One hundred and fifty J-10A fighters, lined up in a neat battle queue, taxied above the airfield.

The distance between the fighters and the fighters is very small, and the J-10A pilots in the rear can even clearly see the serrations on the tail nozzle of the fighter engine above.

Elephant walks, a way to make the most of the runway in times of war for fighter takeoffs.

Today, it is the opening ceremony of the first combat training exercise of the Air Force.

It highlights the high requirements of the upper echelons for the future of the Air Force for actual combat.

Elite pilots selected from various aviation divisions will conduct a drill here that is infinitely close to actual combat.

Zhao Gang, who was the person in charge of this confrontation, even released his words during the mobilization before the exercise:

"There are no rules for this exercise, except that the combat distance cannot be less than 300 meters."

"We only look at the results!"

"Whoever shoots down the most will get this!"

As he spoke, Zhao Gang patted a golden helmet on the table beside him.

Although it was only plated with a layer of gold on the surface, the honor it symbolized still made the pilots selected by various military regions gear up.

Although the high-level officials have always wanted to carry out the actual combat drill, they do not have the corresponding technical equipment and have no way to carry it out.

Nowadays, both the Su-27 and the J-10A aviation divisions in China have been trained for two or three years and are able to carry out this plan, which has remained on paper before.

The first thing to do was a team battle, and it was a large-scale team battle, on the one hand, a flying group composed of 36 J-10A, and on the other hand, a formation composed of 36 Su-27s.

Both pilots are elite pilots in the Air Force, coming from two different theaters.

Prior to this exercise, they had several months of run-in training, and the team fit has now reached a very high level.

The fighters on both sides of the air war have their own advantages and disadvantages.

The most critical difference is that the Su-27 is a twin-engine heavy fighter, and the J-10A is only a single-engine medium fighter after all.

The difference in size is directly related to the issue of range and combat radius of the two sides.

However, in this exercise, there is no test of the combat radius, so in this regard, the J-10A erased its own disadvantages.

In the sky, the airspace within a radius of more than 100 kilometers has turned into a battlefield for fighter planes.

Although there is no smoke billowing from the actual fighter plane after it is hit, judging by the fighter jets that keep landing.

Under such operational conditions, the results achieved by the J-10A far exceeded those of the Su-27.

"Lao Su, who do you think will shoot down the most in this exercise?"

Zhao Gang, who was the supreme person in charge of the entire exercise, asked Su Shangwu on the side.

Su Shangwu is different from Zhao Gang, he has come from a pilot step by step to his current position, and has a deeper understanding of the level and state of pilots.

"It's hard to say that this exercise is irregular, and the focus is on the pilots' on-the-spot response ability."

Although Su Shangwu knew the performance of the pilots in flight training on weekdays, it was really difficult for him to predict the performance of the pilots in such an exercise that was really close to actual combat.

After all, the battlefield environment is changing rapidly, and it is different from those training subjects that are almost immutable in peacetime.

The pilot's instantaneous reaction ability is very demanding, and this time there are no restrictions on altitude, speed, combat style, etc.

It can be said that in addition to the fact that in order to ensure the safety of the pilot's life, the combat distance is not less than 300 meters.

The only difference with real air combat is that the missiles launched are not live ammunition.

Of course, in order to carry out the confrontation smoothly, the J-10A did not come up with its own cheating equipment, the Thunderbolt-9D missile for over-the-horizon combat.

If over-the-horizon combat is turned on, then the Su-27 may not even touch the shadow of the J-10A, and it will be all shot down.

Then this confrontation will lose its meaning.

However, in the subsequent four-person group confrontation match, there will be a competition schedule in which both sides carry over-the-horizon missiles to fight.

At this time, the battle in the sky was nearing its end.

Modern air warfare, unlike the air battles in World War II or the Cold War in the past, has rarely seen the scene of machine gun hedging.

On both sides of the warring party, discovery is destruction.

It won't give you time to go back and forth at all.

As for the film and television dramas, the scene of cannon dogfight between the third-generation aircraft and the fourth-generation aircraft.

It can only exist in the brain world of the screenwriter, and in the real world, before the third-generation aircraft discovers the fourth-generation aircraft on the opposite side, it has been destroyed by the over-the-horizon missile on the opposite side.

The third-generation pilot will not know what happened until he dies.

The confrontation between the J-10A and the Su-27 ended in less than half a day.

The J-10A won a complete victory, shooting down all thirty-six Su-27s at the cost of a third.

"Lao Su, what do you think of such a result, did they release water?"

Zhao Gang still said with some unease.

Although the battle loss ratio of 3:1 is not very exaggerated, is there really such a big gap between fighters with almost the same training quality?

