Some people who care about current affairs don't know about Forget the Reef, but if you mention Miss Island, which is more than 500 kilometers away directly west of the reef, it is thunderous to many people, because the name Miss Island often appears in many media reports.

Li Zhan has a general impression of Forget the Reef precisely because it corresponds to Sinian Island - the former is in the east and the latter is in the west.

Judging from the chart, if the South China Sea is compared to the legs of the Oriental giants, then the Zengmu Dark Sand is the big footboard, and the Forget Me Reef and the Missing Island are like the knees of two legs. You can imagine how important this part of the knee is to people. Obviously, the geographical location of the reef is very important.

After flying more than 300 kilometers to the northeast and entering the airspace of the Forgetful Reef, and after rising to an altitude of 5,000 meters, Li Zhan even suspected that he had seen land when he looked east. In fact, it was not an illusion, dozens of kilometers away was land, it was a long and narrow island, of course, Li Zhan would not have really seen the land, in his imagination.

Li Zhan flew with him, and after communicating with the ground console of the Forget My Reef, he decided to land by Gaoxin 33 first, and then test No. 16 to pass through the field once before landing.

Gaoxin No. 33 landed very smoothly, and when Li Zhan found that the runway on the Forget Me Reef was actually an unfinished small airport, the length of the completed runway was about 1,200 meters, extending from south to north, and there was a section under construction at the north end, and the total length of the runway was roughly estimated to be between 1,800 meters and 2,000 meters, and this standard was that it could take off an Airbus-32 billion white-seater passenger aircraft.

To Li Zhan's surprise, the north, south, and west sides of the runway are all facing the sea, and those breakwaters are obviously artificially built and filled in. In fact, not only the runway, but even a trapezoidal land on the east side may have been artificially made, and a wharf was even built on the east side, and several bulk carriers were unloading engineering materials, and not far from the southeast end, there were two more peculiar-looking ships working, and the stern of the ship spewed out sea sand, which was a cutter suction dredger blowing and filling.

After re-entering the landing route, Li Zhan said with a smile, "Forget Me Reef, this is about to become a Forget Island, look at this area, it's about to catch up with a large airport." ”

Chen Fei said with a smile, "It's no different from a large airport, to be exact, it should be a comprehensive maritime transportation hub, you look at the wharf, it's no problem to berth 10,000 tons of ships." ”

Smiling, Li Zhan gently pulled the lever, the two tires of the main landing gear of the 1616 J-16 landed gently, and Li Zhan released the double parachute after the front landing gear tires touched the ground, and the speed of the fighter plane dropped to 20 kilometers per hour after taxiing for more than 400 meters, and drove to the side according to the instructions of the ground guide vehicle.

What makes people laugh and cry is that the ground guide vehicle is a wheeled forklift!

The huge tires of the forklift were still sticking to the mud, apparently driving from the construction site, and the sign with white letters on a red background hanging behind the cockpit was obviously rushed out of the work, and it read: Please follow me!

There is a large slogan hanging on the construction site not far away: "Work hard for 100 days!"

Under the guidance of the wheeled forklift, Li Zhan drove the J-16, which was not much taller than the forklift, to the side of the Y-8 maritime patrol plane and stopped. A little farther away, you can see several two- and three-story buildings, surrounded by green trees and trees, the largest of which is a three-story building, with a radar base at the top, and the radome should be an air-to-sea dual-purpose radar, which may be a more advanced three-coordinate radar.

The two soldiers ran over with a wooden ladder, and when the cockpit canopy was opened, they hurriedly set up the ladder. There is not even a boarding ladder used with fighters here, not necessarily the J-16, the J-11 series, including the boarding ladders used by imported Sukhoi fighters, is OK. Don't underestimate the boarding ladder, whether this thing is convenient to use is directly related to the sortie rate of fighters.

Obviously, in the case of a temporary emergency, we can only try our best to solve the problem of the boarding ladder.

Li Zhan found that the officers and men of the reef garrison had carefully wrapped the two ends of the ladder with soft cloth to protect the exterior paint of the fighter plane. Li Zhan was immediately moved, and such details fully reflected all the efforts made by the officers and men of the reef guarding the reef under the urgent orders they received from their superiors.

Wait for Li Zhan to get off the plane, and then move the ladder to the back cabin to pick up Chen Fei and fly down.

There were several school officers waiting below, Li Zhan hurriedly took off his flight helmet and clipped it under his ribs and strode over to salute, "Li Zhan, pilot of the front cabin of the No. 16 project test aircraft group of the Air Division, hello chiefs!" ”

Chen Fei also came to his side at the right time, and then saluted, "Chen Fei, the pilot of the rear cabin of the No. 16 project test aircraft group of the Air Division, hello chiefs!" ”

"Head Chen! Don't dare to take it! You're the chief. A middle-aged man from the lieutenant colonel deputy regiment hurriedly waved his hand and said.

