super robot clone

Chapter 88 The disappearing signal

350 kilometers away from Chen Xin's A300 passenger plane, over the Mediterranean Sea, an e-2c "Eagle Eye" carrier-based early warning aircraft is flying westward along the baseline of the territorial waters of the African continent. The airborne radar is constantly monitoring Chen Xin's movements.

This fixed-wing carrier-based early warning aircraft purchased from the United States is currently serving in the French Naval Air Force, and is mainly equipped on the "Charles de Gaulle" aircraft carrier.

Known as the "Flagship of Europe", the "Charles de Gaulle" is France's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the only non-US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the world.It is said that its combat capability is second only to the large US nuclear aircraft carrier, and its comprehensive combat capability is six times greater than that of the previous French "Clemenceau" class conventionally powered aircraft carrier.

The "Charles de Gaulle" aircraft carrier began construction in 1986, was completed and launched in 1994, carried out weapons and equipment tests in 1997, conducted sea tests in January 1999, and conducted voyage tests in November 1. It took 2000 years and cost 11 billion francs.Originally planned to cost 15 billion francs, it entered active service in 800, but it has gone through hardships since it was launched on May 120, 1996, and many problems have been exposed, such as rudder tremor, engine failure, incomplete sound insulation, and nuclear reactor pressure vessel cracks.

Later, according to the French media, all these problems stem from unreasonable design and poor quality.

For example, after the "Charles de Gaulle" was launched, it was discovered that the flight deck was too short to accommodate the planned e-2c "Hawkeye" early warning aircraft to take off and land, so it had to return to the Brest Shipyard for a comprehensive inspection, and finally the runway on the inclined deck was lengthened. 4 meters to solve the problem.

Surprisingly, in November 2000, when the "Charles de Gaulle" was conducting its first ocean-going test in the North Atlantic, it was on its way from Guadeloupe in the French West Indies to the Norfolk Naval Base in the United States at a speed of 11 knots. , a propeller blade suddenly broke and sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

“戴高乐”号不得不以14节航速返航,原定在完成历时6周的远航试验后于2000年12月23曰正式服役的计划就此泡汤。此外,还有更为离奇的问题。

During the test voyage, the cooling system circuit of the "Charles de Gaulle" did not have any contact with the nuclear reactor, and it did not have any cooling effect.Even the washing machines used by the sailors had problems. If all the drums were running at full speed, the entire hull would vibrate unbearably!

However, the "Charles de Gaulle" with its "sick body" always loves to charge forward: participated in the war in Afghanistan, attacked Libya, and even went to Somalia to fight pirates-even though it was recalled due to technical failure within a day.

Although the "Charles de Gaulle" aircraft carrier itself has various problems, the carrier-based aircraft loaded on it are worthy of world-class standards.

The Rafale M3 carrier-based fighter jet of the French company Dassault and the e-2c airborne early warning aircraft purchased from the United States have enabled the "Charles de Gaulle" to have a strong air-to-sea combat capability.

Especially e-2c "Eagle Eye", the an/aps-125/145 long-range search radar equipped on it can detect high-altitude bombers at a distance of 741 kilometers, low-altitude bombers at 463 kilometers, ships at 360 kilometers, low-altitude fighters at 408 kilometers, and low-altitude cruisers. Missile 269 km.

At the same time, it can also track 250 targets at the same time and guide 45 fighter jets for air combat. A single early warning aircraft can increase the combat power of the same number of fighter jets by two to three times.

Therefore, using such an early warning aircraft to monitor an ordinary civil aviation aircraft is somewhat overkill.

In the cockpit of the E2C early warning aircraft, Major Brandon, the Air Condition Control Commander (Cico), looked relaxed, calling the two Rafale-M carrier-based fighter jets that were tracking and flying behind the A350 with his headset from time to time.

"'Eagle Eye' calls for 'Rattlesnake', and 'Eagle Eye' calls for 'Gas Tank', please correct the course to 156, the target has turned, and now it appears 11 kilometers away from your direction at 24 o'clock."

"'Gas Tank' understands! 'Oil Refinery Barrel' keep up!"

"'Refinery Barrel' understands!"

The two Rafale-M carrier-based fighters flapped their wings and began to correct their course.

At this moment, the radar officer (ro) Lieutenant Douglas on the "Eagle Eye" suddenly shouted: "Target lost, target lost!"

Major Brandon turned his head and took a look. Not knowing what to do, the light spot that was clearly visible on the radar screen disappeared, but he didn't panic. Maybe it was caused by a radar failure. Although this situation is not common, it is not No surprise.

Major Brandon supported the headset and called: "'Eagle Eye' calls for 'Gas Tank', 'Eagle Eye' calls for 'Gas Tank', 'Eagle Eye' malfunctions, the target is lost, please turn on the airborne radar tracking by yourself."

"Rattlesnake understands!"

Then, Major Brandon reported to the "Charles de Gaulle" aircraft carrier: "'Hawkeye' has lost its target, and the radar may have malfunctioned. Request to return."

But before the commander on the "Charles de Gaulle" aircraft carrier could reply, the call from the "gas tank" made Major Brandon dumbfounded.

"'Gas Tank' calls 'Hawkeye,' 'Gas Tank' calls 'Hawkeye,' No target on my radar, no target on my radar, same on 'Refining Barrel' radar."

You must know that the rbe-2-aa active electronically scanned array radar mounted on the Rafale M fighter jet can detect targets with a reflection cross section of 3 to 5 square meters at a distance of more than 200 kilometers, and within a range of 22 kilometers, even F[-] can't even think about it. Get rid of its tracking, let alone the huge Airbus.

It is understandable to say that there is a problem with the radar of one plane, but it is almost impossible for the radars of three planes to have problems at the same time.

Major Brandon immediately reported the abnormal situation to the "Charles de Gaulle", which quickly attracted the attention of high-level French officials.

A civil airliner disappears on the radar screen, it either lands or crashes, there is no third possibility.

However, the Airbus a350 was flying over the Atlantic Ocean before, and landing is definitely impossible, so only the worst will happen.

Major Brandon then located the longitude and latitude of the Airbus A350 before it disappeared, and immediately ordered two Rafale M fighter jets to rush to the incident site to search.

At the same time, the "Charles de Gaulle" aircraft carrier battle group also began to turn, heading towards the sea area where the incident occurred at full speed.

………………

Inside the cabin of an Airbus A350.

Qiao Ting walked over with a large bag of food. At first, the hostages were a little panicked when they heard footsteps. When Qiao Ting came in, they found that the other party was only a young woman in her 30s and [-]s. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Qiao Ting said in French: "Don't be afraid, everyone. I am a hostage just like you. Now Mr. Iron Man asked me to distribute food to everyone. Please keep quiet and order. Each person has two breads and a bottle of mineral water."

Then she repeated it again in English.

Yang Jing leaned into Ling Wei's ear and said, "Sister Weiwei, I didn't expect there were hostages in the front cabin. I thought it was just us. I don't know if she is Chinese."

Ling Wei nodded subconsciously, looked at Qiao Ting blankly, and said in a low voice, "It should be!"

When Qiao Ting appeared, she immediately recognized the girl who chatted happily with Chen Xin at the air show.Just how did she appear here?Was it also captured by terrorists?What about Chen Xin?

Ling Wei's heart suddenly lifted.

Qiao Ting distributed the food one by one along the aisle. When she came to Yang Jing and Ling Wei, she saw the faces of two people of yellow race. are you Chinese?"

Qiao Ting nodded and smiled, "Yes, you are..."

At this moment, the plane shook slightly, and a blue light flashed through the porthole.

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