The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 335 Il-20 Reconnaissance Aircraft

Panshan Machinery Factory.

On top of Panshan Mountain, there is a radar station equipped with advanced radar for air defense.

At this time, it can be clearly seen on the screen that in the south, there is a small red dot, which is rapidly approaching the direction of Panshan Machinery Factory.

This plane does not belong to us.

Then the stationmaster picked up the phone and reported to his superiors.

When Liu Tao received the call, a solemn look appeared on his face.

It’s easy to tell what’s going on with the plane flying over there.

Liu Tao called the military district, communicated with them, and then gave an order to destroy the plane.

At this time, "Aegis-0" is ready and can be launched at any time to shoot down the plane.

Airspace is the sovereignty of a country. You cannot just come and go as you please.

Quite a few U2 reconnaissance planes were shot down.

"Kill it, don't let it run away!" Liu Tao gave the order.

At this time, at a certain location in Panshan Machinery Factory, a missile launcher vehicle had removed its camouflage, revealing its thick missile launch tubes. The operator then received the radar signal, began to calculate the flight trajectory, and made the final report.

"Ready!"

"put!"

At Liu Tao's command, the operator of the missile launcher pressed the launch button, and a surface-to-air missile flew out of the launch tube. The tail flame suddenly sprayed out a ball of flame in the air, then accelerated sharply and flew towards the target area.

At this time, a reconnaissance plane in the sky was continuously conducting reconnaissance.

In the sky, the surface-to-air missile had approached the reconnaissance plane. The red signal light on the warhead was on all the time. Following the guidance of the radar, it hit the reconnaissance plane directly without any obstacles.

"boom!"

About 6000 meters above the sky, a firework suddenly appeared.

"Report, the plane has been shot down."

After receiving the report, Liu Tao immediately dispatched the only helicopter of Panshan Machinery Factory to find the landing point where the plane was shot down.

An hour later, the landing point was found.

Liu Tao also went to the crash site, where the fire was still burning.

Someone from the Air Force came over and looked at the wreckage: "Is this an Il-20 reconnaissance plane?"

"Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft?" Liu Tao was a little surprised.

"The Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft is an electronic reconnaissance aircraft designed by Polar Bear based on the Il-18. It was equipped by the Soviet Army in 1970. It's just strange that according to intelligence, Annan does not have an Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft." The people in the Air Force frowned, unable to understand.

According to intelligence, Annan has MiG-21 electronic reconnaissance aircraft and Tu-4 electronic reconnaissance aircraft.

As for large electronic reconnaissance aircraft such as the Il-20, it is not equipped.

Liu Tao suddenly realized that it was an Il-20 electronic reconnaissance aircraft, which is 35.9 meters long, 10.17 meters high, 37.42 meters wide, with a wing area of ​​140 square meters. It is powered by four AL-4M turboprop engines with a total power of 20 kilowatts, a maximum take-off weight of 3169 tons, a maximum load of 6.4 tons, a maximum speed of 1.35 kilometers per hour, a reconnaissance altitude of 675~6000 meters, a maximum range of 7000 kilometers, a flight time of 6500 hours, and a crew of 12~13 people.

In terms of reconnaissance aircraft, the United States is in the leading position in the world. Its RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft, EP-3 reconnaissance aircraft and U-2 reconnaissance aircraft are world-famous.

As for the Soviet Union, it was far inferior to the United States in terms of reconnaissance aircraft. Of course, China was a weakling in this regard. China began to develop reconnaissance aircraft in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Initially, the first electronic warfare aircraft in my country was made by adding the captured American AN/APT-14 and AN/APQ-3 and Soviet jammers to the Il-2 aircraft. Later, considering that the Il-14 aircraft was too small, the Tu-4 electronic reconnaissance aircraft was developed using the Tu-4 aircraft.

Afterwards, Liu Tao went to the military region to attend a meeting.

This meeting was about air defense.

The entry of this Il-20 electronic reconnaissance aircraft into the airspace is a wake-up call.

This time it is just an Il-20 electronic reconnaissance aircraft. Will it be a fighter jet or even a bomber next time?
In this regard, we must build a Great Wall in the sky so that other people's planes dare not come or go as they please.

"I suggest that we deploy two 'Aegis' air defense battalions in the border area with Annan. Any aircraft that intrudes into our airspace will be shot down to maintain the security of our airspace," Liu Tao suggested.

Even the basic 'Aegis-0' has strong air defense capabilities.

If it is 'Aegis-1', it can almost cover a large area.

As for the long-range air defense missile system "Aegis-3", Annan is not worthy of it, as it is used in the north.

The straight-line distance to the border with Annan is only 600 kilometers, which is more than enough for two "Aegis" air defense battalions.

None of the aircraft Annan currently owns can escape radar detection.

"This is a good proposal. It's time to strengthen our border air defense capabilities." The military leader said solemnly, "We need to make our front-line airspace a no-fly zone!"

"However, Comrade Liu Tao, you have to send out the two 'Aegis' air defense battalions. It happens that your three combined brigades have to take turns to go to the front line to fight, so you might as well let the two air defense battalions be stationed at the border." The military leader looked at Liu Tao.

When Liu Tao heard this, he couldn't help but roll his eyes.

This abacus is so loud.

This is all considered freeloading.

But he still agreed. After all, there were too many military factories here, and these were military secrets, so they naturally could not be easily detected.

It just so happened that the air defense battalion went to the border, so it could be considered an experience.

Besides, at present, in the entire Yun Province, he is the only one with two "Aegis" air defense battalions. The others have been delivered to the troops and are deployed to the northern army.

In the entire north, it is necessary to establish about 30 "Aegis" air defense battalions of various types and build short, medium and long-range missile air defense systems to basically meet the air defense requirements of the north.

In order to truly build an impregnable northern air defense line, 60 "Aegis" air defense battalions of various types are needed. However, there is no other way because the Sino-Soviet border is tens of thousands of miles long, which is too long.

Compared with the pressure faced in the north, the pressure in Yunnan Province is undoubtedly much smaller.

This is why the Yun Province military is currently not equipped with an 'Aegis' air defense battalion, not even an 'Aegis-0' air defense battalion.

Liu Tao had no objection to transferring the air defense battalion of the combined brigade to the border, because the purpose was to rotate the troops so that they could respond to battles at any time at the border and also build a complete air defense network.

"To be honest, our air force is too weak. Otherwise, how could they dare to send the Il-20 electronic reconnaissance aircraft directly into our airspace." The military leader sighed.

The current air force is simply unable to withstand a battle. Its fighter jets are outdated and the level of its pilots is also low.

Now both sides have reached a tacit understanding that the air force will not play, and the main reason for this is that China has powerful air defense firepower.

However, even though they have a tacit understanding, the Il-20 electronic reconnaissance aircraft has caused the military to feel worried.

The pilots of Annan are in the same boat as them, and they are all in the same boat. However, the Polar Bear's air force is very powerful, and its pilots are very skilled. Who knows whether they will go to Annan as volunteers or mercenaries.

Polar bears are very familiar with operations like this and have done it more than once or twice.

(End of this chapter)