At noon, the test pilots basically did a single performance test, the most thrilling of which was the low-altitude and high-speed test. When several "peregrine falcons" flew almost close to the runway, even Tan Renhao had to admire the courage of those test pilots. At noon, Gan Yongxing and Tan Renhao went to the officers' cafeteria at the airport for dinner on the pretext of inspecting the pilots' living conditions. Tan Renhao took this opportunity to talk to Luo Jinming, and after understanding the purpose of Gan Yongxing's visit to the test flight, in the afternoon, Luo Jinming organized two pilots under him to do two "confrontation" performances.

The first confrontation show was a fight between two "peregrine falcons", because the fighters had not yet installed machine guns, so the two fighters were just for show, in the eyes of the pilot, this was tantamount to a show, but it made Gan Yongxing, who was watching from the ground, very addicted. The second confrontation show was a battle between the "Peregrine Falcon" and the "Golden Eagle", and it may not be obvious on the ground that the two fighters are good or bad, but after flying into the sky, it is quite clear who is good and who is bad. The two pilots had similar skills, and the Golden Eagle had little chance of biting the peregrine falcon's butt, while the peregrine falcon was able to easily occupy a position and quickly get rid of his opponent with speed when the situation was unfavorable. After a few rounds, "Peregrine Falcon" did not lose once, while "Golden Eagle" was judged "shot down" several times.

"Renhao, I have to go to a meeting in the afternoon, so you can accompany Luo Jinming here." Gan Yongxing was addicted to it, and he no longer pestered these test pilots. "If you have dinner in the evening, remember to develop the table, and I'll reimburse you when you come back."

Tan Renhao found himself becoming a receptionist at the guest house, but he didn't refuse. Except for seeing Luo Jinming when he sent Zhang Zhitao away last time, the two haven't seen each other for several years, let alone chatted. Compared with other pilots, Tan Renhao respects Luo Jinming quite a lot. At the beginning, when Tan Renhao was a small staff officer in the Fifth Fleet, Luo Jinming was a senior officer. When Tan Renhao was the chief of staff of the First Task Force as the chief of staff of the aviation operations, Luo Jinming was the wing commander of the First Air Wing. Luo Jinming even talked about Renhao first, and was promoted to brigadier general. It's just that now Luo Jinming is a third-level lieutenant general, and Tan Renhao is a first-class lieutenant general, but he is behind Tan Renhao.

"What do you want to eat at night? Call everyone up, since the chief of staff has promised to pay, then we can't be polite. ”

"Whatever, we still have a lot to do in the evening, so they don't have to think about it." Luo Jin looked at several of his subordinates. "The test flight work is very intense, and we have to go back to Wuxi in two days, or we can just eat something at the base."

"How good is that?" Tan Renhao felt a little sorry for Luo Jinming, how to say it, he was also half a landlord, but Luo Jinming obviously didn't want to delay his work because he had to have a meal. "Okay. Then I'll tell the adjutant to buy some food and drinks, and come back to your dormitory to eat. ”

"You don't need to drink, the food is okay."

Tan Renhao smiled and nodded, as far as he knew, Luo Jinming's alcohol consumption was not good. And pilots are absolutely not allowed to drink alcohol while on mission. When Luo Jinming went to deploy the next tasks for several of his subordinates, Tan Renhao called Du Xing over and asked Du Xing to go to the city to get some delicious food as soon as possible.

In the afternoon, several more projects were tested, and except for one "Peregrine Falcon" that had some minor problems with the engine radiator, the other five had no problems, and the first day of test flights was completed. When the last fighter landed on the runway, Duchenne also drove back. Tan Renhao called Luo Jinming, and the two took a ride to Luo Jinming's temporary residence, which was just an ordinary pilot's dormitory.

The dormitory was not big, and Luo Jinming dragged out the table that was placed against the wall. I threw everything on the table on the bed, and then there was a place to eat. According to Tan Renhao's instructions, the dishes Du Xing bought were all relatively famous, but most of the dishes were cold, and he had to go to a nearby restaurant to find a chef to heat them, of course. Duchenne did not forget the most crucial thing, which was invoicing.

