The results of the drill were quickly delivered to Chen Nian, and along with the results came a gap analysis report.
In the office, Chen Guo sat opposite Chen Nian, reading the report and discussing the relevant content with Chen Nian.
"So this exercise did expose a lot of problems. Putting aside the big problem of our insufficient number of effective combat units, there are also quite a few problems at several key tactical decision-making points."
"The first one is the lack of high-altitude and high-speed reconnaissance aircraft. Currently, the Rainbow-9, as an integrated reconnaissance and combat aircraft, still has a gap in stealth and high-altitude and high-speed performance, and cannot effectively complete reconnaissance missions under high-intensity confrontation."
"It is sufficient to bully small countries, and even in operations against island countries and South Korea."
"But in a battlefield environment with U.S. intervention, its effect is very limited."
"If you look at the results of the military test, in fact, the only role the Rainbow-9 played in the entire process was electronic suppression operations. In fact, this part of the work can also be done by attaching an electronic warfare pod to the J-10."
"So, we should make up for this equipment gap as soon as possible."
Hearing Chen Guo's words, Chen Nian nodded slightly but did not answer immediately.
In fact, he has already noticed the problem of high-altitude and high-speed reconnaissance aircraft.
At present, the reconnaissance aircraft used by China, except for the Rainbow-9, are mainly the extremely old Y-8Z.
Although this aircraft has made certain improvements after the aviation industry has made great strides in development, its platform potential is only so great. No matter how it is modified, it cannot break through the upper limit of the airframe platform.
If we really want to make a breakthrough in the field of "reconnaissance aircraft", we have to wait until the era of Wujian-8 and Wujian-9.
According to the development situation in the previous life, these two unmanned reconnaissance aircraft will not make their first flight until around 2018. Even taking into account the difference in current technical levels, the fastest estimate will be around 2015.
It's definitely too late.
Originally, Chen Nian did not intend to intervene in the development process of this technology, because before this, when the South Island strategy had not reached such an urgent level, the benefits brought by a high-altitude and high-speed reconnaissance aircraft were actually very few. Less.
In a word, it's just not necessary.
But now, the situation has changed. High-altitude and high-speed reconnaissance aircraft have not only become "necessary", but can also be said to be urgent.
It was too late to rely on Chengdu's Rainbow-9 team to slowly continue to explore. Chen Nian had to personally take action and directly provide the corresponding technical documents so that this unmanned reconnaissance aircraft could make its first flight before a possible conflict broke out. .
Thinking of this, he said:
"I have thought about this problem before, let me solve it."
"How about a high-altitude, high-speed unmanned reconnaissance aircraft with a ceiling of 50,000 meters and a speed of Mach 6, using a liquid rocket engine?"
"Mach 6?"
Chen Guo was shocked.
This data is indeed a bit too exaggerated for him.
You know, the Blackbird's maximum flight speed is only Mach 3.2, and its maximum ceiling is less than 25,000 meters.
The performance data proposed by Chen Nian is directly twice that of the Blackbird.
"Is this data a bit exaggerated? Can it be achieved?"
"It's not difficult."
This is not an exaggeration by Chen Nian. In fact, in order to achieve high altitude and high speed, the biggest problem lies not in the body structure or the strength of the materials, but in the "human" factor.
When designing a manned fighter aircraft, you have to consider people's tolerance for high-speed maneuvers. After reaching Mach 3 or above, a series of common operations at low speeds become extremely dangerous and difficult.
So, the entire organism had to make a lot of compromises.
But for unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, there is no such concern at all.
Even in extreme cases, it is not impossible to directly set it to the "rocket" form.
The simplest thing is that non-detection aircraft do not need a cockpit.
This advantage alone can bring sufficient margin to the body design and provide more design solutions that can be tried.
Chen Guo quickly figured this out, so he nodded and continued to ask:
"When will the documents be available?"
"Within a week."
Chen Nian replied.
".Fast enough."
"Okay, then this problem is solved, I will report it to the superior."
"However, we have two other issues."
"The lack of strategic projection capabilities, especially the lack of maritime projection capabilities, may be more difficult to solve than the problem of reconnaissance aircraft."
"I can't help it. Let's get on a civilian ship."
Chen Nian answered bluntly.
