Rebirth 1975: Tore up the call-back order at the beginning

Kongliuyuan. Test flight ground!

As the huge fuselage of the aircraft took off smoothly, everyone on the scene was attracted by the strong and graceful posture of the fighter plane. Everyone was calm and focused, and their eyes moved with the height of the aircraft.

Until the plane soared into the sky, the guests watching the ceremony were still looking at the sky in ecstasy.

At this moment, the crew's report came from the loudspeaker: "Tower...Tower, the aircraft has entered the scheduled airspace, altitude is 7800 meters, speed is 670 kilometers per hour, everything is going well, report completed!"

"The tower received it, please conduct various performance tests according to the predetermined plan!"

"Roger that!"

Then I heard the commander's new order coming from the loudspeaker: "Conduct radar detection test, turn on the radar!"

"Radar on..."

The entire airport clearly heard the exchange between the crew and the tower. When the crew reported that everything was going well, the scene suddenly burst into warm applause and cheers.

On the rostrum, the great elder applauded and said to Zhou Yang: "Kid, you are the first designer of this early warning aircraft, then tell me about the flight speed and altitude, and how it compares with other countries. how?"

Zhou Yang was silent for a moment, then organized his words a little and said: "Chief, the performance data of the early warning aircraft does not look at the ceiling and speed. Although these data are not meaningless for the early warning aircraft, they are not very meaningful!"

The Great Elder smiled and said: "We are all laymen. You, an expert, tell us, what data does the performance of this early warning aircraft mainly depend on?"

Zhou Yang immediately said: "The first thing to look at for early warning aircraft is the detection range of the aircraft. The detection range of the top early warning aircraft is generally 300 kilometers, which means that most of the early warning aircraft in mainstream countries can detect fighter jets 350 kilometers away."

“Secondly, it depends on the aircraft’s duty time, mainly the aircraft’s range and consumption. The world’s top AWACS aircraft’s duty time is more than 10 hours.

"Then it depends on how many air combat targets the AWACS can capture and command at the same time, and whether it has high-precision target tracking capabilities and strong anti-interference capabilities..."

Before he finished speaking, the elder shook his head and said: "You kid, what you said is too profound. We old men don't understand much about this. Just tell me directly, what is the overall performance of this aircraft?" ?”

Zhou Yang did not answer the question directly, but said with a smile: "I can't answer this question for you. How good the performance is depends on who we compare with. If we compare with potential opponents such as the Thief Eagle or the Furry Bear Alliance, we have to The Falcons are far ahead..."

"Oh... can it really reach a level that is far ahead?" the great elder asked with a surprised look on his face.

Zhou Yang nodded and said: "Although our Falcon is only the basic version, its performance has reached the world's leading level. Its overall performance far exceeds the tu-126 installed by the Bear Alliance. Even against the brand-new Thief Eagle, The e3 Hawkeye early warning aircraft is not lagging behind at all!"

"Take the most basic airborne early warning function as an example. Our early warning aircraft uses a fixed dish antenna, which detects targets by electronic scanning. Compared with traditional rotating scanning radars, it can track targets continuously. The tracking speed is fast and the accuracy is high.”

"Falcon's radar has strong power and a large antenna diameter. Its target detection can achieve 360-degree all-round coverage. It can track and detect hundreds of air, ground, and sea targets. Its performance in terms of detection range and angular resolution is at the world's leading level. .”

"So, this aircraft is currently the most advanced early warning aircraft in the world?" the elder said happily.

"It should be like this at present, but it won't be the case soon!" Zhou Yang said.

"Oh, has the opponent launched a more advanced early warning aircraft?"

Zhou Yang shook his head and said: "No, our scientific research team has started to upgrade the performance of Falcon One. The new improved Falcon model has added many new technologies, and its overall performance is at least better than the current basic version. Improved by 30%!”

"Okay, okay..."

After saying three good words in a row, the great elder asked again: "But the data you just mentioned are only paper data, it should not be verified yet, right?"

Zhou Yang did not answer this question, but pointed to the hangars on the right side of the airport and said: "Chief, look at those planes over there!"

"what happened?"

