"What the hell, they hit our drone?"
Chen Nian looked at the report in front of him and asked in surprise.
He was simply unbelievable. How did you hit such a wide sea and such a small target?
Good guys, Vietnamese monkeys touch porcelain, you guys want to touch porcelain too, right?
However, is this price a bit too high?
One FA-18 was lost and several drones costing less than 20,000 yuan were damaged. What do you think?
Opposite Chen Guo also looked helpless. He shook his head and said:
"Judging from the situation at the scene, it seems that they wanted to penetrate and provoke at a low altitude, and happened to encounter our drone group. Because the radar reflection area was too small, they did not avoid it in time."
"It can't be said that it didn't avoid it. In fact, the lead aircraft did avoid it, but it was too fast and blew away the drone."
"The rear wingman's air inlet sucked in the fragments of the parts, causing the engine to shut down directly."
".Then they are really out of luck."
Chen Nian replied speechlessly.
"Who says it's not the case? Now it is said that the flight training on the Reagan has been suspended."
"They may think that this is how the drone swarm is used, and it's a mistake."
Hearing Chen Guo's words, Chen Nian shook his head in confusion.
In fact, how can drone swarms be so useful?
In a real air combat duel, they are unlikely to play any role because they are too small, too slow, and do not have the ability to attack beyond visual range.
If it were a serious war, an electronic jammer could directly paralyze the entire drone group.
But the problem is that now the Reagan is obviously in a wait-and-see mode. They just want to use air pressure to test their bottom line, but they didn't expect that they were really unlucky and ran into a "minefield" in the air. .
Originally, this incident exposed our own lack of radar warning and exposed our own weaknesses.
But the final result is completely the opposite?
Chen Nian sighed and said:
"This is a complete coincidence. To be able to take advantage of this can only be said to be good luck."
"But we also need to pay attention to the problems reflected in it."
"Our maritime radar system is so poor that we didn't actually enter combat status until the opponent broke into visual range at low altitude."
"Fortunately, they were just provoking. If it was an offensive move, several of our warships would have been wiped out in one encounter."
Chen Guo nodded solemnly and said in agreement:
"A layman can see the excitement, and an expert can watch the door. This time we really showed our cowardice."
"They will react soon. I estimate this process will not take more than three days."
"Once we react, we will be left empty-handed and the situation will be even more difficult."
Hearing this, Chen Nian nodded helplessly.
"All in all, the situation at sea will be difficult for a long time to come."
"There's not much we can do. We can only maintain the status quo for the time being."
"However, the progress on the DF-17 is pretty good. I can only hope that this killer weapon will be released as soon as possible."
Chen Guo also sighed and turned his eyes to the window, with both worry and expectation in his eyes.
While the two were discussing the progress on the sea, on the other side, in the CALT institute, Zhu Xuejun was nervously arranging the trial production of DF-17.
In the past few weeks, based on the technology provided by Chen Nian, the research and development work of DF-17 has been carried out at a furious speed.
The first thing to be completed was the manufacturing of the missile body. Thanks to the detailed and standard drawings, the design of the launch layout encountered almost no difficulty.
From model design, to completing wind tunnel testing, to moving to one-to-one physical manufacturing, the entire process only took two weeks.
All experiments passed in one go. Due to the support of new materials, there were no problems whether it was strength tests or heat resistance tests.
This surprised Zhu Xuejun.
She had never thought that the development of a new equipment could go so smoothly.
Even the heat cycle comprehensive heat dissipation design that she was a little unsure about was solved easily because of the capillary cooling effect of the projectile material itself.
Just like Chen Nian said, "If you can't handle it, let me do it."
He wasn't directly involved, but what he left behind was playing a role all the time.
In addition, the improvement progress of high-combustion ramjet engines can be called a miracle.
Based on the original DF-15 engine, engineers replaced key components, modified key designs, used new high-temperature resistant materials, and completely upgraded the already old engine.
In terms of performance, the new engine can theoretically support the DF-17 missile to reach a range of more than 1,200 kilometers, and the terminal penetration speed has reached an astonishing Mach 8.
What is this concept?
You know, the speed of Mach 5 can already tear through the "absolute defense" of the Aegis system, and Mach 8 means that the aircraft carrier is really just a target.
As long as it is discovered, it is destroyed!
This series of progress has boosted the morale of the engineers involved in the project. Each of them has seen an extremely bright future.
Now, the assembly work of DF-17 has come to an end. As long as the final inspection is completed, fueling can be started and the first test launch can be carried out.
Zhu Hongjun stood next to the No. 01 experimental bomb, subconsciously reached out to touch the cold metal body, and asked the engineer beside him:
"Has the bomb body flaw detection been completed? Are there any problems?"
"It's done, no problem."
"In addition, the solid fuel is also ready and assembly will begin immediately."
"We have checked everything, and now we can say that everything is ready. All we need is the east wind."
Hearing this answer, Zhu Hongjun breathed a sigh of relief.
Waves of unspeakable emotions surged through her heart.
What is a DF-17 to her?
Is that really just a missile?
Obviously, no.
This missile carries a kind of hope.
A hope that can transcend the embarrassing situation of the so-called "asymmetric competition" and the tragic strategy of "mutual destruction", and enter the "counterposition competition" and enter the table of fair and just duel.
Even the other DF series project she had on hand at the moment did not give her this feeling.
Because of the nature of that project, we still have to find a way to ensure that after a hot war breaks out, we have the ability to die together.
And what about DF-17?
Its goal is not to kill them all, but to destroy them at a certain point!
Its emergence gives one's own combat methods more possibilities.
Don't you want to fight?
Okay, then play the way you want.
I just want you to know that even in the field of "small-scale warfare" that you are good at, we are definitely not vulnerable!
——
The era of relying on an aircraft carrier fleet to dominate may not be over yet, but at least the death knell has sounded.
Thinking of this, Zhu Xuejun breathed a long sigh of relief.
With this breath, she let out all the pent-up pain in her heart.
Then a smile appeared on her face.
She spoke:
"If everything is ready, then report to your superiors and get ready to start testing."
"Our neighbors have waited too long."
"They are making waves on the sea, it's time for us to make waves."
A few days later.
A dazzling flame cut across the sky, dragging out a soul-stirring twists and turns.
The starting point of the trajectory is in Jiuquan, and the landing point points directly to the depths of the grasslands of Inner Mongolia.
Chen Nian, who was far away at NPU, did not see this trajectory with his own eyes, but the moment he received the news, he clearly realized one thing.
The time when the east wind blows down stars like rain is really coming.
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