On November 27, the weather was cloudy with a westerly wind of force 2.

At the end of November, Dingxinchang Station has become more and more cold, the temperature is very low, the highest temperature during the day is less than 10 degrees, and the lowest temperature at night is minus 10 degrees.

This is the fifteenth and final day of the Golden Helmets Free Air Battle, and the ownership of the five Golden Helmets and the Aquila Cup will be determined today.

Today's schedule was arranged as follows: the semi-finals of the single crew were first played, followed by the final confrontation of the twin crews, followed by the battle for third place between the two fighters who had previously failed in the single crew, and finally the battle for the first place in the single crew.

The list of confrontations randomly selected by the system in the semi-finals of the single unit is also very interesting, and the two J-10Cs are matched together, and it is the first appearance.

Eight o'clock in the morning.

The sun's trail flickered and froze, struggling to shine a little golden light through the gaps in the clouds.

The breeze blew softly, blowing some yellowed and withered leaves, disturbing the fine dust remaining on the ground.

Dingxin station, flight area, hangar.

Three J-10C fighters belonging to the 31st Regiment of the 122nd Division were quietly parked among other models.

The hangar was busy, there was no one else, only the maintenance personnel who came to the hangar two hours in advance for pre-takeoff preparations, were carrying out the final inspection before take-off around the 301 J-10C, and hanging the 302 J-10C with training bombs.

"Comrade pilot, the plane is ready, everything is normal, please accept."

Seeing Yang Luo get off the commuter car and walk into the hangar, the maintenance team leader picked up the handover documents placed on the mobile workbench, stepped forward, raised his hand and saluted.

"I'm sorry for you."

Looking at the slightly tired maintenance team leader, Yang Luo returned the salute, took the document, and turned his eyes to his beloved 301 J-10C.

The 301 J-10C has been parked in the taxiing area of the hangar, the surface is smooth and clean, and there is no trace of dust.

A streamlined electronic pod is mounted on the middle pylon under the belly, and the other ten pylons are symmetrically mounted with 8 close-range combat missiles and 2 medium-range interceptor missiles.

Yang Luo guessed that because he could evade the missile, and it was a battle between the J-10C, the opponent would most likely choose to pull the distance to the visual range for close-range combat.

The first is that close-range combat missiles are more difficult to evade, and the second is that the opponent can more easily make up for the missiles when they are evading them.

So Yang Luo brought a large number of close-range combat missiles, and as for the two medium-range interception missiles, it was just in case.

According to the usual process, check the condition of the body, and sign his name on the handover document after confirming that it is correct, and then Yang Luo climbed into the cockpit of 301.

A black power cord was dragged over by the crew, connected to the 301 J-10C, and cooperated with Yang Luo to start the aero engine.

"Boom!"

Moments later, the Taihang-10C aero engine was activated, emitting a loud roar that echoed through the wide hangar, and the tail nozzle spewed out a strong stream of high-temperature air, sweeping up fine dust.

The maintenance crew directly in front of the 301 J-10C waved the flag: Glide out is allowed.

The 301 J-10C, which had reawakened, slowly taxied under the watchful eyes of all the maintenance personnel in the hangar, drove out of the hangar, and taxied to the runway according to the prescribed route.

After obtaining meteorological parameters and take-off permits, the 301 J-10C immediately galloped on the runway, accelerating and taking off.

With the afterburner turned on, the 301 J-10C, which was almost fully loaded, quickly gained a critical take-off speed, raised its rounded nose, broke away from the shackles of the ground, and climbed at high speed, like a sharp sword that pierced into the sky.

"108, I'm waiting for you to come to me......"

Yang Luo was in good spirits, his right hand maintained a lever posture, lowered his head, and with a pair of deep eyes, he seemed to have crossed the limits of space and saw another J-10C still in the hangar.

It is the number of Yang Luo's opponent's J-10C, that is, the opponent's call sign.

In this battle, the first hand advantage is on the other party, not on Yang Luo.

More than ten seconds later, the 301 J-10C came to an altitude of 2,500 meters.

The 301 J-10C is almost fully loaded, and its dead weight is too high, which greatly affects the climb rate, and it is impossible to increase the height with the maximum climb rate.

Yang Luo immediately leveled the pole, and after leaving the air over the station in the easterly direction, he immediately changed his course, waiting for the J-10C of the 4th Division to take off and the command of the tower confrontation begins.

Soon after the 301 J-10C took off and left the station range, the 108 J-10C belonging to the 4th Air Division appeared on the runway and took off.

