Chapter 1185 Something Flew Over

Earlier that day.

On the coast of Bohai Sea.

In a 54K6 combat command cabin, Colonel Lu Zhicheng from the ground-to-air missile unit of the Quancheng Military Region Air Force was staring at the circular radar screen in front of him while occasionally looking at the electronic clock next to him.

The ground-to-air missile regiment he commanded moved here from its original base about 200 kilometers away a week ago and deployed an air defense battalion position after strengthening the regimental command system.

Generally speaking, this should be considered a standard start for a real-life exercise, and the follow-up should be followed by a round of confrontation exercises or shooting training based on "unknown airspace conditions and complex electromagnetic environments."

But this time, after the troops moved to their positions, they went on standby and did not receive any new instructions for several days.

It was not until the evening of the previous day that the regiment command post officially received an order from their superiors, requiring them to simulate a confrontation with a "small high-speed ballistic target" as the defender.

Commander Lu, who had participated in the delivery test of the S300PMU2 in Suzhou, knew that this statement was generally equivalent to a short-range ballistic missile.

Therefore, they have been in combat readiness since the early hours of this morning, waiting for the appearance of the incoming target.

At this time, Li Jixiang, the chief of staff of the regiment, who was sitting two seats away, suddenly turned around and reported:

"Commander, we have received a notification from the military region's air force that the target missile will be launched around 0847!"

As his voice fell, the spirits of the people in the command cabin were immediately lifted, and the atmosphere became serious.

Regarding anti-missile interception, all countries are generally still in the initial exploration stage, so most tests will adopt a clear chess method.

That is, the interceptor will obtain the approximate time and direction of the target's attack in advance.

It is equivalent to a small disclosure.

For example, when the US military tests the interception of intercontinental ballistic missiles, it will even input all the ballistic data of the target missile into the anti-missile system in advance.

Otherwise, many confrontations cannot even be carried out.

Lu Zhicheng took a deep breath and leaned over to the microphone installed on the command desk:

"All battalions, first! Radars are turned on, search for targets!"

The air defense position was still quiet on the surface, but the personnel at each position were like a wound-up spring, entering the combat state in an orderly manner.

After a slight hesitation, Lu Zhicheng immediately issued a second more specific order:

"Adjust the 96L6E2 radar to the L band to share the illumination pressure of the fire control radar, and the 64N6E radar will take over the alert task..."

"..."

In the test conducted last year, the live-fire shooting included shooting down two different types of short-range ballistic missiles.

Therefore, although it has only been more than a year since the replacement, he has learned some tricks to intercept ballistic targets.

However, even so, the actual interception efficiency is still not optimistic-

The problem is not the radar, but the missile.

Missiles designed for aerodynamic targets often focus more on dynamic range and lack sufficient initial acceleration. Even if the radar has formed a stable tracking, there is still a considerable probability that the interceptor missile will miss the incoming target because it has no time to maneuver.

"Captain, do you need to double the number of interception fire channels?"

Chief of Staff Li Jixiang, who was planning the interception fire in the command system, suddenly asked.

Lu Zhicheng was stunned at first, and then shook his head with some laughter:

"What fire channels are added? There is no live-fire shooting session today..."

"From the reported launch position, the target missile is most likely a short-range ballistic missile... According to my experience, for this kind of campaign and tactical ballistic target, it is relatively easy to capture and track it under the unified management of the theater system command post."

The S300P used for key point air defense did not plan anti-missile functions at the beginning of its design like the S300V, but the 83M6 command and control center at the regiment level still specially optimized the interception capability for high-altitude ballistic targets.

This means that in the virtual confrontation link without launching missiles, they can usually take some advantages.

However, after finally getting a chance to confront, such a large regiment command post could not just sit there and wait for the target to attack.

Therefore, a few seconds later, Commander Lu looked at his chief of staff again:

"Old Li, take a few new staff members to conduct some map marking training, simulating the situation where the early warning radar is destroyed or lost contact..."

