The three-plane formation plunged headlong into the darkness, the thick clouds obscured the sun in the west, and the mist-like liquid sprayed out of the sprayers, like shells fired by multi-barreled close-in defense guns, forming a fog net in the air, slowly enveloping it in the almost windless situation.

In the case of limited visibility, instrument flight is mainly used as the main visual flight, and it is not of great significance to turn on the radar, which only increases the radar consumption.

"Tower, I'm a good luck team, I see an agricultural spraying plane operating, whether there is a duplicate operation, please verify, over." Li Zhan reported to the tower the situation of the plane carrying five pills he had just seen.

It is not advisable to duplicate work in an emergency, and the coverage issue should be addressed first and then the patching issue should be considered. Li Zhan heard from the local officers and soldiers that the Beiku area is vast and sunny, and it is very suitable for planting corresponding crops, and there have been several large-scale insect pests in the past few decades, and a large number of crops have died or withered in a very short period of time, causing great economic losses.

It is also because the Beiku region is an important producer of agricultural products, and it is one of the regions with the highest degree of agricultural modernization. In the inland and coastal areas, when livestock were still used for farming, mechanized farming has been realized, and now it is now possible to sow seeds and spray pesticides by aircraft.

Taking into account the actual situation, Li Zhan would no longer be surprised by such a thing as using fighter jets for spraying. Some people say that the task should be left to the transport pilot, and that medium transport aircraft are better suited for this job. The problem is that transport pilots are a thousand kilometers away, and their tasks are heavy, and there are only a few large aircraft in the field as combat readiness, and it is too late in all aspects. Not to mention the fact that the transport aircraft does not have a hard-way point, and it takes more time to build a sprinkler from scratch that can use the cargo hold.

The nearest 101 Brigade and the Army Aviation Brigade directly under the Beiku Military Region became the best choice.

After receiving Li Zhan's report, the tower commander Bao Guanhua immediately communicated with Director Zhong who was also in the tower, and after quickly verifying the specific situation of the first section of the isolation zone, he told Li Zhan, "Good luck comes, the verification has been completed, there is no repetitive operation, you follow the plan, and it is over." ”

"Good luck to receive, done." Li Zhan relieved himself and reminded the two wingmen, "Pay attention to altitude and speed, we have to keep our attitude and fly for an hour, and cheer up." ”

THREE SU-27SK FLEW AT A SLIGHTLY HIGHER MINIMUM SPEED AT LOW ALTITUDES THAN DANGEROUS. Chen Dianjun, who is relatively less technically weak, is highly concentrated, and his left hand is on the accelerator lever, which can push the oil to lift the speed in the shortest possible time. Lin Fei was much calmer, he used to be Li Zhan's J-6 Plus instructor, and was later selected to be the mad demon brigade to modify the J-7E, and then after receiving the second-hand SU-27, he completed the modification training and made rapid progress, and became the first batch of third-generation aircraft instructors of the Eagle Falcon Brigade.

Li Zhan has nothing to worry about, he knows the technical level of every pilot in the Eagle Falcon Brigade very well, and such a low-altitude and low-speed flight will basically not form a big test.

The biggest threat is visibility.

The most obvious feature of bad weather is that visibility is impaired, whether it is a storm or a snowstorm. Pilots are most afraid of this, and among the four factors that the engine is most afraid of, small speed is one of them. Li Zhan is most worried about whether the engines of these SU-27 fighters, which are about to reach the end of their life, will still have the value of being dismantled for backup after this mission.

They rarely fly at speeds of 300 km/h in their usual training. Flying at this speed is extremely damaging to the engine, and there is a high chance that the engine will stop in the air.

After flying for more than half an hour, I finally entered an area with slightly better visibility, where the clouds were sparse, and the sunlight that was almost completely set in the western mountains shone straight over, which was blocked by goggles, which did not affect the line of sight very much.

After flying for more than 20 minutes against the sunset, after Li Zhan and the tower confirmed the direction, he shook his head to the left to look at Lin Fei on the left wing, raised his left hand wearing white labor protection gloves and made a gesture to disband the formation, and then waved his head to the right to look at Chen Dianjun on the right wing, raised his right hand wearing white labor protection gloves and made a gesture to disband the formation.

