Chapter 1052 This Is a Real Battle Test

On the other side.

Chang Haonan naturally didn't know that Ocean No. 1 had already photographed some incredible things.

After all, although he was the person in charge of the satellite-borne software part, he had no direct relationship with the operation and use of the satellite.

Including the subsequent satellite-related equipment tests, they are still being carried out on the ground-

In fact, the reason why he joined the KJ-2000 project was because he wanted to test the principles and technologies of the low-orbit communication satellite network.

It's just like many projects he participated in in the past.

As he was doing it, the side mission became the main line.

In addition, according to regulations, sensitive images taken by Ocean No. 1 cannot be copied and disseminated at will.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, the Space Administration regularly sends a copy of the sorted and refined situation to the Aviation Power Group.

And Chang Haonan himself was not in Beijing, so he naturally couldn't see it.

However, this is not very important.

Because he had long anticipated the US military's "deterrence" operation in 2003.

On the one hand, as a reborn person, he has the innate foresight.

On the other hand, it is more important.

As early as 2001, Old Wu had made it clear that the Americans were likely to make a big move in the Kurdish region.

That was even before the attack in September.

With the two phases of evidence, the conclusion is self-evident.

As for Chang Haonan's attitude...

He was not going to do anything.

Compared with Aiwuhan, which was closer to an accident and even had to borrow a passage from China and Russia before the war, the Americans' layout in the Mesopotamian Basin was much more sufficient.

Moreover, the huge interests hidden in the areas around the Persian Gulf are not comparable to the poor mountain valleys in Central Asia where even food cannot be grown.

There, the US military will experience for the first time the pleasure of warlords with soldiers, food and money, and thus will be unable to stop on the road of being a scoundrel.

Therefore, for China, it is definitely a great thing.

Of course, this is also for image considerations-

Chang Haonan has always felt that the superiors, especially the military leaders, have misunderstood him too deeply.

The source of this is probably that when the Allied forces were in action, General Zhang thought that the precise "mistaken bombing" was calculated in advance by him.

At that time, Chang Haonan felt that it was too troublesome to explain this matter, and it involved too many technical details that were not easy to understand, so he did not explain it.

Unexpectedly, in 2001, someone picked up this matter again and suspected that he was behind the shocking attack in September.

This hat is a bit scary.

So that time, Chang Haonan spent a lot of time saying that these two things had nothing to do with him.

They were all accidents.

It was a coincidence.

But the consequences of not refuting the rumors in the first time soon showed up.

The effect of the explanation can only be said to be better than nothing.

Everyone thinks he is a bit modest.

And if the deterrence action that is about to take place in 2003 can still be related to Chang Haonan...

Then he really can't clear himself even if he jumps into the Yellow River.

And this is also regular.

Once every two years, the performance is quite stable?

So, in the recent period of time, Chang Haonan has been following the plan, together with the technicians of the 14th Institute of Electronic Science and Technology and the Gaofei Group, to continue testing the various airborne equipment of the KJ-2000.

If nothing unexpected happens, he will spend the whole month of March, or even the whole first half of 2003, in a low-key manner.

However...

Things did not go as planned.

Sometimes, even if people try to avoid things, things will find them...

...

March 15.

The prototype No. 2000-01, which had just completed the system upgrade, took off from Yanliang Airport as usual and headed to the designated airspace in the northwest to perform test tasks.

At present, every fighter that can fire missiles is a valuable asset of the aviation force, and those dozen aircraft naturally cannot stay in Gaojing to accompany the prince to study.

Most of them were transferred at the speed of light after the test was successful.

Only one J-10AS and one J-11BS were left in Yanliang.

But these two aircraft also have other subjects to be tested, and they are not specifically for KJ-2000.

However, a living person cannot be suffocated to death.

Chang Haonan set up some ground stations with only the simplest signal response function in a relatively remote place in the northwest.

Used to simulate other nodes in the system.

The effect is definitely far inferior to that of a real aircraft.

But it is enough for some non-critical subjects.

For example, today

In this upgrade, the maximum number of nodes contained in the command system has just been increased from 20 to 50.

Therefore, today's test is mainly to determine whether the system can handle so many response signals at the same time.

As for the carrier aircraft itself, it also took the opportunity to go to the target airspace in Xinjiang Province to test its long-distance flight capability.

Technically speaking, none of them are complicated subjects-

Checking the status, starting the engine, taxiing, taking off, climbing...

Everything is carried out step by step as usual.

If there is any difference, it is that the waiting time is particularly long.

After all, after converting most of the luggage compartment into a fuel tank, the available range of KJ-2000 even exceeded the 8,000 mark.

Long-distance flight tests are difficult to complete without seven or eight hours.

About three hours later, the voice of Captain Lin Hai was finally heard on the radio:

"Unit No. 01 reports that it has entered the scheduled airspace, the flight is in good condition, and the airborne equipment has been checked correctly. Request to start testing!"

There is a little more noise than before.

But considering that the number of relays is almost twice as high as before, it seems normal.

Chang Haonan looked at the time and then replied:

"The test can begin, please note that the target aircraft will take off in 10 minutes."

In 2003, the average annual flying time of Air Force pilots was only fifty or sixty hours.

This is still driven up by key areas in the east and southeast.

