.Tactical reconnaissance can be said to be one of the most prominent problems exposed in this conflict. (ig-31, and the fire control radar was removed and reconnaissance equipment was installed, making it a very pure reconnaissance aircraft.

It is this high attention that has made the Chinese Air Force one step ahead in tactical reconnaissance.

However, the advantages brought by mig-31 are still not obvious enough.

In the case of limited number, the mig-31 aircraft can only be dispatched once every two hours, one aircraft at a time, so it can only conduct reconnaissance of high-value strategic goals.

Obviously, the strategic value of Kadena Air Force Base exceeds that of any fleet.

To grasp the movements of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force, you have to keep an eye on Kadena Air Force Base, and you cannot let Mig-31 perform other reconnaissance missions.

That's why when searching for the third guard group, HNA's j-11c hung a reconnaissance pod.

The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force also has a very clear understanding of this. From the perspective of covering the third guard group, electromagnetic warfare is not only harmless, but also beneficial.

The reason is very simple. During electromagnetic warfare, the radar of j-11c also has to be turned off.

Without radar and only using photoelectric reconnaissance pods, the search range of tactical reconnaissance aircraft is very limited, and enough reconnaissance aircraft need to be used to cover the fleet's activity area.

More importantly, the reconnaissance aircraft must fly high enough to cover a sufficiently wide area.

Now, the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force only needs to keep an eye on high altitudes and closely monitor those enemy planes approaching the third guard group to determine whether the Chinese Air Force has locked in the third guard group.

Because the bomber carrying out the attack mission has taken off, the Chinese Air Force's reconnaissance plane is definitely about to arrive.

However, the one who is most familiar with electromagnetic warfare is definitely not the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force.

This time, the Chinese Air Force adopted a very simple tactic: let the fighter jets that were out of cover appear as a guest star in the tactical reconnaissance aircraft.

To be precise, it is HNA's tactics, because these j-11cs come from HNA.

This tactic is definitely an innovation and is related to the battle on the night of the 29th.

In the first battle, HNA was responsible for assaulting the e-767. Although it did not receive any results, it achieved considerable results in air combat. It also had a crucial discovery, that is, when using electromagnetic weapons, the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force's air defense command and intelligence system was difficult to work normally.

It was this discovery that led HNA to formulate this tactic.

The twenty-four J-11cs of the two squadrons each carried two reconnaissance pods, and each carried four pl-12d and two pl-11cs. All the extra pylons were used to carry electromagnetic rockets.

According to HNA's combat arrangements, after the assault begins, the j-11c aircraft group will be divided into two columns and advance in columns with the tactics of attacking early warning aircraft. However, the fighter jets will take turns to use electromagnetic rockets instead of using up the fighter jets in front, and then the ones in the back will be filled.

Because the approximate location of the third guard group had been determined before this, there was a relatively accurate attack direction.

After entering the activity area of ​​the third guard group, the j-11c of the two squadrons spread horizontally and attacked each to ensure the largest search area.

In this way, it is equivalent to dispatching twenty-four reconnaissance aircraft.

Based on the calculation that each reconnaissance aircraft covers the left and right 30 kilometers of sea areas, twenty-four reconnaissance aircraft can search for sea areas with a transverse width of more than 700 kilometers under repeated coverage, while the activity range of the third guard group will definitely not exceed 180 kilometers. Therefore, on the assault line, four fighter jets can cooperate in the operation to ensure that when they are intercepted, at least one fighter jet can perform reconnaissance missions.

Of course, even if it is intercepted, it is a close-range air battle.

As long as there are three fighter covers, with higher flight speeds and higher flight altitudes, j-11c is fully capable of getting rid of the pursuit of f-22a.

Perhaps, some j-11c will burn out the fuel before returning, but you will definitely find the third guard group.

More importantly, the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force needs to use at least twenty-four F-22a to have the most basic certainty to intercept these j-11cs.

At that time, there were only twelve f-22a covering the third guard group.

Even though Imai Tachimura sent thirty-six F-22a of three squadrons, he failed to arrive in time and could not participate in the battle to intercept forward escort fighters.

At 5:20, the j-11c aircraft group changed the formation method.

The j-11c of the two squadrons were divided into six squads and entered the fan-shaped cross-search stage along the six routes.

