The dry lake in the middle of the Gobi Desert was originally watered, but after years of extraction and climate change, it gradually formed a depression that was the size of many football fields. There are still some low earthen walls around the dry lake, which should have been the site of the post station many years ago, and there should have been green vegetation at that time. With the dry lake as the center, it should be an oasis on the Gobi desert and a place for caravans to stop.

Now it has become the target area of the mad demon brigade.

A cordon is set up in one kilometer of the periphery, and within one kilometer is the core target area, which is absolutely forbidden for any personnel to enter, and in the outer periphery, guard posts are deployed on the high ground in several directions to continuously observe and prevent the intrusion of outdoor off-road exploration enthusiasts.

The Army Aviation Regiment took this opportunity to carry out an armed reconnaissance patrol and dispatched four Wuzhi-9G planes to carry out repeated reconnaissance patrols in an area within a 10-kilometer radius of the dry lake.

"Tower, I'm fifteen kilometers away!" Li Zhan confirmed the landmark and reported to the tower.

If judging the distance to the target is a problem, the ranging radar in the nose of the J-7E can only be aimed at air targets. Although the J-7E, which was handed over to the 73rd Division, has been modified twice and replaced with a domestic small Doppler radar, its search and detection capabilities for ground targets are still relatively weak. What's more, the target area is a dry lake with no obvious features at all.

For the Mad Demon Brigade, the most reliable way is to confirm and judge the direction by fixing landmarks. Li Zhan saw the valley where the ground was trending in an "S" shape, so he judged that there were still fifteen kilometers away from the dry lake. The bare valley is flanked by bare hills, with ravines stretching from above to the valley floor, like the traces of mudslides. This is a very pronounced topographical feature.

Xue Xiangdong quickly confirmed the distance and relative direction between the landmark and the target, and immediately replied, "Hole three turns, keep the course 210, enter the attack route after ten kilometers, please grasp it yourself!" ”

"Understood, keep course 210, start attacking in ten kilometers, over!" Li Zhan replied, and then instructed the team members, "The Dong Sangui squad accelerates by eight hundred, maintains the course altitude, and is over!" ”

"Two holes understand! The airspeed is 800, maintain the altitude of the course! ”

"Two holes to receive! The airspeed is 800, maintain the altitude of the course! ”

"Two holes hook received! The airspeed is 800, maintain the altitude of the course! ”

"Two to two! The airspeed is 800, maintain the altitude of the course! ”

Everyone confirms that it is correct.

Li Zhan picked up his speed, and the fighter flew towards the target at a speed of 800 kilometers per hour. A herd of antelopes appeared in front of them, and under the roar of the manic engine, they thought that the tigers, leopards and lions had appeared, and rushed forward in a group of panic.

Five fighters swept over the heads of the antelope herd at an ultra-low altitude, and the powerful air currents generated actually overturned several thin little antelopes!

When the monsters in the sky were far away, the frightened roar of the sheep quickly disappeared into the sky, and they slowly stopped and gasped for breath step by step, and secretly said in their hearts: These stupid humans don't take a nap and take a plane out for a ride at noon!?

"Dong Sangui has seen the target, I pulled up and joined the attack route, you continue to enter the attack according to the plan, over!" Li Zhan played with a rolling bucket, visually confirmed the middle position of the target area that was slowly emitting red and yellow smoke when his head was down, and directly gave orders to the team.

Xue Xiangdong shouted, "Dong Sangui, the mission area has been cleared, you can shoot!" You can shoot! ”

"Dong Sangui understands!"

Others didn't dare to use barrel maneuvers to increase their visual field of view like he did, not only was the field of vision inverted, but a fully loaded fighter plane could easily lose control.

The No. 037 fighter quickly climbed, adjusted the nose to aim at the target, energized the rocket launcher, turned on the launch button, dived to aim, pressed the launch button, and the 90-millimeter rocket was sent out one after another, and all 28 rockets were all shot, pulled up and detached.

The whole process is smooth, and it is a very comfortable and shocking visual feast for the target support personnel in the distance on the ground. The officers and men of the Beiku Field Service Company have seen fighter planes hit ground targets more than once, and it can be said that the Mad Demon Brigade is the most beautiful to shoot ground targets, even in the eyes of people who don't know how to do it.

Immediately afterwards, the second person of the Han Red Army entered the attack route, and the dust raised in the middle of the dry lake in the target area had not been raised for long before he began to attack.

Another blow came.

The three fighters in the back entered the attacking one at almost the same interval, and the front and rear were very tightly connected. If a real ground target is hit, such as an enemy airfield, then the struggle of the enemy airfield can easily collapse under such a compact continuous blow.

Compared with simultaneous attacks, the advantage of continuous attacks is that the impact point is more concentrated, which is very suitable for taking turns to strike at the vital parts of enemy targets. The advantage of simultaneous attack is that it covers a larger area at one time, which is suitable for killing living forces and surface targets. However, in general, the continuous attack method of column type is more flexible and more suitable for on-the-spot reaction than the simultaneous attack method.

