In the past, flight training stopped as soon as it snowed, so everyone formed an awareness that snow equals rest.

Since Li Zhan came to Beiku, the situation has changed. Not to mention the snow, even if you want to go on the knife, you still have to go up. Today's heavy snowfall, the weather standard has far exceeded the minimum weather, and flight training has been stopped, but combat readiness duty has not been affected.

Lan pointed to the order, found some suspicious air conditions, and two SU-27SK braved the heavy snow to urgently take off to investigate.

This is the daily life of front-line combat troops.

It didn't stop even during the Spring Festival.

After the regiment was reorganized into a brigade, the 101st Brigade was on duty for combat readiness in the Beiku area for a long time, and the other two regiments of the 73rd Division concentrated on training. At the same time, the superiors consciously put the burden on the 101st Brigade and beat this unit out as soon as possible.

Not on duty today, Li Zhan could only watch his comrades-in-arms eat and drink spicy food, he hid in the office to do a collaborative training plan, reported to the military region and the air division, and a bunch of processes to go. Of course, he wants to drive the J-8FR, but personal interests must not override collective interests, so he must use reason to overcome bestiality and do a good job as a captain.

With a leadership position, you can't just care about yourself.

Surveying and mapping tasks are a top priority, and the speed of approval by authorities at all levels is much faster than usual. Lan Zhi attached great importance to it, directly took over the organization of coordinated training, and asked the Beiku Combat Training Base to make all preparations and report the new training plan as soon as possible. The original training plan was approved before the Spring Festival, and now it needs to be re-approved to integrate the surveying and mapping tasks into the collaborative training.

The good news is that the report issued by the manufacturer's technical staff shows that there is no problem with the longitudinal fly-by-wire flight control system of the No. 01 SU-27SK, but it is recommended to scrap it early. Their conclusions were authoritative, and the problem was that the results of the flight reading showed that there was indeed a malfunction at that time. In this case, the manufacturer therefore proposed early scrapping.

Another reason is that after an in-depth inspection, the manufacturer's technicians found that the life of the No. 02 SU-27SK was consumed faster than expected, and it took another 200 hours to reach the standard of complete scrapping. Of course, it wouldn't be surprising when they learned how often the machine has been used over the past year.

Li Zhan finally put down the stone in his heart, not afraid of a short lifespan, as long as he can go to heaven.

Heavy snow turned into heavy snowfall in the mountainous areas, and it snowed more than half a meter for three days in a row. In such weather, not to mention flight training, combat readiness duty has been interrupted. If there is a flying machine in the sky, there is no need to hit it at all, nature will let it come down.

Looking forward to the day of the Lantern Festival, the report submitted by Zhang Yuan finally met the standard of training under low meteorological conditions, and gave permission to conduct flight training under low meteorological conditions.

In the flight briefing room, Xue Xiangdong called Li Zhan aside and said in a deep voice, "Your focus is on the aerial mapping task, and I will organize the training of four cylinders and three subjects." ”

Li Zhan whispered, "Brigade commander, I can take care of it." ”

"That's not going to work, you take care of the mapping mission. You have to eat the meal bite by bite, don't be in a hurry, when it's time to shoot live ammunition, the air commander will definitely let you come. Xue Xiangdong said.

Li Zhan said helplessly, "The main thing is the 228 project, and I want to finish it as soon as possible and produce a comprehensive report on the results of the project." ”

"I understand your eagerness, so let's be safe." Xue Xiangdong insisted.

Li Zhan nodded slowly, "Okay, I'll listen to you." ”

Xue Xiangdong didn't know the agreement between Li Zhan and his master Liu Guojian, he only regarded Li Zhan for 10,000 years too long, and only wanted to produce results as soon as possible, so he naturally felt that Li Zhan was a little impatient during this time. From his point of view, he also has the mentality of "young people, full of momentum, understandable".

Li Zhan inevitably emphasized to the pilots participating in today's training the key points of the four to three subjects, and emphatically pointed out the impression that we should pay the most attention to in the training of low-altitude ground strikes in rainy and snowy weather, as well as in air cover and free air combat training.

"The four bars and three subjects are the last subjects of the 228 project, and they are also the stand-alone comprehensive drill subjects to test the research results of the 228 project. In the future, at least in the unitary brigade, this single-plane comprehensive exercise subject will become a regular training subject and a key subject for testing the pilots' individual combat capability. There are a lot of low-altitude air battles, and low-altitude penetration was the first to be trained in free air combat without altitude difference, and in the comprehensive exercise, you have to play a benchmark level, and how the standard of this subject is formulated depends on how well you fight. ”

After Li Zhan finished speaking, he tilted his head to look at the electronic clock on the wall, and at 10 o'clock, Li Zhan gave an order, "Let's go!" ”

The pilots rushed out in small groups with flight helmets in their hands.

Li Zhan watched with envy as his subordinates rushed out and continued to wait in the flight briefing room. Not long after, Zhu Wei came over with three pilots from the Beiku Nighthawk Squadron. Fan Zengsheng didn't come, but Lieutenant Colonel Lu followed.

"Director Lu, you talk." Xue Xiangdong shook hands with Lieutenant Colonel Lu, smiled and waved his hand and left the flight briefing room.