Chen Fei smiled and said, "I'm just an ordinary pilot. ”

He pointed to Li Zhan and reintroduced to everyone, "Comrade Li Zhan is the leader of our crew, and he is also a member of the acceptance team of the No. 16 project of the Air Division. ”

"Team Leader Li, Head Chen, welcome to the Reef Reef, I am the Navy's reef guarding force...... Zhong Guobang. The middle-aged lieutenant colonel shook hands with Li Zhan and Chen Fei with a smile, "That is, the reef chief of the Forget Self Reef." These are the leaders of the Navy's engineering department, and they are responsible for the selfless airport project. ”

Another pleasantries.

Li Zhan found that although Zhong Guobang looked smiling, the perseverance between his eyebrows and eyes showed that this person was not a person who tended to be inflammatory, and his politeness to Chen Fei was completely formulaic. This man's complexion is typically tropical black, which shows that he has been guarding the reef for a very long time. I am afraid that such a person will not have any sense of fear when he sees the head of the large military region. In fact, anyone who has been in the middle of the sea for so many years will not care about anything.

Tropical black and plateau red are very difficult and admirable troops.

Li Zhan was extraordinarily polite to Zhong Guobang. It is entirely appropriate to show high respect to the officers and men guarding the reef.

"Li Zhan, you are Li Zhan, and our reef guards know you." Zhong Guobang said to Li Zhan with a smile.

At this time, Li Zhan was extremely surprised, "Reef Chief, how do you know about me?" ”

Zhong Guobang said, "Mad Dog in the South China Sea, you are a strong auxiliary to our reef guarding troops, hahaha, now some people will be scared away when they hear your name, saving us a lot of trouble." ”

Li Zhan smiled awkwardly, waved his hand and said, "It's just a false name." ”

"Hahaha!" Zhong Guobang smiled heartily, "Chief of Staff Wu is waiting for you in the lounge, I'll take you over and get in the car." ”

Zhong Guobang pointed to the pickup truck and asked Li Zhan and Chen Fei to get into the car.

The people in the engineering department went to do their own thing, Zhong Guobang took Li Zhan and Chen to fly to the living area, and introduced on the way, "The road on the reef is basically completed, and the third phase is planned. When all of them are completed, the reef will become an important hub for maritime transportation, and of course it will be mainly for civilian use. ”

Zhong Guobang pointed to the southeast side and said, "After it is completed, three giant ships of 10,000 tons can be berthed at the same time and berth directly." All the engineering materials we use now, including mud, sand and stones, were brought from the mainland, so the construction of the port was the first to start. ”

"Do you see the east side, where the long-term plan is a civilian living area, to create a tropical tourist resort area, although this side is far away from the mainland, but the tropical ocean scenery is quite beautiful. Oh, and it's a shallow reef area over there, so it's easier to reclaim land. ”

All the way to the introduction, a few minutes to the living area. Looking at the distance, the living area is actually only seven or eight hundred meters away from the runway, Zhong Guobang deliberately asked the driver to go around in a circle so that Li Zhan and the others could have a preliminary understanding of the Forget Me Reef.

Chen Fei said, "After the completion of the reef, I am afraid that it will become a very important military base in this region, and an important node in the coastal defense strategy." ”

"No, no, no, you can't say that, our reef is mainly civilian." Zhong Guobang smiled and hurriedly waved his hand.

"Understood." Chen Fei smiled and nodded.

Li Zhan looked at the surrounding environment, and a little farther away was the endless sea and sky, the vast sea and the blue sky that might turn his face at any time, and he would really forget himself when he lived here.

Stopping in front of the three-story building with radar on the roof, Zhong Guobang pointed to the radar when he got out of the car, and said, "It's really unfortunate that you are here, a tropical storm is about to come and hit our reef head-on, and you are estimated to stay here for at least two nights." ”

Li Zhan suddenly realized, "Could it be that all the way here, I saw that the officers and soldiers were doing the work of defending against typhoons." ”

"I'm used to it, I have to prevent Taiwan and wind every three or five days, don't look at the weather is very good now, it will change when it changes, and sometimes the weather radar can't measure it accurately." Zhong Guobang said.

Li Zhan smiled and said, "That's not a weather radar, right?" ”

"Multi-purpose." Zhong Guobang smiled and invited them in.

Li Zhan asked, "Is there an underground hangar?" The plane is fine, right? ”

Zhong Guobang said, "After receiving the order from the superiors, we immediately had an urgent discussion and study with the people in the engineering department, and finally came up with two plans. I'm going to talk to you about which option to choose. This side please. ”

It was obviously a small conference room, Wu Feiyou's crew was already waiting inside, lunch was placed on the conference table, and Zhong Guobang beckoned everyone to sit down and eat first.

