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Born in the 1950s the U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, have been a long time since the United States as a major reconnaissance tool. During the Cold War, Soviet U-2 in-depth reconnaissance total 24, only one was shot down, but in China's airspace, U-2's will be no luck as well. Today, "said nothing new" to you about Inflatable tents 45 years ago in China's airspace, shocked the world - to-air missile shot down US-made U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance planes of the story.
Caption: October 7, 1959, Beijing Datong)
(Picture: the People's Liberation Army shot down American high-altitude reconnaissance planes fact:
"543" front-to-air missile troops 2nd Battalion, radar, alarm, missile operators correction goals, three missiles into the sky flew into the sky, hitting the target)
[Commentary: This is a shocking world aerial combat, October 7, 1959, less than 10 months of the equipment in place only four months of Chinese surface-to-air forces, Datong County in Beijing shot down by missiles of the world's most advanced at that time the US-made RB-57D high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, the history of the creation of the world's first military aircraft shot down by missiles of the history, thus unveiling a 10-year-long protracted confrontation strength of the Sino-US high-altitude prelude.
(Black.)
[Commentary - from the end of November 1957, Taiwan's Kuomintang entrenched on the use of United States military assistance RB-57D, RF-101 high-altitude reconnaissance planes and P-2V night reconnaissance planes to the mainland to conduct reconnaissance uninterrupted harassment. According to the report at that time the combat record: only in January 1959 to March, I have to take off on the Air Force F-5, Mig -19 fighters 109 approved 202 sorties, of which 106 sorties, pilots discovered the targets, but eventually relented due to altitude not enough can not hit the aircraft and targets, had failed. While our military has the largest diameter of 100 mm anti-aircraft guns, air effective range of only 12,000 meters, they simply could not hit the 18,000 meters over the enemy.
In June 1958 day, Air Force Deputy Commander-Jun will illumination soldiers Command response to Beijing, gave him an important task.
【Earlier -张伯华then illumination soldiers Command Officers
Cheng Jun, deputy commander of the air force called me to his office told me that the Air Force set up by the Central Military Commission decided to air missile troops. Air defense you have some experience, you called for the completion of this task is more appropriate. I immediately said no problem, I will certainly accomplish this task, I finished to a table, tell me that this is provided by a surface-Soviet business establishment table, you can see taken.
[Commentary - October 6, 1958, China's first-to-air missile troops in the Beijing suburbs Qinghe, a hall declared officially established. All personnel are selected from the business elite troops, no explanation, the regiment-level cadre When battalion level, the battalion level cadres when even level, in accordance with the needs of the army were all low Vocational preparation, the troop number "543" and the names of foreign "Geological Survey brigade," all cadres and fighters strictly limited direct contact with the outside world. However, the unit was established soon to enable everybody has a nervous event.
【Earlier - Chenhuiting: former deputy chief of staff of the Air Force, who was the "543" combat troops 2nd Battalion staff
A technician wrote a letter to his girlfriend, after he finished the letter, delivered battalion review by the Director-General to defend a view, the positive is normal for them to write a few words, to a peace that I am good health. A look back, it is the Arab digital, six of one, six of a group password, and defend stem this is the Director-General, he has vigilance.
[Commentary: To clarify the situation, the security departments immediately technician for isolation of this review, the technician surrendered one of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", saying that this book is his girlfriend exchanges and secret codes.
【Earlier - Chenhuiting: former deputy chief of staff of the Air Force, who was the "543" combat troops 2nd Battalion staff
Defending the officers did not understand that you how communication? He told him, he said that the first two figures are numbered, representatives from the middle two words are few, as the two representatives of several books inside word is the location of a few, seeing it, according to this code is translated indeed is the only to the release of this cadre.
[Commentary - "543" surface-to-air forces of the establishment of effectively curbing the arrogance of the enemy. In October 1959 to August 1961 in the past two years, this unit has shot down an enemy on three high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, thus forcing the air reconnaissance overlord known as the RB-57D high-altitude reconnaissance plane early discharge. In order to obtain more new China's political, economic and military information, in 1962 the United States will develop a new nickname for the "black widows" U-2 new high-altitude reconnaissance planes to Taiwan use.
【Earlier - Li Lin Museum of the Chinese People's Revolutionary Military Museum Director weapons
【Earlier - Chenhuiting: former deputy chief of staff of the Air Force, who was the "543" combat troops 2nd Battalion staff
U2 aircraft structure very unique, in fact you look like a jet engine installation of glider, its wheels like a bicycle wheel, is stuck in the inside, it is light, as it maximum can fly 27000 m.
