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Since the Gulf War kicked off the era of precision strikes, all bombing and even warfare have started with the enemy's military strategic objectives. Bombing the enemy's military strategic targets first is not only the main means of paralyzing the enemy, but also an important means of seizing the initiative in war. In a war dominated by air supremacy, only by defeating the enemy's command system can we fundamentally contain the enemy's counterattack. In any case, the air base can only be regarded as tactical and campaign targets, and there is still a long way to go from strategic targets.

In the end, what self-standard to strike first is not determined by tactics, but by technology

Taking the Gulf War in the era of the Gulf War as an example, at the beginning of the air strike, codenamed "Desert Storm," the US-led coalition forces first struck at three targets: First, they bombed the military command center in Baghdad with the "Nighthawk" stealth fighter plane, second, they attacked Iraq's air defense command center with "Tomahawk" cruise missiles, and third, they launched "Apache" helicopter gunships to destroy a certain air defense position in southern Iraq. The first two strikes were aimed at strategic targets, and the key reason was not that the assassins were able to break through Iraq's air defense network without danger, and Ling Yidang was shot down many times in the subsequent battles. Eritrea was also shot down in the Kosovo War a few years later, but the US military had no choice but to paralyze the Iraqi army's chain of command, especially the air defense system, before the bombing began. Although the artillery carried out a tactical mission, it was related to whether the follow-up bomber group could smoothly enter Iraq's airspace and bomb Iraqi military targets, which could also be regarded as strategic targets. From another angle, the fundamental reason why the coalition forces concentrated their efforts on bombing Iraq's military strategic targets during Operation "Desert Storm" is that the coalition forces lack effective means to paralyze the Iraqi army without bombing strategic targets, that is, they lack sufficiently advanced weapons and equipment. Conceive. If the coalition had enough standoff munitions, high-pitched cruise missiles, and advanced stealth combat rights, would it still be necessary to let warplanes venture into the skies over Baghdad to bomb important targets that are heavily protected?

Technology determines tactics, and tactics determine the mode of warfare.

Pei Chengyi dared to bomb India's air bases before bombing India's air defense facilities, precisely because the fighters participating in the bombing operation did not need to venture into India's airspace, and therefore did not need to break through India's air defense system. Advanced weaponry has given front-line commanders more tactical options and made tactical means more flexible.

No matter how the tactical means change, war must obey its own laws.

There is only one law of war itself: to defeat the enemy and win the victory at the minimum cost. Specifically, it is divided into two points, one is the "economy" of the means of attack, and the other is the "effectiveness" of the strike.

The former is the cost of war, that is, the price that must be paid for victory. Regardless of the level of strength, any country wants to win at the minimum cost, and not for the sake of war can give everything. In this way, it is impossible for any army to use only expensive weapons and equipment, and not cheap and backward ones. It is also true that even a major military spender like the United States does not overaccount the proportion of the most advanced weapons and equipment in its military system. Most of the weapons and equipment are not considered the most advanced.

For example, after the ugly was put into service, the main fighters of the US Air Force were still third-generation fighters such as old and old, as well as cheap fighters such as Wu; After the electric service, the US Air Force did not eliminate the response, but let it continue to serve. The same goes for the Air Force of the Republic, say, small recess. The situation is similar in terms of ammunition, the more advanced the ammunition, the smaller the quantity purchased. Only in the early stage of the war, when it is necessary to seize the initiative, will the Air Force allow advanced fighters to use advanced ammunition in large quantities. After seizing the initiative, the Air Force will try to use relatively backward fighters and use a large number of cheap ammunition. In the Japanese War, the Republic Air Force, after seizing air supremacy, used a large number of low-cost special incendiary bombs, which is the best example.

The latter is the intensity of the blow, i.e. the minimum amount of force that needs to be invested to achieve the goal. How to estimate the amount of power to be invested is definitely a very advanced science. For example, when the United States was in service, the United States initially thought that it could ensure victory over any enemy by purchasing a slack frame, but later it was reduced to many fighters and then to the finalization of the old series of fighters, and the Air Force of the Republic initially thought that it was necessary to purchase a number of young planes, and to replace them with a one-to-two ratio, and to replace them with a small ratio, in order to guarantee the defeat of any enemy. Subsequently, because the U.S. Air Force purchased more aircraft, the number of purchases was reduced to below the number of aircraft, and more Xiaoxu was purchased with the saved funds. It can be seen from this that the so-called "minimum" is in fact in a state of dynamic change, determined by the military power of the main hostile countries. To put it simply, if the enemy is strong, it will increase, and if the enemy is weak, it will decrease.

