The Fertile Ground Flight Training Base is a newly-built comprehensive base of the HNA that specializes in the training of carrier-based fighter pilots and the testing of relevant facilities on the ship; it is inaccurate for many people to call it an air base, although there is an air base no smaller than the Xixian Station more than 10 kilometers away from it.

After the start of the Flying Shark training camp, Hainan Airlines did not have its own professional training facilities, and the Yanliang Test Flight Institute could only provide simple take-off training, and there were no more relevant training facilities. At the end of 2008, Li Zhan was in the army, and it was also that year that HNA was determined to build its own flight training base, and the fertile soil flight training base came into being.

On a sunny morning in February, Li Zhan drove the No. 037 J-7EGG from central Sichuan to the fertile ground flight training base, from the still warm land of central Sichuan to the shore of the Bohai Sea, where a snow had just fallen.

When flying five sides over the Fertile Ground Flight Training Base, Li Zhan took the opportunity to take a good look at this dream base of "moving from here to an aircraft carrier".

The base is on the seaside, the flight area is protruding from a large block, surrounded by the sea on three sides, just like a huge aircraft carrier sailing in the sea, two take-off and landing training areas, the outline is very similar to the flight deck of the aircraft carrier, it can be seen that not only the training pilots, but also the relevant support detachments of the flight deck can all carry out training here. In fact, it is clearly a one-to-one land flight deck on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier, and even the tower has been built into the appearance of a ship island, so it should not be called a tower anymore, but a land simulated ship island.

It is said that the place where the air base next door was borrowed for training was only simple take-off and landing training facilities, a sliding runway, and a blocking area, while the training of the rest of the support personnel had to be carried out in other places, so it was not possible to carry out coordinated training in the whole process and all departments.

The completion of the Fertile Ground Flight Training Base has greatly accelerated the training of carrier-based fighter units.

When landing, Li Zhan also noticed that the living area next to the flight area was still under construction, which shows how urgent HNA's needs for this base are, and how tightly the progress of the flying shark training is grasped.

The J-7EGG 037 landed, guided by a guide vehicle, from the taxiway in front of a row of arched hangars, and did not stop until it reached the open apron. Tang Leilei and Zhang Xueyang are wearing standard blue air force flight suits, but they have an extra floating collar, that is, a life jacket hanging around their necks, and all of them are "air force", and even their armbands are "Chinese Air Force Aviation Unit".

Today's weather is good, the sea breeze is thousands of miles away, and I can clearly see the sun almost overhead, which is completely different from yesterday's heavy snow.

Tang Leilei and Zhang Xueyang didn't take off their big sunglasses, and after the maintenance hurriedly put the No. 037 J-7EGG on the boarding ladder, they strode up with a smile.

Li Zhan got up from the cockpit, turned around and put the carrying bag on the small partition behind the seat, and saw Tang Leilei stretching out his hands, he smiled and threw down the carrying bag, Tang Leilei caught it accurately, but unexpectedly the carrying bag was surprisingly heavy and almost didn't catch it, and said in surprise, "Captain, what are you carrying so much weight here." ”

"Just some books." Li Zhan came down.

Being a soldier is simple, from a division and brigade commander to a small soldier, a full worth of an eighty-liter backpack can be handled, no matter where you go to do anything, lift the backpack and go, a long time ago it was called a backpack. After all, the pilot is taller, and he uses a special airline carrying bag, and his personal belongings are carried away as soon as he is in a pot.

Zhang Xueyang gave a chic military salute, pointed to Li Zhan's old-fashioned winter black flight jacket and white flight helmet, and pointed to the basically unrecognizable No. 037 J-7EGG, "Lao Li, what do you say about this body, the appearance of Dong Sangui has changed, and you have to keep up with the pace of your dress, you look at it now, you are in the sixties, Dong Sangui looks like a dragon." ”

Although Zhang Xueyang and Tang Leilei are wearing the same old-fashioned loose blue flight suits, compared with the black leather jacket worn by Li Zhan, it is at the forefront of the trend, Li Zhan really looks like he has traveled to this future world from the sixties and seventies, old-fashioned little old man.

"What's wrong with the winter flight suit?" Li Zhan landed, returned the salute with a smile, and looked at Zhang Xueyang, who was already a colonel, "Aren't you also wearing an air force model, let's not talk about anyone." ”

The three of them laughed, and the old comrades-in-arms were very excited to meet again.

At present, the Hainan Airlines does not have its own flight suits, and as the first carrier-based fighter unit, the Flying Shark unit will definitely be the first to be equipped with flight equipment specially developed for naval pilots.

