Chapter 692: A huge explosion resounded in the night sky
The sound of warhawks whistling through the night sky came and went, the landing gear lights were on, the navigation lights were flashing, and the engines were spewing out long tail flames one after another.
The group returned after nightfall, and the Xixian station began to intensively recover the fighters at night, and then carried out emergency support, refueling and replenishing ammunition, mechanical inspection, etc., and the pilots were on standby on the spot, and after completing the battlefield support work, they quickly took off to continue the live-fire training.
The Second Division focused its day-and-night live-fire training on the night part, focusing on tempering the unit's night combat capability. It is very dangerous for large groups of aircraft to fire live ammunition at night, and they are dispatched in turns. One of the J-10A had problems with an aerial fire launcher and had to risk landing with a bomb. Thankfully, there were no other problems.
It was in this tense and hectic situation that the field began to carry out field support work for fighters at night. Field support means that a great deal of preparations for take-off need to be eliminated and only a few that are necessary. In case of emergency, even if only fuel and ammunition are replenished, everything else can be omitted.
The film crew was able to open their eyes, and the second division's live-fire training across the day and night was certainly the largest of the Guangzhou Air Force so many years ago, and it is estimated that it is also the number one in the whole air force.
After the J-10A detachment took off again, the J-11B detachment landed, and they could omit the refueling link, because the fuel margin was very sufficient.
Li Zhan drove the No. 17 J-10A belatedly and dragged the J-11B detachment to land. This was due to the fact that he had to demonstrate the shooting subjects to the two detachments separately, which meant two rounds of shooting. In order not to affect the normal rhythm of the two detachments, he could only come through the stitches, and the flying staff and video recording could record all the data, which would be very important shooting data.
He took a few bites of a light meal, rehydrated himself, and then returned to the tarmac to wait. I don't dare to eat too much because if I eat too much, I need a lot of energy to digest, which will lead to lack of energy and even sleepiness.
In less than 20 minutes, all the J-11Bs completed the support, and once again lined up on the taxiway on the side of the take-off position in the posture of an elephant walking, and three more signal flares were lifted into the air, and the tower issued a take-off order.
The J-11B entered the take-off position in two by two, and the front and rear connections were very compact.
Li Zhan listened to the deep voice of the twin-engine heavy fighter, and he was actually not envious in his heart. He has been flying safely with the J-10A for several hours, and all of them are live-fire flights, not to mention encountering dangerous situations in the whole process, and there is not even a little accident.
This seems to mean that the spell that hangs over him and the J-10A has been broken.
From the next unit, I have been talking about the current J-10A, and after five years, I can finally really come together and combine into a complete combat unit.
Now he looks at how the J-10A looks pleasing to the eye, and even thinks that the J-10A is better looking than the J-10B, at least it has a little more rough temperament, especially the sexy stiffeners at the entrance of the air intake. That's what a fighter should look like!
Of course, subjective visual perception cannot be used as a criterion.
The maintenance quickly completed the support of the No. 17 J-10A, filled up the fuel and hung the aviation fire, and also intimately hung a YJ-83K air-to-ship missile, which can be said to be armed to the teeth. In tonight's second round of live-fire shooting, Li Zhan finally needed to use the YJ-83K air-to-ship missile to make a high-standard demonstration action against sea surface targets, and Yu Chenglin meant to let Li Zhan set a standard for such shooting subjects in the second division in the future.
The training standards of the Second Division have long exceeded the outline, and they have always tempered the troops according to higher standards, which is one of the reasons why the Second Division has received the nickname of Nanbatian.
Li Zhan naturally agreed, and the troops he stayed in were all treated with his standard as the highest standard of troop training, and everyone tried their best to catch up. In the past, I didn't believe that someone could achieve that standard, but now that someone can do it, it means that it can be achieved, so why not work hard to train to reach the peak?
There is quite a lot of ammunition to be fired soon, and there are two aviation fire launchers on the left and right wing pylons, and there are 28 aviation fires in a single installation, which is the same as the previous two. In addition to this, there is such a big thing as a YJ-83K air-to-ship missile, mounted on a heavy pylon under the air intake.
Usually, the J-10 will hang three auxiliary fuel tanks, one heavy pylon on the innermost side of the left and right wings, and the third one is on the heavy pylon under the air intake. These three pylons can hold more than one ton of weapons, ammunition or other equipment.
Don't look at the J-10's small body, it is still a single-engine fighter, her payload capacity is not weak at all, and there are several hardpoints. Despite the fact that the maximum payload weight reaches six tons, the range will be seriously shortened, so in general, only three tons of ammunition will be carried and the maximum combat radius of about a thousand kilometers will be maintained.
Li Zhan's payload weight at this time was about three tons, because he also carried two auxiliary fuel tanks. Because there are three external hardpoints under the left and right wings, and the two auxiliary fuel tanks occupy the innermost heavy hardpoints, the four aerial fire launchers are all mounted on the outermost two hardpoints.
