Chapter 472? The Disappeared Shen Hoy Heavy Fighter

Chapter 472 The disappeared Shen Hoy heavy fighter

The detection results of the early warning aircraft are fed back in real time and shared with the combat command center in real time. When the commander on duty saw that the detection results of the early warning aircraft and the detection results of the destroyer were almost identical, he couldn't believe his eyes.

What is more specific than the destroyers is the sea search situation of the early warning aircraft. All sea targets within a radius of two hundred kilometers with the fleet as the center are nowhere to be seen. But apart from the Y-8 maritime patrol aircraft, there were only a few merchant ships passing through the waters.

The combat commander couldn't help but rub his chin and think.

Have you really returned?

But how to explain the movements of the Y-8 maritime patrol aircraft?

As if seeing his doubts, the combat staff said, "The maritime patrol planes will definitely come. They want to prevent us from entering the 12 nautical miles of the islands and reefs. This is their mission."

"Don't the Yaoliu and Yaoliu heavy-duty fighters that support maritime patrol aircraft have the same mission?" the combat commander said with a frown as he was confused.

The combat staff said, "Richard reported that judging from the tactical numbers and coatings, the two aircraft should belong to the Air Force and the Navy respectively. The heavy fighter with the tactical number Yaoliu Yaoliu should belong to the Air Force Aviation Unit."

"The Chinese Air Force does not have a four-digit tactical number." The commander on duty shook his head and said, "Even if they belong to different services, there will be no situation where the support fighters return home first. They will not do this."

The combat staff officer lowered his head and looked at the intelligence data compiled in his hand, and said, "But our sea and air searches have not found any trace of the second target. The airspace where they are fighting Richard is only thirty kilometers away from our task force formation. Our air defense warning system has the best search results at this distance."

The task force is composed of large surface aircraft carriers as the center, and several cruisers and destroyers with strong air defense capabilities form a tight air defense circle. Generally speaking, the radius of the air defense circle can reach 500 kilometers, but the core area of ​​​​the air defense circle At the level of 20 kilometers to 50 kilometers, ship-based anti-air firepower and ship-based air defense fighters can play their greatest role.

It was precisely at this distance that the task force lost traces of the second target, which made the commander on duty uneasy no matter what - he really did not believe that the heavy fighter that was responsible for the support mission would be dropped without resistance. The capable Y-8 maritime patrol aircraft returned first.

But where is he?

"Where's Richard? Ask him to come see me right away. Also, have Shirley's analysis results come out? Please urge me!" The commander on duty issued several instructions in succession.

A technical staff officer ran over from the other side, handed the information to the commander on duty, and reported, "Colonel, this is the result of Shirley's analysis. She only found records from two years ago. One of the pilots of the heavy fighter with tactical number 1616 It was the famous Nanhai Mad Dog, and the PR-41 unit was tortured by the Nanhai Mad Dog to suffer from mental illness."

"South China Sea Mad Dog?" The commander on duty was not familiar with this code name. They were not in the same system as the unit where PR-41 was located.

The technical staff member knew clearly, because the Shirley identification system was used and the information in the database was shared, so he explained, "Since the PR-41 crew returned from that mission, after the aviation doctor's inspection, all There are varying degrees of psychological trauma. Especially the captain, who has been determined to be unable to continue flying."

"Is that an exaggeration?" the duty commander frowned and said, "PR captains are all veterans, how could it cause psychological trauma?"

The technical staff member's expression was a little strange and he said, "It is said that they were greatly frightened. You need to ask the Eagle's Nest about the specific situation. I don't know very well."

The watch commander took notice. He knew this was no joke, so since this fact really existed, it meant that his opponent was extraordinary. In fact, the four planes of Richard's squad could not hit the second target, a heavy fighter plane, which already explained the problem, which was enough for the commander on duty to pay attention.

It was precisely because of this that he paid so much attention to the inexplicable disappearance of the second target.

Although it is just a "confrontation exercise" and no one will actually use guns or artillery, but excluding these factors, other tactical actions are all real. If that Shen Hoy heavy fighter plane breaks through the air defense circle, the face will be lost thousands of meters under the sea. Their goal is to get within twelve nautical miles of the islands and reefs. If they fail to achieve their goal and are breached by others in the air defense circle, then their combat capabilities will need to be re-examined.

The commander on duty hesitated for a moment, and then issued a first-level combat readiness order.

Prior to this, the task force was in a level-two combat readiness state, which shows that they did not take the Gaoxin No. 33 Y-8 maritime patrol aircraft seriously at all. Of course, in a situation like the task force, no one would take a Y-8 maritime patrol aircraft that is reviewed twice a year seriously. There is no need to dispatch fighter jets at all. The anti-aircraft firepower of the escorting destroyers can drive the old aircraft far away. The purpose of sending Richard's four-machine formation was not only ordered to conduct confrontation drills, but also to train the troops.

Being forced to issue the first-level combat readiness order at this time shows to a certain extent that the No. 1616 J-16 caused them great trouble. A heavy fighter jet disappearing under the nose is like a submarine that cannot be detected by sonar. The threat it poses is huge, even more terrifying than the submarine.

Watch commanders are well aware of this.

When they were thinking hard about where the disappeared Shen Hoy heavy fighter aircraft had gone, they almost completely ignored the Gaoxin No. 33 Y-8 maritime patrol aircraft that was approaching quickly. Prior to this, the aircraft had twice penetrated the air defense circle of the task force and blocked one of the destroyers trying to enter 12 nautical miles of the island, forcing the ship to make an emergency turn to avoid a collision. However, The mission to enter the 12 nautical miles of the island and reef also failed.

Therefore, they did not pay enough attention to the rapidly approaching Gaoxin No. 33 Y-8 maritime patrol aircraft, thinking that they were just repeating their old tricks. The most important thing is that they know that the aircraft does not have any attack capabilities, so what if they let it fly over the fleet?

“The first target is eight nautical miles away,” a staff officer reported.

The duty commander's eyes fell on the Gaoxin No. 33 Y-8 maritime patrol aircraft, and his brows furrowed deeply. Why did this old Y-8, which had been beaten to the point where it had to ask for support and had been fighting the task force twice a year for more than an hour, come to the task force again?

Did the other fighter plane really return?

He subconsciously touched his chin and thought, and found that things were not that simple.