Zhao Gang is not a professional pilot, so he has such doubts.

Su Shangwu frowned and said to Zhao Gang:

"They have already performed extraordinarily, and they can play such a battle loss ratio, and the pilots of the Su-27 fighter formation are beyond the normal level."

Su Shangwu has a deeper understanding of the gap between the two fighters.

Whether it is speed, maneuverability, or avionics system, the J-10A is a big cut above the Su-27.

The radar system should also be much more advanced, so that the pilots of the J-10A can detect each other a lot of time before the Su-27 pilots.

This makes the hunt a lot easier.

The J-10A is often able to complete the formation hunting more easily, and three J-10A surround one Su-27 to complete the hunt.

"In other words, the group of Jian-10 S, do you want to arrange for them to confront?"

After getting the answer, which was a little surprising but reasonable, Zhao Gang remembered another thing.

"Old Su, what do you think?"

This matter has always been controversial among the exercise commands, after all, the performance of the J-10S is too against the sky.

Let those J-10A and Su-27, which can only be regarded as third-generation aircraft, confront this kind of guy who is infinitely close to the fourth-generation aircraft.

It's true, driving a tractor and trying to hit a tank.

And it's still 99A.

"I think it's necessary!"

Su Shangwu didn't care much about the difference in performance between the two fighters.

On the contrary, he believes that it is necessary to let those proud soldiers realize the horror of the fourth-generation aircraft in advance.

The news he got from Cheng Fei was that the generation difference between the fourth-generation aircraft and the third-generation aircraft was far greater than the gap between the previous third-generation aircraft and the second-generation aircraft.

So much so that it is basically impossible for the third-generation aircraft to challenge the fourth-generation aircraft.

"Now many people think that after changing clothes, they can touch the fourth-generation aircraft."

Su Shangwu looked at the J-10A fighter jet that was constantly descending on the runway and said:

"It's also a good thing to frustrate their spirits!"

After the big team match, the four-man formation competition will begin.

Before starting, Zhao Gang specially held a meeting for them.

"I don't know if you know, the latest model of J-10."

The hundreds of pilots present have basically flown the J-10A, and they also know something about the latest improved J-10S.

After all, it has always been rumored that from next year, the J-10S will begin large-scale service.

They are also the most likely to be the first to fly on the J-10S.

"Yes!"

In the venue, a uniform voice sounded.

"Hehe, I know too."

Zhao Gang smiled and said:

"Many of you think that the J-10 S can be an improved version of the J-10A, how big a gap can there be?!"

"With your own technology, it is not impossible to find a way to defeat the J-10S."

"Although we have always emphasized that there are some gaps in flight performance that cannot be bridged by technology."

"But many of you have refused to believe it."

Zhao Gang called the name of a person in the crowd at this time:

"Xiaohu, you have always been unconvinced, right!"

Hu Jialiang is a first-class pilot, with thousands of hours of flight time, and all kinds of combat techniques and tactics are at his fingertips.

"Yes, it's all J-10 too, what's so great about them!"

Although he failed to drive the most advanced J-10S, Hu Jialiang also has his own pride.

He believes that with his own technology, even if there is a certain gap in the performance of the aircraft, the other party may not be able to beat him.

"In the case of air combat, I don't know who wins and who loses!"

In the face of such arrogant remarks, it is in Zhao Gang's arms:

"Good!"

"Don't say that our director didn't give you a chance!"

"In the next four-person formation melee, J-10S will appear on the battlefield as a special target!"

"Whether you can shoot them down when the time comes will depend on your ability!"

As soon as Zhao Gang's words fell, there was a shock in the Great Hall.

Although the discipline of the soldiers kept them from making noise, most of them reacted slightly.

"Of course, the armament of the J-10S will not be reduced, and they will be able to use all weapons, including over-the-horizon missiles."

Compared with the J-10A, the J-10 S also has a larger carrying capacity, the J-10 S uses a 3+3 weapon pylon, and the J-10A weapon pylons use a 2+2 mount.

"If you want to mount Thunderbolt 9D, you can do that too."

"Again, we are close to actual combat in this exercise!"

"See you on the empty battlefield!"

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The four-plane formation competition came as scheduled.

Squadrons of fighter jets take off from several different airfields.

The entire exercise ground has become a battlefield for them for hundreds of kilometers.

Lei Gang drove the J-10 S and said in the communication channel:

"Don't give them a chance to fight at close range in the early stage, try to teach them a lesson with Thunderbolt 9D!"

As a pilot who has been flying the J-10 since the beginning of the test flight, Lei Gang is very familiar with the performance of each model of the J-10.

In his opinion, if the J-10A wants to shoot down itself, it is only possible to find a way to complete the penetration and enter the range of short-range missiles.

