"I'm losing momentum."

When Nie Jianfeng and Chen Fei rushed into the command room of the tower, they happened to hear Li Zhan's words coming from the loudspeaker.

"Check the powertrain again, I'm on top, tower, my engine is on fire."

Li Zhan used Mandarin to speak the unique vocabulary of Cantonese, which had a funny taste, but no one found it interesting. But everyone felt Li Zhan's composure and ease, just like the last time he landed and encountered no fuel, strong crosswinds, and turbulence.

Yu Chenglin was not mistaken, No. 037 was struck by lightning, which caused an engine fire, which was only a sporadic sporadic at the beginning, and did not cause an actual impact, and with the expansion of the fire, the impact was directly reflected in the relevant instruments of the cockpit.

"Return! Three turns in the hole, return! Fang Chenghe did not panic, and decisively ordered Li Zhan to return to the field. Even at this time, he had already made a decision in his heart, he would rather lose the plane than let Li Zhan risk a forced landing.

Li Zhan replied, "Dong Sangui received it and returned to the field." ”

"Report the situation." Fang Chenghe continued to ask.

Li Zhan frowned, looked at the engine speed that was decreasing at a uniform speed, and said, "The speed drops linearly, and the rest is fine, it may be that the oil supply is burned out, but it has not completely failed." ”

This is a good sign, but the most fearful thing is to suddenly lose all power, in which case you will have to skydive. However, he could not serve as a paratrooper twice in six months in the next unit.

The airplane has a lightning protection device, and those who fly the plane have not been struck by lightning several times are embarrassed to say that they are old pilots, and many lightning strikes are trivial. In particular, the flight units, which are active in thunderstorm areas all year round, have a lot of experience in dealing with such situations.

The Xixian area is famous for its thunderstorms.

Li Zhan judged that eighty percent of the reasons for the engine fire were related to the line. After the previous thunderstorm, the fighter did tremble, but it did not behave abnormally. Perhaps it was this lightning strike that caused the line to catch fire, and the fire slowly increased.

At this moment, the tower commander must unconditionally trust the pilot's judgment, because the tower cannot see anything.

"Report speed altitude." Fang Chenghe asked.

Zhang Xueyang also came over, standing behind with Nie Jianfeng and Chen Fei, and the adrenaline of the staff on duty in the tower soared, and no one cared about their existence. The propaganda officer even set up a single-lens reflex with a tripod, ready to shoot the forced landing of the fighter plane at any time.

"The height is 1,000 and 5, the speed is 700, and they are all falling." Li Zhan reported, but turned to ask for instructions, "I'm going to push the accelerator." ”

Fang Chenghe and Yu Chenglin understood Li Zhan's thoughts almost at the same time, Lin Haodong frowned and thought about it, and couldn't help but give Li Zhan a thumbs up. Since people have the nickname "First Brother", they naturally have the ability.

"Agreed, pay attention to the motivation." Fang Chenghe reminded briefly.

At this time, it is necessary to shorten the time of expression as much as possible, and use key words to remind the pilot to help the pilot concentrate.

Why push the throttle?

In the current situation, the plane is absolutely impossible to go back, but the engine is still able to work, pushing the throttle to try to pull up the rev is undoubtedly the best choice. The reason why Li Zhan didn't do this right away was because the engine was on fire and he had to get permission from the tower. Otherwise, perhaps an accident that could have saved a fighter plane turned into an accident in which the plane crashed, and he could not escape a misoperation.

For the J-7 series aircraft that have been in use for thirty or forty years, it is the most complete disposal plan among all models. Li Zhan must follow the plan process.

The engine fire looks scary, in fact, if it does not fail immediately, in the case of a distance of only more than 200 kilometers, there is no problem at all to fly back to the field.

Therefore, after understanding the situation, Fang Chenghe was most worried about the weather conditions in this field - the thunder and lightning rain did not mean to weaken at all.