After all, the weight of a 99A main battle tank reaches 55 tons. If you want to deliver it through air routes, it is completely nonsense.
How many tons can the Hercules carry?
Although the country is also vigorously developing transport aircraft, and the previous load-carrying helicopter project has also achieved results, but judging from the current data, the maximum take-off weight of this helicopter is only 80 tons, and the maximum load capacity can only be about 30 tons.
If you want to vote for 99A, there is still a long way to go.
To solve the problem of cross-sea delivery, the only solution is to develop amphibious landing ships.
But the problem is that the most difficult thing about amphibious landing ships is not technology, but production and manufacturing.
Its size determines that it cannot be like the Air Force's fighter jets, which can achieve rapid production in a short period of time once the technology and technology are mature.
No matter how strong you are, you still can't save any time that should be spent.
Therefore, when there is an urgent need to expand delivery capabilities, the only option is to use large civilian ships to participate in transportation.
"I think so too. This is not a problem that technology can solve - unless we really build an aerial platform in the short term."
"But that's impossible."
Chen Nian nodded slightly, and after thinking for a moment, he said:
"I feel good about this issue. After all, judging from the results of the exercise, we have done a relatively good job in the battlefield barrier."
"From beginning to end, the landing battle was not interfered by the United States, so we have the conditions to organize civilian ship transportation."
"However, we can still make some optimizations during the 'unloading' phase after landing."
"We can consider letting XCMG take the lead in customizing a terminal hoisting system that can be quickly built and assembled to ensure fast loading and unloading."
"This is a good idea - it can solve the problem of not being able to quickly seize deep-water ports in the early stages of the operation. Do you have the technology?"
"No, there is nothing difficult about this thing. Let XCMG do it by himself."
Chen Nian has no doubt about XCMG's ability. After all, they have a magical team that can toss out building machines, so there is no way they can't handle such a small thing.
"Understood, then we won't discuss this issue anymore."
"The third point is that the island's defense capabilities are seriously insufficient. During the exercise, the director did not deliberately plan the blue team's attack on the island, but in the later stages of the entire operation, the problems of the island's defense system were completely exposed."
"Treasure Island and Yongxia Island are the most important strategic pillars, but the problem is that their self-sustainability and defense capabilities have major flaws."
"If the United States did not confront each other on the eastern front, but placed the third aircraft carrier formation for support on the south side and carried out destruction operations on the two islands, the outcome of the entire battle would be completely different from this exercise. ”
Chen Nian nodded solemnly. Even he who didn't understand tactics could discover this.
In the later stages, all air support for the island attack force will come from the two islands. Once the infrastructure on the island is destroyed, the southern barrier will be completely broken.
With the door wide open, the No. 001 aircraft carrier fleet will be the first to fall into trouble. And in the face of the opponent's two fully-organized aircraft carrier fleets, what chance does it have of winning?
It is estimated that it is not even 10%.
In the final analysis, the military strength is still insufficient, and the martial virtue is not strong enough.
Therefore, under such a stretched situation, the defense of the islands has become a top priority. The air defense and anti-missile systems must be comprehensively upgraded, and peripheral defense lines must also be established.
After a moment of silence, Chen Nian couldn't think of a good solution, so he had to ask:
"What do they want from the military side?"
"New radars, new air defense missiles, and new aircraft carriers. In fact, they don't have a good solution. They can only pile up the equipment based on the quantity."
"Where's the laser anti-missile system?"
Chen Nian asked tentatively.
"It's useless. Even if it can be built and deployed in time, it will not be able to form combat effectiveness in a short period of time. There is no need to rush for quick success."
Chen Guo replied immediately.
Before raising this question, he had already guessed that Chen Nian would use laser weapons to solve the problem, so he also communicated with the military in advance.
According to the thinking of many people, as long as a weapon can be produced, tested and deployed, it will definitely be able to exert its combat effectiveness and cause damage to the enemy.
But in fact, this idea only exists in fantasy and only in some video games.
For a new weapon, the greater the gap between its technology and the current technology, the more difficult it will be to train personnel. Such a laser anti-missile system has never appeared in human history, and there is no reference for similar weapons. It takes more than a few days, weeks, or months to develop its combat effectiveness.
In the worst-case scenario, it may even take a year or two for troops to become familiar with the capabilities and characteristics of the weapon.
