Chapter 1201: The Final Battle at the Peak of Invisibility

After all, the gap in military rank between Jiang Zengjian and Ji Pingfeng was too big.

It is not difficult to see in the former that when faced with his own questions, the pilot comrade in front of him is still somewhat reluctant to let go.

Therefore, after chatting about a few key issues, he comforted the other party, then found an excuse and left the tarmac.

Near the exit, Yin Liqing, political commissar of the Jinling Military Region Air Force, and Zhang Xinzhong, chief of staff, who were on his team, had been waiting for a long time.

Neither of them followed the early warning aircraft, but they also learned about the general situation in the past few hours on the ground.

"Commander, political commissar."

Zhang Xinzhong took the initiative to take the flight jacket that had just been taken off from Jiang Zengjian:

"The logistics department prepared a ceremony, but several comrades returned to the dormitory immediately after returning to the flight, saying that they were going to write a flight summary. You see..."

The latter did not answer immediately, but just paced forward with his head lowered in thought.

Of course he knew what Zhang Xinzhong meant.

Logically speaking, for such a large battle, no matter whether the outcome is good or bad, all participants should be summarized and expressed after returning.

Either celebrate the success or draw lessons.

But today's situation is indeed a bit complicated.

For those pilots who have been fighting with the air in the northern airspace, this is of course a good day.

But like Ji Pingfeng, those who have met F22 may feel more worried than happy.

Yin Liqing on the side saw Jiang Zengjian's delay in responding, glanced at the chief of staff, and then quickly stepped forward:

"Lao Jiang, no matter what the specific situation is, comrades have successfully exposed each other's provocative intentions today... So I think the celebration banquet should be held. After all, this is not just a matter for one of our units or one region. If word spreads, it will not be good for the morale of the entire army..."

"Also, although we did expose some problems during the whole process, these problems cannot be solved by our commanders or pilots. Even if we want to summarize, we should at least wait until after today to hold a seminar with some of the key personnel participating in the war. After forming a unified opinion, we should report it to our superiors... we still need to separate these matters one by one. "

The old man's persuasive voice pulled Jiang Zengjian out of his thoughts.

He also immediately realized that perhaps because he had been under high pressure for most of the day, he had indeed gone a bit too far after returning home.

"You're right, Lao Yin, you're right..."

Jiang Zengjian nodded, then turned to look at Zhang Xinzhong who was following behind:

"Tell the Logistics Department to prepare according to the standards of the celebration banquet. Everyone in the base, except those on combat readiness duty, will come to participate. Let the comrades participating in the war today be happy!"

Although he said that, his frowning brows showed no signs of relaxing.

The conversation he had with Ji Pingfeng just now still echoed in his mind——

"We must develop our own fourth-generation aircraft!"

Jiang Zengjian narrowed his eyes slightly and secretly made a determination in his heart...

Perhaps it is because both sides have shown some unexpected abilities to their opponents. In short, all those familiar with the fierce confrontation beyond the coastline have kept a low profile.

Even the two joint exercises that "coincidentally" coincided with each other a few days later temporarily added the link of "inviting military attachés from various countries to visit on-site", which seemed to lack a lot of the expected gunpowder.

However, the bright side is the bright side.

The stimulation both sides received this time was real.

Especially China.

The pressure on national defense has just subsided, and before we can take a few breaths, we are once again faced with the pressure of a strong enemy that will widen the gap in main battle equipment.

Coupled with the fierce but sincere report submitted by Jiang Zengjian afterwards, senior leaders almost immediately realized the criticality of the situation.

Especially the last sentence of the report——

"We must develop our own fourth-generation aircraft!"

To be fair, it is not too late for China to start pre-research preparations for fourth-generation fighter jets.

Since the mid-to-late 1990s, several host design units have begun to consider the technological development direction of next-generation fighter jets, and have also come up with several overall designs that are not yet mature.

After the J-10 and J-11, two domestic third-generation aircraft entered service, they have focused their main attention in this direction.

However, after all, it involves a lot of new disciplines and new technologies, and the aviation force has not even fully mastered the third-generation aircraft at this time. In fact, it is not very clear what kind of aircraft it needs as the next-generation main combat equipment.

Is it a direct replica of an F22?

Or take a more unique technical route?

You know, for more than half a century, the Chinese army has been in the dilemma of "what is it useful for?"

Now that I have become Party A, I can take the initiative to make requests, but I am not used to it.

Therefore, for more than two years, the fourth-generation fighter jet has been in the plan demonstration stage.

The original expectation was to allow the Air Force to adapt to the modern air combat format for a few more years, and then formally select and establish the project around 2007-2008.

