Chapter 501 New Opponent
The Defense Committee was not worried that Gao Zhendong would never come back, but they were worried that the foreigners were too dirty. Those bastards have never had any bottom line.

As a scientific and technological organization, IEC may be reliable. However, although the IEC headquarters is in Refund City in the watch country, not in the United States, it is actually not much different from being in the United States.

As for the so-called "neutrality" of the watchmaking country, just listen to it.

Science has no borders, but scientists do.

The Bureau of Standards and Regulations had to find people from the Institute of Computing Technology and the Institute of Communications to work on this task. People from the Institute of Computing Technology participated in the C language standard, and people from both sides participated in the software documentation standard.

However, the Bureau of Standards and Regulations did not pop the champagne at halftime. It is not a good idea to make a big fuss about such things until the dust settles.

Gao Zhendong knew that the task of cooperating with the IEC would not fall on him anyway, so he was not worried about his trip to Congress lasting more than 60 days, as his vacation had not yet ended.
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Gao Zhendong was on vacation, but the enemy was not idle.

One early morning in late January 1961, on the other side of the river, at the Black Flying Squirrel Squadron base.

A completely black plane with straight and slender wings slowly taxied on the runway.

This is a U-2 reconnaissance plane provided by the Americans to the other side. It started to conduct reconnaissance on us in 1962, basically flying over all our provinces. One of its key targets was exactly on the other side of the desert.

But in fact, as early as before 1962, the other side had already begun to receive U-2 training. The reason why it appeared earlier is not difficult to guess. If it is not used, there will be no planes to use, and it will be completely impossible to spy on our situation.

The original high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft RB-57 soon terminated its reconnaissance mission after we used the S-75 to set the first record.

Although the RB-57 has been grounded, there is still the P-2V night electronic reconnaissance aircraft. The original P-2V has been in use for many years, which means that the problem of lack of aerial reconnaissance means has never been exposed.

But now, with Gao Zhendong's butterfly wings flapping, the P-2V was sentenced to death ahead of schedule, which caused this problem to arise earlier.

Therefore, the U-62, which had originally started operations secretly in 2, had to start operations earlier.

The people of the Black Flying Squirrel Squadron are very careful.

One reason is that this is new equipment, and strictly speaking, the full training is not yet complete, so we naturally have to be careful.

The second reason is very simple: fear of being beaten.

The U-2's survival depends on its high-altitude flight capability, but it is not to be said that this capability is very safe.

As early as 1960, this thing was shot down by an S-75 over the Russians. As for the legend, it was that the comrades in the Lubyanka of the Russians installed a magnet on the U-2, which caused an error in the U-2 instrument and displayed an altitude of 15000 meters instead of 20000 meters. It was shot down because it did not fly high. This kind of thing is just a joke.

原因很简单——S-75本来就具备在其射程范围内，在20000米高空击落U-2的能力，根本不需要把U-2诱骗到15000米高度来。

As for the evidence, just ask the five U-5s we shot down later, there was no such thing as magnetic screws on those five planes.

Moreover, with the technology at that time, it was unlikely that a magnetic screw could be developed that could raise the flight altitude display to 5000 meters without being detected at low altitudes.

At the same time, with such a large altitude difference of 5000 meters, a normal pilot would probably know something is wrong just by calculating using the climb rate, actual operation and other conditions.

Of course, maybe the Lubyankas were all technical experts and could really get this kind of screws, and maybe the pilots at the time were idiots and didn't realize this problem.

But to say that this pilot was stupid, it is said that he was able to think about his own life. He refused to believe the request of the Langley Center and did not turn on the delayed self-destruct switch, so it doesn't seem to make sense to say that he was stupid.

Well, it’s definitely not because the Citi guys are looking for excuses for their failure.

In short, no matter what, the U-2 is vulnerable to the S-75, but fortunately the S-75 does not have the ability to launch in a mobile manner. It requires a large fixed position to play an air defense role. The deployment and withdrawal of this position are very time-consuming, which allows the U-2 to avoid the S-75 position and choose other routes to harass.

And in the original time and space, our troops used the S-75 to fight guerrilla warfare, and this was the reason why the U-2 was stunned at the beginning: I really can't imagine that you can also use this thing to fight guerrilla warfare.

Apart from some limited electronic jamming methods in the later period, high-altitude flight is the only means of survival for the U-2. Once this method fails, it will be doomed.

As for the nonsense that the U-2 has a certain stealth capability, just listen to it. This thing has never been invisible in front of radar.

Our S-75 radar operators use close and fast combat tactics. They can lock onto it and launch missiles to shoot it down within 8 seconds when their radar is suddenly turned on. It can be seen that the so-called stealth is simply nonsense.

The Black Flying Squirrel's U-2 was destined to carry out the first reconnaissance mission of the entire U-2 fleet on the other side of the strait.

