The sunlight in the middle of the day was intense, especially at an altitude of 7,000 meters, and I could easily feel the strong ultraviolet rays that seemed to pass through the mask.

Li Zhan lightly pressed the left rudder and gently pressed the joystick to the left, and the fighter leaned left and turned left. Nie Jianfeng looked down, and as far as the eye could see, there were bare mountain deserts, and there were no eight points of green. When you look at it from a distance, heaven and earth intersect, and you feel that you and the fighter plane are like the sandwich inside a sandwich biscuit, and if you don't pay attention to it, you will be sandwiched by heaven and earth.

Flying without a reference on the ground can easily create the illusion that you are flying towards the ground when you think it is the sky. Therefore, the phrase that new pilots are repeatedly admonished is: don't trust the feelings, trust the instrument data, even if it's wrong!

There are three types of information that are most easily captured by the pilot's visual eye in the middle of any occupied console: altitude, speed, and pitch angle. Theoretically, as long as the pilot can get these three kinds of data, the other data can be dispensed without, and they can fly safely.

"Lao Li, are we going in circles?" Nie Jianfeng could see that Li Zhan had been circling.

Li Zhan said, "There is no feedback from the ground target area, so we have to wait for them to report the specific location of the target area to the tower, and the tower will give us an order, and then conduct live-fire training." ”

"It's quite interesting, everything is unknown, and it tests the pilot's on-the-spot reaction ability." Nie Jianfeng suppressed the excitement in his heart and said as indifferently as possible.

Li Zhan said, "Yes, this is actual combat training. If war breaks out in the future, in order to shorten the process from discovery to attack, the fighters responsible for air strikes will definitely take off first, and then wait for the ground reconnaissance units or aerial reconnaissance detachments to confirm the target, and the strike planes will directly go over and launch an attack, eliminating the need to take off and rush to the theater of operations, thus greatly improving the efficiency of operations. ”

"That's right, but only Su Erqi can do this, of course, the Flying Leopard can also do it, the J11 series can also do, and so can Su San0. Well, the advantages of a long-range heavy fighter are manifested. Nie Jianfeng said.

Li Zhan said, "So why should the superiors test the live-fire performance of Su Liangqi in this area, the western region is vast, and it is hundreds of kilometers away from going out, and when I drove the Seventh Master in the past, I was embarrassed to take off without hanging three auxiliary fuel tanks." ”

Nie Jianfeng laughed, "Su Erqi's long legs don't have this worry, by the way, have you ever seen Su Erqi hanging an auxiliary fuel tank?" At that time, Maozi did not develop a corresponding auxiliary fuel tank for him at all. ”

"The fuel load in the plane is more than the maximum take-off weight of the seventh master, and what auxiliary fuel tanks are hung. Don't you know best, there are a few times when the training of the sixth regiment in normal times takes off with full fuel, and I dare say that the wing fuel tank is definitely not refueled. Li Zhan said.

"That's right." Nie Jianfeng said, "I usually load four or five tons in training, and I run more than 2,000 kilometers casually. Generally, they are only fed when they are patrolling by the long-distance police. ”

Shrugging his shoulders, Li Zhan turned left again and drew a beautiful arc, saying, "Kai Qi Ye, what I am most worried about is the amount of oil, and I must keep an eye on fuel consumption. ”

The SU-27 in a fully fueled state casually stayed in the air for three or four hours, and there were no problems at all. If you keep it at high altitude, it can even exceed five hours. The average time for a large early warning aircraft to stay in the air is only seven or eight hours. This is the biggest advantage of a long-range heavy fighter, and a long stay in the air means a strong ability to sustain operations.

Don't look at the Yankees' F-15 blowing so badly, their early models can only run 2,500 kilometers if they die, and the later modifications barely exceed 3,000 kilometers with all their might. As for the F-15's-like payload capacity, let's not mention it.

Therefore, the Yankees' avionics are not a little or two points stronger than Maozi, but one or two generations advanced, they talk about precision strikes and point warfare, and Maozi flatters "I've covered all the for you", and this kind of combat thinking guides the research and development of their respective weapons and equipment.

The torrent of red armor once deployed in Eastern Europe, the theory of a large-depth armored assault operation, and the whole of Europe trembling under the red iron cavalry, are closely related to Mao Zi's operational thinking.

