What does it mean to get a perfect score on the college entrance exam but then go missing?

Since he became the fleet commander.

These five or six years.

Patterson had never seen such a powerful electromagnetic suppression force.

Wasn't it supposed to be that the radar of mold is invincible?

Actually, if you think about it carefully...

Patterson was filled with regret; he had indeed been careless.

For such an important mission, the electronic warfare squadron should not be left to undertake electromagnetic suppression tasks independently.

after all!

He still had over thirty ships at his disposal, and these ships were where his real advantage lay.

He immediately picked up the walkie-talkie: "Howard! Pull out your radar, I need absolute electromagnetic suppression!"

……

Upon receiving orders, the USS Howard missile observation ship immediately moved forward to the designated location to conduct electronic countermeasures.

Although it's called a missile observation ship, it looks harmless.

However, it has two giant phased array radars on its hull and is equipped with a CJR system.

The miniaturization of the ship's radar is its trump card.

Other countries would deploy radars with similar power on shore-based platforms.

Only the USS Howard has the capability to carry two high-power radars.

It spends its time wandering on the sea, and rarely suffers defeats at sea.

Therefore, all the officers and men on the USS Howard, from commanders to combatants, were very confident.

Electronic warfare, in the final analysis, is still a matter of power.

It's like driving in the Land of Light in Zhejiang at night.

The two cars are facing each other.

Whoever has their high beams on wins.

Although the other party has always maintained electromagnetic initiative.

But ultimately!

The other party was just an airplane!

What is the maximum power of a radar that can be installed on an aircraft?

But our missile observation ship is different.

Howard's name means "ship," but he was essentially just someone who installed an engine on a radar.

It's hard to find a rival even among ships, let alone compared to airplanes.

"Commander Patterson must be out of his mind!"

"They only remembered us when they were suppressed by electromagnetic forces."

"How ridiculous!"

After putting down his boss.

The captain of the USS Howard looked at the sea with a confident expression.

"The other side is still using superficial tactics like fake signals to maneuver."

"But real electronic warfare is all about suppressive power!"

"Radar Chief, have you opened your eyes yet?"

The operator immediately relayed a report.

"Commander, the radar is now at maximum power!"

Captain: "Excellent! Scan in direction 55! As long as the enemy is in this area, their radar will definitely be overwhelmed..."

Before he could finish speaking...

Control panel: "Commander! Our ship is receiving a large amount of interference clutter!"

"How is that possible?"

The captain's heart tightened, and he quickly went to the control panel.

He only saw a large number of green spots on the radar screen.

At first, there were just a few spots, but they gradually connected to form lines, just like psoriasis.

And then.

These psoriasis patches gradually connected to form a surface.

Nearly two-thirds of the radar screen was covered by this abnormal signal.

"WTF! What is this?"

The captain himself graduated with a degree in wireless communications and has spent half his life working with radar.

But he had never seen such a radar feedback diagram before.

The operator explained, "A large number of enemy signals have appeared on the sea surface."

"nonsense!"

The captain laughed in exasperation.

Do you think I don't know this is an enemy signal?

The key question is, where do these signals come from?

According to conventional interpretation, each dot here represents a ship or an enemy unit.

Based on this density.

Hundreds of thousands of ships were crammed into the sea area just a few hundred meters in front of him.

This area in front of us isn't the sea anymore; it's just water added to the boat.

Therefore, this must be interference from the enemy.

The problem is...

What level of power did the enemy have that could cause the Howard's equipment to hallucinate?

"What kind of unit is on the other side participating in the battle? Electronic warfare aircraft?"

Operator: "According to the command's assessment, it should be a squadron of dedicated electronic warfare aircraft, and possibly even an early warning aircraft for support."

"I doubt even a single squadron could achieve this effect."

The captain astutely judged.

"This electromagnetic suppression capability is likely the main force behind the enemy fleet's entire information warfare operations!"

"We cannot afford to lose in any way."

"Radar switch! Full power anti-jamming!"

"After all, they're aircraft. Destroy their radar and seize electromagnetic suppression control!"

At a command.

The radar operator was in a flurry of activity, his fingers flying across the keyboard.

but!

The Howard's radar had just reached its maximum power peak.

A scream suddenly came from the observation box!

[Shit! We're being suppressed!]

[Radar is about to overload!]

[OMG! The machine is about to malfunction!]

Radar No. 1 is offline!

Radar No. 2 is offline.

[System completely disabled!]

[We have lost electromagnetic control. Reporting, sir! We have completely lost electromagnetic control!]

……

!!!

……

This moment.

Everyone, including the captain, remained rooted to the spot like zombies.

They looked through the porthole.

Two radars located on top of the ship emitted white smoke in succession.

No one could believe it.

As a specialized electronic warfare ship, the USS Howard carries two large radars that are typically only found on land.

The two sides had barely been facing each other for less than a minute.

My own radar started smoking.

This is like two people driving in the Land of Light and meeting on a narrow road.

He turned on his newly modified triple-laser lens high beams, ready to give it a go.

As a result, the other party drove straight at us with their sun on.

Does this sound like a word?

"A radar capable of instantly destroying a ship—what kind of enemy unit is involved in this battle?"

The captain, in a state of disbelief, picked up the walkie-talkie.

"Command post! Command post!"

"This is the Howard!"

"Our ships are completely suppressed!"

"I suspect the other side deployed the main force of the Sinji Army, probably at the military level!"

……

……

Let's rewind to a dozen minutes earlier.

Hundreds of kilometers away.

Linhai City, a coastal city.

Meteorological Bureau.

Zhang Xiaohui, holding a thermos of water, slowly walked back to his assigned observation post.

He is a grassroots staff member in the observation section of the monitoring center.

My daily job involves collecting monitoring data from meteorological radar stations at all levels, filtering out signals with abnormal fluctuations and submitting them to senior technical engineers for analysis and reference, while also assisting in the external meteorological warning and broadcasting work.

But in recent days.

His observation tasks were quite light.

Currently, most areas of China are firmly covered by a high-pressure weather system, with clear skies, intense and dazzling sunlight, and almost no large areas of cloud cover.

This stable and clear weather condition is reflected on the radar echo display screen as a large blank area with no feedback.

Whenever a sudden strong convection or severe weather event is brewing, radar monitoring will definitely show the corresponding warning characteristics in advance.

Looking at the entire monitoring screen at this moment, apart from a few scattered light green spots in the southern coastal area, no radar reflection signals can be detected in the rest of the area.

The meteorological radars equipped by the meteorological bureau uniformly adopt a layered color-coded visualization system.

The color distinction is based on the gradient of echo intensity: blue represents the weakest reflected signal, and the color progresses from light to dark, with the darkest shade, dark purple, corresponding to echoes of extremely strong convective weather.

However, Zhang Xiaohui has been working in the meteorological observation industry for many years.

Throughout my career, I have never seen a dark purple echo patch in radar imaging.