"Chief, those eight aircraft are all the latest J-8 modifications transferred from the Northwest Military Region not long ago. Our first flight today is not only to test whether the aircraft can fly, but more importantly, to test our early warning aircraft. Can it be used as an air command center?" Zhou Yang said.

"Hahaha, so you have a hidden program!" the great elder said with a smile.

Zhou Yang shook his head and said: "It's not a hidden program. After all, the role of the early warning aircraft is not just as simple as airborne early warning. In fact, its main combat mission is air command."

"As an air mobility command platform, the early warning function can comprehensively grasp the air situation within a large range, conduct battlefield monitoring, synthesize, process, analyze, and judge various information, and provide situation judgment for commanders at all levels and various combat forces in a timely manner. And is responsible for guiding our own combat forces to favorable tactical positions in a timely manner to create conditions for the enemy to discover and attack first..."

Just when Zhou Yang was introducing the other uses of the early warning aircraft to the elder, the commander's voice came from the loudspeaker again: "Report to the tower: The aircraft altitude is 12000 meters, the maximum speed is 880 kilometers per hour, the estimated range is 6000 kilometers, and the flight time is 13 hours!”

"Report to the tower: The radar detected 4 suspicious targets in the southeast direction. The target distance is 366 kilometers. The target's flying speed is less than 300 kilometers. It is initially determined to be a helicopter!"

As soon as the sound from the loudspeaker fell, the tower responded: "The number of detected targets is accurate, the distance is accurate, and the target category is inferred correctly!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the audience burst into warm applause!

A few minutes later, the commander's voice rang through the loudspeaker again: "Report to the tower: The radar found two suspicious targets in the northwest direction. The detection distance is 372 kilometers. The target's flying speed exceeds Mach 2. It is judged that they are fighter jets!"

"Detection...accurate!"

"Clap clap clap..."

There was another burst of warm applause!

"Report to the tower: The radar detected a suspicious target in the northeast, with a detection range of 388 kilometers. Based on the flight speed and altitude, it was judged to be a civil aviation aircraft..."

Soon the tower responded again, but this time the reply was a bit special: "Since this target is not in the preset plan, it is being verified with the civil aviation department..."

Hearing the reply from the control tower, the staff and cadres of the Sixth Academy and the Eighteenth Research Institute couldn't help but become nervous.

The intrusion of civilian airliners added some variables to this test. If the inference was wrong, it would be a big loss.

Even the great elder on the rostrum couldn't help but look at Zhou Yang and asked: "Kid, will everything be okay?"

"No, if the early warning aircraft can't even distinguish the target clearly, what's the use of this thing!" Zhou Yang said with a smile.

"It seems like you kid is still very confident in the performance of this aircraft!" said the great elder.

"Don't worry, Chief, this aircraft will definitely not let you down..."

Before he finished speaking, the voice from the control tower rang again: "After verification, the target detected by the early warning aircraft was indeed a civil airliner. The flight took off from Qingcheng Airport in Saibei Province and was destined for a mountain city. It only passed through the test airspace. !”

As soon as he finished speaking, the audience burst into thunderous applause again, which lasted for a long time.

At this moment, the tower issued an order for the fighter jets to take off.

As the order was issued, the eight J-8 fighter jets located in the hangar were slowly pulled out of the hangar by a guided vehicle under the guidance of ground crews.

Then, under the control of the pilot, 8 fighter planes quickly took off...

While the guests watching the ceremony were still immersed in the shock of so many fighter jets taking off at the same time, they saw that several fighter jets had received instructions from the early warning aircraft and began to line up in the air.

A few minutes later, the early warning aircraft that had taken off before appeared in everyone's sight again. This time, it was accompanied by four fighter jets on each side.

Soon, an air formation of nine aircraft flew over the base, and just as the aircraft passed over everyone's heads, the fighter jets suddenly pulled out several streaks of gorgeous colorful smoke, as if they were being inspected by their superiors!

Seeing this scene, the venue resounded with thundering cheers again, and even the big guys sitting on the rostrum stood up one after another, with moved expressions on their faces...

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ps: Just one chapter today!