Siheyuan: I eat melons while doing scientific research

Chapter 1197 Hawkeye 2
"Second, even the Russian AWACS has no ability to combat ground clutter. Of course, neither do we. Can you still see our attack formation now?"

At this time, for the Russians and the Americans, the radars on the early warning aircraft had no downward vision capability. If it was on the sea, it would be better, but facing low-altitude aircraft in the mountains, the two of them were the big brothers, let alone the second brother - they were both almost the same and there was nothing they could do.

It was not until the mid-to-late 70s that the Citigroup early warning aircraft acquired reliable downward-looking capabilities.

Therefore, the formation, which had already entered the low-altitude penetration state, was submerged in the ground clutter and disappeared without a trace.

We can't see it, and the intelligence chief on Hawkeye-1 believes that the other party can't see it either, even if the other party is a Russian bear in disguise.

"By the way, inform the Log Rolling Team about this matter." The intelligence chief ordered. Although he couldn't see it, he still had to inform them.

As he expected, the Log Rolling Team did not take any additional action except replying "Roger".

At this time, circling in the air over the northern area of ​​North Jiaozhi were the Hawkeye 2s that had just arrived at the Cape City Seaplane Base yesterday. After training with their comrades in the electronic command group for an afternoon, they had arrived at the battlefield today.

This electronic command group came from those Tu-4T aircraft and had extensive relevant combat experience, but it was their first time on the Be-6.

They did not notice the SF-1 in the distance, not because of their lack of experience, but because the radar installed on the nose of the Hawkeye 2 was an experimental fighter radar, and its caliber and power were much smaller than those of the SF-1's dedicated early warning radar.

So when SF-1 found him and his two sword-wielding guards 150 kilometers away, they didn't even notice SF-1.

But not finding SF-1 doesn’t mean they can’t see anything else.

At this time, some comrades on Hawkeye 2 were still excited about their first real combat mission. It was not the electronic command team, who had done a lot of similar work on the Tu-4T, but the Be-6 crew.

For the Be-6 crew, they were converted into a radar verification aircraft as soon as they were equipped with the Be-6. After that, they have been conducting radar testing, patrolling and combat. This is the first time for them to get married, and they are even more excited to go out for combat.

But now the crew only needs to consider flying the plane, while the comrades in the electronic command group have a lot more to consider.

"During the period when the nose of the plane is pointing south, you must pay close attention to movements in the air, especially at low altitudes. Pay special attention." The command team leader said to the radar operator and air commander.

Since the last raid on Haifang Port, Beijiaozhi has also strengthened its air surveillance on the western front, but they are unable to deal with low-altitude penetration targets.

It can even be said that Hawkeye 2 only needs to focus on low-altitude targets.

"Understood!" said the radar operator and the air commander.

At this time, more than 110 combat aircraft of the Americans were charging forward at low altitude according to the terrain, and they were not far from entering Beijiaozhi.

On Hawkeye 2, the radar operator suddenly exclaimed.

"Low-flying targets! There are... Shit, there are so many!"

At this time, more and more light spots gradually appeared on the radar screen. Although some of them flickered, they were extremely clear.

The leader of the command team immediately became alert: "Number, distance, direction, height!"

Hey, I never thought that I would catch a big fish just after taking up the job!

At the same time, he also sighed in his heart that this new radar was really great. It was difficult for the previous Tu-4T to detect low-altitude targets.

"There are a lot of them, dozens, maybe even hundreds! 70 kilometers away, 300 meters high, heading northeast," the radar operator said. More than 100 planes, although not all were detected, it was still too difficult to count.

"Good! We caught them!" The command team leader clenched his fists: "Distribute the data, adjust... Forget it, distribute the data!"

There was no way to mobilize any troops except the two escort fighters around it. After all, this was not at home. All they could do was distribute the data.

Like him, the air commander was a little bored and pressed the button to distribute the information.

At a command post in Beijiaozhi, one of our comrades picked up a piece of paper and handed it to the Beijiaozhi liaison officer next to him.

"Latest intelligence: there's an air raid!"

The Beijiaozhi liaison officer did not dare to delay and rushed to the command post nearby with the intelligence.

The comrades in the north are so well-equipped, he thought as he walked.

The commander of Beijiaozhi in the command post picked up the intelligence and quickly looked it up on a map and a form.

He was looking for which of his ground troops were along the routes that these enemy planes passed. Big Brother had just brought him new tactics, and he didn't expect that they would be used right away.

Another Jiaozhi person picked up the radio and began to contact their air force.

There may be hundreds of enemy planes, which is a huge number.

