"Didi..."

"Reported, the enemy reconnaissance aircraft was found in the northeast direction, moving closer to us, coordinates xxxx, xxxx, distance 253, speed 855..."

Finally, a Saudi Navy warship found the target.

The display screen connected to the long-range early warning radar has various target parameters.

This is already much later than the Bahrain Navy's search for the target. But they don't know.

"Have you found the target? How could the aerial target arranged by China go northeast? Shouldn't it appear in the northwest? It's still so far?"

Colonel Evrola, deputy commander of the Saudi fleet, looked puzzled.

This is different from the plan specified before the exercise.

"Continue to track the targets and find their maritime targets..." Yevrola did not report the targets to the fleet flagship, and felt that it should be necessary to monitor them first.

Tracking targets is also something they need to test.

The sea 253 kilometers northeast of the fleet is extremely empty, and huge ships of ten thousand tons appear on the sea surface from time to time. In the sky, an ep-3 reconnaissance plane painted with the American flag is hovering in the sky, and it is almost close to the exclusive area of ​​China's economy.

In the cabin, many electronic devices were running, and the technical soldiers chatted easily while staring at the screen.

They have performed such a task many times. When they approached China's territorial waters, Chinese fighter jets would appear. After a few minutes of dealing, they would turn around because of insufficient fuel and severe fuel consumption of the engine.

This is also one of the few fun American pilots stationed in Japan.

"Boss, a fleet was found in the southwest direction!" A young US lieutenant suddenly spoke loudly in front of the long-range radar.

"Fleet? Our Fleet?"

"That's the Chinese waters!" the second lieutenant explained, "7 warships of similar size..."

After hearing the report, the commander did not report directly to the base. He came to see the warships on the radar display screen and could not analyze what type of warship they were. "There are so many new warships in China? Let's go up and see what they want to do!"

After giving the order, the pilot of the ep-3 reconnaissance plane flew from the original northeast to the northeast and flew southwest.

"Report, air defense radar shows that Chinese fighter jets appear..."

"If you appear, just show up..." No one cared, a lieutenant said with a smile, "It's more fun. At most, they say this is the Chinese waters. Let's leave and dare not attack us... They will not encounter Soviet pilots who are scratched from the belly on the Babylonian Sea."

Everyone else laughed.

The sky above the Barents Sea is very dangerous. In this world, the craziest thing is the guys from the Soviet Union. Many fighter pilots probably drank too much vodka before boarding the fighter. They kept making various dangerous moves, and even played a game of air locking and chasing with American pilots.

In September 1987, over the Barents Sea, the P-3b reconnaissance aircraft piloted by a Norwegian pilot encountered a new fighter jet piloted by a Soviet pilot. Before he could see clearly, the crazy Soviet pilot drove the new fighter jet with a vertical tail on the belly of the Norwegian Air Force's reconnaissance aircraft...

After such a thing happened, the US Department of Defense asked their pilots to be more low-key.

Before this, I was even worried that the Chinese Air Force pilots would follow the Soviets to learn from them, and then they would instantly have advanced reconnaissance aircraft. Wasting taxpayers' money is a small matter, and it would not be a good thing if advanced technology is obtained by China.

"Even if Chinese Air Force pilots want to come this time, their fighter jets must be strong enough! The fighter jets of their naval aviation are even not as strong as our reconnaissance aircraft!"

Everyone inside the plane laughed.

The ep-3 electronic reconnaissance plane went in unmovingly towards the direction where the fleet appeared, without reporting to the base at all.

"Is the Saudis finding the wrong target? How could the air target come from the Northeast?" The target found by Saudi Arabia finally reported to the flagship.

The people on the flagship are also puzzled. Will the same fleet search for two targets in different directions?

China has only arranged one goal.

"Order the fleet to continue searching, and our warship early warning radar will start..." After communicating with the political commissar and others, the captain issued an order.

They didn't expect that the Saudis would have problems here.

The Bahrain Navy did not report targets from the northeast, and Saudi Arabia did not report targets from the northwest. Only by conducting an air search on its own warships can we determine who made the error.

"Contact the target ship, and according to time, the target ship has entered the search range." As a flagship, in terms of radar, etc., although it is the same series as the H3 fleet in the entire fleet, the performance gap is too big.

The detection distance of the long-range early warning radar is not as far as h3, and not to mention that there is a not too large active phased array radar on h3. The air-to-air detection distance exceeds 800 kilometers, and even the sea-to-sea search distance exceeds 300 kilometers...

But the radars on h2 are not good...

This is also why it has not been powered on before.

Faced with anti-ship missiles with increasingly far-range ranges, the radar's detection distance is insufficient, and the threat to warships is also great.

On the 102 ship, all the radars have been turned on.

Because of losing the power of a boiler, the seriously aging warships did not even have a cruise speed when the radar was fully turned on, and could only slowly head towards the target at a speed of 12 knots per hour.

After Captain Yu Haifeng explained this mission to everyone, everyone was extremely reluctant, but they also knew that the order could not be changed.

The only thing to do is to let the 102 ship go all the way, and the last mission must be completed successfully.

