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On the morning of this day, Long Yun and the two who came to the "Chenlong" team saw the grouping and schedule of this year's IFT North China Qualifiers on the Internet.

For "Chenlong", who participated in the IFT China Qualifiers for the first time, Long Yun is still a little unfamiliar with many rules; After getting the specific arrangements for the group and schedule, Long Yun and Liu Wei studied it carefully.

As the most important aviation competition in the world, the competition process of IFT is also the most complex among the major competitions, from the national qualifiers to the finals, the time span can even exceed one year. Especially in a big country like China, which is full of talents and many teams, if a team wants to finally represent the country in IFT, it needs to pass the three levels of regional qualifiers, national trials and Eastern Nations League qualifying, and go through dozens of battles to stand out.

And now, the regional qualifiers that Long Yun and they need to face are divided into two stages: the group stage and the semi-finals.

Beijing, the registered place of the "Chenlong" team, is a gathering place for teams belonging to the North China Division, and the most teams have signed up in this qualifier; Together with the registered teams from other regions, a total of 45 aviation teams from the North China Division participated in the group stage, and these teams were divided into eight groups A to H according to the principle of geographical gathering, with five to six teams in each group.

Of these eight groups, five of the groups were played in Beijing, including Group F, which "Chenlong" was assigned to this time.

Seeing the list of participating teams and detailed arrangements in Group F, Long Yun and Liu Wei felt quite happy.

This time, in the North China Division, since there are 45 teams, that is to say, among the eight groups A to H, there will be only five teams in three groups; For the rules of the group round-robin format, where the top two teams are selected to enter the semi-finals, it will of course be easier in a group with fewer teams.

And the Group F that "Chenlong" was assigned to this time was a group of only five teams; In addition to "Chenlong", there are also four teams: "Tianhe", "Saturn", "Pluto" and "Thunder".

"'Tianhe', 'Saturn', 'Pluto'......" Liu Wei muttered and looked at several teams in Group F, and then shook his head, "There is no one familiar with it, and I don't know if they are powerful?" As far as 'Saturn' is quite famous, it is a team that uses MiG aircraft, and the rest is really unclear. ”

Seeing the grouped shì table, Long Yun also felt a little unfamiliar. Of course, even the team that Liu Wei didn't know about was even more likely to know the details.

"However, in any case, if there are five teams, they can enter the semi-finals by finishing in the top two teams of the group, which is still hopeful."

Although he didn't know the specific situation of these teams, Long Yun looked at the list, whether it was the old powerhouses "Wangjing" and "Sonic Speed" that he was familiar with, or the "Starlight" that leased them planes, they were not in Group F, which made them feel a lot less pressure.

Otherwise, not to mention against those two strong teams, if you meet "Starlight" on the field, although you have to do your best to play, you will always be a little embarrassed, right?

Liu Wei actually thought the same way, and felt relieved to see that "Starlight" was not in the same group.

For the qualifiers in the North China region, only by winning the top two in the group can you enter the semi-finals.

The semi-final format is that the sixteen teams are divided into two halves to compete in each of the knockout rounds, and the first place in the two halves is determined through three rounds of competition to participate in the national selection tournament to be held before the end of the year. The rematch has nothing to do with the group ranking in the group stage, and the treatment of the first and second place in the group is actually the same.

Isn't this a bit too complicated?

Long Yun looked at the printed materials for a while, and asked Liu Wei this question.

"Ah, Brother Long, you don't know, this format has been used for a long time. The main purpose is to allow each team to have a warm-up process and avoid too many upsets. Liu Wei is obviously quite familiar with this format, "Do you think, if it is a life-and-death knockout tournament from the beginning, wouldn't the slow-burning team be very disadvantageous?" It would be much fairer to wait until the group stage is over and the top two will go to the knockout round. ”

Hearing Liu Wei's explanation, Long Yun nodded, this arrangement does make some sense.

So in other words, as long as you win three opponents in the next group stage, you can basically guarantee advance to the semifinals?

Of course, having read the group stage rules of the qualifiers in advance, Long Yun knew that things were not so simple.

In the confrontation of fighter aircraft, there are only four scores under normal circumstances: 0:1, 0:2, 1:1 and 1:2.

It may seem complicated to say this, because the score does not equal the points in the group stage; In fact, the rules are very simple, and they can be summed up in one sentence:

The winning team earns one point, and each opponent shoots down an additional point in an air battle.

