Chapter 569: Battle of the Birds of Prey (Part II)
There was something yesterday, and now 5000 words are making up
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"Attention everyone, the Germans are coming. At one o'clock, 300 kilometers away, at an altitude of 6,500 meters. Good guys, 68, all jets......" Huang Jiawei exclaimed happily
The radar image on the display screen of the flying fire control complex computer in the center of the cockpit of the "Warhawk" shows that a group of planes is hurrying from the south. Around these blue cursors, which represent enemy aircraft, a dialog box pops up with altitude, speed, azimuth angle, aircraft size, type, possible model, and time of encounter...... And so on all kinds of data and text scrolling in it.
The airborne radar of the J-12 "Warhawk" is the latest model of the "Hawkeye-5" active phased array radar system in China, with 2000 transmitting / receiving units. It adopts various advanced technologies such as tandem semiconductor forced cooling system, with extremely high performance, a maximum detection range of 400 kilometers (large aircraft), and the ability to track 20 air targets and 12 ground targets at the same time, far exceeding the Su-35 as a prototype.
If it is the current distance of 300 kilometers, for a target of the size of a fighter, the "Hawkeye-5" can only detect an approximate situation, and it is impossible to find out what the other party is. But the "Warhawk" is not fighting alone, it also has a well-established battlefield data link.
At any given moment, there are at least seven or more reconnaissance satellites in space monitoring the area in different orbits. The largest of these is the "Claireye-3" giant synchronous monitoring satellite, which weighs more than 3,000 tons and has been aimed at this area since its orbit change. Because China's satellites basically do not need to consider the weight and size, so that a lot of equipment can be added, and the functions are very powerful. There is also the Tongtianqiao and Tiangong-1 space station to provide support, and it is also very convenient for the satellite to refuel.
For example, a big guy like "Clairvoyant 3", which is not so much a satellite as a small space station, has a very unnatural performance. It usually orbits in a synchronous orbit at an altitude of 30,000 km, and once necessary, it can rush to the airspace over key areas in a very short time, form a satellite reconnaissance network with other satellites, and serve as an intelligence processing and command center. At present, a total of eight giant satellites of the clairvoyant series have been assembled, 1 and 2 are responsible for the Eurasian continent, 3 is responsible for Africa, 4 is responsible for the Americas, 5 is responsible for the Pacific region, 6 is responsible for the Indian Ocean region, 7 is responsible for the Atlantic region, and 8 is used as a mobile force.
The clairvoyant satellite is a manned satellite, which is not only equipped with large-scale reconnaissance equipment, but also a large-scale computer for intelligence aggregation and analysis, as well as large-scale communication equipment. Although there is a high degree of automation, there are people on duty inside. In normal times, there are nine staff members stationed in it, who are on duty in three shifts, and every seven days they change shifts with the standby personnel at the Tiangong-1 base through the commuter spacecraft. At this point in time, it was needed to serve as a command center, and the number of staff inside had tripled to 30. According to the design, it has interfaces all around, and it can continue to be combined and expanded with other functional modules to become a veritable space command.
Of course, there is no need for it now, after all, it is only a local war, and an intelligence analysis and command team of 30 people is enough to deal with it.
In addition to these satellites, at a stratospheric altitude of 30,000 meters, there are two "Tianyan-1" high-altitude early warning airships monitoring every move of the East African army. These airships are the latest models of solar-powered remote-controlled #airships that can work at stratospheric altitudes for more than a month without landing. In the airspace slightly below it, there are two high-altitude reconnaissance planes at an altitude of 20,000 meters. Not to mention, in the 12,000-kilometer airspace more than 100 kilometers behind the Chinese fleet, there is also an Air Police-2 "Watchtower" early warning aircraft hovering, which is something similar in performance to the original space-time E-3.
Under such a multi-level surveillance network, every move of the East African army is under the surveillance of the Chinese army. Not to mention that so many planes came, even a squad of infantry would be discovered by these pervasive and perceptive surveillance networks. This information from various reconnaissance units is continuously summarized to the "Clairvoyant No. 3" through the data link, and then the staff above uses the central computer to conduct further analysis and processing, and then send the processed information to the information equipment terminals of each combat unit.
At this time, the terminal of the Chinese Air Force fighter is connected to the "Claireye No. 3" intelligence center through the data link, and what Huang Jiawei sees on the display screen is not only the detection results of the local radar, but also the analysis results from the intelligence center, and the information of other reconnaissance units.
