Chapter 669 The “big” fireworks on New Year’s Eve

The reason why such a slightly abrupt drill was conducted was naturally that the superiors had already agreed to the plan proposed by Chang Haonan and Ding Gaoheng after discussion and final voting.

Even if you take some risks.

After all, if successful, the benefits are too great.

After the end of the Cold War, the US military's intervention operations around the world have basically not encountered any effective obstruction, except for the accidental defeat in Somalia.

Whether it is Russia, its old rival, or China, which is now gradually regarded as a new rival, or even Europe, which has begun planning to become a separate world class, they can only choose to avoid its edge.

If the Americans can be given a big blow at this juncture, even from a realist perspective, it will help to resolve the other party's aggressive attitude in the final stage of WTO accession negotiations.

After all, all the decent chips in the Donkey Party's hands have been exhausted by the abstract behavior of the person in the white house.

If the war card no longer works, you may even suffer unexpected setbacks.

Then all that's left are the economic cards.

And when the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis is still lingering, the only thing that can be quickly put on the table as an achievement in the remaining year is for China to join the WTO——

That will directly bring several super large orders to North American high-tech companies, and allow the urban elite and middle class to buy cheap industrial products produced in China.

And these people are all the donkey party’s iron ticket warehouses.

Even those traditional manufacturing companies that used to favor the Party can transfer their production capacity to China, which has a higher-quality labor force and a stable society, thereby obtaining better profit margins and a surge in stock prices.

This is naturally good news for China.

However, the superiors considered it more carefully.

Although there is no big problem with the idea proposed by Chang Haonan, it is not as simple as it sounds to be implemented in practice.

In particular, using anti-aircraft artillery to concentrate rough shots on specific airspace based on the rough target information provided by early warning radars was basically a skill that the air defense forces specifically practiced during World War II.

Although as a just-in-case backup, anti-aircraft artillery commanders also learned this in school.

However, theory and operation are not the same thing after all.

Moreover, the position of commander of large and medium-caliber anti-aircraft artillery units is now as rare as the giant panda.

Zhu Xuejun is among the last group to have practical experience.

In the case where the shooting window is already very short, if the reaction is slower, there is basically no need to expect any results.

Therefore, if you really want to increase the chance of success of your plan, it is best to send Buddha to the West.

That is to say, when the anti-aircraft gun faces targets at different heights and distances, the corresponding shooting parameters are directly compiled into a table and sent over.

After all, the main models equipped by China, the Type 59 100mm and Type 59 57mm anti-aircraft guns, are actually domestically produced models of the Soviet-made KS19 and S60, and are completely consistent in core parameters.

It's equivalent to making a mistake.

The reason why we chose the northern plains is because the latitude here is basically the same as that of the Balkans, so the radiograph produced has more reference value.

After all, looking up a meter is much faster than calculating by hand on site.

However, there is definitely no way to explain these backgrounds to Zhu Xuejun, the air defense brigade commander. For the time being, we can only give him a simple order.

Of course, for him, doubts remain doubts, and orders must still be carried out.

The vast convoy soon arrived at the preset position.

Zhu Xuejun put on his cotton hat and got out of the jeep.

In the entire mixed air defense brigade, there are about two and a half battalions of large and medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns that can be used immediately after being dragged out. For an emergency dispatch, it is already a large number.

Chief of Staff Shu Dehan trotted over from behind and saluted him:

"Comrade Brigade Commander, there are a total of 30 large and medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns, and 28 of them are currently in place. A 57-gun and a 100-gun tractor stalled on the road and are being repaired. It is estimated that they will be caught up within three to four hours. Team.”

"It's not a big problem, I should be able to catch up."

Hearing this result, Zhu Xuejun couldn't help but show a look of pride.

A sudden pull without preparation, and a long-distance attack of hundreds of kilometers a day and night. To be able to maintain such a completeness rate can definitely be regarded as a leader even in the world.

