Volume 7 The Smoke of the Peninsula Chapter 41 The Dragon Wall
On the 20th of July, nearly 60 hours after the outbreak of the war, the Republic declared its entry into the war......
Although the Republic's dispatch of troops to North Korea was expected by the news media around the world, when Hwang announced the news to hundreds of journalists, it still caused a 12-magnitude earthquake in the press, because Hwang Guowei's statement did not mention neither the scale nor the manner of the war.
Will the republic go to war in full?
While the news media around the world focused on the republic's entry into the war, the republic's first combatant troops had already entered the battlefield to carry out air defense patrols over northern Korea.
Fighting is inevitable.
As the U.S. Marines who landed in Wonsan received their first batch of heavy equipment and prepared to advance northward, U.S. forces (mainly carrier-based aviation) intensified their bombing operations in northern Korea, assisting the 1st Air Assault Division, which had attacked in advance, to attack in the direction of Hamhung.
At 12:1, the KJ-22, patrolling over the Erdobaekhe River, first spotted a group of U.S. military planes approaching North Korea.
After receiving the news, the AWACS aircraft of the 3211th Group switched to patrol in a northeasterly direction while contacting the 111th Fighter Group, which had just arrived over North Korea.
The squadron took note, turned to a new course, prepared to intercept enemy aircraft. Without a partner, Mei Lechi could only directly command the 1 fighter of the 12 squadron, and Major Chai Junhui commanded the 2 squadron to fight.
Through the tactical data link, the battlefield information obtained by the AWACS aircraft was transmitted directly to the 2 J-12A of the 14 squadron.
2 ~ Fighters parted ways. 2 squadron ground 12 fighters turned to the northeast. Under the guidance of AWACS. Head over the northeastern region of North Korea. Prepare to intercept the US military fleet from the side.
Mellech did not lead the 1 squadron to the 12 fighters into battle. Because he knew that the next battle would be fierce.
Neither ground fighter used an airborne fire control radar. It completely relies on early warning aircraft to provide ground battlefield information.
12:22. The 2J-12A of the 14 squadron disappeared from the field of view of the AWACS aircraft.
In order not to be detected. The J-14A generally activates the active electromagnetic interference equipment 2 minutes before entering the detection range of the enemy's early warning aircraft. Not to mention the U.S. military E-2D. Even EJ-22 was unable to spot J-1A in close proximity. Active electromagnetic interference equipment gave the J-1 excellent stealth capabilities. It also gave the Republican Air Force pilots more tactical options.
It's a cheap Chai Junhui!
Mei Lechi thought as he stared at the screen on the left side of the field showing battlefield information.
The US fleet of aircraft is still moving in the direction of Hamhung, unaware of the threat ahead. With the use of time-agile switches, the J-14 was still able to use the on-board fire control radar with active electromagnetic interference equipment. It's just that, in general, the J-11 is not in a hurry to activate the fire control radar. When the enemy aircraft group enters the missile attack range, it relies on the target orientation information provided by the early warning aircraft to launch the missile, and only at the last moment does it irradiate the enemy aircraft with fire control radar to obtain target information, and then provide the most critical guidance information for the missile through the fire control data link.
In order to ensure that enemy aircraft cannot escape the range of the missile's attack, the attack range is generally 60% of the missile's maximum range.
When the J-11 performs an air superiority mission, the standard equipment is 6 SD-166 "Lightning" |||" interceptor missile with the 2PL-15 Viper combat missile. The SD-166 uses a rocket pulse ramjet integrated engine, which can maintain a maximum flight speed of Mach 6 throughout the whole process; When the J-14 flies at Mach 1, it has a maximum range of 180 km for a head-on attack, 150 km for a side attack, and 120 km for a tail-chasing attack. Based on the calculation of 60 percent of the range, the squadron entering the ground from the side will launch missiles at a distance of about 90 kilometers from the US aircraft group. At this distance, it will be difficult for any fighter to escape the range of the SD-16!
90 km, for the SD-166 with a speed of Mach 6, just need!
In an air battle without much suspense, when the US pilot ejected and parachuted, I am afraid that he did not know where the opponent was!
Mei Lechi smiled faintly and patiently waited for the results of the 2nd squadron.
Several red cursors appeared on the central landlord's display, and Mei Lechi quickly shifted his gaze.
"Dragon's lair calls the dragon, dragon's lair calls the dragon......"
"Wyvern received." While answering, Mei Lechi connected the formation communication channel, so that the other 11 pilots could receive the "call" of the early warning aircraft at the same time.
"Azimuth 17c degrees, altitude 5500, speed 850, target category 3, number 36."
"Understood, immediately go to intercept."
"The data is being transmitted, and the Dragon's Lair is leading."
"The dragon's lair guides, and each machine follows the long machine to turn."
Under the leadership of the captain's plane, 12J-14, which was divided into 3 squads, quickly turned.
Melochi also had to pay attention to the battlefield information transmitted by the tactical data link, and the target was the attack aircraft group, which numbered 36 in total.
It should be a South Korean fighter!
After completing the turn, the AWACS aircraft first sent a command to activate the active electromagnetic interference device.
As the active electromagnetic interference devices on the 12 fighters began to work, all aircraft on both sides of the battlefield could not detect the J-14A group heading south with radar, except for the 12 pilots who were able to see with the naked eye.
