Police patrols in the South China Sea are definitely an important military task of the year, and they must not only be reported to the Air Force Headquarters at any time, but must also be filed with the highest superiors and commanded by the deputy military command post.

Moreover, this time it was three batches of six.

Usually it is mostly a batch of two.

In fact, two days ago in the middle of the night, Qi Hong and Fang Chenghe had a deep talk, which revolved around whether the troops would resume flight training as soon as possible and whether they would implement the plan of combining long-distance training with police patrols in the South China Sea on time.

As the political commissar and actual commander of the Second Division, Qi Hong's psychological pressure is obviously the greatest.

He still clearly remembers that during a large number of transfer training before the Spring Festival, because of the failure of the air engine of Yu Chenglin's landline, he had the idea of reducing the intensity of training. Later, it was Zhang Sihai, the teacher who had begun to gradually transfer the leadership rights, to persuade him.

Any aircraft may encounter unexpected situations, but despite this, Qi Hong still had the idea of reducing the intensity of training again.

At this point in 2009, the troops' views on improving combat effectiveness and security are at a juncture of great discussion. One side believes that in order to improve combat effectiveness, it is necessary to endure certain sacrifices, and on the other side, mission personnel are the most important, and it is sustainable to improve combat effectiveness while ensuring safety.

At the end of the day, it's a matter of focus. One side believes that we should focus on training and be closer to actual combat training. The other side believes that there should not be a one-size-fits-all approach, but that training should be closer to actual combat while ensuring safety. In fact, the party that puts safety first has no confidence. What the troops do, they are preparing for war, maybe all the units in the world can put safety first, but the troops cannot.

Zhang Sihai will completely complete the handover of the command of the second division within the year, and Qi Hong will have to get used to the days without a teacher in many things. Almost all the officers and men of the division know that it is not a certain deputy division commander or a certain deputy political commissar who will work with Qi Hong in the future, but Chief of Staff Fang Chenghe.

Qi Hong didn't have the face to go to the teacher to explain his doubts, but invited his future partner over and held a small discussion meeting in the office. Fang Chenghe is a few years older than him, and he is a decent chief of staff on his resume, but he is also a once famous "air thorn" in the coastal flight unit.

There are many offices in the office building with lights on, and there have been cases of overtime working these days. Before the division party committee comes up with a decision, how to arrange the next step of the work, in fact, everyone has no bottom in their hearts.

The political commissar's office was open, and as soon as he entered the door, he smelled a strong smell of smoke, Qi Hong was burying his head in reading the documents, and the ashtray at hand was already full of cigarette butts. This is definitely a violation of the pilots' code, but in practice it is still difficult for many pilots to refuse tobacco. Moreover, for division-level cadres, in fact, the opportunity to go to heaven is becoming less and less.

"Commissar." Fang Chenghe said hello, picked up the remote control, turned on the air conditioner, set it up, put it down, walked over and sat down at the desk.

Qi Hong beckoned, "Old Fang, sit, drink water and drink tea and pour it yourself." ”

"Not busy." Fang Chenghe lit a cigarette and smoked it, and said, "Guibei and Yuedong ask for instructions on the next step, and I'll ask them to wait." ”

Qi Hong nodded slightly, "I came to you for this matter, I'm a little unsure." ”

The future team will be very strange, the political commissar will be the division commander, and the chief of staff will be the political commissar, maybe this is the charm of the second division. In fact, what is even more mysterious is that the military and political commanders of the future Second Division are all military cadres, and they have a strong style of front-line combat troops.

Fang Chenghe obviously thought about it, and he said, "My opinion is that it should be implemented according to the annual training plan. Of course, special safety education is to be carried out, even if there is no such thing as bird collision. Last year, Yu Chenglin's landline plane air engine failure was caused by a typical lack of serious work and inadequate inspection, and safety education cannot be carried out in a gust of wind. ”

After knocking on the cigarette ash, Qi Hong's face was full of solemnity as he looked much younger than Fang Chenghe, and he said in a deep voice, "This year is the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Although we do not have a military parade mission, according to the principle that if one person is sick and the whole family takes medicine, our division will report a mechanical failure and an accident. Not only the Air Force, but also the flight units of the Navy and Army Aviation have also been affected. ”

"I've heard that." Fang Chenghe nodded slightly, "Except for the combat readiness duty troops, the other flight units of the Navy and the Army Aviation have been grounded for three days, the purpose of which is to conduct a comprehensive investigation of potential safety hazards. ”

Looking at Qi Hong, Fang Chenghe took a puff of cigarette and said, "Political commissar, I can understand your mood." The teacher gradually let go, and you are under a lot of pressure, but isn't this exactly what the commander of the army has to bear? Over the years, our Second Division has been relatively high in terms of the incidence of flight accidents and accidents. Because of what, because our training intensity has always been the highest in the Air Force flight unit, and it is the number one main force deployed in the southern coastal areas. ”

Smiling, Fang Chenghe said, "Political commissar, two units for you to choose, are you willing to take the second division or the fighter pilot, who is famous for his safe flight?" The troops are going to fight, will there be no sacrifices in the war? ”

Hearing this, Qi Hong couldn't help laughing, and the two laughed.

