"I heard that my students can't even fly fighter jets?"

Just when Chen Ming was drinking and feeling a little dazed, there seemed to be the voice of Instructor Charlie in his ears.

"Smack~"

Chen Ming looked at a document that Instructor Charlie slapped on the bar counter, and picked it up suspiciously. Although it was a bit upset at this time, Chen Ming could still see that this was a notice on the machine.

Overjoyed, Chen Ming hurriedly grabbed the wine bottle and poured wine for Charlie through the cup that the bartender had just delivered.

"Usually you look like you're a smart person, why are you so stupid this time? It was White who called me, and I found out that you kid and Conn didn't deal with each other. Remember, you are my student, you can tell me something in the future, and my old Charlie will give you a head. ”

Charlie took the wine glass handed over by Chen Ming, and saw that Chen Ming seemed to want to say something of thanks, so he directly opened his mouth to block back the words that Chen Ming hadn't said yet.

Charlie, who didn't know the inside story, like White, just thought that Chen Ming's inability to get on the plane was the result of his friendship with Lieutenant Colonel Conn. Compared with White, who has no choice, as Chen Ming's responsible teacher who has not yet stepped down, Charlie can recommend Chen Ming's whereabouts.

And the commander of the receiving unit turned out to be Charlie's old comrade-in-arms, and a phone call came over and directly confirmed the receipt. In this way, Chen Ming's modification training can be carried out as usual.

Chen Ming, who was drunk in a daze, did not notice the air team and modified aircraft he was going to. It wasn't until the next day, after saying goodbye to the Whites, that he and Charlie took another plane across the Bald Eagle to a naval air station on the west coast.

Looking at the F/A-18B fighter jets parked in the air station, I realized that I really had a day when my wish came true. The front foot is still trying to fly the F-18 to break the game, and the back foot is really modified with the F-18.

"Okay, you get to the place too. If you can complete the F-18 modification in half a year, maybe I can also take your carrier carrier training. ”

Charlie and Chen Ming said goodbye outside the air station, along with the chief of the air station, a colonel with gray hair. is also Charlie's old comrade-in-arms.

The promotion of generals in the Bald Eagle army is completely a turnip and a pit. If the general above does not retire and move his seat, the colonel below cannot be promoted. And it is obvious that Charlie's old comrades-in-arms belong to the group that has no hope of promotion. Without the pressure of promotion, the colonel looked a lot kinder.

Hearing Charlie's words, his eyes were slightly condensed. There aren't many people who can make Charlie take a fancy to him, but he doesn't have any intention of poaching. On the contrary, I am happy to be an adult.

There is the care of the colonel, and there is the pressure to understand the true purpose of the bald eagle. Chen Ming's modification progress is progressing rapidly.

Five months later, Chen Ming carried his luggage and moved to a new airport again. And Charlie, at the moment, is waiting for him at the door.

Seeing Chen Ming come as promised, Charlie smiled happily. took Chen Ming into the assigned dormitory in the airport station, and after Chen Ming put away his luggage, he ran to the airport with Chen Ming without giving Chen Ming time to rest.

Chen Ming understands Charlie's resolute personality, there are only four months left before the four-year period, and Chen Ming, who is also in a hurry to go home, is also happy.

Until he climbed into the two-seater F-18B cockpit and sat down, Chen Ming's thoughts were thinking about the people in his hometown. Huang Huai, Lu Huaicheng, Zheng Yuanhai, Deng Jiuguang and mother. If there is any one of these people who makes Chen Ming most worried, it is his mother Tan Qiuwen.

Every time I called, the reply I got was okay, okay. The body is fine, and life is fine. But Chen Ming could hear a trace of tiredness in his mother's mouth, but whether he asked Lu Huaicheng or Zheng Yuanhai, he could only ask the same result.

There was still a long time before the return date, even if Chen Ming was a little anxious, he couldn't help it. Now that the return date is approaching, this anxiety is beginning to appear more and more frequently.

"I'll fly first, you watch, and feel what it's like to catapult and take off. In particular, it should be noted that during the catapult take-off, you should not move the lever with the right wheel, and grab the upper handle with both hands. As soon as the ejection is over, go to the lever and pull the plane up. ”

Charlie said to Chen Ming while wearing his seat belt.

Chen Ming nodded. Wait until the crew tows the plane to the catapult mounted on the ground, hangs a hook in front of the front wheel to the catapult, and gestures to the two people in the cockpit to get ready. Grab the handle with both hands and wait quietly for the catapult to start.

After a moment, the fuselage suddenly shook. A strong force pressed Chen Ming on the back of the seat. It didn't take long to feel this push back harder than any supercar. As soon as the sense of relief at the end of the ejection reached Chen Ming, another sense of weightlessness came.

The plane took off. Chen Ming secretly noted that when ejecting, it was the moment when the push back feeling was over!

After communicating with the tower, the plane will be leveled. Charlie spoke.

"The danger of catapulting and taking off is more on the deck crew, and if you take care of what I said earlier, there will be no problem. If the ejection pressure is not enough, then you can only blame yourself for being unlucky and running into an ejection operator who drank fake wine. ”

Charlie seemed to think of something, and after a pause, he continued.

"If we say that the biggest difference between sea-based aviation and land-based aviation is that when landing, it is necessary to hook the blocking cable with a ship hook. That's right, you've practiced the accuracy of the landing site, I'm not worried. ”

"Next, let me tell you about the difference in operation. See that semaphore light box below? ”

Chen Ming's eyes glanced at the light box below where he could only see a small black dot, and he knew which one Charlie was talking about. There is a strange black light box on the simulated aircraft carrier landing track.

There is a row of yellow signal lights in the middle of the light box, about the fourth position from the top to the bottom, with green signal lights extending to the left and right, and red signal lights filling the top and bottom of the row of green signal lights.

"Yes, sir."

Chen Ming had read it in the book and knew that this was a moving signal light for the plane to land on the target. It is used to assist the pilot to adjust the slope on the taxiing slope of the landing for safe landing.

The yellow signal light in the middle moves up and down to indicate the pilot's taxi slope. If the taxiing slope of the aircraft is exactly 3.5 degrees, the signal light will move to the middle of the green signal light, and the green signal light will light up at the same time, indicating that it can land. If the angle of flight is too high or too low, a red signal light will be lit to indicate that landing is prohibited.

"Well, if you know, I don't need to say anything. My request is still the same, if there is no green light, go straight to the go-around. It is better to land dozens of times before landing than to land recklessly. Develop a good habit so that nothing goes wrong on the aircraft carrier. ”

Under Charlie's guidance, Chen Ming almost ran out of fuel in the tank, but failed to stabilize the flight attitude and land on the correct taxiing slope of 3.5 degrees.

In the end, under the threat of fuel alarm, Chen Ming landed normally. After filling up the tank, it took off again.

In Chen Ming's later retrospect, the number of go-arounds during this period was more than the number of go-arounds in Chen Ming's life combined.