The military-industrial scientific research system of the academic master.

Although Mr. Wang and Mr. Liu were present, it was a celebration and commendation meeting after all, and the overall atmosphere was relatively relaxed.

First, as usual, there are words of praise and encouragement.

The two leaders were both people who had been on the battlefield, and they spoke with a full military temperament, and their tone was sonorous and powerful, without any sloppiness.

Because there was no live broadcast, and the attendees were all pure people who had been screened over and over again, people on stage and off stage also showed their true feelings without hesitation.

Especially Mr. Wang, who has gray hair but is still energetic.

Although he has retired, on such a special occasion, it is perfectly appropriate to invite him to come out and provide some encouragement to the younger generations.

After all, he was a veteran who was known as the "Nine-Star Warfighter" and had shot down and damaged nine enemy planes in total.

It can also be regarded as reflecting the inheritance of the People's Air Force.

"In sixty-seven years, that is, exactly thirty years ago, the J-24s of the 70th Regiment of the 6th Air Division shot down an F104G fighter jet off the coast of Chongwu. Since that time, our air force, including the naval aviation of course, has had 30 We haven’t achieved any results in air combat in years.”

Wang, who was behind the podium, put down the speech he had prepared, looked at the packed venue in front of him, and began to improvise:

"A few years ago, before I retired, many people questioned whether our Chinese pilots had forgotten how to fight? Especially after 91, such voices became more and more frequent, even Some of our own people have gradually come to have this idea.”

“In the past, this was an unanswerable question because we couldn’t convince people with words alone.”

"But now, the heroic comrades and commanders have proven that this idea is wrong and ridiculous! Our Air Force is still a team that rejoices when it hears a battle, is brave and tenacious, and will win if it dares to fight!"

"Only a year ago, when we faced the provocative F14s and F18s, we could only take off hundreds of J-6s to deal with it with sheer numerical superiority. But the Air Force is a high-tech branch, and courage alone is not enough. For a country the size of China, it is not enough to just buy planes from abroad."

"Fortunately, in the past six months or so, comrades from the military industry system have brought many surprises, especially last year's Xiangzhou Air Show. I went there on the first day and saw the flight performance of our J-8C fighter jets after the opening ceremony. It was very exciting. Wonderful."

"At that time, I told Comrade Lin Hu, who was traveling with me, that if I were 30 years younger, I would like to fly on it myself. He replied that it was a pity that this kind of aircraft did not have a two-seater model, otherwise I could try it now. "

Chang Haonan off the court smiled knowingly when he heard this.

Mr. Lin, who is not present today, is 70 years old this year. If there are no big changes in the timeline, he will really have the opportunity to fly a Su-30 to perform some stunts at the Moscow Air Show in a few months. .

But this is all for later.

There is some room for adventure in a two-seater aircraft with a trainer. The air forces of many countries even have special open day activities. The two-seater aircraft takes some public figures to experience flying for publicity, but a single-seat aircraft has only one pilot. If something goes wrong, it is completely irreversible, so the control of flying qualifications will be very strict. No matter what your status is, if you do not meet the requirements, you will not be allowed to fly.

After praising the performance of the J-8C, Mr. Wang turned the topic to the pilot:

"Of course, the plane is good on the one hand, but our comrade pilots are also good. Some technical essentials are well mastered in training, but when it comes to facing enemy planes, they all forget it as soon as their minds get hot. And this time I have read the mission briefing. It is not easy to stay calm, not impulsive and make mistakes for the first time. In this regard, you are much better than me."

"The first victory our brigade achieved that year was a Meteor F. MK8 shot down by Comrade Liu Delin. It was an old model from the end of World War II. At that time, we were flying a MiG-15, which was the most advanced fighter jet in the world. Taking advantage of four of them hitting one, the enemy knew they couldn't beat them, so they just ran away without fighting back. In this case, our four planes shot down all the shells, and then we were lucky enough to shoot down the enemy plane."