After feeling slightly complacent for a while, he quickly returned to the current task:

"Let each cooking team prepare to cook immediately. The weather is too cold. The comrades have been driving around in the car all day and night. They have to eat something hot to restore their strength. Before coming out, I asked them to cook all the quick-frozen dumplings I brought. It will definitely be the best tonight. No time to eat..."

"In addition, we have to ask the comrades of the engineering battalion to put down the construction machinery and seize the time to transform the terrain and deployment positions. Their extra meals will be put away after they return..."

"Each artillery battery is dispersed nearby and pay attention to the deployment of air defense camouflage nets. Although there is no air-ground confrontation in the superior's notice, our front-line troops cannot take it seriously..."

"..."

Instructions came out from Zhu Xuejun's mouth in an orderly manner.

The entire convoy also became active again.

……

The large and medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns themselves are important ground-based air defense weapons and have very high requirements for the ground where they are deployed. Moreover, the temperature in the northern plains in mid-February was below -2C.

Therefore, when the engineering battalion finally completed the construction of 30 multi-layered circular positions according to standards, the sky was completely dark.

In the 90s, night vision devices were basically a black technology that the Chinese army could not even dream of, so at night, they could only rely on anti-aircraft lights to provide lighting.

Not to mention the difference in brightness, if there is a space for confrontation, it will be easily discovered.

"This issue still needs to be reported to the superior..."

Zhu Xuejun, who was sitting in the command vehicle, looked out of the small window at the anti-aircraft artillery position waiting for him not far away, but his face was not at all relaxed.

He is confident that his troops have perfected their skills.

But human subjective initiative has its limits after all.

If you really want to fly an anti-aircraft parachute, equipment with better performance is indispensable.

"You said, the aviation force has been on a roll recently. I heard that some units have changed their aircraft twice in three years. Why can't this good thing happen to our air defense force..."

Taking advantage of a short period of time at the beginning of the training, Zhu Xuejun said to the chief of staff not far behind him.

"There's nothing we can do about it. After all, people flying in the sky are definitely more popular than people like us rolling in the mud."

The latter also sighed lightly:

"Moreover, if we really want to talk about it, our surface-to-air missile force has purchased several batches of S300s over the years, more than the aviation force has purchased Su-27. The problem is still that the performance of our domestically produced aircraft is usable, but the domestically produced air defense missiles are really not good enough. …”

"Oh...it makes sense."

Zhu Xuejun knew that he really couldn't change anything about this kind of thing. Now he was just doing oral gymnastics with his old partner to kill time.

At this time, Shu Dehan stood up and patted his shoulder:

"Okay, training time is coming, I have to go to the other side."

After saying that, he lowered his head and got out of the command vehicle——

In a combat state, two chief officers cannot stay in the same position to avoid being blamed.

Zhu Xuejun also picked up the microphone in front of him:

"Attention all units, reload ammunition and enter the first level alert state!"

The originally peaceful snowfield suddenly came to life.

The artillery squad soldiers in white camouflage uniforms began to carry the artillery shells enthusiastically and swing the gun mounts in the direction they were responsible for.

"Yinshan 01, this is the command center."

The shortwave radio in the command car sounded:

"The target information has been captured, and you will be notified of the coordinates next, once every 30 seconds..."

Zhu Xuejun took a deep breath, picked up the slide rule and pencil in his hand, took off his watch, and placed it next to him:

"Yinshan 01 is ready..."

"..."

At the same time, a low-RCS target drone modified from a cruise missile slowly flew over from an altitude of 6000 meters.

Zhu Xuejun in the command car quickly marked coordinate points on the map in front of him, while the staff officer next to him quickly calculated and reported the corresponding theoretical shooting points.

"The target has ten minutes to enter the shooting area."

"five minutes……"

"three minutes……"

"One minute……"

"30, 29, 28..."

"shooting!"

"Bang-bang-bang-"

Ten minutes later, as the firing order was issued, six anti-aircraft guns in one sector opened fire at the same time, completing a 15-round burst within one minute.

The flames from the muzzle almost illuminated the surrounding snowfield.

Nearly a hundred unique fireworks exploded in the night sky on New Year's Eve...