The one-month deadline for Li Zhan was not a special standard deliberately given to Li Zhan by Lao Chen Tou or the superior organization, but that they had not much time left for training.

According to reliable sources from above, the aircraft carrier will enter service in September.

The Chinese Navy will never accept an aircraft carrier without carrier-based aircraft, so before the aircraft carrier is put into service, the supporting carrier-based aviation units must complete land-based simulation training and operate on the ship.

The selection of the Flying Shark has been suspended, and all efforts have been made to train the dozens of pilots selected.

After several delays, Li Zhan joined Flying Shark more than a year later than originally scheduled, and he had too much homework to do, and if he wanted to become the first batch of pilots to go on the ship, he had to pay several times the effort and sweat of others.

In view of Li Zhan's situation, taking into account the reality of flying shark training, Lao Chen Tou approved the plan of using the No. 037 J-7EGG to open a small stove, so that some quasi-flying sharks who can skillfully use the J-7 fighter can use the aircraft to strengthen training.

On the third day after Li Zhan arrived at the Fertile Ground Flying Training Base, the first phase of the Flying Shark training camp ended and entered a new stage of systematic training. On the same day, the report on his political examination was sent to the desk of the head of the Maritime Division, and from then on, Li Zhan's establishment was officially assigned to the navy and became a member of the naval aviation unit.

It was also on this day that the mobilization for the new stage of the Flying Shark training was held in the flight area of the Fertile Ground Flight Training Base, and Li Zhan saw all the personnel of the base for the first time - a mobilization meeting of nearly 2,000 people.

Subsequently, the various units were brought back to hold a small mobilization meeting, and the aviation department stayed in the flight area venue, and Lao Chen Tou stood on the improvised platform, his eyes swept over everyone and said, "From today onwards, you have officially become a member of the naval aviation and become the first batch of carrier-based fighter pilots. ”

The composition of the quasi-flying sharks is very complicated, there are almost 40-year-old colonels and deputy divisional veterans, there are also young young captains in their twenties, some drive second-generation aircraft, some drive third-generation aircraft, and even some drive transport planes. Of course, including Li Zhan, an outlier who drove all the way from the J-6.

People like Zhang Xueyang are tall and elite, and they are elites in the eyes of most people, but his quasi-aircraft type is far inferior to people like Li Zhan, who was born in a tattered king. J-6, J-7, J-8, SU-27SK, J-10, J-11, H-6KZ, Y-8...... He's only twenty-nine years old!

"No matter what you did before, no matter what rank or rank you are, you are all new members of the Flying Shark Force, and you are on the same starting line. Strictly speaking, you are not qualified to be called carrier-based fighter pilots, all our training is still carried out on land-based, and you have not flown to the required certification standards on ships, you are just quasi-flying sharks. ”

Lao Chen said solemnly, "In the past few days, everyone has been discussing the quota on the ship, and I can tell you for sure that there is no quota limit on the ship, whoever meets the requirements will be on the ship, and all the people who meet the requirements will be on the ship!" ”

This is great news.

The list of the first batch of ships is one of the things that everyone discusses the most, the first batch of ships, creating history, what an honor! This pioneering is not an ordinary creation, but the first time in the history of the Chinese Navy!

Soldiers regard honor as their lives, and they can sacrifice their lives for the sake of honor.

Now Lao Chen Tou himself said that there is no quota limit, and whoever meets the standard will get on the ship, which undoubtedly removes the obstacle that everyone is most worried about. There is no need to compete with others, as long as you work hard to meet the requirements to meet the standards, you can be the first to get on the ship, which is good news for the mid-to-lower level quasi-flying sharks.

But!

Old Chen Tou changed his words, "Don't be too happy. At the same time, I can responsibly tell you that the new standards will be much higher than the current ones, and you must be fully mentally prepared. ”

Strictly speaking, the standards that are being implemented are not standards, and to put it bluntly, HNA does not yet have completely clear rules on how to define carrier-based fighter pilots, and everything is still being explored. From another point of view, the standards, rules, regulations, etc., aren't they the first approved flying sharks to fly?

In the future, how to determine the standards for take-off qualification certification, landing qualification certification, etc., what kind of action should be a full score and what kind of action is failing, all need to be tested and analyzed from scratch. All of this requires a great deal of hands-on flight support.

For example, Li Zhan defined the standard for low-altitude penetration, didn't he rely on a large amount of flight training as support?

It is impossible to form practical standards without a great deal of practice.

