The task of temporary confrontation drills itself has a strong sense of spot checks, and the leading organs at higher levels cannot just give orders to do and what to do without asking questions, and completely do not give the grassroots units time to react, and even if they are fighting, they have time to prepare for war.

Therefore, in order to better deal with the impromptu confrontation drill that is very likely to occur, Li Zhan was asked to stay on guard on the periphery, and at the same time use a single-lens reflex camera to take some pictures of the training process. This meant that he had to constantly maneuver quickly between the various training groups to photograph them.

The photographs are not intended for promotional purposes, but rather as a visual representation of the post-day training evaluation session, which can be used with flight parameters to give students a clearer understanding.

Therefore, Li Zhan had to quickly complete the shooting task while the visibility was still relatively ideal.

After a brief pause in the north of Air Defense Identification Zone I, he quickly flew into the airspace where Training Group 1 was located, made contact with them, and posted them to take photographs. This places high demands on pilots, who must not only control the fighter plane but also use the camera, and must ensure that they are outside the course of the target being photographed, and if they accidentally break in, there is a possibility of an air collision.

This is the reason why this task fell on Li Zhan's head.

Looking at this cross-day and night flight training, there is nothing special about it, and since its establishment, the Flying Shark unit and the training team have basically guaranteed the rest of the training content except for short-distance take-off and landing training. Tactical training should not be wasted just because special intensive training has been conducted, and not only should it not be wasted, but it should also be adjusted and more appropriate training should be conducted in light of the actual conditions of naval operations.

Moreover, unlike other shore-based naval aviation units, the Flying Shark unit has no rear in its maritime combat environment.

Tang Leilei followed Zhang Xueyang and Cao Fufei to conduct a phase of training in the first phase, while Li Zhan filmed the process of the three training groups conducting vigilance and expulsion training, focusing on the formation situation, the attitude of the fighters, and the positional relationship with the target.

Tang Leilei simulated an unidentified plane intruding into the first air defense identification zone at an altitude of 4,000 meters and flew steadily in the southwest direction, on the 210 route. Zhang Xueyang and Cao Fufei conducted verification and identification, and warned for expulsion. It's a standard way of training.

Zhang Xueyang and Cao Fufei clamped the No. 10 J-11A piloted by Tang Leilei left and right, advancing in a conventional way. (Initial launch, domain name (remember _ three.)

Li Zhan took a lot of photos left and right, but he was always dissatisfied, he called the three of them: "Cave eight caves, ditches and caves, you keep your posture and don't move, I'll get closer and take a few close-ups at a different angle." ”

All conversations can be heard by the command post, and anyone can be heard by any pilot called by the command post.

Big Finger was not familiar with Li Zhan's style, so he asked, "Five-eight-eight, what are you going to do?" ”

After all, the command post of the Air Force commanding the HNA fighters is not the same service, so the commander on duty with the big finger is very polite.

"Big finger, I'm going to get closer and take a few close-ups of the 3rd training team, by flying about 30 meters in front of their nose and using a wide-angle lens to ...... from a 45-degree angle."

"Understood, pay attention to the height difference, over." The commander on duty interrupted Li Zhan's tirade and reminded him.

Li Zhan smiled, you asked me how to do it.

There is no altitude difference, and the free air combat training of the Flying Shark Force has no altitude difference restriction from the beginning, so it can be said that it has learned very solidly from the Beiku side. Vigilance and eviction can be regarded as a form of expression of free air warfare in low-intensity armed conflicts, and training in this area naturally strictly follows the principle of no altitude difference.

In fact, Big Finger didn't understand what Li Zhan was going to do at all.

Tang Leilei simulated an unknown plane intruding into the air defense identification zone and flew in the center, and Zhang Xueyang and Cao Fufei sandwiched him from left to right, restricting his left and right maneuvering space. The three planes were at the same altitude and headed the same way, and they maintained this posture according to Li Zhan's requirements.

Then if Li Zhan wants to shoot from a 45-degree angle in front of them, he has to fly in front of them at close range, and this distance Li Zhan intends to place at 30 meters, which means that if anyone has a half-second error, the four planes will collide together.

But it's a no-brainer for the old birds.

Li Zhan controlled the fighter plane, adjusted the direction of the nose, and then the throttle stick went to the end, and the fighter rushed towards the three fighters with a roar. He calculated the amount of advance, and when the fighters flew about 30 meters in front of the three fighters, he quickly raised the SLR and took continuous shots, several of which froze the classic 45-degree angle.

Tang Leilei and the three of them only felt that No. 588 J-15 flashed in front of them, and the distance was so close that they felt that the airspeed tube in the nose was about to poke up.

