It worked!

There was also jubilation on the ground, and everyone ran to the front of the runway, waiting for the warriors who returned triumphantly, their hands covering the sun in the sky, watching their fighters return.

When the fighter plane landed steadily on the ground, Qin Feng was very careful not to come down first, and Lao Chang looked happy, and when he just climbed down the gangway, he didn't have time to land at all, and was already surrounded by a cheering crowd, and then, thrown into the sky!

Qin Feng sat in his chair and watched Lao Chang be welcomed by the crowd, and after they vented these enthusiasms, it was not too late for him to go down.

This credit belongs to the old man, and also to the comrades who fought for the whole project, of course, so far, it is not a complete success, because in the future, there is a more important project waiting for them.

Now, it's just a dry docking, a fighter flying at high speed in the sky, and the air tanker in front of it, and then, stuff your own fuel receiving tube into the conical sleeve of the fuel pipe, and it can be kept stable, which means that the docking of air refueling is successful, this is just docking, and there is no real air refueling, although only the last step is missing, this is also the most critical step, this step, must go through steadily!

Although the steps are the most critical, but now, in everyone's eyes, the most difficult thing is dry docking, as long as the docking can be successful, then as long as the air refueling is good, there seems to be no big problem.

At this time, everyone doesn't know that there is still a roadblock waiting for them in front.

"The meteorological department has reported that in recent times, there has been no appearance of cold air." When everyone regathered in the conference room, the chief engineer of the test flight began to give a briefing on the current situation.

With the convection of the air, the impurities in the air deposited due to low pressure in winter will be blown away, and now although there is no haze in later generations, there will still be fog and other meteorological conditions with low visibility.

"So, we have to make steady progress and make persistent efforts tomorrow to carry out wet docking!"

As long as on the basis of today's docking, turn on the fuel pump, it's as simple as that, it seems that this is an easy step, and the comrades present are optimistic.

"Tomorrow, let Lao Chang go out." Qin Feng said: "I have a test flight mission of the Jian-7 tomorrow. ”

A veteran with rich flying experience like Qin Feng is always fishing for three days and drying nets for two days, and the test flight mission on the Jian-7 side is also quite intense.

The joy of this success, for the first time in the history of the Chinese Air Force, will be handed over to Lao Chang.

Anyway, the docking was successful, so there shouldn't be any problems.

Lao Chang nodded: "I hope that tomorrow, we will be able to report our good news to the Air Force Command and the Central Military Commission." ”

Everyone is looking forward to this day, as long as the wet docking in the air can be successful, it means that the air refueling technology has been mastered, and then, Lao Chang should be the seed instructor, go to the army to fly more test pilots of the tanker, and before Lao Chang is grounded, he can continue to play his role.

The West has been mastering the technology for decades, and it has only just mastered it so far! In this, there are too many ups and downs, and I am always full of sighs in my heart.

Lao Chang's hand was on the table, and there, there was a model of the Jian-8 oil engine, which had already been shiny by his touch.

The next morning, Lao Chang sat in the cockpit of the Jian-8, and watched Qin Feng take off in the direction blocked by the oil pipe, and he also slid onto the runway, opposite to Qin Feng's direction, heading towards the air tanker.

The joy of yesterday's successful docking was still stimulating Lao Chang, and this time, he continued to slowly approach the front.

The aerial refueling tube was dragged in the sky, and if you look closely, you can see that it has dropped about 10 centimeters compared to the previous test flight.

This is because of the gravity of the air refueling pipe, this time, it has been filled with fuel, this tube, now full of aviation fuel, this time, when the own refueling pipe docks up and hits the locking system inside the cone sleeve, the fuel inside will flow directly into your own plane.

Elder Shen, the captain of the air tanker in front, was also driving the plane steadily at this time.

Although the H-6 already has an autopilot, however, when refueling in the air, the tanker must maintain absolute stability, so the air tanker must be manually piloted, especially, in case of turbulence in the airflow, it is also very important to be quick and quickly restore the balance of the aircraft.

The refueling guide at the tail, who watched carefully there, everything, was exactly the same as usual.

The old hand, steadily pushing the lever, got closer and closer, closer and closer, and only the last tremor remained!

Just like yesterday, at this last moment, I have to speed up a little and hit it all at once, otherwise, the tapered sleeve of the fuel pipe will fly.

Lao Chang lifted the throttle slightly, and the fighter rushed forward, and the front of the fuel pipe was firmly stuck into the conical sleeve of the fuel pipe, and it was successful!

Then, it's locked, and then it's time to do it!

"Click!" At this moment, there was a crisp sound suddenly, and Lao Chang loosened the throttle and immediately withdrew, not even having time to see what had just happened, in short, after the situation occurred, it was necessary to withdraw to prevent the most serious air collision accident.

By the time he withdrew, the refueling guide at the tail of the tanker could already see it clearly, and said loudly: "The refueling rod is broken!" ”

Lao Chang looked over at this time, and the crisp sound just now was made by his own refueling rod, and the refueling rod that stretched out forward was now broken! It snapped off from the middle and drooped down, but fortunately the air was not strong enough to propel it and blow it away.

The air refueling engine is transformed, just on the right side of the cockpit in the nose, it begins to puff up a bulge, which is the internal oil pipe stretching out, and this oil pipe is further forward, it begins to completely tilt outward, becoming the most conspicuous fixed air refueling pipe set up in front of the cockpit side of the fighter. At the very front of this filler pipe, there is a folded line that extends forward, which is the part that extends to the inside of the tapered sleeve for refueling.

Now, it's broken, like a broken human arm, and it's hanging there, and it looks very conspicuous. The old heart sank again.