Between the ice and snow, in the distance is the half-white and half-green Beiku Mountains, surrounded by an endless desert with snowflakes, and the straight high-grade highway runs through the town of thirty miles to the scenic spot.

Large open-air parking lots have been opened on both sides of the road on the east side of the town, and the organizers will hold it as a temporary rally, like a large camping ground. The tourism department took the opportunity to hold a tourism promotion meeting, and various travel agencies even set up booths.

Tens of thousands of people gather here.

For just a hundred yuan per person, today the economic benefit here is one million, and the indirect economic benefit will be even more. You must know that at this time in 2011, people who have time and a car to travel to the western Beiku belong to a group with great economic strength. Those off-road vehicles that cost 1.8 million at every turn speak for themselves.

Spending a few hundred dollars to eat, play, and such a beautiful snow scene, and being able to watch a combat air show performed by front-line combat troops, is worth it. Many changes in the local area are showing that the local economy is getting better and better year by year, the people's life is getting better and better, and there are more specific standards and higher requirements for the yearning for a better life.

The level of salaries and benefits of active duty soldiers has not yet caught up, but at least it is already beginning to catch up, and the future is promising.

At the same time, Nie Jianfeng and Tang Leilei personally led a squadron of five fighters to fly to the skies over Thirty Mile Town for a 30-minute air show.

Captain Li Zhan can only stay in the office to watch others eat and drink spicy food, but April 1 is a good day. On April 1 last year, he was forced to complete the 4-1 battle, and under the accidental attack of the army's field air defense units, he dodged two attacks with a total of four Doyle missiles twice, and obtained the most precious actual combat data in history.

A year passed in the blink of an eye, and on this day he got his April salary, and then found that his salary had increased again. On 1 April, the wages for the month of April were paid, the wages for the localities were postponed, and the wages for the troops were paid in advance.

Li Zhan was surprised to find that his salary had reached 11,527 yuan, which was about to catch up with the deputy division-level cadres. The reason is that he has a lot of subsidies, such as subsidies for the Air Force talent pool, technical titles, honorary titles, and so on.

Specifically, Li Zhan's salary was at least 3,000 yuan higher than that of pilots in the same period.

Li Zhan quickly calculated, in this way, the salary alone will be about 150,000 yuan in a year, plus the tie-rod fee...... Oh my God, seven or eight hundred thousand a year! Li Zhan found that there was no need to envy civil aviation pilots at all when he found this level of treatment.

But he didn't realize that he was a special case, who would fly six or seven hundred hours a year except him? The trolley fee is not a regulation in the first place, and it is normal to have more or less. But 200 hours a year can be guaranteed, to be precise, even if you don't fly enough for 200 hours, you will be paid 200 hours of trolley fees.

Li Zhan, who couldn't smile from ear to ear when he looked at the salary slip, didn't envy Nie Jianfeng and the others who were doing air shows in Thirty Mile Town at this moment. In the boring life of the barracks, whether or not to increase some wages is a great spiritual comfort for the vast number of officers and men. How can it be said to be vulgar if it is something that can be seen and touched and embodies personal value to a certain extent.

The days are rushing, and the work is more energetic.

In addition to salary and tie-rod fees, Li Zhan also has a special subsidy, which can be understood as a war participation subsidy, which is the living expenses he left for the families of his sacrificial comrades-in-arms, and he will not move easily. In two or three years, it will no longer be a dream to earn one million a year.

Pei Lei ran over and reported, "Captain, the new quilt has arrived, Director Zhang asked you to sign for it." ”

"Have you arrived this year?" Li Zhan got up and asked.

"It's also here, it's all here, it's all unloaded at the warehouse." Pei Lei replied.

Li Zhan smiled and said, "Today is a good day. Xiao Pei, I got my salary today, how much did I get? ”

Pei Lei said with a smile, "More than nine hundred, more than six thousand two hundred." ”

"Wow! You're a big one! Li Zhan was quite surprised.

The salaries of cadres and fighters are two lines, completely different salary scales. An officer is a cadre, a non-commissioned officer is a soldier, and the difference between an officer and a soldier. Under the current system, no matter how senior a non-commissioned officer is, he is also a soldier, and no matter how young an officer is, he is also a cadre, and the former must salute the latter and obey the latter's command in terms of internal affairs regulations.

Because of the subsidies provided by the old and the young in the remote and underdeveloped areas, the salaries of non-commissioned officers in the Beiku area are much higher than those in the inland areas and the economically developed areas along the coast. In Pei Lei's fourth year, his salary level is already equivalent to the standard of an ordinary army sergeant.

"The non-commissioned officer system should be reformed, the salary will be further increased in the future, and the gap with cadres of the same age must be narrowed, Pei Lei, so that you don't have to worry about the future, rest assured and boldly take the exam, and there is a good way out for continuing to be a non-commissioned officer if you can't pass the exam." Li Zhan and Pei Lei walked out and said.

Pei Lei was full of confidence, as long as the money was in place, it was easy to say anything, and said, "Yes, don't worry about it now, it's best to be able to get in, and it's not bad to continue to stay if you can't pass the exam, and strive to be promoted in the future." ”

"The most important thing is to have faith in yourself." Li Zhan said with a smile.