In the engine compartment, a group of engine soldiers were nervously and busy repairing the boiler pipes that had problems. They should have been replaced for a long time, but now they can only use them. Whether the power output is strong or not is not that important, and it is necessary to ensure that the predetermined time is reached.

"Discovering air targets, American reconnaissance planes..."

Ship 102 is very close to the US military aircraft in the sky, less than 200 kilometers. The air-to-air radar is turned on and it is detected soon.

"Track the targets! Monitor them! Find our fighter plane location..." Mao Wenfeng ordered calmly, "Search for the target fleet location and contact the responding ship..."

This is also a training session for their 102 ship.

After arriving at the designated location, all officers and soldiers on the 102 ship need to evacuate from the warship, and the passenger ship to be connected has been arranged before the exercise. Waiting for all the people to leave, all the radars of the 102 ship will be still on, simulating the enemies encountered by the warship during combat.

"Hey, there seem to be very few merchant ships in the nearby waters?"

Ep-3 in the sky kept searching the sea.

"It seems like there is a Japanese warship going toward Chinese waters over there?"

The US military stationed in Japan and all the equipment of the Japanese Self-Defense Force belongs to friendly forces, and the enemy-to-evil identification system is the same, so the reconnaissance aircraft can understand the situation.

"Contact them, have we missed something?" The captain of ep-3 asked everyone in confusion.

Everyone shook their heads.

If the Chinese Navy had large-scale military exercises, the superiors would have ordered them to rely on the past to monitor and observe. Although the Chinese Navy is very small and has poor combat effectiveness, for the Americans, the second island chain that they have worked hard to build is to defend the Chinese Navy.

"Are the American reconnaissance planes coming? Japanese warships also appeared? Isn't that in our waters?" Xie Kai was a little confused.

Faced with Yu Haitao's concerns, Xie Kai looked at him and frowned.

This is not Yu Haitao’s concern, but many people’s concerns.

"The c-801 anti-ship missile has been used to target live ammunition, but has never launched a large-tonnage warship; and the h3 warship has many advanced technologies... Foreign countries can analyze the specific performance levels of our domestic warships based on these..." Yu Haitao looked at Xie Kai seriously.

Many people don’t know what good technology is on h3.

In the past, in order to have electromagnetic compatibility and have stronger detection performance, Xie Kai even asked to install all the miniaturized active phased array radars, so that the detection distance is far enough.

Once these technologies are leaked, the most advanced warship technology in China can be inferred abroad.

"It doesn't matter. The one we use is definitely much better than this. And in order to keep it confidential, we will also send technical consultants here..." Li Qingmin explained.

Before the target shooting began, American reconnaissance planes and Japanese warships were found around the exercise area. Everyone knows what they mean.

Every time there is such an opportunity, those bastards will come to join in the fun, and they are not afraid of problems in the end. If the navy's target boat makes a mistake in operating...

"The problems we should worry more now are not these, but if the Saudi Navy makes a mistake in operation, launches air defense missiles against the US reconnaissance aircraft that are being investigated in the air, or mistakenly think that the Japanese warship is a target ship..." Xie Kai's concern is definitely not without reason.

"Is this impossible?" Zheng Yucheng looked at Xie Kai incredibly.

Why is Xie Kai's brain circuit always so clear?

Do you dare not think about these scary things?

"This is indeed very likely. During the training process, the Saudi Navy made many operational mistakes... They are not as honest as the Bahrain Navy..." Yu Haitao's affirmation made everyone feel heavier.

I have thought before that during the exercise, there will be US warships or reconnaissance aircraft coming to see.

"Notify warships and coast guard ships around the exercise area to drive away the close Japanese warships. At the same time, order HNA to dispatch fighter planes and drive out the American reconnaissance planes in the air..." After understanding the situation, Commander Liu quickly made an order, "At the same time, order the fleet command to require the Saudi military to strictly follow the exercise plan!"

If the Saudi Navy makes a mistake in operation and kills Japanese warships or American reconnaissance aircraft, that's going to be a big deal.

This will definitely not be fun to cause diplomatic disputes at that time.

Xie Kai also received an order to communicate with General Rafata urgently to ensure that the Saudi Navy obeyed the order.

"ep-3 reconnaissance plane?" Zheng Yucheng learned that the reconnaissance plane appeared was this, and he was a little jealous. "Or what if we find a way to get it down? The salvage team is also on standby..."

Xie Kai is not sure, but the United States deployed on Japan will definitely not be the top strategic reconnaissance aircraft. If so, it will not get too close.

The reason for saying this was that Xie Kai was also moved.

The progress of domestic electronic reconnaissance aircraft is very slow, mainly because they do not have much experience and have no references.

The Y-10 early warning aircraft has begun to manufacture aircraft prototypes, but many problems have not been solved. We can only solve this problem while slowly improving the design.

Now American reconnaissance planes are coming here and are worried...

"Just think about it. The air defense missiles installed on several warships are avant-garde. The range and shooting height of the avant-garde are not enough to kill the reconnaissance aircraft unless the Americans provoke too much..."

Xie Kai finally shook his head.

Just think about these things.

He was a little lucky that it was not the red flag of equipment-61.

The range of the Hongqi-61 is much higher than that of the avant-garde, and the Thai Navy ordered that thing.
To be continued...