From the humid and warm coastal areas of the south to the high mountain plains and mountains north of the west, it is not only the climate that is not adapted, but also the vast deserts that are sometimes uninhabited.

After passing through a large desert, you can see the endless foothills, and the gentle slope and the basin in between are all hills and coniferous forests. In the distance, the trees in the middle of the mountain peaks grew greener and deeper, and then the top of the mountain was snow-white.

You won't find such majestic natural scenery in coastal areas.

Kubeichang Station is probably the northernmost air force airfield in the region, the north side is a mountain range with an altitude of more than 1,000 meters, and the farther side is a mountain peak with a four-level scenery of several thousand meters above sea level, and the other three directions are only some low hills, from a military point of view, the geographical location is very good, because if a war breaks out, the enemy will come from the north, and there are mountains as a shield to force the enemy planes to climb, and then they will be exposed to our ground-air firepower network.

Fifty years ago, it was a place where a large number of troops gathered, and the most elite fighters of the Air Force were deployed here, and it is also a place that was once glorious.

Nowadays, what kind of fighter was equipped 50 years ago, what kind of fighter is equipped now.

Xue Xiangdong said that he would take a turn around the station first, familiarize himself with the surrounding terrain, and familiarize himself with the layout of the station. When Li Zhan saw the crew in the blue winter training uniform, they were doing daily maintenance on a row of jet fighters with white and gray paint.

After rubbing his eyes several times, Li Zhan was finally convinced that his eyes were not flowered.

"J-6?" Li Zhan's voice was trembling, his expression was shocked, and his lips were trembling.

"Stop." Xue Xiangdong patted the center console and asked the driver to stop, "You guys send the luggage back first, and I'll accompany Captain Li around." ”

After getting out of the car, the driver carried the captain and staff officer with Li Zhan's luggage, Li Zhan staggered, slowly approached the neat row of J-6s, until he walked to a place where he did not dare to approach, and felt the complex emotions of time and space confusion in a daze.

Xue Xiangdong was not surprised, came to Li Zhan's side, put his hands behind his back, and looked at the J-6 with complex doting, just like an old father lovingly gazing at a mentally retarded child.

"Surprised, should be surprised, unexpected, certainly unexpected. This group of six old people has entered their 40th year of service this year. Except for the body, the other parts have basically been replaced several times. Xue Xiangdong introduced in a deep voice, and suddenly said proudly, "Our brothers in the maintenance are very capable, and it is their meticulous maintenance from generation to generation that allows the sixth child to still soar in the blue sky today." ”

Li Zhan muttered to himself, "But the worst aviation school and training base also retired all the Jian-6 a few years ago, here, why is this happening?" ”

Did he overreact, not overdone at all.

Today, in 2009, the work of retrofitting third-generation aircraft is progressing steadily, and due to production capacity constraints, many troops will not be able to obtain third-generation fighters for the foreseeable years. As an emergency measure, the J-7 has been reproduced and distributed to some troops as an over-the-top model. For example, when the 2nd Division and 4th Regiment could not get the J-11B in a short time, they first modified the J-7G and eliminated the J-7E, which had only been in service for a few years. On the other hand, Shen Fei is still producing the J-8F, which is also used as an emergency means to enrich the strength of the army and replace the old model.

Against such a background, who would have thought that under the foothills of the western border, in the air force station that was once a national key, there would be a batch of J-6 in service produced 40 years ago!

Isn't it hard to imagine?

More and more people are consciously looking for old cars to play classic old cars, in order to pursue the dream of a lost teenager, in order to make up for the regrets of the past. From material pursuit to spiritual pursuit, it doesn't matter what kind of car you play, as long as the car is old enough.

But is that the case with the troops?

You fly a classic plane to fight, it will cost you your life, and the most important thing is that you have no way to stop the enemy who invades the airspace in the future!

The pathos in Li Zhan's heart is beyond words, he can't imagine the picture of our military pilot flying the J-6 to face the SU-27, and the screen is full of tragedy.

At its peak, the Chinese Air Force was equipped with more than 4,000 fighters, and the J-6 series accounted for the vast majority. According to civilian forecasts about China's air force in the future, at least 2,000 third-generation fighters are needed to barely meet national defense needs, including at least 500 fourth-generation aircraft.

J-10 regiment, J-11 regiment, Su-30 regiment and old Su-27 regiment, how many are there now?

The gap is not as big as one or two points, but it is very, very large, so big that theoretically, the two major aircraft factories will have to run at full capacity for 20 years of continuous production before they can complete the upgrading of the equipment of the air force aviation units. Fifteen years may be a half-generation gap.

In other words, the aviation units of the Chinese Air Force will never have the day when the equipment and technical level of all units will be at the same level. The first-line troops are equipped with top-notch fighters, the second-line troops are equipped with mid-range fighters, and the third-line troops take over the fighters that have been eliminated by the first-line troops.

When the 5th Regiment of the 2nd Division was equipped with the J-8, their J-7II was taken over by the 73rd Division and part of the J-6 was replaced, and when the 6th Regiment of the 2nd Division was modified with the Su-27, the eliminated J-7IIG continued to be transferred to the 73rd Division, and the 73rd Division continued to replace part of the J-6. At present, there are still four regiments, and when the four regiments are modified with J-10A, the eliminated J-7E will be transferred to the 73rd Division to replace the J-6 of the last regiment.

Chen Hualin agreed to Fang Chenghe's conditions without too much consideration, didn't he care about his self-esteem at all? will care, and cares a lot, but in front of the new model, the dignified colonel can even throw away his pride. What is in the eyes of others is a treasure in the eyes of the 73rd Division.

The autumn wind blowing on the face was blowing, and it was a little painful.

