Chapter 285: Regional air defense cannot be delayed any longer

After the data analysis was completed, according to the original plan, I was going to attend the dinner.

However, no one expected that that night, Yang Shuyu, who had just disembarked from the Daocheng, took a Boeing 737 and rushed to the Naval Aviation Base in Donglai.

Accompanying him were several officers from the island city ship.

Immediately afterwards, several other helicopters of different types arrived.

Because during the exercise, they had to adapt to the situation and successfully scare off the evil-minded Kongzi F4EJ. It was only natural to celebrate on a small scale, and no one could say anything was wrong.

So after Yang Shuyu arrived, he symbolically drank half a cup to show his encouragement and recognition to those participating in the war today.

Of course, the superior leaders did not even bother to rest and came all the way from the island city, the home port of the North Sea Fleet. It could not be to participate in such an extra meal that was not even a celebration banquet, but it was related to what happened this afternoon.

In fact, it's just a summary meeting where all parties share experiences and lessons learned.

So after dinner, all relevant personnel sat back in the conference room just now.

Yang Shuyu’s opening was very straightforward:

"I rushed over immediately after disembarking. In addition to congratulating you, more importantly, I wanted to express my own feelings about today's confrontation exercise while the experts in electronic technology and aviation industry have not left. .”

A burst of routine applause rang out, but he immediately raised his head and lowered his head, indicating that there was no need to engage in such a spectacle, and then continued to preach:

"First of all, I would like to thank the comrades on the military-industrial front. It is you who have allowed me, an old navy man, to experience first-hand what war looks like under modern high-tech conditions. In the past, although I had a general concept in my mind, it was always superficial on paper. , it’s not as direct as going to the scene today.”

"The surface ships we participated in this confrontation exercise are the most advanced and youngest destroyer and frigate in the military. Their combined age is less than four years."

"But these two warships, which represent the upper limit of our navy's combat effectiveness, could only stand by and watch for a few hours this afternoon, unable to do anything and unable to help at all!"

"Actually, it is somewhat inaccurate to say that we stood by and watched, because we only saw the first half of the exercise, and saw a maritime patrol aircraft and two bombers."

"And the two Japanese planes with malicious intentions did not appear on the radar screen the whole time!"

Speaking of excitement, Yang Shuyu's voice became a little higher, and at the same time he tapped the table with two fingers sadly.

The commanders of the Island City ship sitting on the other side of the conference table also looked heavy.

Obviously, this feeling of not being able to control your own destiny is quite uncomfortable.

"Judging from the results, our response was good and we succeeded in driving away the enemy plane. However, if the red side's electronic warfare aircraft had not inadvertently captured the signal from the F4EJ radar, it would have taken some time for us to notice the situation. Abnormal, if it is in actual combat, this is a huge hidden danger."

Due to U.S. restrictions, all ground and sea capabilities of the F4EJ and F15J equipped by air self-equipped aircraft have been cancelled, but the risk is always there.

This time it’s F4EJ, what if it’s F18 next time?

Yang Shuyu paused. .

After the warship returned to port, he quickly learned the general process of the whole thing through the command headquarters' exercise report, so he continued a few seconds later:

"Of course, this cannot be said to be the responsibility of our comrades. The radar on the Daocheng cannot see the target the size of a fighter jet 250 kilometers away, and our maritime surveillance aircraft also cannot detect those two targets due to angle problems. A plane.”

"However, there is no reason for war. In any case, we seriously lack air surveillance and regional air defense capabilities, and this will also be the focus of our navy's next construction."

After speaking, Yang Shuyu glanced at all the faces in the conference room and motioned for everyone to express their opinions freely.

Since the venue for the meeting was chosen to be a naval aviation facility, it was natural that Shen Tao, as the host, was the first to express his stance:

"Judging from the use of the Y-8J maritime surveillance aircraft in the past period, this kind of aircraft with only forward-facing radar is still more suitable for sea search. For air detection, firstly, the blind zone is too large, and it is easy to be intercepted like today. The opponent's aircraft exploited the loophole, and secondly, the radar optimized for surface ships did not have a sufficient detection range for air targets. Therefore, I believe that in order to improve our military's air defense surveillance capabilities, we still need to have a real early warning and command aircraft."

When it comes to early warning aircraft, Chang Haonan is not sleepy.

Yang Shuyu came here specially today, obviously to bring the front-line troops and engineering and technical personnel together and directly feedback the actual needs of the former.

"Regarding the early warning aircraft project, Dianke Group is already advancing. The current plan is to walk on two legs. The ring project that has already paid the payment will continue to cooperate as it is. At the same time, it is striving to establish a medium-sized early warning aircraft completely developed with domestic technology. Achieve a high-low mix and spread the risk.”

"Medium-sized early warning aircraft..."

Chang Haonan's speech really aroused Yang Shuyu's interest:

"Where is this project now? Is there an expected timetable?"

There are only four early warning aircraft in the ring project plan, and the Air Force is the one who paid for it. Obviously, it is impossible to allocate one to the Navy. Moreover, if the early warning aircraft does not form a large scale and can be dispatched at any time in one direction, it will not be very practical. big.

Therefore, the Navy actually has a demand for a more cost-effective early warning aircraft.

"The approval process is under way. If nothing goes wrong, the project will probably be successfully approved in the second half of this year. As for the timetable... it should not be a problem to complete the first flight within 2-3 years. If funds are sufficient, we can even join the 9910 project."

This answer is obviously very pertinent.

If you doze off, I will hand you a pillow.

After hearing this, Yang Shuyu just nodded slightly and seemed to have no other expression. However, the secretary behind him lowered his head and started recording something.

The success of the JH-7 allowed the naval aviation force to experience for the first time the pleasure of customizing an aircraft according to its own requirements. Therefore, Chang Haonan's attempt to attract investment in the Air Police 200 project has most likely been successful.

"So... what about besides the early warning aircraft?"

After a brief silence, a senior officer with a lower rank next to him spoke:

"After the two Sovremenny-class destroyers purchased are delivered, our surface ship air defense capabilities will be greatly improved, but compared with real regional air defense, such as the Ticonderoga class, or the King Kong class, or even the Russian Navy The Kirov-class still has a relatively obvious gap. The main shortcomings are the lack of high-performance search radar, quick-response missile launch system, and centralized air defense command system, especially radar. In air defense operations, being blind can be difficult. no."

This is said more tactfully.

In fact, if classified in a rough way, an air defense system only has three parts: command, radar and missiles.

There is no barrel effect because it is a plate.

All are shortcomings.

After all, the Hyundai class was originally positioned as a low-level chore ship in the Red Navy. It was not equipped with anything fancy, from steam turbine power to the short-range but powerful 3M80 "Sandfly" supersonic anti-ship missile, and The 3S90 air defense system, which also has a very short range and average response speed, is just a makeshift system.

It is considered a treasure for the current Chinese Navy, but compared with others, it is indeed not that interesting.