Gaoqi Airport is the nearest airport, as one of the important international airports in the southeast region, there are up to 380 flights a day, and it is a very, very busy regional aviation hub.

However, Li Zhan was reluctant to make an alternate landing at such an airport, because that would have a great impact on the normal production and life of the locality.

A more critical issue is that it is already past five o'clock in the morning, and the high-flag airport, which has many international flights, has already started preparations for a new day of flight two hours ago. The latest forecast of the meteorological observatory shows that "Sana" turned north 300 kilometers away, and most of the flights that had been prepared for cancellation can take off normally, and the number of flights taking off and landing today will not be much less than usual, which means that Gaoqi Airport is already busy at more than 5 o'clock in the morning.

Fu reported the situation to the duty room of the military region, and the duty room of the military region immediately activated the first-level response, and the relevant mechanisms of the military and local authorities began to operate. Five minutes after Li Zhan issued his request, Gaoqi Airport received an order from the Southeast Air Traffic Control Center, demanding that the airport stop all flight work and do a good job in providing emergency support for the alternate landing of military aircraft.

The military representatives stationed at Gaoqi Airport quickly took action, and a group of uniformed men suddenly appeared at various posts to act as "people giving orders," which surprised many of the airport staff, many of whom did not even know that there were military personnel stationed at the airport.

Railway stations, airports, ports, and even some large stations all have representatives stationed in the military transportation departments of the army, usually called military transportation representatives, military transportation, but not military games, the main responsibility is to coordinate the use of local transportation for troop transportation and other work, and the power is so great that it is to death. Usually they are so low-key that others don't know about their existence, and they may not even coordinate a transportation at the end of the year, but once they receive an order, they appear as if out of thin air, and coordinate the transportation work in the shortest possible time according to the requirements of the troops in a swift and decisive style.

The standard of the military transport representative office in a regional aviation hub port such as Gaoqi Airport is still very high, and the deputy division level, the resident representative colonel, and the deputy division, have the power to directly take over the airport under certain circumstances, and it is so awesome that it is not good. In any specific situation, such as the order of the higher authorities to requisition the airport, the military transport representative office is the advance team of the troops responsible for taking over, and it must be stationed at various key posts to control the airport as soon as possible.

This mechanism is somewhat like a military management plan, and the army will use this airfield in the event of a war, in which case the airport must be taken over by a specialized detachment of the army, and it must be completed in the shortest possible time. Therefore, the military transport representative office can be regarded as the backup team of the airport operation, and there is only a backup team with basic staffing and subordinate to the troops.

It should be noted that these are not yet in the scope of national defense mobilization, but in the strategic plan for the operation of the troops. Maybe it won't be used for ten or eight years, but once it is used, it must play its due role.

After receiving the order, except for the personnel on duty, all the other shift personnel were called back, and everyone devoted themselves to the preparation work with a high degree of enthusiasm. In peacetime, apart from drills, drills are drills, and there are too few opportunities for real support troops, and even less than one-tenth of the representative offices of people's railways and military transport. Therefore, as soon as they heard that some fighter planes were going to be diverted to land at the world-famous high-flag airport, which was so bustling that it was not possible, the officers and men of the military transport representative office were all enthusiastic and energetic to fight a beautiful battle and put on a good show!

The Southeast District Management Center immediately called the alternate landing plane, "Military Aviation Unit, I am the Southeast District Management, heading 270, the front is clear, you can fly at any altitude and at any speed, over." ”

"The southeast district is in charge, the course is 270, and the military aviation is six clear!" Li Zhan quickly confirmed the position, and just as he finished saying this, he suddenly found that the tail rudder was moving, and he pushed a few times harder, and the activity of the tail rudder wing surface actually returned to normal.

Li Zhan was overjoyed, "Lao Chen, the tail rudder has returned to normal, it is estimated that the ice has melted, good news!" ”

"But we've been leaking oil, I've calculated, with the current situation, we can only fly to a position ten kilometers away from the airport, do you consider gliding and landing at a high altitude?" Chen Fei has not been idle, he calculated the farthest distance that the plane could fly according to the speed of fuel leakage and the distance of the alternate airport, and found that it could only fly to ten kilometers east of Gaoqi Airport, which happened to be the coastline area, and Chen Fei even knew that there was a beautiful beach known to the people of the whole country.

Li Zhan adjusted all the wing surfaces to a normal state, and increased the thrust of the right engine to the same as that of the left engine, without the influence of other anisotropic forces, the speed of the fighter slowly increased, and soon returned to the airspeed of 350 kilometers per hour. After leaving the cloud wall area, the fighter could not fly with the help of the wind, and the airspeed had just dropped to 280 kilometers per hour.

The J-16 can take off at a speed of 240 kilometers per hour when it is unloaded, and the J-16 No. 1616 is lighter than the unloaded at this time, so speed is not the biggest problem. Now that the speed has increased, Li Zhan has climbed the nose as much as possible to gain as much height as possible.

