"External weapons can only be controlled by the captain and co-pilot, so when it is necessary to use external weapons and ammunition, the weapon operation team is responsible for determining the target, and the crew is responsible for launching."

Li Yunxiao said, "Captain, at present, we need to determine as soon as possible whether we need external weapons and ammunition, and the launch program needs to be programmed according to the actual mounted weapons and ammunition, and Yang Shuwen is responsible for this." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to a colonel and asked him to come over.

Yang Shuwen stepped forward and said, "Captain, I'm an ordnance division." The fire control system of the high-tech-P is relatively special, and the use of external weapons and ammunition needs to be programmed in advance according to the type and model of weapons and ammunition, and then the weapons and ammunition can be used normally, so it is necessary to determine the external weapons and ammunition to be used some time in advance. ”

A very young colonel, looking at the age, is estimated to be in his thirties, which is the age of the prime of life, it is certain that he is definitely a highly educated talent, otherwise it is more difficult to carry two bars and three stars at this age, unless it is a demon like Niu Jun with two doctorates.

To Li Zhan's surprise, Yang Shuwen was very experienced in talking about the actual use of weapons and ammunition, not a pure technician who talked about it, which made Li Zhan quite favorable. Some technicians have no problem with their technology, but they lack practical experience, and it is not enough to just talk about theory, but also to link it with reality.

For example, the old flying leopard No. 81198, theoretically an overloaded fighter with more than 8 Gs will disintegrate in the air, but in fact, it is only deformed, and even in the case of severe deformation, it can still fly back in the hands of experienced pilots.

Li Zhan said to Yang Shuwen, "I'll take out a list of external weapons and ammunition in a while, and you can prepare according to the list." ”

"Understood!" Yang Shuwen saluted and retreated to his place.

Li Yunxiao simply pointed to the other colonel and said, "Zhu Lijun, mechanic." ”

Zhu Lijun saluted Li Zhan, and Li Zhan returned the salute.

Li Yunxiao pointed to the last one and said, "Wang Fei, avionics engineer, the three of them are a random support group. ”

Wang Fei is a civilian officer, equivalent to a lieutenant colonel and deputy regiment, wearing glasses, he saluted Li Zhan with a restrained smile, Li Zhan returned the salute and then shook hands with the three of them one by one, "Please leave the three of you for random support." ”

Under normal circumstances, such support groups will only be random when conducting test flights, and there are no such people in the normal crew establishment. Of course, the Y-9 crew will be equipped with mechanics, usually a cadre with a non-commissioned officer, but they belong to technical positions, while Yang Shuwen and others belong to technical researchers and are members of the research team.

Just look at their ranks and ranks, two colonels and a civilian deputy regiment, the specifications are so high. Even Li Zhan could guess that this was because he was going to sea to fight pirates, and it was true, otherwise the research team would be eager to stuff people into the plane as much as possible, and one more person would be able to do more things.

In order to develop the Y-9, a lot of high-level technical personnel have been lost, and it is really a new tactical transport aircraft forged with blood.

Li Zhan spent more than an hour getting acquainted with Gaoxin-P, and in terms of familiarity, he has the most profound experience of using air gunboats and absolutely above all actual combat experience, which is the most crucial. As a secondary model of the Y-8, there is no technical obstacle for Li Zhan to drive the Y-9.

Li Yunxiao and the others were simply amazed by Li Zhan's ability, and in just over an hour, Li Zhan was completely familiar with the use of various systems of the aircraft, which was something that most pilots could not do. No wonder the superiors asked Li Zhan by name to be the captain of the plane.

Subsequently, Li Zhan wrote out a list of external weapons and ammunition.

2 500 kg standoff precision bombs (LS-6 rocket-boosted glide bombs, 500 kg class), 16 cluster bombs, 8 250 kg precision-guided munitions (LS-6 unpowered gliding bombs, 250 kg class), 8 twin 90 mm aviation rocket launchers (16 launchers, 7 each), plus 4 PL-9 combat missiles.

Regarding whether or not to use aviation fire, Li Zhan did not hesitate at all. As a member of our army's air force, Gaoxin-P cannot break the tradition of fighting aviation fire. Another important reason is that the captain can directly grasp not many direct-fire weapons, except for the 730-barreled guns in the nose, there is only aviation fire.

What the? Does Gaoxin-P have so many pylons?

Gaoxin-P reserved 22 pylons to install the position, and all of them were installed before the transfer. Cluster bombs, aerial fire, and combat missiles all use multi-pack pylons. Cluster bombs are quadruple, and both aerial fire and combat missiles are twins.

There are two pylons left.

Li Zhan didn't waste it, and hung up the integrated tactical pod, and the other hang-up hung up a bao-type inflatable lifeboat.

Because the Y-9 uses an upper wing and turboprop engine, many positions on the wing are not suitable for carrying powered ammunition, so attack ammunition and aviation fire are mounted on pylons under the belly, and four PL-9s are hung on the wingtips.

It can be seen that the high-tech -P is specially manufactured, otherwise so much external weight will definitely affect the wing. Moreover, Li Zhan had already discovered that the landing gear of the high-tech -P could be adjusted in height, in order to meet the conditions for loading ammunition on the belly.

