel asked the Saudi personnel to use the mobile phone to make contact.
Saudi Arabia's military telephone system is all built by the Americans, and if the two sides use military telephones, it is estimated that the Americans will know everything.
After the team leader connected the phone, he reported to his superiors in detail, and when the news was transmitted to the missile base, Prince Abdullah was so excited that he danced, he didn't expect that the upgraded Dongfeng-3 missile would be so powerful, it was just where to hit it!
Wang Jianguo and the others also breathed a sigh of relief, and everyone was a little apprehensive just now. At this moment, I heard that the missile had hit the target perfectly, and everyone felt that the efforts of these days had not been in vain.
The happiest of them is Captain Chen, Captain Chen belongs to the military, he led the team to Saudi Arabia this time can be described as twists and turns, the original date was postponed because of Wang Jianguo's transformation plan, and then talked with the Saudis about the issue of upgrading to different stages of fees, at that time Captain Chen actually had little confidence in Wang Jianguo and others, he was very clear about Huaguo's strength in missile technology, and he did not believe that Wang Jianguo could improve the performance of missiles to that kind of Cheng as he said.
However, because a large group of professionals supported Wang Jianguo's construction, Captain Chen had to report the news to his superiors. After thinking about it, the most important thing is to value money, and finally agreed to Wang Jianguo's plan, and then Captain Chen negotiated with the Saudis.
The Saudis don't care about money, what they care about is high-performance missiles, anyway, the missiles have already been bought, and if they can really be upgraded to what the Chinese say, they are very happy to pay for the relevant upgrades. In order to obtain technical support from the Chinese, the Saudi government signed a contract with China for the purchase of 30 Dongfeng-3 missiles. The price is still $3.5 billion, and the two parties agreed to pay on delivery.
Later, Captain Chen came to Saudi Arabia with a professional team of more than 50 people, and according to the agreement between the two sides, 30 Dongfeng-3 missiles were also loaded onto the ship and secretly transported to Saudi Arabia. Unexpectedly, these ships loaded with missiles were intercepted by the Americans.
The Americans are very arrogant, and they are completely overt bullying people, and Captain Chen, as the person in charge of the missile matter, is heartbroken about this. But this matter has risen to the national level, and he is a small captain who can't do it at all. Fortunately, Wang Jianguo proposed to build a missile test. Let the Saudis see the performance of the missiles, and then let the Saudis come forward and talk to the Americans.
The most critical point of this mention is whether the upgraded Dongfeng-3 missile can achieve the expected results, the Saudis are not stupid, they will not fight against the Americans for the backward Dongfeng-3 missile, fortunately, now that the dust has settled, all the problems have taken a turn for the better because of the successful missile test.
Captain Chen looked at the elated Prince Abdullah and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, I believe you are now confident in the agreement signed between our two sides, right?" β
When Prince Abdullah heard this, he laughed and said, "Have faith! I'm very confident! Old! Huaguo's missile technology is really amazing! In my opinion, even the missiles of the Americans do not necessarily have such accuracy! β
Prince Abdullah did not give the Chinese people a high hat, generally speaking, the strike accuracy of medium-range ballistic missiles like the Dongfeng-3 is not very high, and it is already considered to be groundbreaking if it can be achieved within 200 meters. The Americans' missiles are accurate, and that is only on small missiles, and the Americans can't do too much accuracy with such medium-range ballistic missiles weighing dozens of tons.
The reason why it is difficult to do this is because the final flight speed of such missiles is often more than 5,000 meters per second, and it is impossible to adjust the direction of the missile at such a speed! Don't look at the fact that the Americans have a global positioning system, but this system itself will also have deviations, and there is an error of about 200 meters between the coordinates determined on the satellite and the actual target, and the short-range missile can modify the flight parameters at any time because of its speed, but the ballistic missile is not good, it flies too fast, especially in the final attack stage, any bump and steering can tear the missile body to pieces in an instant!
Prince Abdullah had a question in his mind: how did the Chinese do it so accurately? If they want to do this, unless they can make the final adjustment of the direction of the missile in the final stage of the attack, can it be said that they have mastered this technology? Or is it ...... That missile just now hit the target just by luck?
Prince Abdullah thought of this, immediately put away his happy mood, he wanted to confirm the reliability of this missile, a missile can accurately hit the target is not representative, if it is tested again, and can hit the target again, this is a sure thing.
