On the 26th day of the big drill, when the sky was dark, the maintenance side was busy.
The two Su-30MK2s had been towed to the open-air apron an hour ago, and Li Yuanchao and the others had been busy at work for more than half an hour.
In order to match the Su-30MK2, a batch of imported Russian-made ammunition was delivered two days ago, all of which are in stock. As a result, there will definitely be a lot of domestic ammunition originally allocated to the 167th Independent Flying Group.
Li Hai and Dang Weimin arrived at the tarmac half an hour early. They were fully armed and ready to board the plane at any time.
Today is the first show, so Li Hai and Dang Weimin form the current strong lineup of the 167th Independent Flying Group.
You need to get a feel for it first, and then you can take Zhuang Xiaoying to the sky for live shooting.
Li Hai and Dang Weimin first checked the loading status of the ammunition. The reason for being so cautious is that on the one hand, this batch of ammunition has been in stock for a long time and needs to be more careful. On the other hand, it is because of the combination of Li Hai and Dang Weimin.
an assessment.
In the past two days, they had completed six flight hours of acclimatization flights and conducted necessary shooting maneuver training.
Li Yuanchao unscrewed the first safety of the ammunition one by one. Li Hai and Dang Weimin confirmed it and signed the list respectively. Two air-to-surface missiles, two medium and long-range air-to-air missiles, two combat missiles, and two 1000KG level guided bombs.
, two sets of quadruple-mounted aerial bombs, two aerial guns, and all twelve hardpoints were used up.
Really armed to the teeth.
The guided bombs, aerial bombs, and aerial fire are domestically produced models, which are new models. The rest are all imported ammunition introduced with the Su-30MK2 that year. Among them, the price of medium and long-range air-to-air missiles is very expensive, and I have been reluctant to shoot more.
In recent years, as the Air Force's Su-30MKK began to withdraw from active service, it has consciously accelerated the consumption of imported ammunition.
Because of different fire control interfaces, the imported advanced fighters could not use domestic ammunition for a long time. After this problem was solved and domestic advanced fighters were put into service in batches, the original imminent problem became less important.
After inspecting and accepting the aircraft, Li Hai and Li Hai boarded the cockpit. He was the pilot in the front cabin, and Dang Weimin was the weapon operator in the rear cabin. It should be pointed out that the rear cabin of the Su-30MK2 also has a control system.
The imported Su-30 is more often used as a training aircraft for this reason. This is not the case with the JH-7A. There is no control system in the rear cabin, and the pilot in the rear cabin is a full-time weapons operator.
At 6 o'clock in the morning, the Su-30MK2 with the radio code number 17 took off and flew across the sky toward the northeast with ammunition loaded with enough ammunition to destroy a small fleet.
The Niutou Reef Group is 500 kilometers northeast of the Forgettable Reef. The largest island is Niutou Island, which is larger than the Forgotten Reef. The overall situation of this reef group is not as good as the Forgettable Reef group. It is scattered in a haphazard manner, mostly in shallow seas and reclaimed seas.
The difficulty on land is much greater than on the Forgotten Reef.
There are three reefs on the southwest side of the reef group. They are all underwater during high tide. After the tide ebbs, an area of several square meters will be exposed. Most of them are solid rocks, which are ideal natural targets. These three reefs are only more than a hundred meters apart.
Li Hai wants to hit targets No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3.
Li Hai has to use different ammunition in order to attack. The most difficult level is to use air-to-surface missiles to attack the target 60 kilometers away. One shot is passing, two shots are all excellent, and the target is No. 3, which is the smallest in area.
The target is only three square meters.
It not only tests the skills of pilots, but also tests the performance of fighter aircraft.
Li Hai must rely on airborne radar to search and lock targets. In this process, he does not receive intelligence support from other combat units.
In the context of actual combat, the No. 17 Su-30MK2 dropped its flight altitude 120 kilometers away from the target sea area and carried out ultra-low-altitude penetration at a sea-skimming altitude of 50 meters.
The weather today is good. It is not difficult for Li Hai to conduct such an ultra-low-altitude sea-skimming penetration. He is a man who has conducted many ultra-low-altitude sea-skimming penetrations at night. On the contrary, Dang Weimin in the back cabin looked at the approaching
At the sea level so close, all the nerves in my body were tense. Looking at the airspeed indicator again, I had to work hard to keep my breathing steady.
He had never teamed up with Li Hai before, and he didn't know that his comrade had already reached such a high-end status.
After calming down, Dang Weimin paid attention to the flight posture and observed the surroundings, performing the duties of the pilot in the rear cabin.
Li Hai felt a little guilty. He did not have great confidence in the sea search performance of the Su-30MK2 airborne radar. It has been in service for many years, the use intensity is so high, the target area is so small, and the wave height is more than one meter. In this case,
, to find and lock the target 70 kilometers away, relies heavily on the pilot's judgment.
Sure enough, at a position of 80 kilometers, Li Hai began to climb into the attack route and turned on the airborne radar. At this time, he was completely exposed to the "enemy", and he would not have more than three minutes.
"Pay attention to the Eastern Hemisphere." Li Hai said, forming a tacit understanding with the Party and the People.
Unlike the party for the people, Li Hai needs to allocate part of his energy to observe his surroundings. If he is attacked by an "enemy plane" ambushing at high altitude while searching, it will be a big loss.
When Dang Weimin saw Li Hai slowing down his airspeed, he silently counted the time in his heart and stared at the radar screen with his eyes wide open.
"Target No. 1 appears!" Party Weimin immediately marked it.
The largest area is target No. 1, followed by target No. 2, and the smallest is target No. 3. This can be judged from the radar reflection area.
At a distance of 70 kilometers, Dang Weimin did not find target No. 3, nor did Li Hai, and even target No. 2 did not appear.
For actively seeking air-to-surface missiles, if they cannot lock on to the target, they cannot attack. At this time, their first attack was basically a failure.
Soon after reaching a distance of 60 kilometers, target No. 2 appeared, but target No. 3 still did not appear. The party marked it for the people and sighed.
Li Hai called the drill headquarters, "In the South China Sea, the monster's first attack failed. Please request a second attack. It's over."
The drill headquarters quickly replied, "The monster can attack a second time, it's over."
Li Hai accelerated his turn and decided to change the direction of attack.
"Change the attack from east to west." Li Hai said.
The Party for the People immediately calculated the route, "Turn right at 90, 100 kilometers and then turn left at 270."
The huge body of Su-30MK2 No. 17 made a big turn and flew eastward.
Li Hai suspected that the failure of the first attack was related to the backlight environment.
The first time we entered the attack route from the southwest, the sun was at the two o'clock position, which had an impact on the pilot's vision. It is unknown whether it would have an impact on the detection performance of the airborne radar.
If the second attack still fails, Li Hai will have no choice but to give up target No. 3.
