Great Power Fighting Falcon

The climate in the Shuiling area is characterized by hot, humid heat and a sticky feeling that northerners are particularly uncomfortable with. The ground staff here all wear wide-brimmed jungle hats, and camouflage hats don't work at all. Qiongdao has a tropical island topography, which is characterized by being high in the middle and gradually lowering toward the coastline. The Liuzhi Mountains have several peaks with an altitude of over 1,500 meters.

When the troops conduct training, they need to avoid the mountains in the middle of the island, so the runway is deployed along the coastline, which also coincides with the characteristics of the ocean monsoon climate.

The food here is also very different. Li Zhan tasted the taste of his hometown anyway. Nangang and Qiongdao face each other across the sea. Their customs and habits are basically the same, and their dialects are from the same language family.

For several days, Jinhua organized various seminars, mainly for pilots to learn the tactical use of the J-8FR from Li Zhan and the others. For a certain division of China Southern Airlines, the J-8FR is an aircraft they have never been exposed to. Of course, they are familiar with the J-8, and they are still using the J-8D until now. This is their advantage. They will get started faster if they are on the same platform.

After analysis and discussion, the China Southern Airlines Headquarters decided to adopt Li Zhan's suggestion and planned to form a special squadron to use the J-8FR. It was given a designation of 117 Squadron. Several top J-8D pilots were selected and Jinhua was personally responsible. , let the troops form combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

While giving lessons to the pilots of the 117th Squadron, Li Zhan held a model of the J-8FR in his hand and said, "The gray-white J-8FR is a specialized tactical reconnaissance aircraft, focusing on electronic reconnaissance. As I said before, this aircraft does not have any You don’t even have aerial cannons for air combat capabilities.”

He raised a finger and asked seriously, "Let me ask you, what is the first thing you should do when encountering an enemy plane?"

"Report! Assess the enemy's situation and look for attack opportunities!" A pilot stood up and answered.

Li Zhan shook his head, "Wrong."

"You all fly fighter jets. Now you have to change your thinking. When you encounter an enemy plane, the first thing you have to do is to turn and run away! How can you deal with the enemy plane if you don't have weapons? You must clearly understand the nature of the mission you are responsible for. You What we need to do is reconnaissance, and then use the excellent high-altitude and high-speed performance of this aircraft to quickly leave the battlefield and get rid of the enemy aircraft!"

"To sum it up in one sentence, sneak in and shoot without wanting to."

Li Zhan wrote a few big characters on the blackboard and circled them heavily.

"But if you need to carry out reconnaissance missions deep behind enemy lines, you will definitely be intercepted by enemy fighter jets. This requires you to rely on your superb skills to complete the mission."

Li Zhan began to play the internal video teaching materials. He said, "I have brought several video materials used internally by the Air Force, all related to the tactical flight of the J-8FR. I will show you a section."

The lights in the teaching room dimmed, and a picture began to appear on the curtain. It was divided into four pictures, with four different angles. One was the picture taken by the aerial camera looking at the ground, the other was the coaxial camera angle in the direction of the aircraft nose, and the other two The other is the two angles of the left and right wings.

Obviously this is an image taken by a camera installed on an airplane, and everyone is familiar with it.

but!

The very beginning of the video is a thrilling shot - it's actually a chase and fight with two Su-30MKIs!

This video captures the process when Li Zhan encountered the Su-30MKI simulating the Blue Army force when he was driving the J-8FR for in-depth actual tactical reconnaissance. He also suffered an air defense fire attack from the ground air defense force simulating the Blue Army force. It can be Said to be trapped in a tight siege.

Relying on the extremely limited air combat capabilities of the J-8FR, Li Zhan flew out of a certain place of death and returned safely, completing the reconnaissance mission beyond expectations.

What kind of video teaching material is this? It’s simply more exciting than a military movie!

The naval pilots were immediately attracted, their eyes getting bigger and bigger. They had never seen such internal teaching materials or experienced such scenes. When they went to see Li Zhan, everyone felt settled. It looked like There is something special about this legendary little prince of levers!

If they had seen the video recording of the "Mediterranean Spring", they would probably regard Li Zhan as the God of War.

Li Zhan's ideas are very clear. Some things are not replicable, but have the opportunity to be completed by a very small number of specific talents under specific circumstances. If he blindly requires all pilots to follow the same pattern and make all actions meet the standards he requires, the effect will not meet expectations.

It is important to teach students in accordance with their aptitude and individual needs. Pilots are very valuable military resources. If there is an opportunity to conduct targeted training according to the characteristics of each pilot so that they have outstanding abilities in one or several aspects, it will undoubtedly be a very ideal result.

It is difficult to achieve this, but Li Zhan has high aspirations and has his own set of concepts about teaching.

Li Zhan paused the screen, and it happened to show the J-8FR pulling supersonic speed out of a high-threat area. Behind him was the embarrassed Su-30MKI. It gave people the impression that a second-generation aircraft was playing tricks on the famous classic third-generation aircraft. Afterwards, he left the place quickly with superior acceleration performance.