When Mr. Wang said this, he laughed:

"When I first saw the shadow of the enemy plane, I was thinking about pulling the trigger and firing. I forgot everything I learned. I didn't even think of using the halo sight. When I reacted, I realized that all the shells were empty. .”

"But that was the first time. Gradually, as everyone gained experience, their skills became more proficient. Later, some of the best were even able to hit targets that could not even be tracked by the sights while flying diagonally at supersonic speeds."

"In today's air combat, there are fewer opportunities to use cannons. They all use missiles and beyond visual range attacks. Frankly speaking, our aviation force has little experience in this area. If I remember correctly, until this year At the beginning of the year, the total number of pilots in the entire army who have fired medium-range air-to-air bombs has just exceeded double digits. Therefore, the two pilots who participated in the battle this time, your experience is very valuable. I hope you can summarize some methods. Promote the essentials of beyond-visual-range air combat throughout the entire army!”

"..."

After the leader's speech, the awarding ceremony was naturally held.

Zheng Liangqun and Chen Jialiang, who directly participated in the battle, as well as the team leader who took overall command, undoubtedly received first-class merit.

Other commanders and combatants who participated in the bat hunting operation also received second- and third-class merit awards respectively.

Originally, according to Chang Haonan's estimation, the ceremony should be almost over here.

Because first, second and third class merit are internal honors of the military system, people like them who are not wearing military uniforms cannot get them even if they have extraordinary achievements.

As for the rewards from their respective units or personnel departments, they obviously have nothing to do with today's theme.

However, after Zheng Liangqun and others received their medals and returned to their seats, Mr. Wang picked up another document with a red cover, and then turned his attention to the other side of the venue:

"Commemorative medals will be awarded to local comrades who have made outstanding contributions in this bat hunting operation!"

"First announce the list of people who have won the third-class 'Operation Bat Hunting' medal!"

After hearing these words, Chang Haonan was briefly surprised, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.

He was moved.

Which man hasn’t had the dream of making meritorious deeds and receiving awards when he was young?

Although strictly speaking, medals, medals and commemorative medals belong to three types of things.

And in the vast majority of cases, medals > medals > commemorative medals.

The first two must be rewards for some kind of meritorious service, while the conditions for issuing commemorative medals are often much looser, somewhat similar to participation awards.

But everything is special.

Participation awards also depend on what you participate in.

For example, this bat hunting operation commemorative medal is specially designed for special purposes. There is no such store in this village, and its gold content is obviously much higher.

And looking at this posture, a commemorative medal is actually divided into first, second and third grades. It must have the meaning of reward. It is just because there is no way to directly issue military medals to local personnel, so I have to take advantage of such a loophole...

In short, there are many people who have received third-class medals, such as Zhong Shihong from Factory 410, Lin Shikuan from Institute 601, and even Xu Yang.

Chang Haonan didn't hear his name.

This made him feel relieved——

After all, if you get a third-level commemorative medal, it really means thank you for participating.

As for not being able to get through to the third level, Chang Haonan had never even thought about it.

Just kidding, I still have some confidence.

The number of people who received second-class commemorative medals was much smaller, and they were all key personnel directly involved in the August 3rd Project.

After these people received their awards and returned to their seats, Mr. Wang finally picked up the third document on the podium:

"The people who have received the first-class 'Operation Bat Hunt' medal are -"

Although he had already guessed in his mind, Chang Haonan was still a little nervous in anticipation.

"Aviation Industry Research Institute 601, Yang Fenghata."

As the chief designer of the entire August 3rd Project, he deserves his title.

"Electronic Technology Group 14 Research Institute, Guo Lin."

For some people who don't understand the situation, this name seems a bit unfamiliar, but in fact it was him who judged the type of interference on the two J-8Cs in the flash of lightning, and was able to successfully shoot down the one that was about to escape. MiG-25 in Pakistani airspace.

"Aviation Industry Research Institute 606, Yan Zhongcheng."

Not too surprising.

And the list should look like it is sorted by the number of strokes in the last name.

"And Chang Haonan, School of Aeronautical Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics!"