The faint signal flashed, and soon flashed again, and this time Li Zhan saw clearly that it was a target with a very weak radar signal signature.

The distance was about ten kilometers, which made Li Zhan grit his teeth in anger.

If you say that the good thing is that the discovery distance is 30 kilometers, and the result is that you come to 10 kilometers, it is not a problem of radar performance, but a problem of the target aircraft. He was sure that the small drones released by the target aircraft brigade must have been much smaller than planned. Li Zhan can also be regarded as a veteran driver, and he has a good grasp of the radar signal characteristics of various targets, and he has some understanding of his own active aircraft, foreign military active aircraft, and so on. The faint radar signal that flashes by is definitely not any kind of active aircraft that you recognize.

The target aircraft brigade apparently set up a pit for Captain Li.

He accelerated and rushed over, the airborne radar was frantically operating to scan the front hemisphere, and soon the faint and intermittent signals were continuous, and Li Zhan began to search visually, but he couldn't see anything. If you can't hold your breath, you should be in a hurry at this time, but Li Zhan, who has experienced a hundred battles, is very steady. There are thick clouds in the low sky ahead, and eighty percent of the target is hidden inside.

Li Zhan could even imagine the operators of the target aircraft brigade smiling and waiting to see the joke in the ground cabin.

A small unmanned aerial vehicle with a wingspan of just over two meters leisurely cruises in the clouds, and the blades in the nose rotate slowly, driving the aircraft to fly at a speed of more than 120 kilometers per hour. The all-electric engine emits an extremely weak infrared signature, and its petite size makes it easy to overlook the seeker of the not-so-sensitive PL-5C.

When Li Zhan entered the clouds and saw this little thing, his first thought was to use the aerial cannon to break through the target aircraft group. Dealing with low-altitude and slow-speed targets is obviously the most suitable for aerial artillery, but it cannot use aerial artillery to shoot air-to-air missiles, which is obviously deliberately creating a problem.

A simple live-fire training turned into a test of tactical ability in actual combat application shooting.

"Cave report, target found, small low-altitude and low-speed target, over." Li Zhan flew three kilometers to the right of the target aircraft, looking sideways at the small drone.

The small red drone reminded Li Zhan of the electronic reconnaissance plane of the HNA simulating the blue army, the kind of aircraft modified from a tactical transport plane that can fly at a very low altitude at a very slow speed, making it difficult for the J-8 series fighters with high-speed and high-altitude performance to have a way to deal with it. Even if the Su-27 and J-11 series fighters were later equipped, it was not easy to expel these air targets using propeller engines.

"The cave is attacking on its own, pay attention to the arrangement of live firing in formation, and have a number of target aircraft, and attack continuously, and it is over." Fang Chenghe gave Li Zhan a new order.

"I understand."

Li Zhan was secretly taken aback, daring to love more than one target.

He didn't dare to underestimate the enemy, and issued several orders in succession to instruct the aircraft group to rush over and launch an all-round search and attack in combat formation.

Within a few minutes, all the targets appeared on the radar display screen of the air target squad, and then the information was shared in real time on the platform of the Beiku Tactical Intelligence Interaction Center through the intelligence interactive airborne terminal, and at the same time presented on the command terminal display screen of the tower.

The combat capability of the Beiku Tactical Intelligence Interaction Center has been tapped little by little, and it can not only transmit real-time tactical intelligence information from the command end to the airborne terminal, but also share the target intelligence information obtained by the airborne terminal back to the command end, realizing two-way information sharing.

This capability has turned all fighters involved in the system into reconnaissance terminals, greatly expanding the tentacles and scope of battlefield intelligence reconnaissance, and is a powerful measure to achieve one-way transparency on the battlefield. It is a pity that at present, these combat capabilities no longer exist without the Beiku area, and there is still a long way to go before the final integration of the three armed forces can be realized.

Liang Pengfei couldn't help but smile, "Well, this kid has two hits." ”

From the decisive decision to enter the mountain range to conceal the planes, to the crisp and neat high-speed forward search and reconnaissance, to the current opening of the combat formation, to catch and fight, the entire operational command is very crisp and neat, and it seems simple, but if you are placed in such an environment, there will not be a majority of people who can remain calm and composure.

Li Zhan's command decision was almost the most appropriate within the framework of requirements, and Liang Pengfei praised it.

Fang Chenghe said, "He is very calm. When the Sanhe flood control his cockpit canopy flew off, who encountered such a special danger that he had to be nervous all of a sudden, but he didn't, he was very calm from the beginning to the point, I was in command at the tower, to be honest, I was also nervous and lost an inch. ”

"Calmness and composure are very important qualities of a commander, so it's no problem to look at Li Zhan this way." Liang Pengfei said.

Fang Chenghe hesitated for a moment, and lowered his voice a little, "Commander Liang, he is going to participate in the Flying Shark training at the end of the year, and it will only take two or three months to be full, no matter how good he is, he is someone else's soldier." ”

"Flying shark training selection? That's a super high standard, can he be selected? Liang Pengfei frowned and said.

Fang Chenghe smiled and asked, "Do you think he can be selected?" ”

Liang Pengfei's mouth opened, oh for a moment, and said, "Also, if he can't be selected, few people will be selected." In the middle of the year, the head of the air division clearly asked the troops to unconditionally cooperate with the HNA Flying Shark training and selection. ”

At this time, Fang Chenghe's meaning when he mentioned this matter was obvious, and he hoped that the air defense base would come forward to retain Li Zhan, and the key was not Li Zhan himself but HNA's side. HNA is getting stronger and stronger, and the 101st Brigade can no longer withstand it as a divisional and brigade-level unit, so Fang Chenghe hopes that the air defense base will come forward.

But the fact is that the air defense base has no way to prevent this from happening.

"Brigade Commander Fang, you don't have to hide and pinch the flying shark training area, the carrier-based fighter unit is a key unit for the whole army in the coming period, and all levels must cooperate unconditionally, and there are no conditions to talk about." Liang Pengfei reminded.

Fang Chenghe was helpless in his heart, and said, "Yes, I understand that our brigade will fully cooperate with the Flying Shark training and selection." ”

He suddenly changed his words, "However, if Li Zhan himself is unwilling to participate in the selection, the base can explain to HNA, right?" ”

Liang Pengfei raised his eyebrows, then smiled and said, "If you don't apply to participate, it's naturally no problem, and there is no problem of cooperating with or not cooperating with HNA's work." ”

The two old foxes looked at each other and smiled.

Li Zhan, who was hovering at low altitude over the primeval cold forest area on the north side of the Beiku Mountain Range, looking for an opportunity to shoot live ammunition, had no idea that he was being calculated by the two top superiors, and he was worried about how to shoot down the target.

The infrared signature of that thing was too weak, especially when Li Zhan scanned it with the on-board infrared detector and found that there was not much heat coming out, and he instantly concluded that it must be electric propulsion. With low power, electric propulsion, propellers, and a small body, Li Zhan even doubted that the PL-5C using infrared guidance would be able to see the target.

It doesn't work for the pilot to see it, it doesn't work for the airborne radar to see it, it must be seen by the seeker of the PL-5C combat missile, otherwise it's a headless fly.

Li Zhan encountered embarrassment for the first time, like facing a hedgehog - he didn't know where to start!