Lao Chen Tou said, "Entering the Flying Shark does not mean that you have the qualifications to go on the ship, whether you will go on the ship or be assigned to the shore-based forces in the future depends on whether you can pass the relevant qualification certification." Of course, it's too early to say that. I have only one requirement for you - to have the ability to go on board the ship before the National Day. ”

A very simple and powerful mobilization meeting announced the beginning of a new phase of training. In the future, it will no longer be a multi-department linkage, but every flight will be carried out in full accordance with the ship's process, and any link may lead to flight failure or even accidents.

This may not be a bad thing for Li Zhan, who missed the entire basic training, and he can directly accept the exact same ship-to-ship dispatch process in a blank slate.

Time is tight, and the task is heavy, and Zhang Xueyang took him to familiarize himself with the J-15 heavy carrier-based fighter, which he really felt. In the huge maintenance hangar, the maintenance staff is busy carrying out daily overhauls of a J-15 with a full yellow primer and the manufacturer's production number, and the fuselage is painted with other colors in the specified positions.

Li Zhan found that since the 1616 J-16, he has been in contact with unofficially finalized fighters. Why do troops use unformalized aircraft for training? Because time is tight! I'm so nervous I can't wait for the plane to be finalized!

This is especially true of the J-15, which has already been waiting for the fire to come. It can even be said that the J-15 aircraft was used by the troops and changed at the same time, and the troops have initially formed combat effectiveness, and the aircraft has not yet been completely finalized. It is not unreasonable for many people to have opinions about Shen Fei.

There is a set of strict procedures for the deployment of weapons and equipment to the troops, and weapons and equipment that have not been finalized will absolutely not be included in the troop establishment. Now the HNA is using prototypes for the training of carrier-based aviation units, which is enough to show how dissatisfied the superiors are with the progress.

Li Zhan didn't really care what kind of plane it was, he didn't feel anything bad about the 1616 J-16 for so long, as long as he could fly, everything was not a problem, and it was not the pilot's job to stereotype.

The first time he touched the J-15 at zero distance, Li Zhan didn't make a smack, touched the powerful reinforced landing gear, and looked at the engine nozzle that could sit in the cool, his mood was even better than that of a child during the New Year.

"The wing area is larger, the canard is also sexy, the fuselage structure is also strengthened, hey, the suspension system of the landing gear is also different." Li Zhan pointed out the difference between the J-15 and the J-11 series while tasting it carefully, this is a single-seat J-15, and the only J-15S was transferred back to the manufacturer for testing.

Zhang Xueyang pointed to the wing and said, "The biggest change is the wing, with more folding mechanisms, but a large number of composite materials are used, and the weight of the fuselage is much lighter than that of wool goods." With a light load of 22 tons and four empty bombs, and a combat radius of 500 kilometers, it can only be said that it is average. ”

Li Zhan nodded slightly, "The biggest disadvantage of the glide jump take-off is here, twenty-two tons, half of the oil can't be loaded." ”

The biggest advantage of the J-11 series fighters is the large range, the J-15 is based on the SU-33 prototype development, using a large number of advanced avionics technology used for the first time on the J-11B, the large fuel load is naturally inherited, although the wing folding mechanism occupies some wing space, but the maximum range has not dropped a lot.

However, because there is a limit on take-off weight for a glide take-off, no matter how big the fuel tank is, it doesn't matter – you can't fill it with fuel. As for carrying weapons, it hurts even more, you can't hang two more bombs, and there is no point in having more pylons.

"There is no way to give full play to the advantages of J-15 when you take off in a glide jump, in the final analysis, you still have to eject." Li Zhan was a little disappointed.

Zhang Xueyang knows a lot about the current development ideas of the navy, he held on to the landing gear and said, "Since the launch of the Shenzhen ship in 97, the idea of naval equipment development is to run in small steps, that is, to build one or two ships in a small batch. Until the overall technology is mature, mass construction will be carried out. For example, the 054A frigate, the first few were built very slowly, and when the overall technology matured later, they started to dumplings at full power. ”

He patted the landing gear of the J-15, "The same is true for aircraft carriers, and the same is true for carrier-based fighters." Not only the Varyag, but also the future first domestic aircraft carrier will certainly be a medium-sized aircraft carrier with conventional power on the sliding deck, and it is very likely that it will simply be a copy of the Varyag, but with the habits of our army, there will definitely be very significant internal changes. You look at the J-11B type, the appearance is the same as the A type, not to mention ordinary people, even our pilots are difficult to distinguish them from by appearance. But you should be very clear about how much it has changed, the entire avionics system, flight control system, and cockpit interface have all been changed, and even the ejection seat model is different. Therefore, the first domestic aircraft carrier in the future is basically the appearance of the Varyag plus our own rich interior. ”