Although the electromagnetic interference is still strong, e-3g withstands the interference and discovered new trends in the j-11c machine group.

At that time, the j-11c aircraft group was less than 300 kilometers away from e-3g, and they all climbed to an altitude of 20,000 meters before that, and had long entered the detection area of ​​the early warning aircraft.

After discovering it, the air defense commander on the e-3g was helpless.

Let’s not talk about whether the f-22a can fly so high, even if it can, it will not be able to survive in an electromagnetic warfare environment, otherwise it would not have been urgently avoided after j-11c uses electromagnetic rockets.

At this time, the first thing the Japanese Air Self-Defense Forces considers is the safety of early warning aircraft.

Although the e-3g is about 700 kilometers away from the kj-2000 that is still flying eastward and has not been discovered, the early warning aircraft is on the east side of the third guard group and is also within the j-11c fan-shaped attack area.

When you are not sure about the other party's tactical intentions, the safety of the early warning aircraft is a problem.

You should know that the radar on the j-11c can also detect super-large aerial targets such as e-3g more than 300 kilometers away.

Even if the fighter's radar is disturbed, strategic electronic reconnaissance aircraft outside the e-3g detection area can intercept the radar signals emitted by e-3g and roughly determine the direction of e-3g.

After being threatened, e-3g had to turn to avoid it.

Of course, the air combat guide did not forget to issue instructions to the three F-22a squadrons that were rushing to arrange for one squadron to intercept the J-11c aircraft group.

A squadron is slightly less, but at least it can prevent these fighters from approaching the early warning aircraft.

However, the situation of the battle changed quickly.

At 5:35, four j-11c, about 30 kilometers west of the third guard group, discovered the target and then turned back.

Before this, the team leader's j-11c sent out crucial tactical intelligence.

Due to electromagnetic interference, the fire-controlled radar of the third guard group could not lock the j-11c at all, so it could not be intercepted. More importantly, the warships in the third guard group did not start the radar at that time. These warships did not have electromagnetic confrontation capabilities. At this time, the radar would be activated, and even if they were not destroyed, they would be exposed.

If you want to say anything, I can only say that these four J-11cs had used the last electromagnetic rocket when they discovered the third guard group, and the electromagnetic rocket was detonated about twenty-five kilometers away from the third guard group, and did not cause fatal damage to the electronic equipment on the battleship.

If there was an electromagnetic rocket on the four fighters at that time, and the captain decided to fly closer to the point so as to accurately determine the size of the third guard group, then most of the warships in the third guard group would have been paralyzed on the sea before the h-6x launched the anti-ship missile.

Since the third guard group was discovered and sufficient tactical intelligence was mastered, there was no need for reconnaissance operations.

According to HNA's tactical arrangement, among the J-11c of the six teams, except for the few remaining fuel, all of the other used plug-ins were thrown away and turned to looking for Japanese air defense fighters.

Interestingly, no opponent was found!

This surprised Yang Yufang, who was commanding in the rear, because the reconnaissance plane that arrived a few hours ago was intercepted, proving that the third guard group had air defense cover.

Even though he was surprised, Yang Yufang still did not let these fighter planes return.

The reason is very simple. The main task of Japanese air defense fighters is to intercept bombers, rather than cover bombers.

Perhaps, the Japanese early warning aircraft had discovered bombers approaching from low altitudes and sent all the air defense fighters over, ignoring the fighters that were leaving in front.

In any case, the f-22a has very good stealth ability, and the kj-2000 that supports air-based fighter jets is about 500 kilometers away from the third guard group.

At this distance, it is difficult for kj-2000 to find the f-22a machine cluster.

However, the most important tactical reconnaissance mission has been completed.

Next, what we need to do is ensure that the H-6x fleet successfully launches anti-ship missiles.

Because Yang Yu's side had received a reconnaissance report sent by Mig-31 at around five o'clock, the three F-22a squadrons originally deployed at Kadena Air Base were gone, so it can be roughly concluded that the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force had dispatched at least 36 F-22a.

If the f-22a that had previously covered the third guard group, the number of air defense fighters exceeded that of direct cover fighters.

To this end, Yang Yufang had to adjust his tactical arrangements to allow those j-11c who completed reconnaissance missions but did not encounter Japanese air defense fighters to join the bomber group to provide direct cover for the bomber.
Chapter completed!