Lin Fei and Chen Dianjun successively turned to the outside and climbed out of the formation, and after they converged at the altitude, they returned directly to the Beiku combat training base, and the sprayer 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 pulled up a U-turn and returned to the South Reservoir Station to replenish the medicinal liquid, and the rest of the spraying tasks in the first section were his, because he was the closest to the South Reservoir Station, so according to the plan, when he carried out the last spraying, the rest of the fighters had already returned to the North Reservoir Combat Training Base.

When the last sortie returned to Nankuchang Station, it was already early ten o'clock in the night, and it was completely dark. Doing a long-term ultra-low-altitude and low-speed flight in a completely lightless situation, the brigade only has complete trust in Li Zhan. The so-called capable person works harder, and the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, Li Zhan flew for more than four hours in one breath today.

Before getting off the plane, Yuan Boning, an old acquaintance who was fully armed, greeted him with a smile.

"Captain Li!" Yuan Boning smiled and saluted Li Zhan, and then stretched out his hand.

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

"How do you say this, we often train at Nankuchang Station, you know this." Yuan Boning said with a smile.

Li Zhan signed to hand over the plane to Miao Yu, and walked to the office building with Yuan Boning, asking, "What are you doing here?" ”

The station is so small that you can walk a few minutes to the tower without a commuter bus, and behind the tower is the only two-story building, where the station office is located. Behind the building is the residential area, which is actually a large courtyard, and you can live in a company.

"Supporting local pest control." Yuan Boning said as a matter of course.

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

"Don't you have a gun, too?" Yuan Boning pointed to Li Zhan's gun, smiled and said, "The local field communication can't keep up, the superior ordered us to come over to support, you don't know what I'm doing, it's basically none of my business, just follow and come over to take a look." I heard that you sprayed pesticides, so I ran to the tarmac to wait for you when I had nothing to do, and met and chatted. ”

Yuan Boning said with a smile, "Brigade Li, how does it feel to fly a fighter jet to spray pesticides?" Some of our army aviation units have also done this work before, and it is said that it is quite interesting. ”

"It's like a fight, it's not a difference. It sounds like you know more about insect pests, tell me. Li Zhan asked.

Yuan Boning stopped smiling and said, "It's more serious than expected, the same insect infestation has also occurred in several other areas, and the relevant local departments have all mobilized to rescue the cotton fields, and this matter is a bit big." They said that the speed of the outbreak and spread of the pest was very fast, and it was judged that the infection was carried out by the wind, and that the northwest wind blew a few days ago, and the pest in the Beiku area spread to the southeast. ”

"So the barrier that was opened today is meaningless." Li Zhan frowned and said.

The barrier is to prevent the pest from spreading northward.

Yuan Boning said, "Of course not, our communication store is deployed along the isolation belt, and at this moment, there are tens of thousands of people in the local area to carry out the follow-up work of the isolation belt." ”

When he came to the organ building, Li Zhan didn't plan to go up, he stopped and said, "Let's talk about something, I have to rest." ”

Of course, he didn't believe that Yuan Boning had come over with the army's electrical reconnaissance detachment. The armed reconnaissance detachment in the army's electrical reconnaissance unit has always been a high-load unit, and there are only a few days off throughout the year, if Li Zhan could not see that Yuan Boning's leisurely appearance was pretended, he would have been blind in the two years he spent in the air gunboat battalion.

Yuan Boning pointed to the office building, and said with a smile, "I can't hide it from you Brigade Li, go to the office and say?" ”

"That's it." Li Zhan shook his head, he didn't want to see the soldiers of the Tiger Squad anymore, if he could, he wouldn't even want to see Yuan Boning.

Yuan Boning slowly put away his smiling face and said in a deep voice, "We have received a tricky task of a live-fire confrontation drill, but the superiors have clearly requested that air support should not be used. ”

"That's not the end of it, you guys go up on yourselves." Li Zhan said.

