From the second day of the conference, the atmosphere of the 122nd Regiment became tense, and everyone was practicing their flying skills desperately. The veteran flight of more than two years in the group flies one take-off and landing per person per day, one take-off and landing during the day for less than two years, and another night flight at night.

For this confrontation exercise, the air division and the theater have each allocated a batch of aviation fuel and funds, and the supply has been opened.

The reason for such support is that the air division and the theater also used this confrontation exercise as a pilot.

If, after a month, if the air division and the theater of operations do not see obvious results, the 31st Division will have a hard time in the future, and it will have to cut back on food and clothing. If the effect is obvious, it may be generalized, and there is also the possibility that the 31st Division will evolve into the Blue Army.

In the past, although the scale of the exercises was large, they were all planned. How to fight and when to fight will have to be up to the exercise command. The army units are better, with the opportunity to play freely; The aviation unit, to put it bluntly, is shooting a fixed target, and if it wants to play freely, it is purely thinking too much.

And this confrontation exercise, without any plan, is real freedom.

No one knows what it will look like and whether there will be any accidents in between.

For this confrontation exercise, even the air situation orders of the North Finger have been reduced, and there are few simulated air conditions, and basically orders will be issued only when there is really an air situation.

It is only natural that the regiment has reduced the number of personnel on combat readiness duty, and only a group of two people is kept on combat readiness duty every day. The remaining pilots all trained to go.

Half a month later, on the morning of August 16.

Yang Luo sat in the cockpit of the long-awaited No. 811 Jianjiao-7, and since he flew solo, Yang Luo had not touched the joystick of the Jianjiao-7.

The reason why we want to fly the Jianjiao-7 is because the training mission we are carrying out today is to hit empty targets.

Yang Luo has not yet hit an empty target in the 122nd Regiment, and he needs someone to teach him.

According to the regulations, to practice hitting empty targets, you must first practice aiming and locking, and then you can shoot live ammunition. But Yang Luo already had the experience of shooting down the pilots of the 123rd Regiment, so he directly put on live ammunition and canceled the practice of aiming and locking.

In fact, Yang Luo has already practiced target shooting in the system space, both air and ground targets, and rockets and missiles have also been played. It's just that I can't tell anyone about it, I can only know it myself.

Yang Luo sat in the front cabin and skillfully checked the instruments, and the back cabin sat Ye Jianlong, there were not many pilots who dared to sit on the plane driven by a madman, and Ye Jianlong was the one who dared to sit.

Ye Jianlong was very relaxed, and sat directly in the back seat, if he could lie down, it was estimated that he had already laid down. This time, Ye Jianlong was both a teacher and an examiner.

Two short-range air-to-air missiles, Ye Jianlong first hit one, and then Yang Luo hit one, if the results are qualified, Yang Luo can fly alone to hit the target in the future.

The wings are equipped with a Thunderbolt-2 missile, which has been retired from the stage of history and is now only used as a training missile.

After the instrument inspection, confirm that there is no problem, raise a thumbs up to the maintenance to signal that the preparation is complete.

The aircraft attendant holding the flag immediately waved the flag, signaling that it could slide out.

With both hands holding the throttle valve and the lever respectively, Yang Luo took a deep breath and slowly pushed the throttle valve up.

As high-performance jet fuel is injected into the combustion chamber, the roar of the aero engines intensifies, providing the power to push the J-7, which weighs several tons, out of the hangar.

"Call the tower, 811 performs the air target mission, request takeoff, over." Taxi to the runway and brake to stop, the radio communication system is connected to the security channel of the tower, and Yang Luo contacts the tower.

"The tower received, the wind direction is 265, the wind speed is 2.5 meters per second, the field pressure is 1002, and there are cumulus clouds at 7000 meters, pay attention to avoidance, you can take off, over." The commander on duty at the tower immediately replied.

"811 received, ready to take off, over."

Released the brakes, pushed the throttle valve up to the bottom, and the J-7 ran recklessly on the runway.

Today is a normal take-off, so naturally you can't turn on afterburner like an emergency take-off.

Pulling the lever and looking up, the Jianjiao-7 roared into the air.

