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"At present, the scope of our sea and air defense is still not clear enough."

"So sometimes it causes unnecessary problems."

After Shi Hu flew a fighter plane to complete several border patrol missions, he raised such a question.

In fact, the problem of unclear sea and air defense scope has been around for a long time.

Before this, Shihu and the others had never cruised that far.

It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s that I can’t.

In the past, the fighters equipped by Shi Hu and others were not enough to support their long-term cruise in such a distant area.

Shi Hu's maritime defense area is very large, from the outlet of the Yangtze River to the boundary between the East China Sea and the South China Sea.

The vast East China Sea is their defense zone.

In the previous wave of J-10 equipment changes, they were the first batch of troops to change equipment.

Because their combat pressure is the greatest among several military regions.

Facing the enemy's superior navy and air force for a long time.

However, the refitted J-10S still cannot allow them to complete the mission of patrolling the East China Sea border.

After all, the first few batches of J-10S had a short range, only 3,000 kilometers.

The combat radius is around 1,300 kilometers.

"This time, the Yingjiang Air Force stationed across the sea did not take the initiative to attack. There is a high probability that they still do not have a clear grasp of our strength."

Shi Hu put forward his own opinions at the meeting.

"After all, they haven't seen our shadow yet."

If they had grasped the situation of Shihu and his group's patrol, they would definitely not be silent like now.

Instead, they are hyping up the so-called "threat theory" in the field of public opinion.

Those present in the meeting are, to say the least, aces in air combat.

Not to mention, there are old aces who have actually shot down several enemy planes in past wars.

"This situation will not last long. We can hide it for less than a year at most."

There were people present who had a very calm understanding of the current situation.

Today, the frequency of J-20 dispatches is not high enough, and the opponent cannot detect the specific situation.

But with the rapid change of equipment, the frequency of their dispatches will become higher and higher.

Correspondingly, the probability of being discovered will also increase.

It was only a matter of time before he was discovered.

Chengdu Aircraft's annual production this year is expected to reach 75 aircraft, and most of the production capacity has been allocated to them.

At least they can replace two aviation regiments.

"So we must make good use of this time to expand our cruise range, especially within the huge oil and gas fields in the East China Sea!"

Based on detection in recent years, a huge number of oil and gas fields have been discovered in the East China Sea.

Among them are many oil fields with reserves of tens of millions of tons.

And even more huge reserves of natural gas reaching trillions of cubic meters!

In recent years, people on the other side of the sea have repeatedly made fuss about the East China Sea issue.

Whether it is the so-called 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone or the hype on the East China Sea median line issue.

In fact, it is all for the huge oil and gas resources in the East China Sea.

"The cruise range we currently delineate is actually relatively conservative."

Lao Fei, who had a more radical attitude, stood up and pointed at the map in the conference room.

"With our current strength, we can completely extend the patrol range to the east by 100 kilometers!"

"One hundred kilometers, is that too much of a step?"

"Will it trigger further reactions from the other party?"

As soon as Lao Fei's suggestion came out, there was enough discussion in the conference room.

However, no one has much objection to the advancement of the cruise range to the east.

The main point of controversy is whether the distance is too large.

The width of the East China Sea is not very large, about 380 nautical miles.

This is equivalent to about 700 kilometers.

The areas they currently cruise are generally 360 kilometers away from the mainland.

Although it crosses the middle line of the East China Sea, from the perspective of the exclusive marine economic zone, it is not considered a cross-border.

If we continue to push the cruising boundary closer to the east, it will definitely cause conflicts.

However, the magnitude of the contradiction is definitely different when pushing closer to 50 kilometers and pushing closer to 100 kilometers.

A hundred kilometers further east, we are almost close to the Ryukyu Islands!

There is even less than 250 kilometers away from Kadena Base where the Takao Air Force is stationed!

"We don't have to say how many kilometers to push the distance. This issue should be left to the higher authorities to have a headache."

"Let's think about how to make the costume change go smoothly!"

As soon as this sentence came out, no one in the conference room stopped discussing the issue of patrolling the border.

