Under the starry sky, in the waters northeast of Diego Garcia Island, the aircraft carrier "Bai Qi" is headwinding at a high speed of 30 knots.

An A-6E "Intruder" modified two-seat heavy carrier-based attack aircraft slowly glides towards the oblique take-off area of the two-section flight deck.

In the two-seater cabin, Lieutenant Colonel Lin Heng, a lieutenant colonel of the 15th Attack Aircraft Group of the 7th Carrier-based Aviation Wing, who was sitting in the main pilot's seat, turned his head to look at his partner Major Huang Xinrui, who was sitting in the right rear bombing navigator's seat, raised his right hand in the shape of a fist with gloves, and smiled easily: "Xinrui, how many times have we taken off at night?" ”

Huang Xinrui also clenched his gloved right fist, touched Lin Heng's right fist lightly, and said with a smile: "Our 'intruder' is known as the strongest attack aircraft in all weather and all seasons!" Ninety-nine combat missions at night, if not a hundred! Although these combat missions are so-called combat-ready cruises. ”

The flame deflector at the tail of the A-6E "Intruder" carrier-based attack aircraft began to be lowered, and the white water vapor evaporated from the steam catapult lingered outside the cockpit. ”

A signal guide wearing a yellow, bright silver reflective vest came out of the diffuse steam and gestured to Lin Heng, who was in the main pilot's seat, signaling Lin Heng to continue maneuvering the plane to taxi towards the catapult.

Lin Heng followed the guidance of the signal guide while driving the plane, and said with a relaxed smile: "Flying in the night sky, I have a feeling as if I can touch the Milky Way Nine Heavens at any time!" ”

Compared with carrier-based aircraft pilots in other countries in the world, the Donghua Royal Naval Aviation has special courses and teaching aids that are different. The three-D model training platform in the Royal Naval Academy on Paradise Island is enough to make the Royal Naval Aviation of Donghua far ahead of the world's navies in terms of carrier-based aircraft training.

The three-D model-like training cabin of the sea, land and air force is a special benefit belonging to the best officers and soldiers of the Donghua Royal Navy, Army and Air Force. Only after the most rigorous selection can you have the opportunity to enter the Royal Naval Academy, the Royal Air Force Academy, and the Royal Army Command College on the Paradise Island of the Donghua Empire.

It is precisely because of Emperor Cheng's investment in training at any cost that the Donghua Royal Naval Aviation and the Royal Air Force have reduced many flight accidents in actual flight training, and the phenomenon of crashing planes during training has been reduced to a minimum.

"Flying Leopard 309, spreading its wings." Lin Heng said calmly into the helmet radio, and as he spoke, the folding wings of the A-6E modified "Intruder" two-seat carrier-based heavy attack aircraft slowly unfolded.

"The wings are spread out and locked, the right wing is intact and stable, and the left wing is intact and stable." Lin Heng continued to report to the command tower on the island island: "The leading edge flaps are intact and stable, and the trailing edge flaps are intact and stable. ”

The gas swivel plate, supported by six sets of sturdy hydraulically powered steel arms, is slowly lowered until it is finally flush with the flight deck.

The front wheel of this A-6E modification "Intruder" slipped on the slide of the catapult. The ejection lever of the front wheel clicks steadily into the ejection slide.

Lin Heng saw the signal guide's right thumb raised towards the sky, and continued to report to the command tower: "Flying Leopard 309 turns on the power supply of the avionics system. ”

After finishing speaking, Lin Heng stretched out his hand to turn on the switch of the main light, and the entire attack plane suddenly turned into a steel giant with green night lights flashing up and down its body, and the anti-collision lights were also turned on, and the lights were gradually turned to the brightest.

The signal guide had already retreated to a safe distance at this time, and gestured to Lin Heng to continue to follow the program.

As the throttle was pushed wider, the A-6E modified "Intruder" carrier-based heavy attack aircraft was suddenly tightly clamped by the catapult restraint, and in Lin Heng's words, the aircraft at this time was like a slingshot that had been tightened.

Turn on the analog navigation/attack radar, turn on the navigation/attack computer, turn on the radar warning receiver, turn on the airborne moving target instruction system, turn on the digital computer and signal data converter, turn on the UHF radio, turn on the friend or foe recognizer.

After adjusting the head-up display brightness to the appropriate brightness, turning on the inertial navigation system, and confirming that the data of the entire electronic navigation system were accurate, Lin Heng then turned on the landing gear lights.

Huang Xinrui, who was in the seat of the bombing attack navigator, saw the ejection commander bend his knees and make an ejection signal action at this time, and then he felt that his head was pressed against the ejection seat, and the whole person was firmly pressed and unable to move.

"What a wonderful enjoyment!" Lin Heng raised the nose of the aircraft, and this A-6E modified "Intruder" carrier-based attack aircraft with a full take-off weight of up to 27 tons flashed with night navigation lights, and with the help of catapult thrust and engine thrust, it quickly climbed high and roared into the starry night sky.

On the command tower of the ship island, Chen Houfu suddenly asked Tang Lixin, the combat staff officer beside him, with a solemn expression: "How far away is the British fleet from us?" ”

"Five minutes ago, it was 620 kilometers from our ship." Tang Lixin replied earnestly: "Our early warning aircraft hovered at a high altitude in the airspace of 450 kilometers ahead, and maintained close contact with the 'Expeditionary 093' attack nuclear submarine, and monitored every move of the remnants of the British Far East Fleet at any time. ”

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It is about 100 kilometers southeast of the Equatorial Strait.

At a depth of 30 meters, a giant steel sea beast with a length of 138 meters, a width of 12.9 meters, a draft of 10.9 meters, and a length-to-width ratio of about 11 is suspended silently in the seawater, slowly sneaking southwest at a silent speed of 10 knots.

This SSN-412 "Expedition 093" Seawolf-class attack nuclear submarine is the "eye" at the forefront of carrying out the combat orders of Chen Houfu, commander of the Seventh Fleet of the Royal Navy of Donghua.

With the existing anti-submarine sonar technology of the British Royal Navy, it is simply a fool's dream to discover the "Expeditionary 093" attack nuclear submarine that deliberately hides its whereabouts.

At this time, in the combat command module of the "Expeditionary 093", the captain Jiang Haibo was reporting the latest movements of the British fleet to the E2 Hawkeye carrier-based early warning aircraft hovering at an altitude of 10,000 meters through a communication buoy.

Here is one of the compartments where the entire submarine is the core, where all combat operations are carried out. The captain also gave orders related to the operation here. Because of the use of an optoelectronic periscope that does not penetrate the pressure-resistant hull of the submarine, the command module of the "Expedition 093" is on the second deck, and not on the first deck below the enclosure.

The command cabin is about thirty square meters in size, which is very spacious and comfortable for a cramped submarine. In the middle is a tactical table of nearly ten square meters, on which are placed several monitors.

In the bow direction is the ship's control area, where two helmsmen control the submarine's attitude with steering wheels similar to those of passenger aircraft. Next to the periscope console, the images taken by the photoelectric periscope are directly displayed on a large 40-inch screen.

On the left is the observation and sighting control area, with three seats, but usually only two sonar crews are on duty, and on the right is the weapons control area, where a weapons officer and a non-commissioned officer control dozens of torpedoes and missiles on the submarine with dozens of switches on the console.

Between the two aisles connected to the stern is the nautical area, where there is a chart table against the wall, and on the table is a large flat panel display with touch controls, which allows direct access to electronic charts, although there is still a large pile of paper charts in the cabinet on the wall.

(To be continued.) )