Great Power Fighting Falcon

Chapter 475 Requesting tanker support

For the troops guarding the reef, storms, typhoons and the like are commonplace, and they are not used to it if they don't come once a month. Even to the point of longing for typhoons to come - because that will make the ordinary life less boring.

But for pilots, they hope not to come once, and it is best not to have any important weather.

However, Li Zhan and Chen Fei both served in the Second Division. Chen Fei now even serves in Shuilingchang Station. He has to deal with typhoons several times a year. Wu Feiyou and the crew are also aware of the upcoming typhoon. Be fully mentally prepared. Of course, Wu Feiyou's crew should be more relaxed. They have enough time to take off and return to the field before the arrival of the typhoon, provided that the supply transport aircraft can arrive on time.

Wu Feiyou was very curious about Li Zhan. Although the two crews had been flying for several hours, they did not feel tired at all, and they had a lively discussion about the confrontation drill.

"We have always been at a disadvantage in this type of confrontation drill before, and we haven't been as proud as today for a long time." Wu Feiyou smiled and gave a thumbs up to Li Zhan, "Team Leader Li, you are the one. When your hand touches the ground, you will recover." The flying tactics are simply a stroke of genius, I think a lot of people in the blue team's task force were frightened by you."

It is estimated that there will be a few blue team personnel with mental illness, it is not as simple as being scared.

Li Zhan waved his hand modestly and said, "This tactic has no practical significance, but ultra-low sea skimming and high-speed penetration is indeed a very effective offensive method."

Chatting with Wu Feiyou made Li Zhan feel like he had met him too late. The chief of staff of the regiment that flew the patrol aircraft had extremely high tactical literacy and a strong sense of offense, which appealed to Li Zhan. After chatting for more than half an hour, I learned that Wu Feiyou originally flew a fighter jet. After recovering from his injuries in an accident, he switched to flying transport aircraft. Later, after establishing a maritime patrol aircraft flying group, he switched to flying patrol aircraft.

Relatively speaking, they have more contact with the outside world.

Li Zhan was eager to learn a lot about the Blues from Wu Feiyou, which was crucial to his future work.

At around 5 p.m., a Y-8 transport plane carrying maintenance personnel, aviation fuel and related support equipment landed at Forgettable Reef. The crew of Wu Feiyou, who was overhauling the aircraft, worked with the maintenance staff to refuel and other operations. After sleeping for more than an hour, Li Zhan couldn't fall asleep, so he and Chen Fei ran over to see the situation.

After checking and confirming that the relevant support equipment transported could not provide support for the J-16, Li Zhijie was a little disappointed. He could only watch helplessly as Gaoxin No. 33 quickly regained its health, while Experimental No. 16 could only continue to wait for the wet nurse to arrive. Li Zhan squatted under the unfinished building next to the tarmac, looked at the scorching sun in the sky and then at the fighter planes, and shook his head helplessly.

Suddenly, Li Zhan thought of something and asked Chen Fei, who was standing beside him, "You seem to know how to refuel in the air?"

"Yes, I passed the assessment last year and got the qualification certificate." Chen Fei said.

The army, like the local area, also has a bunch of qualification certificates and skill certificates. For example, drivers, those who drive Dongfeng military cards and those who drive tanks are two completely different positions, each with their own qualification certificates. Of course, some qualification certificates are only valid in the army and will not be recognized outside the army. However, some job qualifications are universal, such as electrical engineers, which are unified across the country.

Qualification for aerial refueling is limited to aviation units and is common to all three armed services.

Li Zhan rolled his eyes and said, "Maybe we can return to Zhongnan before dark."

He stood up and walked quickly towards Gaoxin No. 33.

"Huh? What do you mean? Lao Li?" Chen Fei was stunned.

Li Zhan climbed into the cockpit of the Y-8 maritime patrol aircraft. Wu Feiyou was making preparations for takeoff. Li Zhan asked, "Chief of Staff Wu, you said before that there was a H-6 tanker training in this sea area?"

"Yes." Wu Feiyou raised his wrist to look at the time, nodded his watch and said, "Oh, we should be almost at Jianshe Island now. Why do you ask?"

Li Zhan said with a smile, "You should be able to contact them directly, right? Help me and ask if you can refuel me. If that works, I'll leave. It's no problem to fly to Jianshe Island."

When chatting before, Wu Feiyou said that a Hongyou-6 and two J-8Fs were conducting long-distance training nearby. The flight groups of the Hongyou-6 and Wu Feiyou belonged to the same division, and they had radio contact with each other during patrols. , confirm each other's positions, and coordinate for a while.

Li Zhan also just remembered that the J-16 has the ability to refuel in the air. The model Chen Fei flew in the 99th Hainan Airlines Division was the Su-30MKK. He was very familiar with this fighter and had obtained the qualification for aerial refueling. As long as he got With tanker support, you don’t have to stay at Forgotten Reef for a whole day.

On the one hand, Li Zhan is still a little worried about the arrival of the typhoon. There are only a small number of J-16 prototypes, and each aircraft has specified test flight content. The prerequisite for ensuring that the troops are installed according to the time node is that the test flight work is completed as planned. It had been delayed for some time due to the damage to No. 1616.

On the other hand, it was because Li Zhan also wanted to take this opportunity to learn the skills of aerial refueling. He had longed for this skill for a long time. If he hadn't dropped Chengda's plane during the modification training of the Red Eagle Division, he might have been able to follow him to a top base to receive aerial refueling training.

