Chapter 501 New Opponent
The Defense Working Committee is not worried that Gao Zhendong is gone and will never come back, but is worried that the ghost guy is too dirty. Those bastards always have no lower limit.
As a technology organization, IEC may be safe, but although the IEC headquarters is in Refund City, a watch country, and not in Citi Country, it is actually not much different from being in Citi Country.
As for the so-called "neutrality" of the watch country, just listen to it.
Science has no borders, but there are scientists.
For this task, the Bureau of Standards and Regulations had to find people from the Institute of Computing Technology and the Institute of Communications. People from the Institute of Computing Technology were involved in the C language standard, and both parties involved in the standardization of software documents were involved.
But the Bureau of Standards and Regulations did not open champagne at halftime. It would be difficult to make a big deal about this kind of thing until the dust settles.
Gao Zhendong knows that this matter of cooperating with the IEC work will not fall on him anyway, so he is not worried about going to Congress for more than 60 days. He has not yet finished his vacation.
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Gao Zhendong is on vacation, but the enemy is not idle.
One early morning in late January 1961, on the other side of the river, there was the base of the Black Flying Squirrel Squadron.
A jet-black aircraft with straight and slender wings was taxiing slowly on the runway.
This is a U-2 reconnaissance plane provided by Citigroup to the other side. It originally began to conduct reconnaissance on our side in 1962. It basically flew over all our provinces. Among its key targets One is on the other side of the desert.
But in fact, the other side had already begun to receive U-2 training before 1962. The reason why it appeared early is not difficult to guess. If we don’t use this anymore, there will be no aircraft to use. It’s completely There is no way to detect our situation.
The original high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft RB-57 quickly ceased its reconnaissance mission after we used the S-75 to set the first record.
Although the RB-57 is grounded, there are still P-2V night electronic reconnaissance aircraft. The original P-2V has been proud for many years, which has prevented the lack of aerial reconnaissance means from being exposed.
But now, with a flap of Gao Zhendong's butterfly wings, P-2V was sentenced to death in advance, which caused this problem to arise earlier.
Therefore, U-2, which originally only came out secretly in 1962, had to start its activities in advance.
The people of the Black Flying Squirrel Squadron are very careful.
Firstly, because this is new equipment, strictly speaking, the full training is not yet complete, so of course you have to be careful.
The second reason is simple: fear of being beaten.
What the U-2 relies on for its survival is its high-altitude flight capability, but it is not reliable to say how safe this capability is.
As early as 1960, this thing was shot down by an S-75 at Lao Maozi's place. As for the legend, the reason was that the Lubyanka comrades at Lao Maozi installed a magnet on the U-2. The U-2 instrument error caused the altitude of 15,000 meters to be displayed as 20,000 meters. Just listen to it as a joke.
The reason is simple - the S-75 already has the ability to shoot down the U-2 at an altitude of 20,000 meters within its range, and there is no need to lure the U-2 to an altitude of 15,000 meters.
As for the evidence, just ask the five U-2s we shot down later. There was no such thing as magnetic screws in those five.
Moreover, with the technology at that time, it was impossible to come up with any magnetic screws that could pull the flight altitude display value up to 5,000 meters without detecting the problem at low altitudes.
At the same time, with such a big altitude difference of 5,000 meters, a normal pilot would know something is wrong even if he uses the climb rate, actual operation and other conditions.
Of course, maybe Lubyanka is a master of technology and it is not certain that he can actually get such screws. At the same time, the pilots at the time were idiots and just didn't realize this problem.
But to say that this pilot is stupid, it is said that he was considerate of his own life, refused to believe the Langley Center's request, and did not turn on the delayed self-destruct switch, so it doesn't seem to be stupid. How does that make sense.
Well, it’s certainly not because Citigroup was looking for reasons for his failure.
In short, no matter what, the U-2 is vulnerable in front of the S-75, but fortunately the S-75 does not have the ability to maneuver. It requires a huge fixed position to play an air defense role. The deployment and deployment of this position Recovering is a very time-consuming matter, which allows U-2 to avoid the S-75 position and choose other routes to harass.
In the original time and space, our troops pulled the S-75 to fight guerrillas, and the reason why they beat the U-2 silly at the beginning is also the reason: It is really unexpected, you can also do this thing Can be pulled to fight guerrillas.
Except for some limited electronic jamming methods in the later stage, flying at high altitude is the only way to save U-2's life. Once this method fails, there will be only a dead end.
As for the silly claims that the U-2 has certain stealth capabilities, just listen. This thing has never been invisible to radar.
Our S-75 radar operator uses a close-quarters combat method. Within 8 seconds of the sudden power-on of our own radar, we can lock it and launch missiles to shoot it down. We can also see what stealth is. That's bullshit.
The U-2 Black Flying Squirrel was going to carry out the first reconnaissance mission of the entire U-2 fleet on the other side.