The J-10S formation, already taking into account the problem of stealth performance, the four fighters are relatively scattered and not lined up very closely.

In this way, on the radar display, the target will be ignored because it is too small.

Even if you turn up the scanning accuracy, it won't work, and you'll only get a bunch of useless targets.

On the battlefield, there are now dozens of fighter formations that want to find the J-10S.

At the beginning, everyone was very restrained and did not have friction with the formation that was also J-10A.

But as time passed bit by bit, the J-10S did not find that its own fuel volume was about to approach the red line.

It can't go on like this!

This is the idea that is entrenched in Hu Jialiang's mind.

He didn't expect the stealth performance of the J-10S to be so powerful, and everyone still couldn't find any trace of them after looking for so long.

If you can't get the result, then this match will be lost!

Before he could figure out a way, a fighter jet around him was suddenly judged to be disqualified from the exercise!

It turned out that someone couldn't bear it anymore and began to attack the surrounding J-10A.

An incomparably tragic air battle suddenly unfolded in dozens of J-10A formations.

Everyone is the elite of the various aviation divisions, and they know all kinds of tactics very well.

At this time, it is a competition to see who has more solid basic skills, who can withstand greater overloads, and complete maneuvers.

Lei Gang, who had been on the edge of the battlefield and silently observed the situation, also found that they had started a melee at this time.

It's a great time for them to fish in troubled waters!

Just now, dozens of flight formations are looking for themselves, even if the performance of the J-10S is against the sky, it is impossible to pick so many people.

But when they start to scuffle, it's different!

The J-10S of Lei Gang's formation began to look for their respective targets, and then launched the Thunderbolt-9D missiles mounted under the wings.

Soon, one after another J-10A was judged by the director to be a failure of the exercise without knowing it.

Although these pilots were very unwilling, the rules of the exercise were like this, and if they lost, they lost, and they could only withdraw from the exercise with regrets.

The time of the air battle was very fast, and the J-10A, which originally consisted of dozens of formations, had less than ten formations left.

Moreover, most of the formations were damaged, and the good ones were able to have three fighters, barely forming a battle formation.

If the situation is not good, there will be a situation where only one aircraft remains.

And most of the fighters have already finished their last air-to-air missiles at this time.

They can be said to have lost the ability to fight, but for the sake of honor, they still use the most primitive methods to fight in the sky.

The J-10A piloted by Hu Jialiang still has a Thunderbolt-9D missile, which he specially left for the J-10S.

Even at the most critical moment, he was useless.

At this time, the J-10S formation led by Lei Gang also finished all the missiles.

Each J-10 S has achieved results with at least four fighters.

The entire formation played a 20:0 victory.

Now it's time for the final duel with a cannon!

As soon as Lei gave the order, the entire formation began to enter a supersonic cruising state!

Four lovely sonic boom clouds burst out in the sky in a row.

Lei Gang has been saving fuel and not entering the supersonic cruise state before, in order to fight a decisive battle at this moment.

The fuel consumption of the J-10S, because the fuselage is lighter, is much lower than that of the J-10A.

At this time, according to Lei Gang's prediction, the J-10A was basically running out of fuel.

Even if there is a little bit left, it will not be enough to enter the supersonic state.

That's their biggest advantage right now!

The supersonic J-10S, roaring through the sky, constantly maneuvered to the rear of the J-10A, and then completed the kill.

At this time, Hu Jialiang also found that he seemed to have no way to get rid of the fate of being shot down.

Gritting his teeth, the control fighter came to a super-large overload maneuver, and the overload reached 9 G in an instant!

The terrifying pressure, even if he was wearing anti-load clothing, made Hu Jialiang's eyes appear terrifying.

His eyes were red, as if blood was pouring out of his sockets!

But the price is worth it.

At this time, Hu Jialiang had already come to Lei Gang's rear.

Although the Jian-10S piloted by Lei Gang entered the supersonic cruise, it quickly escaped from Hu Jialiang's visual distance.

But the radar has remained locked and has not yet run out of the locked range.

The Thunderbolt-9D missile that Hu Jialiang has always kept has finally come in handy!

One shot into the soul!

Lei Gang became the first and last J-10 S to be shot down in the confrontation!

The normal confrontation ended with the J-10 S achieving a huge difference of 32:1.

This battle also made those pilots who originally thought that the J-10S was just like that realize the huge gap between the two.

But fortunately, Hu Jialiang still relied on his own strength to prove that under the condition of not being afraid of sacrifice, there is still a possibility of shooting down the J-10A.

Although the cost was almost irreversible damage to the body, the result was still achieved.

In the end, Hu Jialiang, who was lying on the hospital bed, won the first golden helmet!!

(End of chapter)