Zhao Feiyan's report made the always bold Li Hai nervous. The air-to-surface missile was the KN-59ME introduced together with the fighter aircraft that year. The warhead weighed 300 kilograms. Once it exploded, it would tear the No. 17 Su-30MK2 into pieces.
This batch of air-to-ground missiles actually has the ability to attack a variety of targets, and can hit surface ships and ground targets. After the initial introduction of these missiles, they were used in conjunction with the Su-30MK2 fighter jets, giving our military the ability to achieve long-range air strikes.
After all, more than ten years have passed, and the missile condition is definitely not as good as before, which is another big hidden danger.
Li Hai approached the Old Dolphin helicopter more carefully. This time he approached from the right side of the Old Dolphin. Zhan Yuntian on the co-pilot confirmed that the air-to-ground missile on the No. 17 Su-30MK2 left wing heavy-load pylon was indeed in a semi-separated state.
Zhan Yuntian took the photos and uploaded them to the drill headquarters, which transmitted them to the tactical display screen of Su-30MK2 No. 17 through the tactical intelligence interaction system.
After repeated studies with Dang Weimin, Li Hai and Dang Weimin confirmed that the pylon was deformed. The hook of the missile and the slide rail of the pylon were not separated, which made the situation even more dangerous. The pylon is now only deformed, and during the next flight
There is a possibility of damage.
The exercise headquarters attached great importance to the new situation, and the commander immediately started intense research with the staff. First, it was determined that the final plan was to abandon the aircraft and parachute. There was no doubt about this. On this basis, the disposal plan was studied.
Li Hai slowly climbed to an altitude of 4,000 meters and circled at an economical speed in a large circle, trying to keep the flight attitude as stable as possible. A malfunctioning missile in the active state may self-destruct due to excessive flight movements.
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He and Dang Weimin were also thinking quickly about countermeasures. For them, it was impossible to abandon the plane and parachute unless it was a last resort. There was no problem with the plane, and the line failure was nothing. For the independent flying brigade, it was not easy to escape from the plane.
Second-generation aircraft have entered the era of third-generation aircraft. Even though they are more than ten years old, each one is very valuable.
This is not an example of landing without fuse-activated ammunition. If this was the only way to do it, and the ground was ready to respond, Li Hai would definitely give it a try.
After rapid research and analysis, the exercise headquarters concluded that it was not feasible to continue to use violent maneuvers to get rid of the faulty missile. If this was done, the faulty missile would not be thrown away but might cause the faulty missile to self-destruct.
The commander asked his superiors for permission to abandon the plane and parachute.
While he was asking for instructions, Li Hai called: "In the South China Sea, Yaoguai requested to land with bombs. I am confident. Please approve."
Li Hai knew very well that there was no other choice except to abandon the plane and parachute and land with bombs. The exercise headquarters would definitely choose the first option. The safety of the pilots' lives was the first priority. There is no doubt that it was just a plane away.
The old Su-30MK2, which is not far from retirement, even if it is a more advanced and updated fighter aircraft, faced with the same dilemma, superior commanders will choose to abandon the aircraft and parachute rather than take the huge risk of destroying the aircraft and landing with bombs.
This is not an ordinary landing with a bomb, but a landing with a missile that may explode at any time.
How dangerous is it to land with bombs? The U.S. Navy clearly stipulates that all ammunition carried by fighter planes must be discarded if they cannot be used up, and they must not return to the mothership with live ammunition. This is a bloody lesson.
Moreover, Li Hai is now carrying a one-ton missile with two fuses activated, and the pylon of one of them has been deformed.
The commander obtained approval from the superior leadership agency, and he quickly ordered Li Hai, "Yaoguai, I order you to abandon the plane and parachute in coastal waters."
Li Hai argued hard, "In the South China Sea, please trust me. Clear the runways and taxiways, and prepare for fire rescue. Leave the rest to me. I am sure of a safe landing! Because two malfunctioning missiles sacrificed a fighter plane, the price
too big!"
The commander pondered.
Dang Weimin said, "In the South China Sea, we will cut off the circuits of all pylons. According to the observation of the rescue helicopter, there is no problem with the connection between the missile and the pylon. As long as the landing movement is light enough, we can land safely. Please approve
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"Nanhai, don't hesitate, we are confident!" Li Hai said loudly.
When the commander saw the red dot representing Su-30MK2 No. 17 flying towards the northern end of the Forgotten Reef Airport, his heart went crazy and he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I agree to your forced landing!"