In the past two years, military fans have probably paid the most attention to the progress of the modification of the aircraft carrier, and since the Varyag officially entered the modification process, many people who were not originally military fans have also become military fans, which shows how important and critical the aircraft carrier is to enhance the self-confidence of the Chinese people.

In the military, the work related to the establishment of the Navy's carrier-based aviation unit centered on the modification of the Varyag has been carried out in an all-round way, of which the training of carrier-based fighter pilots is the most important task.

Most people have a misconception that the Chinese Navy's carrier-based aircraft force started from the flying shark, but in fact this is not the case. Since the Dolphin came on board, the Chinese Navy has actually had a carrier-based aircraft force, but for a long time it was only carrier-based helicopters. Therefore, strictly speaking, the Flying Shark is the first carrier-based fighter unit of the Chinese Navy, and the "carrier-based aviation unit" includes all flight units that use ships as platforms.

For a long time in the past, people couldn't tell the difference between air force pilots and navy pilots, the same plane, the same uniform, the same station, just because of different affiliations? That's because for a long time we didn't have aircraft carriers.

Navy pilots are born to take off from the sea!

From this point of view, the fertile ground flight training base can be called the cradle of naval pilots.

The full name of the Flying Shark Unit is the "XX Carrier-based Aviation Unit of the Naval Aviation", and its external name is the 404 Unit of the Navy. Zhang Xueyang was the first in the Second Division to complete the final assessment and enter the Flying Shark Unit, and Tang Leilei was the first in the 101st Brigade. When Li Zhan began to carry out the J-16 actual combat test flight mission, Tang Leilei participated in the selection at the end of last year, passed all the way, and successfully entered the Flying Shark unit with an extremely solid foundation.

Zhang Xueyang has already become a teacher......

This made Li Zhan's heart somewhat unbalanced, when he got out of the army, he was a captain in the company, Zhang Xueyang was the captain of the battalion, and then he finally became the captain, Zhang Xueyang has become the deputy commander, and now he has been further promoted to colonel, and he is a regimental-level instructor of the Flying Shark training team.

Li Zhan is the two old comrades-in-arms in the Flying Shark training team, and Tang Leilei is still an old subordinate.

Zhang Xueyang observed around the No. 037 J-7EGG, and the more he looked at it, the more puzzled he became, and asked, "Lao Li, is your plane still J-7, why do I look more and more like a Thunder Dragon?" ”

"The predecessor of Xiaolong is Jianqi, which used to be called Super Seven. The last improvement was made by the North Library Repair Factory, which was relatively simple and crude, and the organic back protection type fuel tank, this time it was overturned in Chengfei for a few months, you look at the back protection type fuel tank, basically you can't see it, and the fuselage is well integrated, and the aerodynamic shape is optimized. ”

Li Zhan simply pointed to the detailed introduction, he was also surprised when he just saw the No. 037 J-7EGG after the "plastic surgery", this broken plane really made Chengfei's engineers toss flowers.

The crew's eyes widened, they hadn't seen any plane, but this plane had really never seen before.

Li Zhan pointed to the wing and said, "The Thunder Dragon is a delta wing, the J-7E and subsequent models are double delta wings, this time Cheng Fei has optimized the double delta wings, pay attention to see if the wing area is larger, I took off and only skied for more than 200 meters." Looking at the air intake again, the change here is the biggest, and it is also the place that is most like the Thunder, in fact, it is the DSI air inlet technology on the Thunder, which is the clam air intake. Other improvements are not too obvious, but if you look at the two antennas added to the back of the aircraft, the avionics system of this aircraft has been replaced, which is said to be newly developed by the Chengfei Research Institute, and has some technology of the C-type and fourth-generation aircraft of the J-10. Let me put it this way, my avionics system is comparable to that of the F-16, and it is on the same level as the Thunder modification. ”

There are many technologies that are the same between the Thunder and the fourth-generation aircraft, and the manufacturers have consciously experimented with some technologies to be used in the fourth-generation aircraft on the former, and have also used them on the J-10C. In fact, many new technologies are the first to be used, and although the Air Force and Navy are not interested in small aircraft such as the Thunder, the Thunder has a very important position in practical new technologies.

Some people even maliciously speculate that a lot of Thunder's avionics technology is copied from the F-16, which is pure slander.

"More than 200 meters to take off, if you add the sliding deck, wouldn't you be able to get on the ship with three crutches?" Zhang Xueyang was surprised, shook his head helplessly and joked.

Tang Leilei also smiled, "Captain, is it okay for J-7 to get on the aircraft carrier?" ”

Li Zhan said seriously, "Why can't you?" ”

Now everyone is really surprised - the little prince of the trolley can't be serious, right?

