That same evening.

"Air combat on the sea is not very meaningful, but it is more interesting to fight in the complex terrain of mountainous areas." Basov spoke: "However, our air combat needs judges, and it is a pity that our A-50 AWACS aircraft were not brought over." ”

Before coming, I just planned to perform a flight show, so that the Oriental people were satisfied with the order, but I didn't expect that after coming here, the situation changed, and the Oriental J-11 fighter actually showed the same unique ability, so that they took the initiative to put forward the request for confrontation.

Since there is to be a confrontation, there must be a judge, in the complex conditions of the mountainous area, ground-based radar has no meaning, it is better to use an airborne early warning aircraft, condescendingly, looking down on the earth, in order to see everything below clearly.

The Oriental used to have Air Police No. 1, but it was not successfully developed, and even if it succeeded, it could only fly on the sea surface and did not have the ability to find ultra-low-altitude flying targets in the case of complex echoes on land.

Lao Maozi has an A-50 early warning aircraft, although its performance is not as high as the American-made E-3, but this ability is still there.

"We have a maritime alert plane, and we can temporarily transfer one plane, and if one is not enough, then two planes will be dispatched." Lin Lao replied.

It is true that there are no early warning aircraft in the East, but there are maritime warning aircraft in the East, and this kind of aircraft is also thanks to Qin Feng.

The Aung You Navy has an APS-504 radar imported from the UK, which is installed in front of the nose of the Y-8, and the Y-8X maritime patrol aircraft has been modified, but the search distance of this aircraft is still too small, and it only solves the problem of whether there is or not.

The technology of the British is backward, the nose nose is very large, and the antenna installed inside is still backward, while in contrast, the AN/APS-115 radar installed in the P-3C's big nose uses an advanced flat slot antenna, which is a big step ahead of the UK.

The submarine snorkel 200 nautical miles away can be searched, and it also has the ability to filter ground clutter on land, a total of six sets of this radar have been imported, and four sets have been modified to the Yun-8 and given to the navy, and it was originally planned that the remaining two sets would be used as sample imitations, but the Air Force asked for a set, and also modified one, and when there was no real early warning aircraft, this kind of aircraft was used to make do with it.

Now that it is needed, then transfer one over, and if one is not enough, then borrow one from the navy, and this procedure is not difficult to do.

"Maritime alert aircraft, can it still be used on land?"

"Yes, it can also filter ground clutter, and as for the search distance, ultra-low-flying targets of three hundred kilometers should be detectable."

"Okay."

Beryakov thought for a moment: "Then can we take this kind of maritime alert plane and observe it in the air?" If our plane crosses the line, we can also make a call. ”

"No problem!" Lin Lao replied very simply.

If it is equipment developed by the army itself, it is naturally highly secret, this thing is imported from the United States, Lao Maozi should know the internal parameters, there are no too high confidentiality requirements.

"Okay, then it's decided, in the course of the exercise, the two sides enter the confrontation airspace from 300 kilometers away, you enter from the north, we enter from the south, and then rely on their own abilities...... Considering that it is easy to get rid of the radar after locking, we can fire the trainer projectile, and when the trainer missile flies to the target at a distance of two kilometers, it will dive according to the predetermined program, and self-detonate after dropping the altitude, how about it? ”

"Okay."

For example, when the fighter hangs the missile, the wings are restricted, and some of the original maneuvers may not be able to be done, only the missile can be realistically simulated, and the missile will be launched.

The lights are flickering in the base, the fighters are undergoing maintenance overnight, refueling and hanging bombs, waiting for the next day's confrontation, and at the same time, the pilots are also studying tactics.

Lei Qi: They are also researching.

"The MiG-29 is relatively small, so in tomorrow's confrontation, they will definitely fly at ultra-low altitude in the mountains and secretly approach us, I think we can give full play to the advantages of the J-11 fighter's radar and missiles......

The next day, the sky was clear, and at nine o'clock in the morning, as two signal flares were raised, two MiG-29s took off in formation, as light as swifts.