As for the 1:1 situation, it is equivalent to a draw, and both sides can only get one point for shooting down the opponent, so it is different from a draw in the traditional sense.

But in this case, both sides of the competition will realize that as long as they work harder and knock down the opponent's remaining fighter, it is equivalent to two more points! So from the history of the game, the battles at this time are often the most intense, and the games that really end with a score of 1:1 can be said to be almost none.

In the two-plane confrontation aviation competition, although there are only a few cases of scores; However, the tactics and trade-offs that have evolved as a result have become quite complex science.

Combined with this point rule, the team with the most wins in the group stage is not necessarily the final qualifier - for example, even if a team wins three 1:0 games, it still has no more points than two 2:0 and one 1:2 team; In short, this point strategy is to encourage offense and initiative, which is the general direction of all competitive sports rules.

For Long Yun and Liu Wei, after all, they still mainly practice combat skills, and they don't care much about things like the competition system, so they continue to participate in simulator training after understanding the schedule.

To put it bluntly, gold will always shine; Regardless of the grouping form, strength is the most important element to ensure victory.

Time, day by day; The first group match of the qualifiers is finally coming.

At the beginning of the day, the sound of fighter engines finally gradually dissipated after a busy day at the aviation training base.

The fighters that returned to the ground were taken back to the hangars of each team by the battery cars in turn for routine maintenance and equipment maintenance; The soft lights gradually lit up, and the usual roar of engines was no longer heard in the vast base, replaced by scattered mechanical pounding and power surge crackling.

On such an extraordinary night today, Long Yun and Liu Wei did not rush home, but made final preparations before the battle with the ground crew pilots in the hangar.

In the evening, the huge "Chenlong" team hangar has become quite cool; For the J-7IIM, whose electronic equipment is not complicated and does not require constant temperature and humidity parking, today's air conditioning treatment is also a bit extraordinary. After testing the airframe structure and control system, the pilots plugged in a group of PL-5B missiles that needed to be used the next day, and tested that the seeker electronic system was working properly, and the task was completed.

took the pilots who had worked all afternoon to the training center cafeteria for a big meal, and when they returned to the team office, Long Yun saw that Yang Ying, the girl, was still sitting in front of the computer; Seeing Liu Wei and Long Yun walking in, she got up to say hello to them, and she took Liu Wei outside for a walk.

Seeing the tablet that Yang Ying was holding in his hand just now, on the stack of materials in front of him, they were pointing and poking on the screen when they came in, this serious attitude made Long Yun feel familiar.

Probably because of her boyfriend's hobby, this little girl has become so serious, right?

As the saying goes, "grinding guns in battle, not fast is also light", but Long Yun knows that the competition in aviation competition is technology, but also mentality, at this time, "Chenlong", or what he and Liu Wei need most is not to train hard, but to relax their minds, to calm down the feelings that have become nervous because of this first game.

Ha! With that said, Long Yun shook his head, he didn't feel any nervousness now.

In the parallel world that he has traversed, Long Yun, who has long been experienced in a hundred battles, has really killed people and seen blood, what pressure can he have on such a game?

If you want to talk about pressure, think carefully about how to control the "Seventh Master" and deal with those advanced fighters.

In the last century, such a difficult topic as "J-7 against third-generation aircraft" once made the Chinese Air Force, which has fallen into the changes of the times and backward equipment, think about it for nearly 20 years, and now it is dramatically placed in front of Long Yun.

Before, Yang Ying had already shown the two of them the materials that had been sorted out, and the opponent of the first battle of "Chenlong" was "Tianhe", and they used the J-10A, which had been heavily equipped in China. Of course, Zhou Xiaodong, the main player of this team, and his partner, Long Yun don't know each other, but looking at their previous records, these two players who have fought in "Tianhe" for several years should have extraordinary means.

J-7 vs. J-10, such a confrontation can be said to be a great test.

As China's first truly independently developed third-generation fighter, the development and production of the J-10A: 611 Institute and Chengdu Aircraft Industry Company were previously responsible for the research and development, improvement and manufacturing of the J-7 series fighters. The new generation fighter J-10 they designed will of course strive to comprehensively suppress the previous second-generation J-7, or be able to completely compete with the J-11 of the 601 Institute.

In fact, it is precisely like this, the two aircraft are compared together, and it is not an exaggeration to describe the parameters of the J-7 as "completely backward", and there are few places that can be compared with the J-10 in various indicators.

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