Chapter 695: Shoot down B2
Capital time, 5:45 a.m.
Ding Gaoheng was in his office at the Commission of Science and Technology, staying up late watching a foreign television station's live report on the Allied operations.
Naturally, he couldn't have been waiting for anything on purpose, but he felt inexplicably restless last night, and he couldn't sleep after tossing and turning, so he had to turn on the TV to pass the time.
However, no matter how insomnia is, after all, he is an old man who is almost seventy years old, and he is basically in a state of half-asleep and half-awake until the early hours of the morning.
The broadcast of the female reporter of AFP on TV is more like a hypnotic background sound.
However, at this time, a sound like thunder suddenly sounded, startling Ding Gaoheng, who was dozing off on the sofa.
But when he calmed down and looked at the TV screen in front of him, he found that the picture inside was gone.
Ding Gaoheng subconsciously smelled the smell in the room, and his first reaction to the thunder just now was that the TV was broken.
Therefore, the two men in the cockpit watched almost blankly at what was happening in front of them.
"Why is there no signal?"
Colonel Statham, who was in the co-pilot, asked over the radio about the nearby EA6B.
Danny's palms gradually began to sweat.
This multi-point passive detection system is good everywhere, but the target update frequency is a bit slow, and he has no chance to test fire, so his confidence is really not enough.
"Maybe the Americans are releasing electromagnetic interference again......"
But in the next moment, the outside of the plane was almost covered with dazzling flashes.
After the results that shocked the world, Danny did not stop studying the laws of the enemy's air force.
But the shells that Lieutenant Colonel Danny dug up from the warehouse were not fancy and fanciful, and even used the oldest timing fuses.
About a minute later, he heard a loud and continuous noise in the distance.
The two pilots were the commander of the air force and the commander of the wing, which was not good.
Judging from the opposite route, it really seemed to rush straight towards them.
The Spirit of Kansas bomber, which had just finished dropping its bomb, had already reached the end of the bombing route according to the route plan, and the ailerons on the rear edge of the flying wings drove the heavy aircraft to slowly roll to the left, while continuing to climb to increase the flight altitude as quickly as possible.
For the lieutenant colonel, this time the killer trick was the radar upgrade kit obtained by an old friend on the eve of the Allied operation, as well as the eight 100mm anti-aircraft guns that were dragged out of the warehouse a few days ago.
Fortunately, the plane had just begun to climb and turn, and the speed did not drop particularly badly, so he quickly made up for this action.
In the past half month, most of the spare ammunition has been exhausted in the missile positions under his command, and it is impossible to effectively track the target under electronic interference, so there is no longer much tactical value in keeping these fire control radars.
Even for the U.S. military, how stealth aircraft pilots handle RWR information is still a huge problem, but for now this task can be left to the electronic warfare aircraft next to it.
It's all over without firing.
Soon after the launch of three P18 radars, he received reports from radar operators.
"The deployment position of that radar is very awkward, the anti-radiation missile needs to find another angle to improve the hit rate, Echo 02 is adjusting the course, but the missile launched by our plane just now has hit the previous C-band signal source, and there is no high-threat radar signal in the entire airspace at present."
And if you look closely, you will find that although the screen is black, the station logo of France TV 2 and the banner subtitles below are still there, obviously not a problem with the TV or the receiving antenna.
"Then admit it."
However, this inconspicuous omission was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Lieutenant Colonel Zoltan Danny, who had been in ambush on the ground for a long time.
But today, he really gambled on it.
It's all about preserving yourself.
Colonel Statham breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that the biggest threat had been destroyed, only to realize that he had just forgotten to push the left-hand throttle because he had been keeping an eye on the RWR.
With the help of a firing table for each gun group, eight КС-19s aimed their guns at the positions reported by the radar operator as quickly as possible.
"Bang-"
He changed a few channels in a row that he usually watched, but the situation was similar to before.
"Don't be in a hurry yet, see if the other party has the intention of turning after a while, and if so, wait until they slow down before firing."
For example, there are only two lone EA6Bs in the sky over the entire city, and all tactical targets that resemble F/A18, Mirage 2000 or F16 have been evacuated to the north of the 45° north or south of the 44° north latitude about half an hour ago.
In short, everything was so coincidental.
"It's almost six o'clock......"
"Huh?"
As for the density of deployment, it is far more than any discipline allows......
Among the things sent by the Buryat merchant was a complete manual for the operation of this anti-aircraft gun, as well as a firing meter.
I can't take care of so much in a hurry.
Because the area was flooded with foreign agencies and media, few aircraft, especially electronic warfare aircraft, operated in the vicinity except for the first two days of the Allied operation.
As he thought so, he got up to get ready to wash up and begin his business for the day, not realizing that he had just witnessed an event that would change the course of history......