Captain Chen was originally laughing, but when he saw that Prince Abdullah suddenly stopped smiling, he couldn't help but wonder: "Your Excellency, ...... are you?" β
Hearing this, Prince Abdullah said: "Chen, I want to test this missile again, of course, it's not that I don't believe in your technology, it's just to silence the royal family, you know." The project was huge, and I wouldn't be able to jump to conclusions without reliable numbers. β
As soon as Captain Chen heard this, he immediately understood, only to see him laugh and say: "No problem, we can conduct a second test launch immediately, you sit down first, and I will go and talk to the technicians about the situation." β
After Captain Chen finished speaking, he turned around and walked to Wang Jianguo, his face was a little solemn at the moment, it seemed that he was also worried about whether the upgraded missiles were all reliable, and only heard him say in a deep voice: "Lao Wang." The other side asked us to conduct a second missile test, are you confident? β
Wang Jianguo laughed when he heard this: "I am completely confident!" β
Captain Chen's heart was relieved when he heard this, and he nodded and said, "We are about to complete the goal, it depends on whether this time is successful, Lao Wang, you have to spend more time!" β
Hearing this, Wang Jianguo nodded vigorously and said, "Lao Chen, you can put a hundred hearts!" When did I drop the chain? β
Captain Chen was completely relieved when he saw that Wang Jianguo was full of confidence, and only heard him speak: "Choose another target." I'll get the Saudi guys to prepare. β
Wang Jianguo shook his head with a smile when he heard this: "You don't need to choose a new target, just use the original target, so that we can show our ability!" β
Captain Chen heard this and said uncertainly: "Lao Wang, do you really want to do this?" β
Wang Jianguo nodded and said, "Not bad!" That's it! If two missiles fall in the same pit. Do you think the Saudis would be more satisfied? β
Captain Chen thought for a moment when he heard this, and then clapped his hands and said, "Okay! Just follow yours! I'll explain this to Prince Abdullah! β
After Captain Chen finished speaking, he walked out of the control room and came to Prince Abdullah's side, only to see him smile and say, "Your Excellency, Prince." Our men are ready, this time the target is exactly the same as the last time, and we are confident that the landing point of both missiles will be exactly the same! β
When Prince Abdullah heard this, he was immediately shocked. I saw him stunned for a moment, and then said, "What? Old...... Are you sure? β
Captain Chen had already let himself out, only to see him smile and nod his head: "I'm sure, if Your Excellency the Prince has no opinion, we can conduct a second test firing right away!" β
Of course, Prince Abdullah will not have any opinions, which can better prove the accuracy of the upgraded Dongfeng-3 missile, and he will naturally not refuse such a thing, only to see him laugh and say: "Okay!" Just follow your plan! β
After some busyness, the launch of the missile was all ready, as the launch button was pressed, the second Dongfeng 3 missile rose into the air again, the missile accelerated faster and faster, and not long after, the bright light of the missile's tail disappeared into the night sky.
The American radar station detected this missile again, and the staff of the radar station did not pay attention to it at all, anyway, this backward missile does not pose a threat to them, and the Saudis can launch it if they want to, they have a lot of money, even if it is wasted, it is their own business.
The fact that the Saudis tested missiles twice in a short period of time was seen by the Americans as being dealing with their stockpiles, and the Americans did not pay much attention to this matter, and it has to be said that this was completely negligent on the part of the Americans.
In addition to negligence, there is also the reason for the shift change, the group just now has already gotten off work, the group of people who have just been replaced heard the ridicule of the first group of people, they all laughed, everyone didn't take this matter to heart, especially the first group of people took the number of missile flights they detected to the archives for the record, and the second group did not see any parameters of the first missile at all.
On the roof of a building two kilometers away from the military airport, more than a dozen Saudi soldiers who had just checked the impact point of the first missile were gathering together, and they had a certain confidence in the missiles of the Chinese people this time, and they did not run too far, and more than a dozen people simply came to the roof of the abandoned dormitory building at the airport, and observed the sky with night vision high-power telescopes, among which the squad leader even took out his own small astronomical telescope, it seems that this person should be an astronomical fan.
Everyone is carefully observing the situation in the sky at the moment, because the team leader is an astronomy fan, so he is still very clear about the direction in the sky, he adjusted the position of the telescope in everyone's hands, and aimed at the position where he saw the first missile in the air before shining brightly, and then these people did not say a word, and observed with bated breath.
It is a rare thing to be able to see the test launch of a ballistic missile, especially the flight process of the missile, which many people will not see for a lifetime, and these Saudis can be considered lucky to be able to witness it with their own eyes.
But...... After a while, these Saudi soldiers still found nothing, only to hear one of them whisper: "Judging from the missile launch time told us over there, the missile should be above our heads now, right?" But why didn't I see anything? β
Another person said: "Yes, it's been more than eighteen minutes now, why can't you see it?" β
When the squad leader heard this, he said: "The missile should be in outer space now, you have a military telescope, of course you can't see it!" β
When the soldier heard this, he turned his head and said, "Captain, you saw it?" β
The team leader waved his hand and said, "Not yet, it's too small, and the flight speed is too fast to observeβI see it!" There's a bright spot in the sky!! β
When the soldiers heard this, they immediately took the binoculars and looked in the direction of the squad leader's finger, and then everyone saw a very familiar scene, only to see a very small bright spot that was getting bigger and bigger, and this should be the reason why the missile was approaching the ground.
After a few seconds, the soldiers with binoculars could vaguely see that the tail of the missile was spewing flames, and after a few seconds, the last thruster of the missile detached from the body of the missile, and then rolled and burned in the atmosphere!
This picture looked completely different to the naked eye than it looked with a high-powered telescope, and the soldiers immediately let out an exclamation, especially the squad leader who was holding the astronomical telescope, only to hear him exclaim: "Wow! It's gorgeous! β
Then he adjusted the astronomical telescope to look for traces of the projectile, but unfortunately, at this moment, the projectile had reached a speed of more than 5,000 meters per second, and he could not search for it at all.
A moment later, a huge light flashed at the military airfield two thousand meters away! The roof where more than a dozen people were located could feel a clear tremor, and almost instantly, all the glass on the house shattered!
Seeing this, the squad leader shouted, "Everyone, cover your ears!" β
When the soldiers heard this, they immediately complied, and as soon as everyone covered their ears, a huge explosion came, and within this distance, the sound wave generated by the explosion was still very huge, and if they did not cover their ears, they were likely to shock their eardrums.
When the explosion died down, the team leader waved to his subordinates and said, "Let's go, let's go see the specific situation!" β
A few minutes later, the dozen or so soldiers in charge of observation were all dumbfounded, looking at the impact point of the second missile, and it took a long time for someone to speak: "Allah is on top...... This...... There really is only one crater for two missiles!! I thought the Chinese were bragging......" (To be continued......