At this time, the log attack formation was still breaking through at low altitude and high speed and had entered the airspace of Jiaozhi, which made the leading aircraft of the log formation feel a little nervous.

Such a large formation naturally cannot have only one leader. "Entering Jiaozhi airspace, guys, we have to be careful now. Turn on the electronic jamming."

Ever since we shot down several aircraft from the Black Flying Squirrel Squadron of Angelica Province by various means, the American people have taken the issue of electronic interference with missiles seriously. They have developed electronic interference devices for the S-75 and S-125.

As for how they knew the radar characteristics of these missiles, this is a complicated story. They also have electronic reconnaissance aircraft. Moreover, while the Lubyanka was infiltrating the West like a sieve, the people of the Langley Center and Westminster Church Street were also infiltrating the Aid Council countries like a fishing net, including the Russian Bear.

But the Hans have nothing to do with this. They are even worse than the Gauls. Ever since the Abwehr in S2, the Hans' intelligence department has become a bit abstract.

Looking at the flashing red lights of the electronic jammers, the leaders of the various formations felt a little relieved. They didn't know if it was useful, but at least it was a psychological comfort.

Just as the formation was rushing forward, suddenly, several flashes appeared in the sky.

"boom!!!"

"boom!!!"

"boom!!!"

"..."

Several planes started to smoke in the air and fell rapidly. The altitude was too low, and some of the planes that were hit didn't even have the seats ejected before they hit the ground and exploded.

At this time, in the emerald green forest, slender and small missiles were still rising continuously.

"Enemy attack!"

"missile!"

"Climb! Climb!"

"Skydive! Skydive!"

"Infrared decoy! Throw out the infrared decoy!"

"..."

For a moment, the tactical communication channel of the entire formation was in chaos, with all kinds of evil spirits running rampant.

The entire formation exploded with a buzzing sound like a frightened green-headed fly.

The main reason was that the attack was too sudden. In addition to radar air defense missiles, the Americans knew that the North Jiaozhi people also had portable air defense missiles provided by the Orientals. However, this equipment was relatively precious to the North Jiaozhi and had a limited range. According to normal deployment, it was impossible for so many of them to launch a concentrated attack at the same time.

Along the way, apart from the normal scanning alarm, no tracking alarm ever sounded, which made the Citi formation completely relax its vigilance. Besides, the electronic jammer was still on.

But it seemed that this electronic interference had no effect. From the ground, at least half of the missiles hit the target. In this wave alone, seven Citigroup fighters were shot down.

This was Gao Zhendong’s dirty trick - concentrating local firepower to severely damage the enemy.

The reason is very simple. A certain number of portable air defense missile groups are deployed to the south of the western front. Regular air defense missiles cannot penetrate into these mountainous areas, but portable missiles are no problem.

Once the pulse PD radar in the air detects an enemy aircraft penetrating at low altitude, it will immediately arrange for the nearest portable air defense missile group to prepare for the attack.

The combat efficiency of portable air defense missiles is very different when they are prepared or not. As for the range and aiming process of portable air defense missiles, if you are not prepared, then when facing fixed-wing aircraft, there is almost no time to react as the enemy aircraft has already rushed out of the range. However, if you are prepared and aim in the direction of the enemy in advance, you will be much more relaxed.

Portable air defense missiles have a low firing altitude, and their effectiveness against fixed-wing aircraft that are not in a low-altitude attack state is limited. However, they are more than enough for fighter jets that penetrate at low altitude. 300 meters is less than 1/3 of the firing altitude of a portable air defense missile, which is exactly the altitude at which air defense missiles have the highest combat effectiveness.

The most important point is that as one of the only two portable air defense missiles in the world that can fire head-on, the Changying-2E has a long enough attack window.

By the way, another model that can fight head-on is the Changying-62.

To use a joke made by the leader of the Defense Work Committee when he heard Gao Zhendong's method, even if they couldn't be defeated, they would be scared away. What's more, in the previous attack, some of them were really scared away.

As the saying goes, success depends on low altitude, and failure depends on low altitude. To dodge missiles, you have to make big maneuvers, and making big maneuvers at this altitude is undoubtedly like dancing on a grave.

As for what to do if the deployed portable air defense missiles are not on the enemy's attack line? Just pass it, there are fighter jets ahead.

As long as we can find the Citigroup plane and notify Jiaozhi in time, the effectiveness of the Citigroup's attack will be greatly reduced.

The Citigroup formation, which had already rushed through the portable anti-aircraft missile position, reorganized in shock.

The subsequent planes passing by were still avoiding the fire dragons rising from the ground. The situation was much better at this time. After all, the planes behind saw the predicament of the planes in front, and missiles and flares were flying in the sky.

(End of this chapter)