The main landing gear of the Y-9 is very short, and if the pylons are added, the floor is basically mopped, and there is no way to mount weapons and ammunition.

Obviously, the rigidity of the body structure of the high-tech -P is definitely stronger than that of the ordinary model Y-9, no wonder the cost is so high.

The ammunition required for the airborne weapons was all replenished and all the warehouses were full, and Yang Shuwen and Zhu Lijun cooperated with the maintenance of the Dachang Station to carry out the operation of external weapons and ammunition. With the passage of time, the high-tech -P has truly become an air weapons ammunition depot, and the dazzling array of external ammunition makes the Su-30MKK and J-16, which claim to be heavy fighter-bombers like air trucks, proud of themselves.

The appearance of that tooth and claw was overflowing with a strong smell of battle.

Li Zhan demanded that the fuel be replenished to 80 percent, about 18.4 tons, which can provide a range of 5,000 kilometers and a stay time of about seven hours. He discussed with Guo Beimu that if the Tiger detachment could not complete the task within three hours, then the mission would be tantamount to failure. No matter how sluggish the pirates of the West Pacific are, they will not be left undone for up to three hours. For this reason, he also specially asked Yuan Boning, who was more cautious, believing that the capture task could not be completed within two hours, which meant that all the members of the tiger detachment had sacrificed.

Given that the distance between Dachang Station and the Overlord Islands was less than 700 kilometers, Li Zhan made the decision to carry only 80 percent of the fuel, so that the plane could be more agile than climbing a hill like a heavily overloaded heavy truck.

After dealing with the preparations for the high-tech-P, Li Zhan and Guo Beimu came to the arched parking shed where the Flying Shark team was located, and immediately studied the support work with them on the spot.

Li Zhan said to Dai Wenming, "Commander, the main task of the Flying Shark squad is air cover, and the mounting plan is mainly anti-aircraft ammunition. Four J-15s, two of which I need to carry Thunderstone-6 rocket-boosted precision bombs, at least four 500-kilogram ones. ”

Dai Wenming said, "You can arrange it directly." ”

Nodding, Li Zhan said to Han Hongjun, "Han Hongjun, you bring four 500-kilogram thunder stones to follow me for long-range ground strikes, and then carry air-to-air missiles according to the standard air combat configuration." This will give you two tons more take-off weight than the others, you have to know what to expect. ”

Han Hongjun said, "Understood, chief instructor, please rest assured!" ”

This is Li Zhan's trust in him.

The combat plan clearly defined the task of the first strike, and the combat detachment was to launch out-of-zone precision attack munitions from more than 100 kilometers away at the runway of the airport on the main island of the Bawang Islands, and Li Zhan chose a 500-kilogram LS-6 rocket-boosted precision-guided bomb.

LS is a series, there are a variety of styles, the same 500 kg class has both a powered model that can hit 200 kilometers, and a non-powered model that can fly more than 10 kilometers by gliding, which is very complete.

However, the guidance methods are the same, using satellite guidance, because the Beidou satellite system has not yet been fully popularized, so the LS series uses civilian GPS signals, with an accuracy of only 30 meters, so Li Zhan does not have a lot of hopes for such a strike.

Li Zhan looked at Yang Fan and Gu Mingmu and said, "The Thunderstone bomb uses civilian GPS signal guidance, and the accuracy is very average, so everyone must be mentally prepared to face the enemy's elite fighters at any time." You must control the airspace of the battlefield, and at least keep me safe. ”

"Chief Instructor, I won't let even a fly get close to you, don't worry!" Yang Fan said solemnly.

Gu Mingmu said, "If you want to shoot me down, you have to shoot me down first, please rest assured!" ”

Whether the capture task can be successfully completed depends on the Gaoxin-P and the Tiger detachment, and the Gaoxin-P is the most important combat unit, not only shouldering the task of airdropping the Tiger detachment, but also shouldering the heavy responsibility of providing fire support for the Tiger detachment at any time, and even striking and destroying the enemy's key targets!

"I'm sure you'll make those pirates scared, and I'll wait for the operation to end and draw a five-pointed red star for your warhawks!" Li Zhan patted Yang Fan and Gu Mingmu on the shoulders heavily.

The four members of the Flying Shark Team quickly began to prepare.

And what about Chengda?

After returning from the front line to the Fertile Naval Flight Training Base, he was left behind and given a new mission - to lead a small team to the Gentle Strait area for combat training and contain the forces of the western Pacific pirates in the north.

All the fighters are nervously preparing, and the maintenance of the Dachang station, especially the one in charge of ammunition, is so busy that it flies, pulling out a large amount of ammunition that is usually reluctant to use it and then hanging it up to the designated fighters, so that everyone is a little psychologically unbalanced - it's a pity that it's not the fighters of our Bald Eagle Division!

The Tiger detachment continued to study the combat plan in depth, discussed and thought about it repeatedly, and made sure that nothing went wrong. They are the main force of the main force, the key of the key.

Li Zhan found Niu Jun to introduce the mission to her, and brought her with the comprehensive tactical pod, only she was most familiar with the use of the integrated tactical pod.

The integrated tactical pod can play a big role in critical moments.