Great Power Fighting Falcon

The three-machine formation plunged into the darkness. Thick clouds blocked the setting sun. The mist-like liquid sprayed out from the sprayers, forming a pattern in the air like shells fired by multi-barreled close-in defense artillery. The mist net slowly shrouded the place with almost no wind.

When visibility is limited, instrument flight is the main method and visual flight is supplemented. Turning on the radar is meaningless and only increases radar consumption.

"Tower, this is the Good Luck Team. I saw an agricultural spraying aircraft operating. Please verify whether there are duplicate operations. It's over." Li Zhan reported to the tower the situation of the Yinwu spraying aircraft he just saw. .

It is not advisable to repeat the operation in an emergency. The coverage problem must be solved first, and then the patching problem can be considered. Li Zhan heard from local officers and soldiers that the Beiku region has a vast area with sufficient sunlight and is very suitable for planting corresponding crops. In the past few decades, several large-scale insect pests have occurred, and a large number of crops died or were diseased in a very short period of time. Withering, the economic losses are huge.

Also because the Beiku region is an important producer of agricultural products, it is one of the regions with the highest degree of agricultural modernization. While livestock were still used for farming in inland and coastal areas, mechanized farming has been implemented here, and now aircraft seeding and pesticide spraying have been implemented.

Taking the actual situation into consideration, Li Zhan would no longer be surprised by the use of fighter jets for spraying. Some people say that the task should be given to transport pilots, and that medium-sized transport aircraft are more suitable for this job. The problem is that the transport pilots are a thousand kilometers away, and their tasks are heavy. There are only a few large aircraft in the field as combat preparations, and they are too late in every aspect. What's more, the transport aircraft has no hardpoints, and it would take more time to create a sprinkler that can use the cargo hold from scratch.

The nearest 101st Brigade and the Army Aviation Brigade directly under the North Kurdistan Military Region became the best choices.

After receiving Li Zhan's report, the tower commander Bao Guanhua immediately communicated with Director Zhong who was also at the tower. After quickly verifying the specific situation of the first section of the isolation zone, he told Li Zhan, "Good luck, verified." That’s it, no duplication of work, you proceed as planned, it’s over.”

"Good luck to you, it's over." Li Zhan felt relieved and reminded the two wingmen, "Pay attention to the altitude and speed. We have to maintain the attitude and fly for an hour, and cheer up."

It was quite dangerous for the three SU-27SKs to fly at slightly higher than the minimum speed at low altitude. Relatively speaking, Chen Dianjun, who is slightly less skilled, is highly concentrated. His left hand is placed on the accelerator lever and he can push the lever to increase the speed in the shortest time. Lin Fei was much calmer. He used to be Li Zhan's J-6 Plus instructor, and was later selected into the Kuangmo Brigade to modify the J-7E. Later, after receiving a second-hand SU-27, he completed the modification training and made rapid progress. The first batch of third-generation aircraft instructors in the Falcon Brigade are qualified instructors and receive additional subsidies every month.

Li Zhan had nothing to worry about. He knew the technical level of every pilot in the Falcon Brigade very well. Such low-altitude and low-speed flight would not pose a big test.

The biggest threat is actually visibility.

The most obvious characteristic of severe weather is that visibility is affected, whether it is heavy winds or heavy rain or snowstorms. Pilots are most afraid of this, and among the four factors that engines are most afraid of, low speed is one of them. What Li Zhan is most worried about is whether the engines of these SU-27 fighters, which are about to reach the end of their lifespan, can still be removed for backup after this mission.

In their usual training, they rarely fly at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour. Flying at this speed will cause great damage to the engine, and the probability of the engine stalling in the air is very high.

After flying for more than half an hour, we finally entered an area with slightly better visibility. The clouds here were sparse, and the sun, which was almost completely setting in the west, was shining directly. It was blocked by goggles, so it didn't cause much damage to the line of sight. Influence.

After flying for more than 20 minutes against the setting sun, Li Zhan confirmed the position with the tower, turned his head to the left and looked at Lin Fei on the left wing. He raised his left hand wearing a white labor protection glove and made a gesture to disband the formation, and then towards Lin Fei. Chen Dianjun turned his head to look at the right wing, raised his right hand wearing a white labor protection glove and made a gesture to disband the formation.

Lin Fei and Chen Dianjun turned to the outside and climbed out of the formation. They met at altitude and returned directly to the Beiku combat training base. The sprinklers would be disassembled at the site, and then the base would send a transport vehicle to the local agricultural department to send it back.

