The field runway lights were lit three times at three-second intervals, each of which lasted three seconds.

Nie Jianfeng was about to ask Li Zhan if he would continue to guide the lights, when Li Zhan called the Eagle's Nest first, "Eagle's Nest, three kilometers away, the blind landing has been established, the landing gear is off, it's over." ”

"I see you, the conditions remain the same, it's over." On the simple semi-open tower of the Eagle's Nest Field Command Center, Nie Jianfeng looked into the sky in the northeast direction and saw the navigation lights that were red on the left and green on the right and the landing gear lights that were constantly lit in white with a little yellow.

Zhang Yuan stood next to Nie Jianfeng, his post looking the most modern, two terminals that looked like laptops, and on one side was a large desk with a large topographic map of the No. 4 area, and satellite cloud images of various time periods were scattered around it.

Unfortunately, it is not possible to view the electronic cloud image directly through the computer, and the latest satellite cloud images transmitted from the National Meteorological Observatory and the higher meteorological stations need to be printed out to get a full picture. The current mode of operational command is approximately equivalent to the level of a strong enemy in the seventies of the twentieth century. The modern military construction of a strong enemy began to exert its strength in the 80 th century and reached its peak in the early 90s. At that time, our army was still in a very difficult internal and external environment.

A sandstorm has formed more than 300 kilometers north of the Beiku Mountains, and on the west side of the Beiku combat training base, judging from the predicted path, it is head-on into the no-man's land, that is, the No. 4 area. To add insult to injury, the sandstorm will be adequately replenished when it enters the no-man's land, and the wind will reach its maximum when it reaches the middle of the no-man's land.

At that time, not to mention whether the fighters can take off and land, all the personnel and equipment on the ground must be moved to a safe place.

"Eighteen hours, eighteen hours at most." Zhang Yuan said to Nie Jianfeng.

Nie Jianfeng groaned and said, "When Lao Li arrives, how to adjust it under the analysis." ”

This is the latest definite time - eighteen hours, and the falcon brigade will have to fight the sandstorm for time, and must take out the cats before the sandstorm arrives, otherwise nature will be the enemy to defeat them.

"Is there any news from the Army? They have a lot of mobile radars, and as long as the cat group enters the Beiku area, they will never be able to hide their traces. Zhang Yuan said calmly.

Nie Jianfeng said, "It is mentioned in the intelligence that the cat group has not carried out low-altitude penetration training, but it cannot be ruled out that the cat group deliberately released the news." They may have been training quietly. ”

"The news is blocked too much, if you don't know in advance that this is a confrontation drill with brother troops, it will really be what war looks like." Zhang Yuan said with a sigh.

In the 101st Brigade, he and Li Zhan had the most experience in actual combat. Of course, Nie Jianfeng also has some actual combat experience, but he is still much weaker relatively speaking.

Li Zhan paid attention to the descent rate, and the altimeter, speedometer and pitch angle were the most important data at this time. He got into the flap three position early and immediately put the throttle stick in the slow position. It was dark outside, and he couldn't see the road below, or what was in the darkness ahead.

At this time, you must believe in the meter, not your own eyes.

The nose of the No. 037 J-7EGG fighter with two empty training bombs was slightly raised and slowly fell, and the tires of the rear landing gear gently rubbed the asphalt road of Highway No. 4 to the ground, and it slid for more than 100 meters, and the front landing gear slowly fell.

To be on the safe side, Li Zhan did not pull the parachute.

After the successful landing of the No. 037 J-7EGG, everyone finally relieved in one breath. With the Pathfinder, subsequent fighters will get accurate data and make a blind landing at night under the guidance of the ground. It can be said that the Eagle Falcon Brigade has created a new subject for the Air Force at this time - blind landing on the road at night in the case of field evacuation.

The Eagle's Nest command center is located at a kilometer of the runway, and the fighters land and glide directly over, and then drive into the field apron paved with quick-setting cement on the spot. The field conditions are limited and harsh, so Li Zhan is very careful when driving into the tarmac to avoid problems on the ground.

The ten aprons are all scattered, separated by at least 300 meters from each other and 1 kilometer apart at the farthest. The purpose of this is to prevent all fighters from being destroyed at once under enemy fire. When entering the combat state, everything must be considered from the actual combat, and the standard of air service stoves that usually eat and drink spicy food in the base is solid, and although there are also air service standards in the field, the conditions are obviously much worse.