[Commentary: U2 aircraft reconnaissance capability strong, it was equipped with a machine designed specifically for the production of optical camera, the camera's precision far exceeding the then ordinary civilian cameras, camera equipped with 2,500 m long inside the film, each after the completion of the task of flushing out reconnaissance photographs of a house full of enough need more than 1,000 people with one week's time to have been disposed of.
【Earlier - Chenhuiting: former deputy chief of staff of the Air Force, who was the "543" combat troops 2nd Battalion staff
One look at Chiang Kai-shek in reconnaissance photographs inadvertently asked the Inflatable tents sentence, he has no home in Fenghua, Zhejiang photos, results stopover in Fenghua soon U2 aircraft took a picture, showed a look at Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek's mother reportedly also looks grave of a tombstone Second-Chu.
[Commentary: January 13, 1962, U2 high altitude reconnaissance aircraft re-entry into mainland China's airspace, this time the preferred surveillance target is still our army Northwest experimental range, which is now Shenzhou VI launch base. By "543 force" hit the reconnaissance plane becoming increasingly cunning, through the transformation of their flight path and height means to constantly escape from the military to effectively combat them to cover only three battalions of troops to capture surface-to-air fighter. Only in 1962 the first half of U2 reconnaissance aircraft on the mainland were up to 11 times the depth reconnaissance.
In July 1962, Air Force Chief of Staff and Commander Liu Yalou Luo Ruiqing person Steering combat troops. According to U2 aircraft on 11 occasions to the mainland for reconnaissance of which eight have been Nanchang this characteristic, decided to troops disguised as a "geological ", by the Beijing area near the temporary transfer to Nanchang. However, the enemy seems to be aware of this action.
【Earlier - , who was the "543" troops 2nd Battalion Battalion Commander
They may have to monitor what point things, as long as what direction the mobilization of Fujian what circumstances, they should be sent reconnaissance plane to look at.
[Commentary: September 7, 1962, the Air Force Commander Liu Yalou ordered "lured erbium plan." A bomber Battalion was ordered to Nanchang from Nanjing its forces beforehand. This turn-around in a big way, really startled the CIA and the Taiwan intelligence agencies. The next day, U2 sent out, the missile troops in full battle array. Unexpectedly, this after-U2 flew Guilin sudden U-turn back. Is that plan by the enemy? Confirmed that the original captured after the plane was due to mechanical failure of the half-way back. September 9 morning, U2 again dispatched from the mainland in Fujian's Pingtan enter, but close to suddenly change the route Nanchang, diverted the direction of Beijing.
【Earlier - who was the "543" troops 2nd Battalion Battalion Commander
Its results fly north, the Poyang Lake Side Feifei after, I began to be determined, I said that the aircraft might have to Poyang Lake turning your attention, so shooting preparations.
[Commentary: U2 aircraft indeed killed in the air "to the Janjaweed" direct Nanchang, it absolutely did not expect drilling has ambushed the army's layout good lap.
【Earlier - , who was the "543" troops 2nd Battalion Battalion Commander
6, all aimed at the target missile, with the antenna rotation, arrived at the firing range on the issue when I fired.
[Commentary]
Three missiles into the sky and U-2 aircraft was more than 3,600 pieces of shrapnel knit network of death blow to pieces.
【Yun - the same period when the air force's combat future, vice minister
Probably waited for more than 40 seconds of time, the whole plane had no shadow, left behind, radar perspective disappeared, following reports that they shot down the aircraft in any areas, wow, that time Inflatable tents Liu Yalou happy, the air command center warming up suddenly on the up, and he was pleased, Liu Yalou said there Maotai no argument to say that with Maotai.
[Commentary: March 28, 1963, re-converted again after the U2 aircraft center Jiuquan in Northwest China's invasion, when waiting in the "543" business units opened a radar tracking, U2 aircraft as long devices quickly fled the eyes open to be shut down radar, the aircraft he flew to target and reduce the level of surveillance and then to leave, two combat air defense units dashed. Destroyed U2 aircraft to the arrogance of the Air Force deployed three battalions of troops on the U2 aircraft reconnaissance indispensable part of the northwest of the Xi'an maximum security. September 25, the opportunity has come, and a U2 aircraft to the channeling of Xi'an. Three surface-to-air operators immediate access to operational status.
