Chapter 552: Explosion? attack?
Early the next morning, Gao Zhendong sat in the conference room of the National Defense Work Committee with a serious expression.
This is a big job today!
People coming and going looked at Gao Zhendong's expression and murmured in their hearts. Everyone who knows him knows that Gao Zhendong rarely has such a serious expression, but is always cheerful. At least with a smile.
Soon, everyone arrived and the meeting continued.
Now that the matter of the early warning command aircraft has been basically finalized, we will not talk about it anymore today. Instead, we will expand the topic to a broader topic, which may not even be related to the U-2. This plays into Gao Zhendong's wish.
However, yesterday afternoon, I went to a separate branch venue with my radar comrades. At the main venue, I didn’t hear many things in the middle. Gao Zhendong had better listen first to understand the situation at the main venue yesterday.
Anyway, as long as everyone is here, even if there is no time, if he stands up and says that he has important things to communicate with everyone, then whether it is the National Defense Work Committee or the Air Force, this time will definitely be given.
After listening for a while, everyone’s focus is still on the air force equipment. There are more things to hear here, and you can hear many secrets that you didn’t know in your previous life.
Gao Zhendong has been in similar emotions such as "Ah, so this is the root of this matter" and "I have never heard of this matter, and there is such an operation?"
The meeting lasted for a while, and Gao Zhendong felt that the time was almost up and raised his hand.
“Comrades, I have something to say.”
The National Defense Working Committee had a real expression, but other comrades who knew him only then reacted. It seemed that Gao The chief engineer wanted to say a lot, no wonder he looked serious.
The leaders of the Air Force and the National Defense Work Committee looked at each other and knew that you were holding back your big move.
“Well, Comrade Zhendong, please tell me.”
Gao Zhendong shocked everyone as soon as he opened his mouth.
"I would like to share my thoughts on the composition of the Air Force's main battle weapons in the next ten years."
Oh, this is a big statement.
However, the Air Force and the National Defense Working Committee have different ideas. From P-2V to U-2, apart from Gao Zhendong’s proficiency in equipment technology, he is also very good at using equipment. It was an idea, and subsequent developments proved that his idea was extremely reliable.
The comrades in the Air Force smiled and said: "That's great, we are all ears."
Gao Zhendong opened his notebook: "My idea is this, let's talk about the main combat aircraft types first. The existing aircraft are used normally, but among the newly produced aircraft, the fighters are divided into three levels and three types, and the bombers only retain one type. Attack aircraft only retain one type. "
No one could react to the first half of what Gao Zhendong said. If the three levels and three types of this fighter are not explained one by one, it is temporarily impossible to evaluate, but the attack aircraft. and bombers can be figured out at once.
It’s easy to talk about attack aircraft. In addition to the old Il-10, isn’t it the attack-5 that is being developed now? This is the only new one.
But retaining only one type of bomber makes it difficult for the Air Force. Not to mention the old Tu-2 and Tu-4, as for the new ones, we have the IL-28 and its imitation models. There are also Tu-16 and its imitation models. The two form a package for light and heavy bombers. You have to cut them in half as soon as they come up?
“Comrade Zhendong, it’s easy to talk about attack aircraft. The G-5 type is being developed, and there is only this type. But for this bomber, we have to pay attention to the light and heavy matching. As a light bomber, the mission of the IL-28 is The flexibility and flight cost are lower than those of heavy bombers such as Tu-4 and Tu-16, which is very important to us.”
The Tu-16 is a medium bomber, but in our sequence, it undoubtedly exists as a heavy bomber.
The people who are still at the venue today are all comrades with relatively high confidentiality levels. They can talk openly about many things, including existing equipment and planned equipment.
As a result, Gao Zhendong's next sentence let him know what it means to be caught off guard. How about attacking an aircraft? The thing I moved the most was the attack plane!
Gao Zhendong smiled and said: "My idea is to terminate the development of the G-5 as an attack aircraft, improve the IL-28 and its imitations, and use it as an attack aircraft. In addition to reusing old equipment, new The bombers only retain the Tu-16 bomber."
This statement immediately shocked the participants. What are you doing? It's too big!
If it had been anyone else, the comrades in the Air Force would probably have changed their minds, angrily denounced "ridiculous" and started to chase people away.
But Gao Zhendong is different. His past achievements are real. The techniques and equipment he has put forward, and the suggestions for improvement he has put forward are always unfavorable.
Just because of his mouth, dozens of enemies died directly under his mouth. This gave the comrades in the Air Force a reason to listen to his comprehensive explanation of his thoughts.
The comrades of the Air Force frowned: "Comrade Zhendong, your suggestion involves too many aspects. Let's talk about it first, why do you want to use the Z-5 to transform the attack aircraft and terminate the original The development of the G-5 as an attack aircraft."
Gao Zhendong smiled: "Okay. Our interest in attack aircraft should come from the performance of the IL-10 in joint sea and air operations, right? Thick and thick, it can directly provide direct fire support to the front-line army.”