But after this incident, the original timetable seemed a little inadequate...

…

July 26, a week after the confrontation ended.

In a conference room located on the top floor of the Aviation Industry Group headquarters, Song Jiaxiang, the newly appointed general manager of the group, was reading a document from the highest decision-making level with a serious face:

"...The Aviation Industry Group is now required to quickly organize its forces to conduct a feasibility study on the research and development of domestic fourth-generation fighter jets and formulate relevant written reports..."

At the main seat next to him, Zhang Hongbiao, the deputy director of the Industrial and Construction Commission who personally delivered the document, sat.

After Song Jiaxiang sat down, he raised his head slightly and glanced steadily at the other group leaders around the conference table:

"Comrades."

Zhang Hongbiao slowly exhaled a breath:

"I believe everyone has heard about the confrontation that occurred in the east last week."

"Although we succeeded in preventing the opponent's provocation attempt in the end, according to the report produced by the Air Force, if it was a real air battle, the exchange ratio between the two sides would not be good-looking."

Although the people sitting here have already read the relevant materials, when they heard Zhang Hongbiao speak out this conclusion nakedly, their hearts sank.

Almost at the same time, everyone's thoughts were pulled back to ten years ago.

In that era, only J-6 and J-7 could be used to deal with F14 and F18.

After quickly determining the main tone of the meeting, Zhang Hongbiao softened his tone:

"Of course, this is not entirely a bad thing for us..."

"Although it only took less than half a day of fighting in total, the Air Force not only obtained a small number of target characteristics of the F22, but more importantly, it gained a more intuitive and specific understanding of all aspects of the next-generation fighter's performance. So next... …”

When he said this, he did not continue.

Obviously planning to leave the latter part to others.

Song Jiaxiang calmed down a little and quickly took over Zhang Hongbiao's speech:

"Director Zhang, we have carefully refined the content of the report submitted by the Air Force and roughly classified several major technical features and advantages of the F22..."

As he spoke, he took out a handwritten manuscript from the briefcase next to him:

"The first is extremely low detectability, that is, stealth capability. Although most of the performance of the F22 is stronger than that of traditional third-generation aircraft, most of the advantages in actual combat are still based on stealth, and this is also traditional The capability that the aircraft cannot improve through simple upgrades is the most essential difference of the fourth-generation fighter aircraft.”

"But on the other hand, stealth capability is not absolute. Under certain circumstances, there is still the possibility of being detected by radar from a relatively long distance. Considering our country's relatively weak foundation in the field of electromagnetic research and its completely different tactics from the United States, Demand, the next generation fighter should at least ensure that when facing enemy airborne radar in the front hemisphere, the distance between detection and locking is shortened by more than three-quarters compared with existing models, and side and rear stealth can be considered as a secondary consideration as appropriate..."

"Secondly, it has high efficiency and high concealment situational awareness capabilities. During this confrontation, the F22 did not expose any electromagnetic signals throughout the entire process, but it was obviously able to grasp the deployment status of most of our military units in real time, including active radar stations. This shows that it not only has a new type of data link that is difficult to detect, but also has some kind of detection capability that does not require sending out a signal or triggering the airborne warning system..."

"The third is extremely strong power level and maneuverability. Although the normal combat strategy of fourth-generation fighter jets will most likely not include giving up the advantage of stealth and entering combat within visual range, but even in beyond visual range combat, Better mobility is also conducive to seizing advantageous launch positions, increasing the no-escape zone for our own missiles, and cooperating with stealth capabilities in offensive operations to minimize the reaction time of the opponent's air defense system..."

"..."

The speech was clear and logical.

It seemed that he was well prepared for today's situation.

The expression on Zhang Hongbiao's face gradually became more relaxed:

"It seems that you have already done a lot of work in advance?"

Song Jiaxiang smiled:

"Actually, various research units under the group have been debating on many occasions for a long time about how to specifically develop fourth-generation fighter jets. Many of the things I just said are based on their past opinions."

"It's just that all this time, these arguments have been floating in the air. The public is right, the mother-in-law is right, and no one can come up with a decisive thing to convince others... So this is a good opportunity to bring the next generation to the The development ideas of fighter jets will be unified, which will also facilitate the next step of focusing on research and development work. "

Zhang Hongbiao nodded, obviously very satisfied with this statement:

"Then your plan is..."

Song Jiaxiang put down the manuscript in his hand and took a deep breath:

"Before the end of August, a group-wide exchange seminar will be held... Of course, comrades from sister units such as the Electronic Technology Group and the Aerospace Power Group will also be invited to participate as representatives!"