A light gray painted J-16 heavy fighter was parked on the open tarmac of the Shuilingchang station. All the J-8D and J-7E are stationed at Shuilingchang Station, and a certain division of China Southern Airlines has not yet modified the third-generation aircraft, so the support facilities here are still the standard of second-generation aircraft.

That is to say, the hangar of Shuilingchang Station is not able to put the J-11 series fighters, the J-16 was born from the Su-30MKK, and the Su-30MKK is based on the Su-27 platform development, the size is much larger than the J-7, J-8 and other second-generation aircraft, the hangar built according to the old standards can not fit the J-16, can only be placed on the open apron.

The test flight team of Project 16 arrived at Shuilingchang Station, which was the second time they were stationed at Shuilingchang Station for an in-depth stage of test flight. The leader of the team was Chen Fei, after Li Zhan left the No. 16 project test flight team, the follow-up test flight work of the model was handed over to Chen Fei. It should be pointed out that Chen Fei is a naval pilot, who is assigned to the China Southern Airlines Command and is a deputy divisional staff officer.

Li Zhan didn't know that Chen Fei was going to lead the team over, and the No. 16 project had its own plan, but it just happened to collide with the gray-white J-8FR modification of a division of China Southern Airlines.

The old comrades-in-arms couldn't help but be excited when they met, and during the meal, Chen Fei said frankly, "This time we came here to do a special test flight of the navy, and Lao Li saw it today, and the J-16 that came over this time is a naval model that has been improved according to the index performance requirements put forward by the navy, and it is a naval fighter that meets the requirements of sea and air flight." It has been decided above that the Navy will equip the J-16 with the Air Force simultaneously. ”

The level of secrets involved here is not lower than Chen Fei, and Chen Fei will certainly not pretend to say nothing. In the final analysis, the first test pilot of the No. 16 project is still Li Zhan's, and he really has nothing to keep from Li Zhan.

Jinhua said, "The Air Force agreed? ”

"I think even if we agree, we will give priority to supplying the Air Force, and we still have to wait." Jinhua smiled and said without waiting for Chen Fei to answer.

Chen Fei pointed at Li Zhan, "This is for Lao Li." ”

Li Zhan smiled and said, "You are all higher than me, and if you don't know me, I don't know." ”

"Lao Li, they are all their own people, this is not a conference room, let's talk casually." Chen Fei said with a smile.

Except for Li Zixin, everyone else has a higher military rank than Li Zhan, and their ranks are also higher than Li Zhan. However, strictly speaking, all of you here were brought out by Li Zhan, and it can even be said that a large part of the reason why you can have today's achievements is because they have worked with or with Li Zhan.

Including Jinhua, even Jinhua himself didn't know that he could successfully cross the threshold of the post of full teacher and sit in the position of deputy chief of staff of the China Southern Airlines Command, a large part of the reason was because of Li Zhan. Of course, Li Zhan is also unclear.

Li Zhan thought about it, and then said with a smile, "I'm afraid the guess of the chief of staff of Jinhua is true, the air force is very short of aircraft, especially the lack of war bombing." You have a large number of Flying Leopards, but the Air Force has stopped equipping the Flying Leopard A, and the units that originally planned to be equipped with the Flying Leopard A have also changed their plans, either continuing to wait or changing to the J-11B. ”

Speaking of this, he smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "Before the Air Force basically fills the hole, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the HNA side to obtain the J-16." ”

As soon as he heard this, Jinhua's whole person suddenly lost his spirit, shook his head and sighed very emotionally. Although Chen Fei was only transferred from the Air Force a few years ago, he already regarded himself as a member of the HNA and felt helpless about Li Zhan's words. If Li Zhan says that the probability of one thing is "10", then basically it will not be lower than "9".

The position of the Air Force is still unshakable!

After eating, Li Zhan and Chen Fei walked to the outfield and took a walk to eat. From time to time, officers and men on the ground service took commuter buses to greet the sunset unhurriedly and carried out routine maintenance and support for the outfield. The sunset stretched the figures of the two old comrades-in-arms very long, and the shadow of the No. 16 J-16 Navy heavy fighter-bomber in the distance was also stretched long.

Li Zhan said, "I heard that you are not married yet, what is the situation?" ”

Five years ago, that is, when Li Zhan just left the army to the Second Division, Chen Fei encountered a fatal crisis, and a local company with evil intentions set a pink trap for him in order to get through the relationship with the troops, and the protagonist of this incident was Chen Fei's high school classmate Zheng Ruolin.

When Chen Fei was about to fall into the pit, Li Zhan made a decisive move, using some of the previous resources to find out the matter and dragged Chen Fei up alive. If it weren't for Li Zhan's decisive action, Chen Fei would not have escaped the fate of grounding and retiring. Since then, Chen Fei regarded Li Zhan as a life-saving benefactor, and it was at that time that Li Zhan was reported to buy a daughter-in-law, and the key evidence was that Li Zhan provided 60,000 yuan in cash to Ying Wanjun's parents, and Chen Fei confirmed that this was indeed the case when he was questioned by Qi Hong, which directly led to Li Zhan being transferred from the Second Division.