Our country crosses the river by touching the head of a strong enemy on the shoulders of giants, so it has a late-mover advantage - Lei has been trodden by others, and our road is easier.

After turning for more than an hour, I still couldn't feel that the fighter had become lighter, which showed how terrifying the fuel load of the long-legged Su was.

"Whoosh, two crutches, the command post called two crutches, received an answer." With a slight sound of electromagnetic interference, the second tower called, it was Xue Xiangdong's voice, yes.

Li Zhan hurriedly replied, "I received it, please speak." ”

"Fly to the southwest of Mount T first, and the specific direction of the target area will be reported later, and it will be completed." Xue Xiangdong said.

Li Zhan replied, "Understood, the southwest of T Mountain, the specific location of the target area will be reported later, over." ”

Nie Jianfeng couldn't help but ask, "Didn't you guide you to know where to fly?" ”

Li Zhan lifted the portable GPS navigator and lit it up, "I brought this, plus the chart, I won't get lost wherever I fly." ”

"You also brought a navigator...... "Nie Jianfeng was convinced.

"What a way, our satellite positioning system has not yet been popularized, so we can only be so emergency." Li Zhan said, "But even if you don't have this thing, you won't get lost, I'm very familiar with this area, and it's the same area as the last night flight live-fire training." Just in case. ”

As he spoke, Li Zhan pushed the accelerator and accelerated towards T Mountain.

"Turn around, keep the altitude and fly over the city ahead, you are above and below are civil aviation routes, over." Xue Xiangdong reminded.

Li Zhan replied, "Understand, keep altitude, command post, you take a look at my course, whether it is the best course course, over." ”

After a while, Xue Xiangdong said, "Adjust twenty degrees clockwise, just avoid the city, over." ”

"Twenty degrees to the north, done."

Li Zhan adjusted the course, pushed the throttle stick to the end with his left hand, and the fighter roared and accelerated towards the mission airspace. He was quite calm, and he didn't rush to open the afterburner. In such a loading situation, it is still relatively easy to exceed the speed of sound, and once the speed of sound is exceeded, those rocket launchers will have problems. Because it will exceed the operating environment of the rocket launcher.

"Command post, two crutches to the mission airspace, over." Li Zhan reported.

At this time, it was already more than half an hour later, and it was more than 500 kilometers away. At this time, Nie Jianfeng had an intuitive impression of the vastness of the western region. No matter how you fly for two or three hours, you are still in one province, and this is what is unimaginable in the central, eastern, northern, and southern regions.

Inner Mongolia in the northern region is long from east to west but narrow from north to south.

"Two turns, you contact the ground to confirm the location of the target area, over." Xue Xiangdong gave new instructions.

"Understood, I'm in touch with the ground, over." Li Zhan replied.

Nie Jianfeng in the rear cabin was confused, when did the 73rd Division install a communication system for this batch of SU-27s that can directly communicate with the personnel in the ground target area?

Just wondering, he suddenly saw Li Zhan in the front cabin take out a big brother, it was not a big brother, it was a satellite phone! Did this kid bring a treasure chest, why the hell did he have everything! Also, driving a fighter jet to make a satellite phone? How weird and weird this picture is.

Now in this situation, he didn't dare to say or ask, so he could only accumulate his curiosity and wait for him to return to the scene, and then interrogate Li Zhan.

"Lao Nie, the superiors have a new request, first hit a wave, leave some ammunition and wait for the order to fight another wave, it is estimated that we have to see the effect of our first live fire before making a decision." Li Zhan said.

Nie Jianfeng was in a surging mood, "No problem, let's use the ammunition of the wing first, and keep the two of the air intakes." ”

Li Zhan quickly calculated and said, "Yes, there are a total of eight launchers and fifty-six rockets in the four twin wings, which is enough to cover the target area, you can be on time, the opening show of the long-legged Su is also the opening show of your Comrade Nie Jianfeng's official transfer to the 73rd Division." ”

"You put my heart in my stomach, and I'll open it when the next fight comes." Nie Jianfeng said.

Li Zhan said, "I'll drive first, and you accept it after entering the attack route, and if there is a problem before that, you will directly take over the control." ”

"It's okay, so I feel more confident." Nie Jianfeng thought about it for a moment and agreed.

The previous flight of more than two hours could be seen that Li Zhan had no problem flying alone. It's just a simple dive bomb flight, and he can hit a full ring of J-7E fighters with such a high minimum airspeed, not to mention the long-legged Su, a lift king who can take off at a speed of 24 per hour.