After receiving the order, Zhong Guobang hurriedly instructed the cooking team to prepare lunch with the highest standards, all because Zhong Guobang knew that the replenishment of good food was very important to the pilot. Some of the fresh fruits and vegetables that they are usually reluctant to eat were taken out.

Zhong Guobang sat down and said, "When the tropical storm arrives on our reef, it is likely to form a typhoon, and the forecast of the meteorological station shows that the maximum wind force can reach 13, and the expected landfall time is 9 o'clock in the evening." It's less than twelve hours to go, and I'll explain the two plans in detail as you compare them. ”

Li Zhan and Wu Feiyou said hello, nodded their heads one after another, and listened attentively while taking a big bite of food.

Zhong Guobang said, "The two underground hangars are under construction, so they can't be used for the time being. Even if you can use Chief of Staff Wu's plane, you can't put it down, and the two underground hangars are built according to the size of fighter jets. Team Leader Li's plane is easy to solve, and the main building of the maintenance hangar has been completed, and it will be dragged in when the maintenance team comes. Now the two options are mainly aimed at the large aircraft of Chief of Staff Wu. ”

"The first option is to take off and return to the mainland before the typhoon makes landfall," he said. The transport plane sent by the higher authorities is expected to arrive at our reef in three hours, bringing enough fuel and refueling equipment. The second option is to fix the aircraft, but this solution does not guarantee the absolute safety of the aircraft. ”

After finishing speaking, Zhong Guobang looked at Wu Feiyou, and it all depended on Wu Feiyou's choice.

Wu Feiyou thought for a moment and said, "The first plan, it should be possible to complete the refueling before the typhoon landfalls, I will drive back directly, and then implement the second plan when it is too late." ”

Li Zhan said, "In this case, I will also go back together, there are still twelve hours before everything is in time." ”

"Team Leader Li, I'm afraid you're too late." Zhong Guobang said, "The transport plane on the road did not carry the same refueling equipment as your plane. The higher-ups are urgently mobilizing, and it is too late before the typhoon makes landfall. ”

Li Zhan and Chen Fei glanced at each other, and Li Zhan said with a smile, "It's really a wave that hasn't subsided yet, and another wave is coming to invade." Looks like I'm going to spend the night at Forgetaway Reef. ”

"Stay a few more nights, the Forget Me Reef is still quite comfortable." Zhong Guobang said with a smile.

He looked at Wu Feiyou and said, "Chief of Staff Wu, is that decided?" ”

"Yes, Chief Zhong Jiao, our crew will overhaul the plane in a while, do you think it is convenient to arrange a few soldiers for me?" Wu Feiyou said with a smile.

In addition to the captain, co-pilot, radio communicator, and navigator, there is also a mechanic in the Gaoxin 33 crew, who is fully capable of carrying out simple overhaul of the aircraft.

Seeing this, Li Zhan secretly thought in his heart that in the future, he must strengthen the study and mastery of the maintenance knowledge of the quasi-piloted aircraft, so that even if there is no corresponding ground support force, he can carry out a certain degree of simple maintenance of the fighter.

Zhong Guobang said, "No problem, I'll draw a few soldiers who are familiar with machinery for you." Chief of Staff Wu, Team Leader Li, and Regiment Leader Chen, the rooms on both sides of the conference room can rest, and the conditions on the reef are poor, and you are a little aggrieved. ”

Wu Feiyou said with a smile, "Compared with the previous stilt house, the current conditions are much better." ”

The scene of the first generation of stilt houses flashed in front of everyone's eyes, some of the stilt houses were built of wood, but more than a dozen square meters, and the sea water could be submerged to the waist at high tide, and it was under such difficult conditions that the officers and soldiers guarding the reef persevered day after day, year after year, and the predecessors who guarded the reef were the real heroes.

Nowadays, many islands and reefs have developed to the third generation of stilt houses, to be precise, large-scale permanent coastal defense fortifications, with the aim of improving the living conditions of officers and soldiers guarding the reefs. The new generation of officers and men guarding the reef not only have a comfortable living environment, but also have much better conditions for performing their reef guarding duties.

In the past, all freshwater vegetables had to be transported from the mainland by boat, but now some large islands and reefs have seawater purification capacity and vegetable greenhouses, and are basically self-sufficient.

What is Forgotten Reef? If you look up the meaning of "reef", you will know that when the tide is high, it is below the sea surface, and when the tide is low, a little reef is exposed, which is the reef.

To see what the reef looks like, it takes about ten minutes to drive around.

Li Zhan looked at the reef from a tactical point of view, and thought that there was no problem at all with a flying group here. The significance of this is even greater - it is equivalent to more than doubling the combat radius of the fighter!

Li Zhan said to Zhong Guobang with a smile, "If conditions permit, I am really willing to stay in the Forgetfulness Reef for a while, this is a good test site." ”

Everyone smiled incomprehensibly.