Dongfang's fourth-generation heavy fighter project has finally officially kicked off its construction. With the participation of Mingzhou Group, the project is progressing very quickly. Veyron can appear on the world stage earlier. However, now, the attention of various countries has not Instead of focusing on this project, they focused on what was known as a powder keg.
Parthian, Aircraft Manufacturing Industries runway. In the blue sky, the fiery sun shines on the earth, and the blazing sun shines on a group of people who are equally enthusiastic.
They were busy in front of two fighter planes. One of the fighters is small and has a slender body. You can tell at a glance that it is a second-generation fighter. If you have more knowledge, you can also identify that it is the most common F-5 fighter in the world.
Back then, Northrop was making a lot of money with this fighter. It was definitely rare for a fighter that had not been equipped by the domestic air force to be so popular internationally. However, when Northrop Prudential Company decided to continue its efforts and use the F404 engine to modify this aircraft to give it more advanced performance and continue to sell it for another twenty years.
However, they failed. Not a single fighter of this type was sold, and Northrop was also severely damaged.
However, in many countries around the world, there is still a demand for improvements to this aircraft. Many countries do not have the money to replace them with new fighters and can only continue to use them by tinkering with them.
There are also a large number of F-5 fighters in Parthia, but the fighter in front of me is definitely not a normal F-5 fighter, because its tail has changed from a simple single vertical tail to a V-shaped double vertical tail. !
In front of this fighter plane, there is a reporter, holding a microphone and introducing to the camera lens: "Dear viewers, what is behind me now is our domestically developed light lightning fighter. After intense development, this fighter , all preparations have been completed, and today is the moment of the first flight. We look forward to this fighter jet taking to the sky, and our motherland will also enter the ranks of advanced countries that develop self-developed fighter jets!" The video spread throughout the country through radio waves. , it also spread to the whole world. Many intelligence personnel saw the video and began to laugh at it.
"Hmph, isn't it just that the F-5 has a different tail? Does that make it a self-developed fighter? The Parthian country is really thick-skinned."
"Yes, the twin vertical tails must have been hammered out. I have already seen the marks of hammering." Amidst their ridicule, someone said: "Did you see what kind of plane is behind that plane?" Is that so?" Only then did they notice that half of the aircraft's fuselage was blocked by the light Lightning fighter. From the exposed parts of the aircraft, you could see the angular surface, which is only found in stealth aircraft!
"Kach fighter plane? Last time, this fighter plane was just a wooden model. Now look at the texture of this plane. It doesn't look like it's made of wood. It must be made of metal!"
"What's going on? Do they really have this project and have built a metal prototype?" In their nervous eyes, they saw hot flames coming out of the tail of the plane. That was the engine. Test drive?
"Damn it, are they progressing too fast? That Kach fighter is actually about to take a test flight? Quick, zoom in on the screen." However, at this moment, the camera lens turned away, and it seemed that the other party also discovered What was the problem? When the camera turned back, the Kach fighter jet with its engine tested was no longer visible.
What are the Parthians doing? Did they do it on purpose? Or accidentally? It is impossible to say that it was accidental, it must have been intentional!
They are showing off on purpose! Ever since the Parthian Kingdom announced that they would develop their own fighter jets, the whole world has laughed at them. In the eyes of everyone, the Parthian Kingdom's self-developed fighter jets are a joke. However, they did not expect that they would move so quickly and have already built a prototype. Got it!
Someone must have helped, who did it? Is it Mikoyan Design Bureau? For a long time, they all suspected that it was the Mikoyan Design Bureau. However, the Mikoyan Design Bureau itself has not built a prototype. If the Parthian people have achieved this step, it is not necessarily the Mikoyan Design Bureau. Could it be Orientals did it?
All kinds of clues were connected, so they had to turn their attention to the East. Could it be that the Mingzhou Group deliberately sold their fighter planes to the Parthian Kingdom?
At this moment, someone suddenly shouted: "Zoom in the person on the right and compare it with the database!" At this time, a person happened to pass by the camera lens. He walked very fast and in a hurry. Although the picture is not very clear, after zooming in, the facial features can be seen.
The comparison results came out after fifteen minutes.
"The former deputy chief designer of the Mikoyan Design Bureau, Potapov! This man disappeared from Da Mao three years ago. Unexpectedly, he actually went to Parthia. This fighter must have been helped by the Mikoyan Design Bureau. Developed!" They once again set their sights on the Mikoyan Design Bureau, and a new round of wrangling began.
In the Mediterranean, a huge formation sailed in the waters north of the Pyramid Kingdom. On the large warship with a straight deck in the center of the fleet, the 69 mark on the bow was clearly visible. In the island-shaped building behind it, Commander William Lancy Smoking a cigar, his face serious.