Li Zhan had fired a similar live shot, and it was at night, so he definitely had more experience than Nie Jianfeng. The most important thing is that Li Zhan wants to fly the fighter into the attack route, which means that the attack route is determined by him, and the approximate location of the aiming point is designated by him. This is not something that Nie Jianfeng can control.

On the 27th, the long legs were lowered, and Li Zhan was busy using the satellite phone to contact the target support detachment on the ground while controlling the fighter.

"Tiger Tiger, I'm a falcon, I'm at the bottom of the height. Complete. ”

"Falcon, I see you, but are you in the wrong direction, can you see red smoke?" Tiger replied.

Li Zhan said, "I can see it, the target is very clear." You can't go in the wrong direction, I'm a professional. ”

"Very well, it's up to you. We've retreated to a safe distance, so you can let it go. Tiger said.

Li Zhan said, "Understood, leave it to me, over." ”

Stuffing the satellite phone into the front pocket of the flight vest, Li Zhan gently pressed the lever again, and adjusted the direction of the nose with the rudder. The third-generation aircraft is more and more comfortable to drive, unlike the J-7, which does not look like its own hands and legs after a flight. To drive the first-generation and second-generation aircraft well, it is absolutely impossible to do it without arm strength and leg strength.

"Lao Nie, I'll leave it to you!" After entering the attack route, Li Zhan said loudly.

Nie Jianfeng immediately switched the control and continued the next steps, "Understood! Look at me! ”

The rear cabin of the trainer aircraft has absolute control, even if the front cabin is unwilling to hand over or cannot hand over the control of the aircraft, the rear cabin can completely and completely take over the control of the fighter. The SU-27UBK, despite being a combat trainer, has not changed this. To put it bluntly, this is the principle of the trainer aircraft - the instructor fighter has the absolute priority control.

Nie Jianfeng steadily pressed the launch button, and the rocket launchers under the wings that had been connected to the power supply sent the rockets out quickly and continuously, and one after another fire dragons appeared in mid-air, rushing towards the target with lightning speed.

The target area is a 100% scale simulated building complex, all of which are earthen houses with similar colors to the surface, with red smoke on the north and south sides of the complex, and the attack area is between the two red smokes, basically covering the simulated building complex.

Some army units often set up some mock building complexes to conduct urban combat training, and after they are abandoned, they are handed over to other units to use as targets in line with the principle of making the best use of their materials. Generally, it will be handed over to the artillery unit to let them carry out a simulated covering shot at the target in the enemy's urban area. The air division didn't know how to get in touch with the target of the army's artillery unit.

Nie Jianfeng controlled the airspeed at a position of 250 kilometers and calmly aimed and shot calmly. He used the J-7 to hit ground targets more often than Li Zhan's, and he was able to deeply appreciate how different the ground attack posture was between the two models. In the past, he always couldn't fight well when he drove the J-7, but later after modifying the SU-27, he casually played well, and in the final analysis, the airspeed of the J-7 was too high.

This is an unsolvable equipment disadvantage.

"Lao Nie pull up, pull up, pull up, pull up!" Li Zhan suddenly shouted.

Nie Jianfeng immediately pulled up and pushed the throttle stick to the end, and the two AK-31F aircraft engines of the No. 27 long-legged Su roared and burst out with powerful thrust, pushing the behemoth weighing twenty tons to climb up.

Li Zhan kept looking back and down, and then breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

"It looks like it's working very well, and I guess there's only the ammunition left in the air intake." Li Zhan said, "But let's wait for the target." The ground support detachment should report its results upwards, and the higher authorities should decide whether or not to conduct the second live-fire training. ”

Nie Jianfeng had palpitations, it was impossible to say even a word about the scene he had just seen in his life, he said, "It's not a good idea to fight, run out of ammunition, and return with bullets." ”

"That's what I thought too." Li Zhan said with a smile.

Nie Jianfeng became more and more convinced of how the right choice was to choose to stay in the 73rd Division. What kind of flying shark training team, if you can play such a live shooting training every three or five times, the instructors of the flying shark training team will not do it!

How can there be a real knife and a real gun!

There are two things that excite the soldiers the most in their daily lives: the first is that they are on vacation, and there is no need to engage in training or to attend educational classes, which is always what the officers and men look forward to, and there is no doubt about it; the second thing is to shoot with live ammunition, and it is always much more energetic to fight with real knives and guns than to hold empty guns.

