A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

Chapter 626 Air-to-ground missiles?

"To discuss again means to discuss it again, to study it again, to consult it again, to weigh it again, to compare it again, to consider it again, to observe it again, to look at it again, to think about it again, to wait and so on and so forth."

But they didn't realize that the time they had left to wait and wait was running out...

Although they were drifting on the sea more than 60 kilometers away from Shanghai.

The improved Tu-4 has an aerial detection range of 450 kilometers.

"Report! Enemy aircraft radar signature confirmed! It's a P2V-7U!"

"Report! Unidentified target detected! Extremely fast speed! Receiver data shows its speed reaches Mach 0.9! Altitude meters!"

"Report! Conventional radar signal lost! Request to switch to a different system, and also request to increase flight altitude!"

"Agreed! Contact the rear airport and request support!"

"The aircraft has climbed to its service ceiling. Once the P2V-7U is caught, it can't escape! But what exactly is that thing that flies so high?!"

This Tu-4, no, it should be called KJ-1, has been upgraded with a domestically produced WJ-6 turboprop engine, making it much more powerful than the original. It quickly ascended to high altitude.

"System switching initiated! Pulse Doppler radar activated!"

"Gotcha!"

“Direction xxx, altitude meters! Hmm, something’s not right!” The operator looked at the tiny spot of light on the screen, unsure of what to do.

"How to say?"

"Hard to say! Request an upgrade to radar resolution! I suspect it's a missile!"

“Hiss…” The group leader of Figure-4 scratched his head, picked up a handwritten instruction manual, and turned to the relevant page.

"Sharpening? I wonder if the battery pack can handle it!"

Well, sharpening is essentially adjusting the number of pulses accumulated or the pulse repetition frequency to achieve beam sharpening. Simply put, it's like preparing a powerful, high-powered technique!

"Hey! Team leader, what are you afraid of! Didn't Xiao Jiang say we can do whatever we want with it! It's under warranty!"

"Ha! I almost forgot about that! Agreed!"

The team leader recalled the adorable kid who jumped up and down, wanting to join the Tu-4 test flight, only to be forcibly removed from the plane by Secretary Liu and Old Wang, one holding his foot down and the other lifting his arm. He laughed for a while.

Yes, this Tu-4 has been modified and completed thanks to everyone's efforts. This is the first test flight of the newly renovated "KJ-1".

As for this test flight, why didn't it take place near Beijing, but instead flew to Shanghai?

This was only because we were forced to do it.

Unfold the map and let me tell you!

If we want to get to Beijing, the most suitable route for the other side is to slip in through the Bohai Sea. Although the Bohai Sea has become our inland sea due to the presence of those key islands, and if we set up a radar station on those islands, we can detect anything that flies in the sky or swims in the sea in a timely manner.

Didn't I say earlier that it's under construction?

The key lies in the word "in progress," in other words, it's not finished yet!

If it's not built properly, it means the gates are wide open. Having learned our lesson once, we must learn from it. Even the "Five Little Bronze Saints" know that "a Saint Seiya will not be defeated by the same move twice!"

"Since Comrade Jiangxia is so confident in this thing, let's put it to the test!"

"Flying along the coastline, with the Tu-4's maximum range of over 6000 kilometers, would be enough to cover this entire coastline!"

So, our newly-made "Airborne Early Warning and Control System No. 1" flew all the way from Beijing to Shanghai, and the newly selected operators were somewhat unfamiliar with operating the equipment while looking at the user manual written by Jiang Xia.

Sure enough, before even reaching Shanghai, they discovered the enemy.

"Report! The results are in! The location of the flying object has been confirmed! It is approximately 8 meters long, its speed has decreased to 600 kilometers per hour, and its altitude has decreased to [number] meters!"

8 meters? What the hell is this plane? Even the J-5 is 12 meters long!

Could it be that the little notebook has come up with some kind of "return to heaven" series again?