"What about Parthia's stealth machine project? Don't bother me with such nonsense. Now, our mission is to find the submarine underwater!" At this time, Lanxi was very irritable: "I don't believe it anymore. Our powerful navy can't find a conventional submarine made in the East!" The routine exercises at sea have been carried out for five days. During these five days, they have been looking for traces of the target, but they have found nothing. Where on earth was it hidden?
"Report, we are convinced that the submarine is not near our waters. They probably took the wrong course and left our exercise waters." The adjutant said: "The navigation system on the Oriental submarine is too bad!" Ever since the Pyramid State Navy received the 039b submarine from the East, they have been tempted. After planning for several months, they finally officially started this maritime contest.
The 039b submarine of the Pyramid State is responsible for simulating attacks, trying to enter the center of the US Navy's aircraft carrier formation and launch a simulated attack on their aircraft carrier, while the aircraft carrier formation of the Sixth Fleet is responsible for anti-submarine warfare and finding the submarine.
"Are you sure? There can't be any mistakes. I don't want what happened in the past to happen again!" In the 1980s, when the Pyramid State was equipped with the oldest 033 submarine purchased from the East, it used to use the water in the sea to The jump shielded the sound and penetrated into their aircraft carrier formation, which disgraced them and allowed them to see the power of Eastern conventional submarines.
Now, they are holding this kind of anti-submarine drill again. I don't know why, but they always feel a little uneasy.
"We are convinced that there is no sound underwater now, but we don't believe they don't make any sound. Moreover, it has been five days, don't they come up to the periscope depth for ventilation?" Conventional diesel-electric submarines underwater The battery life is not long. Even if you don’t do any power-consuming activities and just sail at low speed underwater, the battery can only provide power for three or four days at most. If you sail at full speed underwater, all the precious power can be used in one or two hours. Consume light.
It is already the fifth day. If it is a conventional submarine, it will definitely have to surface, at least reach the depth of the snorkel, turn on the diesel engine to charge, and the snorkel exposed to the sea will easily expose the target to the E-2 early warning aircraft or The S-3 carrier-based anti-submarine aircraft discovered it and then simulated an attack.
"No, what we are facing is an AIp submarine." Lanxi's face was very solemn: "We must not take it lightly. We must always ensure control of the surrounding environment. By the way, have there been any cargo ships passing near us recently?" This Of course!
After all, this place is close to the busiest Su Yinshi Canal. Their exercises here cannot block the transportation of some cargo ships. Some tankers that have not received the message often break into their exercise area. In the last five hours, there was another The tanker broke within thirty nautical miles of their formation before being expelled.
But what's the use? They have been disturbed, but they have to train in this kind of interference, so as to be closer to actual combat.
"Your Excellency Lanxi, you don't think they will hide under the belly of the tanker and sneak up on us, do you? This is simply impossible. This is an exercise, not a movie!" In movies, especially those filming World War II submarine warfare In movies, there are often classic shots of submarines hiding under freighters and sneaking up on targets to avoid anti-submarine forces in the open water. In particular, there are shots of submarines passing between the two propellers of a freighter and sticking under the belly of the freighter.
This is absolutely nonsense! If there is a slight mistake, a collision may occur. A freighter can escape if it is hit. If a submarine hits a hole, it will sink immediately.
As for the kind of person who can hear the heads and tails of a dropped coin by listening to sonar, that's even more nonsense. Now, Lanxi's guess was that the other party might come under the cover of the freighter, but the adjutant directly rejected this hypothesis. It was so crazy that even the old man didn't dare to do this!
"If we want to ensure underwater safety, we can only turn on the active sonar search mode. However, this will expose ourselves and prove our incompetence." Lanxi stood up helplessly, looking at the rippling blue sea, that damn sea Where exactly is the submarine?
Lost their way, or already approaching them? The underwater world is very quiet, and the submarine propelled by the AIp system is slowly moving forward at an extremely low speed.
How low is the speed? Two sections! A speed of two knots per hour, a speed that any healthy snail can surely win.
However, at these speeds, they are pretty quiet, as quiet as the background sound of the ocean!
All the people on the boat spoke and walked very softly, for fear of making any noise and being monitored by the other side.
On the control tower, Captain Hussein’s face was filled with excitement: “How far is it from the target?”
"According to the information obtained by the bow sonar, we are still fifteen nautical miles away from the aircraft carrier formation."
"In other words, if we were in war now, we could already launch torpedo attacks on them!" The maximum range of the torpedoes they equipped is about forty or fifty kilometers. At this distance, the opponent cannot escape properly. !
"Yes, do we need to use active sonar to signal them?" the deputy captain asked excitedly.
In normal times, submarine sonar uses passive listening mode, which can only determine the approximate location of the target. When an attack is needed, active mode must be used to determine various shots by hitting the opponent's warship with active sonar waves and then returning. Inject the required data into the torpedo, and you can officially attack.
For a long time, the active emission of sonar waves has represented the prelude to an attack, causing many captains of surface ships to change their expressions upon hearing this.
