Although Wang Lao and Liu Lao were present, after all, it was a celebration and commendation meeting, and the overall atmosphere was relatively relaxed.

First of all, as usual, there are words of praise and encouragement.

The two big leaders are both people who have been on the battlefield, and they also speak with a full military temperament, and their tone is sonorous and powerful, without dragging their feet in the slightest.

Because there was no live broadcast, and the participants were all pure self-people who had been screened over and over again, the people on and off the stage did not shy away from revealing their true feelings.

Especially the gray-haired but still energetic Wang Lao.

Although he is retired, on such a special occasion, it is only fitting that he is invited out of the mountain to give some encouragement to the younger generations.

After all, he is known as the "Nine-Star Warrior" and has shot down and damaged a total of 9 enemy planes.

It can also be regarded as a reflection of the inheritance of the People's Air Force.

"Six or seven years, that is, exactly 30 years ago, the J-6 of the 24th Regiment of the 70th Air Division shot down an F104G fighter in the sea off the coast of Chongwu, and since that time, our air force, of course, including naval aviation, has not achieved results in air combat for 30 years."

Wang Lao, who was behind the podium, put down the prepared speech in his hand, looked at the packed venue in front of him, and began to improvise the content:

"A few years ago, when I had not yet retired, many people questioned whether our Chinese pilots had forgotten how to fight. Especially after 91 years, this kind of voice has become more and more numerous, and even some of my own people have gradually had such thoughts. ”

"In the past, it was an unanswered question because we couldn't convince people with words alone."

"But now, heroic comrades of the commanders and fighters, this idea has been proven to be wrong and absurd! Our air force is still the same team that is happy when it hears of war, brave and tenacious, and dares to fight and win! ”

"Just a year ago, in the face of the F14 and F18 that came to provoke, we could only take off hundreds of J-6s, and we could cope with it with a simple numerical advantage. However, the Air Force is a high-tech branch of the armed forces, and courage alone is not enough, and it is not enough for a country of our size in China to come back by simply buying planes from abroad. ”

"Fortunately, in the past six months, comrades in the military industrial system have brought a lot of surprises, especially last year's Xiangzhou Air Show, I went there on the first day, and I also saw the flight show of our J-8C fighter after the opening ceremony, which was very exciting."

"At that time, I told Comrade Lin Hu, who was traveling with me, that if I could be 30 years younger, I would like to fly up in person, and he replied that it was a pity that this kind of plane did not have a two-seater model, otherwise I could go up and try it now."

Chang Haonan, who was on the field, showed a knowing smile when he heard this.

Lin Lao, who was not present today, is 70 years old this year, and if there are no major changes in the timeline, then at the Moscow Air Show in a few months, he will really have the opportunity to fly a Su-30 to fly a few aerobatics.

But that's all for later.

Two-seater aircraft in the case of instructors to some extent, there is some room for adventure, many countries' air forces even have a special open day activities, by the two-seater aircraft to take some public figures to experience the flight for publicity, but the single-seater has only one pilot, once something happens is completely irretrievable, so the control of flight qualifications will be very strict, no matter what identity, it is impossible to let you go to the sky if you do not meet the requirements.

After praising the performance of the J-8C, Wang Lao turned the topic to the pilot:

"Of course, on the one hand, the plane is good, and our pilot comrades are also good, and some technical essentials are well mastered in ordinary training, but when it comes to facing enemy planes, they forget all about it when their minds are hot. And I have read all the mission briefings this time, and it is not easy to stay calm and not be impulsive and make mistakes in the first flight, and you are much better than me in this regard. ”

"The first result of our brigade that year was a Meteor F. MK8 is an old model at the end of World War II, and at that time we drove a MiG-15, which is the most advanced fighter in the world, and it also took advantage of four to one, and the other party knew that it could not be beaten, and it was patronizing and fleeing at all. ”

When Wang Lao said this, he laughed:

"At the beginning, when I saw the shadow of the enemy plane, I was full of thoughts about pulling the trigger and firing the cannon, forgetting all the things I had learned, and I didn't even think of using the halo sight, and when I reacted, I found that all the shells were empty."