After this incident, the two went further and further, until the J-16 actual combat test flight met and clarified the misunderstanding at the time.

But Chen Fei's personal problems have not been completely solved, he and Zheng Ruolin really have feelings, and they still keep in touch after that matter is over, and Chen Fei really has the intention of marrying Zheng Ruolin.

Now it seems that Chen Fei and Zheng Ruolin finally separated completely.

Chen Fei sighed and said, "Don't talk about this matter, it's very annoying, I want to do a good job now." It's more than 30 years, and it's only ten years of flight time when it's full, so I can't wait! ”

The matter between him and Zheng Ruolin was more complicated than Li Zhan guessed, and even very bloody, he really didn't want to talk about these things. After Zheng Ruolin's incident, Chen Fei saw how a woman would do to achieve her goal, and the things Zheng Ruolin did made Chen Fei shudder.

There was a shadow in his heart.

Li Zhan didn't say much, and said, "Then you have to think about your parents, you are an only child, and they are getting older and older." ”

"I know." Chen Fei said, "Ask someone to introduce you to a blind date and find one, as long as you can live, love is too extravagant, it's not something we can play." ”

Li Zhan smiled, "How can you play with love." ”

With a wave of his hand, Li Zhan changed the topic and said, "It's not that I care about your personal problems, there is something I want to remind you." ”

They are all from Xixian County, and their relationship with each other is deeper than that of ordinary comrades-in-arms, and they don't have many scruples when they talk. Chen Fei is even more so, without Li Zhan, I am afraid that he will either be mixed up at the stage of the deputy battalion position of major or go home, where will he have the opportunity to carry the rank of colonel and deputy division at the age of thirty.

Chen Fei stopped and looked at Li Zhan.

Li Zhan said in a deep voice, "If you don't get married, you can only stop at the deputy division, if you still want to go up a few steps, marriage is imminent." ”

This is a very thoughtful statement.

Sighing deeply, Chen Fei said, "Originally, I had the opportunity to serve as a deputy teacher, but because I was not married, I brushed it off in the last round. But I'll be honest with you, I really don't care if I can take on a leadership position, as long as I can fly and let me do anything. ”

Chen Fei served as the commander of the flight regiment for one term, but he was defeated in the competition for the post of deputy division of the China Southern Airlines organ, and finally he was promoted to the sea division as a colonel and deputy division staff officer. To put it bluntly, he is now a higher-level combat staff officer, and has been responsible for the actual combat test flight of the J-16.

When it comes to this, Li Zhan doesn't plan to go deeper, Chen Fei understands everything, and how to choose is his own business. The same is true for Li Zhan himself, if he wants to hold a position, he has many choices, but his mind is not on being an official, flying is true love.

Walking to the tarmac where the J-16 was parked, the spirit of the two suddenly returned, no matter how depressed they were, as long as they saw the fighter, they felt that they had the whole world.

The canvas is covered with J-16, but the nose part is exposed, and the radio call signs on both sides are 16.

Li Zhan asked strangely, "Why is the call sign the same as the previous Air Force prototype?" ”

"It's the original one." Chen Fei said with a smile, "After the last air failure, it was directly improved in accordance with the requirements of the navy, and now it is a complete body of the navy." There is also an electronic warfare model, which has just rolled off the assembly line and is currently doing test flights at the manufacturer. ”

Li Zhan couldn't laugh or cry, "I thought the original prototype was scrapped, but it seems that the fighter of the J-11 platform is quite durable." ”

"Yes, the amount of redundancy of a twin-engine heavy fighter is not comparable to that of a medium fighter." Chen Fei praised sincerely, "Yes, do you think J-16 has a chance to get on the ship?" Now similar calls are very high, believing that the chances of the J-16 being on the ship are very high. ”

Li Zhan shook his head with a smile and said, "No chance." The Navy has issued a clear order to the manufacturer, requiring the manufacturer to develop a variety of mission models based on the J-15 platform, including the two-seat electronic warfare model. The J-15's ground-to-sea attack capability fully meets the needs of the Navy's aircraft carrier battle group, so why bother to put the J-16 on board. ”

Nodding slightly, Chen Fei was slightly disappointed and said, "Yes, the J-15 was originally developed from the Su 27 platform, and it may not be pleasing to let the J-16 go on the ship and repeat the improvement process, which is time-consuming and laborious." ”

He patted his head and laughed at himself and said, "I've been so busy and dizzy during this time, I can't see such an obvious thing clearly." ”

Li Zhan saw Chen Fei's thoughts, and asked with a smile, "Are you still thinking about going to the Flying Shark Force?" ”

"Of course, who wouldn't. I don't know about the Air Force, there is no one in the Navy who does not want to go to the Flying Shark Unit. For an individual's flying career, the Flying Shark Unit is the highest flying temple. Chen Fei did not hide his thoughts at all. :/

Li Zhan said, "Sign up after the test flight of the J-16, the new training work of the Flying Shark unit is now in charge of Zhang Xueyang, and he will help his old comrades." ”

"You're older, no problem, right?" Chen Fei's brows jumped, his eyes full of longing.

