The night is dark.

The 301 J-10C, loaded with weapons, flew to the designated rendezvous point in the shroud of Yinhua.

"Call the command center, 301 is heading to the rendezvous point." Yang Luo clenched the joystick with his right hand to control the fighter to fly steadily, and adjusted the frequency with his left hand to make a call.

"The command center received, 301, this escort mission is under your full command, and the non-emergency command center will not contact you." The commander's serious voice sounded in the communication channel.

Listening to the commander's meaning, the command of this escort mission was in the air division, and the air division was delegated to himself, and he commanded it in the air, Yang Luo suddenly felt a thrill in his heart, and hurriedly replied, "301 understands." ”

For the purpose of this assessment, Yang Luo was even more confused.

Looking at the tasks of the three stages, the first stage is flight technology and live firing, the second stage is flight technology and combat awareness against air and ground, and the third stage is command ability.

It's an all-round test!

Don't......

Yang Luo shook his head, feeling that his thoughts were too unbelievable, after all, he was too young.

Not long after, the 301 J-10C rushed to the meeting site, and the three fighters were already hovering in the air waiting with their navigation lights and formation flight lights on.

It has a similar shape to the J-10C, with a rear delta wing, front canard, single engine, and the air intake is located under the nose, but the six spoilers on the air intake reveal the models of these three fighters, which are the basic fighters of the three J-10 - J-10A.

"Call the escort team, this is 301, the commander and commander of this formation, please approach the formation from my right side." Yang Luo turned on the formation flight lights, sent a communication request to the four fighters, and gave instructions.

"XXX received, done." Three voices rang out in the communication channel one after another.

Three J-10A fighters approached Yang Luo's J-10C, forming a "figure-eight" formation of two planes diagonally behind the first two.

This is only the rendezvous point, according to the details of the mission issued by the air division, they also need to go to the station where the target transport plane takes off, and it will take off in 5 minutes.

"Attention everyone, the course is 265, the altitude is 8000, the airspeed is 800, and the escort target will take off in 5 minutes." Yang Luo pulled the lever towards the night, checked the route and mission details again, and gave instructions.

"xxx received, climbing."

Four J-10 series fighters walked through the dark night, pulling the blue tail flame, like four sharp swords piercing the night sky.

After flying in the scheduled flight formation, five minutes later, we saw a smoothly and climbing escort target, a Y-20 transport plane codenamed Kunpeng.

The fuselage is painted in black and gray with low visibility, conventional aerodynamic layout, an ultra-long fuselage of 47 meters, a cantilever upper wing with a wingspan of 50 meters, a leading edge swept back, and winglets.

This is the Kunpeng Y-20, a large multi-purpose transport aircraft that refers to the aerodynamic shape and structural design of the Il-76 and integrates some of the characteristics of the C-17

The maximum take-off weight is 220 tons, the load is more than 66 tons, the maximum speed is more than 800 kilometers per hour, the range is more than 7,800 kilometers, and the practical ceiling is 13,000 meters.

As a large multi-purpose transport aircraft, the Kunpeng Y-20 can perform long-distance air transportation tasks of various materials and personnel under complex meteorological conditions.

With high extensibility, high reliability and safety, it condenses a variety of cutting-edge aviation technologies, and is a masterpiece designed by the First Aircraft Design and Research Institute of AVIC and manufactured by Xifei.

"Boom!"

The roar of aero engines, louder and higher than the four J-10 fighters, resounded in the dark night sky, and four D-30KP-2 turbofan jet engines roared unbridledly, propelling the heavy fuselage to climb smoothly.

"It's huge!"

Looking at the climbing behemoth, Yang Luo sighed in his heart, this was the first time he had seen the Yun-20.

"Call 301, this is the XX tower, Y-03 is handed over to you, I wish you a pleasant journey." There was an unfamiliar voice in the communication channel, it was the tower commander of the Y-20 take-off station.

"301 received, guaranteed to complete the task." Yang Luo responded, and then called to Y-20, "Call Y-03, this is 301, the captain and commander of this formation, our aircraft formed a formation of four planes and was ordered to escort you, over." ”

"Y-03 Roger, thank you very much for escorting, over." The captain of the Y-20 crew responded, looking at one of the familiar and unfamiliar fighters, and wondered, "Which model of the J-10 series is this?" The latest model? ”

Although he was puzzled, he did not ask for it, and the confidentiality regulations must be strictly observed.

"Y-03, please climb to 11,000 meters and change out, over."

"Y-03 received, climb to 11,000 meters to change out, over."

After a brief exchange, Yang Luo changed the attitude of the fighters, swept to the left, and at the same time gave instructions to the escort formation, "xxx, you follow me to escort on the left side, and the other two fighters are on the right side, pay attention to the high-altitude turbulence, the alert level is level two, and in case of sudden danger, free fire is allowed." ”

The high-altitude turbulence is invisible and colorless, undetectable, and its existence is unknown, which is a major threat to high-altitude flight, and Yang Luo has already suffered from it yesterday.

As for the sudden danger, Yang Luo just reminded him routinely, and he didn't think that he would really encounter it, in this era, no country has the courage to do this, even the eagle whose military strength ranks first in the world does not dare.

"XXX understands." Three responses rang out in turn.

The pilots of the three J-10A each pedaled the rudder lever and controlled the fighters under them to meet the Y-20, which was still climbing, and carried out escort missions on both sides of it.

Four fighters were on either side, guarding the huge Y-20 in the middle, surrounding it and slowly climbing, and after it climbed to an altitude of 11,000 meters, it was changed to level flight.

Along the predetermined route, at a speed of 850 km/h, four J-10s and one Y-20 formed a formation and flew to the northwest in the dark sky.

The communication channels fell silent, and they were all flying in silence.

The speed of the Y-20 can't be too fast, and the four fighters can only fly with the rhythm of the Y-20, which makes Yang Luo feel bored and too slow.

In addition, it was late at night, and I couldn't enjoy the beautiful scenery along the way, so I could only look up at the starry sky and occasionally pay attention to the dashboard.

More than an hour later, it entered the basin of Sichuan Province and had already flown over 1,200 kilometers.

"Call 301, xxx task has been completed, request to get out of formation, over."

In the communication channel, the voices of three J-10A pilots sounded in turn.

Yang Luo knew that the three J-10A did not carry auxiliary fuel tanks, so they were about to reach the combat radius and had to return.

It has also been stated in the mission that only one of his own fighters will be escorted throughout the journey, and the other fighters will be completed by three batches.

"301 received, can be detached, over." Yang Luo responded, his eyes turned to the direction of 10 o'clock on the left, and three other fighters were flying over.

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