Great Power Fighting Falcon

In the past, flight training was stopped when it snowed, so everyone formed the awareness that snow equals rest.

Since Li Zhan came to Beiku, the situation has changed. Not to mention the snow, even if the knife is cut, it will still be taken. It snowed heavily today, and the weather standards have far exceeded the minimum weather conditions. Flight training has been stopped, but combat readiness has not been affected.

Lan Zhi gave the order and found some suspicious air conditions. Two SU-27SKs braved the heavy snow and took off to investigate.

This is the daily life of frontline combat troops.

It didn’t even stop during the Spring Festival.

After the regiment was transformed into a brigade, the 101st Brigade has been responsible for the long-term combat readiness duty in the Beiku area, while the other two regiments of the 73rd Division focus on training. With the ability comes the responsibility. At the same time, the superiors consciously put the burden on the 101st Brigade and beat this unit out as soon as possible.

Since he was not on duty today, Li Zhan could only watch his comrades enjoy themselves and drink hot food while he hid in his office to work on a collaborative training plan, report to the military region and the aviation department, and there were a lot of procedures to go through. Of course he wants to fly the J-8FR, but personal interests must not override collective interests, so he must use reason to overcome animality and do his job well as a captain.

When you have a leadership position, you can't just care about yourself.

Surveying and mapping tasks are a top priority, and approvals by agencies at all levels are much faster than usual. Lanzhi attached great importance to it and directly took over the organizing power of collaborative training, requiring the Beiku War Training Base to make all preparations and submit a new training plan as soon as possible. The original training plan was approved before the Spring Festival. Now it needs to be re-approved to integrate the surveying and mapping tasks into the collaborative training.

The good news is that the report issued by the manufacturer's technical staff shows that there is no problem with the longitudinal fly-by-wire flight control system of No. 01 SU-27SK, but it is recommended to be scrapped in advance. Their conclusion is authoritative. The problem is that the flight parameter analysis results show that there was indeed a malfunction at that time. In this case, the manufacturer therefore proposed early scrapping.

Another reason is that after an in-depth inspection by the manufacturer's technicians, they found that the life of the No. 02 SU-27SK was consumed faster than expected, and it would reach complete scrappage in another 200 hours. Of course, that's not surprising once they know how frequently the device has been used over the past year.

Li Zhan finally let go of the stone in his heart. He was not afraid of a short life, as long as he could go to heaven.

The heavy snowfall in the mountainous areas turned into a blizzard, and the snow accumulated more than half a meter thick for three days in a row. In this kind of weather, not to mention flight training, combat readiness duty has been interrupted. If there is an aircraft in the sky, there is no need to fight it, nature will let it come down.

The long-awaited Lantern Festival day arrived, and the report submitted by Zhang Yuan finally met the standards for training in low meteorological conditions, and permission was given to conduct flight training under low meteorological conditions.

In the flight briefing room, Xue Xiangdong called Li Zhan aside and said in a deep voice, "Your focus is on the aerial surveying and mapping mission. I will organize the training on the four-cylinder and three subjects."

Li Zhan whispered, "Brigadier, I can take care of both."

"That won't work. You have to ensure the surveying and mapping mission. You have to eat your food one bite at a time. Don't be anxious. When the time comes for live ammunition shooting, the air commander will definitely let you come." Xue Xiangdong said.

Li Zhan said helplessly, "It's mainly about the 228th project. I want to finish it as soon as possible and publish a comprehensive report on the results of the project."

"I understand your eagerness, it's better to be on the safe side." Xue Xiangdong insisted.

Li Zhan nodded slowly, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Xue Xiangdong didn't know about the agreement between Li Zhan and his master Liu Guojian. He only thought that Li Zhan's ten thousand years was too long and he was seizing every day to get results as soon as possible. Naturally, he felt that Li Zhan had been a little impatient during this period. From his point of view, he also has the mentality of "it's understandable that young people are very motivated".

Li Zhan inevitably emphasized the training points of subjects 4-3 to the pilots participating in today's training, and emphasized what aspects should be paid attention to in low-altitude penetration, ground attack, and air cover free air combat training in low weather conditions, rainy and snowy weather. .

"The subject of four bars and three is the last subject of Project 228, and it is also a single-machine comprehensive exercise subject to test the research results of Project 228. In the future, at least in the One Zero and One Brigade, this single-machine comprehensive exercise subject will become a normalized training subject , is a key subject to test pilots' personal combat capabilities. We flew a lot in low weather conditions, and low-altitude penetrations were the most common last year. Free air combat without altitude difference is the first thing you receive training. In the comprehensive exercise, you must set a benchmark. , how to set the standards for this subject all depends on how well you play."

After Li Zhan finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at the electronic clock on the wall. At 10 o'clock, Li Zhan gave the order, "Let's go!"

The pilots ran out in small groups carrying flying helmets.

Li Zhan watched with envy as his subordinates rushed out and continued waiting in the flight briefing room. Not long after, Zhu Wei came over with three pilots from the Beiku Nighthawk Squadron. Fan Zengsheng didn't come, but Lieutenant Colonel Lu followed.

"Director Lu, let's talk." Xue Xiangdong shook hands with Lieutenant Colonel Lu, smiled and waved before leaving the flight briefing room.