The team leader frowned and flipped through the previously recorded table of foreign aircraft radar characteristics, checking them one by one.

"Report! The enemy continues to descend! Altitude 9800 meters! Speed ​​begins to increase, 620-630 km/h, speed is increasing further!"

"Report, radar shows the P2V-7U is also descending in sync!"

Hey, did you notice? This Doppler radar can now track two targets simultaneously! Of course, that's not its limit. Based on Jiangxia's design concept, this radar can now track up to five targets at the same time!

However, its durability is insufficient. It's fine for short periods, but over a long time, it could literally roast the operators inside the cabin into jerky...

The team leader, too preoccupied to express his amazement, was focused on searching for the aircraft's characteristic data. However, unable to find the corresponding information, he simply tossed the table aside: "Where are the support aircraft? What's their position?"

If we can't find it, so be it! We can just send one of our own comrades over to take a look!

"Report! Three J-6 modified fighters have taken off from the Beijing headquarters, and three J-5 fighters have taken off from the Shanghai direction. The estimated rendezvous time from the Shanghai direction is 15 minutes!"

"Report! I suspect the unidentified flying object is a new type of missile!" The operator in front of the radar screen looked very serious!

"What?" The team leader was somewhat taken aback.

"It's still descending while its speed is increasing! I suspect it's an air-to-ground missile!"

The operator was a little nervous. He had only heard of this new term when he was learning from the Alliance. At the time, he only understood the general idea. But the more he looked at the flight posture of this thing, the more it resembled a fragment of information that a Russian teacher had casually revealed.

"Damn, how dare they! Can they predict the bombing location?" Although the team leader had never seen such a thing before, the profoundness of the Chinese language allowed him to grasp the key words instantly.

One is "missile!", the other is "air-to-ground!", both are easy to understand individually, but together they are truly remarkable!

"Yes! But it needs to be sharpened again!"

"agree!"

"Report! Battery charge is insufficient! It cannot reach the re-sharpening standard!"

The user manual was being flipped through by the team leader at breakneck speed. "There's a way, there's a way," he thought. "Jiang seems to have mentioned it before, it's somewhere..."

"Team leader! Don't panic! Follow my instructions!"

Suddenly, Jiang Xia's voice came through the radio next to them.

"Please tell me!"

"Have the captain move the cam switch to prioritize power to the radar and shut down all external communications! Begin scanning with full power!"

"Yes!"

With a click, the radio communication was temporarily cut off.

Jiang Xia was somewhat worried in the control tower at the base. Had his butterfly wings finally stirred up some non-existent event?

So, air-to-ground missiles have appeared yet? Yes, yes, the Alliance has the AS-3 "Kangaroo," and the Bald Eagles seem to have a Bullpup too, yes, that's the AGM-12 "Bullpup."

The Allied missiles shouldn't be coming at us now. If it's really an air-to-ground attack, then it can only be this thing that relies on radio command guidance!

This thing seems to require a pilot to guide it throughout the entire flight. Is that P2V dozens of kilometers away the guide?

Jiang Xia took out his notebook, outlined a few key points, and tried hard to connect the dots of this sudden attack.

Jingle Bell……

The tower's red phone rang. Pang Guoxing picked up the receiver, mumbled some "uh-huh" and "ah-ah" sounds, and then quietly reported the situation.

"You mean, Jiang Xia is in command right now?"

"Yes! He's deep in thought right now... Commander, should I call him over?"

"No need! Let him continue! After all, this KJ-1 is his child; he knows better than anyone how to use it! Tell him that we have sounded the air raid sirens in Shanghai, and the public is moving to the nearest air raid shelter! Tell him there's no need to put so much pressure on him!"

"If possible, interception would be the best!"

"It's not his fault that he couldn't stop it!"

"Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt its debtor. Those who have blood on their hands will not escape!" A murderous voice came from the phone.

"Yes!"