Li Zhan said, "Understood, prepare to glide and land." ”

"There is a navigation point at thirty kilometers, and the Gaoqi airport is at one o'clock, and you have to go down to the altitude to the navigation point, otherwise you will miss the airport." Chen Fei said.

Li Zhan nodded slightly, "Understood, thirty kilometers navigation point." ”

If Li Zhan could see the appearance of the fighter at this time, he would definitely not be as relaxed as he is now. The fuselage at the belly fuel tank position has a slight leak of fuel, which quickly vaporizes and pulls out a puff of smoke during the flight, while many skins of the fuselage have tearing marks, and some serious places even produce paint peeling off.

The No. 1616 J-16 is like being fished out of a mixer, and the light gray low-visibility paint at the end has changed its appearance, and it looks miserable.

The worst thing is that the location of the fuel leakage is in front of the engine nozzle, and the sparks that flicker from time to time under the engine compartment pose a huge safety hazard. Once the belly fuel tank is ignited, the fighter may not be able to save it. But Li Zhan had no way of knowing these symptoms, unless he could see what was going on under the engine compartment.

Several international flights at Gaoqi Airport have been postponed, and passengers on these flights have been notified that the departure time of the plane is pending due to weather conditions. This explanation is easy for passengers to accept, because everyone knows that there is a typhoon hundreds of kilometers away, and the airport departure hall is wet everywhere, just a few hours ago it has experienced a baptism of wind and rain.

In this case, I am afraid that passengers will not be at ease when they take off on time.

It seems that the Gaoqi Airport, which has pressed the pause button, is nervously making preparations for emergency rescue, and the public security, firefighting, and ambulance detachments are all in place, so they have to rush forward as soon as the military plane lands to nip all threats in the bud. Comrades at the airport police station received orders to be ready to work on secrecy at any time. Everything was prepared within a few minutes, and the response time was extremely fast.

A cadre of commanders on the tower looked solemn, and the military transport representatives communicated with the comrades in charge of the airport in a low voice from time to time, and then new instructions continued to be given, and the relevant departments quickly adjusted their arrangements and improved their preparations according to the new instructions. The duty director of the Southeast District Management Center has transferred all civilian aircraft in the relevant airspace and cleared the airspace for Military Aviation 16. The 2nd Division took off two J-10B fighters from Jiaying Field Station, and rushed to the south side of Gaoqi Airport under the command of Fu Zhi to prepare for reception, and could provide observation support and guidance for the 1616 J-16 from the air at any time.

Coincidentally, the pilots of the two J-10Bs were students led by Li Zhan, and the pilot of the long plane was Dai Mengming.

"Test sixth, I'm Raptor-One, I'm in your direction at ten o'clock, twenty kilometers away, pay attention, I'm going over, over." Dai Mengming called Li Zhan.

Li Zhan saw the two red dots from the radar, the airborne radar was very advanced, and the model was analyzed according to the characteristics of the target reflected wave, and there was brief information on the small red dots: target signal, altitude, speed, and course.

"Raptors One, I saw you, it's just in time, my fuel leakage has a tendency to accelerate, help me see what the appearance is, over." Li Zhan said.

Dai Mengming immediately replied, "Raptors No. 1 received!" Arrived in a minute! Complete. ”

He soared at supersonic speed, the wingman followed closely five kilometers behind the side, and the roar produced by the afterburner operation of the two Taihang engines bombarded the earth, followed by the louder sound produced by the fighter plane after breaking the sound barrier, and it took only fifty seconds to fly to the position of five kilometers of the 1616 J-16.

Li Zhan turned his head to see the navigation lights of the two J-10Bs through the low-light night vision device, and he said, "Raptor-1, I see you, drive over boldly, my flight attitude remains the same, over." ”

"Understood." Dai Mengming naturally knew that it was Instructor Li who was driving the No. 1616 J-16, and he was highly nervous, like a student who was temporarily selected by the teacher.

Dai Mengming slowly approached the 1616 J-16, and he didn't need to use a low-light night vision device to clearly see that there was a tongue of fire extending backwards where the belly met the engine compartment. He thought it was a navigation light, but after getting closer to 200 meters, he finally confirmed that it was fire!

"Test Six! The spilled fuel is on fire! Right under the engine compartment! Dai Mengmin was taken aback and hurriedly reported.

Li Zhan and Chen Fei were both startled, at this time, there were still twenty kilometers away from Gaoqi Airport and ten kilometers away from the coastline. The part of the fire is the location of the fuel tank, and if the fire burns into the fuel tank, it may cause a deflagration of the entire belly fuel tank! Not to mention twenty kilometers, I'm afraid I won't be able to fly out for two kilometers!

Even if you take the risk of landing successfully, the plane will basically be scrapped, and at least two engines will not be able to be saved.

Li Zhan had to make a decision within three seconds.

But what is there to extinguish the open flames on the outside of the fuselage in the air?

PS: It is not very clear what standard units are used in civil aviation regulations, it seems that some international flights use imperial units.