Aerial refueling is one of the most difficult flying subjects in the world. In order to find out a set of practical methods and theories for aerial refueling, the Air Force paid a lot of money. For the aviation force, there are three major types of aircraft that rank first in support of fighter aircraft, namely early warning aircraft, electronic combat aircraft, and aerial tankers.

Wu Feiyou hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll contact Hongyouliu, but they will probably have to ask their superiors for instructions if this is possible."

"No problem." Li Zhan was eager to give it a try.

Wu Feiyou immediately called Hongyou-6 who was on the way back: "Nanny, wet nurse, this is Gaoxin Sansan. I have received the answer. It's over."

Accompanied by a slight electromagnetic interference sound, Hongyou-6 replied with a smile, "Gaoxin Sansan, I am the wet nurse, any instructions, over."

Wu Feiyou said, "Nanny, I have a plane here that is out of fuel. It's an Air Force plane. Can you wait at the construction island and give them some fuel? Over."

"I have to ask for permission. I'll contact you later. Over." Hyou-6 hesitated for several seconds before replying.

Two minutes later, Hongyou-6 called, "Gaoxin Sansan, is the aircraft that needs refueling the 16th test? Over."

Wu Feiyou and Li Zhan looked at each other and replied, "Yes, it's over."

Having entered the H-6 cockpit above Jianshe Island, the captain replied to his superiors: "Yes, it's test number 16, over."

"Approved, pay attention to safety, completed." The superior approved the request for H-6 to hover on Jianshe Island waiting for the "Test 16" fighter jet.

"Understood!" Captain Hongyou-6 called Gaoxin No. 33, "Gaoxin No. 33, the superiors have approved it. I'm waiting in the airspace of Jianshe Island, but my refueling tank only has three tons of oil. It's over."

Li Zhan said to Wu Feiyou, "Three tons is enough."

Wu Feiyou replied to Hongyou-6, "Nanny, three tons is enough. I will ask him to contact you directly. The identification code is 3325, over."

"Identification code three three two five, I understand."

Li Zhan held Wu Feiyou's hand and said enthusiastically, "Thank you, Chief of Staff Wu. This is a great help. Thank you, thank you!"

"I should be the one thanking you. If you hadn't arrived in time, I would have been sad during today's confrontation drill with the blue side." Wu Feiyou said with a smile.

Li Zhan said, “Looking forward to our next cooperation.”

"There must be a chance."

After giving each other a military salute, Li Zhan left the plane and immediately greeted Chen Fei: "Get ready to take off! The tanker is waiting for us at Jianshe Island. After refueling, it will fly directly back to Zhongnan Station!"

"Tanker? Is it the tanker that Chief of Staff Wu mentioned?" Chen Fei was stunned.

"Yes, get ready quickly. We have to take off in front of Gaoxin Sansan. The tankers can't wait long and they don't have much fuel." Li Zhan jumped on the pickup truck and asked the driver to hurry to the office building. Walk.

After finding Zhong Guobang and explaining the situation, Zhong Guobang said, "Of course it's best if you can leave. Okay, I'll tell them to get ready right away. If you go, I'll see you off."

After putting on their flight equipment, they quickly returned to the tarmac. The wheeled forklift with the slogan "Please follow me!" rumbled over again, and the driver was even a worker wearing work clothes and a safety helmet.

The two soldiers from before once again carried the wooden ladder over and protected Li Zhan and the two to board the plane. After they quickly removed the ladder, Li Zhan saw that the decoration workers over there put the ladder into use immediately. The visual sense of decorating a dual-purpose wooden ladder for boarding is always novel. Of course, using a wheeled forklift as a guide vehicle is also unprecedented.

Li Zhan used the APU to complete the driving of two engines. After checking various systems, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The aircraft was in normal condition, with no minor problems. Precision machinery like an aircraft must be inspected every time it flies, so Wu Feiyou and the others will not take off before the inspection is completed. However, Li Zhan does not have the conditions for this and can only rely on the J-16's endurance. .

Obviously this time the J-16 gave a lot of face.

"Team Leader Li, Captain Chen, come over and play when you have time!" Zhong Guobang waved to Li Zhan and Chen Fei and saluted.

Li Zhan quickly exchanged gifts and said loudly, "Salute to the brothers who guard the reef!"

The canopy slowly lowered and closed.

Li Zhan pushed the throttle lever and slowly drove towards the take-off line of the runway under the guidance of the wheeled forklift. The construction site at the southern end also temporarily stopped operations, and personnel and some instruments and machinery that would affect the take-off of the aircraft were temporarily pulled away. aside.

After the wheeled forklift drove away, Zhong Guobang raised the green flag in the distance. Li Zhan pushed the accelerator lever to the end and quickly released the brakes after the speed increased. The front and rear landing gear tires were strengthened and more suitable for harsh runways. Started rolling at high speed.

After taxiing for more than 500 meters, Li Zhan pulled the lever hard to raise the nose of the aircraft. The No. 1616 J-16 suddenly raised its head at an elevation angle of 45 degrees and climbed at high speed.

Li Zhan called Wu Feiyou, "Gaoxin Sansan, I'll go first. I wish you good luck. It's over!"

"Testing Yaoliu, I'll see you later, I wish you all the best, it's over." Wu Feiyou replied.

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