Changkong Fighter

Chapter 17 Engaging the Enemy
Squeak, the optical sensor of the military satellite in space zoomed, watching this battle in the Western Pacific that was not part of human plan.

In the intelligence compilation center of the University of the East, the commander stared at the battlefield situation with a serious expression. The officers under him were busy collecting intelligence in the mission area, and the combat support departments were also assisting and coordinating.

"Commander, the latest intelligence from WJ7 indicates that the USS Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is attempting to disengage from the unidentified aircraft. Analysis of the optical imagery indicates that the flight deck is severely damaged and has lost the ability for carrier-based aircraft to take off and land."

"The electromagnetic interference in the mission area was severe, forming a regional suppression interference. Both our side and the US side lost electromagnetic dominance. The WJ7 switched to an electro-optical system to track the target."

Listening to the technician's words, the commander felt the situation was difficult. Losing electromagnetic control meant being passive.

"How's 815A?"

"We lost contact with it a few minutes ago. Satellite reconnaissance intelligence indicates that the 815 ship has not lost power and is still attempting to leave the combat area. We infer that its laser communication system has been damaged."

"Where is our Flying Shark?" the commander asked in a deep voice.

"Has entered the mission area."

The commander looked at the four bright spots on the battlefield situation map, on which were the model, number and pilot code of the Flying Shark. Under his gaze, the Flying Shark slowly flew into the mission area.

[Time: 815 minutes after 40A was attacked.]

[Location: West Pacific]

Four J15S fighter jets arrived at the mission area ( square kilometers).

The four radio-silent J15Ss jettisoned their auxiliary fuel tanks, and the fuel inside began to supply the engines. Zhang Peng glanced at the fuel level and began to concentrate on controlling the fighter jets to seize the advantageous launch position.

Even with the WJ7 acting as an early warning aircraft in the front, airborne radar interference still makes the battlefield complicated.

Beep beep!

The airborne phased array radar was searching for the three aircraft attacking 815A in track-while-scan (TWS) mode. However, the clutter interference in the battlefield was very serious, the radar echo was unstable, and it was unable to effectively track the target.

【Increase main lobe gain.】

Liu Jun, the weapons officer and radar officer, controlled the avionics system and increased the main lobe gain, so the radar could only vaguely capture three targets.

"Master, the radar can't acquire the target. Establish stable tracking." Liu Jun repeatedly adjusted the radar, but was still electromagnetically suppressed. "Can we use the 815A to relay guidance?"

"No, 815A has disconnected the data link, the communication channel is blocked, and we can't get in touch." Zhang Peng briefly described the battlefield situation.

Even if it is PL12, after being launched, it must be guided by the relay or the carrier aircraft's radar to the activation distance of the active radar missile. Only then can the missile find the target and hit it through its own guidance head.

The radar system is now too severely interfered with to provide guidance, and the enemy is still at low altitude. Under these influences, the hit rate of PL12 will become very low.

"Xiaojun, prepare to launch PL12, quantity 2." Zhang Peng looked at the command sent from the data link. It was obviously impossible not to launch just because he couldn't hit the target.

"understand!"

The seeker head is turned on and preheated, and inputs data (various elements) into the missile to "tell" the missile the target's speed, heading and other information.

Release the weapon safety, and the fighter system (flight fire control) automatically controls the J15S to enter the optimal launch posture.

[Launch 3 (Active Radar Missile)! ]

By pressing the button on the joystick, the two PL12 solid rocket engines on the wing mounts ignited, and thunderous sounds were heard in the air, pushing the PL12 forward and connecting with the J15S through the data link, guiding it to fly towards the sea area where 815A was located.

The other three J15S also launched PL12, but only the radar of [139] was turned on to guide multiple missiles.

After the launch, the flight postures of the eight PL8 missiles were displayed through the data link. They were flying high and hitting low, and they had an absolute energy advantage. The missiles were accelerated by gravity, and their speed became faster and faster. Soon after leaving the power stage, they entered the inertia stage at a speed of Mach 12, and the speed was still accelerating.

Liu Jun stared at the LCD screen in front of him, feeling a little nervous. He was currently directing eight PL-8 missiles! It felt like a newly graduated college student commanding an entire division's artillery.

However, as the eight PL8 missiles gradually approached the area with the densest electromagnetic clutter on the battlefield, the missile's seeker began to be interfered with. In the case of unstable echo, the missile entered inertial flight, and the flight direction was the intersection point with the target captured by the radar without changing the flight path.

This feeling of being electromagnetically suppressed made the pilots feel pressured and they knew very well how passive they would be fighting under such conditions. Fortunately, the other side did not have missiles.

On the LCD screen of the J15S, the data link between the eight PL8 missiles and the carrier aircraft was disconnected, and Liu Jun frowned.

In modern warfare, both the spear and the shield are constantly being strengthened.

Since the advent of AIM9B, missiles have appeared on the battlefield. In order to deal with the attack of AIM9B, flares that can create heat sources and deceive missile seekers appeared. In order to deal with the deception of flares, anti-interference of the seeker also came into being.

The two sides showed a spiraling trend, from the eye-closing mechanism to the narrowing of the field of view, or both. Missiles became sharper and sharper. When the plane imaging technology was born, flares could no longer deceive the missile's seeker, and how to prevent the opponent's infrared missile from entering the range became a problem. The safest way to deal with missiles was to be out of the range of the opponent's missiles.

The same is true for the development process of radar missiles. By interfering with the opponent's missile seeker and preventing it from finding the target, we can successfully avoid the opponent's missile. Electronic interference is to interfere with the radar missile seeker.

At this moment, the eight PL8 missiles flying towards the low-altitude target entered the activation range of their own seekers. However, compared with the high-power phased array radar of the carrier aircraft, the PL12's seeker search range is smaller and the power is lower.

Power affects signal strength. When the missile fell from a high altitude towards the three unidentified aircraft like a palm strike, the seeker entered the area with the highest electromagnetic interference intensity.

In an instant, the seeker's echo became extremely chaotic. Originally there were only three targets, but they became multiple due to electromagnetic interference. At the same time, because the other party was flying almost close to the sea surface, the seeker was interfered by multipath clutter and could not accurately identify the target. The missile seeker controlled the missile to enter inertial flight.

boom! boom! boom!
The explosions of the PL12 warheads continued to explode around 815A, but none of the unidentified aircraft attacking 815A were hit. Several missiles crashed into the sea, and the missile self-destruct system was activated, blasting water columns on the sea surface.

Soon, the damage assessment was sent back to the combat command center via WJ7. Seeing that the PL12 missile attack was ineffective, the commander was silent for a moment and said in a deep voice:
"Order the four-plane formation to descend and engage the enemy at close range!"

(End of this chapter)