Before they could come to their senses, Li Zhan turned around and came back, entering from above the three-plane formation, the direction of the nose was the same as theirs, and he quickly drove to the front, and then descended in altitude.

He said, "The third training group, the task is completed, you continue to train, and the cave will break away from the formation and follow me." ”

After saying this, Li Zhan's left hand patted the cockpit cover on the left, and Zhang Xueyang, who was on Tang Leilei's left flank, saw this sign language - he couldn't see it, the white labor protection gloves were very eye-catching, he quickly broke the rod to the left, and No. 08 J-11A turned left with his belly turned and broke away. :/

Li Zhan slapped the cockpit canopy on the right side with his right hand, and Cao Fufei, who was on Tang Leilei's right wing, turned his belly to the right and quickly broke away.

So Li Zhan and Tang Leilei were left, and the formation was a standard long wingman formation. Tang Leilei stared at Li Zhanfei tightly, putting himself in the right position to understand. In formation flights, the wingmen do not care about navigation, they will only stare at the movements of the long plane or accept the instructions of the long plane. In the air show and air column, there is an aircraft called the reference aircraft, which is the position reference aircraft that all formation flying aircraft must refer to, so as to ensure that the formation meets the requirements.

The air queue is essentially the same as the ground queue, and the base machine is the base soldier in the ground queue, and all actions are based on him, especially the distance.

Theoretically speaking, as long as the wingman keeps an eye on the long plane and always keeps the relative position unchanged, then the entire formation is a whole and there will never be a collision accident. To a certain extent, it is not easy for a wingman to fly well. As the number of aircraft in the formation increases, the difficulty grows in a tumbling manner.

Many years ago, one of the most commendable performances of the Bayi Air Show Team was the large aircraft formation flight show - the nine-plane dense formation. Later, this subject was cancelled, and one of the important reasons was because it was very, very high, and very, very dangerous.

Although there are a lot of planes in the formation, there is no need to do aerobatics, so relatively speaking, the difficulty is not as high as that of the nine planes of the Bayi Air Show Team.

Li Zhan and Tang Leilei entered a state of alert cruise, they flew northeast along the 030 route, went deep into the international airspace for 300 kilometers, and then adjusted to the 180 route, which was parallel to the coastline more than 500 kilometers away, and turned into the 210 route after flying for 20 minutes.

At this time, Dazhi received an order for a temporary confrontation drill issued by the Air Division, and the order was conveyed by the Sea Division through the Air Division, so the personnel on duty could only feel sorry for their aviation unit for not taking advantage of this temporary confrontation drill mission.

Li Zhan received the order, and after preparing for a long time, he gave Tang Leilei an order: "Hole, open afterburner supersonic, and arrive at the battlefield in five minutes!" ”

"Understood!" Tang Leilei simply and neatly pushed the throttle lever to the end and opened the afterburner, and then he saw that the two sentences of Li Zhan's No. 588 J-15 had been stretched to the maximum, and a powerful tail flame was sprayed and rushed wildly. It looks like the main body of the rocket suddenly sped up and rushed into space after the rocket launch booster fell off!

Tang Leilei was startled, and secretly said in his heart, Brother Yi, so fast!

He hurriedly urged the fighter to catch up, and maintained a certain altitude difference very well, that is, he flew higher than the long plane, and his role was to cover, and he was the main attacker when necessary. But Tang Leilei suddenly found that the distance between himself and the long plane was slowly widening, and he hurriedly shouted: "Five-eight-eight, you are too fast for me to catch up!" ”

Li Zhan had already noticed this situation, and he was surprised to find that the acceleration performance of the J-15, which still had 70% fuel margin, was so fierce! The No. 10 J-11A piloted by Tang Leilei was also fully fueled, but Li Zhan had done more maneuvers and flew longer in a unit of time, so Tang Leilei's fuel consumption was more than Li Zhan's.

The fighter is lighter, and the acceleration is naturally better.

The problem is that Li Zhan keenly feels that it is not just a matter of weight, he has rich experience in the use of J-11 series fighters, and under the same circumstances, the J-11A definitely does not have such excellent acceleration performance, and the J-11B may be worse.

Li Zhan believes that it is the relationship between the aerodynamic layout and the engine, and the J-15 has an extra pair of front canards, and the engine used has better performance. The J-15's short take-off capability and powerful engine are very important, especially the time for the engine to reach maximum thrust is shorter.