【Earlier - Chenhuiting: when the "543" combat troops 2nd Battalion staff
Once the results turning antenna on the aircraft, one starts turning antenna on the aircraft, the three battalions in Xian Intermediate take advantage of the loophole slip, the image that is come away from the window. Three battalions did not live an aircraft to intercept This problem serious. Do not adopt new tactics is no less than a plane.
[Commentary: U2 aircraft equipped with advanced radar detectors, it found to avoid radar after fleeing from only 20 seconds. In order to promptly capture fighters, the officers and men of research finally explored a combine native with foreign method of the new tactics. They started by U2 aircraft could not detect loose -9 guided anti-aircraft group on the aircraft for long-range radar tracking, to be entered ambush enemy missile radar laps later, then eight seconds of complete aiming to launch. Air Force Commander Liu Yalou particularly pleased after inspections, and personally to the name of this game: "Near quick tactics."
This new game can do to be effective? October 29, the Air Force mobilized four battalions of troops deployed in Shangrao in Jiangxi Province, and to Quzhou 160 km range constitutes a huge interception surface. But when four days have passed, U2 aircraft never appeared.
At 7:43 on November 2, U2 aircraft suddenly entered the mainland Inflatable tents over from Wenzhou, east from I-to-air missile fire Quzhou outside through direct flying to the northwest. At this point the commander of all missile positions in all of the enemy situation analysis on Rao attended the meeting. The enemy's situation is the order of 10% - kwan presided over the meeting, deputy commander immediately decided to close the distance back to the Second Battalion responsible for the RUF, returning the aircraft and annihilated.
【Earlier - , who was the "543" troops 2nd Battalion Battalion Commander
It's time to fly north, I said not to it, the antenna not opened, the enemy was discovered on the die, not whether they, antenna set the target again shut tight surveillance radar instructions, when the aircraft changed after that to 100 kilometers, I Xinhua said then began preparations.
[Commentary: 100 km, 70 km, 50 km, 40 km, when unexpected things happen, as the long-range tracking radar--9 guide targets at this time, however lost.
【Earlier - Chenhuiting: when the "543" combat troops 2nd Inflatable tents Battalion staff
I heard he lost to the target, I become urgent, we should say immediately
China 543 military officers Jie People's Liberation Army shot down US U-2 reconnaissance plane InsiderBorn in the 1950s the U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, have been a long time since the United States as a major reconnaissance tool. During the Cold War, Soviet U-2 in-depth reconnaissance total 24, only one was shot down, but in China's airspace, U-2's will be no luck as well. Today, "said nothing new" to you about Inflatable tents 45 years ago in China's airspace, shocked the world - to-air missile shot down US-made U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance planes of the story.
Caption: October 7, 1959, Beijing Datong)
(Picture: the People's Liberation Army shot down American high-altitude reconnaissance planes fact:
"543" front-to-air missile troops 2nd Battalion, radar, alarm, missile operators correction goals, three missiles into the sky flew into the sky, hitting the target)
[Commentary: This is a shocking world aerial combat, October 7, 1959, less than 10 months of the equipment in place only four months of Chinese surface-to-air forces, Datong County in Beijing shot down by missiles of the world's most advanced at that time the US-made RB-57D high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, the history of the creation of the world's first military aircraft shot down by missiles of the history, thus unveiling a 10-year-long protracted confrontation strength of the Sino-US high-altitude prelude.
(Black.)
[Commentary - from the end of November 1957, Taiwan's Kuomintang entrenched on the use of United States military assistance RB-57D, RF-101 high-altitude reconnaissance planes and P-2V night reconnaissance planes to the mainland to conduct reconnaissance uninterrupted harassment. According to the report at that time the combat record: only in January 1959 to March, I have to take off on the Air Force F-5, Mig -19 fighters 109 approved 202 sorties, of which 106 sorties, pilots discovered the targets, but eventually relented due to altitude not enough can not hit the aircraft and targets, had failed. While our military has the largest diameter of 100 mm anti-aircraft guns, air effective range of only 12,000 meters, they simply could not hit the 18,000 meters over the enemy.
In June 1958 day, Air Force Deputy Commander-Jun will illumination soldiers Command response to Beijing, gave him an important task.
【Earlier -张伯华then illumination soldiers Command Officers
Cheng Jun, deputy commander of the air force called me to his office told me that the Air Force set up by the Central Military Commission decided to air missile troops. Air defense you have some experience, you called for the completion of this task is more appropriate. I immediately said no problem, I will certainly accomplish this task, I finished to a table, tell me that this is provided by a surface-Soviet business establishment table, you can see taken.