It doesn't matter if it's "economical" or "effective". When it comes to specific issues, it's all about fighting

If you want to defeat the enemy, you have to seize the initiative.

In air combat, the initiative is the right to bear.

The bombing had just begun, and the air defense fighters who had previously patrolled the border area immediately went into battle.

The first batch of air supremacy fighters put into the air force was not many, and there were only 2 squadrons of Izukuchigawayu on the Eastern Front. On the Western Front, there were only 3 squadrons of Bijia said, and the small concave was a confronting throat, so the Air Force was confident enough to seize air supremacy with a limited number of fighters.

At the beginning, the Air Force repeatedly reduced the number of purchases for small thugs, which has a lot to do with the Indian Air Force's "crucian carp."

As already mentioned, the beginning was a medium-sized multi-role carrier-based fighter. Although there is no shortage of excellent Air Force fighters from the exhibition of carrier-based fighters in history. For example, the 4 "Ghosts" developed by the United States in the era of the Force's Century Blade were originally heavy carrier-based air superiority fighters invested and developed by the Navy, and because of their excellent performance, they were favored by the Air Force, and eventually became the main air superiority fighters of the US Air Force and more than 10 countries. However, there are too many performance flaws in the Ma series of fighters, such as putting air supremacy in a secondary position in order to achieve multi-purpose purposes. These have already been introduced, relatively speaking, from the very beginning of the true heavy air superiority fighter.

When the project was established, the Air Force and Navy also hesitated on the main performance.

From the very beginning, the navy did not approve of the independent development of heavy air supremacy fighters, because in the foreseeable future, as long as comprehensive nuclear disarmament does not achieve results in a substantive sense, the republic and the United States will not directly confront each other, still less will it be possible to break out a war that can destroy the whole world, and the navy of the republic will not encounter an opponent in the real sense, so there is absolutely no need for the navy to invest hundreds of billions of yuan in the development and purchase of several hundred heavy air supremacy fighters, and medium-sized multi-role carrier-based fighters with advanced performance can meet the combat needs of the navy.

Although the Air Force has always advocated the development of heavy air supremacy fighters, after all, the Air Force's air defense tasks are very heavy, and they come from the territorial air defense. The Air Force has an air supremacy capable of defeating any heavy fighter in the world; The United States is eyeing the tiger, and the Air Force needs heavy fighters that can compete with La. However, in the middle of the project, the Air Force also adjusted the technical indicators several times. At one time, it was even planned to turn the old into a medium-sized multi-role fighter; It is not that the Air Force does not want to acquire the most advanced air supremacy fighters, but that the overstretched funds have forced the Air Force to reconsider whether it is necessary to invest trillions of yuan in the development and purchase of several hundred heavy fighters in the next few decades.

The Air Force and Navy are hesitating, and the Ministry of Defense is also thinking.

The small fighter only served for the old years, and the normal service life of a heavy fighter should be improved on the basis of flying years, mainly by replacing the thrust with greater motivation and more advanced electronic equipment. The performance of carrying more abundant ammunition to improve combat capability is very good, and according to the evaluation of the manufacturer, it can meet the combat requirements of the Air Force before the year of Lishi. What's more, it will be said that the small 6 design indicators of the jump. In other words, even if all the small old series fighters of the Air Force and the Navy are improved according to the standards of the same type, the total cost is only equivalent to the purchase of a small and old aircraft, and the actual combat capability of the small and small 4 fighters of the recess and small and false 4 fighters will definitely exceed 6 or 4 old fighters. Although it is impossible for Xiao Jiu to give up, at most he can only delay the service time until after Qiao Nian, but Xiao Jiu who served in the bar year is definitely much more advanced than the one who served in Shu year, and the average annual investment is much less. If Xiaojiu is characterized as a medium-sized multirole fighter, it will not only be able to strengthen the strike force of the Air Force and Navy, but also make up for the Xiaozhan series of fighters with its advanced combat capabilities, because the design overemphasizes cost and the quality control is too high-quality, so its improvement potential is very limited, and its comprehensive combat capability is obviously inferior to the first-generation multirole fighters that are about to enter service.

The twists and turns in the development process of Xiaojiu also had an impact on the development of Xiaokou.

The reason is very simple, the small thug was downgraded to a medium multirole fighter in the past, and the small mouth has no value in existing.

It is not the army that saves the old one, but the power of the people.

After the Japanese war, Wang Yuanqing accelerated the pace of military industrial reform, not only allowed private capital to participate in military manufacturing, but also relaxed export restrictions. After the conflict in southern Tibet, several major aircraft factories in the republic began to merge with private arms enterprises, and the Zhongzhong Group funded the old main contractor.