"Those of your men are good, they all seem to have flown thousands of hours." Before all the hot dishes were delivered, Tan Renhao started the topic, "Eat first, let's talk while eating, this weather is cold, and the dishes will soon be cold." ”

Luo Jinming picked up the chopsticks, but did not pick up the vegetables. He seemed to have a lot on his mind.

"That's right, Lao Luo. Yuan Peng was cultivated by you, right? ”

"Yuan Peng? That kid got in trouble with you? Luo Jinming immediately looked at Tan Renhao, and the look on his face improved.

Hearing Luo Jinming's words, Tan Renhao didn't continue what he started, but turned around and asked, "Does he often cause trouble?" ”

"Needless to say, he was the most difficult to serve in that class. When I was a cadet, I got into a lot of trouble, and when I graduated, he asked me which aviation unit was the most challenging, and I said the 1st Air Wing, and this kid went to you. How's that, not bad, right? ”

"Looks like you're throwing the burden on me." Tan Renhao laughed, "This kid left a deep impression on me, he dared to single-handedly challenge Ansler on the first day he came, and he almost couldn't get off the stage!" ”

Luo Jinming immediately laughed out loud. "Ansler is also a material who does not admit defeat, when I left, he was still a squad leader, right? Now that these two living treasures are together, it's really enough for you to have a headache. ”

"The two of them are partners now, and if they have a headache, they should also have a headache."

"It's okay, the tempers of the two people are about the same, so it's more appropriate for them to partner up." Luo Jinming nodded, and his expression darkened again.

"Actually, every time the novices assigned by the teaching team are good, that Zhu Xiaohuo is also where you trained, right? A few months ago, I promoted him to Captain of the Colonel Brigade, and he did very well in Australia. ”

"Hey, in fact, these people are just very rare, how many pilots do you need to produce one Yuan Peng and one Zhu Xiaohuo?"

Tan Renhao sighed, Luo Jinming's words were not wrong. Although Tan Renhao has not counted in detail, one trump card can be produced among ten pilots, and one super trump card can be produced among ten trump cards, which is already a pretty good ratio, and perhaps this ratio will never be reached in reality. That is, behind such a superace as Ansler. In fact, a large number of pilots are bleeding and dying, which is precisely the importance of ace pilots.

"Actually, our biggest problem is that we don't have enough people."

"Not enough instructors?"

Luo Jinming nodded, and he took out a cigarette. "This is the biggest problem we are facing now, a few days ago I called Hao Dongjue and Huang Xiaotian to ask them if there were any pilots who were willing to come to the teaching team to be instructors, and the two of them have not given me an answer so far. It seems that this time there will probably be no results. ”

"Didn't the Navy have a new land rule more than a year ago?"

The rules mentioned by Tan Renhao are a kind of regulation of the navy on the term of service of pilots, but they are not hard and fast rules. For example, carrier-based pilots only need to complete 1,500 takeoffs and landings, 3,000 flight hours, shoot down 10 enemy planes in battle, or drop 20 bombs on an aircraft carrier. Pilots can apply to be transferred from the front-line troops, back to the training brigade or reserve forces, and only need to fly another 3,000 hours in the rear before they can apply for retirement, and according to their specific performance. Allowances from the Navy are available for life. The purpose of this set of regulations is to give pilots a chance to choose, and second, to reserve some excellent pilots, so that when the front line needs to be replenished, these pilots can go into battle again, instead of sending novices to the front. Of course, the most important thing is that more pilots can come back and pass on their experience to novices.

"The rules are the rules, but no one can force them to leave the front-line troops, right?" Luo Jinming shook his head, "The training task is quite heavy now, and I heard that two aviation wings are going to be set up again." It is also possible to introduce a rotation system, in which case it will be possible to form several additional carrier-based aircraft air wings. The most troublesome thing is that the instructor is very burdened, and now he has to fly almost three times a day, and this goes on for a long time. If no one's physical strength can withstand it, it is easy to have an accident. Five days ago, when an instructor who had applied for retirement and was able to fly home in less than 20 hours had died, his wife cried even more tears when he saw him off, and I didn't know how to deal with it. This is the first instructor we have lost this year, and last year, a total of 12 instructors were killed or disabled in the accident. And we have less than 40 instructors in total! ”

"So serious?" Tan Renhao's expression also sank.

