Chapter Ninety-Six: Danger in the Air
Regarding the question of whether to simply stay on the aircraft carrier, Xia Yu felt that he had to think about it. Therefore, although he did not directly express his attitude, he still told Mu Shaoqing that he would think carefully, and at the same time said that he also had a trace of intention to stay on the aircraft carrier.
Mu Shaoqing naturally said that Xia Yu was very welcome to stay, but he would not put any pressure on Xia Yu, and let Xia Yu make his own decisions. If you want to capture this trick, Zhuge Liang is not the only one who can play, but he Mu Shaoqing is also a good hand here.
Turning around, Mu Shaoqing, who was about to leave, was secretly proud in his heart, if Xia Yu stayed, not to mention anything else, Xia Yu's whimsical tactical thinking alone could bring a huge improvement to the aircraft carrier battle group's ability in air defense. Mu Shaoqing has never forgotten that when he was on the Liaoning, he was driven by Xia Yu to a J-31 and broke into a distance of 120 kilometers from the aircraft carrier.
Xia Yu will not consider the question of whether he will stay in the future for the time being, anyway, there is still more than a month before the end of this mission, and he has plenty of time to think about it slowly, but the day when the aircraft carrier battle group returns to Hong Kong for repair is approaching day by day.
This trip to sea took more than three months, and more than 100 days were spent adrift on the sea, and the officers and men of the entire aircraft carrier battle group did not feel homesick. However, being a soldier is like this, there is always a need for someone to be on duty, and there is always a need for someone to give up the reunion with their family and serve the country loyally in their own posts.
Even fighter pilots, a branch of the military that takes a three-day holiday, are actually just not scheduled to fly missions, and it is impossible to leave the base and run around, let alone go home to reunite with their relatives.
After returning to Hong Kong this time, because it is the first voyage, there will be more inspection and repair items that need to be carried out, in addition to some posts that really cannot leave people, there are still some people who can get a relatively long vacation. Especially in the air crew, at least half of the people were able to take vacations, which made the pilots who could see that they could be reunited with their families immediately, and their enthusiasm for training was also unprecedentedly high.
"Attention to batch 02, batch 01 is ready to fly over the sea, pay attention to altitude and speed, and don't fall behind."
"Batch 02 understood, and began radio silence."
As soon as the voice fell, two batches of four J-31s lowered their noses and began to conduct ultra-low-altitude penetration training at an altitude of about 20 meters above the sea surface.
In fact, the J-31 as an air-supremacy fighter, it is somewhat unnecessary to practice the low-altitude penetration that only the J-16 needs to do with heavy fighters, because with the poor built-in bomb load of the J-31, even if the penetration is really successful, unless the stealth factor is not considered, the J-31 lacks the effective attack capability against the ship and the sea.
But Xia Yu asked all the J-31 pilots to practice this project, because no one knows whether there will be a day when the J-31 will need to penetrate at low altitudes.
After flying at low altitude for 100 nautical miles, He Changhai took three other J-31s to climb to an altitude of 5,000 meters, and then accelerated the dive, completing a simulated attack on the sea, and then it will be the turn of the other four J-31s to conduct training in the same subject.
The stealth ability of the J-31 is very good, and it is obviously impossible to rely on the ship's radar to detect and command, but the aircraft are equipped with transponders, so Xia Yu can know the current location, speed, altitude and fighter number of the four J-31s in real time.
After these four planes also flew back, today's air flight training was over. Xia Yu easily straightened his collar, and was about to talk to Mu Shaoqing beside him about the upcoming Sino-Russian military joint exercise in the East China Sea, when suddenly a pilot's shout came from the intercom: "Report, Batch 03 No. 6 aircraft encountered an emergency and requested support." Repeat ......"
Xia Yu and Mu Shaoqing were stunned when they heard this, and then jumped up together, Xia Yu was fast, and took the first step to pick up the communicator and said: "03 batch No. 6 machine, inform the specific situation immediately." ”
The pilot of the No. 6 plane seemed to be trying to solve the problem, and after a while he replied: "The avionics instrument is out of order, the flight control system is normal, and the current heading is due south, I can still control the plane, but the instrument panel has lost its effect, and I have no information about the altitude and speed of the flight." ”
Avionics instrument failure? Xia Yu and Mu Shaoqing glanced at each other, modern high-tech aircraft are not the kind of propeller aircraft in the early stage of World War II, when the speed is hundreds of kilometers at every turn, without the support of flight information, it is very easy to have flight accidents.
But fortunately, the plane can still be controlled, Xia Yu picked up the intercom and said: "Batch 03 No. 5 aircraft, this is the command bridge, you immediately lead the flight in front of No. 6 plane and bring him back." ”
"Unit 5 understands."
Not long after, two J-31s that flew relatively slowly appeared within visual distance, and Xia Yu and Mu Shaoqing respectively picked up binoculars and observed carefully.
The one flying in front should be the No. 5 plane, and the No. 6 plane that had a problem is following the No. 5 plane very steadily at the moment, Xia Yu and Mu Shaoqing breathed a sigh of relief for the time being, the flight attitude is so stable, there must be no big problems with the control of the aircraft, and now what we need to worry about is the failure of the avionics instrument.
This is at sea, the place where the plane will land is the aircraft carrier, if the avionics instruments are out of order and cannot receive the glide path guidance information, then how can the aircraft accurately land on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier in this short 300 meters? Xia Yu and Mu Shaoqing frowned, thinking about any possibility of letting the No. 6 plane land.
The No. 6 aircraft, led by the No. 5, slowly approached the aircraft carrier, and before that, the other two planes had successfully landed, and the aircraft carrier's deck had been emptied for safety.
"03 batch 6 aircraft, can you try a visual landing?"
"Okay, I guess I can try." The driver of the No. 6 machine was not very confident, but he was still willing to give it a try. In fact, no matter who wants to land an aircraft on the deck of an aircraft carrier without the assistance of avionics instruments, he cannot have full confidence.
Because the entrance point in the air to the aircraft carrier, the huge aircraft carrier hull is actually about the same size as a postage stamp, at a speed of about 300 kilometers to a stamp, but also to accurately hook a thin line on the stamp, the difficulty can be imagined.
"Okay, I'll inform you of the real-time flight number and landing procedure, now let's try it once."