In order to make the Air Force and the Navy make up their minds to turn the old into a heavy air supremacy fighter, the Zhongzhong Group repeated its old trick, not only with the Ministry of National Defense in the overall planning and procurement of military equipment research and procurement, but also the various branches of the armed forces are only responsible for submitting technical and tactical indicators to the Ministry of National Defense to re-sign the development contract, and the development cost will be increased by 6... The old small was reduced to the square, and the bad promised that after the mass production point, it would be within the single panic Lan "yuan."

It is not for nothing that the Zhongzhong Group is bleeding profusely for this.

First of all, he became the owner of Chengfei's "AVIC Group" China Aerospace Equipment Manufacturing Group. It was established by Lin Yanbo, Li Chengwen and others to sign a "technology exchange agreement" with Zhongzhong Group, so in the research and development, the concubine contractor of Xiao 7, the technical achievements of Xiaokou can also be used in Xiaojiu, thus greatly reducing the cost of research and profit.

Secondly, Zhongzhong Group has its own spare parts supply enterprise, which can save a lot of intermediate costs in the manufacturing process and fundamentally reduce the manufacturing cost of fighters. Coupled with the more reasonable management methods of private enterprises, lower labor costs and other factors, Zhongzhong Group is fully sure to control the unit price of small and old bulk purchases within 800 million yuan.

More importantly, Zhongzhong Group has targeted the export market.

Although the heavy air supremacy fighter is a concentrated embodiment of a country's technological strength, it is also an absolute manifestation of a country's basic military industrial strength. Countries that have the ability to develop heavy air supremacy fighters will keep a hand when exporting, but with the intensification of international competition, it is only a matter of time before heavy fighters are exported in large quantities to their allies.

For example, during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, the United States provided its major allies with heavy fighter jets, both old and old, and even allowed some powerful allies to establish fighter production lines. The government has allowed companies to export small old fighter jets to the most important allies, or in a few years, as fifth-generation fighters gradually replace fourth-generation fighters, it is logical to export small fighters.

Even if Zhongzhong Group can't make money in China. As long as you can export the old ones, you can make more money abroad.

With the commitment of the Zhongzhong Group, the Air Force and Navy made up their minds to put pressure on the Ministry of Defense. According to the initial plan, it is required to turn an old fighter into a heavy air supremacy fighter, and promises to purchase a full and young aircraft. Although in the process of development, because the technical difficulty is too great, the research and development funds have been repeatedly bid, and the final price is yuan, but compared with the initial change of the continent B yuan, there is still less beating, and it is expected to be mass-produced in the year of Lihong, so that the newly formed three carrier-based aviation wings can form combat effectiveness at the beginning of the calendar.

Zhongzhong Group did not disappoint the Navy, and lost the Navy's large orders.

In April, the first aircraft and a dozen of the code name of Zhao, and signed a contract with Zhongzhong Group to purchase the first batch of 2 stunned before the introduction of the 2 concave year. That is to say, as long as the Zhongzhong Group can complete the mass production preparations within the time limit specified in the contract, the Navy will purchase in large quantities, and after Xiao Zhao, it signed a procurement contract with the Zhongzhong Group with a total value of 100 million yuan, requiring the Zhongzhong Group to deliver another 7 Xiao Zhao, as well as the logistics maintenance equipment of the four brigades, and the muzzle simulation training equipment before the end of the year.

Because of the old front of the little thugs.

It was not until the old days of the Libi year that the Air Force received the first mass-produced small fighter and signed a contract with the Zhongzhong Group at the beginning of the following year, including the Jinjia fighter plane, the supporting facilities of the old air brigade, and the Bitao simulation training equipment, and the total value of the huge contract was paid after the delivery of the fighter. In addition, a supplementary agreement was signed between the two parties. That is, if the Zhongzhong Group can deliver the old brigade before the end of the calendar year! Including supporting facilities, the Air Force will give the Group a reward for the total procurement cost.

Obviously, this contract of the Air Force is aimed at the imminent outbreak of war.

In fact, by the time of the island, Zhongzhong Group not only completed the order for the Navy. It also delivered a contract of intent to the Air Force, that is, a tactical aviation brigade, and said, Xiaobi. No doubt. These two true contracts were also prepared for war. After all, no one can be sure how many fighters will be lost in the war.

When the war broke out, the Air Force had a slackening theory, and all of them were carrier-based.

In the battle for air supremacy, quantity is only a secondary factor, the key is performance.

If we talk about air combat capabilities, let alone the first four, even if the US Air Force welcomes it, it is not necessarily a small opponent.