It's a rare opportunity, but I don't know what kind of advanced model the simulator here will be?

Unconsciously pursed his lips and swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva, Long Yun and two or three men in military uniforms who came out of the building and looked like pilots passed by, and he felt that the opportunity he was eagerly awaited was coming.

With full anticipation, Long Yun quickly followed Colonel Lu through the corridors of the building and into a large, dimly lit room that was apparently equipped with a fighter simulator. And Lu Chunjiang, who led the way in front of his head, didn't know if it was because he had turned back to his old business, and he resumed his true character from the moment he got out of the car and walked into the building, and at this time he was introducing the general situation of the training center to the young man next to him, but there was no really important information between the words, as if he was talking to the students who came to visit:

"Oh, young man, look, the training room facing north here is full of different models of fighter simulators; But...... Hehe, in fact, the number is not much, and we are not a training center or anything like that. ――Well, let's come in this room, just look at the model in front of you, I think since you're engaged in aviation competition, you should be quite familiar with fighter simulators or something, right? It's nothing to do today anyway,"

As he spoke, it was completely different from the casual appearance in the restaurant before, and Lu Chunjiang, who seemed to be very high-spirited, patted the black shell of the simulator next to him, "You young man, how many catties and taels of combat skills are there, just go to the simulator and give it a try!" Ha ha. ”

"--Okay, okay! Colonel Lu, please advise me. ”

Hearing that the colonel took the initiative to invite the battle, Long Yun was already gearing up. I immediately agreed to it. But I heard Long Yun's answer. Lu Chunjiang laughed twice. There is a kind of military straightforwardness and boldness between the words:

"You're not right, young man. What if it's just a simulated battle? - Oh, of course you're not a soldier, but if I want to talk about it, as long as it's a confrontation, then it's going to be 'dare to fight, you will win'! What a 'lot of advice', it doesn't sound like a pleasure at all, haha! ”

"Uh...... I'm ashamed, I've been getting used to it all the time. Hey. ”

Lu Chunjiang's words were very appetizing to Long Yun, speaking of how many times he was born and died in the parallel world, he had long ago deeply understood the bloody cruelty of war. But in the real world, the game is not a real battle after all, and it won't really be life-and-death, he smiled embarrassedly after thinking about it:

"So, let's compete and find out who wins and who loses!"

"Alive, that's what it's all about! But boy, you're not up against me today,"

Ignoring Long Yun's surprised expression, he had already swiped the card to open the main electric door of a simulator while speaking. Lu Chunjiang asked Long Yun, who was a little dazed, to take a look at the aviation simulator that was powering on the self-test, "What about me." For the time being, I'll just watch the battle from the sidelines, so that you can have a fight with the other pilots in the regiment. ――In this way, you take some time to familiarize yourself with the operation interface and model, and when you feel that you can tell me, let's start fighting immediately! ”

"Ah...... Good, okay. ”

Hearing Colonel Lu say "Your opponent is not me" just now, Long Yun thought for a while that Lu Chunjiang was going to let him compete with the AI opponent in the simulator, and he couldn't help but feel a trace of disappointment in his heart; But immediately he heard the colonel's explanation, and at this time, he saw Lu Chunjiang turn on another simulator and the holographic projection system in the training room, and also took out the walkie-talkie to make a call, so he sat down in the simulator with confidence.

Holding an identification card provided by Lu Chunjiang temporarily, Long Yun quickly logged in to the simulator, opened the system module verification, and made some necessary preparations for the simulated battle.

Just now, when he was talking to Lu Chunjiang, he had already identified that the two simulators installed in this training room were not mysterious models, but the SFM series, which was not uncommon in the Beijing Aviation Training Center. The reason why there is this doubt is not that the performance of the SFM series simulator is not good, but just like the SFM7560 he landed on now, it is a kind of general-purpose simulator, in other words, it can theoretically simulate any fighter model, but the simulation degree is relatively inferior to the high-end simulator of a specific model.

For the SFM7000 series, because he had used the low-end models of the same series before, Long Yun didn't need to be extra familiar with the control, he logged in to the system, and while setting the parameters, he talked to Lu Chunjiang who was standing aside:

"Colonel Lu, do we usually use this kind of simulator when we train in our troops?"

"Oh? Well, it doesn't hurt to talk about it," Lu Chunjiang was still busy setting some parameters in his hands, and Lu Chunjiang was still staring intently at the holographic projection screen as he spoke, "Let's Feifei usually train, and a general-purpose machine like SFM can only be regarded as an entry-level toy." Of course, if you really train the troops, you have to use a special plane, but it is conceivable that it is to be kept secret, and it is impossible for me to take you to the field to observe, let alone fight on the plane, you say yes! Hehe. ”

"Oh, think about it, hehe."

