Chapter 502 Jump Up and Fight
The discussion continued in the conference hall.

"Use fighter jets?"

"It's out of reach, and not even close."

"Air-to-air missiles? They can't make up for the gap, which is almost 5 kilometers."

"I think we should focus on driving them away and preventing them from achieving their goals. We don't necessarily have to take them down."

"..."

Gao Zhendong listened to everyone's speeches and already had a plan in mind.

Seeing his calm expression and the calmness of the Defense Work Committee leader who was also presiding over the meeting, it seemed that at least there was a backup plan.

Gao Zhendong is not the kind of person who is indifferent to things that do not concern him. He is extremely proactive in his work. The calmer his expression is, the more ideas he has in his mind, and he is very confident in his ideas. Otherwise, he would never look like this, but would try his best and think hard.

After everyone had finished speaking, the leader called Gao Zhendong.

"Zhendong, tell me what you think."

Most people in the meeting hall became more energetic. Most of those who came to the meeting today had participated in the last meeting on shooting down the P-2V. They were both shooting down airplanes, so there wasn't much difference.

Therefore, everyone still remembers Gao Zhendong's performance last time. The Tu-2T that shot down the second P-4V was modified according to his suggestions. Moreover, the entire combat process also proved that his combat assumptions at the time were completely in line with reality, which was very impressive.

Moreover, judging from the entire process of shooting down the P-2V, even without the infrared air-to-air bomb, the Tu-4T modified according to his suggestion would have caused great trouble to the enemy and would ultimately not be able to escape the fate of being shot down.

This is really amazing. Not everyone has the ability to use the limited conditions at hand to solve very difficult practical problems.

So everyone attached great importance to his speech, especially the comrades in the Air Force.

Gao Zhendong put away the pen he had been using to take notes. The comrades’ speeches were very interesting and he could learn a lot from them. He had been listening and taking notes very carefully.

"I do have an idea, but it may not be mature. Let's discuss it with everyone."

"The first method, as mentioned by the comrades just now, is to develop a highly maneuverable medium- and high-altitude air defense missile. This method is one of the long-term goals, and I personally think it should be pursued and achieved. Of course, this method is not enough to meet urgent needs, and it is also difficult. In any case, there is not enough time, and we can't just watch the enemy flying over our heads. Moreover, the combat initiative of air defense missiles is not enough after all. Even if it is accompanied by air defense in field combat, it is actually a passive defense, not an active attack."

Field combat air defense? What the hell is that? I understand, but we don't have this idea now. Maybe it's something that's being done abroad.

Ignoring everyone's confused looks, Gao Zhendong continued to explain his thoughts: "I think this method still has to fall on the fighter side. My idea is to jump up and fight."

Some people are confused about this statement.

"Jump and fight? How? What do you use to jump?"

But the comrades in the Air Force understood. Although they didn't think of it at first, they remembered it when Gao Zhendong said it, and asked, "Comrade Gao, do you mean to use leaping to attack?"

Gao Zhendong nodded: "Yes, the practical ceiling of the Zhan-5 fighter is about 16000 meters, right? Then the maximum ceiling should be higher than this."

The Air Force comrade said, "Yes, it is higher, but it still cannot reach the height of the U-2."

The principle of the leap tactic is actually very simple. The plane flies diagonally upward at the ceiling altitude, throws itself out, and relies on inertia to fly to a higher altitude.

When exceeding the ceiling, the aircraft flies in a parabola and has almost no maneuverability.

Fighting with fighter jets is undoubtedly dangerous, but it just so happens that what we are facing now is a reconnaissance plane with poor maneuverability.

In fact, a few years later, we used the Z-6 fighter jet and this tactic. We jumped from a practical ceiling of about 17500 meters to more than 6 meters, and used our aircraft cannon to shoot down a Citigroup "Firebee" unmanned reconnaissance aircraft at an altitude of about 19000 meters.

“That sounds like it might work, but how high can it be thrown?”

"At that height, is it possible to attack in time?"

“Isn’t this too much to ask of a pilot?”

"There's no way 16000 meters can jump to 20000 meters, right? Aircraft guns can't make up for this altitude difference."

"..."

Listening to everyone's words, Gao Zhendong nodded: "Yes, even if it jumps, the Zhan-5 still can't reach the U-2 with its cannon, just like a two-year-old child can't hit my face even if he jumps. But if you give this child a stick, it will be different." "Stick?" The comrade of the Air Force's eyes lit up, "Comrade Gao, do you mean to install infrared air-to-air missiles?"

Gao Zhendong smiled and said, "Yes, install infrared air-to-air missiles and launch attacks from behind and below the enemy aircraft. During the jump, the nose of the aircraft points in the direction of the enemy aircraft. This process gives the missile time to search for the enemy. After locking, the missile is launched near the maximum altitude. The jump process not only makes up for a certain height difference, but also gives the missile a certain initial velocity. When the distance is close, the missile firing height plus the jump height should be able to pose a certain threat to the enemy aircraft."

The atmosphere is thin at high altitudes, so the lift of the missile body will decrease, but at the same time, the resistance will also decrease. All in all, it is still feasible for the missile to be launched to a certain height.