After getting on the warrior commuter car and going straight to the warehouse, the open space in front of the door has already gathered many units of cars and soldiers, and various grassroots units have sent people to pull quilts or something, mainly for recruits. Last month, the recruits were left in the company, mainly in the ground support area. New pilots usually come down in June and July, and sometimes at the end of the year.

After signing for it, Li Zhan asked Pei Lei to organize the people of the maintenance team to pull the quilt back, and he followed Director Zhang into the aviation parts warehouse to see the new aviation materials.

The so-called aviation materials are aircraft parts and various consumables, and the most important thing is two major parts, the engine and the airborne radar, these two main components are not only the key components of the fighter, but also the consumable parts. The life span of military aircraft engines in China and Russia is generally inferior to that of the models developed by some well-known manufacturers in the West, and only about one-third of their lifespan.

With the advancement and deepening of actual combat training, the rate of wear and tear of relevant combat equipment has also begun to increase. The first to bear the brunt is the airborne radar, and the increase in start-up operation time accelerates the consumption of the radar's lifespan, which in turn puts forward higher requirements for the military-industrial complex. The troops need better and more durable airborne radars.

Director Zhang pointed to the four AL-31F aero engines placed in the most important position in the warehouse, and said happily, "For the first time in 800 years, four brand-new aircraft engines are prepared for your Eagle Falcon Brigade." I've been working in logistics for many years, and I've never seen my superiors so generous. ”

Li Zhan's eyes were full of joy, "So I'm sure I'm going to change my clothes to J-11, it's Type A." ”

"Isn't the J-10A also used AL-31F?" Director Zhang said with a smile.

Li Zhan looked at Director Zhang in surprise, "Director Zhang, don't let me be happy, you know that I like J Ten the most, and I think about driving her every day." ”

"Grapevine, second-hand J-10A and brand new J-11B." Director Zhang said in a low voice, "The J-11B uses its own air-hair, and the brand new ones are as you can toss, but the J-10A is second-hand, and the 44th Division of the Southwest has been redressed with Type B, and a part of the Type A has come over to us." ”

It has been six or seven years since the Southwest Red Eagle Division used the J-10A, and according to the consistent refitting routine, the modified fighters must be equipped with them first after they come out, and the old models they eliminated are transferred to the brother troops, which is the same as the routine for the second division.

Li Zhan was stunned, and said in a daze, "Director Zhang, is this matter serious?" Our brigade was reequipped with J-10 and J-11 at the same time? ”

"Didn't I say it, grapevine." Director Zhang smiled and said, "I know that you have been waiting for the new plane to come down, and I heard that you are going crazy, so let you come over here to take a look, the aviation materials are in place, will the new plane be far away?" ”

In other words, as long as we look at the types of aircraft that have been allocated to the troops, we can determine what type of aircraft will be replaced. J-11B uses Taihang Hangfa, what is the purpose of sending four AL-31F to the superiors, the old flanker fuselage used by the Eagle Falcon Brigade is almost at the end of its life, and it is obvious that it will not be prepared for them, so there is only one explanation - the villains are really coming, and they are Type A.

Only second-hand goods need to be prepared by SIA.

Happiness came too suddenly.

Li Zhan looked at the brand-new AL-31F aero engine that exuded an intoxicating smell, and the appearance of the J-10A was constantly tumbling around in his mind, the sexy duckling wings, the embarrassing fibrous roots, and the small and straight buttocks, all of which were so outstanding.

"It's been two years and three months, do you know how I've spent these two years and three months?" Li Zhan said with deep emotion, "What I think about Su Liangqi is all about you, Jianten, you are finally coming, I thought that after flying a twin-engine heavy double-tail air control fighter, I would never have a chance to kiss you Fangze." The organization must have been touched by my feelings for you and gave me the opportunity as a result. ”

Director Zhang got goosebumps when he heard this, and said, "Brigade Li, don't you chant poetry right, isn't it just an airplane, we are a combat training base, you know, what planes you want in the future, the second-hand third-generation aircraft brigade commander can't look at it." ”

Li Zhan took a deep breath and said, "Director Zhang, you don't know, I embarked on this road because of Jianten. When I saw the news of the first flight of the J-10 on TV, do you know how I felt at that time, I can't put it into words. The moment I saw the J-10, I made up my mind to become a pilot. It can be said that the J-10 is the guide and navigator of my military career! ”

"It turns out that there is such a story. Yes, we have fallen behind too much, and after a long time, the common people have lost confidence, thinking that backwardness is synonymous with our army, and suddenly a new aircraft came out, such as the fourth-generation aircraft that made its first flight not long ago, and those of us who have worked in the Air Force for half our lives can't believe that it is true, what do you say the people will think. Director Zhang was also full of emotion.

Li Zhan laughed, "At that time, I thought that the F-22A of a strong enemy had broken into my country!" ”

With his chin raised, Li Zhan said, "It's all over, and the future will be better and more pleasant!" ”

He really wanted to sing the song "Finally Waiting for You".