They knew that we had S-75 missiles and had suffered a lot from them. Fortunately, we didn't have many S-75s, and all known deployment locations were excluded from their flight routes.

After gliding, the black U-2 took off and flew towards the northwest. The reason for taking off in the early morning was that its main means of reconnaissance at that time was a visible light camera, and taking off in the early morning was just the right time to fly there.

The Black Flying Squirrel Squadron was anxious and worried. They had long been afraid of the enemy's combat power, and now, this fear had spread to the technical field, as if the enemy could always pull out a deadly weapon to give them a blow. This time, they were lucky and well prepared.

The U-2's route did bypass all the S-75 missile positions. It's not that our radar didn't detect it, but after it was detected, fighter jets from all over the world took off one after another, only to find that they couldn't reach it at all.

At that time, the latest fighter jet we had was the Z-5, commonly known as the 5th Master, and the 6th Master was not yet fully developed.

The U-5 was a good plane, but it was also an old one, with a practical ceiling of only 16000 meters. The pilots tried their best, but they still had no way to deal with the U-20000 at an altitude of more than 2 meters. They had to watch it soar away in the sky.

How much is the height difference? Generally speaking, the 5th is about 2 kilometers lower than the U-5.

At about the expected time, the U-2's secret message came over the radio, and it returned.

This made the people of the Black Flying Squirrel Squadron feel relieved. They finally had a plane that could save their lives. They felt that their life-threatening careers were not so hopeless anymore.

On our side, the emergence of this new enemy situation once again made our air force comrades pay attention.

Obviously, the Tu-4T can no longer play a role in this matter. Its practical ceiling is only 11000 meters. In other words, even if the Thunder-1 it carries is modified to shoot horizontally without reducing its range and is held upright, it still cannot reach the U-2.

Moreover, the U-2's cruising speed of 800 km/h is also beyond the capability of the Tu-550, which has a cruising speed of only about 4.

The information from various radar stations and command posts was quickly gathered together. After analysis, it became clear that the other side was willing to be a running dog and got a new reconnaissance aircraft. Compared with its old rivals RB-57 and P-2V, which had already been timidated, this reconnaissance aircraft flew faster and higher, and was very difficult to deal with.

The saying "One trick is enough to conquer the world" is absolutely true.

Comrades from the Air Force and Air Defense Forces quickly came up with a countermeasure, which was similar to what Gao Zhendong knew in his previous life. The air defense missile forces were ready to fight guerrilla warfare!

While the air defense missile troops were making intensive preparations, the situation was also reported to the Defense Working Committee. The intention was clear: please ask the comrades of the Defense Working Committee to think of a solution, hold a Zhuge Liang meeting, and take stock of their own resources to see if there is any way to solve this problem.

This method paid off in the case of the P-2V, and the results were extremely obvious. It was the result of that meeting that wiped out the P-2V in one fell swoop.

The reason why the classic method is classic is that it really works.

After receiving the news, the leader of the Defense Work Committee weighed himself and found that there was still some room for increase. So he called Gao Zhendong and said, "Zhendong, I'll take up one day of your time so that we can attend a meeting."

This kid is smart, has strong technical and tactical skills, and can always come up with a lot of good ideas.

Gao Zhendong, who was bored at home and had regained his thigh muscles, received the notice and rushed there on time in high spirits.

Whatever it is, it’s good to have something to do.

When he arrived at the meeting room of the Defense Work Committee, Gao Zhendong felt that the configuration of this group of people and their respective units looked familiar. He must have seen them at some meeting.

The leader of the Defense Work Committee saw him and waved.

"Zhendong, come here and sit here. You can hear clearly from here." After saying that, he pointed to a seat next to him.

Gao Zhendong walked over and sat down, and asked the leader in a low voice: "Leader, what is going on today? I look at this personnel structure and it seems familiar."

Hey, the sensitivity is still high.

"You'll know in a moment. You guessed it right. It's an old problem, but there are new circumstances."

After about ten minutes, everyone was present and the meeting officially began.

The comrades from the Air Force gave a general introduction to the situation. Gao Zhendong listened and was shocked. Oh, so that's what was going on. No wonder they pulled him in again.

After listening to the situation briefing, everyone began to speak freely. This was a discussion meeting on tactics and strategies, and the degree of freedom was very high.

"I think the idea of ​​using anti-aircraft missiles to fight guerrilla warfare is a good one. Our missiles can reach it. Didn't the Russians in the north use them to shoot down the U-2?"

"The missile is good, but it is difficult to deploy. It basically depends on luck. It is too passive. I think we should develop a new missile."

"Will it be easier to deploy new missiles? By the time new missiles are developed, this type of aircraft may have been retired."

That's not the case. The U-2 has a very high cost-effectiveness. Small countries can't do anything about it, and big countries can only use it to skirt the airspace. It was still in service when Gao Zhendong crossed over.

(End of this chapter)