All 140 90-millimeter rockets landed in the middle of the dry lake, and several tons of ammunition smashed a hole in the middle of the dry lake, and some of the stones were even slowly smoking, which was burned red by the high temperature, and vaporized with the moisture in the air.

Li Zhan circled around to observe the effect of the strike, nodded with satisfaction, and gave a thumbs up to the group of planes that happened to be on his left flank, and the white labor protection gloves were very conspicuous, "Brothers have done a good job!" Hit it accurately! Tower, I don't think there's a need for a second live firing, everyone is above the best! Request a return! ”

"The tower received, the hole three turns can be returned, and the second live-fire training was canceled." Xue Xiangdong couldn't be happiest, he couldn't say what psychology he was, he didn't have a bottom in his heart if he didn't do live-fire training, and he was panicked. This was not the case before, but since Li Zhan arrived in the 101st regiment, this strange psychology has appeared.

In the final analysis, it is not because Li Zhan's live-ammunition shooting is relatively scary, and he drives high-altitude and high-speed fighters to carry out low-altitude penetration live-ammunition shooting at every turn, and no leader can stand such psychological pressure.

"Tower, let the brothers of the Army Aviation Regiment work hard, and ask them to help send back the officers and soldiers who support the target area." Li Zhan said.

Xue Xiangdong replied, "I have already asked for instructions, you can return with confidence." ”

"Understood."

Li Zhan was in a very good mood, the order of return was reversed, the front plane was changed to the rear plane, and the five fighter planes formed an inverted "V" formation and took a straight line to return to the North Reservoir Station.

The performance of the four selected pilots was beyond Li Zhan's expectations, which meant that they performed at a better level than their usual training. The target in the middle of the dry lake target is a circle the size of a basketball court, and the small area is the size of a ring when viewed from hundreds of meters in the air. They were able to shoot all the rockets into a ring-sized circle, which shows that their skills are very deep.

It will never be luck, because everyone hit twenty-eight and everyone hits all of them.

Li Zhan's basis for judging all hits was very simple - the white circle was basically intact, but the smoke device in the middle disappeared completely, that is to say, all the ammunition exploded in the middle position, and there was no trace of attack in the unexpected place of the white circle.

can use guided rockets to hit the quasi-head like a needle lead, how not to surprise Li Zhan. There was little point in conducting the same live firing again, so it was decisively canceled.

Aviation fuel and ammunition are expensive!

In this way, at least five tons of aviation fuel went out, and 140 90-millimeter rockets were worth 7.8 million yuan. In other words, Li Zhan asked to work overtime, and this live-fire training almost burned millions of military expenses.

One million is almost a year's worth for an infantry company. Otherwise, pilots are piled up with money, and the value of the pilots of the troops is not reflected in the annual salary, but in the weight of the ammunition they have hit.

The more you play, the more skillful you are, this is the unchanging logic.

The family is still very poor, and Li Zhan can't spend his limited financial expenses on training that doesn't have much meaning for his own selfish interests (flying more to earn trolley fees). From this point of view, he is a great officer, a grassroots officer who takes the overall situation into account, and has a view of the overall situation.

"Three turns in the hole, five kilometers in the report." Xue Xiangdong called Li Zhan.

Li Zhan quickly replied, "The three corners of the cave have been received, and the two holes are five kilometers away!" ”

Pei Xiaoshuai was at the front, and after he saw the obvious red flag on the second tower, he immediately replied, "Tower, two holes are five kilometers away, I see the runway." ”

"Two holes, three meters of ground wind, ninety winds, normal landing procedures, you can land." Xue gave the order to the east.

"Two holes received, the ground wind is three meters, the wind direction is ninety, standard procedure." Pei Xiaoshuai entered the first turn, and it didn't take long for the program to turn left into the second turn.

Xue Xiangdong glanced at the observer, and the observer reported, "The landing gear is ready!" ”

"Two holes, the landing gear is ready." Xue Xiangdong informed Pei Xiaoshuai.

Pei Xiaoshuai replied, "The two caves understand." ”

After four turns, aiming at the runway, Pei Xiaoshuai landed lightly, did not put the parachute, but taxied until the last section of the runway, where to break away.

This was followed by the landing of Han Hongjun's No. 207 fighter, then the landing of Li Zixin's No. 209 fighter, and Su Pingguo's No. 212 fighter landing in front of Li Zhan. At this time, Li Zhan had already circled four times in the higher sky, he was circling according to the four-turn landing route, and he was mentally calculating the time it would take for the four fighters to land - idle anyway.

"Tower, Dong Sangui requests to land."

"The runway is clean, the hole three turns can be landed, standard procedure." Xue Xiangdong replied.

Li Zhan replied as he entered the second turn, "Understood, standard procedure." ”

"Three turns in the hole, the landing gear is good!"

"The hole three turns are received, ready to turn and align with the runway."

Li Zhan turned left, and the fighter plane was at a perpendicular angle to the runway, which was a three-turn turn, and it would take a ninety-degree left turn to aim at the runway, that is, a four-turn turn.

"Tower, my engine is down!"