Chapter 280 A battlefield without smoke
He was annoyed, but the exercise tasks that should be completed still had to be completed, so Yang Shuyu, who had finally found his position, handed over the command to the captain standing next to him.
The latter then skillfully directed the ship formation to conduct a series of air defense preparations.
After all, no matter what the outcome of the exercise is, they will still hit the last two missile targets.
It is not easy for the surface ship force of this year to get the opportunity to hit real targets instead of simulated operations.
The Y-8J and H-6D are both aircraft with large targets, and their flying heights are several thousand meters when searching or attacking the sea. They are the targets most easily captured by radar.
Therefore, not long after, the two-coordinate early warning radar at the top of the hangar captured two targets, one large and one small, at a distance of about 200km.
This destroyer has been in service for only a year, but many of its officers were transferred from its sister ship Ice City, so it is quite experienced.
For example, the radar commander quickly judged from the signal characteristics that there should actually be three targets. Among them, the closer and larger one was two aircraft flying in formation. Since the 517H radar is a meter-wave radar, it has the inherent ability The accuracy is insufficient, so the two targets cannot be completely distinguished.
Early warning radar, at least in this era, really only provides early warning and cannot complete delicate tasks such as guiding anti-aircraft firepower.
The radar operator stared at the target on the screen for a while and continued to judge:
"Judging from the flight speed and altitude, they should be two large aircraft. It is speculated that they are H-2Ds sent by the 6nd Division."
Although the dual-coordinate radar cannot provide specific altitude information of the target, a target that can be discovered 200 kilometers away is obviously unlikely to be flying at low altitude.
"So what can we do now?"
Yang Shuyu looked at the air targets getting closer and closer on the screen in front of him.
Shipborne radar air defense is still a new thing to most of the older generation of naval commanders, and they don’t know much more than young people. This is the main reason why he just gave the captain of the 113th ship full command. .
"Wait for the target to launch weapons, and then cast active jamming first to see if it can prevent the missile's terminal radar from locking on us. If not, prepare for hard-kill interception."
The radar chief didn't mention shooting down the enemy plane at all.
The maximum range of Haihongqi 7 against aerodynamic targets is 10 kilometers.
In the 90s, no serious anti-ship weapons could be launched within this range.
Therefore, the purpose of point air defense weapons from the beginning is to intercept incoming missiles, not to deal with the launch platform.
Even if optical channels are included, it can only deal with two targets at a time and is powerless against saturation attacks, but it can still resist one or two sporadic anti-ship missiles, which is better than the Royal Navy's Type 42.
"This is too passive..."
Yang Shuyu, who was standing in the middle of the CIC, felt what it was like to have a black eye in a naval battle.
It was 20 years ago when he served on the ship. At that time, the navy's combat scenario was still to fight with the opponent's bayonets at sea. It would not matter if the perception ability was a little bit worse. But today's war patterns are ever-changing. Even if the courage of the commanders and soldiers remains unchanged, if the technical level is as good as the If not, I'm afraid it will be difficult to have a chance to fight with a bayonet.
"Actually, the situation of our ship is quite good. At least it has a radar configuration with clear echelons of far and near, which can clearly see the source of threats. On the 519 ship I served in the past, there was only one 354-type sea radar that could barely be used for low-altitude use. Searching, the rest can only rely on the eyes of the observing hand..."
Although the radar commander looks young, he has quite a wealth of service experience and knowledge:
"If you want to take the initiative in air defense operations, you must at least be equipped with long-range air defense missiles like the S300 or Standard 2."
It would be inappropriate for a captain to say this, but it would be okay for a grassroots commander like the radar chief to say it.
"Is this...I'm afraid it still needs time."
The good mood brought about by Yang Shuyu's ship visit also became a lot heavier.
He thought that not only the U.S. Navy on the other side of the ocean had nearly 40 cruisers and destroyers in service that could launch long-range air defense missiles, but even the Maritime Self-Defense Force across the sea had equipped three Kongang-class ships with regional air defense capabilities. .
However, the Chinese Navy has to wait another one to two years to obtain the first outsourced modern-class destroyer, and its air defense capabilities are far inferior to the former two.
Of course, as a senior commander, he would not show this emotion on his face, but he was already planning in his heart how to give the People's Navy a real regional air defense capability in a relatively short period of time.
