Chapter 372 Burn Through It!
As the incident happened suddenly, when Gao Zhendong arrived at the conference room, everyone was already there. He was at a relatively far distance, and he was relying on his two legs to get there, so his speed was naturally slower.

Seeing him come in, the leader of the Defense Work Committee smiled and said, "Zhendong, you came very quickly. Thank you for your hard work. What have you been busy with recently?"

Anyway, it was just a casual question, and Gao Zhendong answered casually: "Write a popular science book for children."

Hmm? Although I know that Gao Zhendong must have other jobs, and those jobs are not suitable to be discussed in public, this answer still makes the leader very interested.

"Haha, popular science books are great. To learn science, we should start with children. Why did you suddenly think of doing this?"

"Last month was Children's Day, so I thought I could do something for the children, hehe." Gao Zhendong said with a smile.

The leader nodded and said, "Well, that's good. You care about the next generation. I asked you to come here today not only to do something for the children, but mainly to see if you can do something for everyone."

Gao Zhendong was almost the last one to arrive. As soon as he arrived, the meeting began.

The comrade from the flying army introduced the whole situation and finally said: "The problem now is that we can't find it. If we occasionally find it, we will lose the target very quickly. Even if we get close to it, it is very difficult to aim and hit it. This plane can fly very slowly, which is already difficult to find. By the time we find it, the fighter plane is too fast and the shooting window is extremely limited. In short, we can't see it, catch it, or hit it."

The chief engineer of the Defense Work Committee asked, "Is there any solution now?"

The comrade from the flying army nodded and said, "We have also thought of some ways. The first is for the anti-aircraft artillery unit to set up an ambush, use close and fast tactics, suddenly start the machine guns, and catch the enemy off guard."

Missile ambushes are useless because this thing flies too low, below the missile's minimum firing altitude.

After we shot down the high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft RB-1959D with an S-75 missile in 57, the RB-57D rarely came and was replaced by this low-altitude night reconnaissance aircraft.

So if we want to ambush, we can only use anti-aircraft guns.

Electronic jammers consume power and cannot be turned on all the time. From the perspective of electronic silence, electronic jammers themselves are a source of radiation, so turning them on all the time is not a good thing. In addition, some jammers are designed to target the frequency band of radar signals.

In short, all these situations combined mean that close and fast combat tactics have their place.

The chief engineer sighed, "This is very passive. The enemy can change its route."

Comrades from the flying army agreed: "Yes, this method can only be used to defend key areas, or deployed on some routes to compress the enemy's space for activities, but it is of limited significance for the enemy's crosstalk."

It was not until 1961 that the anti-aircraft artillery unit used the close-range and fast tactics to shoot down the first P-2V, because waiting for an opportunity always takes time and is too passive. And after that, the P-2V quickly resumed its activities a few months later, because this method was very passive. As long as the enemy changed its route, it would be ineffective and could only protect some important places.

The best way is to solve the problem of fighter jets taking the initiative to attack and fight.

Gao Zhendong had been listening but didn't say anything. He knew some tactics in his head, and they were effective tactics that he would use in the future. However, these tactics were complicated to coordinate and might not be the optimal solution in terms of effect. They also required the coordination of many conditions.

The most important thing is that if the comrades of the Flying Army could come up with these things themselves, he would not say anything. They were originally other people's achievements, and copying them in front of them would be too shameless.

Sure enough, tactics such as installing searchlights on fighter planes and using other aircraft to carry flares and drop them to form an illuminated area were proposed by the comrades of the Flying Army, and training has also been launched.

After listening to Comrade Feixingjun’s introduction, the leaders of the Defense Work Committee still frowned.

He turned to Gao Zhendong and said, "Zhendong, you have some experience with electronic interference. Tell us about it."

Gao Zhendong had been listening carefully and should have some idea in his mind now, so the leader asked him directly.

Hearing the leader's instructions, Gao Zhendong came out of his thoughts: "I do have some ideas, but I don't know if the conditions are met."

Everyone's spirits were lifted, needless to say the people from the Defense Work Committee. They knew Gao Zhendong's habits. If he said there was a way, then there really was a way, and it would most likely be useful. At least in principle it made sense.

As for the comrades in the Flying Army, although they did not know about Gao Zhendong's glorious achievements, since the Defense Work Committee specifically asked this young man to attend the meeting, and the leader directly appointed him, it showed that this person was capable. If he said he had a way, then it should be credible to a certain extent.

In everyone's expectant eyes, Gao Zhendong began to explain his thoughts: "First of all, I think that the core of fighting P-2V should be bombers, such as our Tu-4."

Tu-4 is a strategic bomber built by the Russians based on the Americans' B-29. Of course, this "strategy" is limited to the era in which it was born.

But from the name, it can be seen that compared with fighter jets, this thing has a longer range, longer hovering time, and a larger load capacity. The comrades of the flying army frowned: "The Tu-4 can't fly fast and its maneuverability is not enough."

