Military hospitals, general wards.

Zhang Xueyang, who had been transferred from a serious illness, recovered well, and when Li Zhan came to see him, he was already in good spirits.

"I will be able to try to walk in half a month, and the doctor said that the main thing in the later stage is recovery, and I can still fly after the rehabilitation training is done." Zhang Xueyang said happily.

Li Zhan smiled, "This is good news, I see, you will be able to return to the army at the end of the year." ”

"I don't think so." Zhang Xueyang shook his head and said, "I know my situation, don't think about flying without a year or two of recovery." By that time, it is estimated that you will all start combat readiness duty. ”

Li Zhan said, "Not necessarily. In the next few years, it is still necessary to focus on training, first train personnel, form a virtuous circle, and then begin to arrange combat readiness duty. Besides, the first aircraft carrier has already been qualitative, and it is mainly based on training. ”

Zhang Xueyang was in a much better mood all of a sudden, sat up straight, and said, "So I guess I can still catch up with the combat readiness duty?" ”

"That's right, it may be directly on a domestic aircraft carrier, and it feels even different." Li Zhan said with a smile.

Zhang Xueyang asked, "When will you be on the ship?" ”

"September 28th."

"Isn't that Friday?" Zhang Xueyang couldn't help but be excited.

Li Zhan smiled and nodded, "Yes, the day after tomorrow." ”

After the excitement, there are complicated feelings, and he should be glad for his good luck when he came back from the struggle of the ghost gate, but because of this, he missed the first opportunity to get on the ship, which is already the biggest regret of his life. After more than two years of training, he invested all his time and energy in it, and even ignored his ex-girlfriend's commitment to a relationship.

From a personal point of view, it is difficult for him to accept, but from a collective point of view, this is the inevitable price to be paid in the process of building the Flying Shark Force.

All in all, Zhang Xueyang has to spend a lot of time slowly stepping through this level, not only physical trauma.

"Oh, there's one more thing." As if Li Zhan remembered something, he stood up and took out a red box from his trouser pocket, Zhang Xueyang looked at it, hey, the medal box.

Li Zhan opened it and handed it over, "First-class merit." Congratulations to you Comrade First Class Meritorious. ”

The all-gold medal, the August 1 military emblem has the words "first-class merit", which is the highest personal honor that Chinese soldiers aspire to, and they usually need to throw their heads and spill their blood. Objectively speaking, Zhang Xueyang survived in the case of certain death, he is a first-class hero, and in the situation that the fighter is almost irretrievable, he at least kept the two engines of the fighter intact, and he is a first-class hero.

There are hard rules and standards for merit evaluation, and they will not be affected by personal feelings, and the higher the rank, the stricter it is, and even if the conditions are not met, even if they are sacrificed, they cannot be evaluated for first-class merit. In society, the honors of first-class merit, second-class merit, and third-class merit are not unique to the military system, and many local systems have the same level of reward. After an individual has attained first-class merit, his social status and influence are conceivable, and there is even a clear provision that future generations will receive preferential treatment.

Li Zhan, a freak who most of the time doesn't know how many first-class merits he has, but remembers how many second-class and third-class merits he has very clearly, his concept of first-class merits is naturally equally numb, but for the vast majority of people, first-class merits will always be the ultimate pursuit of the entire military career.

Picking up the medal and putting it in the palm of his hand and looking at it carefully, Zhang Xueyang couldn't help but burst into tears, at this moment he felt his own value, the value of being a soldier as a combat pilot.

Li Zhan joked, "I drove the plane fee engine, and you saved two engines, I think you should be awarded two first-class merits, and each one should be given one." ”

", that's not how it counts." Zhang Xueyang stabilized his mind, saw Li Zhan looking untouched, and then remembered his deeds of first-class merit every time, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "Compared with you, my first-class merit is too easy." ”

Li Zhanzheng said, "It seems that you don't know what you've encountered yet." ”

Zhang Xueyang frowned, "Flight control failure, isn't it flight control failure?" ”

"That's going to be timed. You had hooked the barrage at that time, and the fighter plane was landing at takeoff speed. Li Zhan gestured with his palm, "The flying ginseng shows that it is 2.8 seconds from the time of the failure to the time the fighter smashes down and rolls over, and you first do the lever pressing action in these 2.8 seconds, which controls the trend of the nose of the plane to continue to rise, otherwise the fighter will leave the ground a little at such a speed, and then fall down and there will be nothing to say about the engine." ”

He looked at Zhang Xueyang and said, "If your first action is to skydive, at least you won't be so seriously injured." ”

He pointed at Zhang Xueyang and said solemnly, "Old Zhang, you don't realize that you have created a miracle in the history of aviation. ”

After sighing for a while, Zhang Xueyang was much more comfortable, and said, "I deserve to say that I have a first-class merit." ”

"Absolutely, and you are the first pilot of the Flying Shark Unit to receive a first-class merit, you, ah, have a bright future." Li Zhan said with a smile.

Zhang Xueyang said, "No, you are the first to get a first-class merit." ”

"I was issued by the headquarters and the high command, and you are from Haiji, it's different." Li Zhan smirked.

"Damn, I've laid so much groundwork, just wait for you to pretend to be a force here." Zhang Xueyang understood.