Specifically for the inland areas of the central and western regions, it is even lower.

Therefore, it is not always possible to coordinate a real aircraft as a test target.

After receiving the news from Chang Haonan, Lin Hai immediately switched the radio to the in-camera channel:

"Prepare to turn on the radar and command system, and adjust the C-band array to the 110 direction."

As his order was issued, the huge disc-shaped radome on the back of the aircraft slowly rotated.

The other test pilot in the co-pilot position used a camera installed on the back of the aircraft to observe the entire process on the multi-function display——

The camera was installed during the first flight to observe the vibration of the radome. Later, I found that the effect was very good and did not affect the flight, so it was never removed.

"Although it's not the first time I've seen it... it still feels spectacular."

The first officer said with some emotion:

"If it could be seen from the outside, I'm afraid the effect would be better."

"I heard that when the command system was tested for the first time, the weapons control officer of a two-seat aircraft took photos. I don't know if that's true."

The flight engineer, who was sitting slightly back, said next.

This part of the test has little to do with the person in charge of flying them, so the atmosphere in the cockpit is relatively relaxed.

At this time, the intercom rang again:

"Report, the radar was successfully activated and has not been found yet..."

The target is not expected to take off until 10 minutes, and there are not many civilian aircraft in the northwest airspace, so it is normal for the radar to not see anything.

This time, however, the radar operator's report came to an abrupt end.

About half a second later, just when Lin Hai was about to ask if something happened, the other party's voice sounded again:

"Report, a large number of low-altitude targets were found in the 300 direction and 550 kilometers away!"

This sentence almost made everyone on the plane a little unresponsive.

The first officer subconsciously raised his head and looked to the left.

Now the C-band array of the early warning aircraft is aimed at the 110 direction in the southeast, so the 300 direction is...

"What is the detection range of L-band radar?"

As he spoke, he had switched the screen on the multi-function display from the external camera to the shared radar chart.

Sure enough, almost at the edge of the L-band radar detection, a large area of ​​dense echo signals appeared.

Although it is a bit blurry, the specific amount cannot be discerned.

But definitely a lot.

"550 kilometers... this is already outside the country."

The flight engineer also judged:

"Probably in... Kyrgyz territory."

"Kyrgyzstan..."

Lin Hai realized the seriousness of the problem in an instant.

Kyrgyzstan does not have a large-scale air force.

There are not many civil aviation aircraft taking off and landing in such a small country with a backward economy and a sparse population.

Therefore, we have to talk about "large-volume" and "low-altitude" targets.

Then there is only one possibility.

U.S. Air Force at Manas Base.

The atmosphere in the cockpit, which had been peaceful and peaceful just a few seconds ago, suddenly became tense.

Lin Hai switched the radio to the HF band as quickly as possible in his life.

"Report, our aircraft found a large number of large numbers in Kyrgyzstan in the 300 direction and 550 kilometers away..."

But before he could finish his report, he was interrupted by Chang Haonan on the other side:

"We saw it."

At this time, Lin Hai remembered that he had just ordered to open the data link and command system.

In other words, the ground can see the radar detection results of the early warning aircraft in almost real time.

This made him feel a little relieved——

In this case, the situation must have been reported.

And listening to Mr. Chang's tone, he didn't seem very surprised.

Sure enough, after a short period of silence, Chang Haonan's voice came again:

"Don't be too nervous. The situation has been reported to the Jincheng Military Region and they have received it."

"And... the problem won't be too big. Just treat it as a training with a relatively high degree of actual combat..."

"..."

On the other side of the radio, Chang Haonan was staring helplessly at the laptop in front of him.

At this moment, there was only one sentence echoing in his mind:

It’s over, it can’t be cleaned completely.

The Americans want to cause trouble in the Mesopotamia. This is something everyone understands.

But when exactly it will start, few people can guess.

After all, it is March 15th.

The ultimatum has not been given yet.

Everything still seems to be salvageable.

But Chang Haonan knew that if no major changes occurred, the deterrence operation would officially begin on March 20.

As for himself, he once again "predicted" everything accurately less than a week before the incident.

Chang Wei, you still said you don’t know martial arts? .jpg

However, Liang Shaoxiu next to him was still a little worried:

"Mr. Chang, could it be that the Americans took a risk and wanted to launch a sneak attack..."

This conjecture was indeed a bit self-indulgent, but it was indeed something that many people were widely worried about in the early 21st century until around 2010.

"No..."

Chang Haonan waved his hand helplessly.

"Uh... why?"

Liang Shaoxiu's questioning made him roll his eyes, thinking that I couldn't tell you that the US military would launch a large-scale military operation in two days, and the Central Command responsible for West Asia and Central Asia would be temporarily moved to Kyrgyzstan, so a large number of planes were taking off and landing, right?

So, Chang Haonan had to organize his words and then answered:

"Even if it is an L-band radar, it is unlikely to see a fighter-sized target at a low altitude of 550 kilometers away."

"So these things must be transport planes or passenger planes, delivering logistical supplies to the US military in Kyrgyzstan..."

The explanation was well-founded, Liang Shaoxiu thought for a while, and did not continue to dwell on the previous question.

He just touched his chin, looked at the screen and muttered:

"But...if it's a transport plane, isn't this a bit too much?"

This time.

Chang Haonan didn't answer...