After pushing the throttle lever to the end, Li Zhan clearly saw that the engine speed stopped falling, and then slowly increased, he breathed a sigh of relief and reported to the tower, "Tower, my speed has come up." ”

"We should continue to divert Guixi, and we still don't have the conditions for landing in this field." Lin Haodong made a suggestion.

Since the power can be maintained, flying to Guixi, which is more than 500 kilometers away, is the best choice. You won't be able to land when you return to the field.

Yu Chenglin immediately objected, "The engine fire, can you guarantee that you will be able to hold on to Guixi?" I suggest a forced landing in this field. ”

He didn't say the second half of the sentence "If it doesn't work, abandon the plane and parachute" He didn't say it, the chief of staff was here, and it was not his turn to take the idea.

Fang Chenghe turned his head to look at the meteorologist, and the major meteorologist shook his head, "There is no window, and it does not meet the conditions for landing." ”

The meteorological department gave a negative answer, in other words, if the commander ordered the pilot to force a forced landing on the field, the meteorological department was not responsible. Just as the meteorological department gives a recommendation on the direction of take-off and landing, and the commander does not adopt it, all the responsibility is borne by the commander.

"I support the diversion plan to Guixi." Zhang Xueyang, who was standing behind with his arms in his arms, walked up, without the slightest hint of stage fright, and said to Chenghe, "Chief of Staff, Dongsangui is 200 kilometers away from this field and 300 kilometers away from Guixi Station, and the flight time is not much different, and it is the safest to divert to Guixi." ”

Nie Jianfeng and Chen Fei didn't have the courage to suggest the premise, so they could only be in a hurry. Although they are all squadron leaders, they are the squadron leaders who drive the SU-27 and the youngest ace pilot of the Second Division.

Fang Chenghe didn't choose immediately, but asked Li Zhan, "Dong Sangui, this field does not have the landing conditions, do you consider continuing to divert Guixi?" ”

Everyone was holding their breath and waiting for Li Zhan's answer.

The one who knows his situation best is Li Zhan.

In the sound of electromagnetic interference, Li Zhan actually said with a smile, "I can basically be sure that I won't be able to fly to Guixi, and the speed has fallen irrepressibly, so I ask for a forced landing in this field." ”

The corners of Zhang Xueyang's mouth twitched slightly, the so-called first brother is nothing more than that.

"Agreed, get ready to skydive." Fang Chenghe made up his mind.

When everyone looked at the chief of staff again, they were in awe.

Li Zhan said, "I understand, I will park the plane on the ground, please rest assured." ”

"Don't be reckless, follow my orders." Fang Chenghe had no doubts about Li Zhan's determination.

"Understood." Li Zhandao.

Fighter No. 037 was close, but nothing could be seen. It was dark outside, and overhead were thick dark clouds, lightning and thunder, and heavy rain.

Major Weatherman continued to report, "The wind direction is 27, the wind speed is 8 meters per second, and the gusts are 12 meters per second. ”

Nie Jianfeng and Chen Fei glanced at each other and whispered, "The tank can't be lowered either." ”

"Gusts are more troublesome, and once they stall, there is a high probability of entering a tailspin." Chen Fei whispered, his face full of solemnity.

Time was measured in seconds, and everyone's nerves had entered an extremely sensitive state, and there was nothing else in the huge command room except for the voices of Fang Chenghe and Li Zhan communicating.

"Tower, I'll go through the field once." Li Zhan reported.

"Yes, two hundred in height, pay attention to the speed." Fang Chenghe agreed, but limited the height for Li Zhan.

At this time, there are two purposes for flying through the field, the first is to observe the wind speed and wind direction to feel whether it can fall under the current environmental conditions, and the second is to let the tower observe the fuselage situation at close range, and he has no way to fully observe the full situation of the engine fire.

A few seconds later, everyone saw Fighter 037 dragging flames through the clouds to the west, and the altitude continued to decrease. Fang Chenghe, Yu Chenglin, and Lin Haodong all held binoculars and opened their eyes wide to carefully observe the fighters flying at an altitude of about 200 meters above the main runway in front of the tower.

At this sight, they all broke out in a cold sweat.