"Two turns, I am the command post, I played well, basically full circle, the target support detachment has withdrawn, you should also return to the field." Xue Xiangdong called Li Zhan.

Li Zhan hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Command post, I still have ammunition, please continue the attack, over." ”

There is a certain danger in landing with ammunition, those are all ammunition that has been released from insurance, Xue Xiangdong only hesitated for a while, and then decisively instructed, "Agreed, continue to attack the established target with two turns, simulate a second attack, and return to the scene according to the established route after the shooting, finished." ”

"Turns, understand!"

Li Zhan said, "Old Nie, I'll come this time, you watch." ”

"Understood." Nie Jianfeng's mind was still unsettled. He's cool enough, and it's okay to let Li Zhan pick up some scraps.

When Nie Jianfeng was fighting just now, Li Zhan had been feeling and observing, simulating the attack program in his mind, and now that it was time for the actual operation, he easily brought it in, and it was even smoother than he imagined.

Li Zhan's airspeed when he entered the attack route was faster, and when Nie Jianfeng was about to remind him, he suddenly found that Li Zhan had actually put up the speed brake on the back of the plane!

"Damn, Lao Li, you really know how to play!" Nie Jianfeng was dumbfounded, he knew that it was impossible for this kid to settle down, and it would not be him if he didn't make some outrageous movements in any flight, even if he hadn't been able to fly long legged Su alone now.

Li Zhan smiled, took steady aim when the fighter's airspeed dropped to 220 kilometers, pressed the launch button, and launched a second strike at some areas that were not completely covered by the billowing smoke and open flames, and the remaining 28 90-millimeter rockets were all shot out.

Immediately afterwards, he retracted the speed brake and pushed the throttle lever, but he was not in a hurry to pull it up, but continued to dive down for a distance with the attitude of attack, and then pulled up the large elevation angle to climb, drawing a beautiful "U" shaped flight path. Nie Jianfeng noticed that the lowest relative altitude just now was three hundred meters, which was a relatively dangerous distance.

Li Zhan's rhythm was very good, and he would not let the prefabricated fragments of the rocket warhead exploding on the ground hurt him, and some reckless pilots pretended to be too forced to pull up too late, either hitting the ground or being injured by the ammunition they fired, such examples did not appear before.

"Call on two turns, complete the second attack, and prepare to return." Li Zhan called the tower.

Xue Xiangdong breathed a heavy sigh of relief, "The command post received, the two crutches can return to the scene, maintain a high course, and be careful not to intrude into the route of civil aviation, over." ”

"Turns, keep the course high and return to the field, over." Li Zhan replied and asked Nie Jianfeng, "Old Nie, how do you feel, is it particularly exciting?" ”

"Yes, and it's particularly meaningful!" Nie Jianfeng nodded heavily.

Li Zhan glanced at the fuel gauge and said, "There's still a lot of oil, but it's a pity that we don't let Lao Li continue to fly." ”

After three hours, he ran more than 2,000 kilometers, and the fuel gauge showed that there was still one-third of the fuel left, which made Li Zhan feel a deep sense of guilt.

"Speaking of which, I really rarely return to the field before the fuel alarm, this is the case in the Second Division, and it is similar in the 73rd Division, every time I get stuck and click back, and the alarm light is on when I see the runway." Li Zhan said with emotion.

Nie Jianfeng said, "It's too risky, there is no room for anything." ”

"Can you say something nice, don't you know it's flying right now?" Li Zhan seized the opportunity and reprimanded him back.

"Good, good, my fault, my fault." Nie Jianfeng was in a good mood and didn't bother with Li Zhan.

The advantage of a two-seater fighter is that you won't be bored or too tired when you work together, at least you have someone to talk to. Driving a long-legged Su fighter is to run long distances, and someone reminds you not to doze off, don't hit the guardrail or something, it's much safer. One of the reasons why the HNA gang of people like two-seaters is this. The sea and the sky are the same, and it is easy to have illusions, but the probability of two people having illusions at the same time is too low. There are single-seater phones that drive and drive in the sea, and there are very few two-seater phones.

landed smoothly, the opening show of the long-legged Su ended perfectly, and Nie Jianfeng's first exam paper to join the 73rd Division was answered beautifully.