"But that was the first time, and slowly everyone gained experience and became more proficient in skills, and later some of the top ones could even hit targets that couldn't even be tracked by sights in a supersonic oblique head-to-head flight state."

"And now in air combat, there are fewer opportunities to use machine guns, and they are all attacked with missiles and over-the-horizon. Frankly speaking, our air force has little experience in this area, and if I remember correctly, until the beginning of this year, the number of pilots who have fired medium-range air-to-air bombs has just exceeded double digits, so the experience of the two pilots who participated in the war this time is very valuable, and I hope that you can sum up some methods to popularize the essentials of over-the-horizon air combat throughout the army! ”

“……”

After the leader's speech, it is natural to confer the medal.

Zheng Liangqun and Chen Jialiang, who directly participated in the battle, and the leader who was in charge of the whole team, a total of three people, undoubtedly received first-class merit.

Other commanders and fighters who participated in the bat hunt were also rewarded with second- and third-class meritorious service.

Originally, according to Chang Haonan's estimate, the ceremony should be almost over here.

Because first, second, and third-class merit belong to the internal honor of the military system, those of them who do not wear military uniforms will not be able to get the merit even if they break the sky.

As for the awards of their respective units or personnel departments, they obviously have nothing to do with today's topic.

However, after Zheng Liangqun and the others returned to their seats after receiving the medals in turn, Wang Lao picked up another red-covered document, and then turned his gaze to the other side of the venue:

"The following is a commemorative medal for the local comrades who have made outstanding contributions in this bat hunting operation!"

"First of all, the list of people who received the third-class 'Operation Bat Hunt' medal!"

Hearing this, Chang Haonan's eyes flashed with a glimmer of light after a short period of surprise.

His heart was moved.

What man didn't have a dream of receiving an award for meritorious service when he was young?

Although, strictly speaking, medals, medals, and medals belong to three things.

And in the vast majority of cases, medals > medals >> medals.

The first two must be rewards for some kind of meritorious service, while the conditions for the issuance of medals are often much more relaxed, somewhat similar to participation awards.

But there's something special about everything.

The participation award also depends on what you are involved in.

For example, the bat hunting operation medal this time is a special design, and there is no such thing as this shop in this village, and the gold content is obviously much higher.

And looking at this posture, a commemorative medal has to be divided into one, two, and three grades, which must be in the meaning of rewards, but because there is no way to directly issue military medals to local personnel, they have no choice but to take advantage of such a loophole......

In short, there are many people who have won the third-class medal, such as Zhong Shihong from Factory 410, Lin Shikuan from Institute 601, and even Xu Yang.

Chang Haonan didn't hear his name.

This made him breathe a sigh of relief -

After all, if you take a third-class medal, it's almost like thank you for participating.

As for not even being able to mix with the third class, Chang Haonan never thought about it.

Just kidding, this bit of confidence is still there.

The number of people who received the second-class medal was much smaller, and they were all key personnel who were directly involved in the 83 Project.

After these people returned to their seats after receiving the award, Wang Lao finally picked up the third document on the podium:

"The personnel who received the 1st Class 'Operation Bat Hunt' medal are—"

Although there was already some speculation in his heart, Chang Haonan was still a little nervous in anticipation.

"Aviation Industry 601 Research Institute, Yang Fenghat."

As the chief designer of the entire 83 Project, he deserves his name.

"14 Research Institute of Electronic Technology Group, Guo Lin."

For some people who don't know the situation, this name seems a little unfamiliar, but in fact, it was he who judged the type of interference of the two J-8Cs in a flash of light, and was able to successfully shoot down the MiG-25 that was about to escape from the airspace of the Pakistani side.

"Aviation Industry 606 Research Institute, Yan Zhongzhong."

It's not a surprise.

And the list looks like it should be sorted by the number of strokes of the last name.

"There is also the School of Aeronautical Science and Engineering of Jinghang University, Chang Haonan!"

(End of chapter)