In the garden pavilion of Bayi Hotel, Li Zhan, Tang Leilei and Zhu Wei and Yang Jingshan sat together to talk, the service of the hotel was very thoughtful, and the two public servants brought tea and put it on the stone coffee table for everyone to enjoy.

Zhu Wei took a puff of cigarette and said, "Lao Li, our reconnaissance brigade has been changed to an intelligence support group, and our tactical reconnaissance planes have been reduced to squadrons, and in the future, we will form an intelligence support group with other support fighters, including electronic warfare planes." ”

"Good." Li Zhan was very satisfied, this was originally the road map drawn by his 101st Brigade, a mixed combat unit with real independent combat capabilities.

Don't look at Zhu Wei is still the captain, the simple tactical reconnaissance team and the intelligence support team are completely different, the gold content of the latter I don't know how much higher, if you join the Y-200 type of medium-sized early warning aircraft in the later stage, he, the captain, is definitely the commander of the combat brigade.

"But the Falcon Brigade is going to be downsized." Zhu Wei glanced at Yang Jingshan and continued to introduce the situation of the unit to Li Zhan, "The brigade has officially played the name of the Eagle Falcon Brigade to the outside world, and the Eagle Falcon Brigade will transfer out ten fighters, and it will be changed into a standard brigade with eighteen fighters, and it will have four tactical squadrons under its jurisdiction. In the future, the tactical squadron will be the most basic tactical unit, which will be under the direct command of the air defense base, and the brigade will mainly be managed on a day-to-day basis, and the same will be true for the brigade organs. ”

The omission of two layers of command in the middle, greatly simplifying the command process, and bringing all tactical squadrons under the operational command of air defense bases is an important sign of the flattening of the command mechanism.

"Good, good, good." Li Zhan is very pleased, and they are developing in a good direction.

Although the number of fighters in the Eagle Falcon Brigade has decreased, from the overall point of view, the combat capability of the 101st Brigade has been enhanced with the optimization of the establishment, and the combat efficiency and flexibility of the troops have been greatly improved.

In the era of Xue Cannon, probably when Li Zhan was in charge of forming the "Mad Demon Brigade", the predecessor of the Eagle Falcon Brigade, he put forward an idea and clearly commanded the direction in which the troops should develop. More than three years have passed, and the development of the old unit has been very steady, from the regiment to the brigade to the station to the base, and it is basically becoming a reality in accordance with his vision.

According to the establishment of 40 to 50 fighters, the 101 Brigade directly organized 4 management aviation brigades and 16 tactical squadrons, with 3-4 fighters as a basic tactical unit, which can be flexibly combined and used in combat.

The most core change is that the brigade organs and brigades are mainly based on daily management, and the daily organization and training and operational command are all handed over to the air defense base, and the air defense base directly commands the tactical squadron.

In other words, the Beiku Air Defense Base and the 101st Brigade have begun to take shape as information-based combat units.

Yang Jingshan took over with a smile, "What are you going to do, stay in HNA in the future?" Do you want to consider waiting for the end of the Flying Shark training camp to return to Beiku, now Beiku has ushered in a period of great development, not to mention the rest......"

He pointed to the rank of major on Li Zhan's shoulder and the battalion-level seniority badge on his left chest, "You can be a captain at most in Flying Shark, go back to Beiku, at least the deputy chief of staff of the brigade will start." ”

"Think of something good." Li Zhan said with a smile.

Zhu Wei smiled and said, "Lao Li, the deputy chief of staff is now the chief of staff." But the chief of staff is not talking about our 101st Brigade. The matter of the 102nd Regiment and the 103rd Regiment being converted into brigades has been decided, and preparations will begin in the second half of the year. ”

"Oh? You're going to change your trip? Li Zhan was surprised, he didn't expect it to be so fast.

Tang Leilei's eyes rolled slightly, "The two regiments are going to be changed to brigades, and there are many more posts at once." ”

"Don Jr., do you have any ideas?" Yang Jingshan asked Tang Leilei with a smile.

Tang Leilei smiled awkwardly and said, "I'll listen to my brother." ”

"What do you listen to him, come back to Beiku, and use your ability to be a team leader and the head of the combat section or something, there is no problem at all." Yang Jingshan said with a smile.

Li Zhan smiled helplessly, "Chief of Staff, don't dig into the wall, I personally would like to go back to Beiku, but this is basically impossible." The establishment has been assigned to HNA, and the Haisi will not release people. ”

"What a great opportunity, it's a pity." Yang Jingshan said regretfully.

Both regiments will be converted into aviation brigades, and a large number of leadership positions will appear, and with Li Zhan's position in Beiku and his ability today, not to mention the deputy chief of staff, it is not impossible to even be the chief of staff of the brigade. But the truth is also very cruel, the establishment of the quasi-flying sharks from Li Zhan's air force has been included in the HNA system, and it is basically impossible to go back.