Li Zhan pointed to the landing gear and said, "See clearly, reinforced landing gear." If that's not convincing, take a look at the tail, retractable tail hook. ”

Quickly took off his big sunglasses, Zhang Xueyang hurriedly checked the landing gear carefully, and suddenly his face changed greatly, he turned to the tail of the plane to look for it, and it was easy to find the hidden tail hook, and the whole person was suddenly not good.

Zhang Xueyang didn't know what expression to show, his tone was very complicated, he said, "Damn, can you really get on this plane?" Is this still an improvement, is it a rebuild? I remember how many times your plane was badly damaged before, and the strength of the fuselage was palpable? ”

"Whether you can get on the ship or not depends on the superiors, but there is no problem with the land simulation training." Li Zhan said proudly with his hands behind his back.

Boarding a ship and simulating training on land are two different things.

Tang Leilei smiled bitterly and said, "Captain, it turns out that what you said before is true, and you really have the ability to get on the ship." ”

"Of course it's not up to me." Li Zhan explained, "The main reason is that manufacturers have the need to test new technologies, and it is impossible for the troops to spend so much money on an old second-generation fuselage." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Xueyang suddenly realized, nodded slightly, and said, "That's right, with so many major improvements, I'm afraid that the money for the improvements can buy a new plane." ”

Li Zhan said with a smile, "The manufacturer's told me that the resources spent on the three crutches of the hole can be used to build a new J-10, especially this time, the engine has been changed again, and the thrust is much larger than the RD-93 used by the Thunder, but there is still a gap with the Taihang used by the J-10." But for the hole with a maximum take-off weight of only about ten tons, the thrust redundancy is very, very sufficient. ”

Tang Leilei interjected, "It must be that the manufacturer thinks that you are lucky to come, captain, so I gave you this task." ”

"Good luck is coming, I may really have to paint good luck on the flying shark in the future......"

Seeing Li Zhan's solemn appearance, Zhang Xueyang smiled, "Lao Li, this is not like your style, you never believe in luck." ”

"The three-thousand-meter runway has become more than 100 meters, and it will be smoother to take off and land on the tip of the knife in the future, with the blessing of luck. But you're right, you still need your own hardness to strike iron, and in the final analysis, it still depends on your own skills. Li Zhan said.

After chatting a few more words, Zhang Xueyang said, "We will take you to the dormitory for your luggage, you go to report to Mr. Chen immediately, knowing that you are here today, he is waiting in the office." ”

"Okay, I'll go over first, and we'll meet in the dormitory."

Li Zhan handed over the equipment and luggage to Zhang Xueyang and Tang Leilei, jumped into an old Land Cruiser commuter car, and the driver stepped on the accelerator to get off the accelerator, and the car turned a huge snow tire under the action of the eight-cylinder engine and went to the office area in the distance.

The base is deserted everywhere, the airport is characterized by the lack of trees, and this is the shore of the Bohai Sea and it is winter, which makes it even more deserted. There were no training tasks today, there were no related activities, and the construction site in the distance was in full swing.

As with all airports, the office area is a number of two- and three-story buildings, and the height is not very high, so it is usually elongated and widened, as is the case with office buildings, like flattened quadrangular buildings.

There was no staff officer to greet him, and after Li Zhan stopped and asked the head of the head of the office, he went straight to the "head teacher's office".

The door was open, and when he stood at the door and shouted a report, when Li Zhan looked clearly at the head of the head coach behind the desk, his eyes were about to pop out.

"Political Commissar Chen!?"

The head of the sect is Political Commissar Chen?

It turned out that Chen Zhengwei, the political commissar of the training base where he was trained.

"Here we are, come in and sit."

Chen Zhengwei put down the pen, pointed to the chair in front of the desk with a smile, looked at Li Zhan, who was standing on the side and didn't sit down, and nodded slightly, "Boy, it's in my hands again, right?" Well, it looks good, the lad has grown up. ”

Li Zhan couldn't laugh or cry, "Old chief, you, how could it be you?" ”

Who would have thought that the head coach of the Flying Shark training team was the political commissar and political commissar of the Air Force training base, although Lao Chen was born as an old pilot and flew for more than 20 years.

"Who do you look down on, just if Fang Hezi is promoted, I won't be allowed to change my position?"

"No, no, no, no, that's it, this is too unexpected, you're engaged in political work!"

"Does the head of the sect have to be a military cadre?"

“……”

PS: Let's go to the big chapter first, and there will be more in the evening.