"Well, this method seems interesting."

"Leap + missile shooting high, it's like a relay race."

"..."

Gao Zhendong added: "This method is not without disadvantages. First, the number of pylons on the Z-5 is insufficient. At least one auxiliary fuel tank must be sacrificed to mount missiles, which will reduce the combat radius of the fighter."

The Type 5 has only two pylons, and the issue of adding missiles was not considered at the beginning. It can only carry 2-liter auxiliary fuel tanks, 400kg bombs, and unguided rockets. However, if new pylons are added to the fuselage, the modification will be very noisy, so the existing pylons can only be used.

The comrade from the Air Force thought about it and said with a smile: "This is not a big problem. Our fighter jets do not have to return to the original airport. As long as the interception route is well planned, we can find an airport nearby to land and make up for the range loss of the auxiliary fuel tank."

For them, as long as they have ideas, they can find ways to overcome them. The most fearful thing is having no ideas.

Gao Zhendong heard this and directly put the question aside: "Secondly, this requires modifying the existing racks, which requires a certain amount of modification work. In addition, the weight and aerodynamic shape of the air-to-air missiles and auxiliary fuel tanks are unbalanced, and training is required for operation. In addition, the leap tactics require training, which is a test for the pilots."

The comrades in the Air Force took it even less seriously after hearing this: "Thank you, Comrade Gao, for being very considerate of our pilots. But don't worry about this. It's just training, no problem. No comrade would even frown."

Gao Zhendong smiled and said, "I fully trust the air force comrades. That's good, that's good."

The air force comrades laughed, their eyes sparkling as if they had some secret.

The leader of the Defense Work Committee had a smile on his face. As expected, Gao Zhendong had this secret well covered.

In fact, for Gao Zhendong, as long as he attends the meeting, he can always give an answer to most of the current technical problems, and they are all quite advanced and practical good ideas. Even if he can't remember them, the worst that can happen is that he will use some lottery chances to search the database, upgrade the system, and reduce the price, which is really considerate.

After discussion, it was finally decided that the air defense force would continue to fight guerrilla warfare with missiles, and the air force would modify a certain number of fighter jets in accordance with Gao Zhendong's suggestion and deploy them at coastal airports to intercept U-2.

After the meeting, everyone was still discussing other things in groups of three or four. They were all busy with work, and it was a rare opportunity to get together and take the opportunity to talk about other work.

The comrades from the Air Force exchanged a few words with the leaders of the Defense Work Committee, then came over to greet Gao Zhendong.

"Chief Engineer Gao, can you please excuse me for a moment?"

Gao Zhendong followed him to a secluded place, and the Air Force comrade smiled and said, "Chief Engineer Gao, I'm sorry for what happened just now. Due to confidentiality considerations, I couldn't tell you about this in public. Now is the chance for me to explain it to you further."

Gao Zhendong was a little surprised. Is there any new situation?

"We have not only the Z-5 but also the Z-6, a new fighter based on the Russian MiG-19. This aircraft has just been finalized. Its actual service ceiling reaches 18000 meters, and it is designed to carry missiles. It can be equipped with four racks. In addition to two auxiliary fuel tanks, its racks are capable of carrying the Thunderbolt-1 infrared air-to-air missile."

This news made Gao Zhendong surprised, happy and a little unexpected.

Is Master 6 done? If I remember correctly, Master 6 should not be very well now. He thought about what the air force comrade said and understood that Master 6 was not very well originally. One of the biggest problems was heart disease, which was the imitation engine.

It seems that the LYP-6 developed by Mr. Wang of Northeast Aero Engine Research Institute is used on Mr. 6. It flaps its wings by itself. The 591 high-temperature alloy and tungsten-molybdenum first-stage turbine play a significant role.

Not only did LYP-6 mature ahead of schedule, but its practical ceiling of 18000 meters also showed that it brought significant changes to the Type 6. Originally, the Type 6's ceiling was 17500. It goes without saying what these 500 meters meant.

As for the fact that 6 Ye can carry missiles, this is nothing new. It has always been like this. In the previous life, 6 Ye relied on machine guns for a long time, mainly because its own missiles were relatively weak.

That's good, that's good! Gao Zhendong laughed happily.

One reason is that the Type 6 matured ahead of time. It is a good aircraft. Under the right tactics, in our hands, even if we encounter the F-6 of the Americans, we will always have the upper hand.

Secondly, the unintentional action he took when he just started working actually had such a far-reaching impact, which made him more motivated.

Thirdly, the U-2 may not be able to fly over our sky for long due to the huge altitude difference. If the Type 5 rocket and missile can only pose a threat to the U-2 and drive it away, but not necessarily a fatal blow, then the Type 18000 rocket with a ceiling of 6 can definitely kill the U-2 if it uses the same tactics, making sure it has no chance of returning.

The comrades in the Air Force also laughed: "Chief Engineer Gao, so your tactics are very mature, leap + missiles, U-2, we have decided. The aircraft is relatively new, and may still need some training time, but they will not have many days left to run rampant in the sky."

(End of this chapter)