Compared with fighter jets, bombers are not on the same level in terms of speed and maneuverability.

Gao Zhendong smiled and said, "But the P-2V can't fly faster and its maneuverability is not that good. Anyway, the enemy has no escort force, so it's not a big problem for the Tu-4 to bully the P-2V."

Hmm? Everyone thought along the lines of what Gao Zhendong said, and it seemed to be the case.

Although the maximum speed parameters of the P-2V are unclear, judging from its activity patterns, its cruising speed is only about 300 kilometers per hour, which is obviously not enough compared to the Tu-4's maximum speed of 557 kilometers per hour.

As for maneuverability, as an electronic reconnaissance aircraft, it is not necessarily worse than a bomber, but it is definitely about the same. Moreover, the Tu-4's slower flying speed compared to fighter jets is actually an advantage here.

Seeing that everyone was thinking, Gao Zhendong continued to summarize the advantages of bombers: "In a serious air combat, the Tu-4 is definitely not good enough, but it has its own special advantages when fighting against special objects. It has a large payload, which is very important. As for its use, I will talk about it later. It has a navigator's cabin that is extremely large and transparent compared to fighter jets, and a wide field of vision, which is beneficial in night combat. Moreover, as a bomber, it is full of weapons and observers, so it can attack even if the target is not in the head-on area. It has a huge payload, so there is no need to worry about wasting bullets."

At worst, they could just not load bombs but load more bullets. At that time, the main fighter jets, the MiG-15, MiG-17 and their copies, could not carry many shells, and it was common for them to be quickly exhausted during repeated searches and attacks in night battles.

The low hit rate in night combat increases the requirement for ammunition load.

Everyone thinks that this is the case. I am taking advantage of you because you sneaked in without any escort, and you can't run fast and have poor maneuverability, so I use bombers to attack you in a targeted manner. There is nothing wrong with that.

This is really the case of “as soon as the thought of bombing comes into my mind, the world suddenly seems so vast”!
The comrades of the flying army thought that this was a solution: "Comrade Gao, how do you solve the two most troublesome problems of not being able to see and not being able to catch them?"

Gao Zhendong said: "This is related to the problem of heavy load that I just mentioned. Ground radar can still detect and guide combat aircraft to the combat airspace where the P-2V is located, right? The main thing is that the aircraft itself cannot be seen or caught during combat, right?"

Ground radar can still do this if it does not need to consider ground clutter and its own power is relatively large. The ones that are interfered with are all aircraft radars. This is mainly because the fighter jets used at that time all have nose air intakes, and the radars are not very large. In addition, the radar technology is not very good, so it is easily interfered with.

At this time, we are not as arrogant as Gao Zhendong had seen in his previous life, where even the individual radars were equipped with active phased arrays.

Sure enough, the comrades of the flying army nodded and said: "Yes, ground radar can do it, but when combat aircraft reach the combat airspace, the radar will be jammed and blinded."

Gao Zhendong nodded: "Then we will fight poison with poison and burn through its interference!"

With the radar technology of this year, other anti-interference technologies are of little significance. The method of suddenly turning on the machine, which is closer to tactics than technology, also has great flaws. The best anti-interference method is to use great force to create miracles.

"Burn through?" Among the participants was a radar-related person, and even he did not fully understand the concept.

Just like what he did with Engineer Ye, Gao Zhendong explained to them the various types and methods of electronic interference one by one.

Everyone suddenly realized what was going on. The chief engineer of the Defense Working Committee and radar-related personnel began writing quickly in their notebooks. All of it was useful information!

The leader of the Defense Work Committee looked at Gao Zhendong and was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. It was indeed the right decision to call this kid over. Even if they couldn't think of a way to deal with the P-2V today, just his introduction to electronic interference would be enough for the comrades working on radar to digest for a long time.

Comrades in the Flying Army are also taking notes. Although they are not responsible for technology, they are responsible for tactics. With the introduction of the principles of electronic interference, even if there is no technological progress, they may be able to find some tactics and strategies from them, instead of being as passive as they are now.

It would be very uncomfortable to be surrounded by the enemy.

Everyone is working hard.

Gao Zhendong continued to summarize: "So under the current conditions, our most realistic and most likely anti-interference method is to increase the radar power so that the target's echo signal can cover their interference signal and directly burn through their electronic interference at a longer distance!"

In fact, this is also the reason why ground radar can basically complete the detection and guidance of enemy aircraft. This thing is so powerful!
The comrade from the flying army asked, "Comrade Gao, so you chose the Tu-4, the combat aircraft with the largest load capacity we have?"

Two prototypes of the Tu-16 were brought in in 59, so they were naturally not used in 60. Therefore, the Tu-4 was the largest one.

　There are two more chapters tonight.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)