: Follow others' methods

Author: September Sauce

: Follow others' methods

East China Sea.

An EF-18 fighter jet was flying at an altitude of 6,000 meters. The electronic pod mounted under the belly of the aircraft was continuously sending interference signals in the direction of the intended radar.

Driver Yota Katsumura stared at the radar screen warily, his right hand never daring to leave the throttle lever.

He has made up his mind that as soon as he sees any UFO on the radar screen, he will immediately activate the afterburner and flee in the direction of his own base.

confrontation?

Fight against shit.

He was very clear about the nature of his mission. In fact, it was just his own plane. The total of four electronic jammers dispatched on this mission were actually nothing more than bait.

The purpose of flying to this airspace is to use the United States' latest ARES electronic jamming system to disrupt China's radar echoes, create the illusion of UFO invasion, lure them into combat readiness, and turn on other radars, so that the ARES system can collect

More information.

Of course, he also knew that after experiencing many similar incidents a few years ago, China's vigilance had also increased, and the probability of them overreacting like before was very low.

However, even so, our actions are not meaningless.

Interference after interference will tie up most of the other party's resources and energy, leaving them no time to take care of affairs far away in Africa.

Therefore, there is only one core of this task:

Don't get caught, don't let them know, it's the island country that did it.

Even if it is really discovered by the opponent's fighter jets taking off, they can't get entangled too much and directly turn around and fly to Kadena. If there are any problems, let China and the United States communicate.

Thinking of this, Katsumura Yota breathed a sigh of relief.

He lowered his head and glanced at his watch. The time had reached 11 a.m., and 20 minutes had passed since they started jamming.

He turned his head subconsciously and said to Sosuke Kitahara, the electronic warfare operator sitting behind him:

"It's almost time, get ready to return."

"receive."

Kitahara Sosuke answered briefly, and then he strengthened the power of the electronic jamming pod and converted it from directional jamming mode to full-band jamming.

This is the smoke bomb during their evacuation phase. After the last interference is over, they will immediately leave the current airspace and evacuate to a safe area as quickly as possible.

A few seconds later, the EF-18 began to turn and the afterburner was turned on. Yota Katsumura looked at the instruments in front of him and synchronized the flight information with Sosuke Kitahara.

"It is 220 nautical miles away from the opponent's territorial waters, and its speed is Mach 1.4. It is expected to leave the pursuit limit in 6 minutes."

"Height 6000, continue climbing."

"Received, the electronic jamming pod has been closed to identify friendly signals."

"Friendly signal recognition, return home."

The speed continued to increase. After more than ten seconds, the EF-18 reached its top speed of Mach 1.6. At this time, Katsumura Yota finally relaxed completely, and the fingers that were holding the joystick tightly finally got a rest.

.

He let out a long sigh and said in a tired voice to Kitahara Sosuke behind him:

"It's finally over. Although we are more than a hundred nautical miles away from them, I still feel like we are provoking a monster."

"Its eyes are staring at us, and maybe it will attack us in the next second."

"As long as we move just a little slower, this mission will probably be a no-go."

After hearing his words, Kitahara Sosuke did not answer immediately.

In fact, why doesn't he worry about his own safety?

But compared to Yota Katsumura, he has less choice.

——

After all, the joystick is not in his hand, so even if he wants to escape from the battlefield, he can't escape.

However, he would naturally not say this to Katsumura Yota.

After thinking for a moment, he spoke:

"Actually, our strategy is very safe."

"The interference is initiated from a distance of 220 nautical miles, and the opponent's response time will be at least 2 minutes. At the same time, fighter jets and early warning aircraft will take at least 2 minutes to take off."

"It takes at least 2 minutes for the early warning aircraft to detect the enemy - this is the fastest situation."

"The opponent's maximum speed is Mach 2.6, and our maximum speed is Mach 1.6."

"In other words, it will take at least 21 minutes from the time the opponent takes off to discovering us and entering the attack range."

"These 21 minutes are enough for us to fly to safe airspace."

"Don't worry, they can't catch us - isn't this system designed for this purpose?"

"really."

Katsumura Yota nodded in agreement.

This was also his last resort.

After all, ARES is the most advanced electronic warfare system in the United States and even the world.

According to the upper management, the technology used in this system has been at least 20 years ahead of the world.

If it weren't for the fact that the situation was too complicated, Jianlou would not have agreed to expose this system in advance that was supposed to be used after the war started.

After all, exposing existence means exposing weaknesses, which means that countermeasures will come quickly.

Especially under the current circumstances - China's technological development rate is almost unreasonable. Who knows how long it will take them to develop countermeasures?

One day, one month, one year?——

Even if it's a year, that's too fast.

This is probably a forced choice.

Thinking of this, he suddenly asked:

"So why don't they just do it themselves and do it through us?"

Kithara Sosuke was stunned for a moment, then replied:

"This is the certificate of submission."

Hearing this answer, Katsumura Yota fell silent.

Indeed, after completing this mission, regardless of whether they are identified or not, the island country located in the east will be forced to be bound to the United States.

In this way, the United States directly broke the balance of interests established by China with THAAD.

I have to say, this is indeed a clever move.

Yota Katsumura wanted to say something else, but Sosuke Kitahara continued:

"But there's nothing wrong with that."

"ARES is too powerful. As long as it exists, the East China Sea will never be peaceful."

"As long as the East China Sea is unstable, their aircraft carrier will not be able to travel far - and similarly, that powerful destroyer will also be held back."

"Perhaps we will face tremendous pressure in the short term, but as long as we survive this period, we will still be the final winners."

"It makes sense. But what if"

“What if the advantages of ARES no longer exist?”

Kitahara Sosuke immediately fell silent.

He didn't know how to answer this question.

The probability of this happening should be very low, right?

However, he did not know that at this moment, there was a ghostly fighter plane floating in the sky above him.

——

No, that was not the J-22 that took off from the base after being interfered with.

But it was the H-20 that was already performing training missions over the East China Sea.

Two hours later, inside the headquarters.

The man in military uniform stood in front of the sand table with a serious face, and the person connected remotely was Chen Nian in Chengdu.

"So the situation is now very clear. The other party is using a brand-new electronic warfare system. Different from the ALX-99 and SPASM systems we are familiar with, this system is more powerful and has a wider range of effects."

"According to the scanning results of the Kongjing-500, the opponent's electronic jammer launched the attack from at least 200 nautical miles away, and the jamming signal was injected directly from the main lobe of the radar."

"Even the most advanced digital array radar currently cannot completely eliminate interference from this system."
To be continued...