Because the airspace for the exercise is in the mountains west of the capital, they don't need to hang auxiliary fuel tanks, and under the wings are two loads, two R-27s, two R-73s, and they have more tall helmet sights on their helmets, which look murderous.

When the two MiG-29s took off, the maritime alert planes that were coordinated yesterday also flew in.

Looking at the familiar appearance, Beryakov spoke: "An-12? I didn't expect you to still use this kind of medium-sized transport aircraft, this is already the largest transport aircraft in your Air Force, right? ”

The Yun-8, an imitation of the An-12, has a maximum take-off weight of 60 tons, while Lao Maozi's Il-76 has a maximum load of this level, not to mention the larger An-124, and even the Airmaster An-225, with a maximum take-off weight of 640 tons, which is ten times that of the East.

Therefore, Lao Maozi has reason to be proud.

"Yes, it's the biggest at the moment, but we're actively working on a large aircraft." Lin Lao spoke: "Our domestic Pacific Group is already producing parts for Airbus, and in the future, it will also expand to the production of complete machines, right, Mr. Qin?" ”

Qin Feng nodded: "That's right, within five years, we will develop our own large aircraft." ”

Beryakov is not embarrassed to refute, what kind of big aircraft can you develop, this thing is not made casually, you don't even understand an engine.

But...... Door-to-door slapping someone in the face is to be reflected in actions, not words.

"Let's go, get on the plane, let's go and see, Mr. Qin, you are also here."

"Me?" Qin Feng glanced at Yun Ba: "Is there a place for me?" ”

The maximum load capacity of Yun-8 is 20 tons, and the plane is also equipped with electronic equipment.

"Of course there is, let's go!"

Since Lin Lao strongly invited, Qin Feng could only sacrifice his life to accompany the gentleman.

In another time and space, Qin Feng has been on the Yun-8 early warning aircraft, and the Air Police-200 and Air Police-500 are all transformed from the Yun-8, due to the internal design of multiple control consoles, the number of personnel that can be carried is not much, and the internal space is also very crowded.

However, on this Yun-8, the interior space is not crowded, the radar is installed in front of the nose, the electronic equipment is installed in the cabin behind, and the control console of four people only occupies about half of the space inside, and half of the space remains.

These spaces can carry people on an ad hoc basis.

The difference between the maritime alert aircraft and the early warning aircraft is still very large, the former only needs to find targets at sea, identify and notify the rear, and the early warning aircraft in addition to early warning, but also need to guide fighters to fight, guidance is more important, so it has so many control stations and many radar officers.

After Belyakov came up, he looked at the console in front of him, and he didn't feel that this thing was advanced.

The four turboprop engines roared, and the Y-8 alert plane took off easily, and after going up, it only needed to fly one or two hundred kilometers to the west to reach the cruising altitude, and then turn on the radar.

On the radar screen, a clear bright spot appeared.

"Your pilots are pretty skilled." Belyakov spoke: "Fly two planes in a dense formation and turn them into a bright spot on the radar screen, the distance between the top and bottom cannot exceed one meter, and the distance between the front and rear cannot exceed three meters, your pilots ......"

At this moment, Beryakov looked in amazement at another vague bright spot on the radar screen: "And one more at ultra-low altitude?" ”

The two highlights are in the north, and it must be the J-11, one acting as a decoy at high altitude and the other as a hunter at low altitude?

No, no, the high-altitude one is not a bait, the high-altitude one, and the Yun-8 maritime alert plane that you are riding has a purpose: to be an early warning aircraft!

"The radar used on your J-11 can reach the level of the Tomcat's AWG-9 radar?" Beryakov thought of the radar antenna exported to them from the east and couldn't help but ask.

"Well, secret." Lin Lao said with a smile.

AWG-9 radar, what performance? Targets can be found from 300 kilometers away!

From this indicator, it is about the same as this Yun-8 maritime alert aircraft, of course, this is also water, the AWG-9 radar has a maximum search distance of 315 kilometers against the sky, and can only find targets the size of bombers, if it is a fighter target, it will shrink to about 200 kilometers, however, in this PDS mode, it has a perfect downward viewing ability!