Li Zhan beckoned everyone to sit down, and waited quietly with Zhu Wei and the others. The mapping route is top secret, and only Lieutenant Colonel Lu knows about it. He won't reveal half a word before the flight. The 4-3 single-plane comprehensive drill of the Eagle Falcon Brigade will be carried out until 17 p.m., lasting as long as seven hours, and aerial surveying and mapping must be integrated into it at the right time.

After repeated discussions and analysis, the time was determined to be 11:15 a.m., which was the time for the first batch of fighters to conduct a free air combat exercise without altitude difference.

The atmosphere in the flight briefing room was very solemn, no one spoke, and his attention was on Lieutenant Colonel Lu and his black briefcase, Li Zhan's mood was like waiting for the invigilator to open the seal and take out the test paper in the college entrance examination.

Outside, the airplanes roared and the warplanes whistled one after another. In low visibility conditions, the fighter plane disappeared into the gray sky after a short time of liftoff, and in such weather, the pilot basically needed to rely on the instruments, and the airborne radar, which was not turned on frequently, was also used frequently.

At that time, Li Zhan used the J-7E small ranging radar to carry out ultra-low-altitude penetration in mountainous areas, and the envelope line he explored played a key role. Basically, as long as the pilot operates the fighter according to the requirements, he will not cross the envelope.

When the time came, Lieutenant Colonel Lu opened the black briefcase and took out a cowhide envelope from it, and everyone couldn't help but sit up straight. Lieutenant Colonel Lu checked the seal in front of everyone and made sure that it was not damaged before carefully opening it.

Lieutenant Colonel Lu laid the mapping route map on the table and said, "Four batches, four routes, you are experts, you study it." ”

Like the usual reconnaissance training route, it can be said that it is a very familiar flight route, Zhu Wei looked at Li Zhan, and found that Li Zhan was looking at the picture very seriously, his heart moved slightly, put away his contempt, and looked at the map carefully again. This time, it was found that some details were different, such as the western area of the Beiku Mountains, which usually entered from north to south during reconnaissance training, but this time the aerial mapping route clearly required that it enter dozens of kilometers from east to west and then switch to from north to south. Twisty routes mean more difficulty and risk.

After a while, Li Zhan asked, "Captain Zhu, do you have any questions?" ”

Zhu Wei hesitated for a moment and asked, "Do you want to bring live ammunition?" ”

"You don't bring it." Li Zhan said.

Zhu Wei nodded, "We have no problem, it is basically the same as our usual reconnaissance training route, and we guarantee to complete the task." ”

Li Zhan said, "I will help you eliminate interference." ”

After thinking about it, Li Zhan reluctantly said to Lieutenant Colonel Lu, "Director Lu, in fact, what I'm most worried about is that the Air Division will suddenly check our live-fire training level. ”

"Will it?" Lieutenant Colonel Lu raised his eyebrows and said.

Li Zhan explained, "It's very likely. Based on past experience, air crews are very fond of conducting surprise spot checks when we conduct large-scale training flights. Sometimes we will randomly check the combat readiness on duty, and sometimes we will suddenly arrange a live-fire training to test the level of our live-fire training. They picked on us when we were too busy to throw a sudden spot check, and we were addicted to playing on it. ”

Lieutenant Colonel Lu said with a smile, "This is a good thing, the chief wants to know the real combat level of the troops below, and it is understandable to do so." Army units often do this, just to catch you off guard. If the air department randomly checks your live-fire training level, it will have an impact on aerial surveying and mapping. ”

"The impact is certain, but I'll try to overcome it." Li Zhan said.

The arrow is ready to be sent.

"I don't understand the things in heaven, it's all up to you." Lieutenant Colonel Lu stood up and shook hands with the pilots one by one.

Zhu Wei and the four of them stood up and saluted to ensure that they completed the task, while Li Zhan still looked preoccupied, which was rare. As long as he can fly, he is optimistic about no matter how difficult and dangerous the task is. Lieutenant Colonel Lu also saw this scene. He knew a little better. At that time, the Sanhe flood control required Li Zhan to drive a plane to blast the mountain and discharge the flood on the night of the thunderstorm, in fact, many people at that time already regarded Li Zhan as a martyr in their hearts, but Li Zhan himself was very optimistic with a smile.

In this way, it can be seen that the difficulty of this mission is at least more serious than the one in which the Sanhe flood bombed the mountain.

Lieutenant Colonel Lu said to Li Zhan, "Li Zhan, when you come back from completing the mission, I will invite you to drink, whoever doesn't give it to you will be imprisoned, except for your brigade commander and political commissar, I can really manage the others to be confined." ”

"It's not that serious, it was just a joke last time, but they still support my work." Li Zhan said matter-of-factly.

After a pause, Li Zhan said very pessimistically, "The last time Sanhe bombed the mountain was an order conveyed by you, and my cockpit canopy flew off, this time it was you, I didn't know what to fly off, I was afraid of flying the engine away, alas." ”

"Li Zhan, you must have confidence and cheer up as a man." Lieutenant Colonel Lu encouraged, of course he heard it - didn't it mean that as long as I showed up, it would be fine?

Li Zhan nodded slowly, "Yes, Su Liangqi has two engines, and it is not a big problem to fly one, you have to have confidence to be a man." ”

"Yes, it's almost time, you guys add it up, I'll go to the tower."

After Lieutenant Colonel Lu finished speaking, he turned around and left.

Li Zhan took a few deep breaths and said, "Lao Zhu, take the troops and set off, and you will listen to my command after entering the mapping route." ”

"Yes!"