Instead, they began to compete with each other for the replacement spots for the next batch of J-20s.

The changeover, which has been going on for several months, has made everyone realize just how good this fighter is.

Especially during this period of patrolling, it almost rubbed the other third-generation aircraft around it to the ground.

Among the many people, only the old god who had finished changing his clothes was there.

Looking at the brother troops who have not yet changed their uniforms, they are competing for the next batch of uniform places.

Shi Hu looked very different in the intense meeting room.

Among the many people, he was the only one who lowered his head and remained silent.

"Huzi, what are you thinking about?" Lao Fei, who was tired from watching the show, patted him on the shoulder and asked.

"I'm wondering what air combat in the stealth fighter era should look like."

When Shi Hu said this, he showed confusion.

In other words, Lao Fei was considered his senior, so he spoke up and wanted some opinions.

"We are basically relying on stealth performance and phased array radar to crush the enemy, but if we encounter an enemy of the same level, how should we fight?"

Lao Fei looked at Shi Hu up and down in surprise:

"I didn't expect that not long after I flew a stealth fighter, you kid would come up with this."

"We cannot always face opponents with such generational differences in the future."

Shi Hu frowned and said, "Sooner or later, we will have to face enemies who are also equipped with stealth fighters."

“Be prepared for a rainy day and be prepared for any eventuality.”

"If you ask me these questions, I don't know."

Lao Fei shrugged and said, "But I know there is a place where there is a high probability that someone knows about it."

"Where?"

Shi Hu's heart moved, and he had already guessed what the other party would say.

There is a high probability that it is a professional blue army formed as early as two years ago.

"Who else could it be, 'Nan Batian'?"

"They switched to J-20s two years before we did. It is said that the first batch of ones leaving the factory were all given to them to hone their tactics."

Lao Fei's eyes shone with envy and he said:

"It is said that their flight time is very sufficient, and everyone can fly until they vomit."

"In our case, everyone can fly 150 hours a year, which is considered very good among the entire Air Force."

"It is said that in 'Nan Batian', everyone's flying hours are no less than 300 hours per year!"

"They must have practiced the J-20's tactics much more than we have."

What Lao Fei said is correct. It has been less than a year since they just switched to the J-20, and most of the time was still spent on flight training.

Unlike "Nan Batian" and the others, the aerial confrontation had already gone on for several rounds.

"This year's confrontation exercise seems to be about to begin."

Lao Fei thought for a while and said:

"At that time, you should be able to learn what their tactics are like."

"After all, there's not much difference between our fighter planes."

After listening to this, Shi Hu nodded expectantly.

Simulation drills are a nightmare for many people.

Because every time, Nan Batian could come up with various ways to torture them.

Including but not limited to, the airport that just joined the exercise was hit by a low-altitude tactical nuclear bomb and the entire army was wiped out, the airport was attacked by a cluster bomb during the transfer, etc.

Almost all the troops that have fought against "Nan Batian" can tell some sad history.

Shi Hu had been beaten violently by them before.

It's just that they were still using the J-10S at the time, and it's understandable that they lost because their equipment was inferior.

Now they have also changed their equipment to J-20s, and the two sides are considered to be on the same level.

Shi Hu thought that he should be able to fight.

At least there will be no chance of being shot down before the enemy is discovered.

The issue of border cruising aroused more heated discussion after the report.

The main issue still focuses on where the cruise boundary should be set.

Most people think that the setting of cruise boundaries is to divide the main oil and gas fields on our side.

In the end, the boss made the decision, believing that the demarcation of cruise boundaries should not only take into account resource issues.

We must also consider strategic issues.

There is an important pass in and out of the first island chain in the East China Sea, the Miyako Strait.

The future navy and air force will have to take this into consideration if they want to enter and leave the first island chain.

This is of great significance for breaking through the enemy's strategic blockade.

As a result, a domestic maritime air defense identification zone began to be prepared and prepared.

The concept of air defense identification zones emerged after World War II.

The first country to implement it was Eagle Sauce.

