Zhang Wei handed over Li Zhan to the cadres of the Fourth Regiment and left.

Because it was an important flight day, there was only one deputy political commissar at the regiment headquarters at home. The deputy political commissar was busy preparing for today's work of the organ to provide support for the training ahead, so he waved his hand and asked the head of the cadre unit to take Li Zhan through the formalities.

After going through a series of formalities such as organizational relations, personnel relations, food relations, etc., the head of the cadre unit asked Li Zhan to take the slip to the logistics office to get the key to the bachelor apartment, and then a corporal drove a commuter car to Li Zhan's living quarters two kilometers away from the flight area and to the downstairs of the apartment.

Li Zhan's mood became worse and worse, looking at the dilapidated two-story apartment building full of the atmosphere of the times in front of him, he scolded the leaders of the second division in his heart.

Isn't Lao Tzu the top guy you dug up?

That's it for Lao Tzu?

From the beginning to the end, after reporting to the political commissar of the division, only one head of the cadre unit at the company level went through the formalities. The deputy political commissar of the regiment didn't even look at him for a moment. Li Zhan, who was originally full of resentment because he was going to fly the J-7, was already so angry that his face turned blue at this time.

He really regretted going to Guangkong, if he stayed in Beikong, he would definitely not be treated like this. It's a big deal to go home once a year to visit your family.

The imaginary scene of the division commander giving a warm welcome, encouragement, and being able to fly the SU-27 into the sky did not happen at all.

Pushing open the door of 203 hard, Li Zhan's resentment went down a little.

This single apartment building looks very shabby, but it is actually a modern renovation, very neat suite, with a separate bedroom and a separate bathroom with a living room and study. He is only a deputy company-level cadre, and this accommodation standard is indeed surprising to Li Zhan.

From a tactical point of view, he is still a recruit, but from the perspective of military age, he is already a veteran who has served for five years, and he is conscious and understands the fundamental principle of unconditional obedience. Li Zhan didn't think about all the miscellaneous things, put down his backpack and duffel bag, and began to pack up.

Not far away, three J-7s took off one after another, with a short interval. Climbing, formation, then turning around and galloping southwest.

At the same time, the conning tower was busy.

"The division commander went up?" Qi Hong, the political commissar of the division, hurried over.

"Commissar! went up. With the order of the air finger, the No. 2 airspace found an unknown air situation, and he took four regiments and two planes up. Yu Chenglin, deputy head of the Fourth Regiment, hurriedly reported and handed the flight log to Qi Hong, who signed it. According to the regulations, all personnel on duty at the tower must sign the flight logbook.

At this time, the deputy division commander was in the command position, and Yu Chenglin played the role of assistant.

A large number of transition training. It belongs to the highest level in daily training, and it is necessary to pull the first level of combat readiness. This is also the reason why Li Zhan saw that the cadres of the organs were all walking with the wind, and the atmosphere of the entire organ building was strong.

In fact, Li Zhan mistakenly blamed the leaders of the Second Division. According to the regulations, to ensure this kind of training, the commander of the field must have two or three people in the command position.

The transfer of six batches of 12 Jian-7s from the Fourth Regiment to eastern Guangdong, and the transfer of six batches of 12 SU-27s from Guibei to the main field will all be completed today. Such a large-scale training has alarmed all command organs, including the air force headquarters and military command posts of the military region.

The preparation of the alternate landing field alone took a week of preparation.

Therefore, early this morning, the commander of the Second Division and the deputy commander of the two divisions responsible for training arrived at the tower to make preparations. Qi Hong was originally sitting in the division organ, but as a result, the empty finger reported that an unknown air situation had been discovered in the southwest direction. The division commander personally drove the plane, so the tower must have a chief officer in charge, so he hurriedly rushed over to fill the position.

Qi Hong naturally knows all kinds of plans.

The commander, political commissar, and deputy head of the four regiments all led the team to participate in the transfer training, leaving only one deputy regiment commander to assist in the command at the tower. The point is that all the pilots of the four regiments have taken on training tasks and are in the process of transitioning at this time.