"With all that said, you're just trying to tell me that you want to catapult and take off and you'll have to wait a long time, right?" Li Zhan walked towards the rear landing gear of the aircraft and said, "It is not difficult to make a judgment that our aircraft carrier combat unit will focus on training in the early stage and will not be on combat readiness duty. What you said about the development of naval equipment is very correct, and the navy is a special branch of the military, and the emphasis is on accumulation. To accumulate more in a shorter period of time, it is good to run in small steps. Xiao Yueben did the same, some of their ships even have one model, and a dozen ships may have five or six models. The technological progress is very coherent, and the experience of use in the troops is very coherent. ”

Speaking of this, Li Zhan suddenly changed his words, "But, assuming, I mean that both the Varyag and the first domestic aircraft carrier are used for combat training and even teaching, then when the troops are trained, what is the Navy most likely to do?" ”

Zhang Xueyang suddenly frowned, and his eyes rolled and rolled.

What will be done?

Li Zhan said with a meaningful smile, "Only two 052B ships were built, but it took almost ten years. But it has only been seven or eight years since the launch of the first ship of 052C, how many ships have been built? ”

Zhang Xueyang quickly recalled, "Seven? Eight? ”

"The latest news, the first ship of the 052D type will be launched within the year, as a comprehensive continuation of the C type, in terms of the construction scale of the previous type, this destroyer has entered the stage of mass construction. It fully shows that after more than ten years of use and technological development of previous models, the Navy has determined that 052D is the most suitable general-purpose destroyer at present. Li Zhan said with great confidence, "From this point of view, once the carrier-based aviation unit has formed combat effectiveness, then all we lack is an aircraft carrier." ”

Li Zhan asked, "After resurrecting the Varyag and building a medium and large conventionally powered aircraft carrier, how long do you say that with the capabilities of our shipyard, an aircraft carrier can be launched?" Aircraft carrier catapulted to take off with straight deck. ”

Once the technology matures, it will take about three or four years to build a 100,000-ton nuclear-powered aircraft carrier at the capacity of several major shipyards today......

They are all old birds who have been soldiers and oil, and they are very aware of the "urine" of the military industrial system, and it is because they always feel that the technology is still not in place, and once they enlarge the tricks, the technology is not only in place, but also there must be overflow, and the destroyers of seven or eight thousand tons and tens of thousands of tons are launched at the same time, and the unemployment rate of the only superpower continues to climb at this time......

"The little expert in political work is worthy of his name, my blood is boiling when you say this, look at it this way, our generation has every chance to take off and land on a 100,000-ton nuclear-powered aircraft carrier." Zhang Xueyang's eyes lit up and said.

Li Zhan said, "You and I don't know very well, after all, you are old and I am still young." ”

"Huh!" Zhang Xueyang sneered.

He was not much older than Li Zhan. Air Force pilots are normally able to fly until they are 45 years old, and Zhang Xueyang has at least 13 years of flying career. Li Zhan's flying career is naturally longer, and with Li Zhan's situation, it is very likely that he will have to explain to flying for the rest of his life.

After saying a few digressions, Li Zhan waited for the maintenance of the aircraft, went up the boarding ladder and sat in the cockpit to familiarize himself with the operation interface of the J-15, and Zhang Xueyang explained to him on the side. It is not much different from the J-11B, and it is very easy for Li Zhan, an old flanker with thousands of Su-27SK, J-11B, and J-16 fighters flying for hours.

"You need to pay attention to the use of canard wings, but if you fly over the J-10, there should be no problem." Zhang Xueyang emphasized the canard wings, the most obvious appearance feature of the J-15 is that there is an extra pair of canard wings, the position between the wing and the cockpit, and the main wing is roughly in the horizontal line of agreement, and the position is very different from that of the J-10.

Li Zhan was familiar with the familiar touch, and asked casually, "Has Su Sansan's flight control defect been solved on the J-15?" J-15 still uses the old set of longitudinal fly-by-wire machinery, right? ”

As far as he knows, the J-15 does not use the domestic three-axis four-redundancy digital fly-by-wire control system used in the J-11B, and the specific reason is unclear, and it should be related to being put into use as soon as possible. Li Zhankai Su-27SK and J-11A are most afraid of problems with Maozi's bulky electro-mechanical hybrid control system, and under the special lift body design, the auxiliary pilot without longitudinal fly-by-wire cannot control the fighter that will suddenly tilt up the nose at a large angle and dive down at a large angle.

If such a problem occurs during the take-off and landing phase, especially the landing process, the consequences will be catastrophic.

Therefore, this is the issue that Li Zhan is most concerned about.

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