"Well, almost."
"Then please think about it, with the speed and bomb load of the Attack-5, can it perform this kind of mission well? It was developed based on a supersonic fighter , a little too small, and too fast. Even if it is given the task of directly attacking the enemy's assembled and advancing armored forces, will it be able to do this job well given its foundation? "
Gao Zhendong’s question immediately silenced the comrades in the Air Force. Thinking about it carefully, this seems to be the case.
To support the front line, all you need is a few things.
First, the bomb load is sufficient and it can launch multiple attacks as needed.
The second is to stay in the air for a long time and be able to stay above the battlefield for enough time.
The third is to hit accurately, at least not on your own head.
Of these three, the attack-5 based on the MiG-19 does not account for any of them.
The maximum load weight of 1.5 tons and the internal fuel range of about 1,200 kilometers are incomparable to the J-5.
The Z-5 has a maximum bomb load of 3 tons and an internal fuel range of 2,400 kilometers, which is exactly twice that.
As for the third item, it is even more troublesome. This thing flies fast, but it is its disadvantage. The attack-5 with swept wings has low-altitude and low-speed performance that cannot be compared with the bomb with straight wings. -5 compared to.
After thinking about it, the comrade of the Air Force said: "But the aircraft based on the IL-28 cannot penetrate the defense at low altitude and high speed."
Gao Zhendong smiled and said: "What do you want? Is it a low-altitude and high-speed penetration or a low-altitude penetration? Think about the P-2V, and then think about the MiG-17 at that time. What is the difference between the low-altitude penetration speed of 800 and the low-altitude penetration speed of 600 in actual combat? ”
Gao Zhendong did not say that frontline close support does not require low-altitude penetration capabilities, which would have changed the Air Force’s original thinking too much. Instead, he directly told the other party that this low-altitude penetration capability was not required. Yes, it's a little slower, but not too much. Under the current conditions, it actually works the same.
These words made the comrades in the Air Force even more confused. It seems that this slow P-2V has better low-altitude performance than the MiG-17? The penetration success rate is also not low.
Gao Zhendong added: "Furthermore, the Z-5's larger body and larger load capacity can be equipped with terrain radar, which is more conducive to low-altitude penetration. At least the pilots do not have to be so tired, which is good for flight technology. The requirements are not that high, and it can greatly improve the average combat capability of the entire aircraft model."
Uh... that seems to be the case? Comrades in the Air Force were confused again.
I couldn’t figure it out for a while, so I simply didn’t want to think about it: “Comrade Gao Zhendong, can you tell me about your modification ideas for the Z-5 attack aircraft?”
About this , it’s actually very simple, just follow the path of Citigroup A-10 and Lao Maozi Su-25.
"First of all, cancel the built-in bomb bay and replace it with an oil tank to further improve its range and stay in the air."
"The built-in bombs and external bombs will increase the resistance." Other comrades are also familiar with this aircraft.
“Yes, it will increase, but the Z-5 itself has a large body resistance, so the impact is not too big, and the increase in range is worth it. And there is a need for plug-ins, that is, they can be used with With the popularity of precision guided weapons, that is, various types of missiles and guided bombs, plug-ins can greatly reduce the difficulty of mounting, searching, and locking these guided weapons, and reduce the difficulty of designing the entire weapon system.”
To put it bluntly, when hung outside, various optical seekers can directly see the target, but hanging inside is troublesome. For precise ground attacks, optical seekers are the most common seeker.
The close-range infrared air-to-air missiles of the F-22 and F-35 must be fired with the cover opened, and optically guided weapons are rarely mounted in various internal magazine compartments. That's it.
Guided bomb? What kind of bird is this? The comrades present at the meeting were a little confused, but now, this issue is not the most important issue. At least the Air Force has benefited from infrared-guided air-to-air missiles, and they know that such missiles really cannot be hung in the bomb bay.
Well, Chief Engineer Gao really has some far-reaching considerations.
“Well, this does make sense.”
“Yes, no matter how accurate the free-fall bomb is, it is not as accurate as the missile.”
“Isn’t that right? Can the combat radius of light bombardment be further improved? Regardless of whether the attack aircraft is changed or not, this advantage is worth giving it a try.”
Gao Zhendong added: "Moreover, in this way, there is no big limit on the size of the ammunition. There are two very large spaces between the engine and the fuselage of the Z-5. This space is used for heavy loads. The hanging points couldn't be more suitable. Originally, only one thing could be hung in the bomb bay due to size issues, but now it is possible to hang two or even more, as long as the hanging points and pylons are well designed. Moreover, the length of the future missile will affect the bomb bay. It may not be possible to cope with it.”
The National Defense Work Committee and the Air Force looked at each other, this is worth a try! Originally, Zha-5 had a plug-in point, but it was a auxiliary function. If it became a regular function, it might be able to do more tricks.
Seeing that everyone did not completely oppose this suggestion, but listened to it and thought about it, Gao Zhendong came up with a second improvement suggestion.
(End of this chapter)