The fighter roared and rolled, and Li Zhan released the landing gear at the maximum overload, and then closed the afterburner and throttle to reduce the speed.

The next thing to do is a little tougher.

Li Zhan had to pass through the field under the command of the ground and observe the situation of the landing gear from the ground. He could neither see the state of the landing gear, nor could he tell by the gauges whether the landing gear was completely down.

At this time, Li Zhan was very eager to have a second or third perspective so that he could carefully observe the appearance of the fighter.

"The hole has three turns, the height is OK, keep it."

"Understood, keep it high. I can see the number one landmark. ”

The No. 1 landmark is the Royal Hotel in the county seat, and the high-power cloud-finding lantern that rotates regularly to the sky is installed on the roof of the building, which is the most obvious nighttime landmark of Xixian Station. As long as you confirm the location of the No. 1 landmark, you can find the location of the runway.

When he descended again, Li Zhan kicked the left rudder, and the fighter plane leaned left to descend, and at this time he saw the position of the main runway under the left front, and the width indicators on both sides of the runway were very eye-catching in the dark. Try not to shine in the direction of the lights in the flight area upwards so as not to interfere with the pilot's judgment.

"Tower, I see the runway." Li Zhan reported.

"Continue to descend altitude, listen to my command to fly level." Qi Hong ordered.

"Understood."

Li Zhan changed his previous irritable flying style, slowly descended in altitude at a constant speed, and after Qi Hong sent the command, he decisively resumed level flight. He judged by referring to the ground lights, and could roughly judge that the fighter should be about 500 meters away from the ground.

Obviously, Qi Hong was worried that the height was too low.

Li Zhan asked, "Tower, I can go down a little higher, 500 meters is of little significance." ”

Hearing this, Yu Chenglin, Zhang Wei and Zhang Yuan all looked at each other in surprise, and subconsciously looked at the radar data——- the flight altitude of the No. 037 fighter was exactly 500 meters. Their first reaction was to suspect that Li Zhan was lying, and the cockpit was not powered off at all. However, they quickly dispelled this suspicion, because no one would joke about such a thing, let alone their own lives and fighters.

The terrain in Xixian is flat, with an altitude of about 50 meters above sea level, and the highest peak is only more than 200 meters, so the flight altitude of 500 meters is almost the height relative to the ground.

Qi Hong asked, "Yes, you can go down a little higher." ”

In the past hour, Li Zhan's feeling has been quite accurate, for example, when he went down 500 meters just now, he did it in one step and didn't need to be corrected. Qi Hong became more confident as a result.

It was not until he descended to an altitude of 100 meters that Li Zhan resumed level flight, and put the throttle in the smallest position, allowing the fighter to fly as slowly as possible without stalling.

"This kid is a master of art and bold!"

Qi Hong said, picked up the telescope and followed the slowly approaching No. 037 fighter, and the high-power searchlight on the ground followed closely, so that he could see more clearly. The navigation lights at the nose landing gear are also not on, but the red and green navigation lights on the left and right are still on.

Putting down the binoculars in disappointment, Qi Hong picked up the microphone, "The hole is three turns, and the landing gear is still only half down." ”

Li Zhan suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly said, "I'll put away the landing gear now and see if the main and auxiliary landing gears can be retracted normally." ”

"Good way!" Yu Chenglin said subconsciously.

Qi Hong hurriedly raised the telescope and looked at the No. 037 fighter plane that happened to fly directly opposite at this time, and he could see that the main landing gear was retracted normally, while the auxiliary landing gear in front of it did not move at all.

"The nose landing gear didn't move, so it should be stuck." Qi Hong was excited for a while and reported to Li Zhan.

Li Zhan decisively decided, "Tower, request a forced landing." ”

There is no better choice than this, and Li Zhan's fuel is also consumed very little, you must know that it is very fuel-intensive to drive afterburner.

Qi Hong was equally decisive and gave an order, "Dong Sangui, I order you to make a forced landing." ”

"Understood."