Airborne radar and reconnaissance equipment have limited functions, and it is impossible to distinguish what is at a distance of 300 kilometers, but high-resolution synthetic aperture radar satellites can, as can the early warning airship, the Air Police-2 "Watchtower" early warning aircraft, and the professional reconnaissance equipment on the big-eyed golden eagle. The information they obtain is clearer and more detailed when it is integrated and analysed by a central computer.
Not to mention, these export models have left behind the "back door", of course, these export models of the generation of aircraft can not have the original time and space of the future generations of the full electronic flight control fire control system, such a "back door" is unable to do such as the engine stop, radar lock failure and other functions. This "back door" is a few hidden in the engine, instrument, fuselage and other positions of the miniature signal transmitting device, it receives a specific signal from the outside world, it will send a set of encrypted information, only to provide data such as model and nationality, this set of information is short and compressed, extremely short, with the current technology of various countries can not distinguish at all, will only treat it as clutter.
Now the planes of the East African Air Force have just taken off, and they have already exposed their bottoms.
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Gao Zhihang looked at the information of the other party's aircraft type displayed on the screen, and couldn't help but be a little speechless: "68 planes, one brigade to support, but what is the matter with one squadron each of the Monkey Eater Eagle, Mountain Eagle, Flying Bear, and Falcon Eagle? There are also four Falcons, what a strange configuration......
At present, the size of the air forces of various countries varies greatly, for example, at the level of fighter squadrons, the smallest is the Soviet squadron, with only four, and the largest is the American squadron, with 24 aircraft. The Chinese model has 18 squadrons, and the German version has 16 squadrons, which are about the same, both are under the jurisdiction of four four-plane squadrons, but China has an additional two-plane "squadron leader command group". As for the higher-level brigades, the difference is relatively large, and a Chinese brigade has two squadrons under its jurisdiction, plus the squad directly under the captain, a total of 40 aircraft. Germany has four squadrons under its jurisdiction, plus the squad directly under the captain, a total of 68 aircraft, more than half of China's. The troop formation on the East African side was also copied from the German version.
Generally speaking, a brigade has only one or two types of aircraft, because it is difficult to command too much, and from a logistical point of view, it is impossible for a unit to be equipped with too many types of aircraft. However, the East African brigade that is coming now has five models, and all of them are Chinese export models. It's really speechless.
In fact, it's not that the Germans really don't understand this kind of thing, it's just that they want to verify the actual combat performance of several models through this operation. The Germans now bought all six export jet fighters from China, with the exception of the FC-9 "Saker", which the Allies had already purchased in large quantities, which was first abandoned for ease of identification. The other five look good, and the Germans don't know which one is better, so let's test it in real combat.
Yes, there are now as many as eight types of jet aircraft exported to China, and the FC-14 "Mirage Eagle" and FC-15 "Ghost Owl" are two second-generation aircraft that are exclusively for the People's Revolutionary Union, and other countries have money and no place to buy them. The other six types of first-generation machines are open to buy, anyone can buy them, at most, just like the purchase of cars in later generations, according to the fullness of the pockets of various countries to choose different configurations. In addition to the three veteran fighter manufacturers Chengfei, Efei and Guangfei launched their own models, several other aircraft companies looked hot and tried to squeeze in.
World War II was originally a rare military feast, and caught up with the trend of jets, and the market became more and more hot. Seeing that the three fighter professional households made money after participating, the eyes of other aircraft factories were red, including Beihang (Beijing Aviation Equipment Company), China Southern Airlines (Nanchang Aviation Equipment Company), and Shen Fei, three manufacturers of light # aircraft and training aircraft, also found ways to join the feast. According to the words of Mr. Shen Fei at a regular meeting of the aviation industry: "Now there is so much fatty meat, the three of you can't eat it all, so you have to leave us some soup......
Guided by the spirit of everything looking at the money, they also quickly launched their own thing. Although they have never produced genuine fighters, they have engaged in a lot of light transport planes, liaison planes, and training planes. No matter how you say it, it is a genuine aviation company, and it is nothing that they design fighters. You must know that at a certain time in the original time and space big picture dynasty, even the light bulb factory went to design helicopters, which was always much more reliable than this. Anyway, Wen Desi has always had an encouraging attitude towards this state of affairs in which a hundred flowers are blooming and a hundred schools of thought are contending, and anyway, all kinds of relevant aircraft design materials in the base are shared by these state-owned manufacturers, and they also have information on fighter jets.