After talking for more than an hour, Li Zhan said goodbye and left. The date of embarkation entered the countdown in hours, and everyone was idle at this time. The flight training has come to an end, the pilots have entered the stage of physical condition adjustment, the aircraft maintenance has begun to carry out a comprehensive overhaul of the fighters, and the other ground crews have all arrived at the first shipyard to familiarize themselves with the ship.

Tomorrow, Commander-in-Chief Zhang will take most of the air crew to the No. 1 Shipyard to attend the handover ceremony the day after tomorrow, after which the aircraft carrier will leave the port and the first landing will take place on the Bohai Sea. Li Zhan and the remaining eight pilots who were selected for landing on the ship were on standby at the base, taking off from the base and landing on the aircraft carrier.

This day is finally coming, Li Zhan is a little nervous, a little excited, and a little lost. The loss was due to the fact that he was arranged to land last, and the first place was given to Dai Wenming. Because Dai Wenming was a native of HNA and trained pilots, and Li Zhan and many others were pilots from the Air Force.

Returning to the base from the military hospital, Li Zhan had a meeting with Commander-in-Chief Zhang, Mo Ren'an, and Lao Chentou.

Commander Zhang's nerves were still tight, and he sat in the center without smiling, Mo Ren'an sat on his left, Lao Chen Tou sat on the right, and Li Zhan sat down on Lao Chen's right hand.

"At eight o'clock tomorrow morning, Commander Mo and I will lead the air service detachment to the first shipbuilding, and Lao Chen will stay at the base to command Li Zhan's landing detachment." Commander-in-Chief Zhang said directly to the point, "I called from above to ask, it is estimated that a few people will be able to fall, and the Supreme Command wants a number." ”

The three responsible people looked at each other.

Commander-in-Chief Zhang pointed at Li Zhan, "Xiao Li, you say." ”

"That's a really hard answer." Li Zhan said matter-of-factly, "There are too many factors that affect the success of the ship, even the ones with the best results, I dare not say that they guarantee that they will fall." ”

Commander-in-Chief Zhang said, "I know, but the Supreme Command wants a number, and the leaders consider the problem from a different angle. ”

After pondering for a while, Li Zhan said, "Three." ”

"So conservative?" Mo Ren'an frowned, "Xiao Li, are you too pessimistic?" Among the eight pilots, the lowest success rate of simulated training landing is 95 percent, and you predict that less than half of them will succeed, which I don't agree with. ”

There is also a basis for what he said, not to mention anything else, he participated in the construction of the Flying Shark Unit, and he knew the situation better than Lao Chen Tou from scratch, so he was very confident in the carefully selected pilots.

Mo Ren'an smiled, "This is still the pilot you selected, you should have confidence in them." ”

Commander-in-Chief Zhang did not express his opinion, and turned his head to ask Lao Chen, "Lao Chen, you are the chief teacher, you can talk about it." ”

After thinking about it, Lao Chen said, "My prediction is basically the same as Xiao Li's, three or four." I understand what Lao Mo means, but there is a big difference between simulated training and actual aircraft landing after all. Xiao Li had the experience of landing several real planes, and when he was engaged in military exchanges in France, he piloted a Rafale fighter plane with a fire in many faulty engines and landed on the Roosevelt. His judgment should be the most accurate. ”

Mo Ren'an nodded slightly in approval, he was just very confident in the soldiers, and not considered this issue purely from a technical point of view like Li Zhan.

The real plane landing is real, there will no longer be a redundant runway ahead, and if the go-around fails, it will be a crash into the sea, and there is no second possibility. Li Zhan had to be conservative and cautious.

"I have a lot of confidence in them, but I can't use that as a basis for judgment. Of course, I hope that all of them will be successful. After the landing fails, the ship will immediately return to flight and make an alternate landing, and safety should be put first. ”

Obviously, Zhang Xueyang's incident had a great impact on Li Zhan, and everyone could clearly see the changes in Li Zhan. This is undoubtedly a sign of growth, and it is equally undesirable to blindly pursue the improvement of combat effectiveness while ignoring security.

"Three." Commander-in-Chief Zhang bowed slightly, "It's not too much, it's not too little, I'm not afraid to tell you, as long as one person successfully lands on the ship, I'm already satisfied." ”

He smiled slightly, and his white hair stood on end one by one, and said, "I will retire in a few months, and I will be able to see our pilots landing on their aircraft carriers before bidding farewell to the army, and I have no regrets in this life, I am worthy of this military uniform." ”

Li Zhan felt very uncomfortable, such sadness had never been something he was willing to face, and said with a forced smile, "Mr. Zhang, even if you retire, you are still an old chief." The Flying Shark Force is built under your leadership, and your experience will influence generations to come. ”

It is not an exaggeration at all, from the blank to the standard groped, this is not just a problem from scratch, the meaning of which is profound and the impact is far-reaching. In the future, the Flying Shark unit will train and operate under the standard framework formulated under the leadership of Commander-in-Chief Zhang. The test data in two warehouses are comparable to the treasures of nuclear weapons, the top secret of the state.

Commander-in-Chief Zhang smiled and waved his hand, "Three, I'll just report like this." ”

At the end, he glanced at it and said with a smile, "Based on the three, I will give each of the three of you a bottle of Moutai for each additional one, I will pay out of my own pocket, and we will have a big meal on the flight deck!" ”

"Chief, I'm serious!" Mo Ren'an suddenly became energetic.

"Seriously!"

PS: Make up for the first two days and then add more.