"The ground radar is turned on and scans the other party's location."

After the 108 J-10C took off, it turned a corner and left the air above the station, and its pilot sent a request to the tower to exercise his right of first move

The reason why the first-mover advantage is the first-mover advantage is to get the opponent's position first, and then occupy the advantage.

Hiding it and not using it all the time, what only a fool will do at that time may even make the other party discover himself first and fall into passivity.

"One plane, 120 kilometers away, location east longitude XXX, north latitude XXX, course 220 ......"

Bai Chaoqun, the commander of the tower, immediately informed Yang Luo's location and announced the official start of the confrontation.

"Yang Luo, I lost to you in the two-machine confrontation, this time one-on-one, I will never lose to you again."

The pilot of the 108 J-10C took a deep breath, quickly adjusted the flight course, covered the 301 J-10C into the scanning area of the radar, and then turned on the radar for scanning.

The high-energy electromagnetic waves emitted by the active phased array radar traveled a distance of 120 kilometers at a speed of nearly the speed of light, and it took less than a thousandth of a second to cross a distance of 120 kilometers, collide with the 301 J-10C that was flying at high speed, and then reflect back, and was re-received by the radar.

"It's really alert, I changed course so quickly, fortunately I turned on the radar right away, otherwise I would have let you run away."

108's eyes were glued to the radar display, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, revealing a hint of a smile.

Pedal the rudder and turned, covering the 301 J-10C into the most central area of the radar scan, and then according to the information given by the radar, following the current opponent's course, the 108 J-10C accelerated to chase over.

"I still haven't been able to do it in time, this 108 has a strong sense of vigilance, and I have to be more careful to deal with it."

Listening to the warning given by the radar, Yang Luo thought secretly in his heart.

Yang Luo has seen every confrontation of the 108 J-10C pilots, and he has also defeated the other party in the double crew, knowing that the technical level of the 108 is very high, he has long warned himself not to be careless.

But this time, the other party could use the radar to scan him in just a second or two after the official start of the order, Yang Luo felt that he had to be more careful.

Of course, it is also possible that the course of the other party is just enough for the radar to cover the 301 J-10C and not make a maneuver to steer.

However, Yang Luo would not make such a judgment, and he did not dare to make such a judgment.

That's underestimating the enemy, and it's definitely a taboo among the big taboos.

Those who can enter the semi-finals to compete for the golden helmet are the masters of the masters, and there is no such thing as a fluke entry.

Didn't you see that Lu Younan gave up the fight because he had no hope of winning?

Therefore, it is impossible to overemphasize the importance of the opponent.

Yang Luo also attached great importance to the other party before, and when he received the order to officially start the confrontation, he did not think about it, almost instinctively reacted to maneuver and turn, and turned on the afterburner, wanting to avoid the radar scanning of the 108 J-10C.

Unfortunately, it didn't work out.

In fact, the official start order of the tower can be regarded as compensation for the side that has lost the first-mover advantage.

If there is no command from the tower to officially start the confrontation, the side that already has the advantage of the first move can adjust the course in a good time, chase straight after the opponent, and then turn on the radar when it is close, and lock the opponent at the same time, it will have an absolute advantage.

At this time, the losing side may not know anything yet, and there will be a one-sided situation.

With the command of the tower, the losing side can immediately maneuver and steer, which makes the side with the advantage of the first mover must immediately turn on the radar scanning.

Otherwise, this first-mover advantage will no longer exist.

"I didn't find him, but he did, he should be behind me on the right right now, and it's still far away, otherwise he wouldn't just be scanning with radar, but trying to lock on to me."

Looking at the radar screen that had been turned on, but it was an empty radar screen that had not been found, Yang Luo quickly made a judgment.

Tie rod, rudder steering.

The wing of the 301 J-10C rolls sideways, drawing a beautiful arc-shaped flight trajectory and maneuvering and turning.

Although the pilot of the 108 J-10C immediately discovered that Yang Luo was turning, he also took the correct countermeasures to accelerate the maneuver and turn.

However, Yang Luo's steering is too fast, and compared to the 301 J-10C, he is on the outer circle of the concentric circles, and he needs to cross a long distance to be able not to be within the radar scanning range of the 301 J-10C.

Therefore, the active phased array radar of the 301 J-10C quickly discovered the traces of the 108 J-10C and presented it on the radar display.

"It's almost 100 kilometers away, and it's still on the other side of the station, so it's ...... luck."

Yang Luo couldn't help but shake his head and laugh dumbly, lamenting the other party's poor luck.

