Chapter 68: The Pit (I)
California in August has always been a holy place for people on the West Coast of the United States to vacation and escape the heat, and the weather in Lemore at this time is sunny and the sun is shining.
Just after eight o'clock, with seven or eight huge hot air balloons with tiger stripes slowly rising into the air, the temporary cordon outside the Lemore naval base was officially withdrawn, and countless American citizens and international tourists waiting outside the base gate began to flock in.
The crowd at Le Mor Naval Base is markedly different from the usual public open days of the U.S. Navy and Air Force, and from above, nearly half of the crowd is black-haired and black-eyed.
This is the first time that Ning Lei has appeared in a public place since he went to the United States, and many overseas Chinese in North America have come to the United States, and even many Chinese Americans from as far away as Western Europe have also crossed the Atlantic Ocean and flew directly to the west coast of the United States.
The Lemore Naval Base at this time was like a large carnival, with dozens of colorful fighter jets of various NATO member states covered with stalls selling burgers, drinks, model airplanes, plush toys, etc., and the US Navy's propaganda brochures could be seen everywhere.
In the 80s, except for the U.S. Navy, which was like a local tyrant, there were no large-scale fighter jets in service in the naval establishment of ordinary countries on this planet, and generally speaking, the NATO Tiger Club was dominated by the domestic air forces of NATO member countries, and the main content of the exercise was also based on land tactics such as air-ground cooperative operations and large-scale anti-armor, and the navies of various countries basically played a soy sauce role in the Tiger Club.
Before inviting Ning Lei to the United States, there was a lot of dirt between the US Navy and the Air Force, and Ning Lei's establishment in the Republic belongs to the Air Force, and it stands to reason that the US Air Force should issue an exchange invitation, but Ning Lei's daunting record is indeed a pure carrier-based aircraft.
The U.S. Air Force has never been a welcome to F14 fighters. In the U.S. Air Force plan, the F15 is the eagle soaring over the United States, and the F14 is just a wild duck fluttering in the ditch in the countryside.
At this time, it is still committed to unifying all American military flying objects under the banner of the U.S. Air Force, and is lobbying Congress to put the F15N (F15 carrier-based type) on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier, laying the foundation for the future takeover of the U.S. Navy's carrier-based air wing. Ning Lei, who has become the best spokesperson for the performance of the F14 fighter in the world, is a ghost if he can get the favor of the US Air Force.
In response to the ill-intentioned infiltration of the US Air Force, the US Navy will, of course, fight back, and in the end, Ning Lei will be unlucky to lie down at a long distance.
Originally, in May, Ning Lei was supposed to go to Hawaii to participate in a joint exercise initiated by the US Air Force to trap the sea and the air, but unfortunately the US Air Force secretly obstructed itself and set up a large number of miscellaneous conditions that the Republic could not agree to, and the talks with the Republic collapsed early.
The U.S. Navy, which had been stirred up with good things, was furious, just after the Federal Republic of Germany was subject to domestic public opinion and planned to suspend the operation of this year's Tiger Club. The US Navy has reached into the US Air Force's own territory and brought the NATO Tiger Meeting, which has always been dominated by the Air Force, to the United States.
Of course, due to the strange dominance of the US Navy at this Tiger Meeting, the F15 fighters that have been in the limelight at the previous Tiger Games have quietly disappeared, and the F16 fighters have only gained a place in the corner of the air show, and the center of the air show venue has been replaced by carrier-based aircraft led by F14 fighters. Now that the general direction of the "meeting" has changed, the super-military flag of France. The British Harrier has also become the darling of this public open day.
"Where is the big cat, we're going to see Daddy's big cat. Ning Wanfei excitedly raised her feet from time to time and looked around.
When Liang Yuan and the two girls mentioned the F14 fighter in private, they often barked at the big cat, and the twins also regarded the big cat as the synonym of the F14 fighter.
The paint of Ning Lei's landline was designed by the two girls in China with reference to the phoenix in the mythological story of the Republic, and the two girls and Liang Yuan boasted for a long time. This public open day of the Tiger Club is the first time that the works of the two girls have appeared in front of Liang Yuan, and the two girls are naturally in a hurry to take the treasure
"Uncle Ning will do a flight show in a while, and the landline must be in the hangar for security check before takeoff, how can it be found on the tarmac outside. Liang Yuan chuckled and said to Ning Wanfei.
"Ah, won't my sister and I be seen by everyone?"
"Silly girl. You didn't just know that Uncle Ning was going to participate in the air show. Liang Yuan pinched the delicate cheeks of the girl beside him.
"People don't know that there are so many people at the air show, Xiaoyuan, do you think everyone will like my and my sister's design?" Holding Liang Yuan's arm, Ning Wanjia said coquettishly.
"Of course they're going to love it. Ning Wanfei was full of confidence.
"Let's first go find a promotional material point for the air show and see when Uncle Ning will be arranged. ”
After a while, the twins looked at a large number of cartoon fighters in front of an open-air air show souvenir sales point, but Liang Yuan held the air show project progress table provided by the air show organizing committee and frowned secretly.
Although the Tiger will be led by the U.S. Navy, but NATO's ally the United States' younger brothers still conscientiously sent their own air force or naval aviation elite to participate, for Belgium, Greece, the Netherlands and other NATO member states, the U.S. Navy and Air Force are purely fighting with each other.
Even Italy and Spain, which are surrounded by the sea on three sides, sent a tricolor arrow flight show team that had just had a flight accident two years ago, and a Eagle Eagle that had just been established, and the four major air show teams that were famous in Europe in the future came over two at once.
Normally, as the host or its own status in aerobatics, the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels should be the last to appear, but the list in Liang Yuan's hand unmistakably told Liang Yuan, and Ning Lei, who came to the United States to participate in the conference single-handedly, was placed at the end as the finale of the air show.
How can the US Navy be so kind? Liang Yuan, after thinking about it, could not detect any traces of international communist fighters in the US Navy.
"Xiaoyuan, is Dad the last to appear?" Ning Wanjia saw Liang Yuan holding the list and groaned silently, and poked her head curiously.
"Oh, everyone else is a lot of people flying in the sky, and Dad is only one person, so he suffers a lot in momentum. Ning Wanfei also put down the plush toy in her hand and came over
Listening to what the girl said, Liang Yuan suddenly realized that from the scene, the flight stunts performed by multiple planes are naturally stronger than those of a single plane solo dance, unless Ning Lei piloted the F14 to fly out of the sky, otherwise the audience of the air show who had just been shocked by the multi-plane scene would subconsciously think that the trump card of the republic was nothing more than that.
If the American media adds fuel to the fire in the future, Ning Lei's reputation as the world's top flying ace is likely to be shaky.
As the country that most admires heroes and individual struggles in the world, Americans have long been brilliant in shaping and using individual heroism.
More importantly, at this time, Ning Lei has been recognized by the global media as the best pilot of the F14 fighter, the F14 fighter has been in service for many years, and the real battle has also been experienced many times, and no one has played the kind of anti-sky record of Ning Lei for more than ten years.
Inadvertently, Ning Lei has trampled under his feet all the proudest and proudest carrier-based aircraft pilots of the US Navy, and the US Air Force has worked hard for decades but has not been able to do so, and the US Air Force, which took the initiative to find ballast at the end of the 70s, was even abused to death by the F14.
It can be said that as long as the brand of Ning Lei does not fall for a day, the US Navy will be stuck in the throat and will not vomit or be unhappy. (To be continued......)