Because the active electromagnetic interference device shielded all electromagnetic waves, the tactical communication of the fleet with the AWACS aircraft was temporarily interrupted.
Looking at the countdown readings that kept pulsing on the main screen, Mei Lechi let out a sigh.
modern air combat,
The time is to launch interceptor missiles at the enemy from a distance of 100 kilometers, and then carry the second batch of missiles into the air for combat. Martial arts situations rarely occur, if not at all. According to the statistics of the U.S. military in the Iran war, the results of combat air combat are less than 5% of the total results. In the Vietnam War, 97% of the air combat results of the Republic Air Force were achieved outside the visual range!
Technological progress is very embarrassing for pilots like Melechi.
In the words of Liang Guoxiang, Meilechi's old superior, modern air combat is a "video game."
When the countdown index became zero, Mei Lechi and other 12 pilots activated the time agile switch at the same time and began to obtain battlefield information sent by the early warning aircraft.
The US military has long known that the Air Force of the Republic is equipped with active electromagnetic interference devices and has been looking for countermeasures.
Although there is no intelligence to confirm that the US military has mastered the method of dealing with active electromagnetic interference devices, there is a "interference gap" when using the time agile switch, and there is a possibility that it will be discovered by the enemy.
Because the time window is not "large", the speed at which the J-14 obtains information through the tactical data link is greatly reduced.
It took about 0 minutes for the battlefield information to appear on the home screen.
Distance 1!
"Attention to each aircraft, the long aircraft assigns targets and prepares for attack."
The assignment of targets is done by the on-board computer, which is subsequently transmitted to other fighters via an intra-formation tactical data link. Meloche's job is to check the status of the missiles, determine the number of places to launch them, activate the missiles, and input the data needed for inertial navigation into the missiles.
The whole process took only 15.
With the target assignment completed, Meloch gave the order to launch the missile.
The ventral bomb bay door of the 12J-11 popped open, and the SD-1 missiles were thrown out of the bomb bay in turn, pushed by small explosive bolts. After falling 5 meters, the solid rocket engine ignited, increasing the flight speed of the missile to more than 25 Hz within 2 minutes; The impulse ramjet engine is activated by the inertial control system, which increases the missile's ground flight speed to Mach 6 and allows the missile to fly at that speed until it hits the target or burns out the fuel.
Under the protection of the active electromagnetic interference system, the J-14 does not have to worry about being detected by the enemy when launching missiles.
Once again, a countdown index appears on the main display to alert the pilot to activate the fire control radar at the right time to provide the missile with the guidance information needed to attack the target.
Until then, every pilot must pay close attention to battlefield information.
If there is a change in the battlefield situation, such as a sudden turn of the enemy aircraft, the fire control radar must be activated in advance or delayed, and the flight trajectory of the missile must be adjusted through the fire control data link to ensure that the missile can hit the enemy aircraft.
Although it is a "video game", pilots such as Meloch are still very excited.
The enemy group did not turn around, and still headed in the direction of Suncheon, apparently preparing to bomb Sunchon or Anju. If all goes well, in a few tens of seconds, Meloch will have several results!
When the index was about to go to zero, Melache activated the on-board fire control radar.
The data is synchronized on the screens of the helmet sight and the head-up display. Because it was necessary to intercept 36 enemy aircraft, each J-14 fired 6 SD-116s to intercept enemy aircraft at the same time in a cross-attack manner, ensuring that each enemy aircraft was attacked by SD-166 missiles from the 2J-14 ground. In this case, the probability of shooting down the enemy aircraft is more than 99%.
Taking into account the situation with external weapons, the J-14A has 8 fire control data links and is capable of guiding 8 missiles at the same time!
Because the fire control data link system is integrated into the fire control radar, the fire control data is directly transmitted by the active phased array radar to the forward surface missile, thus reducing the negative impact of the active electromagnetic interference system on data transmission.
In just 5 days, all the work was done automatically under the control of the computer.
As the icons representing enemy aircraft on the screen changed from yellow to red, Meloch turned off the fire control radar.
The missile has received the most critical guidance information and will enter the autonomous attack phase in about a few seconds, eliminating the need for fighter support.
At this time, the group of enemy aircraft began to disperse, indicating that the enemy aircraft intercepted the electromagnetic waves emitted by the J-1 fire control radar.
Although he believed that this attack would be able to kill most of the enemy planes, he did not lead the group to turn, because no one could guarantee that the pilots from the south did not have the idea of fighting to the death.
There was no suspense in the air battle, and before the 1st Squadron intercepted the South Korean aircraft group, the 2nd Squadron routed the American aircraft group.
From the battlefield information sent by the AWACS aircraft, Mei Lechi knew that the squadron used SD-16 to kill 2 US carrier-based fighters, forcing the US military to abandon the bombing operation against Hamhung.
The South Korean aircraft group that rushed to bomb Sunchon was even more miserable, 36 fighters were shot down 34!
When the results were counted, 6 missiles fired by the captain's plane shot down the enemy plane! According to the unwritten rules of the Air Force of the Republic, only half of the results were counted in the name of Mei Lechi, and the other half were the collective results of the brigade.
Two air battles of a small scale changed the situation of the war on the peninsula.
In the skies over North Korea, an invisible "dragon wall" consisting of the "flying dragons" of the Republic Air Force appeared.
Damn it**
During the closure period, every half an hour, the flickering brothers went crazy together, so that everyone was happy!
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