What does this mean?

Even if the target is hiding in a ravine, as long as it is not blocked by a mountain, it will appear on the radar of the AWG-9!

The huge fuselage of the Tomcat fighter and the two-seat layout have established its status as the king, and with such good conditions, of course it can be used!

At this time, it was the No. 028 fighter flying at high altitude, their speed was not fast, they were just swaying slowly at high altitude, Zhao Wenge's eyes were staring at the screen, his eyes were full of excitement.

"Two targets were found, the distance was one hundred and eighteen, the direction was three, and the location coordinates were ......"

With his call, the ultra-low-altitude flying No. 029 fighter began to turn, making a big circle at the ultra-low altitude, and the variable swept wings were all deployed, even if it was flying at ultra-low altitude, it was also easy.

Li Ming didn't sleep well last night, so he got on Yunba today, his eyelids were still fighting, and he seemed to be marginalized, squeezing a bunch of people in front of the radar screen, but he couldn't squeeze in, so he could only be in a hurry in the back.

He had already thought of his own tactics: to use the powerful radar advantage of the J-11 fighter to create a crushing effect! It's over, it seems that there is no hope for the introduction of the MiG-29!

"Although one is hiding, the other must fly at high altitude so that we can still find it." Beryakov was still able to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai at this time, and he felt that it was no big deal.

What if it is discovered from a distance, and it is impossible to launch an attack, even if it is an immortal bird missile that blows into the sky, the maximum range is more than 100 kilometers, it is also shot by high-altitude ballistics!

The distance between the two sides is rapidly approaching, fifteen, hundred, eighty......

Just when they reached 80 kilometers, the two J-11 fighters made a change: the fighter plane that was originally searching at high altitude suddenly began to dive rapidly! The J-11, which was originally flying at a low altitude, suddenly climbed up from an ultra-low altitude, and the action was very fast, and the distance was ......

Beryakov suddenly reacted: this is a rotating surveillance!

The high-altitude J-11 was about to be discovered by the MiG-29, and at this time he chose to dive to avoid the search of the MiG-29, while the other one that climbed up was located on the side of the battlefield, more than 100 kilometers away from the MiG-29 fighter, due to the direction, the two sides will always maintain this distance, that is to say, the J-11 that climbed up can continue to capture the traces of the MiG-29 fighter, but the MiG-29 twin-plane formation does not know anything!

The most important thing is the data, how do the Orientals know that the maximum search range of the MiG-29 airborne radar is eighty kilometers?

Lao Maozi's electronics industry is backward, MiG-29 never thought of using a flat slot radar antenna, the early radar model is NO-193, although the nickname is called the black slit, but it is a real inverted card antenna, the maximum search distance is 80 kilometers, the maximum tracking distance is 56 kilometers.

So, at this time, the MiG-29 still did not know anything.

Flying at ultra-low altitudes, while paying attention to the direction of the mountain, changing the attitude of the aircraft at any time, and also paying attention to the display on the radar screen, is a huge test for the pilots of the MiG-29.

Of course, as elite pilots, Basov and Garichev are both, and there is no problem with multitasking, and while the two of them fly, they scan the radar screen with the corner of their eyes, and they never find anything.

"Falcon calls hamster, falcon calls hamster, have you spotted the target?"

"No, they may be hiding in a valley somewhere playing cat and mouse with us, I think, we should fly up and look for them!"

"No, their radar is advanced, if we fly, we may be spotted by them first, we will continue to search at ultra-low altitude until we meet them in a narrow way!"

"Roger, my fire control has been adjusted to short-range missile mode, and when the time comes, let them taste the power of our helmet sights!"

At this time, the two of them are still full of confidence, but judging from the Yunba warning plane, they are completely different!

The two J-11 alternated climb warning and low-altitude flight maneuvers and advanced, already bypassing the MiG-29 and going around behind them!

In this game of cat and mouse, J-11 won completely!