Therefore, as soon as Chen Nian said it, he immediately vetoed it.
After hearing his words, Chen Nian also realized that he had oversimplified the problem.
After thinking again, he said:
"Then there is no other way but to increase the density of firepower and strike first."
"If it doesn't work, just build missile boats."
"Based on the foundation of 022, if we improve it and change the current YJ-83 to YJ-18 or even YJ-21, the threat level will increase significantly."
"YJ-21 on a missile boat? Isn't that too exaggerated?"
Chen Guo asked subconsciously.
"Just to give an example, the YJ-21 is impossible, but the YJ-18 is indeed possible. The 83 weighs 860 kilograms, and the 18 only weighs two tons. If the launch system is improved, the problem can be solved."
"The missile boat mainly provides a launch platform. To put it bluntly, it is a disposable item. Therefore, there is no need to consider the issue of continuous combat. Once the missile is thrown away, the mission is completed."
The design idea of the 022 missile boat is actually exactly the same as what Chen Nian said. Objectively speaking, this is a relatively backward ship with simple and rough combat ideas. However, it is also undeniable that in the previous life, the most difficult task in the South China Sea was Moments, it is these "not worth mentioning" 022 that buy us precious space and time.
It is like a pawn on the chessboard, perhaps destined to be sacrificed in repeated advances and no retreats. Even when reviewing the game, everyone pays attention to rooks, horses, and cannons, and few people pay attention to it. Look at the pawn.
But at certain moments, it is these courageous pawns crossing the river that determine the outcome of a normal chess game.
Opposite Chen Guo frowned slightly, but finally nodded.
"There is no other way. On the one hand, we should build missile boats, and on the other hand, we should speed up island construction."
"I'll give you a new plan."
Chen Nian answered.
"022's new plan?"
"Yes, stealth design plan."
"Okay, then I'll wait for your documents."
A smile appeared on Chen Nian's face. Chen Guo was a little confused, so she asked:
"What's wrong? What's so funny?"
Chen Nian shook his head and replied:
"No, I just suddenly thought of it."
"Zumwalt's hull design can actually be used on missile boats with slight modifications."
"I don't know how the Americans will react when they see a bunch of miniature Zumwalts if they really take action in the future."
After Chen Guo was sent away, many problems discovered during the exercise basically had follow-up solutions and plans.
Chen Nian glanced at the time. It was almost nine o'clock in the evening, but he hadn't even had time to eat dinner.
He sighed and was about to go out to grab something to eat, but at this moment, his cell phone suddenly rang.
It's still a private one.
The caller was Wang Jiancheng. As soon as he saw his name, Chen Nian knew immediately that Stuxnet must have made progress.
And sure enough, after picking up the phone, Wang Jiancheng's first words were:
"Senior, the test was successful!"
"Congratulations! How's the effect?"
Chen Nian asked immediately.
Previously, I had provided him with the overall framework and key technologies of stuxnet, as well as the 0day vulnerabilities of the current version of Windows system.
Based on this information, Wang Jiancheng needs to complete the code writing and testing work.
Chen Nian's expectation for him was two months, but he didn't expect that he had completed the test in just three weeks.
The efficiency can be said to be frighteningly high.
"The effect is very good. I just read the log. After this virus infects the windows system through the LNK vulnerability, it will load files and hide files through Ring3 Hook Ntdl, Ring3 Hook Kernel32, and Ntdll, and then pass"
"Wait, please stop for a moment."
Chen Nian reluctantly interrupted Wang Jiancheng and asked bluntly:
"You told me that these technical things are useless. Now I want to know, what is the destructive effect of this virus?"
"Didn't I give you the simulation software for the power station? Have you tested it?"
"Tested, tested!"
Wang Jiancheng's voice was a little excited.
"Two routes can be used. The first one, if concealment is pursued, can achieve irregular and random power outages that cannot be detected at all."
"The second one is to pursue a single destructive power. Although it cannot cause effective damage to the entire power grid, at least all the core equipment of the power grid can be destroyed."
"That's enough!"
Chen Nian breathed a sigh of relief.
The virus is progressing faster than he expected, which means that China has added a chip to the balance in advance.
Of course, this is just an "expectation", and the specific method of delivery depends on the intelligence department.
(End of chapter)
