The director is indeed a little confused, and there is a word mentioned in the instructions of the air division: innovation.

Innovation means that it cannot be the same as previous confrontation drills, at least there must be some new and refreshing changes. This stumped the drill director department with Vice Minister Liang as the chief director.

On 10 May, the Air Force's 2011 "515" live-force confrontation drill was officially stationed at the Beikuchang Station, and in the next 20 days, it will be used as the location for the command, planning, evaluation, review, and summary of the live-force confrontation exercise.

The best yard was vacated at the North Kuchang Station for the use of the 515 Director's Department.

On the day when the director department officially entered the Beikuchang Station, he made a suggestion to Vice Minister Liang and said, "Chief, I suggest that I ask Li Zhan's opinion, he is the person in charge of the 228 project, and the air division asks us to innovate, and I think it is basically in the hope that we can use some of the research results of the 228 project. ”

Vice Minister Liang frowned and said, "The 228 project has not been carried out for a long time, and now he is busy dealing with the actual confrontation drill, I am afraid that he has no clue." ”

"Whether he has a clue or not knows much better than us, at least his views should be more in line with the spirit of the air division's instructions." Yang Heng said with a smile, adding a sentence, "Some of Kong Si's ideas are probably influenced by him. ”

Vice Minister Liang glanced at the huge office, and the staff officers were busy performing their duties, but the most important detailed rules for the actual confrontation drill had not yet been formed, and there were only five days left.

"Let's go check it out."

Yang Heng first called to inquire about the location of Li Zhan of the 101st Regiment, and after hanging up the phone, Yang Heng looked unfathomable and said, "The duty room of the 101st Regiment said that they are engaged in live-fire training. ”

"Live fire?" Vice Minister Liang was surprised, "When is this, they still have the heart to engage in live-fire training?" ”

Yang Heng said, "Xue Xiangdong is in command of the second tower, and they are engaged in shooting ground targets today, and the target area is at the foot of the mountain west of the station." ”

"Let's go, let's see."

The two took a commuter bus to the top of the hill where the weather station was located.

The biggest advantage of the North Kuchang Station is that it has a large area, with a radius of tens of kilometers and no one in it, and the nearest village is nearly 50 kilometers away, and it takes almost an hour to use a car to maneuver. The 101st Regiment had long ago set up a small tower on the meteorological station, where general command could be achieved. The most important thing is that the second tower is the highest point of the station, and the use of telescopes can directly see the situation of the target area, which is convenient for the commander to understand the specific situation of live firing in real time, and even the target reporter is omitted.

On the other hand, Tower 2 is also a landmark, especially during night flights, where pilots can tell the location of the runway just by seeing the lights from Tower 2. Since the summit of the mountain where the weather station is located is outside the take-off and landing turning route, there is no need to worry about affecting the normal take-off and landing of fighters.

Half an hour later, Vice Minister Liang and Yang Heng arrived at the second tower located on the hill south of the meteorological station, and it was obvious that it was a small three-story tower with concrete reinforcement after leveling the mountain. There were so few activations here, and even some of the recruits in the regiment didn't know that there was such a place.

In the tower, Xue Xiangdong and the shooting director formed a command squad, and in addition to that, there were only three officers and two non-commissioned officers who were doing miscellaneous work, and they had already maintained the continuous shooting training of the three brigades as normal.

"Chief." Xue Xiangdong saluted Vice Minister Liang and Yang Heng.

Vice Minister Liang waved his hand, "You're busy, I'll take a look." ”

Xue Xiangdong asked the chief of shooting to command, invited Deputy Minister Liang and Yang Heng to the side facing west, handed over the binoculars, and introduced, "We have a careful plan, the troops are carrying out live-fire training on the ground in strict accordance with the plan, and at present, the three major brigades have finished fighting, and the second brigade has also fought halfway, and it is planned to complete the live-fire training of the three brigades at 12 o'clock at noon." ”

"Is it the content of a real-life confrontation drill?" Vice Minister Liang asked.

"No, it's our training plan. In May, we will conduct five live firings, three on the ground and two on the air, and this is the first time. Time is tight, and tasks are heavy. Xue Xiangdong said.

Yang Heng frowned and looked at Xue Xiangdong and said, "Commander Xue, the actual confrontation drill is imminent, why are you still doing it according to the normal training plan." Although the scale of this live-force confrontation exercise is not large, it is a confrontation between the troops of the military region, and it is also an attempt against the background of the 228 project. It's not just your 101st regiment that is embarrassing. ”

A J-7B fighter flew from north to south in front of the tower, then turned west to join the attack route, and a few seconds later, the fighter swooped down to attack the ground target, and rockets were fired continuously, causing thick smoke to billow from the target area about five kilometers away from the tower. The fighter plane immediately pulled up and broke away, turned to the east, and directly entered the landing route and flew four turns to land. Yang Jinshan on the side of the main tower was responsible for directing the take-off and landing of fighters. The two towers cooperated tacitly, and the fighters participating in the live firing formed a "figure 8" route in the air.

The target area about five kilometers to the west is very striking, and the white circles can be clearly seen when viewed with an eight-fold telescope.

Xue Xiangdong explained, "Vice Minister Yang, the actual confrontation drill is the business of the Mad Demon Brigade, and I still have two brigades. I'm going to do my best to support the Demon Brigade, but it's not up to me to decide how to fight and practice. And, as you know, I can't intervene in what the Mad Demon Brigade is doing, and I can't control the 228 subject. You should ask Comrade Li Zhan about this. ”

"What about others?"