What should I do if I have time again?

According to the regulations, there must be at least two fighters on duty. However, the situation is now awkward. It coincides with the season when the old pilots are transferred to retirement and retirement, there are fighters, but there are not enough pilots! It's not that there are no people, it's that there are no qualified pilots. The new pilots had to undergo three months of training before they could fly the aircraft on their own.

Xixian Airport is located on the border of the mainland of the motherland, and you can reach the South China Sea with one foot on the accelerator.

Yu Chenglin said, "Political commissar, deputy division commander, I'll go up." ”

Qi Hong shook his head and said, "You alone are not enough." ”

"The situation reported by the air finger is somewhat serious, there are two batches of unknown air information found in the No. 2 airspace, and the other group is hovering in the airspace, and they may break in at any time." Yu Chenglin frowned.

It is important to train in large numbers of transitions, and it is even more important to deal with unknown air conditions. The key is that Qi Hong can't draw his strength in a short period of time. After the SU-27 of the sixth regiment landed at the main field, it had to go through inspection and support before it could take off again, and the cucumbers and vegetables were cold after coming and going. Moreover, once this is done, the large number of transfer training that has been prepared for such a long time will be in vain, and the loss will be calculated in millions of dollars.

"Who's that, it's called Li Zhan, right? Where is he? Qi Hong suddenly turned around and asked Zhang Wei, Zhang Wei was the staff officer assigned to Qi Hong by the headquarters.

Zhang Wei didn't react for a while, a little confused, "He, I handed him over to the fourth regiment." ”

"Let him go!" Qi Hong immediately decided, "Let him go!" He pointed at Yu Chenglin, "Deputy Commander Yu, you go, Li Zhan is your wingman!" ”

"Yes!" Yu Chenglin saluted and went in a hurry. He didn't know who Li Zhan was, but now as long as there was someone on duty.

Needless to say, Zhang Wei hurriedly called the Fourth Regiment and asked the Fourth Regiment to quickly inform Li Zhan to prepare.

At this moment, the deputy division commander hurriedly turned around and asked, "Political commissar, that's a newcomer, can you do it?" ”

"If you pick one of the shorter ones, you don't have to go up." Qi Hong didn't have much confidence in his heart.

On the other side, Li Zhan, who was holding his breath, was busy sorting out his housework, thinking about whether he would take a leave to go home this weekend, and then his mood would be much better. It's at the doorstep, and the joy of being able to go home often to see it dilutes some of the resentment.

"Li Zhan! Come with me! A staff officer ran over, slammed the door hard, and said loudly, "Combat readiness duty, quickly!" ”

Li Zhan, who was folding the quilt, threw down the work in his hand, as if he had been electrocuted, and ran out with the staff officer. There was already a warrior car waiting downstairs, and the two jumped into the car, and the driver kicked the accelerator to the end and galloped towards the flight area.

On the galloping warrior car, Li Zhan came back to his senses and asked the staff officer, "Senior brother, what's the situation?" ”

"Today, we will carry out a large number of transfer training, 12 batches of 24 aircraft, the most important training at the end of the year. However, there are a lot of unknown empty situations, and it should be that there are not enough people. I don't know exactly what happened. "The staff officers of the regimental command are only responsible for passing orders, and they do not have a good grasp of the specific situation.

Li Zhan secretly said to himself.

He gasped, his eyes full of envy. Twenty-four fighters, the size of the formed regiment. Just looking at the quantity, it obviously fails to bring visual impact. However, if it is exchanged for RMB, the impact will be shocking - the value of twenty-four fighters is conservatively estimated to be as high as 100 million yuan!

Wu Shiyi is flying in the sky, you can imagine what a large-scale training this is.

It is important to know that guaranteeing such a large number of transfers requires the approval of the Central Military Commission and the approval of the plan by the General Headquarters, and from top to bottom the guidance of the Air Force Command Headquarters and the specific command of the military command post, and it is necessary for all command organs, more than four alternate landing sites, and dozens of units such as military meteorological units and radar early warning units in their respective regions to provide support.

