Li Zhan cut off the flight control system, and all the attitudes of the fighter were extremely unstable, and they all relied on his manual control to maintain them. The canard aerodynamic layout is very unstable, and without a flight control system, it is very, very difficult for the pilot to get the fighter to drive according to his own intentions, which puts extremely high demands on the pilot.

Li Zhan was able to complete 301 maneuvers in 70 seconds, and he was driving the No. 037 J-7E, a second-generation aircraft with no flight control system at all.

In the crazy hissing of the AL-31F engine, the nose of the No. 12 J-10A pointed at the J-11B in the afterburner climb with an unimaginable large elevation angle and a large inclination angle, and under the action of inertia, the tail of the No. 12 J-10A moved forward, and the whole fighter slid to the right.

The engine has to fight against these inertial forces, and it is in the least ideal state.

In a very short period of two or three seconds, the horizontal moving speed of the No. 12 J-10A dropped from more than 700 kilometers per hour to less than 100 kilometers per hour, which is the least favorite state for the engine running at full power - small speed.

Li Zhan, who was holding the control stick tightly, obviously felt that the fighter plane was shaking wildly, and he had to use a lot of strength to stabilize the flight attitude, and under the action of the two lifting forces of the canard wing and the delta wing, he could feel the fighter plane frantically probing on the edge of losing control.

However, his goal was achieved, and the nose once again pointed neatly at the J-11B of the Korean Red Army, and began to accelerate to catch up - the tail-biting situation was formed.

Li Zhan reconnected the flight control system, and in a short period of time, the flight control system automatically adjusted the rudder surface, and the fighter quickly became docile, and the nozzle spewed out a blazing tongue of fire and bit Han Hongjun tightly.

Han Hongjun kept looking left and right to look for the figure of the No. 12 J-10A, and he found that he could not see the target and decisively pressed the rod to dive, and risked rolling the barrel to destroy the track law while diving, which made it difficult for the enemy plane to lock. He decided to pull the battlefield to a low altitude and use the J-11B's better low-altitude performance to turn the situation around.

But he was desperate to find that the No. 12 J-10A had been biting him tightly and was difficult to get rid of.

Thinking about it, Li Zhan believes that if he is in the position of Han Hongjun, he will not have a better way to deal with the current situation. At this time, he had already completed the second simulated cannon shooting, and there was no suspense about the outcome of the battle.

"Xiao Han, one more game, I will use general tactics to see how it goes." Li thought about it and made a very objective decision.

Not everyone can make the J-10 controllable without the help of the flight control system, in fact, many times if the flight control system fails, the J-10 is very easy to stall and crash, usually in the take-off and landing phase. In the past few accidents, in addition to engine failures, the flight control system has been the main culprit of the disaster.

"Understood, come again." Han Hongjun was frustrated, but quickly regained his spirits.

There is no shame in losing to the captain.

At the beginning, Cheng Da drove a J-10B with a vector nozzle before he barely shot down Li Zhan who opened the J-11B in a dog fight, which shows that Li Zhan's close-range combat ability has reached a very high level.

The next dog fight has no eye-catching tricks, and the two sides basically use textbook maneuvers to fight each other, but the specific use depends on the choice of the pilot.

After more than half an hour of confrontation, Li Zhan and Han Hongjun felt very deeply. At the beginning, the Eagle Falcon Brigade and the Big Red Eagle fought against each other, and everyone was focused on victory, but they didn't pay much attention to some of the fighters' performance in close combat. At this time, I confronted with the mentality of analysis and research, and the feeling was very strong and clear.

The result of the confrontation between Chen Fei and Li Zixin was similar.

The J-10A has an overwhelming advantage over the J-11B - in dog fights, the J-11B is like a bulky boxer, while the J-10A is agile like a monkey.

This completely free dogfight air battle refreshed many people's understanding of the J-10 and J-11 series fighters.

After returning to the flight, Tang Guozheng and Guo Beimu convened an analysis meeting in the afternoon, at which Li Zhan and others gave a detailed introduction to the confrontation situation, and Zhang Chongming's technical analysis team also had theoretical results after analyzing the flying ginseng.

Chen Fei expressed his opinion and said, "I have been driving J-11 for a longer time than J-10, and I know more about the former." Before today, I always thought that although the aerial combat ability of the J-11 may not be as good as the J-10, it will not be much worse. But after the confrontation in the morning, I have to admit that in terms of aerial combat ability alone, J-11 basically has no way to defeat J-10. ”

"I believe that J-10's aerial combat ability is superior to that of F1-6."

After all, most people have deep feelings for the J-11, which is the first third-generation aircraft of the People's Air Force, which has a pivotal position in the history of the development of the People's Air Force, and can be said to be an important symbol of the modernization of the People's Air Force.

