Annoyed is annoyed, but the exercise task that should be completed still has to be completed, so Yang Shuyu, who finally found his own position, still handed over the command to the captain standing next to him.

The latter then skillfully commanded the ship formations in a series of air defense preparations.

After all, no matter what the results of the exercise were, they still had to hit the last two missile targets.

It is not easy for a surface ship unit in this year to get a chance to hit a real target instead of a simulated operation.

The Y-8J and H-6D are both very large aircraft, and they also fly at an altitude of several thousand meters in the state of sea search or attack, and they are the most easily captured targets by radar.

Therefore, after a short time, the two-coordinate early warning radar at the top of the hangar captured two targets, one large and one small, at a distance of about 200 km.

The destroyer has only been in service for a year, but many of the officers have been transferred from the sister ship Bingcheng, so they have a lot of experience.

For example, the radar commander quickly judged from the signal characteristics that these should actually be three targets, of which the closer and relatively larger ones are two aircraft in a formation flight state, because the innate accuracy of the 517H radar as a meter-wave radar is insufficient, so the two targets cannot be completely distinguished.

Early warning radar, at least in this era, the early warning radar really only provides early warning, and cannot complete such delicate tasks as guiding anti-aircraft fire.

The radarman stared at the target on the screen for a moment, and then continued to judge:

"Judging from the flight speed and altitude, it should be two large aircraft, presumably the H-6D sent by the 2nd Division."

Although the two-coordinate radar does not provide specific altitude information about the target, it is obviously impossible for a target that can be detected at a distance of 200 kilometers to be in a low-altitude flight state.

"So what can we do now?"

Yang Shuyu looked at the air targets that were getting closer and closer on the screen in front of him.

Shipborne radar air defense is still a new thing for most of the older generation of naval commanders, and they do not know more than young people, which is the main reason why he just let the captain of the 113 ship take full responsibility for command.

"Wait for the target to launch the weapon, and then first cast active jamming to see if we can prevent the missile's terminal radar from locking onto us, and if not, prepare for hard kill interception."

The radar chief did not mention anything about shooting down enemy planes at all.

The maximum firing range of the Sea Red Flag 7 against aerodynamic targets is 10 km.

None of the 90s of a serious anti-ship weapon would have been launched at this distance.

So the purpose of point air defense weapons from the very beginning was to intercept incoming missiles, not to deal with launch platforms.

Although even if the optical channel is counted, it can only deal with two targets at a time, and it is incapable of saturation attacks, but it can always resist one or two sporadic anti-ship missiles, which is stronger than the Royal Navy's Type 42.

"It's too passive......"

Yang Shuyu, who was standing in the middle of the CIC, realized what it was like to have a black eye in a naval battle.

When he served on the ship was 20 years ago, the combat of the Kung Fu Navy must still be fighting bayonets with the opponent at sea, and it doesn't hurt that the perception ability is almost there, but today's war forms are ever-changing, even if the courage of the commanders and fighters remains the same, if the technical level cannot keep up, I am afraid it will be difficult to have the opportunity to fight bayonets.

"In fact, the situation of our ship is already quite good, at least there is a clear radar configuration with far and near echelons, which can see the source of the threat, resting on the 519 ship that I served in the past, only one Type 354 sea radar can barely be used for low-altitude search, and the rest can only rely on the eyes of the observer......"

Although the radar commander does not look very old, he has a lot of service experience and knowledge:

"If you want to take the initiative in air defense operations, you must at least be equipped with long-range anti-aircraft missiles like the S300 or Standard 2."

This kind of thing is a bit inappropriate for the captain of the ship, but it is okay for a grassroots commander like the radar commander to say it.

"Is this...... I'm afraid it will take time. ”

The good mood brought by Yang Shuyu's visit to lead the ship has also become a lot heavier.

He thought that not only the US Navy on the other side of the ocean has commissioned nearly 40 cruisers and destroyers that can launch that kind of long-range anti-aircraft missile, but even the Maritime Self-Defense Force, which is across the sea, has been equipped with three Kongo-class ships with regional air defense capabilities.

However, the Huaxia Navy will have to wait another one to two years to get the first purchased Hyundai-class destroyer, and its air defense capabilities are far inferior to the first two.