"yes, the main thing is that I'm too tired. Moreover, the aircraft is used repeatedly, and many times it has to be set off again without even completing the basic maintenance. Luo Jinming sighed, "Almost all accidents are caused by aircraft failures and pilots' lack of concentration. The problem of airplanes is easy to handle, the logistics department has promised to give us more planes, and several service units will be arranged to assist us, but the instructors' energy is limited, they also need to rest, they need to recover their strength, and it is impossible to fly in the sky all the time. ”

"Is there any solution now?"

"Try to pull people as much as you can. I also contacted Jiang Wenhan and wanted him to be my deputy, but this kid refused at once. Luo Jinming laughed, "I can also understand Jiang Wenhan, if it wasn't for the fact that there was no one else to replace me at the beginning, I'm afraid that I am also in the First Task Force or the Second Task Force now, and I will not teach the brigade." But the problem is, we need pilots, and the pilots on the front line refuse to come back, so we can't put a gun to their head and let them come back as instructors, right? ”

"Maybe there is another way, if we can improve the treatment of the teaching brigade, the standard of allowances, and the corresponding ranks, maybe someone will be willing to come back."

"I can't do this, at least I have to get the approval of the chief of the general staff."

Tan Renhao nodded. "It's okay, if I have time, I'll talk to the chief of staff, and I believe the chief of staff will agree."

"Talk, I'm not complaining about anything, that's what happened." Luo Jinming looked at Tan Renhao very gratefully, "Originally, we were supposed to take a vacation, but in order to be able to master the performance of the new fighter as soon as possible, and use the new fighter to train new pilots as soon as possible, we all gave up the vacation, and we have to rush back the day after tomorrow......

"Lao Luo, don't think so much, there will always be a way to solve the problem." Tan Renhao diverted the topic, "How is Zhang Zhitao doing on your side?" ”

"Yes, after letting him sit in the office for a few months, he started flying again, but he flew only basic courses, and he was not given difficult tasks." Luo Jinming's expression also relaxed, "In April, the captain of the bomber teaching brigade will retire, and I recommend him to take over, it shouldn't be a big problem." After Yang Shihong returned to the front, he is now the most experienced and qualified bomber pilot in the teaching group. ”

"It seems that he is not lonely, at least it is much better than sitting in the office."

"Yes, in those months, Zhang Zhitao came to trouble me every day, and I wanted to kick him back to the front line." Luo Jinming laughed, "However, the situation of the bomber training group is not much better, and the pressure on the instructors is also very high, and overall, we are seriously short of pilots now." ”

"Don't worry, I won't go back for a while, talk to the chief of staff here first, and when I return to the first task force, talk to those pilots, maybe I can convince a few people."

"Are you willing?" Luo Jinming immediately looked at Tan Renhao.

"What is there to be willing to give, what is not to be willing to?" Tan Renhao also looked at Luo Jinming, "If one pilot can exchange ten excellent new pilots, especially a few Yuan Peng and Zhu Xiaohuo, then I will earn it." ”

"If only all the fleet commanders were like you, especially Hao Dongjue, that kid is simply a rich man!"

"Hao Dongjue? Don't bother him, now that the Second Task Force has improved, it is even more difficult for you to release him than to ascend to the sky, but he is indeed a rich man! ”

Both of them laughed, the atmosphere relaxed, and they talked about things that didn't have much pressure.

Tan Renhao had never been very concerned about the affairs of the teaching brigade before, in his opinion, Luo Jinming had made a great contribution and provided a large number of excellent pilots to the front-line troops, but Tan Renhao never thought that these soldiers working in the rear would also have sacrifices, and it was their sacrifices that gave the front-line troops the capital to defeat the enemy. It can be said that Luo Jinming, as well as those instructors under him, are the real unsung heroes, a group of heroes who are silently contributing to victory in the rear.