"Order the Forgotten Reef Airport to prepare for rescue, clear the runway and taxiway, and all airport personnel be on standby!"
The Forgotten Reef Airport quickly entered a first-level emergency rescue state. The airport itself is on the side of the island and reef. After the workers at the nearby construction site were evacuated, no one stayed within 500 meters. The two J-Fighters originally parked on the open-air apron -
8F was quickly towed into the hangar. Two fire trucks were on standby at designated locations, and the ambulance was located a little further away.
Within a few minutes, all preparations are completed.
"Yaoguai, the airport is ready. You can make an emergency landing. Follow the tower's instructions!" the commander gave the last instruction.
Li Hai called the Forgotten Reef tower, "Tower, prepare to enter the landing route."
"The ground wind is five meters, the wind direction is 170 degrees, the standard air pressure, you can land!" Xue Zhengrong personally directed the No. 17 Su-30MK2 to land.
Also on the tower was Zhuang Xiaoying. Her heart was twitching, her lips were pursed tightly, her eyes were wide open and she was staring at the north end of the runway, holding her breath and gritting her teeth.
She kept shouting in her heart, "Li Hai, you can definitely do it!"
The Su-30MK2 No. 17 has added the standard underline. It moves very slowly but is very fast.
“This kid!”
Zhuang Xiaoying's heart was in her throat.
Dang Weimin in the back cabin was probably the only one who knew why Li Hai did this. He clearly saw that Li Hai took a standard landing action - the engine kept running at full power and slid down at a high speed!
The purpose of this is that if the landing fails, you can fly away from the airport as quickly as possible and take away the danger!
Li Hai spoke in a relaxed tone and said, "Tower, the runway is three thousand meters long. It will be no problem. Don't worry."
Zhuang Xiaoying didn't understand why Li Hai did this, but she saw the problem from Xue Zhengrong's expression. She asked urgently, "Captain, has the speed of the fighter plane gone out of control? Can Li Hai land smoothly? No, he can land smoothly.
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At this time, Xue Zhengrong already understood what Li Hai was planning, and said in a deep voice, "If the emergency landing fails, he will immediately go around and take away another faulty missile."
Once the worst happens, this is the best effort Li Hai can do - sacrificing himself to ensure the safety of the Forgotten Reef Airport.
Zhuang Xiaoying's nose felt sore, and her eyes suddenly blurred with tears. She had traveled all over the country to interview so many troops, and she had seen too many officers and soldiers who risked their lives. For the sake of honor and mission, the officers and soldiers put their lives and deaths aside.
She originally thought that as her experience increased, she would not be easily moved. However, at this moment, seeing Li Hai driving a huge fighter plane down at an extremely fast speed, ready to take away danger at any time, she still could not stop the collapse of her tear ducts.
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Dang Weimin's attention is on the atmospheric data system. Whenever there is a change in wind speed and direction, he will immediately alert Li Hai. At this time, neither of them thought much, and all their attention was focused on the upcoming touchdown.
Moment.
"Put down the landing gear!" Li Hai said.
The Party serves the people, "Put down the landing gear!"
The tower quickly confirmed, and Xue Zhengrong responded promptly, "The landing gear is confirmed to be down, pay attention to your speed!"
The Su-30MK2's approach speed on the 17th still showed no sign of slowing down, and Li Hai made up his mind to do so.
Xue Zhengrong gave an order to the staff around him, "Order the fire brigade to stand by at the end of the runway! Set off now!"
"yes!"
After receiving the order, the two fire engines roared and rushed to the southern end of the runway.
"Thirty meters!" Party Weimin loudly reported the height above the ground.
Li Hai held the control stick tightly, trying to keep the fighter plane's posture stable, and gradually lowered the ground altitude at a very slow rate of descent.
"Old Li, the decline rate is too small, it will rush into the sea!" Dang Weimin reminded.
Li Hai said in a deep voice, "No, believe me."
He released the speed brake on the back of the fighter plane. The No. 17 Su-30MK2 was like a fried cockfighting chicken, with its two chicken paws spread wide, slowly falling bit by bit.
"Twenty meters!" Dang Weimin shouted. He looked up and saw that half of the runway had passed.
Li Hai tightened the throttle a little, and the descent rate accelerated slightly.
"Ten meters!"
Li Hai gently pulled the control stick to keep the nose of the plane at the take-off angle, and was still ready for a go-around immediately.