Lin Lao couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "In the future air battle, if there is no early warning aircraft, then there will be no chance of victory!" ”

In the battles of later generations, the MiG-29 was defeated repeatedly, leaving countless notorieties so that it could not be sold, and it had to be renamed MiG-35.

In fact, this is not exactly the pot of the MiG-29, but the pot of the combat system, the era of fighting alone has long passed, and the future belongs to the system of operations, in the war of 91 years, the multinational force air force relied on the advantages of the system, relying on the advantages of early warning aircraft to kill the MiG-29 that occasionally took off, and the sky was soon completely mastered by them.

"That's right, the Air Force has to start developing AWACS aircraft." Qin Feng nodded.

"Then it's up to you Pacific Group, hurry up and build us a big plane, otherwise we won't have an air platform."

Large aircraft are of great use, not only to transport passengers, to occupy the civil airliner market, but also in the field of military aircraft, early warning aircraft, electronic warfare aircraft, air tankers, and various flight platforms rely on this kind of aircraft.

Although Lao Maozi is modified with transport aircraft, the West is all converted by passenger aircraft.

For the East, whether it is a transport aircraft or a passenger plane, it is lacking, and there must be one thing first.

Beryakov is no longer calm, but he still has a spirit of optimism.

"As soon as you lock on to the target, our radar receiver will respond, and then our pilots will know where your plane is, turn around and meet it, just enter the field of close combat...... Hey, why are there two more highlights? How do you launch the missiles? Why is the radar alarm receiver not triggered? ”

On the radar screen, two MiG-29s are still searching aimlessly, and behind them, twenty kilometers away, there are already two more bright spots, and two missiles are coming at a rapid pace!

Lin Lao smiled, this can't be said, secret.

A minute ago.

"The goal is straight ahead, twenty kilometers away! Prepare to launch missiles, attention, switch to TWS mode! ”

"Understood." In the back seat of Lei Qi, radar officer Zhao Wenge excitedly operated the radar and skillfully switched modes: "Two poor worms, I don't know how they died." ”

From PDS to TWS!

The radar of the Tomcat fighter is powerful, so powerful that the pilot can't handle it, so he has to have a special radar officer, after all, this radar alone has as many as seventeen modes, and there are six or seven commonly used ones.

Usual search, mainly using PDS, that is, pulse Doppler search, in this mode, the maximum detection distance of the bomber is 315 kilometers, which is quite tough, however, it can only be used to search, can not be used to attack, just like a flashlight to search the night sky. There is also a similar mode with PS, without Doppler.

If you want to attack, the farthest mode is PDSTT, pulse Doppler single target tracking, in this mode, the radar will change the search state, staring at the target, which is similar to adding a convex lens in front of a flashlight to concentrate the light on a point.

In this way, the energy is strong enough, strong enough to trigger the radar warning receiver of the opposing fighter.

This alarm receiver receives the radar signal irradiated on the aircraft, and then analyzes it to remind the pilot that it cannot prompt any signal, otherwise the radar alarm receiver will continue to ring, even if it flies over the TV tower.

So, only if the electromagnetic wave is strong enough, it can be triggered.

An ordinary radar that switches from search to lock will definitely trigger it, but the exception is for the powerful AWG-9 radar, because it also has a mode: TWS.

TWS, tracking and scanning at the same time, in this mode, not only can lock the target, but also maintain the search ability, the power is not very large, and it will not trigger almost all radar warning receivers in this era!

The AWG-9 radar can track up to 24 targets and attack six of them while maintaining the search, and although the maximum search range will be reduced to 166 km, this performance is absolutely unsatisfactory!

In order to ensure that there is a backhand, the 029 fighter is still hiding in the mountains below, and only 028 flies at an altitude of two thousand meters, searching for targets and attacking at the same time!

"Lock on to the target, you're ready!" Zhao Wenge shouted excitedly.

"Launch!"

In the belly of the fuselage, two long-range air-to-air missiles fell, ignited more than ten meters from the fuselage, and with the blazing flames coming from behind, the missiles began to accelerate rapidly!

Twenty kilometers away, it's just a matter of a moment!

Wait, isn't this missile capable of flying more than a hundred kilometers?