The J-10A, which looks so slender, gives people a very strong sense of strength, and there is a sense of immediacy that a maid is burdened. As for the J-11B, seven or eight external weapons with big shoulders and round waists don't look like anything, and the visual impact is relatively weak.
Many people who can't tell the difference between the auxiliary fuel tank and the missile still think that the auxiliary fuel tank is a missile, after all, the aerodynamic shape of the auxiliary fuel tank is very similar to a missile, and it is also suitable for high-speed flight. Some fighters are capable of carrying supersonic tanks, which must be shaped in accordance with the aerodynamic layout of supersonic flight.
Li Zhan and the armorer checked the power connection of the weapons and ammunition to ensure that the external safety pin had been removed, and then finished the external inspection and boarded the cabin, and checked the other systems with the mechanic. The whole process was sped up, and after the boarding ladder was removed, the slide-out signal was issued, and Li Zhan gently pushed the throttle stick and slid out of the tarmac.
The outfield with light control was dark, and Li Zhan also deliberately adjusted the lights of the landing gear to the minimum, so that the No. 17 J-10A was very much like a deadly killer quietly dispatched in the dark night. The videographer recorded the scene very keenly.
The payload is completely different from that of other fighters, and it can even be said that the propaganda department of the army does not have many opportunities to see the state of the fighter plane with a full load, and the troops themselves rarely fly with a full load. The fact that the number of full-load flights is increasing is actually a specific detail that reflects the in-depth training of the troops in actual combat.
Li Zhan was the last to be dispatched, so there are multiple angles of footage to shoot him, which will fully record the take-off process of the No. 17 J-10A.
"Tower, the crutch is ready to take off, over."
The tower commander gave the take-off order: "Turn, take off at a timed time." ”
"Understood."
Li Zhan pushed the throttle stick to the end, released the brake after the engine speed came up, and the engine nozzle of the No. 17 J-10A spewed out a light blue tail flame, and the fighter slid quickly. Li Zhan stared at the airspeedometer, and after the speed reached the take-off speed, he suddenly pulled the lever and lifted the nose of the plane to begin to climb at a large angle. In the dark, a pigeon flew anxiously in the air looking for the direction of home, and then was sucked into the air intake tract by a strong suction, which instantly destroyed the first stage of the engine, and the AL-31FN engine stopped instantly.
The No. 17 J-10A, which climbed at an elevation angle of 45 degrees, stalled instantly, fell from a height of more than 100 meters, and exploded on the grass at the end of the runway......
Tick, tick, tick.
From hitting a bird to landing and exploding, the whole process takes place in just three seconds.
No one reacted, and even the photographer who followed the shooting was stunned for several seconds before he screamed loudly and realized that a major accident had occurred.
The tower commander reacted very quickly because it was a conditioned reflex. When he saw the No. 17 J-10A falling down, his first command was to order the fire rescue team to set off, and just after giving the order, the No. 17 J-10A hit the ground and exploded.
Huge flames lit up more than half of the sky in the entire outfield, showing how powerful the explosion was.
The sound of a huge explosion resounded in the night sky of Xixian Station, and everyone was frightened by the shocking sound, and some even suspected that it was a missile attack!
The No. 17 J-10A, which was fully loaded with fuel and three tons of ammunition, burned in the flames, and the fierce fire firmly enveloped the fighter so that people could not see the appearance of the fighter at all!
The fire and rescue team, medical rescue team and other emergency detachments that had been on standby rushed over by car, and even the guard company, field service company, and machine maintenance team all received orders.
There is no more to eliminate the danger, and there is only one thought in everyone's hearts - to rescue the pilot at all costs!
If Li Zhan had an accident on the territory of the Second Division, the consequences would be something that many people could not afford to assemble!
The entire Xixian station went crazy, and after the emergency mechanism was activated, the Guangkong organs were rewarded as soon as possible. The leader, who had just fallen asleep, suddenly woke up after receiving the call, and asked in a trembling voice, "Are you sure?" Is it Li Zhan? Can you be sure? ”
The leadership is out of shape.
"Yes, it's Li Zhan's landline, he was the last one to take off in the second round of live-fire training, it was his landline, the accident happened too suddenly, and I don't know what caused the crash......"
"That's true." The leader put down the microphone in a distraction, and he couldn't listen to the rest of the words.
That's not an ordinary pilot, although saying so would belittle the value of other pilots, but the reality is so cruel! If Li Zhan is lost, there will be no way to carry forward many of the plans that the Air Force plans to carry out.
What's more, Li Zhan is a banner and a benchmark figure in the ranks of Air Force pilots in the new era!
"I'm going to West County right away, right away!"
The leader quickly recovered and gave the order with grief.
"Tell Wu Pengyu! Find people at all costs! Dead to see corpses, alive to see people! ”
"Master Wu is at Guibeichang Station."
"Let him come back at once! I must see him before I arrive! ”
"Yes!"