The direction selection after take-off is random, and neither side knows who chose which direction in the southeast, northwest, and northwest, and whether there was a change of direction in the middle.

If you're lucky, you might even be on the same course, which is in the best interest of the side with the first move.

The worst case of luck is now, the choice of the two sides is completely opposite, and in the end the distance is stretched to the maximum, and the side with the first mover advantage is the most unfriendly situation.

"Come on, show me your skills and let me see how strong you really are?"

Yang Luo's eyes flashed, he pulled the joystick, climbed to the same height as the 108 J-10C, and rushed over to meet the other party.

Since each other has discovered each other, there is not much point in hiding and hiding.

Besides, there is no way to hide, and it is impossible to run out of the radar scanning range.

Without any maneuvering, the two J-10C fighters did not dodge or dodge, and rushed straight towards each other almost at the same time.

They are all masters, one of the top pilots, and no one is afraid of anyone.

When this scene was presented on the screen of the auditorium, everyone's eyes widened and they stared at the screen intently.

Unlike the auditorium, which used to be a little noisy and occasionally startled to the point of shouting, today's auditorium is exceptionally quiet, and even when you speak, your voice is kept to a minimum, almost to the point of mosquitoes screaming.

It's just because since the end of the first confrontation after the opening ceremony on the first day, on the rostrum that has been empty, there are a group of bigwigs today.

The bigwigs from the air division and HNA reappeared in the auditorium on the last day.

Throughout the previous Golden Helmet Free Air Battles, except for the first opening and closing ceremonies at the earliest, in order to express the importance of the Air Division, the head of the Air Division participated, and only this one.

In the other sessions, only the director of the Air Division Training Center was present on behalf of the Air Division.

The situation of Hainan Airlines is similar, in the first time Hainan Airlines joined the Golden Helmet, the head of Hainan Airlines was on the sidelines, and the other sessions did not appear.

As for this session, why these bigwigs appeared, only they know.

The bigwigs sitting on the rostrum can take in all the performances of the people below, and they can easily see that some people are whispering to each other and discussing something. But they weren't upset, because they knew exactly what the pilots were talking about.

"Hey...... Hey......"

After the head of the air division tried the tone, he said with a smile: "Comrades, you can discuss how you should discuss as we old guys don't exist, and you can discuss it boldly and boldly, and you don't have to be careful." For you, learning the tactics of others is the first priority. ”

As soon as these words came out, the pilots sitting under the rostrum all looked at the rostrum in disbelief.

Can the chief say such a thing?

Is this still the chief who has always demanded strict discipline?

How do you make us feel so untrustworthy?

The Chief of the Air Division smiled and stopped talking, knowing that he had to give them time to get used to it, and then turned his gaze to the screen.

The auditorium was silent for a moment, and the daring pilot raised his voice and chatted with the people next to him about the battle in the air.

"The best moment is coming, and the distance between them is about to enter the range of medium-range shells."

"The battle between the two J-10Cs, I don't know what kind of wonderful battle it will be?"

"One is good at defending and counterattacking, and the other is good at evading missiles, both have their own set, and it's really hard to say who wins and who loses."

"Yes, no one can guess the outcome of the battle between the tip of the needle and the Maimang."

……

Seeing that the leaders on the rostrum did not react to the discussion, gradually, the voice of discussion in the auditorium became louder.

"Yang Luo has met an opponent, and it is difficult to win."

Through the short start, as well as the previous two-machine confrontation process, Ye Jianlong said.

Xue Fei frowned and asked, "Team Ye, is the other party so strong?" ”

It's not that Xue Fei lacks eyesight, it's just that he hasn't fought with the other party like Ye Jianlong, so he lacks a more intuitive understanding.

"Strong, very strong." Ye Jianlong said, "If I face him alone, the winning rate is less than three percent." ”

"In that case, Yang Luo is really in trouble, and the winning rate can reach fifty percent at most." Xue Fei shook his head and said, "But fortunately, the luck of this 108 is a little worse, and the first-hand advantage is lost by himself, otherwise it will ......"

"Their skill level should be between the best, the outcome is unpredictable, the key depends on which of them has fewer mistakes......" Ye Jianlong's words were stunned, and he said after a while, "...... Here we go. ”

I saw that on the screen displaying the radar information, the distance between the two sides was already very close, and they had reached the edge of the medium-range projectile range.

At this time, the two people in the air coincidentally chose to maneuver to climb the altitude, seize the altitude advantage, and want to attack first.