.Chapter 78 The Death Bell of the Fleet

A certain air force base in Baishan City, Jilin.

Under the trailer, a J-8c fighter slowly left the hangar. In the cockpit, Captain Hu Xuebo carried out preparations before takeoff in an orderly manner and checked the instruments one by one.

All systems were normal, Hu Xuebo breathed a sigh of relief and gave a thumbs up to the ground crew leader on the left.

This fighter is twenty-three years old and is only eight years younger than Hu Xuebo.

Seven years ago, the fighter jets made the second modernization improvement: replacing the wp-13a2 with an engine, increasing the thrust by 20%, and reducing fuel consumption by 8%. New electronic equipment such as JL-10 fire control radar, helmet sights, and active jammers developed by the Institute of 613 were used.

Although the improvement is relatively thorough and extends the service life of the fighter jet, under the background of the large-scale production of J-10, the production capacity of J-11 has been increased, and the first flight of the J-20 prototype aircraft, the service career of J-8c in the Chinese Air Force is about to end. It is expected that in half a year, all J-8s will be replaced by J-10 and J-11.

Half a month ago, Hu Xuebo was still worried about the future.

Stay and change to J-10 or J-11, or go back to the military headquarters to work in the office?

The fighter plane is about to take off, and Hu Xuebo has no intention of considering the future. First, he has to let the fighter plane fly, secondly, he has to consider completing the combat mission, and he has to come back alive.

Whether to stay on the front line is a very long-term thing.

After sliding to the take-off standby area, the ground crew drove the battery car over and began to test the engine.

Looking at the dashboard, Hu Xuebo felt a little unfamiliar. When they were about to change their clothes, they had a lot of effort to be familiar with j-10 and j-11 in the flight simulator, and their flight time on j-8c was greatly reduced. Last month, Hu Xuebo only flew twice, and the flight time was only two hours, less than one-tenth of the past.

The situation of the fighter jet is not very ideal.

It was not that the ground crew failed to do it well, but that Shen Fei closed the J-8 production line and could only remove the retired fighter jets to obtain spare parts needed for maintenance.

Hu Xuebo knew that this war changed everything.

After a large number of J-10 and J-11 were assigned to the volunteer army, the dressing work would definitely not go as planned, and the j-8c would have to fly for several years.

This is not a bad thing. In two years, Hu Xuebo will be able to return to the Military Region Command as a major.

Although the major is only one level higher than the captain, there is a world of difference between the two in the military headquarters. Even if there is a relationship, the captain is also a low-level staff officer. During peacetime, it is more than twice as difficult as the front-line troops. Hu Xuebo did not want to be a captain when he was thirty-five years old.

For professional soldiers, if they have not become majors at the age of thirty-five, they will have no chance in their lives.

The roar of the engine brought Hu Xuebo back to reality.

Both engines were started normally. Seeing the gesture of the ground crew, Hu Xuebo pushed the oil rod to the bottom and ignited the afterburner of the engine.

The power is very strong, and the maximum thrust reaches 83,000 N, which is indeed very strong.

Twenty seconds later, Hu Xuebo turned off the engine.

The ground crew began the last round of inspections, and the refueling car drove over to refuel Hu Xuebo's fighter jets.

Refueling after the engine test run violates the ground crew's code. This will only be done in special circumstances, such as if the range of the fighter must be extended as much as possible.

Taking this opportunity, Hu Xuebo closed his eyes and recalled the combat mission.

His mission is not to compete with the US and South Korean coalition for air supremacy. Before J-10 and J-11 fight, it is not the turn of J-8c to deal with the US f-22a and F-15c.

As a high-altitude high-speed interceptor, j-8c is an ideal tactical reconnaissance aircraft.

Even with two fighting missiles, the j-8c can fly to Mach 2.35 at an altitude of 20,000 meters. In the second improved test, in fact, the j-8c can fly to Mach 2.65 at an altitude of 22,500 meters.

This speed exceeds j-10 and j-11, and also exceeds the US military's f-22a and f-15c.

At this time, Hu Xuebo's landline only had three auxiliary fuel tanks, and the front radar fairing was installed in the fire control radar, but an infrared/optical long-focus reconnaissance camera.

In order to reduce weight, the fighter not only did not carry air-to-air missiles, but even the cannons were removed.

If you encounter an enemy plane, Hu Xuebo's only weapon is speed.

Hu Xuebo didn't know why the above was arranged for this reconnaissance mission, but he only knew that this mission was very dangerous. When deploying the mission, the regiment commander clearly mentioned that if he was shot down, he had to find a way to contact the special forces operating behind enemy lines, or find a place to hide and wait for the rescue troops.

On the right side, another j-8c made a roar.

That was Hu Xuebo's wingman, and the pilot was Captain Zhu Zhilong.

It is probably related to the surname. The two are very famous in the 11th Division of the Air Force and have worked together for eight years.

Although Zhu Zhilong was only promoted to captain last year, Hu Xuebo had already applied for a job at the Military Region Command. Before the outbreak of the war, he had been doing ideological work for Hu Xuebo, hoping that Hu Xuebo would go to the headquarters with him, and agreed to run for Hu Xuebo.

Hu Xuebo hasn't decided whether to go to the headquarters or not, but this time the two of them have to go out together.

Arrangement of two fighter jets shows that reconnaissance missions are crucial.

