"Beyond visual range strike! Hundreds of kilometers away, the missile directly hit the target!"
"The joint sea and air integrated defense system shows its power, anticipates the enemy's opportunities, and strikes first!"
"The gap is too big! Nearly a hundred fighter planes took off at the same time!"
"Under intensive saturation strikes, ships on the sea have become targets."
"The Aegis system shows its power, the most powerful shield in the world!"
"How far are we still? The answer is: 50 years!"
"Win-win cooperation is the only way out."
After the first day of the Lijian-04 joint military exercise ended, all the media that had been arranged for it immediately rushed to report. The news was quickly posted on the Internet, and domestic media also rushed to forward it.
As the details of the exercise were further disclosed, the public once again received a huge cognitive shock.
What is beyond visual range strike?
In 2004, not many people understood this concept at all. Only after reading news reports did they realize that war could be fought like this!
When two planes face off, there really is no need for chasing or dog fighting.
The early warning opportunity will detect you hundreds of kilometers away, and then guide the AIM-120C beyond visual range air-to-air missile to launch an attack a hundred kilometers away.
You're locked on before you even see it or hit the fire control radar.
And by the time you find out, it's already too late.
What is the joint sea-air integrated defense system?
It is a complete system including shipborne air defense, anti-ship systems, air early warning systems, and underwater reconnaissance systems. With the help of data link connections, all combat units can share information.
It is like a high wall built of information, blocking all incoming enemies hundreds of kilometers away.
As for Aegis and Phalanx?
That is something that is beyond the reach of China now.
The gap is really too big.
Can we really fight against them just by relying on our few old and backward ships and our fighter jets that have just broken through and are far from combat effectiveness?
That is impossible
Pessimism continues to spread, but in contrast, the confidence of several countries participating in the joint exercises has exploded.
They clearly knew that they were hugging their thighs.
With this thigh, you can do many things that you never dared to think about.
In a dormitory at Western Polytechnic University, Li Xiang stared at the screen in front of him with a solemn expression.
Like everyone else, he felt a heavy pressure from the information that was constantly fermenting on the Internet.
This exercise organized by the other party was really too shocking.
It can even be said that this exercise has had a greater impact on the people than the previous Iraq War.
——
Especially when you know that this exercise is for your own country.
The comments on the Internet have gradually grown to the point where it is difficult to control, but I don’t know how to refute or guide them.
He could only watch silently, hoping that the same type of exercises that his side was about to carry out could save some face.
Thinking of this, he sighed, put his hands on the keyboard and typed:
"The opponent's military exercise this time indeed demonstrated strong strength. Whether it is at sea or in the air, it has absolutely overwhelming power."
"However, this does not mean that we do not have any advantages. It is said that the newly born J-22 will also participate in our own exercises in the future. I hope it will perform differently."
As soon as the comment was posted, several replies appeared below. Li wanted to read them one by one, but none of them were what he expected.
"How can it perform differently? No matter how powerful the J-22 is, it is just an ordinary fourth-generation aircraft. Even if it is equipped with the latest radar, it probably won't change anything essential."
"You must know that they have an entire aircraft carrier fleet and a complete combat system. Do you still want to defeat their fleet with just one aircraft?"
"Yes, the gap is too big. We really shouldn't have conducted this exercise. Isn't it purely embarrassing?"
"They have F-18s and Aegis, so what do we have? We don't even have a decent early warning aircraft."
"On the sea, the most important thing is the early warning aircraft. Without the guidance of the early warning aircraft, you can't see others, but others can see you, so how can we fight this battle?"
"It's so embarrassing. I can only imagine how others will report on us after this."
"From their perspective, our drill is probably just a fight between a few village fishing boats."
"It's so ridiculous. We also laughed at the island nation's Warring States period as a village brawl. Now it seems that we are no different from them."
Reading the negative comments one after another made Li Xiang irritated. He wanted to use his administrator rights to block all these people immediately, but then he thought about it, what's the point?
If it doesn’t work, it won’t work. Facing reality is the only way out.
For a moment, he suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders became heavier again.
As an outstanding student majoring in spacecraft design, we really shouldn’t be overwhelmed by such negative emotions.
Now that you know the gap, let’s catch up.
Maybe this exercise was indeed a misjudgment, maybe we really have to lose face, but... we will not be embarrassed forever.
…
On the other side, the multinational joint military exercise has entered its second day.
On this day, the training subjects became more offensive.
Airport mutual landing, multi-aircraft joint operations, sea landing operations, electronic countermeasures operations...
A series of dazzling operations may seem confusing, but in fact the goal is extremely clear.
It was like a real war, except that, in order to deceive others, the order of the various aspects of the war was completely disrupted.
In the bridge command room of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, Leon looked at the report results of the exercise subjects with satisfaction, and said to Kant beside him:
"Tomorrow, their drills will begin."
"I really don't know what they were thinking. This was originally an exercise to show off their muscles, but what can they show off?"
"A scrawny wild dog barking in front of a lion, won't it only get humiliation?"
Hearing his words, Kant shook his head slightly.
He is not as optimistic as Lyon.
Many years ago, he had dealt with these Chinese people, so he knew clearly that ordinary logic should never be used to judge the actions of these people.
You never know what cards they have hidden in their hands, nor do you know what surprises they will bring you when the cards are revealed.
Thinking of this, he answered:
"Don't be so confident, Leon."
"You have to know that even a wild dog has its fangs. If we are not careful, we will be bitten."
"bite?"
Leon laughed.
"I can't think of any way they can hurt us. Is it really relying on that so-called J-22?"
"Stop joking... just wait, I will give them a surprise tomorrow when their drill starts."
"Believe me, if it goes well, this will become the most classic military joke of the 21st century..."
(End of chapter)