Xue Xiangdong smiled and comforted Li Zhan, "You don't have to be emotional, our country has a big business, there will always be places that can't be taken care of, besides, whether the fighters of these surrounding countries can take off is a problem, the sixth is a little old, but he still flies as usual and is on duty for combat readiness, the old guy is still quite easy to use, especially for combat readiness patrols, it is very comfortable to drive." ”

After wiping away the tears that came out of his unknown when, Li Zhan said, "Head Xue, can I smoke?" ”

"Pump mine." Xue Xiangdong hurriedly took out Lanzhou and handed it over, and lit it for Li Zhan, "Take two more sips in the evening to catch you up, the wine here is good." ”

Li Zhan is in a much better mood, and people treat us outside.

"Walk around, walk around."

Xue Xiangdong lit a cigarette and walked west along the parallel road, and the officers and men on the left who were doing daily maintenance for a whole row of J-6s stood up and saluted one after another. It can be seen that the military discipline of the 101st Regiment is quite strict, and its military quality is quite excellent. Xue Xiangdong, the seemingly unreliable head of the regiment, has a high prestige and strong ability, but he is a little informal.

"The old six are all training brigades, and the new ones flew to the old six first, and then modified the old seven. Now the academies and training bases are all Jian-7, so Xinfei will not stay in the training brigade for a long time under normal circumstances. The sixth is also about to retire, and when the Jian-7 of the second division comes over, these veterans will have to retire. Xue Xiangdong introduced to Li Zhan, not without sadness.

Li Zhan enjoyed the pleasure of walking and smoking while standing on the field, and said, "Will it be sealed?" I heard that it will be used to change unmanned target aircraft or something, and some of the good ones will be used as combat readiness. ”

"There is an unmanned target aircraft, but there are thousands of them, and there are many of them. It's nonsense to be sealed as a war readiness, it's an old antique, what role can it play in the future? Besides, there are so many J-7s, which one is not better than the sixth. ”

Li Zhan sighed, "It looks like I was almost misled." ”

"There are a lot of keyboards and military gods outside, and it's nonsense."

"Hehe, Head Xue, you know the Internet quite well."

"I'm a computer major, haha. Your reaction is normal, Xinfei always has such and such problems, who has not experienced it. Xue Xiangdong smiled and said, "But you're not a new flyer, I'm not as good as you, hahaha." ”

Li Zhan was terrified, "Captain Xue, you have praised it falsely." ”

For some reason, Xue Xiangdong put a lot of psychological pressure on Li Zhan.

In front of Li Zhan, Qi Hong couldn't hold his division commander's momentum, and Li Zhan was even more fearless. However, this Xue Xiangdong's rough appearance seems to be big and simple-minded, but Li Zhan is keenly aware that this person must have a story that ordinary people have never had the opportunity to experience in his life.

Li Zhan was only frustrated in his heart, this 101st regiment should be quite interesting.

There are too many similar troops in the Chinese army, they can obviously rely on combat effectiveness to eat, but they can't get the update of new equipment, they have no exposure in front of the people, people don't know you, and the little brother troops who have changed their advanced models often show up but come from behind, and the new clothes and new equipment have been changed for two rounds, and your big brother troops are still waiting to take over the second-hand goods of the little brothers.

There's nowhere to make sense, because the direction of the station points to everything.

Li Zhan did not doubt at all that if the 73 rd Division was transferred to Xixian, it might only take one year or even less for the higher authorities to turn the 73 rd Division into a third-generation fighter division, and if there were no new ones, they would be transferred from fraternal units.

Because the geographical location of Xixian is very important, the combat direction of the garrison is the main threat direction at present.

Then he admired that he had guarded the fighter planes that were several rounds older than himself, had no regrets for decades, and had never relaxed his self-requirements for decades, and it was not easy to stick to the current troops. At this point, Li Zhan thought that the grievances he had received were nothing.

"Commander, I make a statement, I will dedicate my limited life to unlimited service to the people." Li Zhan said firmly.

Xue Xiangdong laughed, "The soldiers of the 101st Regiment don't like to talk empty words, and they have the ability to take action. Don't be in a hurry to express your position, I only have one request for you, experience life here, as long as you don't make mistakes, I will give you a beautiful appraisal. ”

"Huh? What do you mean? Li Zhan heard some voiceovers.

Xue Xiangdong said with a smile, "There's nothing hard to say, it's understandable to find a harder grassroots work experience, your division leader cares about you very much." But you are fully qualified, three first-class merits, can you be an ordinary person? ”

Suddenly, Li Zhan stopped, Xue Xiangdong walked a few steps and found that the person didn't follow, so he stopped in confusion, "What?" ”

Li Zhan asked in a deep voice, "Are you saying that my establishment is still in the second division?" ”

"Of course, your commissar didn't tell you?" Xue Xiangdong also felt strange, since Chen Hualin explained the situation, he regarded Li Zhan as a key training cadre who came to experience life, even though it was from another division.

Li Zhan shook his head slowly, "I don't know." ”

Just as Xue Xiangdong was about to say a few words, Li Zhan continued, "Commander Xue, since I am here, I don't plan to return to the Second Division, please transfer my file, from today onwards, I am a soldier of the 101st Regiment." ”

"You're ......"

Li Zhan said, "My second landline number 101, a few days ago Sanhe flood control and rescue on the way back to the flight cockpit fell off, the fuselage disintegrated shortly after the return landing, although it was only with me for less than three months, but it is also a rare fate." Now that I have been transferred to the 101st regiment, it is even more fateful. Regiment commander, I have decided, I am a soldier of the 101st Regiment. ”

Xue Xiangdong looked at Li Zhan in surprise and horror.

In this way, if you stay for a few more months, won't the 101st regiment be withdrawn!