Qi Hong ordered Yu Chenglin, "Let all the buildings in the living area turn on the lights." ”

Yu Chenglin immediately conveyed the order, and after a while, all the lights in the several family buildings on the other side of the living area were turned on.

The forced landing was not so particular, Li Zhan maintained his altitude and made a U-turn directly. He was conscious and turned left instead of right, because the right turn is the county seat. His eyes were always fixed on the obvious markings of the ground, it was not late at night, and the village lights were bright. What he has to overcome is the judgment of the eyes on the position of the light in a long time without light, in which case the human eye is very easy to fatigue and easily hallucinate. Li Zhan didn't dare to hold it up, and when he turned around, he climbed a little in height, otherwise as long as there was a little hallucination, he would plunge headlong into the ground.

"Three turns in the hole, do you see the runway, can you align it?" Qi Hong asked.

Li Zhan turned around again and flew back, pressed the nose slightly, and after determining the position of the runway, he reported, "I see it, I can align it." ”

"Keep your posture, be fast, and slowly descend the height." Qi Hong commanded.

Li Zhan slowly descended in height, his eyes didn't look at the dashboard at all, he couldn't see anything anyway, but turned his head to the right to look at the lights coming from the living area, and used the height of the building to judge his relative height. It is not easy to overcome habitual dependent movements, and the key problem of blind exercise is to overcome psychological barriers, fear of darkness.

Li Zhan did all of this perfectly.

"Get off the landing gear."

"The landing gear is ready."

"A hundred heights."

After discovering that the nose landing gear was completely stuck, although it was not completely thrown out, many people thought that this was a turning point. Although it is not completely put down, at least half of it comes out, and it is stuck in half of the place, and the front wheel can still play the role of supporting the nose.

There is no doubt that the situation is much better than what was previously recovered.

At least until the cause of the failure is known, it can be determined that the operation of the cockpit cannot change the state in which the nose landing gear is halfway down. This can provide strong support, although the landing stance will be very embarrassing.

"Fifty meters!"

Li Zhan gritted his teeth and didn't speak, his attention was on the sense of control, he felt that he was in the posture of the fighter, his eyes were staring at the brightly lit building in the living area, and the data he judged was constantly updated in his mind, and then quickly compared it with the data reported on the ground to form the most accurate control feeling.

Such a process is complicated to describe, and in Li Zhan's practice, it is only a matter of moments.

At this point, the slower the landing, the better.

Li Zhan did something that no one expected.

When he was still more than twenty meters above the ground, he released the parachute.

The fighter plane seemed to be dragged by a big hand, and the speed slowed down suddenly, Li Zhan did not hesitate at all, maintained his posture and descended, and raised the nose slightly, at this time, he was still staring at the lights in the living area, until he felt that the lights on the first floor selected as the reference object tended to be parallel to his gaze, and he immediately changed the attitude of the plane.

On the grass on the side of the main runway, Qi Hong and others looked up at the landing of the No. 037 fighter. In their eyes, where is this landing, the fighter plane is simply smashed on the runway. The deceleration effect of the deceleration parachute is very obvious, and Qi Hong is very keenly aware that the timing of Li Zhan's release of the deceleration parachute is very tricky.

If it is earlier, the fighter will stall and fall, and if it is late, it will not have the ideal deceleration effect. In the current situation of the fighter, the slower the landing, the less impact the nose landing gear will withstand, which is needless to say.

Li Zhan was very calm and calm, and the operation was perfect.

When he released the parachute, even if the fighter stalled due to the loss of a lot of airspeed, the fighter would not be in great danger - because at this time, the main wheels of the fighter were only a few meters away from the runway, and it could touch the ground within a second or two, and the fighter had no chance to stall at all.

It wasn't until the fighter plane stopped in the middle of the runway with its head lowered and slightly embarrassed that everyone reacted.

Li Zhan has succeeded in another dangerous forced landing!