Li Zhan asked everyone to sit down and waited quietly with Zhu Wei and others. The surveying and mapping route is top secret, and only Lieutenant Colonel Lu knows it. He wouldn't reveal a word before the flight. The 4-3 single-aircraft comprehensive exercise of the Falcon Brigade lasts until 17:00 in the afternoon, lasting as long as seven hours. Aerial surveying and mapping must find the right time to integrate it.

After repeated discussions and analysis, the time was determined to be 11:15, which was the time when the first batch of fighters conducted a free air combat drill without altitude difference.

The atmosphere in the flight briefing room was solemn. No one spoke. All attention was on Lieutenant Colonel Lu and his black briefcase. Li Zhan's mood was very similar to that of the college entrance examination waiting for the invigilator to open the seal and take out the test paper.

Outside, aircraft engines roared and fighter jets roared one after another. In low visibility conditions, the fighter jets disappeared into the gray sky shortly after taking off. When fighting in such weather, pilots basically need to rely on instruments, and airborne radars that are not often turned on must also be used frequently.

At that time, Li Zhan used the small range-finding radar of the J-7E to conduct ultra-low-altitude penetration in mountainous areas. The envelope he found out played a key role. Basically, as long as the pilot controls the fighter plane according to the requirements, it will not cross the envelope.

When the time came, Lieutenant Colonel Lu opened the black briefcase and took out a cowhide envelope. Everyone couldn't help but sit up straight and concentrate. Lieutenant Colonel Lu checked the seal in front of everyone and carefully opened it after confirming that it was intact.

Lieutenant Colonel Lu laid out the surveying and mapping route map on the table and said, "Four batches, four routes, you are experts, study it."

It was the same flight route as the usual reconnaissance training route. It could be said that it was a very familiar flight route. Zhu Wei looked at Li Zhan and found that Li Zhan was looking at the picture seriously. He felt a slight movement in his heart, put away his contempt, and looked carefully again. picture. This time I discovered that some details are different. For example, in the western area of ​​the Beiku Mountains, during reconnaissance training, you usually enter from north to south, but this time the aerial surveying route clearly requires that you enter dozens of kilometers from east to west before switching. From north to south. A winding route means greater difficulty and greater risk.

After a while, Li Zhan asked, "Captain Zhu, do you have any questions?"

Zhu Wei hesitated and asked, "Do you bring live ammunition?"

"You won't take it with you," Li Zhan said.

Zhu Wei nodded, "We have no problem. It is basically the same as our usual reconnaissance training route. We guarantee to complete the mission."

Li Zhan said, "I will help you eliminate interference."

After thinking about it, Li Zhan said helplessly to Lieutenant Colonel Lu, "Director Lu, what I'm actually most worried about is that the aircrew will suddenly check our live-fire training level."

"Will you?" Lieutenant Colonel Lu said with a raised eyebrow.

Li Zhan explained, "It's very possible. Based on past experience, the aviation commander likes to conduct surprise inspections when we conduct large-scale training flights. Sometimes they will randomly check the combat readiness status, and sometimes they will suddenly arrange a live-fire training to test us. The level of live-fire shooting training. They just picked out when we were too busy to throw them over for a sudden spot check, and they became addicted to it."

Lieutenant Colonel Lu smiled and said, "This is a good thing. The commander needs to know the true combat level of the troops below. There is nothing wrong with doing so. The army often does this too, just to catch you off guard. Is it possible for the air force to randomly check your live-fire training level? It will have an impact on aerial surveying and mapping.”

"The impact is certain, but I will try my best to overcome it." Li Zhan said.

The arrow is on the string and must be fired.

"I don't understand things in the sky, so it's all up to you." Lieutenant Colonel Lu stood up and shook hands with the pilots one by one.

Zhu Wei and the others stood at attention and saluted, promising to complete the task, while Li Zhan still looked worried, which was rare. As long as he can fly, he will be optimistic about any difficult and dangerous mission. Lieutenant Colonel Lu also saw this scene. Instead, he understood better. At that time, Sanhe flood control required Li Zhan to fly out and blow up the mountains to release floods on a thunderstorm night. In fact, many people at that time already regarded Li Zhan as a martyr, but Li Zhan himself was smiling and optimistic.

This shows that at least Li Zhan believed that the difficulty of this mission was more serious than the time when Sanhe fought against the flood and exploded the mountain.

Lieutenant Colonel Lu said to Li Zhan, "Li Zhan, after you complete your mission, I will buy you a drink. Anyone who doesn't give you a drink will be put in solitary confinement. Except for your brigade commander and political commissar, I can really control the solitary confinement of others."

"It's not that serious. It was just a joke last time. They still support my work." Li Zhan said matter-of-factly.

After a pause, Li Zhan said pessimistically, "It was you who gave the order to blow up the mountains in Sanhe last time. My canopy flew off. This time it's you again. You don't know what is going to fly off, but you are afraid of flying off the engine. well."

"Li Zhan, you have to have confidence in your life and cheer up." Lieutenant Colonel Lu encouraged him. Of course he heard it - didn't it mean that as long as I show up, nothing good will happen?

Li Zhan nodded slowly, "Yes, Su Liangqi has two engines. It's not a big problem if one of them flies off. You have to have confidence in life."

"Yes, it's almost time. Let's make a plan. I'll go to the tower."

After speaking, Lieutenant Colonel Lu turned around and left.

Li Zhan took a few deep breaths and said, "Lao Zhu, lead the troops and set off. After entering the surveying and mapping route, you will follow my command."

"yes!"