Li Zhan gasped, and the resentment in his heart dissipated a lot, replaced by a desire to fight.

Until he arrived at the flight briefing room, Li Zhan's mind had not yet come back to his senses, and his thinking was very clear, but he was full of confusion about his next move. This is the basic quality of a combatant, he has developed a conditioned reflex. When I was at the training base, I don't know how many times I had made similar emergency combat readiness. Therefore, when he heard the words "combat readiness duty," his first reaction was to run away and go to the flight briefing room first.

Yu Chenglin was already preparing in the flight briefing room, and when Li Zhan saw that there was only one lieutenant colonel and no one else, he felt even more strange.

"Report! Li Zhan of the Seventh Squadron of the Fourth Regiment and the Third Brigade reported for duty! Li Zhan stood up and saluted.

Yu Chenglin put on his flight suit and pointed to the wardrobe, "It's too late, you use the equipment in cabinet 37, move quickly." ”

It's the thirty-seventh again!

"Yes!"

Li Zhan didn't say a word, hurriedly went over, and simply changed his clothes neatly. Blue flight suit, flight boots, helmet, white "labor protection gloves". After dressing, he checked the side from top to bottom to confirm that there was no problem. The clothes fit very well, and it can be seen that the previous master's figure is similar to Li Zhan's. He sat down in front of the blackboard, his waist straight.

Yu Chenglin walked over, picked up the chalk and drew a circle on the map on the blackboard, "Time is pressing, pay attention." Here, in the No. 2 airspace, an unknown air situation was discovered, and the division commander had already gone up with two planes. Now I am on duty with you, and the order has arrived, to take off immediately to airspace No. 2. You're my wingman. I heard that you have carried out a similar mission at the training base, and you are also flying Xiao Qi, is there a problem? ”

Li Zhan replied: "Report to the chief!" No problem! ”

"Okay." Yu Chenglin only introduced himself at this time, "My name is Yu Chenglin, the deputy head of the fourth regiment, and the call sign is three or three." You take the call sign of the hole three turns. ”

"Understand, you are Dong Sansan, I call Dong Sansan!" Li Zhan repeated.

Yu Chenglin nodded slightly, and was about to say something, when a staff officer rushed over and shouted: "The tower has an order!" ”

"Let's go!"

Yu Chenglin grabbed his helmet and ran out, followed by Li Zhan.

The two J-7s on duty are already ready, and the engine is in the starting state, and they are parked in the duty position. Li Zhan took the folder handed over by the aircraft maintenance, signed his name with a brush, and then jumped into the cockpit on the boarding ladder, and saw the ground staff make a gesture of confirmation, he started the engine and began to check the instrument.

The J-7 is a second-generation aircraft, which has been in service since the late sixties of the last century, and has produced more than 1,600 aircraft so far, which is a veritable generation of famous aircraft. What relieved Li Zhan was that his landline and the one flying at the training base were the same model - both were E-type. There are many modifications of the J-7, and it is common for some models to have a gap of more than ten or twenty years in technology. At least give Li Zhan a G-type now, he won't be able to play, and he must go through special training.

In fact, he was overly concerned.

If the chiefs did not have the details of him, they would not have dared to drag him into battle. It was precisely because he flew the E-type at the training base, which was the same model as the fighter on duty, that Qi Hong dared to let him go, otherwise no one would dare to take this risk.

Everything is ready to go.

Li Zhan contacted the tower: "Tower, the three turns of the hole are ready, request to slide into the take-off position, over." ”

As soon as his words fell, Yu Chenglin's voice also sounded in the channel, "Tower, Dong Sansan is ready, it's over." ”

Qi Hongdao, who was in charge of commanding the fighter plane to deal with the air situation, said, "Dong Sansan, you can slide in, over." ”

Li Zhan was on the right rear side of Cheng Lin and then slid into the take-off position. Obviously, they are going to take off in a two-plane formation.