Li Zhan smiled and said, "There are several people who are almost forty years old, and you are all young." You have to have confidence in yourself, you have the strength. ”

"However, I have heard that the proportion of Flying Shark pilots selected from the army has been reduced, and the competition should be fierce." Chen Fei said.

"Yes, I recruited the first batch of Flying Shark cadets of the Naval Aviation Academy one by one. I wanted to lead a session, but the plan couldn't catch up with the changes. Li Zhan said, "You have to believe in your ability. After scrapping the J-16 for such a long time, you should be very familiar with the aircraft of this type of platform. By the way, the future modification of the J-15 will use a large number of avionics systems of the fourth-generation aircraft, which has many similarities with the J-16. ”

Chen Fei said, "Yes, yes, aren't you now engaged in the test flight of the fourth-generation aircraft, how is the fourth-generation aircraft, why do I always feel like a shell?" ”

"Hahaha, I used to feel the same way, a lot of people do. In the final analysis, we still have doubts about the progress of our country's military industry, after all, we have been in the catch-up stage for so long in the past, and one day we are not confident in catching up with ourselves. Li Zhan said with a smile, pointed to the J-16, and said, "Let's put it this way, the result of the confrontation between the fourth-generation aircraft and the third-generation aircraft may be an unimaginable battle loss ratio, maybe a double-digit battle loss ratio." ”

Chen Fei was taken aback, "Is there such a big gap?" ”

"Eight or nine are not far from ten, the combat capability of the fourth-generation aircraft is beyond imagination, and I have not yet touched the limit of the fourth-generation aircraft. After the vacation, I will lead the team to Beiku to conduct a confrontation test flight, and the results will be known at that time. Li Zhan said.

Chen Fei sighed and said, "So the situation of modern air warfare is about to change dramatically. ”

"The changes may be more than we imagined." Li Zhan said solemnly: "The US Air Force has been equipping fourth-generation aircraft for more than 10 years, and the technological gap is actually not the most critical when we are more than 10 years late; our fourth-generation aircraft have the advantage of being a latecomer, and in many respects our fourth-generation aircraft surpass the fourth-generation aircraft of the US Air Force." But in terms of experience, we are in an absolutely backward position. Is the fourth-generation aircraft just a traditional simple confrontation to achieve the goal of seizing air supremacy? I've always felt that this is not the whole point of the fourth-generation aircraft. ”

Chen Fei heard something and asked solemnly, "What do you think?" ”

Li Zhan said in a deep voice, "The combat cooperation of fourth-generation aircraft and unmanned fighters. The topic of system warfare is relatively large, and my level is limited and I can't see the whole picture, and my thinking is not deep enough. However, I have a strong feeling that the coordination between fourth-generation aircraft and unmanned fighters will be the main tactics of future air combat and even system operations. (Initial launch, domain name (remember _ three.)

"In the past few months, I have visited and investigated most of the military units, including research institutes and manufacturers, and we are also vigorously developing unmanned aerial vehicles, especially unmanned fighters, unmanned fighters with the characteristics of fourth-generation aircraft, and fourth-generation aircraft to form a mother-child match. In the future, it may only take a fourth-generation aircraft to control a regiment-sized battle. ”

Chen Fei was greatly surprised by his judgment, and the latter said in surprise, "Isn't this a remote control battle, what's the difference between playing video games?" ”

Dozens of warplanes on both sides of the war are fighting, and the actual controller is only one pilot of a fourth-generation aircraft, this kind of scene is too sci-fi.

Li Zhan suddenly smiled, "A few days ago, I was playing outside with my family, and I found that a new payment method appeared in the place, using the mobile APP software to scan the QR code to pay, and the customer can complete the payment by entering the password, the whole process is cashless, which is more convenient and simple than credit card payment." A year or two ago, did we think that mobile phones would become payment tools? ”

Chen Fei recalled for a moment and gasped slightly, "Yes, the place has changed too quickly in the past two years, I have a few classmates who are in the clothing business, the business is quite difficult, many people buy goods through online shopping, and fewer and fewer people go to physical stores to shop." ”

"Technology changes life, and in the same way, technology will change the style of warfare." Li Zhan concluded, "According to the news from the local communications department, the 4G communication network has basically completed full coverage, and in the past few years, 5G communication technology has entered the stage of tackling key problems. Local scientific and technological development has forced the development of the military industry, especially avionics technology. ”

When it comes to this topic, everyone has a lot of feelings, they happen to be on the joint of this technological blowout period, from flying J-7 to Black Ribbon, it only took five or six years before and after, which is an impossible phenomenon in the past few decades.

At the end, Chen Fei said, "By the way, Lao Li, we have the task of test-firing missiles, and when the time comes, you will give guidance and guidance, and we will attack long-range air-to-ship missiles." ”

Li Zhan agreed.