Of course, as a senior commander, he did not show this emotion on his face, but he was already planning in his heart how to enable the People's Navy to obtain a real regional air defense capability in a relatively short period of time.

"We should have been in range of the Eagle Strike 6."

Soon after, the silence in the CIC was suddenly broken:

"But the radar didn't see anything being launched."

According to the exercise plan, the H-6 will fire target missiles modified from the YJ-6 at them.

If the fire is fired before it is countered, the blue side wins, because they simulate an attack group of 20-30 missiles, which is impossible for two surface ships to intercept completely.

If it is countered before launching, the red side will win, but in order to provide the ship with air defense training, the two target missiles will still be shot, but it has nothing to do with the results of the exercise.

"Could it be that it's too far away to see clearly?"

"Probably not...... Wait, a new target suddenly appeared on the radar, right between us and the three fighters of the blue side. ”

The radar operator's voice drew everyone's attention back to the screen in the middle of the CIC, and sure enough, there was a not-so-obvious signal that was heading away from the two ships.

"This is our RED support force?"

"Just a plane?"

"It shouldn't be, it's estimated that there are several stacked on top of each other, so the radar can't see it clearly."

"But this target is in the search range of the 360 radar, and the resolution should not be so bad."

The director only informed them of the basic plan of the exercise, but did not disclose the deployment of troops on both sides, so there was a discussion in the CIC.

And at this time, the captain has already seen some doorways:

"Don't do that, gunner, get ready to intercept the target plane, I think the success or failure of this exercise should have nothing to do with our two ships, but the target missile interception behind can't drop the chain!"

……

While the Dojo and Ngee An were preparing to intercept the incoming target aircraft, a battle between electromagnetic waves had been going on for some time in the air, invisible to everyone.

The Soshui 2000MS radar on the Y-8J aircraft detected the radar signals of two ships at a distance of 250 kilometers.

According to the plan, Shen Tao asked the crew to guide the two H-6Ds flying at a slightly lower altitude to move forward, preparing to launch an attack on the target at a distance of about 100km.

Wandering outside the air defense circle of enemy ships and guiding low-flying anti-ship missile-carrying aircraft was originally the initial function of this aircraft.

Now it seems to be working pretty well.

If he is not cooperating with the cumbersome H-6D, but the J-7, which can fly at a low altitude and skimming the sea, then the two surface ships should only find a group of attack aircraft that have climbed to altitude and are ready to launch missiles in the last half minute.

For the next few minutes, everything seemed calm.

So much so that for a moment he felt that this was more like a simple simulated attack on the sea.

But the good times did not last long, and just as the two bombers were about to enter the attack range, the radar operators behind the engine room suddenly reported that they had lost the signals of the two ships.

"Lost signal?"

Shen Tao, who was maneuvering the plane to fly in a zigzag route, was stunned for a moment:

"What's the radar doing?"

"The sector area where the target is located in a range of about 5° is overloaded, and the anti-jamming mode does not respond."

Obviously, they were being interfered with by the Red side's interception units.

Shen Tao, who was a little confused, glanced at the threat warning device on the dashboard, which did not show any other signal sources, only two meter waves and one centimeter wave signals from the side.

He was quite sure that it was the search radar on the Type 052 destroyer and the Type 053H2G frigate.

In these years, surface ships and aviation could not communicate directly, and the possibility of cheating by the director was ruled out, and the Red planes had to use radar if they wanted to detect them.

However, the 234H radar on the J-7 has a detection range of only about 70 kilometers, and it is not easy to find three planes in the huge exercise airspace.

Second, if it is scanned by an X-band fire control radar, then the radar warning device should give a prompt.

"Could it be a natural phenomenon?"

Shen Tao began to doubt his judgment just now, so he asked the rear cabin in a somewhat uncertain tone.

However, before the other party could answer, he received a report on the radio from the pilot of the 6D long plane about 70 kilometers away.

Their Type 245 radar is also unable to lock on to the target due to strong electromagnetic interference!

"Hell ......"

After thinking for a while, Shen Tao gave up the idea of continuing to fly in a zigzag search route, but turned the nose of the plane and flew directly in the direction where the target was.

This decision quickly brought results.

Although the interference has not been eliminated, the radar warning device shows that an X-band radar signal in search mode appeared at 2 o'clock in the Y-8J.

(End of chapter)