"Don't turn on the radar for now." On the Tu-95 reconnaissance plane, Captain Locks issued an order.
Your side has searched for the signal of the other side's early warning aircraft, and you can roughly determine the other side's position with the help of radio equipment, but without radar, you cannot accurately locate it.
According to the previous plan, as long as electromagnetic signals are found, it is time to turn on the radar. But now, Lockes refused to turn on the radar.
Now, they only passively receive electromagnetic signals, so they only have one bright spot on the other's radar screen, and the other party doesn't even know what kind of aircraft they are.
If they turn on the radar, as soon as their electromagnetic signal leaks, the other party will immediately know that they are a maritime reconnaissance aircraft. Then, what will the other party's aircraft carrier do
Their reconnaissance plane was killed. They didn't care. When they became the pilots of this kind of plane, they knew how dangerous they were. An unarmed plane had to guide a huge missile to attack the enemy. Fleet, think about it, you know how dangerous it is.
(Because the earth is a ball, the direct launch distance of ship-to-ship missiles at sea will not exceed 30 kilometers. After that, it will be out of sight. Other guidance methods are required. For example, the most common is the guidance of ship-based helicopters. I just don’t know how dangerous this kind of helicopter is going to guide?)
They don't care, but they should try their best to hold on for as long as possible. It is best to hold on to the arrival of their own Tu-22M bomber group and guide them to launch missiles. Only then can they start it with confidence and boldness.
If they don’t insist on it, don’t worry. When they report to their superiors, the reconnaissance planes searching for the US fleet in other airspace are flying towards this sea area. There will definitely be reconnaissance planes taking over the guided missile mission. A fatal blow mission to the U.S. fleet!
Now, they need to persevere as much as possible.
Not relying on radar, but relying on passive receiving equipment, they can receive more and more signals, indicating that the other party is flying towards their side!
"A new electromagnetic signal was discovered, it is a Tomcat fighter!" the person in charge of monitoring shouted.
Generally speaking, ordinary radar warning receivers require the other party’s radar to be locked before issuing a warning. After all, there will be a large number of radios in the airspace. If anyone scans and warns, the pilot will simply not be able to react.
However, the current reconnaissance aircraft are different. They have a large number of electromagnetic processing systems, so they have already observed them just by scanning their aircraft.
The Americans came too fast, they have already flown over in such a short time!
How to do
"We will fly." Lockes said: "This is the public airspace. If the Americans dare to attack us, then they will take the initiative to provoke a war."
Hearing his words, Edtoff's face also became firm: "Yes, we continue to fly."
The reconnaissance plane did not change its direction, and continued to fly toward the airspace ahead. The night sky was dark. It was very difficult for them to find their way by visual inspection.
The intensity of the radar is getting bigger and bigger, and it seems that the roar of the engine can be heard in the distant sky.
"Lower the height." Lockes shouted.
Edtoff pushed the control panel, and the huge reconnaissance plane began to dive down. Almost at the same time, the two tomcat fighters flying over their heads at high speed.
It is not easy to find the target at night, especially in the dark night like now, the visibility is less than 50 meters, oneself has turned off all the navigation lights, and if flying head-on, the other party will not see it at all.
"Turn off the two engines and adjust the power of the remaining two engines to the lowest level." Lockes continued to shout.
His order attracted Edtoff's suspicious look. Is this suicide
Tu-95 is a large four-engine aircraft. When it was designed, it could continue to fly if one or two engines were lost. But now, they have to take the initiative to shut down the engines, which is really suicidal.
"Execute the order." Lockes said, he was calm.
So Edtoff turned off the two engines on the left and right outside.
The roar was reduced and the rotation of the propellers slowed down. In the end, it became the most economical way of feathering. The two engines on the inside were also adjusted to have the least power. Edtoff was carefully operating the aircraft. , May fall at any time.
At the same time, he also understood the intention of Lockes, a lunatic.
The other party looked for their own bomber at night, but one of them dived and went down and passed by. The other party has an early warning aircraft, so they can continue to search for their own under the guidance of the early warning aircraft.
They passed by just now, and they were flying in front of each other. Now, when they fly past, and then come back, it is a tail chase.
Seen from the rear direction, the tail flame of one's own engine will expose the target.
Therefore, simply turn off the engines on both sides, leaving only the two internal engines, still in the minimum power state, so that the tail flames at the tail are almost invisible.
This is also the advantage of propeller aircraft. In this case, only propeller aircraft can control it.
No, your side is also losing altitude!
"Our height is lowering!" Edtoff shouted. With only two engines, the minimum power rotation is no longer enough to provide power.
"Don't worry, we still have a few kilometers of height." Lockes didn't care.
Above their heads, two fighter planes appeared again, roaring, flying over their heads, and the flames from the tails were exceptionally clear.
They flew over Tu-95's head again, and found no target.
Flying at night is inherently dangerous, but fighting at night is even more difficult. First, the target cannot be found.
If it is the dark night sky, if you observe with the naked eye, you will miss the target tens of meters away.
As for the airborne radar? No matter how sophisticated the radar is, it is impossible to guide the aircraft to the other tens of meters. The accuracy of the radar is not that high!
In the past, during World War II, bomber groups were often dispatched at night, just to use the cover of night to reduce the casualty rate. At the same time, the way to deal with night bombers was to throw flares in the sky.
Unfortunately, after entering the jet age, these methods have disappeared. Without the flares, even if it can be observed on the screen of the aircraft, it may be nothing.
Until later generations, when the infrared imager was used on a large scale, the pilots of the night battle began to wear the infrared night vision device, and it was truly the same as during the day.
There is no such advanced technology yet. (End of this chapter)