He said, "The J-8FR I was flying at the time was equipped with weapons, certain air combat capabilities, and ground attack capabilities. But you have also seen that when encountering an enemy aircraft, my first The first option is to escape and create an opportunity to escape at all costs. If I were flying a J-7, I might risk a dogfight with the opponent. Everyone knows that the J-7's close-range combat capability is not weak."

"At this point, we have to go back to the original question. How should special tactical reconnaissance aircraft be used? My opinion is that professional people do professional things, do their best, and do not look forward or backward. I Let me ask you, if you receive a request for help from the ground team during the execution of a mission, and if you take action, it will affect the mission, and if you don't take action, the ground team will be completely wiped out, what will you choose?"

This is a proposition, just like who should be saved first when a mother and her girlfriend fall into the river at the same time.

The pilots of a certain department of China Southern Airlines looked at each other. Some of the pilots opened their mouths to tell the answer. Suddenly they found that the atmosphere was very strange. They closed their mouths and then fell into deep thought. Neither taking action nor not taking action seems to be the right choice.

too difficult.

Li Zhan raised a finger and said very firmly, "You should put your mission first. You must remember that tactical reconnaissance aircraft are the farthest and clearest eyes of the command post. Your mission is related to success." The life and death of thousands of soldiers are related to the success or failure of the battle. So you must have a firm and clear concept in your mind. Again, from now on, your thinking must change."

After all, the nature of tactical missions has changed, and the pilots of the 117th Squadron need a process to adapt. Objectively speaking, driving the gray-white J-8FR is relatively passive.

"Flight technology is based on tactical concepts. We are all old comrades, so I won't go into detail on this aspect. Even a thousand words and ten thousand words will not be effective after practice. In view of the tactical mission characteristics of the 117th Squadron, our instructors According to the instructions of Jinhua Chief of Staff, the team planned a very interesting confrontation training, asking you to chase me and run. The implementation method is very simple. Our three instructors act as enemy planes to search and intercept you, and you try to avoid our Search and intercept. There is only one focus in the whole process. You do not have air combat capabilities, so you can only take advantage of the gray and white J-8FR."

Li Zhan suggested that the positioning of the 117th Squadron be "technical scouts." There are two types of scouts in Lao Lu's combat troops, one is technical reconnaissance, also known as technical reconnaissance, and the other is force reconnaissance, also known as armed reconnaissance. If someone introduces himself and says that he is engaged in technical reconnaissance, then you know that he must be a technical soldier. These people basically will not sneak behind enemy lines, and the risk is relatively not that high.

If you meet a soldier engaged in military reconnaissance, it is best to be polite. These soldiers engaged in military reconnaissance are not very good-tempered. The key is that they can fight thieves. These people are risking their lives when training, and they don't take their own lives seriously. When conducting reconnaissance, they are always chewing on the hardest bone, those hard bones that cannot be chewed by technical reconnaissance. In terms of the degree of danger, There was never a time when there was not a narrow escape.

The "technical scouts" of the 117th Squadron are somewhat different. Although they specialize in technical reconnaissance, they often need to go deep behind enemy lines. Therefore, the ability to protect yourself is very important, especially when there are no weapons or attack capabilities.

To sum up, it is very simple, technology plus fighter performance. The gray-white J-8FR has electronic warfare capabilities, but it is difficult to effectively interfere with enemy aircraft. After all, it is not a professional electronic warfare aircraft.

Li Zhan immediately began to talk about specific tactical actions, relying on his rich experience to explain in detail the maneuvers that should be taken in various enemy situations. These specific contents made the pilots of the 117th Squadron quite eye-opening - it turns out that this can still be done!

The weakness of the naval aviation force's lack of experience has been exposed. Many tactical actions are commonplace in the air force. However, except for those top units in the naval aviation force, the rest of the forces are still in the stage of learning and catching up.

Generally speaking, it can be seen that the units that were transferred from the Air Force to HNA are relatively strong, while the new HNA units formed by the Navy themselves are relatively immature. This is also the main reason why most of the pilots in the Flying Shark Force are Air Force pilots. After all, the HNA force is still young.

After the theoretical class, Jinhua invited Li Zhan and three others to the war room to study the modified flight plan. The pilots of the 117th Squadron must first complete the modification of the gray and white J-8FR before they can proceed with the next step of training, even though all pilots of the 117th Squadron have flown the J-8D.

The modified flight of this unit of a certain division of China Southern Airlines is different, mainly due to the problem of the stationed area. There is no landmark or navigation station right outside the door, and there is no navigation station. They all rely on the instructions of the ground tower for guidance, so the modified flight plan needs to be carefully considered. Make sure nothing goes wrong.

Jinhua and others have rich experience in this regard. Li Zhan, Zhu Wei and Li Zixin only put forward some technical suggestions based on the characteristics of the J-8FR aircraft.