Li Zhan said, "It's a pity, it's a long time coming." In this way, there will be three aviation brigades in the air defense of Beiku in the future, and they will certainly become a model for the reform of the air force's establishment. ”

"Yes, there is a lot of support from the superiors." Yang Jingshan said.

Zhu Wei asked, "Lao Li, what's going on at your level?" The contemporaries of you have all been promoted, why are you, the major battalion level, still standing still? ”

He had wanted to ask for a long time.

Nie Jianfeng is already a lieutenant colonel and deputy regiment, the deputy chief of staff of the brigade and the captain of the Eagle Falcon Brigade, and it is very likely that he will take a step forward after the successful transformation of the 102nd and 103rd regiments into brigades and serve as the chief of staff or deputy brigade commander of one of the brigades. Although Nie Jianfeng left the army three or four years earlier than Li Zhan, Li Zhan's exploits are more dazzling, and he has extremely important grassroots work experience in forming the Eagle Falcon Brigade, so it is abnormal that the military rank and level have not changed.

Li Zhan shook his head helplessly and said, "The chief of staff should know the reason, right?" ”

Yang Jingshan nodded slightly, "I should be able to guess." Others are worried about insufficient conditions for early promotion, and you are too qualified. You have so many first-class merits and two honorary titles at the level of the whole army, and from this point of view, it is not too much to promote you to one level a year. But herein lies precisely the problem. ”

Zhu Wei and Tang Leilei both pricked up their ears and listened, they really couldn't understand why their superiors treated Li Zhan differently.

Yang Jingshan said, "But judging from Li Zhan's personal development, too fast promotion is a bad thing." How old is he, less than thirty years old, the key is that he has only been in the army for four years, right? The rank is promoted once every four years, and you are now a major is not a problem at all. In other words, because your merits are too excessive, your superiors should not give you an early promotion, so you have to slowly endure the years. ”

"Yes, although I didn't say it explicitly, I know that this is the reason." Li Zhan smiled helplessly, "You have to be clear, there is a lot of subsidy for the rank and salary level, you can tell me how much money I have to lose." ”

are all speechless, is it the most important thing to have more money in a month? Of course not! The important thing is that if you don't go up in rank and rank, you will have a good position in the future but your level is not enough, then you can only watch others improve.

Yang Jingshan comforted and said, "You can do it with peace of mind, accumulate a lot of money, get through the past few years, and be promoted once in a year or two in the future, and you will probably be able to run in front of us in a few years." ”

"It's not easy, is it?" Tang Leilei said, "Four years of the first level, so the first brother can only be promoted to lieutenant colonel next year, and he can only be promoted to colonel in 2017, my God, by that time the first brother will be thirty-five or sixteen years old and old!" ”

Yang Jingshan glared, "Who are you talking about, I'm thirty-eight, colonel regiment, but I don't think I'm old." ”

Tang Leilei smiled.

Actually, it's not an exaggeration at all. The reason why pilots are generally of a higher rank is that there are often more than a dozen colonels and colonels in a unit, and many of them do not have leadership positions, because the pilots have a relatively high starting point and are promoted relatively quickly, and the colonel regiment in their thirties is considered rare in the army units, but it is very common in the air force and navy, and this is a characteristic of the more technical branches of the armed forces.

On the other hand, it is even more crucial – the professional life of a pilot is only thirty years.

Even if you start flying an airplane at the age of 20 and fly for 25 years, and you can fly until you are 50 years old in some special circumstances, it is very rare. Therefore, the stage of 30s is considered the beginning of the career for other branches of the military, but the pilot has entered the late stage of the golden stage, and the physical fitness and experience experience are at the end of the perfect stage. After the age of forty, the physical fitness will go downhill, and it will be time to count the days and wait for the age limit to be grounded.

Grounding basically means retirement, and not all of them can be transferred to ground crew.

Yang Jingshan is going downhill, his physical fitness is getting worse and worse year by year, he is lucky, after all, he has begun to take leadership positions, and more people are like veterans waiting for the age to be grounded and retired to say goodbye to their military careers.

Therefore, Tang Leilei's words are not exaggerated, thirty-five or sixteen-year-old pilots are really starting to get old, especially fighter pilots! The best age for fighter pilots is Li Zhan, and their group of pilots are in the best state in terms of physical fitness and experience.

The time to fly is too limited, and the Air Force tried the youth aviation school model many years ago, recruiting fourteen or fifteen-year-old teenagers from junior high schools to study in preparatory schools, and serving in the army, which is somewhat like the targeted training model of local full-time colleges. The purpose of this is to bring the pilots into service two to three years earlier than the pilots trained in the normal mode.