"We should have entered the attack range of Eagle Strike 6."
Soon after, the silence in CIC was suddenly broken:
"But the radar didn't see anything being launched."
According to the exercise plan, the H-6 will launch target missiles modified from the YJ-6 at them.
If it is launched before being counterattacked, the blue team will be judged as the winner, because they simulate an attack group consisting of 20-30 missiles, and it is impossible for two surface ships to completely intercept it.
If there is a counterattack before launch, the red team will be judged as the winner. However, in order to provide the ship with an opportunity for air defense training, the two target missiles will still be fired, but it has nothing to do with the outcome of the exercise.
"Is it too far away to see clearly?"
"It shouldn't be... wait, a new target suddenly appeared on the radar, right between us and the three blue fighters."
The radar operator's voice drew everyone's attention back to the screen in the middle of the CIC. Sure enough, there was a signal that was not very obvious and was flying away from the two ships.
"Is this our red side's support force?"
"Just one plane?"
"It shouldn't be that big. It's probably because there are several of them stacked on top of each other, so the radar can't see it clearly."
"But this target is within the search range of the 360 radar, so the resolution shouldn't be that bad."
The director only informed them of the basic plan for the exercise, but did not disclose the troop deployment of both sides, so the CIC fell into a discussion.
At this time, the captain had already seen some clues:
"Ignore that for now, Chief Gunner, be prepared to intercept the target drone. I think the success or failure of this exercise should have nothing to do with our two ships, but the subsequent target missile interception must not be left unattended!"
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Just as the Daocheng and Ngee Ann were preparing to intercept the incoming target drone, a battle between electromagnetic waves had been going on for some time in the air, at a level invisible to everyone.
The water-searching 8MS radar on the Y-2000J aircraft discovered the radar signals of the two ships 250 kilometers away.
According to the plan, Shen Tao asked the crew to guide two H-6Ds flying at a slightly lower altitude to prepare to attack the target at a distance of about 100km.
It was originally the original function of this aircraft to stay outside the enemy ship's air defense circle and guide low-altitude anti-ship missile carrier aircraft.
Now it seems to be working quite well.
If it was not the cumbersome H-6D but the JH-7 that could fly at low altitude and skimmed the sea, then the two surface ships would only have discovered the attack aircraft group that was climbing high to launch missiles in the last half minute.
For the next few minutes, everything seemed calm.
So much so that for a moment he thought it was more like a simple simulated attack on the sea.
But the good times didn't last long. Just when the two bombers were about to enter the attack range, the radar operator behind the cabin suddenly reported that they had lost the signals of the two ships.
"Lost signal?"
Shen Tao, who was controlling the plane to fly on a zigzag route, was stunned for a moment:
"How does the radar behave?"
"The signal in the sector area of about 5° where the target is located is overloaded, and the anti-interference mode does not respond."
Obviously, they were interfered by the red team's interception unit.
A somewhat confused Shen Tao glanced at the threat warning device on the dashboard. It did not display any other signal sources, only two meter wave and one centimeter wave signals from the side.
He was very sure that it was the search radar on the Type 052 destroyer and Type 053H2G frigate.
These days, surface ships and aviation forces cannot communicate directly. Excluding the possibility of cheating by the director, the red side aircraft can only use radar if they want to detect them.
However, the air detection range of the 7H radar on the JH-234 is only about 70 kilometers. It is not easy to detect three aircraft in the huge exercise airspace.
Secondly, if it is scanned by an X-band fire control radar, the radar warning device should give a prompt.
"Could it be caused by natural phenomena?"
Shen Tao began to doubt his previous judgment, so he asked the back cabin in a somewhat uncertain tone.
But before the other party could answer, he received a report on the radio from the pilot of the H-70D lead aircraft about 6 kilometers away.
Their Type 245 radar was also unable to lock on to the target due to strong electromagnetic interference!
"Hell..."
After thinking for a moment, Shen Tao gave up the idea of continuing to fly the zigzag search route, but turned the nose of the plane and flew directly in the direction of the target.
The decision quickly brought results.
Although the interference has not been eliminated, the radar warning device shows that at the 8 o'clock direction of Y2J, an X-band radar signal that is still in search mode appears.
