Chapter 197: Escort Mission

With many in-flight refueling experiences, Yang Luo is already very proficient, and the operation is faster and more stable.

It wasn't affected in the slightest because it was night, almost the same as during the day.

Two meters!

One meter!

Under the frightened gaze of everyone in the Il-78, the 301 J-10C quickly approached the refueling hose under the belly of the Il-78.

"Ding!"

The oil receiving pipe of the 301 J-10C collided with the cone sleeve of the refueling hose, which was also metal, to achieve precise docking and make a crisp sound that Yang Luo could not hear.

The whole process is quick and precise.

This wave of operations stunned the entire Il-78 tanker in disbelief.

It's so fast!

From the position where the 301 J-10C enters the docking, that is, the position three meters below the rear of the refueling pipe, to the completion of the docking, it is almost an instantaneous thing.

The most difficult docking part of night air refueling, as if there was no difficulty, was completed very easily and quickly.

Which pilot is not careful when refueling in the air, and is very cautious, for fear that something will go wrong and cause a serious flight accident.

This is true during the day, and even more so upwards.

"KY-06, the oil receiving pipe connection is successful, and the air refueling operation is requested."

Yang Luo glanced at the instrument and confirmed that the fuel pipe connection was successful, and then leveled the aircraft and reduced it to a speed synchronized with the Il-78 to ensure that the Il-78 tanker and the J-10C under him were in a relatively stationary state, and at the same time issued a call request.

The voice sounded on the communication channel, so that the person in charge of the tanker came back to his senses, looked at the green indicator light representing the successful connection, turned on the fuel supply switch, and gave a response, "KY-01 received, the air refueling operation is underway, and the refueling operation is expected to last for three minutes." ”

In an instant, aviation fuel poured out of the fuel tank of the Il-78, poured into the refueling hose, rushed down the 26-long refueling hose, passed through the refueling pipe, and poured into the main fuel tank of the J-10C and the auxiliary fuel tanks on both wings.

When the aviation fuel enters the fuel tank, the head-up display in the cockpit immediately gives a hint that the fuel is being refueled, and the fuel level is steadily rising.

Over time, jet fuel is constantly being injected into the tank.

Soon, three minutes passed, the air refueling was over, and the 301 J-10C returned to a full tank state.

"301, the refueling operation is complete, and it can be disconnected." In the Il-78 air tanker, the person in charge turned off the fuel supply switch and terminated the refueling.

"301 received, disconnecting." Yang Luo replied, and then began to operate, the airbrake opened, adjusted the angle of the flaps, quickly reduced the engine power, and disconnected from the Il-78.

If you look at it from the Il-78 air tanker at this time, the 301 J-10C seems to be blown backwards by an oncoming gust of wind, breaks away from the temporary formation, pulls the arc to the left rear, and flies in another direction.

"Call the command center, 301 has completed in-flight refueling, is in good condition, request instructions, over." Yang Luo switched the channel to the confidential channel in the command center and made a call.

At this time, Yang Luo was in a rather awkward state, shuttling aimlessly in the dark night sky.

"Command center received, 301, please continue to fly according to the current route, the commander is handling your affairs, please be patient, over." An unfamiliar voice sounded in the communication channel, not the voice of the previous commander.

"301 Roger." After Yang Luo responded, his eyes turned to the darkness in the distance.

"Flying along the current route, isn't it going to enter Gui Province, what the hell is the air division doing?" Yang Luo's heart muttered,

"Boom!"

The high roar of the aero engine echoed in the night, and the 301 J-10C dragged away with a blue high-temperature tail flame, leaving a white trail cloud like silk in the night sky.

More than 40 minutes later, he had already crossed the sky over the entire Guizhou Province, looking at the national border line that was getting closer and closer on the theodolite, Yang Luo had to call again, "Call the command center, our plane is about to arrive at the national border, please instruct." ”

"Received by the command center, please turn to the right and fly along the border, being careful not to cross." Still not the voice of the conductor.

"301 received, turn right." Yang Luo responded, and couldn't help but shake his head, does it take so long to investigate such a simple matter?

Pull the lever, push the right rudder, and turn to the right.

The flaperon is deflected, the right wing is tilted, and a smooth and rounded beautiful arc of the same height is drawn in the sky, no longer facing the border between the two countries.

It did not have stealth capabilities, but now the side of the fuselage is exposed, and the radar reflection cross-sectional area is further increased.

Although Annan's military strength is very poor, and the radar is relatively old and backward, such an obvious target was easily detected, and a Su-27 took off urgently.

However, without waiting for the Su-27 to approach, Yang Luo controlled the fighter plane and left, so angry that Annan's commander scolded his mother and had to order the Su-27 to return.

Annan was very poor, and the Air Force's military spending was not sufficient, so he could not waste his limited funds on meaningless flights.

Yang Luo, who did not turn on the airborne radar, did not know about Annan's take-off of a Su-27 to monitor the accompanying flight, but was tricked by himself.

Sticking to the national border, within a few minutes of flying, Yang Luo received the latest instructions from the air command center.

The results of the second stage of the assessment came out, and after investigation and verification, the results were re-evaluated, and it was determined that Yang Luo passed the assessment in the second stage and could continue to carry out the third stage of the assessment, and at the same time promulgated the next assessment tasks.

Yang Luo drove the plane away from the border line in order to start automatic driving, so that it was convenient to check the specific third-stage tasks through the tactical tablet.

The first is to mount weapons, which is still on the highway, and it seems that the air division has a soft spot for loading weapons on the highway.

Carrying four PL-9C air-to-air missiles and two seven-tube twin rocket launchers, it then lifted off to the designated airspace to join three other fighters in a formation to escort a military transport aircraft.

Yang Luo is the commander of the formation and the temporary commander.

The highway where the weapons were mounted was not far away, only more than 50 kilometers away from Yang Luo's current location.

Yang Luo also understood why he would let himself fly towards Gui Province after refueling, because the place where the weapon was mounted in this third stage of the mission was here.

Yang Luo is actually not very interested in escort missions.

In Yang Luo's opinion, the escort is too boring, it can't maneuver, and the object of the escort is the main one, if he is fast, you have to be fast, and if he is slow, he has to be slow.

What's more, this time the escort time was a bit long, reaching four and a half hours, from southeast to all the way to the northwest.

"Escort, it's so boring!"

Yang Luo shook his head, glanced at the navigation system, confirmed the current specific location, Yang Luo pulled the rod and pedaled the rudder, and controlled the fighter plane to fly to the highway 50 kilometers away to mount weapons.