Although new military technology has brought confrontation into the information age, for soldiers, traditional paper work is still a conservative but reliable choice.

And Li Jixiang happens to be the leader in this area.

"Yes!"

The chief of staff immediately stood up, picked up the black, blue and red pens from the side, and came to the tactical table not far behind him.

The other two relatively young staff members also followed closely, ready to appreciate the unique skills displayed by their leaders...

"Report, according to the trajectory calculation, the target is about to enter the interception range!"

The voice of the 64N6E radar operator came from the radio.

At the same time, the search results of the battlefield management radar were also displayed on the screen in front of Lu Zhicheng.

Just as the words came true, just a few seconds later, a dazzling echo appeared near the center of the radar detection range - 34km away, 47.7km altitude

"Target appears, prepare to track!"

While Lu Zhicheng was giving the command, he also turned the trackball in his hand to keep the target within the radar's optimal search range.

At the same time, Li Jixiang also drew the first blue mark on the paper.

The search frequency and accuracy of the battlefield management radar are relatively limited, so according to the normal process, the captured general information will be shared with the 96L6E2 and 30N6E radars, which will quickly scan the target area multiple times and then provide more accurate fire control parameters to the launch unit.

47km altitude, for common medium and short-range ballistic missiles, is equivalent to about 38-40 seconds of reaction time.

Enough.

According to the rules of the simulation exercise, as long as the target interception information is successfully sent to the launch unit, and then the launch squad leader presses the trigger button, it can be considered that the interception party wins.

The experienced Lu Zhicheng has even moved his finger to the key for the transmission of the command information in advance.

However, it is different from what he expected.

The feedback from the fire control radar unit has not sounded on the radio.

The screen next to it only flashed a few intermittent trajectory points, and there was no stable and clear target trajectory as usual.

"What's going on?"

Seeing the interception countdown in the lower right corner of the screen gradually return to zero, Lu Zhicheng's forehead was sweating.

"The target is too fast, and the small-angle scan cannot keep up with the vertical area changes."

The radar company commander's slightly hurried voice sounded in his ears:

"We are reconfirming the scanning range..."

"..."

As the first unit to replace this type of air defense system, Lu Zhicheng's subordinates acted very quickly and completed the interception-transmission-tracking process again in a very short time.

However, the target in the sky seemed to be faster.

About 10 seconds later, when the command center shared the target information with the fire control radar for the second time, the altitude information displayed on the screen had actually become 23.3km.

Lu Zhicheng almost popped his eyes out.

More than 2km per second? ? ?

This is obviously not the terminal speed that a normal short-range missile should have.

Even many old-fashioned medium-range missiles may not be able to reach it...

"Try tracking again!"

Although they were unprepared for this, this elite ground-to-air missile force still exerted its subjective initiative to the extreme.

Relying on the operation of rubbing the keyboard to produce sparks, the 96L6E2 radar finally intercepted a stable signal below 10km before the missile finally hit the target.

However, Lu Zhicheng didn't even have time to move his fingers, and the target disappeared from the search range again because of its low altitude.

Obviously, this has hit the predetermined area.

Their interception failed.

Only the only successful speed measurement data was left on the screen-

2250m/s.

About 6.6 times the speed of sound.

In comparison, the 48N6E2 air defense missile of the S300PMU2 system can reach a speed of about 1750m/s at the end of the power stage.

According to general theory, the speed of the interceptor missile should be kept at more than 1.5 times that of the intercepted object in order to better deal with the target...

For a while, the only sound in the entire command cabin was the humming sound produced by the operation of the cooling system.

Lu Zhicheng stared straight at the radar screen in front of him, as if he wanted to see something from it.

Li Jixiang, who was responsible for manual mapping, had one hand hanging in the air, and did not even have time to drop the second mark.

The two young staff officers who had just graduated from the military academy had not yet reacted to what had happened.

Looking at the chief of staff for a while, and then at the regiment commander.

"Just now... it seems that something flew over?"