After Li Zhan got off the plane and handed over the maintenance, he jumped into the warrior commuter car, and Pei Lei stepped on the accelerator and went straight to the Eagle's Nest command center hundreds of meters away. Carrying a flying helmet, Li Zhan directly climbed onto the field tower and asked, "How is the situation of the sandstorm?" Lao Nie, you continue to direct the group to land, Lao Zhang, you tell me about the weather. ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Yuan walked to the battle table, leaned down, drew a circle with a pencil on the location where the sandstorm was formed, and said, "Three hundred kilometers northwest of the Beiku Mountain Range, this is the place where the sandstorm was formed, and it is moving to the southeast, that is, the No. 4 area. Twenty hours were expected to arrive at the camp, and I gave two hours to evacuate, and it would take at least two hours for the personnel and equipment to be evacuated to a safe distance. So you only have eighteen hours to fight. ”

The background of Li Zhan's simulated enemy situation was that all the airfields were destroyed, so the two wartime field runways, Highway 4 and Tourist Highway, were used for take-off and landing operations. There was no way for the tourist highway to be opened immediately, and there was no sandstorm forecast when the plan was determined and the local coordination was made, so only Highway 4 was chosen.

"Three hundred kilometers, it's already gone here, right?" Li Zhan asked with a frown.

Sandstorms are characterized by suddenness, which can suddenly form and come and go quickly under strong winds, and things within the range will be seriously damaged, and the dust raised by the very large sandstorms can even inundate a town. There are many disappeared towns and villages in the Beiku area, because of the increasingly serious desertification, the frequent occurrence of sandstorms, resulting in a poor living environment, people have fled, so a no-man's land has been formed.

Zhang Yuan said in a deep voice, "This sandstorm is different, it is blessed by a strong and powerful wind, and it will be a desert after it sweeps into the country, and it will continue to strengthen, and most of the entire No. 4 area will be covered." The main reason is that the last cold air of the year is moving south, and at this moment on the surface of the East China Sea, the No. 3 typhoon of this year, a super typhoon, is predicted by the National Meteorological Observatory to exceed the Super Mario of 09. ”

"It's a typhoon again!" Li Zhan sighed helplessly, "This typhoon seems to be specially designed to be difficult for me, and it comes out to cause chaos whenever it comes to a critical moment, and it is super strong." ”

Zhang Yuan said, "The No. 3 typhoon signal has not yet been named, it has been strengthening, and I analyze that it will strengthen to level 18 when it makes landfall, and the vortex with a diameter of 500 kilometers is a huge magnet, attracting cold air from the south to the southeast, and the resulting strong northwest wind is the main condition for the formation of sandstorms." ”

A typhoon thousands of kilometers away seriously threatens the victory or defeat of the Falcon Brigade, which at first glance seems unbelievable, but in fact human beings seem powerless in the face of nature.

"Eighteen hours, if a Red Army unit is discovered, it only takes eighteen minutes to decide the winner." Li Zhan said in a deep voice, "Lao Zhang, I'll hand over the air search to you, don't let me lose sight of anything." ”

Zhang Yuan said, "Don't worry, as long as the cat group comes in, they won't be able to escape." ”

"Cat group? This abbreviation is interesting. Li Zhan said with a smile.

Mo Fangyan, the leader of the cooking squad of the brigade headquarters, wore a desert camouflage uniform, carrying a bullet pouch and a cowhide pistol holster, and a Type 92 pistol was inserted in the holster, he was wearing a Kevlar helmet but carrying a small shovel for stir-frying, which looked very discordant. He hurried up the stairs, obviously in a hurry, otherwise he would not have forgotten to put the little shovel down.

"Captain, the light meal will be ready soon, do you have any other requirements?" Mo Fangyan asked for instructions at the top of his voice.

At this time, nine Su-27 fighters landed at a frequency of two minutes apart, and the roar of the engines resounded throughout the field camp, and it was not clear to hear the shouts without shouting.

Li Zhan thought for a while and said, "Squad Leader Mo, do you have noodles?" ”

"You can't eat foamy food, Captain, you can choose another one." The Mo dialect adheres to principles.

Li Zhan said, "I'm going to start fighting right away, I just want to eat what I want to eat, it's okay, just eat a bowl, Squad Leader Mo is no problem, right?" ”

"You're the captain, you have the final say." Mo Fangyan said with a smile, he is a fourth-class sergeant major, he has worked in the cooking class for thirteen years, and he is a veritable old squad leader, mainly because he is very good at cooking.

Every time the head of the higher authorities came down to inspect the work, he would be called to take charge of the spoon.

"Remember to put salt, squad leader Mo." Li Zhanchong Mo Fangyan's back smiled and admonished.