The fighter pilot, who is known for his safe flight, seems to many people to be very logical, which shows that the unit is doing a good job, but in the eyes of senior pilots, this is a mockery of a combat unit.

Fighter jets should not be proud of this.

The blind pursuit of safe flight means that training must be discounted, not possible, but certain! More than half of the training subjects of fighter planes go straight to the flight envelope, and to a certain extent, in actual combat, whoever can get closer to the flight envelope will be able to occupy more initiative in the confrontation.

Take the air target training that Li Zhan just conducted, if the fighter can withstand a greater overload, he can cut into the attack route with a smaller turning radius, and the subsequent attack will be easier, and the enemy plane will be more difficult to get rid of. Not only fighters have to bear the winners, but also the pilots have to bear the winners.

Let me ask, if there is no corresponding training that constantly breaks through the limits, can pilots have such combat effectiveness?

They are all young and strong middle-level and high-ranking officers in the Air Force, so naturally there is no need to say more.

It's not so much that he can't get an idea, but that Qi Hong is in demand for support, especially the support of Chenghe, the future partner of the demand side. How could he, a young and vigorous successor from HNA, not have the ambition to forge ahead.

"Early tomorrow morning, I will ask the Air Force for instructions to resume flights and carry out long-distance training and police patrols in the South China Sea in accordance with the established plan." Qi Hong made up his mind.

"This time you're the commander yourself."

So there is a scene of Fang Chenghe sitting on the tower today.

The call came, "Two holes nine report, flight preparations are complete, request to take off." ”

It was Zhang Xueyang's voice, as confident as ever.

In the basketball game, the six regiments encountered the four regiments again in the finals, and when Li Zhan did not play, Niu Yaoyang directly wiped them out with more than a dozen violent dunks. The four regiments won three consecutive championships, and the 50,000 prize money was received. Hearing Zhang Xueyang's voice, the first thing Li Zhan thought of was that the bonus didn't seem to have been paid yet!

"Li Zhan?" Fang Chenghe stared at Li Zhan.

Li Zhan came back to his senses, raised the microphone to his mouth, and pressed the call button, "Two holes and nine, you can take off." ”

Zhang Xueyang in the cockpit was also stunned, there was no doubt that he cared about everything about Li Zhan and was very familiar with his voice. In his eyes, Li Zhan is his number one opponent. Knowing oneself and knowing the other side can win all battles.

He wondered why Li Zhan was in the tower and was still the commander.

Apparently there is no time to think about it.

He pushed the accelerator and put the brakes, and the unique whistling sound of the AL-31F engine equipped with the SU-27SK heavy fighter resounded throughout the flight area, and even the specially soundproofed tower could be clearly distinguished.

The two planes take off in formation, and the wingman glides as the long plane makes a turn. Three groups of fighters took off one after another, and after completing their formation in the air, they immediately entered the planned route. Simple operation of conventional operation, in fact, SU-27 did not even hang ammunition, whether it was training ammunition or live ammunition.

The police patrol in the South China Sea shows a military presence, to put it bluntly,

"Two holes and nine, watch out for the clouds." Li Zhan paid attention to the real-time satellite cloud image and reminded Zhang Xueyang.

The trump card is the trump card, and Zhang Xueyang is actually the first long-term aircraft of the long-distance police patrol, that is to say, the other two two-plane formations also obey his command. Li Zhan was convinced.

The sound of electromagnetic interference is louder, which means that the tower will soon hand over the command to Nanzhi, but when necessary, the Xixian station with a complete software and hardware foundation can also act as a command post. Thirty years ago, it was one of the front-line command posts.

Zhang Xueyang replied, "Understood, I noticed it, there was thunder and lightning, give me a way to avoid the route, over." ”

When encountering difficulties, the first thing that comes to mind is to rely on the organization to solve them, which is Zhang Xueyang's characteristic, and it is precisely the type that the leaders like.

The flight staff officer and the weatherman had already taken out the avoidance route and handed it to Li Zhan, who called, "Two holes and nine, adjust the course to one hundred and five, and the altitude will not change." ”

"Understand, adjust the course one hundred and fifteen, and the altitude will not change." Zhang Xueyang led the formation to turn around, avoiding the crackling and lightning clouds ahead.

Like the fear of birds, fighters are also afraid of being struck by lightning.

The three sorties formed a large formation of a column, which was completely different from a single-plane and two-plane flight, and the pilots had to concentrate more attention, and the first thing to avoid was a collision. At this time, the formation distance is large, and it is not a big problem, if it is a dense formation flight, the pilot does not even dare to blink his eyes, maybe it is just a second of distraction, and the collision accident occurs.

It was very smooth, guiding the patrol formation of the Voyage Police back to the route, Li Zhan handed over the command to Nanzhi according to the procedure, but it was not a long wait, because the Fifth Regiment would transfer two batches of two J-8s today. Thinking of the eighth master's famous nickname of "beautiful man in the air", Li Zhan couldn't help but show a smile on the corner of his mouth.

He is really not familiar with the eighth master.