Yuan Boning said with a wry smile, "There's no other way, I'm sure I'll go on it myself." However, if you can pull my brother a little bit, I will be more confident that I can defeat the Blues. ”

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

Yuan Boning said helplessly, "Captain Li, don't make fun of me, to be honest, without air support, our victory rate is only 30 percent." The order from the higher authorities came to us, even if all of them were killed. The key lies in the fact that in this live-fire exercise, the task given to the Red Army by the director department was to rescue the pilots who were imprisoned in the enemy's depth. ”

"Oh? The background of this exercise is quite interesting, and it has something to do with how we fly the plane. Li Zhan was a little interested, and suddenly thought of something, and asked, "You will also be responsible for search and rescue in the future?" ”

Yuan Boning nodded slightly, "The task has been expanded, and it may be divided into a unit at the same level as the electrical investigation department in the future. ”

"Air support...... It should be a helicopter from the Army Airlines, it's useless for you to look for me, I can only throw bombs. Li Zhan frowned and said.

Yuan Boning said, "With the helicopter, as long as the person is rescued and brought to the designated place, the helicopter of the Army Aviation Brigade is waiting there, and getting on the helicopter is equivalent to the success of the mission." I'm talking about air support, which is to drop bombs and hit planes. You've dealt with the simulated Blues so many times, you know the situation! ”

"I don't have much contact with them." Li Zhan said.

Yuan Boning said, "The simulated confrontation reconnaissance training of the Li Brigade and the Nighthawk Squadron, as well as the implementation plan of the training plan, were all done by our electronic reconnaissance. ”

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

Li Zhan didn't say anything, but said, "It's useless for you to look for me, if you really want to coordinate our help, you have to ask the air force of the military region for instructions, and the air force of the military region will give orders to our brigade, as for who the brigade will hand over the task, I can fight for it to be implemented by our falcon brigade." You know, I'm a big captain. ”

Yuan Boning looked at Li Zhan with a frown, he was basically sure now that Li Zhan had changed a lot. If he had made such a request before, Li Zhan would definitely have actively campaigned for it, and at that time, he even risked his life to take any credit for the sick pilots of the Nighthawk Squadron as a shadow man. Although Li Zhan accidentally robbed the Tiger Squad's target when he shot air-to-ground missiles at the beginning, 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 an old fritter playing Tai Chi. Such a change surprised Yuan Boning, and at the same time was a little disappointed.

Yuan Boning asked in a deep voice, "Really?" ”

Li Zhan said resolutely, "No, unless ordered by the superiors." ”

Yuan Boning fell silent.

Li Zhan said, "First of all, I have to hurry up and rest." ”

After speaking, he took the flight helmet and turned around and walked to the accommodation area behind the building.

Has Li Zhan changed, he hasn't changed. Any previous operation had been ordered or approved by his superiors, and he had never carried out an unapproved training operation. The reason why Yuan Boning's attitude has changed is that Yuan Boning said that the Tiger Squad is ready to be separated and form an independent unit at the same level as the old Army Electrical Reconnaissance Unit. Lao Lu's electrical reconnaissance unit is a regular army-level unit......

Therefore, Li Zhan decisively decided not to participate in the merger. Yuan Boning, a martial artist with developed limbs and a simple mind, couldn't think of anything, and Li Zhan took it all into account. Will the units directly under the headquarters need a major commander like Yuan Boning to consider the issue of air support?

Yuan Boning's big stupid fork dancing gun can be used to play with sticks, just use your brains.

In the final analysis, Li Zhan is a member of the Air Force, and it is not in accordance with the rules to participate too much in the affairs of Lao Lu. The Eagle Falcon Brigade really needs help, and the superiors can give an order at any time, and there is no need for the grassroots commanders to study and discuss.

But having said that, Li Zhan was more interested in the task of the Tiger Squad to fight against the real troops and live ammunition. Simulating the combat operation of rescuing pilots trapped behind enemy lines shows that the construction of the special operations system of Lao Lu has reached a new level and has begun to expand to more missions.

There are pilots in the Army Aviation and pilots in the Air Force, and the tigers at the same level as the electronic reconnaissance department will definitely be responsible for the rescue mission behind enemy lines for the air crews of the entire military aviation unit in the future.

If you look at it this way, the air rescue team formed by the 101st Brigade and the Army Aviation Brigade directly under the Beiku Military Region accidentally went to the front again.

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

(End of chapter)