Mo Fangyan waved his hand and said, "Then you can't put sugar, don't worry, Captain." ”

Li Zhan said to Zhang Yuan and Nie Jianfeng, "Actually, I prefer sugar, and we Cantonese people like sweets." I remember the first time I went to Beijing, I ate tofu brain, and it was actually salted, God, it was unbelievable to put salt in tofu brain. ”

"Rare and weird. Don't talk about it, what's next, as planned? Nie Jianfeng put down the microphone, and the last Su-27 fighter landed safely, and he could put it down with one heart.

In the eyes of Nie Jianfeng and others, this is a high-risk action that requires careful breathing, because they are afraid that the exhaled breath will have an impact on the landing of the fighters.

The first one to land will take the biggest risk, and everyone is worried about Li Zhan, in everyone's opinion, after the captain lands smoothly and safely, he should have completed a major person. However, they found that the captain was walking leisurely from his bedroom to the balcony, and when he arrived at the temporary tower, he only wanted to eat a bowl of noodles in addition to learning about the sandstorm.

This calmness affected the entire unit, and everyone realized that it was not a big deal.

You must know that Li Zhan's attempt to simulate that all the destroyed airfields and the troops can only be evacuated to the field is opposed by many people, and a common view is that there is no need to make trouble for yourself. Why do you want to add weight to yourself when you can easily come? Collective honor is more important than anything else, you add weight to yourself, you increase the difficulty yourself, what if you lose? It can be increased, but this time should not be picked.

With Xue Xiangdong's support, Li Zhan's plan was implemented, and the officers and men of the whole brigade fell into an extremely tense situation. With all the airfield bases gone, most of the Blues' advantage was lost. Relying on its excellent geographical location, the Eagle Falcon Brigade made all the invading Red Army tired and half dead first, and then slowly dealt with the Red Army with aerial guns and missiles, striving to let the Red Army go home as soon as possible to achieve the purpose of saving military spending.

And this time, the Blues are tantamount to cutting themselves off, and even more excessively - directly throwing the golden fighter plane into the desert.

The ground support opinions are very positive, after the station is changed to the base, the support facilities have also been comprehensively upgraded, each apron has a complete range of support equipment and terminals, and the maintenance can be operated directly after the maintenance is in place, and it is more simple. In the past, the mode of requiring the station to deliver goods and then guarantee them has long been invisible in the North Warehouse base.

Suddenly thrown into the wild desert, the difficulty of security has increased many times.

But Li Zhan said an idiom that broke up their complaints - be prepared for danger in times of peace!

Everyone will say empty words, and everyone will listen to them, and whether they will go to their hearts is a matter of two words. However, Li Zhan's "empty talk" is not empty talk, because he has rich practical experience and achievements to support it. For example, when encountering a situation during the flight, Li Zhan said that driving afterburner supersonic speed can solve the problem, and everyone thinks it is right. If he were someone else, everyone would think he was stupid.

That's prestige.

Moving forward under such great pressure, Li Zhan, who was at the forefront, was as calm as if he was something, and the officers and soldiers who followed him in the coming year would naturally be calm. In wartime, the character of the commander is the character of the troops, and the emotions of the commanders are the emotions of the troops.

Before the battle, the commander inspects the front-line positions just to understand the situation of the front-line deployment, and it is also very important to cheer up the soldiers on the front line - we are together, I am behind you, and you are on top of me when you die.

This is the character of the commanders and fighters of the squadron.

Li Zhan said to Nie Jianfeng and Zhang Yuan, "Use a backup plan to let everyone have a good rest." ”

"Hold on?" Nie Jianfeng was surprised.

The operational plan being implemented has been determined after many discussions, analyses, and many details have been coordinated and communicated with various departments and units, and it can be said that a lot of work has been done and a lot of effort has been made.

Now that Li Zhan has abandoned the combat plan he is implementing and turned to a backup plan, everyone cannot accept it, and you must know that the confrontation drill has only begun at this time, and it is far from the point where it is necessary to adopt a backup plan.

Li Zhan said, "I believe in Zhang Yuan's judgment, since the sandstorm only gave us eighteen hours, then let's just order and only give ourselves a chance to attack." Waiting for the intelligence of the radar troops, the traces of the Red Army were discovered, and all the troops were dispatched for a decisive battle. ”

It's simple, straightforward, and neat, and there's no complicated tactics.

It is precisely Li Zhan's character.

Nie Jianfeng and Zhang Yuan looked at each other, and they both saw the thoughtfulness and helplessness in each other's eyes. Li Zhan was a military commander-in-chief, and in wartime the military commander-in-chief had absolute authority. There is only one consequence of disobeying an order - if the circumstances are serious, it can be dealt with by military law on the spot.

"Let's do it."

Li Zhan turned around and went down to find Mo Fangyan, the leader of the cooking squad, to ask for Shaanxi noodles to eat.