[Commentary - October 6, 1958, China's first-to-air missile troops in the Beijing suburbs Qinghe, a hall declared officially established. All personnel are selected from the business elite troops, no explanation, the regiment-level cadre When battalion level, the battalion level cadres when even level, in accordance with the needs of the army were all low Vocational preparation, the troop number "543" and the names of foreign "Geological Survey brigade," all cadres and fighters strictly limited direct contact with the outside world. However, the unit was established soon to enable everybody has a nervous event.
【Earlier - Chenhuiting: former deputy chief of staff of the Air Force, who was the "543" combat troops 2nd Battalion staff
A technician wrote a letter to his girlfriend, after he finished the letter, delivered battalion review by the Director-General to defend a view, the positive is normal for them to write a few words, to a peace that I am good health. A look back, it is the Arab digital, six of one, six of a group password, and defend stem this is the Director-General, he has vigilance.
[Commentary: To clarify the situation, the security departments immediately technician for isolation of this review, the technician surrendered one of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", saying that this book is his girlfriend exchanges and secret codes.
【Earlier - Chenhuiting: former deputy chief of staff of the Air Force, who was the "543" combat troops 2nd Battalion staff
Defending the officers did not understand that you how communication? He told him, he said that the first two figures are numbered, representatives from the middle two words are few, as the two representatives of several books inside word is the location of a few, seeing it, according to this code is translated indeed is the only to the release of this cadre.
[Commentary - "543" surface-to-air forces of the establishment of effectively curbing the arrogance of the enemy. In October 1959 to August 1961 in the past two years, this unit has shot down an enemy on three high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, thus forcing the air reconnaissance overlord known as the RB-57D high-altitude reconnaissance plane early discharge. In order to obtain more new China's political, economic and military information, in 1962 the United States will develop a new nickname for the "black widows" U-2 new high-altitude reconnaissance planes to Taiwan use.
【Earlier - Li Lin Museum of the Chinese People's Revolutionary Military Museum Director weapons
【Earlier - Chenhuiting: former deputy chief of staff of the Air Force, who was the "543" combat troops 2nd Battalion staff
U2 aircraft structure very unique, in fact you look like a jet engine installation of glider, its wheels like a bicycle wheel, is stuck in the inside, it is light, as it maximum can fly 27000 m.
[Commentary: U2 aircraft reconnaissance capability strong, it was equipped with a machine designed specifically for the production of optical camera, the camera's precision far exceeding the then ordinary civilian cameras, camera equipped with 2,500 m long inside the film, each after the completion of the task of flushing out reconnaissance photographs of a house full of enough need more than 1,000 people with one week's time to have been disposed of.
【Earlier - Chenhuiting: former deputy chief of staff of the Air Force, who was the "543" combat troops 2nd Battalion staff
One look at Chiang Kai-shek in reconnaissance photographs inadvertently asked the Inflatable tents sentence, he has no home in Fenghua, Zhejiang photos, results stopover in Fenghua soon U2 aircraft took a picture, showed a look at Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek's mother reportedly also looks grave of a tombstone Second-Chu.
[Commentary: January 13, 1962, U2 high altitude reconnaissance aircraft re-entry into mainland China's airspace, this time the preferred surveillance target is still our army Northwest experimental range, which is now Shenzhou VI launch base. By "543 force" hit the reconnaissance plane becoming increasingly cunning, through the transformation of their flight path and height means to constantly escape from the military to effectively combat them to cover only three battalions of troops to capture surface-to-air fighter. Only in 1962 the first half of U2 reconnaissance aircraft on the mainland were up to 11 times the depth reconnaissance.
In July 1962, Air Force Chief of Staff and Commander Liu Yalou Luo Ruiqing person Steering combat troops. According to U2 aircraft on 11 occasions to the mainland for reconnaissance of which eight have been Nanchang this characteristic, decided to troops disguised as a "geological ", by the Beijing area near the temporary transfer to Nanchang. However, the enemy seems to be aware of this action.
【Earlier - , who was the "543" troops 2nd Battalion Battalion Commander
They may have to monitor what point things, as long as what direction the mobilization of Fujian what circumstances, they should be sent reconnaissance plane to look at.