"Hole three, you can take off, over." Orders came from the tower.

The two of them opened the afterburner at the same time, put the baffle, and released the brake. The two J-7s began to glide, the speed was getting faster and faster, the WP-13F turbojet engine roared, five hundred meters later, pulled up at the same time, took off at a large elevation angle, and could gain altitude in a short time and shorten the take-off time. However, if you don't master the skills of this emergency take-off method, there is a risk of losing lift.

Crisp two-plane formation take-off.

Qi Hong couldn't help but applaud, "Beautiful!" ”

The deputy division commander said with a smile, "This new comrade has good skills. ”

How the technology is, you can see it with a take-off and landing.

"I talked to the leaders of the Beikong training base, and this soldier has a talent for flying, he is the first to fly solo, and he is the only one in their class of cadets who is qualified to fly a plane to carry out missions. Last year, the large formation went out to the North Sea to conduct long-distance raid drills, and his covering formation performed well and was able to keep up with the rhythm of the old birds. Qi Hong smiled and introduced a few words.

Li Zhan didn't know that including him, there were two new pilots in the Second Division who had been dug up, and the other two were two pilots who had just completed their new training flights that Qi Hong had deducted from his mother's home, the Ninth Graduate School of the Ninth Division. The naval aviation unit's own flight academies are still in their infancy, and over the years, the air force has been supplying blood to the HNA for so many years, and very few of them have been transferred back from the HNA to the HNA. It can be seen that Qi Hong is very courageous.

Therefore, Qi Hong attaches great importance to Li Zhan. It's not that Li Zhan thinks, the leaders of the Second Division don't care much about him, an outsider.

The deputy division commander was more than ten years older than Qi Hong, and he was an old pilot with nearly 4,000 flight hours. Already with gray hair, he will have two more years to reach the end of his service. At this time, people are very open to many things, and their mentality is much calmer.

He smiled, "I heard that if he stays in the northern sky, he will be able to fly Jian-10 next year." When we arrived at our second division, we could only fly to destroy seven, and eighty percent of them were resentful in my heart. ”

Qi Hong didn't feel that there was any problem, and said, "How many people are looking forward to modifying the new model, it's not that he is the only one who has grievances in his heart." What's wrong with resentment, I have the ability to fly the old model out of the new combat effectiveness. ”

"Huh." The deputy division commander smiled and stopped answering. The new political commissar has the courage and enthusiasm to frequently intervene in military work after taking office, which gives people a completely new understanding of the political commissar.

Before reaching the cruising altitude, Yu Chenglin turned on the afterburner and soared the J-7E past the speed of sound. Li Zhan didn't lag much behind, and he and Yu Chenglin maintained a formation and soared towards the No. 2 airspace at a speed exceeding the speed of sound.

"Hole three, adjust the frequency of three, two, eight, five, contact the south finger, accept its command, I wish it well, over." Qi Hong kept the microphone in his hand, and he gave the last order to the Dong Sansan formation.

The deputy division commander was always paying attention to the situation of the SU-27 group that was about to land at the field, and he was still in charge of directing the transfer training.

"Understood, adjust the frequency of three, two, eight, five, over." Yu Chenglin ended the contact with the tower, adjusted the communication frequency in place, and called Nanzhi, "Nanzhi, Dong Sansan report, accept your command." ”

Soon, Nan Zhi replied, "Dong Sansan, adjust the course to 204, and find out the air situation as soon as possible." ”

"Understood! Adjust the course for two hundred and four! Yu Chenglin confirmed the order.

The Fangcai Tower has already reported the air situation, and the unidentified aerial vehicles are flying one by one. This is already the second batch of empty feelings. In fact, whether it is Yu Chenglin, Qi Hong or the deputy division commander who commanded at the tower, they can all guess why there is an air situation today -- the reconnaissance planes that cannot escape from a certain country outside the country are trained by a large number of Ben Second Divisions.

It's just that this time two batches came, which was unexpected, and the combat readiness duty of the second division did not take into account the air situation of the second batch, because this was the first time in so many years.