Fighter 037 usually flies by wadding, but the most frightening thing is not the flight attitude, but the severity of the fire beyond everyone's expectations!

Even if Nie Jianfeng and Chen Fei didn't have binoculars, they could clearly see that the entire engine compartment of Li Zhan's landline was burning, and the long flames were extremely eye-catching in the dark sky. Zhang Xueyang's eyes widened in surprise, if he really followed his suggestion to divert to Guixi, Li Zhan might not be able to fly anywhere!

Sometimes it's just a minute or two!

When he grabbed the microphone, Fang Chenghe found that his hands were trembling, and he decisively ordered Li Zhan, "Can the three crutches of the cave come down?" Your entire engine compartment is burning! ”

At this time, Li Zhan pulled up a turn and broke away from the take-off and landing route, intending to re-enter the field.

The wind direction was favorable, but Li Zhanfang clearly felt the power of the downdraft and strong crosswinds, however, he had no choice. The entire engine compartment is burning, maybe the next second it will turn into bricks.

"The revs are still falling, the power is declining significantly, and there may only be one chance. The downdraft was strong, the crosswind was strong, I wasn't sure, but I tried my best. Li Zhan replied matter-of-factly.

Fang Chenghe gritted his teeth and ordered, "Carry out the parachute plan and give up the plane!" ”

"Chief of Staff, let me try once, if it doesn't work, I'll parachute." Li Zhanzhan took the route and added, "The plane is not out of control, there is a chance." Besides, I don't want to be a paratrooper twice. ”

It's obviously humorous, but no one has the slightest smile.

"I went straight in."

What two turns and three turns were all omitted, Li Zhan entered the field directly, the dark sky affected the visual distance, he opened his eyes and carefully identified the surface and ground buildings, and found the main runway.

Fang Chenghe said in a deep voice, "Get ready for rescue!" ”

"Yes!"

Yu Chenglin immediately launched the plan.

Nie Jianfeng and Chen Fei glanced at each other, then turned around and ran, no raincoat was worn, and after getting off the tower, they plunged into the rainstorm and ran towards the fire extinguisher, jumped in the car and followed the officers and soldiers of the emergency rescue team to the preparation position, looking up at the No. 037 fighter plane that was swaying down in the rainstorm.

The leading edge movable flaps are pressed down to the maximum angle, while the main flaps are raised upwards to the maximum angle. The performance of this fighter, Li Zhan should have used it to the extreme, maybe the next thing is to see if God will continue to eat this bowl of rice for him?

No, pilots are born to fight against God, and he will never compromise!

Compared to the crosswind encountered last time, this time is the real test of life and death.

Fighter No. 037 is like a flat boat in the sea of raging waves, with countless lightning flashes overhead, and a downpour of rain smashes down, and the lonely dead in the wind and rain are nothing more than that. Compared with Zhang Xueyang's heroic demeanor of driving the SU-27 like a sunset warrior returning from the previous period, Li Zhan at this moment may only be described as a stray dog who is homeless and facing the test of life and death.

The embarrassment is not an apt description of his state.

But everyone saw the tall Li Zhan, the figure of Li Zhan who was getting taller and taller, and the head that was raised high in the face of death, wasn't it just like the nose of the fighter plane raised high at this moment, as if he was shouting his declaration to God - my life is up to me!

Li Zhan stumbled to the ground, his tail was burning, and his brakes were also in trouble, and he generally rushed directly to the end of the runway when he lost control. The fire truck, ambulance, and engineering truck flashed their police lights and pulled their sirens to rush over, and before Li Zhan opened the cockpit cover, they were all in place and immediately launched the rescue.

Before the boarding ladder went up, Li Zhan jumped out of the cockpit directly, uncovered his helmet and threw it to the doctors who rushed over to push away the nurses who were about to pull him away, walked to the tail of the plane in the torrential rain, and stood there watching a small half of his landline burn.

Nie Jianfeng and Chen Fei rushed over, looking at Li Zhan, who was full of beard and tail, and they both laughed.

Since then, "Brother Yi" is really Brother Yi.