It is a well-known fact that the shorter the time for the engine to reach maximum thrust, the better the acceleration performance. Perhaps there is little difference between the J-15 and the J-11 in terms of maximum flight speed (including cruising altitude and sea level altitude), but the acceleration performance of the former is better.

Acceleration performance is (how) important in air combat.

In short, the J-15 is Taihang's "turbo duck" model.

Therefore, Tang Leilei obviously saw that Li Zhan was getting faster and faster, and he was chasing farther and farther even at the maximum throttle in the afterburner state, of course, this is the situation within a certain period of time, if the two planes reach the maximum speed, theoretically they will not chase farther and farther.

Li Zhan slowed down a little and waited for Tang Leilei.

Any act of moving away from a teammate in an air battle is tantamount to suicide, and of course there is no shortage of lone rangers who are used to fighting alone, but after all, they are rare geniuses in air combat. But then again, even an air combat genius will definitely not be able to withstand the "multi-aircraft group fight".

When Tang Leilei caught up, Li Zhan received an order from the big finger: "Five-eight-eight, the target is in the direction of 230, the distance is 30 kilometers, and the height is 3000, pay attention to the search, over." ”

"Understood, course 230, distance 30 km, altitude 3000, over." Li Zhan confirmed that the instructions received were correct.

The simulated blue task force is conducting naval and air cooperative combat training on international waterways, and at this time a major event is underway - submarine aircraft anti-submarine exercise (submarine and aircraft coordinated anti-submarine operation). An anti-submarine helicopter replicating the Sea Hawk is towing a sonar search, while a Loyamaji-class submarine on the surface is at periscope depth for a surface cruise search.

Their actions were covered by a two-plane formation of simulated Super Hornet fighters.

Li Zhan hadn't noticed the simulated super hornet in the air, but he first saw several white tracks of different thicknesses and lengths on the sea. At this time, there is still good visibility in the air for thousands of meters because of the sun's rays, but a large part of the sea surface is already dark, and the white track is very conspicuous in the darkness.

Undoubtedly, he had spotted a maritime task force simulating the Blue Army, and the thickest and longest white trail must have been left behind by a large surface aircraft-carrying ship.

"Command post, I found the target fleet, but I haven't seen the air target yet, over." Li Zhan reported.

About thirty seconds later, the command post suddenly said, "Five-eight-eight, the air target is turning north, they are making a detour, pay attention to your right flank, over!" ”

"Understood!" Li Zhan subconsciously looked to the right and reminded Tang Leilei, "Pay attention to the right wing!" ”

"Understood!" Tang Leilei kept looking to the right, the distance should be quite close, and in addition to relying on ground guidance without turning on the airborne radar on both sides, the target can only be found through visual search.

Visual search is a basic skill, especially in close air combat, the pilot simply does not have time to wait for the search results of the radar, and the fastest way is to receive the information directly with the eyes.

At this time, Li Zhan made a decision that later proved to be very correct - to descend the height.

Seeing that Li Zhan and the wingman separated and quickly descended in height, the commander on duty at the command post was very surprised. This time should be to climb, to occupy a higher position to deal with air targets.

"What is he going to do?" The commander on duty frowned and asked.

The staff officer next to him shook his head, "Is it a novice?" He should not be lowered in height, let alone separated from the wingman. ”

Why didn't Li Zhan inform Tang Leilei?

Because they were so sure that they were in the electronic detection range of the simulated Blue Task Force at this time, their conversation was most likely intercepted by the other party. In order to ensure the smooth operation, Li Zhan used command sign language! Therefore, while he quickly descended the altitude, Tang Leilei continued to climb the altitude, forming a suppressive advantage over the upcoming air targets, and at the same time ensuring that there was more energy to provide support to Li Zhan at any time.

What's more, the result of Tang Leilei's continuous climb in altitude is that he will become "the brightest star in the sky", which means that he is very easy to be spotted by the task force that simulates the Blues, and it is also easier to be spotted by the opponent's simulated Super Hornet. During the process of the sun setting in the west, the visibility in the air is in a state of decline from top to bottom, and Tang Leilei is tantamount to saying that he is in the brightest airspace layer.

In order to achieve better results, Tang Leilei chose afterburner vertical climbing, and the soaring posture is the most beautiful boy in this sky, and it is impossible not to attract attention.

The reason for this was to cover Li Zhan.

Because Li Zhan has made a major discovery, a major discovery that he would rather give up on playing against the Super Hornet who simulated the Blues!

PS: -4000 words, 12000 words before 0:00 today. It's 100th, but the number of votes is very, very close, and the situation is still very tense. Do this today if you don't do anything, give up illusions and prepare for war, ammunition comes (monthly pass comes)!