Even if the redesign is difficult, it will always be copied. Of course, the discipline of these designers has not yet faded, and at the same time, they are also very confident in their professional skills, and they have not completely copied those materials.
China Southern Airlines, which has always been decent, first launched the FC-13 "Mountain Eagle", which is almost the swept wing version of the F-80.
Beihang, which has the nickname of "cute machine professional", also lived up to expectations, continued to carry forward their tradition of specializing in cute machines, and built an FC-12 "Flying Bear" based on Saab-29. But Beihang was not enough, so it changed it again, adjusted the shape and position of the air intake, and the front looked like a "smiling" aircraft. The round fuselage and a smiling face make it even more cute, so it was nicknamed "Flying Maitreya".
And Shen Fei, who was the most enthusiastic about this, made a tall FC-17 "Falcon Eagle", well, its prototype was the "Gnat" made by the British in the fifties, but Shen Fei was not handsome enough, and beautified its appearance. Well, by the way, Shen Fei's current boss Dina is the wife of General Lin Shenhe, deputy commander of the Air Force, Diana del Piero, that is, the daughter of the mafia godfather who was abducted from Italy. Of course, she has long been a Chinese citizen and has taken the Chinese name "Dina".
Regardless of the performance of the "Eagle Eagle" for the time being, in terms of appearance alone, it is indeed the highest among these export fighters. However, because the finalization is later than the ghost owl, the serial number is still ranked behind several second-generation export models.
Regarding this situation, Gao Zhihang was only embarrassed for a moment, and immediately ordered: "Earl, your 170 squadron will first kill these seven monkey-eating eagles and use combat missiles." The 173rd Squadron and the 177th Squadron are ready to launch medium-range missiles after the opponent's reinforcements enter 120 kilometers. After reducing the opponent's fleet to less than 10 aircraft, let's solve it with cannons......"
Whether it is the J-11 "Nighthawk" or the J-12 "Warhawk", they are all good aircraft, but they are only derived from computer simulations and exercises, and it is still unknown what the actual combat capability is. Any kind of weapon needs to be tested in actual combat, and there are those areas that can be improved in the actual combat summary. So it's best to try all kinds of weapons and see what falls short.
"Yes, Commander!" everyone agreed, and they got ready.
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"Hmph, pay attention, throw away the auxiliary fuel tank, and get close to the ...... with the combat missile" Huang Jiawei abruptly moved his thumb that was about to touch the button, if it wasn't for Gao Zhihang's order to give it quickly, he would have been ready to launch the "Thunderbolt-4" medium-range missile.
Eighteen J-12 "Warhawks" dropped two auxiliary fuel tanks almost at the same time and rushed towards the enemy aircraft at an accelerated speed.
The seven monkey-eating eagles of the East African Army also met them, obviously they knew that their reinforcements would arrive soon, and at the same time they thought that they were highly skilled and could fight, so naturally there was no need to run.
"We have the latest trump cards here, the Chinese have not fought for many years, there is no need to be afraid. Although they are more numerous, our reinforcements will arrive soon, so we will pester them before we do so......" said Captain Alfred von Wittelsbach, the pilot of the pilot, who led the team, on the channel.
The Chinese Air Force only came with three squadrons this time, plus the squad directly under the regiment commander, a total of 58 aircraft, while the German side had 68 reinforcements, which was numerically superior, not to mention that it was really impossible to dodge on the ground, and the large number of anti-aircraft artillery there was not vegetarian. So Captain Wittelsbach was not worried at all.
Well, Huang Jiawei's opponent also happens to have the title of earl, the German Earl of Nymphenburg. The surname "Wittelsbach" is considered prominent throughout Europe. The Wittelsbach family began its long 800-year reign in Bavaria after the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I renamed Bavaria ruled by his rival Henry the Lion to Otto I of the House of Wittelsbach. Compared with an upstart like Huang Jiawei, the gold content of others is much higher.
But now it's a war, not a noble ball, and no matter how noble the family background is, it's useless.
When the two sides approached 10 kilometers, the Germans saw a sudden flash of fire under the wing of the opposing Chinese fighter, and then a fire dragon rushed out.