Although the turn climb itself will not cause the aircraft to lose speed particularly badly, it will indeed be easier to hit from the point of view of the projection of artillery kills.
Although Western journalists are hand-picked to not be fast, there are very few companies that can do real-time television broadcasts around the world in this era, and there is very little choice.
However, in order to increase the density of firepower, he did not fully refer to the requirements of the manual for the arrangement of anti-aircraft positions in a circle, but deployed all the artillery groups in the middle of a building ruins located near the security zone, and concentrated them in the same direction.
Although the two EA6Bs have suppressed all the high-threat radar signals around them, the 5,000-meter flight altitude at the time of bomb dropping is not out of reach even for some portable anti-aircraft missiles, so it is safer to return to the high-altitude route of about 10,000 meters as soon as possible.
When Ding Gaoheng's head was full of question marks, the Reuters broadcast signal finally switched back to the studio hall, and the host in London was also at a loss, saying that their front signal was suddenly cut off, and the reason is currently being investigated, and the TV station will temporarily insert other content during this time.
One of the captains, who was in charge of the management of firing positions, asked on the intercom.
Balkans.
Danny wanted to nod his head in agreement, but then thought of a better way.
The first gray cloud of smoke exploded almost directly in front of the plane.
Almost at the same time that the ground artillery fire began to fire, Colonel Statham of the Spirit of Kansas made up for the throttle valve.
Therefore, he immediately instructed the three (one active and two passive) P18 radars that were originally in an intermittent power-on state to enter continuous working mode, and at the same time turned on another C-band fire control radar to prepare to shoot with anti-aircraft missiles to distract the other side from the threat of the former.
The lieutenant colonel replied with a nonchalant expression:
"If the other side really finds us, then they won't be able to run away anyway, and I believe in the concealment of this position."
The kind that is hand-twisted before launching.
"Echo 01, our radar alarm receiver shows that the previous meter-wave radar signal is still working, please confirm the situation?"
However, this is not accurate.
Obviously, the other party is not coming for them.
"No, it's under anti-aircraft fire!"
Soon, the reflection of the signal on the radar screen suddenly became stronger for a split second.
At this point in the war, he didn't care about these things for a long time.
……
However, it didn't have the burnt taste you expected.
For pilots of the late 90s, "being fired at by large-caliber anti-aircraft guns" was something that simply could not have been imagined.
Anyway, it has already been bombed, and it is not bad to leak a few more planes.
Moreover, the EA6B's powerful electronic jamming capability is even enough to affect the working condition of the radio proximity fuze.
Ding Gaoheng looked back at his watch, and did not intend to sleep again, but picked up the remote control next to him and changed it, ready to take a look at the current situation in the Balkans.
"Lieutenant Colonel, the ammunition is reloaded, and the firing elements are being adjusted according to the radar signal, do you need to fire immediately after the target enters the kill range?"
While filling up the concealment, it also almost limited its shooting range.
This is the signal that stealth aircraft are about to enter the market.
"Huh?"
"But what if the other party's target is us?"
Although they are all senior pilots with thousands of hours of experience, the intensity of recent training has been relatively low, and it is easy to make some mistakes under pressure.
The walkie-talkie was visibly frozen for a moment, and then replied:
"Roger!"
The Captain asked.
This is the signal for the stealth aircraft to open the magazine.
The AGM88 anti-radiation missile in this operation can be called a spicy performance, in fact, to a large extent, it is not that the performance is not good, but the urban environment is too complex, and this kind of thing designed in the Cold War era has not been considered to be used under such conditions at all.
There is a station mark, but there is no picture.
Rather, the source of the relay signal is broken.
He soon discovered that although the stealth aircraft was invisible to radar in most cases, it could be judged by the activity trajectory of other aircraft in the airspace whether the other party was currently dispatching the stealth plane.
In fact, if he didn't perform this maneuver, the plane, which was constantly slowing down, would probably not have time to fly into the kill zone......
Because he actually commanded the troops to shoot down a stealth fighter half a month ago.
As for what to do if the target appears in other directions......
And almost at the same time, the other party began to perform his long-awaited turning maneuver.
Outside of those two EA6Bs, there was indeed a sneaky target that was flying towards the air defense positions he had deployed.
"Fire!"
With the order of the lieutenant colonel, 8 anti-aircraft guns carried out a short round of fire lasting about half a minute, totaling about 60 shells.
Meanwhile.
Echo Pilot 01 in the distance heard such a call, and the radio went silent.
The two electronic warfare officers in the back seat of EA6B watched in amazement as a dense puff of smoke appeared several kilometers away, followed by the flare of the plane burning in mid-air.
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(End of chapter)