Nowadays, there are more ways to attack, especially the emergence of wake homing torpedoes. It is no longer necessary to use special active sonar to lock the target and attack the target. However, in exercises, this method is still very useful: it Represents a clear meaning: I have found you!
You admit defeat! Hussein shook his head: "No, let's keep moving forward. We will get into their formation and then surface next to the aircraft carrier!"
"The formation has changed direction!" At this moment, the sonar operator heard a new sound and said quickly.
"Where are they going?" Hussein was anxious. If the other party ran away, he would not be able to catch up. After all, he could only sail silently at low speed underwater. If he went faster, he would Exposed, and it doesn't have that much power. If the aircraft carrier formation reaches thirty knots, they can only stare.
Should we send out active sonar waves immediately?
"Coming towards us!"
"Great!" Hussein was so happy that his voice even got a little louder. He quickly lowered his voice and said, "Keep moving forward now, and you must get inside the aircraft carrier formation!" Why did the surface fleet suddenly change its course?
Of course, they need to release new carrier-based anti-submarine aircraft and recover the carrier-based anti-submarine aircraft that have been patrolling for several hours. At this time, they have to turn against the wind and sail at full speed. They don’t know that after sailing against the wind, they are facing the opposite side. The submarine went away.
The bow of the aircraft carrier broke through the waves, speeding faster and faster, the deck was filled with steam, and the S-3 anti-submarine aircraft roared into the sky.
In the world, only the United States has carrier-based fixed-wing anti-submarine aircraft. The navies of other countries use anti-submarine helicopters. This kind of fixed-wing anti-submarine aircraft has advanced performance and can quickly fly to the periphery of the aircraft carrier formation for long-distance anti-submarine warfare. It can also carry complete Hydroacoustic detection equipment and signal processing systems are unmatched by helicopters.
Now, they have to determine where the target is and whether it has gone outside the exercise area.
Lanxi watched the dull S-3 take off, feeling a little helpless in his heart. Anti-submarine warfare at sea is all about patience, but it was obvious that his patience was not enough.
There are nuclear submarines underwater and destroyers and frigates outside the formation. Their aircraft carrier is supposed to be very safe. It is a normal operation to turn into the wind and sail at full speed when releasing carrier-based aircraft. Therefore, Lanxi is just inexplicable now. I'm just anxious, I don't think anything big will happen.
Anti-submarine drills are indeed the most boring. Now, he just wants to end this damn thing quickly and go back to have a good sleep.
Behind the formation, an S-3 anti-submarine aircraft was returning from a mission. It released its landing hook and flew smoothly.
The catapult takeoff of the ship's bow and the recovery operation of the ship's stern could be carried out simultaneously without any impact. They went smoothly. However, for some reason, Lanxi suddenly had an ominous premonition in her heart.
The person in charge of steering the ship on the island was a young sailor who had just joined the army less than eight months ago. At this time, he was standing there looking boredly ahead. Suddenly, he found that there was something strange about the sea water below. The turbulent sea water was very strange. Like a shark or whale is about to surface.
It shouldn’t be! With such a loud movement on our side, those creatures in the ocean should avoid it as soon as possible. There is no chance that they will come and cause trouble to us. You must know that once they pass by a surface ship, they may be smashed by the propeller. Deep gashes were cut out on the back.
The water continued to churn, and sure enough, something was surfacing below! The first thing that came up was the smooth-looking control tower. When he saw that thing, the sailors were completely dumbfounded.
Not their submarine! Whether it is the Los Angeles or the Ohio class, their submarine control towers are all standard shells with the same thickness from top to bottom, but the one in front of you has been modified and looks more beautiful. Only Lao Maozi's submarines will use this kind of design!
He almost shouted Akula's name, but as he continued to look at it, as the hull surfaced, he felt that it was too small and did not have the same displacement as Akula.
"Damn it, how did they get into our place?" the first mate on the island said angrily: "This is impossible, impossible!" Lanxi's eyes retracted from the deck and also saw the floating ship. The submarine did not use the risky emergency surface method. Although it was very domineering, it was very dangerous and could overturn at any time. Now, it surfaced slowly and steadily, as if it was not panicking. However, the entire aircraft carrier formation Completely blown away.
"We are flying carrier-based aircraft now. After increasing the speed, it affects our own sonar observation. Otherwise, we will definitely find it!"
"That's right, this is no match for victory!" There were various voices in the fleet. As the most powerful navy in the world, they did not want to believe that their anti-submarine network had been breached. However, the submarine appeared like this. in front of them.
They were sailing relative to each other, so after the submarine surfaced, it began to pass through their formation. That small hull was completely incomparable to a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, but now it seemed so powerful!
The ant eats the elephant. It has passed through many obstacles of the aircraft carrier formation and arrived in front of the aircraft carrier. If it were during a war, it would have a chance to sink the aircraft carrier!
"How can the performance of the 039b submarine produced by Mingzhou Group be so strong?" Lanxi murmured.
