The Bombardment-6 tanker, codenamed "Nanny", is the first batch of tankers, and it is also a few years old, and it is not much older than the high-tech Y-33 Y-8 maritime patrol plane that has been reviewed twice a year.

After circling in the airspace of Jianshe Island for more than 20 minutes, the refueler saw the No. 1616 J-16 fighter-bomber rapidly approaching from the rear hemisphere through the cabin window, and immediately called the captain, "There is a plane approaching, about six o'clock...... Seven kilometers. ”

The captain quickly issued an identification code and successfully confirmed his identity, "It's him, get ready." ”

Immediately, he informed the tanker of the flight parameters: "Test six, course 360, standard air pressure altitude 6000, airspeed 370, ready to report, finish." ”

Chen Fei quickly confirmed the flight parameters, and said to Li Zhan while adjusting, "The flight parameters of the tanker should be fine-tuned on the basis of the tanker. Enter from the five o'clock position of the tanker, one fuselage height lower than the tanker. In a moment, when I operate, you pay attention to the changes in flight parameters before and after the aircraft. ”

"Understood." Li Zhan looked at it seriously.

The control of the J-16 fighter-bomber No. 1616 was in the hands of Chen Fei.

Generally speaking, he only needs to take one flight to basically master the technology of air refueling, and he has already been ahead of the curve before that - after returning from the Big Red Eagle Division, he organized an air refueling theory teaching class, not only him, but all the pilots of the Eagle Falcon Brigade have carried out solid theoretical study.

From theory to practice, some people have no teacher, and some people can only rub at the door with great effort.

The H-6 flew very steadily, the position chosen by the captain was very good, there was almost no crosswind, the air flow was stable, and it could be seen that he was an experienced captain.

Chen Fei carefully controlled the fighter plane and slowly approached. The Bombardment-6 had already released the oil delivery hose, and at one end of the hose was a chrysanthemum head, where was the oil port. Chen Fei wants to poke the head of the oiling tube of the landline into the chrysanthemum head, and the action must be cautious, if you use too much force, it will cause the hose to run back, and there will be a danger of hitting the fighter, and if the strength is too small, you can't reach the chrysanthemum head, and you can't talk about refueling.

It's not much finer than surgery.

Chen Fei said, "The docking process needs to always pay attention to the attitude change of the tanker and the impact of crosswind on the hose, the difficulty of hose type air refueling is much higher than that of the hard pipe, the hose head usually keeps rocking, where the oil pipe enters from, how to successfully dock with the hose head smoothly and safely, this needs to be practiced many times." ”

He concentrated on controlling the plane towards the chrysanthemum head, and the oil pipe had already been released. The position of the J-16's fuel receiving pipe is on the left side of the cockpit, which is the position with the best field of vision for the pilot, which is consistent with the J-10 series fighters.

"The docking link is very difficult, I flew more than a dozen times before I succeeded for the first time when I was training, and then I barely managed to achieve a successful docking after more than 20 sorties." Chen Fei said in a deep voice, and there was some pride in his words, after all, his achievements were among the best in HNA.

He said, "At the beginning, we trained 30 pilots from the two major branches of the Air Force and Navy, and none of them were able to succeed at one time. Later, when the assessment was carried out, only one-third of the people were successful in the first match. If you look at it carefully, it's going to be the key link soon. ”

Chen Fei concentrated his mind and concentrated on feeling the position change relationship between the two planes, allowing himself to merge with the fighter as soon as possible in order to achieve the same effect as his arms. He must show his real skills, and he must succeed in the docking at one time, because he has to fight for a breath in front of Li Zhan.

Regardless of personal emotions, he now represents the HNA troops, and the sense of collective honor makes him have to fight for a breath, especially after Li Zhanchao perfectly completed the confrontation drill with the blue side. Two pilots from the two branches of the armed forces formed a crew, each representing their own unit, and neither of them wanted to be looked down upon by anyone.

Not only must the docking be successful at one time, but it must also look easy, and it cannot show that it takes a lot of effort to succeed in the docking at one time.

Li Zhan saw the oil receiving pipe slowly approaching the chrysanthemum head of the oil pipe, trembling slightly and swaying as if he had Parkinson's. Air refueling is regarded as one of the world's most difficult flight subjects, not only because of the influence of the oil tanker by the wake of the tanker, but also because it is a set of difficult flight maneuvers that thread the needle in the air. The oil hose is no more than the thickness of the forearm, and the chrysanthemum head of the oil hose is not much bigger than the cow's butt, so it is not easy to get into it accurately.

The most critical problem is that the head of the oil pipe must be sucked by the mechanism in the chrysanthemum head, and the seamless connection can officially start the fuel delivery.

Chen Fei's technique is very solid, although there is a slight shaking, but the head of the tubing is relatively resolute and slowly leaning towards the chrysanthemum head, and even Li Zhan can hear Chen Fei's solemn breathing.

"Steady, steady." Chen Fei muttered to himself.

The head of the tubing is only half a meter away from the head of the chrysanthemum, and the last trembling.

Suddenly, the fighter shook a little violently, and Chen Fei was slamming into the chrysanthemum head, but he didn't control it well all of a sudden, and the speed of the oil pipe head quickly slammed into the chrysanthemum head. Obviously, it is absolutely impossible to scare the past so vigorously. Chen Fei sighed in his heart, had to break away a little, and called for Boom Oil-6: "Nurse nurse, the first docking failed, prepare for the second docking, it's over."

"Understood!" The captain of the Bombard-6 replied, "But I need to remind you of the fuel balance, over." ”

"Understood." Chen Fei took a deep breath and said, "Li Zhan, I'll demonstrate again." ”

Li Zhan said with a smile, "If you don't let me try it once, I can still dock the fuel balance a few times, and I'm about to take this rare opportunity to practice." ”

After a little hesitation, Chen Fei said, "Okay, you can give it a try, but I will directly take over the control of the plane at any time, after all, safety is an important premise." ”

"Understood." Li Zhan was ready to take over, "I'm ready to take over." ”

Chen Fei let go of the joystick, "You take over." ”

Li Zhan took over the control of the plane steadily, the speed was much faster than Chen Fei's, and the head of the oil pipe poked directly at the chrysanthemum head, Chen Fei was suddenly shocked: "Pay attention to the speed!" It's too fast, steady and steady. ”

"It's fine." Li Zhan said with a smile, and then, he went in.

After the tubing head was slammed into the chrysanthemum head, the attitude of the fighter plane actually happened to remain stable after it was slammed in, almost exactly the same as the action of the tanker.

Chen Fei didn't react at all, what he saw was a set of docking actions that were more skilled than the instructors, without the slightest sense of jerkiness, without the slightest hesitation and contraction, as if lubricated, and the whole docking process was incredibly smooth!

Isn't this called refueling in the air? You're kidding me!