Li Zhan turned around and returned to the Nanku Station to replenish the liquid. The remaining spraying tasks in the first section were all his. Because he was closest to the Nanku Station, according to the plan, when he was doing the last spraying, The remaining fighter planes have already returned to the Beiku combat training base.

When we returned to Nankuchang Station after the last sortie, it was already early ten o'clock at night, and the sky was completely dark. During the long-term ultra-low-altitude and low-speed flight in complete darkness, the brigade only had complete trust in Li Zhan. As the saying goes, those with ability work harder, and with greater ability comes greater responsibility. Li Zhan flew for more than four hours today.

As soon as we got off the plane, a well-armed old acquaintance Yuan Boning came up to us with a smile.

"Captain Li!" Yuan Boning saluted Li Zhan with a smile and then extended his hand.

Li Zhan took off his flight helmet and white labor protection gloves, shook hands with Yuan Boning after returning the courtesy, and said, "You follow me every time I come to Nankuchang Station. You are really haunting me."

"How do you say this? We often train at Nankuchang Station. You know this." Yuan Boning said with a smile.

Li Zhan signed and handed over the plane to Miao Yu, and he and Yuan Boning walked towards the agency building and asked, "What are you doing here again?"

The station is too small. If you don't take the commuter bus, you can walk to the tower in a few minutes. Behind the tower is the only two-story building, where the station authorities are located. Behind the office building is the residential area, which is actually a large courtyard that can accommodate a company.

"Support local pest control." Yuan Boning said matter-of-factly.

Li Zhan pointed to the Type 92 pistol in the holster on Yuan Boning's waist, "Are you going to kill the pests with your guns?"

"Don't you have a gun too?" Yuan Boning pointed at Li Zhan's gun and said with a chuckle, "The local field communications can't keep up. Our superiors ordered us to come over with electronic reconnaissance to support me. What do you think I do?" I don’t know, it’s basically nothing to do with me, so I just ran over to take a look. I heard that you were spraying pesticides, so if nothing happened, I ran to the tarmac to wait for you, so we could meet and chat.”

Yuan Boning said with a smile, "Li Brigade, how do you feel about flying a fighter jet to spray pesticides? Some of our army aviation units in the old mainland have done this job before, and it is said that it is quite interesting."

"Fight it as a battle, there is no difference. It sounds like you know more about pests, please tell me." Li Zhan asked.

Yuan Boning stopped laughing and said, "It's more serious than imagined. The same pest infestation has also occurred in several other areas. All relevant local departments have mobilized to rescue cotton fields. This matter is a bit big. They said that this pest outbreak and The spread is very fast, and it is believed that the infection is caused by wind. The northwest wind blew a few days ago, and the pests in the Beiku area spread to the southeast."

"So the isolation zone opened today is meaningless." Li Zhan said with a frown.

The isolation zone is to prevent the pest from spreading northward.

Yuan Boning said, "Of course not. Our communication points are deployed along the isolation zone. At this moment, there are tens of thousands of people in the area carrying out follow-up work on the isolation zone."

When he arrived at the office building, Li Zhan had no intention of going up. He stopped and said, "Let's talk about something. I have to rest."

Of course he didn't believe that Yuan Boning came here with the Army's electronic reconnaissance team to take a look. The armed reconnaissance unit within the Army's electronic reconnaissance unit has always been a high-load operation unit. There are only a few days off throughout the year. If Li Zhan couldn't see that Yuan Boning's leisurely appearance was just an act, he was in the air gunboat camp. Those two years were wasted.

Yuan Boning pointed to the office building and said with a smile, "I can't hide it from you, Team Li. Why don't you tell me in the office?"

"Let's just say it." Li Zhan shook his head. He didn't want to see the soldiers of the Tiger Squad again. If possible, he wouldn't even want to see Yuan Boning.

Yuan Boning slowly put away his smile and said in a deep voice, "We received a difficult real-arms and live-fire confrontation exercise mission, but our superiors clearly requested that air support not be used."

"Then it's over, you can go up on your own." Li Zhan spread his hands and said.

Yuan Boning smiled bitterly and said, "I have no other choice but to go in on my own. But if you, Captain Li, can help me a little bit, I will be more confident in defeating the Blue Army."

"I'm also a Blue Army, so I can't help you Red Army." Li Zhan said with a smile.

