Dozens of large and small reefs, both visible and dark, are connected to the Forgotten Reef in the shape of a necklace. Many years ago, there were not so many reefs, but the number of reefs gradually increased as more people paid attention.
On the channel leading to the Forget Me Reef pier, two pilot boats are guiding the bulk carrier "Don't Forget Me" to sail in the opposite direction. Without the guidance of the pilot boats, the bulk carrier of more than 30,000 tons can easily hit the reef and cause an accident.
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The tower guided the three J-8Fs to turn 180 and fly at a cruising speed at an altitude of 7,000 meters. About 400 kilometers south of the Forgotten Reef is the Old Granny Sands, which is the farthest sand group from the mainland of the motherland. Where is the Old Grandmother Sands?
Patrolling the waters is one of the normal tasks of the Forgotten Reef flying team.
Today, Xue Zhengrong will familiarize the two new pilots with the performance of the fighter aircraft and the patrol routes.
"Dong San, Dong Yao requested to join the formation, over." Xue Zhengrong sent a request to Li Hai.
Li Hai is the lead aircraft in the two-plane formation, and any action that can affect the formation's flight must be approved by the lead aircraft, regardless of official position.
Li Hai said, "Dongyao can join the formation, it's over."
No. 81101 J-8F slowly approached from the rear side and entered the right rear position of Dang Weimin. The three fighters formed a slash line. The horizontal distance was controlled at thirty meters, the longitudinal distance was ten meters, and the height difference was respectively
It's five meters and ten meters.
In this way, all three pilots can communicate visually, and the leader can direct the formation flight through gestures when necessary.
A four-engine passenger plane with a huge fuselage appeared in the distance ahead. Li Hai raised his neck and looked at it. It was too far away to see what model it was. This airspace is where several important international air transport routes intersect, but most of them
The flight altitude of civil airliners passing here is above 10,000 meters, so there is no need to worry about conflicts.
The fighter plane started to tremble suddenly. Li Hai held the control stick tightly to stabilize the fighter plane's posture and said, "Dongyao, the airflow is stronger."
"No problem, just get used to it." Xue Zhengrong actually answered, "This is a tropical marine monsoon climate. It is the season of monsoon transition, so it is normal for some turbulent airflows to occur."
Li Hai looked up and said, "Dongyao, can you go up to a higher level?"
"No, the further south you go, the more air activities there will be. We cannot affect the flight activities of international civil aviation." Xue Zhengrong said.
"clear."
Li Hai could only carefully control the fighter plane to keep it as stable as possible. More than a minute later, they flew out of the turbulent airflow area, and the fighter plane finally resumed its smooth flight. Immediately afterwards, the fighter plane could not stop flying since elementary school geography class.
The location of the geographical term I heard appeared before my eyes for the first time.
The famous Old Grandmother Shoal is right in front of you.
The multi-layered blue water is dotted with many white dots. Those dots are the reefs that emerge from the water. They will be submerged again when the tide rises. These reefs have grown tenaciously on the seabed for who knows how many thousands of years.
They are so inconspicuous, but they precisely define the scope of the motherland's maritime borders.
"I remembered an article I read when I was a kid. The first batch of pilots and photographers who flew here to complete the shooting mission and symbolic patrol all won first-class merit," Li Hai said.
The party, which had not spoken until now, was suspicious and said, "Isn't it too exaggerated?"
"It's not an exaggeration at all." Li Hai said, "The J-8 had not yet been commissioned. The one with the longest range was the J-7, and we only had the J-7. Even though we tried our best to increase the range, we could not guarantee that we could fly back.
Therefore, the pilots and photographers who participated in the operation wrote suicide notes before departure. One J-7 and one Gaojiao-7 arrived over the old grandmother sand and could only stay for three minutes. In those three minutes, we got the first
Zhang’s overhead photo of the Grandmother Shoal, the first exercise of sovereignty patrol over the Grandmother Shoal.”
Is it difficult? It’s too difficult, too difficult.
The distance between Old Granny Shoal and the nearest airport is 1,600 kilometers, which is the maximum range of the J-7 without auxiliary fuel tanks. After mounting auxiliary fuel tanks, the J-7 can only fly 2,200 kilometers. To reduce weight and increase auxiliary fuel tanks, the two
A J-7 and a Gaojiao-7 were modified under great measures. Even so, decades ago, it was still a feat that was determined to never come back.
Even though the military equipment is accelerating to third-generation, third-and-a-half-generation, and fourth-generation aircraft have joined the sequence, there are still not many fighter models that can calmly take off from shore-based airports and patrol the old grandmother's sand 1,600 kilometers away.
This is the reason why the Navy was eager to purchase the Flying Leopard after the Air Force refused to purchase it; this is the reason why the Navy would rather purchase a variant of the Flying Leopard than the J-10; this is the reason why the Navy overcame various difficulties in the Forgotten Reef
The reason for building an airport capable of hosting fighter jets.
How do you prove this is the place for you?
Stay present!
Xue Zhengrong told the two new pilots, he said, "We must pay attention to the distance when doing flyaround patrols. Twelve nautical miles is the bottom line. No aircraft is allowed to enter the 12 nautical miles of the baseline of the sandy territorial sea, except of course, those reported in advance.
.The scope of your activities is not allowed to exceed 50 kilometers beyond the territorial sea baseline, let alone enter the airspace of other countries. You must keep this in mind."
"yes!"
"clear!"
The Dangweimin fighter plane suddenly swayed and tilted sharply to the left.
"Dong San, pay attention!" Xue Zhengrong reminded loudly as he was about to bump into Li Hai.
Li Hai suddenly pulled the lever and climbed up instantly, and at the same time turned his head to look over. The Dang Weimin fighter plane tilted to the left and fell into the sea as if the rudder was stuck.
"Dong four! Dong four! What's going on!" Li Hai shouted anxiously.
The Party for the People did not respond.
Xue Zhengrong had already controlled the fighter plane and quickly followed him to check. Li Hai wanted to do this, but his movements were a beat too slow and he almost bumped into Xue Zhengrong who changed his posture, and he broke into a cold sweat again.
"For the people! For the people!" Li Hai called out clearly.
"It's okay! It's okay! I'm under control!" Dang Weimin's voice suddenly came, and then he saw J-8F No. 81104 returning to level flight.
Xue Zhengrong rushed to fly level with the party for the people, turned around to observe the fighter planes of the party for the people, "Dong 4, report the situation!"
"The instrument, the instrument is normal, the instrument is normal, everything is normal." Dang Weimin was very nervous, and his voice trembled so much that his pronunciation was not normal.
Xue Zhengrong made a decisive decision and said, "Return immediately!"
"clear!"
Dang Weimin turned cautiously, moving very slowly, and it took him two minutes to resume level flight. Li Hai, who was flying with him on his left, was stunned for a moment, checked the position data again, and asked, "Dong 4, your
The course is wrong, you should turn another fifteen degrees to the left. Are you sure there is nothing wrong with your instrument display?"
"The instrument shows... Sorry, I saw it wrong. I am adjusting..." The party corrected the course for the people.
Xue Zhengrong could see that the party was already in a hurry and said in a deep voice, "Don't be nervous, Dongsi. Follow my instructions and we will take you back."
"I understand, don't be nervous!" Dang Weimin took a few deep breaths and said loudly.
Li Hai and Xue Zhengrong protected the party and the people, one on the left and the other on the right. While maintaining a distance, they also reserved a height difference to avoid further signs of collision.
Xue Zhengrong said, "Dong San, you go to the front to pilot, return directly to the field, contact the tower and land directly."
"clear!"
This chapter has been completed!