However, with the entry into service of the third-generation aircraft, such a model has proved to be unable to meet the needs of the troops, because the third-generation aircraft puts forward higher technical requirements for pilots, and junior high school students directly entering the preparatory school to study simply cannot keep up with the requirements.

Li Zhan said, "I have no interest in management posts, in fact, as long as I can fly an airplane, it doesn't matter what military rank and level, no matter how high or low it is, I can fly one plane, and it is impossible to fly two planes at the same time." ”：://

"Who said it couldn't be." Zhu Wei said with a smile, "Flying a drone, there is no problem at all for one person to control several fighters." ”

Li Zhan smiled, "That's for later." Not to mention, when I can't fly, I'd rather fly a drone than a management post, I'm not suitable for administration. ”

"Really. Look at what it was like when you were the captain of the Falcon Brigade, you didn't care about personnel and administration, if it weren't for the brigade headquarters to support you, you wouldn't know what the Falcon Brigade would have become. Yang Jingshan said with a smile that he was also a member of the Eagle Falcon Brigade at the beginning, and he had no position in the brigade but he was the chief of staff of the regiment, so he helped Li Zhan manage the Eagle Falcon Brigade as the chief of staff of the regiment, otherwise how could Li Zhan concentrate on combat training. (Initial launch, domain name (remember _ three.)

Spreading his hands, Li Zhan said with a smile, "So, I don't get entangled at all, what happened to the major battalion will not affect me at all, let alone my heart to serve the people wholeheartedly and my determination to contribute to the construction of a strong people's navy." ”

"You're fit for a political job." Yang Jingshan said.

They all burst out laughing.

"Lao Li! Chief of Staff Yang, Captain Zhu, the head of the delegation is looking for Li Zhan, Xiao Tang, you also want to come. Zhang Xueyang strode over and said hello to everyone.

Li Zhan said, "Eighty percent of it is a matter of learning and exchange with French naval pilots, and I will go there." ”

"Good. Let's talk about it later. ”

The three of them hurriedly went to the room of the head of the delegation, Cao Fufei waited in the lobby, and hurriedly went over after meeting. The head of the delegation is a director of the Air Division, named He Xinghai, who is fully responsible for the military exchange led by the team to France, and Mo Ren'an is one of the captains of the pilot team, mainly responsible for the pilots. In addition to a dozen pilots, there were also more than a dozen officers from other positions.

He Xinghai and Mo Ren'an were discussing the matter of learning and exchanging with the French naval pilots, and after Li Zhan and the four of them came over, they also had a preliminary plan.

Beckoning everyone to sit down, He Xinghai said, "The French side is very positive, and they are willing to respect our suggestions in principle. There aren't many opportunities like this, so I'd like to hear your thoughts on what areas do you plan to focus on learning and exchange? ”

Li Zhan did not hesitate at all, and said, "I personally hope to have the opportunity to fly the Mirage 2000-5 and Rafale M, preferably to be able to fly a few sorties on the Dai ship." ”

"How many sorties did you fly on the Dai ship?" Mo Ren'an's face changed, "It is unlikely that the French side will agree." ”

He Xinghai was also very surprised, but he was relatively calm, thought for a moment, and asked, "What about Phantom 2000-5?" Why do you want to fly this plane? ”

"I fought against the Mirage 2000-5 some time ago, and I suffered a little loss, and I am eager to learn more about the advantages and disadvantages of this type of aircraft." Li Zhan said.

Needless to say, in fact, everyone knows why the Mirage 2000-5 should be raised to a high and important position. Li Zhan knows a lot about the F-16, and he has been flying for more than 30 hours for military exchanges on the Pakistani side, and this time alone has reached the standard of flying solo.

But Mirage 2000-5 he has not yet had a chance to touch.

He Xinghai and Mo Ren'an glanced at each other and said, "You can mention it, as for whether the French side agrees or not, we will talk about it later." But we have to make a few preparations, do you have any other ideas besides flying the above two fighters? ”

"Chief, I would like to know how their flight training is organized, the difference between catapult take-off and glide take-off, and so on. Of course, the ideal is to fly a few shelves, even if it is their instructor to fly, feel the catapult take-off. Zhang Xueyang's idea is more achievable.

It seems a bit whimsical for Li Zhan to fly a few sorties on the Dai ship, and it is basically impossible to drive, but it is no problem to take you to take off or two to let you feel it.

However, when there was a chance to make a request, Li Zhan would never let it go, and he said, "Chief, in fact, I hope to be able to fly all the aircraft participating in military exchange activities, and according to the information provided by the French side, Russia, Britain, Germany, and the United States will send planes to participate, and the opportunity is rare." India will also send planes, but the Indians certainly don't want us to touch their planes. ”

This is even more excessive, do you want to eat fart?