"-How's it going, since it's a familiar model, are you ready?"

Hearing the colonel's question, Long Yun had already made some settings at this time, and thought that he didn't need any warm-up, anyway, there would be no real overload on the simulator to bear, and the opponent only needed to focus on the confrontation between friend and foe: "Ready,-hey,this-this-"

Just when answering Lu Chunjiang's question, Long Yun was not operating in his hand, but there were some very unfamiliar changes in the simulator display menu in front of him, and he was stunned for a moment before thinking that this should be Lu Chunjiang operating, in other words, the simulator he landed on should be running in the form of a client and can receive control orders from Colonel Lu.

But just like this, of course, it didn't surprise Long Yun, what really made him speechless was the selection page on the panel, and a lot of follow-up operations:

Model: X-8A, confirmed

Parameter setting: fighter mode/simulation, confirmation

Mount settings: equivalent scheme/equivalent quantity/E.R.C shielding, confirm

……

- No, isn't it a fighter jet?!

I had just visited a "Yanlong", and at this time I was still impressed by the assault aircraft, but I really found that Lu Chunjiang designated X-8A as a landline for him in the system settings, obviously asking him to fight a confrontation drill between the assault planes, Long Yun was still completely confused, this, what kind of rhythm is this-

"Colonel Lu, Colonel Lu, my side of the show...... What's going on? How-"

Facing the display screen in front of him, as well as the familiar and unfamiliar interface, Long Yun was a little confused for a while, he didn't know what Lu Chunjiang's intention was to set it up like this.

Yes, if you just talk about the competition, this kind of arrangement is simply to send him to the door to be abused!

Not to mention that he Long Yun had never been in contact with a strong attack aircraft before, and he was a brand-new rookie, but his opponent was an active pilot of a first-line aviation division, even if he was given a week or even a month to train hard, I am afraid that there would be no suspense about the outcome of this competition.

Because attack aircraft and fighter planes, although they are both flying weapons that fight in the air, there are really some differences in use!

This kind of difference may not be understood by ordinary laymen, but Long Yun knows it well.

Recalling the many remarks he had seen on the Internet before, as well as the discussions of a group of enthusiasts on the forum, Long Yun knew that many people did not have much substantive understanding of the epoch-making weapon of the assault aircraft, and many people just regarded the assault aircraft as a "super fighter", or a type of fighter with greatly enhanced performance. But speaking of himself, due to his early learning experience in the military aviation school (although the attack aircraft was still a highly confidential new thing at that time, and the junior courses of the military academy would not be involved), and he also had a basic technical knowledge background, Long Yun had a relatively comprehensive understanding of the performance and value of the attack aircraft, and he knew that the use of this weapon was completely different from that of a fighter plane.

This distinction is very interesting to expand, and it is not enough to write a book to discuss it; But it's easy to take a simple example.

For example, the radar stealth capability that traditional fighter attaches great importance to, and even regards as surviving on the modern battlefield, is not necessarily a life-and-death indicator for a strong attack aircraft. For example, the X-8 "Yanlong" he just visited, the radar stealth ability of this huge fighter is very average, and the RCS value is about two orders of magnitude higher than that of the fourth-generation fighter - on the one hand, because the "Yanlong" has a large body size and adopts a variable swept wing that is not conducive to stealth design, on the other hand, when the "Yanlong" flies at a speed of more than Mach 3, the temperature of the front fuselage skin will soar due to aerodynamic friction, and in this case, no wave-absorbing coating can withstand it. There is no realistic feasibility of using guò absorbing coatings to reduce RCS.

The combined effect of these two factors makes the X-8 "Yanlong's" radar stealth capability quite ordinary, and when flying at high altitude and high speed, it will become a very obvious bright spot on the long-range warning radar -- but it is completely different from the situation in which the fighter "is destroyed when it is discovered," and the attack plane did not rely on radar stealth to carry out combat missions.

To put it bluntly, things are pretty simple:

The raider flew over, you can see it clearly, but what can you do with him?

Completely different from the fragile structure of the fighter aircraft, which cannot withstand the attack, thanks to the powerful atomic hydrogen engine, the Assault aircraft not only has outstanding flight performance, but also generally has a considerable protective layer of composite armor. Because they fly fast and are protected by armor, ordinary ground-to-air missiles, or even air-to-air missiles, basically do not pose a serious threat to attack aircraft -- not only are they difficult to hit, but they are also difficult to destroy during mission.

The epoch-making change in technology is reflected in the tactics and tactics, which is of course a subversive change. (To be continued......)