Yuan Boning said helplessly, "Captain Li, don't make fun of me. To be honest, our winning rate is only 30% without air support. If our superiors order us, even if everyone is killed, there will be no problem. The key is In this live-fire exercise, the mission given to us by the director of the Red Army is to rescue the pilots imprisoned deep inside the enemy. If we cannot rescue them, even if they all die in battle, the mission will not be considered completed."

"Oh? The background of this drill is quite interesting. It has something to do with us flying airplanes." Li Zhan became somewhat interested, suddenly thought of something, and asked, "Will you also be responsible for search and rescue in the future?"

Yuan Boning nodded slightly, "The tasks it has been assigned have been expanded. It may be necessary to set up a unit at the same level as the electronic investigation department in the future. The higher-ups will need to establish a system mechanism, which is currently being explored."

"Air support... that should be the helicopters of the Army Aviation. It's useless for you to call me. I can only drop bombs." Li Zhan said with a frown.

Yuan Boning said, "We have helicopters. As long as we rescue people and bring them to the designated location, the Army Aviation Brigade's helicopter will be waiting there. Getting on the helicopter means the mission is successful. The air support I'm talking about is throwing bombs and hitting planes. You Having dealt with simulated Blue Army troops so many times, you understand the situation very well!”

"I haven't had much dealings with them," Li Zhan said.

Yuan Boning said, "The simulated confrontation reconnaissance training and operational training plan implementation plans of Li Brigade and Nighthawk Squadron were all made by our electronic reconnaissance."

The implication couldn't be more obvious - I know it all.

Li Zhan didn't answer, but said, "It's useless for you to ask me. If you really want to coordinate our help, you have to ask the military region air force agency for instructions. The military region air force will issue orders to our brigade. As for who the brigade will give the task to, this I can try to have our Falcon Brigade implement it. You know, I am a captain after all."

Yuan Boning frowned and looked at Li Zhan. He was now basically sure that Li Zhan had changed a lot. If such a request had been made before, Li Zhan would have definitely worked hard to make it happen. At that time, he even risked his life to perform the mission as a shadow man to replace the sick pilot of the Nighthawk Squadron for no credit. Although Li Zhan accidentally snatched the Tiger Team's target when he fired air-to-surface missiles at first, he later made great efforts to help them complete more difficult simulation training tasks.

At that time, Li Zhan was a warrior who ran forward without stopping, but now he looks like a veteran of Tai Chi. This change surprised Yuan Boning, and he was also a little disappointed.

Yuan Boning asked in a deep voice, "Is it really not possible?"

Li Zhan said firmly, "No, unless ordered by superiors."

Yuan Boning fell silent.

Li Zhan said, "For now, I have to take the time to rest."

After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the accommodation area behind the agency building while holding his flight helmet.

Has Li Zhan changed? He hasn't. Any previous actions were ordered or approved by superiors, and he had never carried out unapproved training actions. The reason why his attitude toward Yuan Boning changed was that Yuan Boning said that the Tiger Squad was preparing to separate and form an independent unit on the same level as the Lao Lu Electrical Reconnaissance Force. Lao Lu’s electronic reconnaissance force is a full military-level unit...

Therefore, Li Zhan decisively decided not to participate. Li Zhan had considered all the things that Yuan Boning, a warrior with strong limbs and a simple mind, could not think of. Would a military-level unit directly under the dignified headquarters need a junior camp commander like Major Yuan Boning to consider the issue of air support?

Yuan Boning's idiot can dance with his spear and stick, but forget about using his brain.

After all, Li Zhan is from the Air Force, and it is against the rules to be too involved in Lao Lu's affairs. If we really need help from the Falcon Brigade, the superiors can issue an order at any time, without the need for grassroots commanders to study and discuss.

But having said that, Li Zhan was more interested in the real-arms and live-munitions confrontation drill tasks that the Tiger Team received. The simulation of combat operations to rescue pilots trapped behind enemy lines shows that the construction of Laolu's special operations system has reached a new level and has begun to expand to more missions.

The Army Aviation has pilots, and the Air Force also has pilots. The Tigers, who are at the same level as the electronic reconnaissance department, will definitely be responsible for the rescue missions behind enemy lines for air crews of the entire army's aviation units in the future.

Looking at it this way, the air rescue team formed by the 101st Brigade and the Army Aviation Brigade directly under the North Kurdistan Military Region accidentally walked to the front again.

Li Zhan, who directly contributed to this matter, couldn't help but smile.