There are even some people whose faces are ugly - Yi Xiaoyi and several other technical engineers from Shenfei Factory.

The J-11 series fighter is the main product of Shenfei Factory, and it can even be said that it is the only product, including the J-15 carrier-based fighter. was pressed and beaten by the main product of the second brother Chengfei Factory, which was both unacceptable and uncomfortable, and of course it was also suspicious. However, the thought that the J-11 series fighters have a larger range and more payload, and can be equipped with a larger caliber airborne radar to provide detection capabilities, the discomfort in my heart is a little lighter.

"Li Zhan, tell me your opinion." Tang Guozheng called Li Zhan's name.

Li Zhan said with a smile, "There is a view that destroying the enemy outside the line of sight is the best policy, and entering into a close-range struggle with the enemy is a relatively stupid act in itself. This is also the mainstream view of the US military. In air combat outside the line of sight, the J-11 has an innate advantage, with a larger range, stronger detection and tracking capabilities, and more payload, all of which suppress the J-10. ”

He paused and said, "Of course, there are advantages to a specific ability, but in general, I think we should look at the comparison between the two fighters dialectically, the tactical tasks undertaken by the J-11 and the J-10 are different, and there is a strong complementarity in itself, so it is one-sided to talk about heroes purely in close combat." I think of another question, if we are going to confront the friendly F-16 next, should we consider adding the J-10? J-10 and F-16 fight, the result should be the most objective. ”

"You don't have to think about this, J-10 is different from J-11, and it doesn't matter if you can participate in military exchanges." Tang Guozheng waved his hand and said.

Li Zhan also just had such an idea, if you can drive J-10 and F-16 to fight, I believe the significance will be very significant, and the same is true for manufacturers - F-16 occupies a huge market, if J-10 can show stronger combat capabilities than F-16, there will also be opportunities to get some orders from countries equipped with F-16, and such a confrontation itself is the best advertisement.

Retracting the rest of his thoughts, Li Zhan said seriously, "Judging from the confrontation situation, there is no doubt that Jianshi has an absolute advantage in close combat. But from my subjective consciousness, I think it is not impossible for J-11 to defeat J-10. ”

"I believe that you have once defeated the J-10B of the Big Red Eagle with the J-11B fighter, or you can sum up your experience." Tang Guozheng said in a deep voice, "It is true that being able to destroy the enemy outside the line of sight is the best strategy, but it does not mean that you can put close combat on the back burner. The fiercest competition in all previous air battles has taken place in the close-range combat stage, and we cannot always have enough J-10 to deal with close-range combat, so heavy air superiority fighters such as J-11 also need to be ready to meet the enemy's bayonets at any time. ”

He glanced at it and said, "There are still two days to go, and the confrontation between J-11 and J-10 continues, and it is best to form some experience before setting off for military exchanges, which will be of great guiding significance for the future free air combat training of the troops, especially for the J-11 fleet." ”

Zhang Chongming added, "It is also important to give opinions on the performance of the fighter, and the technical representatives of the manufacturer are also there, so I think their mood should be more urgent." The two series of fighters, Jian-11 and Jian-10, will be the main fighters of our army for a long time in the future, and they will continue to be improved in the process of use with reference to the methods of the US military, so the opinions of the troops are quite important. Our technical analysis team is fully committed to providing analytical support. ”

"What Director Zhang said is very reasonable, in the final analysis, the plane is to be handed over to the troops, so the opinions of your pilots are very important." Tang Guozheng pointed his finger on the desktop and said, "Any opinions can be raised, and we will summarize them and hand them over to the manufacturer, and the relevant departments and manufacturers at the higher level will consider them in a unified manner." ”

Yi Xiaoyi said, "Chiefs, our manufacturer's technical team is in charge, we will go all out for any problems, and I can ask the manufacturer for support at any time if necessary." ”

This is a good thing for manufacturers, and Yi Xiaoyi naturally can't ask for it. Such an opportunity is also rare, and it is not easy to organize such a pilot to conduct a completely free air combat confrontation. If it weren't for the fact that there were preparations for military exchanges, the two combat-ready J-10A would not even be approved for use.

Li Zhan was not so surprised by such a result. J-11 has a high status in everyone's hearts, although the J-10 has harvested a lot of fans with the halo of "completely independent research and development of the first domestic third-generation aircraft with independent intellectual property rights", but the J-11 developed based on the Su-27 has not been greatly affected, especially after the first flight of the J-15, it has pushed the status of the fighter family to a higher position.

Therefore, it is normal for many people, including technical engineers from manufacturers such as Yi Xiaoyi, to be emotionally difficult to accept the result that the J-11 cannot beat the J-10.

In fact, Li Zhan also felt a little emotional.

Or it should be said that the J-11 and J-10 are actually not comparable to each other, and the two fighters have their own division of labor and complementary advantages.