They know that we have S-75 missiles here, and they have suffered a lot. Fortunately, we do not have many S-75s, and all known deployment locations have been excluded from the route. outside.
The black U-2 took off after taxiing and flew towards the northwest. The reason why it took off in the early morning was because the main reconnaissance method of this thing at this time was a visible light camera. It took off in the early morning and flew over. Just right.
The people of the Black Flying Squirrel Squadron are anxious and on tenterhooks. They have long been afraid of the opponent's combat power, and now, this fear has spread to the technical field, as if the opponent can always pull out a deadly weapon and give it to their side. A slap in the face. This time, they had good luck and solid preparations.
The U-2's route did indeed bypass all S-75 missile sites. It's not that our radar didn't detect it, but after it was discovered, fighter planes from all over the place took off one after another, only to find that they were simply out of reach.
At this time, the latest fighter jets we have are only the Zhan-5 type, commonly known as the 5th Master, and the 6th Master is not very efficient yet.
The 5th Master is a good aircraft, but it is also an old aircraft. Its practical ceiling is only 16,000 meters. The pilots tried their best, but there is still no way to take the U-2 at an altitude of more than 20,000 meters. , watching it swagger high in the sky and fly away.
What is the difference in height? In layman's terms, 5ye is about 5 kilometers lower than U-2.
At about the expected time, the secret message of U-2 came from the radio, it was back.
This made the people of the Black Flying Squirrel breathe a sigh of relief. Finally, they had a plane that could save their lives. They felt that their life-saving career was no longer so hopeless.
On our side, the emergence of this new enemy situation has once again attracted the attention of our Air Force comrades.
Obviously, the Tu-4 Special can no longer play a role in this matter. Its practical ceiling is only 11,000 meters. In other words, even if the Thunderbolt-1 mounted on it is changed to the level The range is not compromised at all, even if you shoot it upright, it still can't reach the U-2.
Furthermore, the U-2's cruising speed of 800km/h is also insufficient for the Tu-4 whose cruising speed is only about 550.
The information from various radar stations and command posts was quickly gathered together. After analysis, it was obvious that the other side was willing to be a lackey and got a new reconnaissance aircraft. This reconnaissance aircraft has been broken compared to For the courageous old rivals RB-57 and P-2V, flying faster and higher is very difficult.
This saying is absolutely true.
The comrades of the Air Force and Air Defense Force quickly came up with a response method. The method was similar to what Gao Zhendong knew in his previous life. The Air Defense Missile Force was preparing to fight guerrillas!
While the anti-aircraft missile force was making intensive preparations, the situation was also reported to the National Defense Working Committee. The intention was very clear, and the comrades of the National Defense Working Committee were asked to think of a way, hold a Zhuge Liang meeting, and take stock of their family fortunes. , see if there is any way to solve this problem.
In the matter of P-2V, this method has tasted the sweetness, and the effect is extremely obvious. It is the result of that meeting that wiped out P-2V in one fell swoop.
The reason why the classic method is classic is that it really works.
The leader of the National Defense Working Committee received the news and weighed his weight. Fortunately, there was still room for increase. A call was made to Gao Zhendong, Zhendong, I will take up your day and come back for a meeting.
This guy has a sharp mind, is both technically and tactically strong, and can always come up with many good ideas.
Gao Zhendong, who had a bit of pain in his spare time at home and had his buttocks resurrected, received the notice and rushed over in high spirits as scheduled.
No matter what happens, just be happy.
Arrived at the meeting room of the National Defense Work Committee, Gao Zhendong felt that the group of people in front of him and the configuration of their units looked familiar. He must have seen them at some meeting.
The leader of the National Defense Working Committee saw him and waved.
"Zhendong, come here, sit here, you can hear clearly." After speaking, he pointed to a seat next to him.
Gao Zhendong walked over and sat down and asked the leader in a low voice: "Boss, what is going on today? I look at this personnel structure and it looks a bit familiar."
Hey, the sensitivity is still there Very high.
"You will know in a moment, you guessed it right, it is an old problem, but there is a new situation."
After about ten minutes, everyone arrived and the meeting officially started.
The comrades of the Air Force gave an overall introduction to the situation. When Gao Zhendong heard this, he thought, oh, so that’s what happened. No wonder he was caught here again.
After listening to the briefing, everyone began to speak freely. This was a discussion on tactics and tactics, and the degree of freedom was very high.
“I think anti-aircraft missiles are a good way to fight guerrillas. Our missiles can be obtained. Why don’t the old guys from the north just use them to shoot down the U-2.”
“ The missile is good, but it is inconvenient to deploy. It basically depends on luck. It is too passive. I think we should build a new missile.”
"Is it easier to deploy the new missile? When the new missile is released, this kind of aircraft may be retired."
This is not the case, the U-2 is very cost-effective, and small countries have nothing to do with it. As a big country, it was just playing ball outside the airspace, and it was still in service when Gao Zhendong crossed.
(End of this chapter)