The air defense identification zone is different from the national airspace and does not have sovereignty.

It is mainly to prevent aircraft or aircraft with unknown attributes from infringing the national airspace, and to remind or warn aircraft entering the area not to enter the airspace of other countries.

Mainly because the high-speed fighters after World War II were too fast. If we still waited for them to reach the airspace before intercepting them, it would be too late.

The air defense identification zone in the footbath has been designated as early as the last century.

However, there is no first-come, first-served basis in the Air Defense Identification Zone.

Therefore, when making domestic divisions, we mainly proceed from our own strategies.

In October, the first version of the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone was released and sent to the Air Force for discussion.

Shi Hu's aviation division, which was on the front line of the fight, naturally received this fresh report on the scope of the air defense identification zone.

"It seems that the higher-ups have bigger intentions than we thought."

Shi Hu said with some emotion.

When he received this report, he had just completed a flight mission.

And during this flight, a record was set for a single aircraft to drive away three fighter jets.

However, Shi Hu didn't think there was anything to be proud of.

After all, the equipment can crush the opponent by a large margin. If you can't do this anymore, you might as well go home.

"As the air defense identification zone is being delineated, our tasks will definitely be heavier."

Lao Fei, who had also just received the report, said.

"It is said that we originally only had 24 quotas for the J-20 in the next batch of equipment changes, but now we are given a quota of 60 J-20s."

“For most of this year, our priority will be to change our outfits.”

Shi Hu's news is a little behind, he just found out about it.

"Then can't we complete all the costume changes within this year?!"

Shi Hu was a little surprised.

Their aviation division has three brigades in total, and Shi Hu's previous brigade has been refitted.

Only two groups are still flying the J-10S equipped previously.

This time, 60 aircraft will be replaced at once, which means that the entire unit will be replaced!

"This may have something to do with Eagle Sauce."

Lao Fei whispered to Shi Hu:

"I heard that their fourth-generation aircraft will soon be equipped with troops. We are the troops most likely to fight them, so we considered completing all the replacements in the first batch!"

This was the first time Shi Hu heard that Yingjiang's F-22 was about to enter service.

After all, although various rumors were circulating before, how advanced their F-22 would be.

But no one pays much attention to fighter jets that are not in service.

After all, if a fighter jet cannot serve, it is of little value to them.

After all, they are a combat force, not a scientific research team.

But if they really want to serve, then they should really study their fighter jets carefully.

"The performance of their fighter jets has been collected in China. How is it?"

Shihu asked equally quietly.

"I heard from the grapevine that the speed, radar, etc. are lagging behind us?"

Lao Fei is not sure about the authenticity of this news.

After all, in everyone's impression, Eagle Sauce is still the world's hegemon.

It’s unlikely to be behind us, right?

However, Lao Fei is just a little skeptical about this, because they have also flown the J-20 and know how abnormal its performance is!

The maximum cruising speed is Mach 2.2. For many fighter jets, this speed is already approaching their maximum speed!

Not to mention the speed exceeding Mach 3 with afterburner turned on!

This has exceeded the speed of many cruise missiles!

This means that even if the opponent launches a missile behind the J-20, as long as it turns on afterburner flight, it will be able to get rid of the missile quickly!

Not to mention the almost cheating stealth performance on the fighter jet.

In addition, the J-20's weapons have also undergone a wave of updates recently. The original PL9-D was replaced by the more advanced PL-15.

The PL-15 has a range of 210 kilometers, almost reaching the limit of fighter radar detection.

This means that entering the enemy-seeking range of a fighter jet is almost the same as entering the attack range!

"Maybe they are really not as good as our fighters."

Shi Hu thought for a while and then said:

"But you still can't underestimate it."

"After all, we have no experience fighting stealth fighters."

In fact, this problem also exists for eagle sauce.

They also have no experience fighting stealth fighters.

Even now they don't realize what kind of opponent they are about to face.

"The East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone will be divided into the following areas."

On the conference room stage, they were still announcing the range they would need to patrol and fly in the future.

"The specific range is the airspace range between the following six points and the territorial sea line."