As soon as Yang Heng's words fell, a J-7E fighter roared past the front of the tower, the speed was much faster than the previous J-7B, and the flight altitude was very low. What Yang Heng noticed was the fighter paint, which was actually gray, which gave people a sense of déjà vu at first glance, but if you look closely, it turned out to be your own person.

There is a huge pattern on the vertical tail, it turns out to be a demon, and the head of the fuselage is brushed with the number - 037, and if you look closely, there are five red five-pointed stars painted under the cockpit.

"Oh, Li Zhan is here, and he's going to a big team to shoot targets." Xue Xiangdong was interrupted by a huge roar, and when he turned his head to look over, he saw Li Zhan's landline, so he simply pointed and said.

They looked down at the No. 037 fighter, because the flight altitude of the No. 037 fighter was too low, so Vice Minister Liang also saw that the left wing of the fighter was painted with the devil's head mark near the wingtip, and the right wing tip was brushed with the fighter number.

"This livery ......"

Xue Xiangdong explained, "Li Zhan believes that in order to simulate the Blue Army, it is necessary to simulate all aspects, and the aircraft painting is only the first step, and other aspects of simulation will be carried out in the future, including combat training." Chief, the plan was approved by the military district, you know. ”

"I didn't expect it to be so realistic." Of course, Vice Minister Liang could see at a glance which unit of the Blue Army the Mad Demon Brigade was simulating, and he was very emotional.

He asked, "What does Li Zhan think?" It's only five days since the start of the fight. ”

Xue Xiangdong sighed and said with a wry smile, "I don't know, he keeps it a secret from me." However, he is a person who does not fight uncertain battles, and there must be several sets of plans. ”

"Commander Xue, the Air Division ordered our military region to set up a director department, which shows that they have full trust in us. But at the end of the day we are all in the same military region and we definitely want the Blues to win in the end. Yang Heng pondered and said in a deep voice, "The director department has not yet come up with specific rules for the confrontation drill, and the air division requires innovation, I think in this regard, as the person in charge of the 228 project, Li Zhan should have more experience." ”

He almost said directly that he would ask Li Zhan to help formulate the detailed rules for the drill.

This means that Li Zhan can formulate drill details according to the strengths and weaknesses of the Mad Demon Brigade!

"Let him come over and talk about it when the fight is over." Vice Minister Liang said.

Xue Xiangdong is naturally tempted, the director department is all from his own military region, and it is normal to formulate rules that favor the mad demon brigade. Don't talk about fairness and justice, this world depends on the size of your fist, and if your fist is not hard enough in other people's territory, you have to swallow your anger.

The second master has this realization.

On that side, Li Zhan swooped down and opened fire from a high altitude, and the rocket accurately landed in the center of the target. The height of Li Zhan gives people the feeling that he is about to hit the mountain, which is really thrilling. However, this is just the normal standard of the mad demon brigade.

Yang Heng put down the binoculars and said, "It's very dangerous to always stick to the flight bag." Actual combat training is also indispensable. ”

"There is still a distance from the flight envelope, we have data on this, and the E-type used by the Mad Demon Brigade has much better low-altitude performance than the B-type, there is no problem." Xue Xiangdong explained.

Immediately afterwards, the other fighters of the Crazy Demon Brigade rushed forward at a low altitude, followed the route that Li Zhan flew, and dive to attack and pull up and break away, one after another, the connection was very compact, and the movements were very skillful, much stronger than the second and third teams in front.

After Li Zhan landed, the commuter car immediately sent him to the second tower, and saw Vice Minister Liang and Yang Heng without washing the dust.

After Yang Heng put forward the meaning of "soliciting opinions", Li Zhan immediately understood.

He's not a good guy, so why not use it if he has the opportunity to "cheat"? All in all, he likes to see all the opportunities that can give the enemy the most effective blow.

After careful consideration, under the expectant gaze of Vice Minister Liang and Yang Heng, Li Zhan said, "I suggest that you don't do too detailed drill rules, and don't stipulate the specific actions of the red and blue sides. The director should only need to come up with objective conditions such as the battle background, weather conditions, and hypothetical targets, how to fight and where to fight, and let the red and blue sides decide. ”

Li Zhan said to Vice Minister Liang, "Chief, our 101st Regiment is a pilot unit for abolishing the topic of free air combat with altitude difference, but in fact, the altitude difference in operational thinking and tactical thinking has a greater impact. I believe that when organizing a real confrontation exercise, we should also cancel the height difference in tactical thinking, and let the red and blue sides free themselves to confront each other according to their abilities. We're not the director of filming, and the script will only limit everyone's play. ”

The article "Abolishing the Ideological Height Difference" has not yet been officially issued, in other words, Yang Heng, a deputy division-level cadre, has not yet been reached, but Vice Minister Liang has seen the version circulated in a small area, and he agrees with Li Zhan's point of view, so it is not surprising that Li Zhan made such a suggestion.

They all looked at Vice Minister Liang.

"Let's go back and study it." Vice Minister Liang said, and then asked, "Li Zhan, seeing that the actual confrontation is about to be carried out, your troops do not carry out targeted training but proceed according to the normal training plan, and it seems that you are full of confidence in the victory of the exercise." ”

They all thought that Li Zhan would be humble, or that he would leave two points out of eight, but Li Zhan replied without hesitation, "Chief, the mad demon brigade will definitely win, I can make a military order, and if I lose, I will resign as the captain on the spot!" ”

This is really a military order.