After refueling the two fighter jets, they slid one in front and one behind to the end of the runway.

In order to save fuel, Hu Xuebo did not start the afterburner chamber. After releasing the brakes, the fighter glided nearly 800 meters on the runway before leaving the ground.

The climbing speed is not fast, and it reaches a cruising flight altitude of 12,000 meters in three minutes.

After confirming that the meter reading was normal, Hu Xuebo turned on the radio.

"The Eagle Calls the Eagle's Nest."

"The Eagle's Nest received, its course was 175, its height was 12,000, and its speed was 98."

"clear!"

The communication is concise and clear, and there is no difference between the task commands.

At this time, Xinyiju.

Half an hour ago, through the Beidou navigation satellite system, Mu Haoyang sent a very short message to Pang Yuelong, who was operating behind enemy lines.

In order to ensure the concealment of the reconnaissance troops, Pang Yuelong did not reply.

Only when an accident occurs will Pang Yuelong reply.

"Col. The reconnaissance plane has been launched and is expected to enter North Korean airspace in ten minutes and enter the coalition's superior airspace in twenty-five minutes."

Yang Yufang nodded to the communications consultant and turned his gaze to Mu Haoyang.

Mu Haoyang did not speak, he had already reported the situation of the special forces.

Eight hours ago, a guerrilla team from the People's Army sent a message that Pang Yuelong's reconnaissance troops had arrived near Yongxing Bay and were trying to infiltrate the coalition defense line.

According to the plan, the reconnaissance forces will enter Yongxing Bay and board a deserted island that is unguarded.

Because the coalition transport fleet did not enter Yongxing Bay last night, Yang Yufang concluded that the fleet was outside Yongxing Bay and would enter the port at around 6 a.m.

There are less than forty-five minutes left before the morning.

Outside the atmosphere, a reconnaissance satellite equipped with synthetic aperture phase radar has arrived above Yongxing Bay. If the fleet enters the port early, even if the scouts do not penetrate the coalition defense line and do not dispatch reconnaissance aircraft, they can obtain the tactical intelligence necessary to launch the assault.

In another fifteen minutes, the reconnaissance satellite will fly away from Yuanshan.

Due to the interference of the ionosphere at the top of the atmosphere, when the angle is too large, the synthetic aperture phase-forming radar will not be able to capture the ground scene.

Will the coalition take risks?

Yang Yufang has a very stable job and plans more thoroughly.

Let the reconnaissance aircraft take off early, greatly shorten the time for obtaining intelligence, and allow the fighter planes that perform strike missions to be dispatched in time, and launch a thunder strike when ships are unloaded.

The key is not reconnaissance aircraft, but special scouts.

If the ship does not enter the port at the time Yang Yufang expected, the reconnaissance plane will have to return.

In twenty-five minutes left, will Pang Yuelong send a message?

Mu Haoyang didn't know that Pang Yuelong and the others had entered Yongxing Bay and boarded a deserted island near Xin Island.

Infiltrating the coalition's defense line is nothing, entering Yongxing Bay and climbing to the deserted island is nothing. Pang Yuelong is worried about how to retreat after completing the mission.

Because the coalition forces have radio reconnaissance equipment, the reconnaissance forces must keep radio silent.

If you send out intelligence, you have to break the silence of the radio. Pang Yuelong is not very clear about the ability of the coalition reconnaissance equipment, but it is obviously not realistic to escape from the deserted island.

For safety reasons, Pang Yuelong came up with a very clever way.

"The head, the thread is pulled."

"Did you see it?" Pang Yuelong handed the infrared telescope to the scouts climbing up.

"Transportation ship?"

"It's a fleet. I counted it. There were about four, not twelve."

"It's more than ten miles away, and there's still some behind it."

Pang Yuelong nodded and said, "Prepare the measuring instruments and do you know how to judge the displacement of the ship?"

"Is that necessary?" The scout smiled and slipped away again.

Pang Yuelong observed for a while and found that the fleet was slowly sailing over, so he slipped down.

In the woods facing the harbor, several scouts have set up measuring instruments. The method to judge the displacement of the ship is very simple: first determine the ship type, then measure the height of the waterline to the lu sky deck, and then roughly infer the displacement, and thus the quantity of cargo carried.

Pang Yuelong personally connected the satellite phone to the wire.

The other end of the wire is on the beach north of the bay. The purpose of the wire is not to transmit data, but to a current signal that triggers the switch of the satellite phone.

In this way, the scouts can activate satellite phones far away from the deserted islands.

In order to prevent the satellite phone from falling into the opponent, Pang Yuelong took off the outer shell of the phone and tied half a kilogram of plastic with tape. Thinking that the Korean special forces were nearby, they would definitely find this place. Pang Yuelong made several more bombs and set up bomb traps nearby.

When he finished his work, the fleet also approached.

When the ship passes east of the bay, it will whistle and notify the nearby barges on standby.

"head!"

Pang Yuelong nodded to the scout guarding the measuring instrument, connected the individual computer to the satellite phone, and prepared to enter the target information.

"Target one, Panama type bulk cargo ship, 55,000 tons...Target two, Panama type..."

While reporting, Pang Yuelong entered information. Because he could only communicate with SMS and the amount of information sent at one time was very limited, he had to use the target code provided by Mu Haoyang to minimize the amount of information. If he could not send it all at once, no one wanted to go to the island to send information again.
Chapter completed!