Retract the landing gear, pedal the rudder to turn to the 060 heading, and enter the range airspace of the No. 2 airspace at cruising speed.

The target of the air target is an unmanned target aircraft, which is actually a drone flying in the airspace of the shooting range.

If you want to hit a target, you must first find a target, otherwise what target to hit.

"Are you familiar with the shooting parameters and missile parameters?" Ye Jianlong, who was in the rear cabin, sat up straight and asked.

Yang Luo replied: "It's all in my head, remember it firmly." ”

"Okay, search for the target, then let go, you watch me shoot first." Ye Jianlong gave instructions.

"Understood."

The airspace of the shooting range is not very large, so Yang Luo did not turn on the search radar, relying on visual search.

In less than a minute, Yang Luo saw an unmanned target plane, flying in front of the left.

Yang Luo let go of the joystick and throttle valve, and left the left and right rudder with both feet, letting go of the control of the aircraft.

Ye Jianlong immediately took over the control, slightly pedaled the rudder to turn to the left, locked the target machine, and then turned on the switch at the top of the joystick with his right hand and pressed the attack button.

"Whoosh!"

The Thunderbolt-2 missile on the left flank is energized and activated, the tail engine is ignited, and it shoots out like an arrow from the string, leaving the launcher, and the passive infrared seeker begins to work, pounced on the target aircraft in front.

Ye Jianlong, on the other hand, withdrew from the attack after the Thunderbolt-2 was launched, and instead climbed to a higher altitude to prevent the debris from the missile from hitting the plane.

"Boom!"

Soon, the Thunderbolt-2 caught up with the target plane, collided together, the warhead was activated, a violent explosion sounded out, the fire was dazzling, and the fragments of missiles and target aircraft flew in all directions, blooming a brilliant fireworks in the air.

Die together together.

"Spectacular." Yang Luo sighed.

"Okay, the plane controls you, search for the next target plane, hit this missile, and we can go back." Ye Jianlong said, and then let go of the control.

After Yang Luo received it, he searched again.

Soon, a target aircraft was seen in the other direction, and the rudder turned.

Hitting an empty target on a real plane is nothing more than three key points: occupying a firing position, locking on to the target, and launching.

It's easy to say, but it's hard to actually do.

Especially in the air battle, not to mention locking on to the target, it is difficult to occupy the firing position in the first step, and you must always pay attention to the opponent's counterattack. Even if you occupy a firing position, it is difficult to lock on to the target, and no one will be stupid enough to wait to be locked on, but will always avoid it.

Hitting an empty target is much easier than an air battle.

The J-7 crossed an arc, cut into the firing position, and locked onto the target through the on-board fire control radar and helmet-mounted sight.

Yang Luo's right hand touched the tip of the joystick, turned on the first missile launch down to the 122nd regiment, and pressed the attack button.

The Thunderbolt-2 is energized and the tail engine is ignited......

However, the next second......

Suddenly, a rapid alarm sounded in the cockpit, and a red light flickered inside the cockpit.

The dashboard shows that the weapon is malfunctioning.

"What's going on?" Ye Jianlong hurriedly asked.

Yang Luo did not answer Ye Jianlong, but directly and eagerly called the tower: "Call the tower, the 811 missile launch is abnormal, I didn't see the missile launched, but I have already ignited." ”

When Ye Jianlong heard this, he hurriedly looked at the right wing, trying to see something, but he was blocked by the wing, and he could only vaguely see that there seemed to be a fire under the wing.

The commander on duty at the tower was taken aback and immediately issued an order: "Immediately switch to a manual method and throw away the missile and the launcher together." “

"Understood."

Yang Luo immediately responded, and at the same time, Ye Jianlong's voice sounded in his ears: "I'll throw away the missiles and launchers, you can drive with peace of mind." “

In the next second, the launcher, along with the ignited missile, fell straight to the ground.

"Tower, missiles have been thrown." Ye Jianlong reported, his face was a little unsightly.

Tatai ordered: "Return immediately." ”

"Understood." Yang Luo replied.

"Damn, what's the dog? How could there be such a big problem. Ye Jianlong's face was very ugly.

Yang Luo's face was also not good-looking.

Anyone with a igniting missile sitting under the ass will not have a good face.