Chapter 317 East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone

The development history of the Dongda Air Force.

It’s not all the way up.

Instead, it is in a curve, up and down.

The Tokyo University Air Force had a bang-up start, competing with the world's top air force right after its establishment.

later.

Because it copied many advanced fighter jets from the former Soviet Union, the East China Air Force was still at the top level in the world air force rankings from the 1950s to the 1970s.

Especially the J-7.
Hundreds of them were exported.

Selling well in dozens of countries.

However, since the 1980s, the Air Force of Tokyo University has gradually fallen behind the times.

In particular, both the Eastern and Western camps have developed third-generation and fourth-generation aircraft one after another, but Tokyo University still relies on second-generation aircraft to dominate the world.

It's a whole era behind.

It was not until the successful maiden flight of the J-10 fighter jet that Southeast University gradually emerged from its decline.

But even in 2013.

The air force of the University of Tokyo is still very weak.

Although there are thousands of fighter jets in service, most of them are outdated models such as the J-7, J-8, or even the J-6, which have poor performance.

More than 9.6 million square kilometers of territory and 3 to 4 million square kilometers of territorial waters.

It is entirely protected by hundreds of Su-27 and Su-30MKK aircraft purchased from Russia, as well as imitated J-11a/B and independently developed J-10a/B aircraft.

But there are too many places to protect.

A mere few hundred third- and fourth-generation fighter jets are clearly not enough.

Short of money!

Therefore, after the East China Sea Air Force established the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone on November 2013, 11, the surrounding forces, both large and small, did not take it seriously at all.

As for the reason, it is also very simple

——The country has no important weapons!
The so-called air defense identification zone actually refers to an area unilaterally demarcated by a country based on air defense needs.

The purpose of doing this is to enable the country's military to detect and identify it early, and to provide conditions for the country's air force to attempt interception operations.

Air defense identification zones first appeared after World War II.

after WWII.

With the continuous development of air combat forces, especially the rapid service and popularization of the second-generation fighter jets with high altitude and high speed as their basic characteristics, the traditional defense systems of various countries are facing great threats.

If we still follow the original practice of sending out fighter jets to intercept hostile air targets only after they approach our own airspace, not only will there not be enough time, but it will also cause the fighter jets (combat opportunities) to disappear, and there is no guarantee of successful interception of enemy aircraft.

That is why major countries have established air defense identification zones in public airspace outside their own territorial airspace.

This will expand the early warning space and ensure interception time.

but.

An ADIZ is not airspace.

Therefore, it is not protected by international law.

If a country does not have strong radar early warning capabilities and strong interception capabilities.

The establishment of an air defense identification zone is a big joke.

Because not only will other countries' air forces not comply, they will come and go as they please, and once they enter your air defense identification zone, your radar forces won't even be able to detect them.

If this isn’t a joke, what is?
Therefore, it was not until November 2013, 11 that the University of Tokyo established the first air defense identification zone in the East China Sea.

The East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone of the University of Science and Technology of China is very large.

It not only overlaps with the air defense identification zones of South Korea and the Japanese.

It even covers a lot of disputed airspace.

So why did Tokyo University not establish an air defense identification zone until 2013?
Didn’t Todai want to do that before?

of course not.

Again.

When you are not strong enough, others will treat what you say as bullshit, let alone the air defense identification zone.

With the establishment of the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone, the open and covert struggles between the East China Sea’s air force and the surrounding major forces have become increasingly fierce.

Those people are not good people.

Especially the Americans. They have long been accustomed to treating the East China Sea as their back garden.

Come when you want and leave when you want.

Now Todai suddenly wants to verify and intercept it.

Naturally, this touched the Americans' reverse scale.

So "war" is inevitable.

The fight was won.

The East China Sea Identification Zone is truly controlled by the East China Sea Navy and Air Force.

Lost the fight.

Then the East China Sea is still someone else's back garden.

Of course.

The "war" here is not a "hot war" in the traditional sense, but it is still a "life-and-death" struggle.

As the fist force of the Jinling Military Region Air Force, the "Wang Hai Squadron" not only undertakes the air defense mission of the Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone, but also fights on the front line, facing the enemy across the ocean.

In just one month, the take-off and landing frequency of the "Wang Hai Squadron" was more than six times the usual frequency.

The number of times we faced enemy aircraft also increased exponentially.

So in just one month.

The "Wang Hai Brigade" was already exhausted and its combat effectiveness had obviously declined.

However, the combat experience accumulated in actual combat is extremely valuable and far beyond what can be compared with a few confrontation exercises or exchanges with foreign militaries.

Xiao Yun thinks highly of Jiang Chen.

Especially in the past month, he has been active on the front line almost every day. After fighting wits and courage with the enemy, he felt the shortage and rarity of talent.

It’s not that the East China University of Technology’s Air Force lacks talent.

Rather, the East China University of Technology Air Force lacks talents who can perfectly control advanced fighter jets.

As strong as 'Wang Hai Brigade'.

Many pilots, especially older pilots, although highly skilled and experienced, lack a perfect understanding of modern advanced fighter jets, nor are they able to achieve a perfect fit with them.

That’s what people say.

Lack of fresh blood.

That's why Xiao Yun has such high expectations for Jiang Chen.

In the future, when Jiang Chen's group of fresh blood has fully grown up, they will be supplemented with a batch of advanced equipment such as the J-20, J-16, and J-10C.

Then the Dongda Air Force will be invincible on the east coast of the Pacific!
"I wanted to stay a little longer today, but I really can't leave."

In the open space outside the school hospital.

Xiao Yun and Li Chenguang stood outside the cabin of a Z-8 helicopter and shouted to Jiang Chen, "But Xinyang is not far from Wuhu. As long as we have time, we will come back to see you."

"Don't take psychological counseling lightly. If you don't pass the test, you won't be able to make a comeback."

Jiang Chen nodded repeatedly.

"As for the application for skipping a grade you mentioned, don't be too anxious."

"You take big steps and you're more likely to tear your balls, don't you know?"

Jiang Chen quickly pushed him onto the helicopter, "How old are you? You are in your thirties but you have the mentality of a sixty-year-old. You keep talking nonsense."

Xiao Yun was so angry that he kicked.

A few minutes later.

As the helicopter slowly took off, the deafening roar gradually disappeared.

Jiang Chen looked at Xiao Yun and Li Chenguang who came and went in a hurry, his eyes full of urgency.

Yesterday he was still proud of being able to fly the J-8.

He even bargained with Liang Zhenghong in order to be able to fly the J-8.

But today, after listening to Xiao Yun and Li Chenguang’s thrilling experiences over the past month.

Only then did he realize how childish he was.

Oh shit!

Have I become the frog in the well?
(End of this chapter)