[Commentary: September 7, 1962, the Air Force Commander Liu Yalou ordered "lured erbium plan." A bomber Battalion was ordered to Nanchang from Nanjing its forces beforehand. This turn-around in a big way, really startled the CIA and the Taiwan intelligence agencies. The next day, U2 sent out, the missile troops in full battle array. Unexpectedly, this after-U2 flew Guilin sudden U-turn back. Is that plan by the enemy? Confirmed that the original captured after the plane was due to mechanical failure of the half-way back. September 9 morning, U2 again dispatched from the mainland in Fujian's Pingtan enter, but close to suddenly change the route Nanchang, diverted the direction of Beijing.
【Earlier - who was the "543" troops 2nd Battalion Battalion Commander
Its results fly north, the Poyang Lake Side Feifei after, I began to be determined, I said that the aircraft might have to Poyang Lake turning your attention, so shooting preparations.
[Commentary: U2 aircraft indeed killed in the air "to the Janjaweed" direct Nanchang, it absolutely did not expect drilling has ambushed the army's layout good lap.
【Earlier - , who was the "543" troops 2nd Battalion Battalion Commander
6, all aimed at the target missile, with the antenna rotation, arrived at the firing range on the issue when I fired.
[Commentary]
Three missiles into the sky and U-2 aircraft was more than 3,600 pieces of shrapnel knit network of death blow to pieces.
【Yun - the same period when the air force's combat future, vice minister
Probably waited for more than 40 seconds of time, the whole plane had no shadow, left behind, radar perspective disappeared, following reports that they shot down the aircraft in any areas, wow, that time Inflatable tents Liu Yalou happy, the air command center warming up suddenly on the up, and he was pleased, Liu Yalou said there Maotai no argument to say that with Maotai.
[Commentary: March 28, 1963, re-converted again after the U2 aircraft center Jiuquan in Northwest China's invasion, when waiting in the "543" business units opened a radar tracking, U2 aircraft as long devices quickly fled the eyes open to be shut down radar, the aircraft he flew to target and reduce the level of surveillance and then to leave, two combat air defense units dashed. Destroyed U2 aircraft to the arrogance of the Air Force deployed three battalions of troops on the U2 aircraft reconnaissance indispensable part of the northwest of the Xi'an maximum security. September 25, the opportunity has come, and a U2 aircraft to the channeling of Xi'an. Three surface-to-air operators immediate access to operational status.
【Earlier - Chenhuiting: when the "543" combat troops 2nd Battalion staff
Once the results turning antenna on the aircraft, one starts turning antenna on the aircraft, the three battalions in Xian Intermediate take advantage of the loophole slip, the image that is come away from the window. Three battalions did not live an aircraft to intercept This problem serious. Do not adopt new tactics is no less than a plane.
[Commentary: U2 aircraft equipped with advanced radar detectors, it found to avoid radar after fleeing from only 20 seconds. In order to promptly capture fighters, the officers and men of research finally explored a combine native with foreign method of the new tactics. They started by U2 aircraft could not detect loose -9 guided anti-aircraft group on the aircraft for long-range radar tracking, to be entered ambush enemy missile radar laps later, then eight seconds of complete aiming to launch. Air Force Commander Liu Yalou particularly pleased after inspections, and personally to the name of this game: "Near quick tactics."
This new game can do to be effective? October 29, the Air Force mobilized four battalions of troops deployed in Shangrao in Jiangxi Province, and to Quzhou 160 km range constitutes a huge interception surface. But when four days have passed, U2 aircraft never appeared.
At 7:43 on November 2, U2 aircraft suddenly entered the mainland Inflatable tents over from Wenzhou, east from I-to-air missile fire Quzhou outside through direct flying to the northwest. At this point the commander of all missile positions in all of the enemy situation analysis on Rao attended the meeting. The enemy's situation is the order of 10% - kwan presided over the meeting, deputy commander immediately decided to close the distance back to the Second Battalion responsible for the RUF, returning the aircraft and annihilated.
【Earlier - , who was the "543" troops 2nd Battalion Battalion Commander
It's time to fly north, I said not to it, the antenna not opened, the enemy was discovered on the die, not whether they, antenna set the target again shut tight surveillance radar instructions, when the aircraft changed after that to 100 kilometers, I Xinhua said then began preparations.
[Commentary: 100 km, 70 km, 50 km, 40 km, when unexpected things happen, as the long-range tracking radar--9 guide targets at this time, however lost.
【Earlier - Chenhuiting: when the "543" combat troops 2nd Inflatable tents Battalion staff
I heard he lost to the target, I become urgent, we should say immediately