"Rockets?" Wittelsbach couldn't help but be stunned, he was no stranger to aviation rockets, and he had just played with them. In the experience of His Excellency the Earl, rockets must be at a close distance to be effective, and they must be fired at a time, and if they are used to hit targets of more than a kilometer, they can basically rely on faith.
Now that Chinese fighters are launched at such a distance, and only one of each of the seven planes is launched, it is too child's play.
"Could it be that the Chinese's rockets can hit so far?" Wittelsbach thought it was ridiculous, but he didn't dare to be careless. This is also the least importance of the world's number one air power, and Wittelsbach suddenly noticed that China's "rocket" seems to be in a larger circle. He felt that he had found the reason, which was probably because the Chinese wanted to disrupt their own formation before entering the fight, which was of course also a tactic.
He immediately ordered his subordinates: "Be careful, the other side may want to disrupt our formation with rockets, don't be fooled......"
This group of German pilots in East African military uniforms are elite, and they are really all aces. They came here this time to test the performance of these fighters, and after they were selected, they could buy them in large quantities, or a large number of copycats. Jets aren't cheap, and if you choose the wrong model, you're in trouble.
These old birds naturally did not panic for this little thing, they continued to fly head-on very calmly, and a few of them were still commenting on whether this tactic was good or not.
Both sides were head-on, the rockets were faster, and it didn't take long to get closer.
"The Chinese rockets flew so smoothly, at least five kilometers without much yaw, no wonder they invented the rocket......" Wittelsbach also had a few casual comments, he was very skillful with a lever, maneuvering the monkey-eating eagle to make a roll, ready to avoid the oncoming rocket. Other East African aircraft also evaded in various positions.
"Hehe, isn't that ......," the Earl smirked, but before he could finish his sentence, he was dumbfounded, for he saw that the rocket had also turned after him, and at the same time rushed towards him at a faster speed.
The Earl, after all, was an old bird, and he immediately made another upward maneuver, and then he was horrified to find in the rearview mirror that the rocket had turned after him again, and was heading straight for his chrysanthemum.
Before he could react, the rocket exploded, and the Earl only felt a sharp shock from the landline, and the engine struck. ......The cockpit was filled with smoke, and Wittelsbach tried to resume maneuvering several times after unsuccessful attempts, and finally had to pull the ejection lever under the seat......
When Wittelsbach hung under the parachute, he had time to look around, and he noticed that there were six more white umbrella flowers in the air nearby. The last monkey-eating eagle is dragging black smoke down.
"What kind of ...... is that" He suddenly noticed that more than a dozen Chinese planes that had not participated in the battle just now had dropped two long strips from under the wings. A ball of flame erupted from the tail of these things, and they flew south, in the same direction where their reinforcements had arrived. "What kind of rocket is this...... "Something is not cheap, if you choose the wrong model, you will be in trouble."
These old birds naturally did not panic for this little thing, they continued to fly head-on very calmly, and a few of them were still commenting on whether this tactic was good or not.
Both sides were head-on, the rockets were faster, and it didn't take long to get closer.
"The Chinese rockets flew so smoothly, at least five kilometers without much yaw, no wonder they invented the rocket......" Wittelsbach also had a few casual comments, he was very skillful with a lever, maneuvering the monkey-eating eagle to make a roll, ready to avoid the oncoming rocket. Other East African aircraft also evaded in various positions.
"Hehe, isn't that ......," the Earl smirked, but before he could finish his sentence, he was dumbfounded, for he saw that the rocket had also turned after him, and at the same time rushed towards him at a faster speed.
The Earl, after all, was an old bird, and he immediately made another upward maneuver, and then he was horrified to find in the rearview mirror that the rocket had turned after him again, and was heading straight for his chrysanthemum.
Before he could react, the rocket exploded, and the Earl only felt a sharp shock from the landline, and the engine struck. ......The cockpit was filled with smoke, and Wittelsbach tried to resume maneuvering several times after unsuccessful attempts, and finally had to pull the ejection lever under the seat......
When Wittelsbach hung under the parachute, he had time to look around, and he noticed that there were six more white umbrella flowers in the air nearby. The last monkey-eating eagle is dragging black smoke down.
"What kind of ...... is that" He suddenly noticed that more than a dozen Chinese planes that had not participated in the battle just now had dropped two long strips from under the wings. A ball of flame erupted from the tail of these things, and they flew south, in the same direction where their reinforcements had arrived. "What kind of rocket is this......"