"Three meters! The runway is not enough!" the Party for the People shouted.
"Get ready for touchdown!"
Li Hai seized the fleeting opportunity and quickly performed a leveling operation one second before the main landing gear touched the ground, removing most of the force of the landing!
The two tires of the main landing gear lightly scraped onto the runway, with almost no smoke visible, and the fighter plane's posture basically did not shake. It was like using light work on the water, and there was not a single ripple on the water after crossing the river with a reed.
"Release parachute!"
Before the nose landing gear touched the ground, Li Hai first released the deceleration parachute. The Su-30MK2 used double deceleration parachutes, which popped out from the tail vertebra and deployed. Li Hai quickly retracted all the throttle, but did not apply the brakes immediately.
He was worried that the inertial force would throw out the malfunctioning missile.
Dang Weimin also knew this, so even when he saw that the remaining runway was less than 500 meters, he said nothing.
At this time, Lehi must be trusted unconditionally.
Li Hai stared at the beach at the end of the runway and began to slowly apply pressure on the tire brakes. The taxiing speed of the fighter plane slowed down visibly to the naked eye.
Everyone on the tower held their breath and stared at the No. 17 Su-30MK2 rushing towards the end of the runway. Everyone shouted in their hearts, stop, stop, stop!
Zhuang Xiaoying had forgotten to breathe. Her mouth was slightly open, her heart was in her throat, and her fists were clenched.
Su-30MK2 No. 17 stopped less than two meters from the end of the runway, with half of the front landing gear tires outside the runway surface...
For more than ten seconds, the tower erupted into excited cheers. Zhuang Xiaoying turned around and rushed down the tower towards the end of the runway.
Li Hai opened the canopy, quickly unfastened the seat belt and disconnected the flight helmet, and climbed onto the wing by stepping on the side strips.
"Old Li, what are you doing?" Dang Weimin stood up and stretched out his body to shout to Li Hai.
Li Hai didn't even look back. Before jumping off the wing, he said, "Let me see what happens to the malfunctioning bomb!"
Dang Weimin couldn't wait any longer, so he quickly climbed over, jumped down from the wing, and squatted down on his butt.
Li Hai carefully observed the air-to-ground missile with its deformed pylon. He heard the beep-de-de-de sound of the seeker. He quickly checked the other air-to-ground missile, which also made the "di-de-de-de" sound.
At that moment, his tailbone suddenly felt sore and he broke out in cold sweat.
"Tell them not to come here! Quick! Get the safety pin!"
Li Hai raised his hand to stop him and shouted at the party for the people.
Two fire trucks had already rushed over, and Li Yuanchao and his crew followed closely behind.
Dang Weimin was shocked and ran towards them, waving his hands and shouting: "Don't come here! Back up! Back up! The maintenance crew give me the safety clamp! Hurry!"
The fire brigade did not move, their duty was to deal with the follow-up matters.
When Li Hai saw this, he immediately became anxious. He took off his flight helmet and rushed over, yelling: "Back off, back off, everyone! The missile will explode at any time! Everyone, get the hell back! Quick!"
The staff officer commanding the fire brigade was undecided and hesitant.
Li Hai rushed over and kicked him, which made people go crazy, "Back up quickly! Back away three hundred meters away! You are a fucking idiot! Back up, back up, back up!"
The fire officer got up and gritted his teeth, "Everyone retreat! Quick!"
Li Yuanchao rushed over with a tool box and was about to go to the fighter plane. Li Hai grabbed him and pushed him to the back. He opened the tool box and took out the pliers specially used to open and close the external hard safety of ammunition. He turned around and ran away.
To the fighter plane.
Dang Weimin grabbed him and said, "I'm going!"
"Fuck you, uncle, don't bother me!" Li Hai raised his foot and kicked him over, pointing at the nose of the party and the people and said, "Let them retreat, at least three hundred meters away, six hundred meters away.
The explosion of the kilogram warhead is no joke!"
"quick!"
Zhuang Xiaoying ran over in one breath and was stopped by Dang Weimin.
At this time, Xue Zhengrong also arrived. He made a prompt decision and ordered everyone to retreat to a safe distance of 300 meters. Li Yuanchao gritted his teeth and wanted to go up, but was kicked to the ground by Xue Zhengrong. If it explodes, one more person who goes up will be sacrificed.
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Zhuang Xiaoying was trembling all over. Looking at the motionless figure under the wing, tears flowed down uncontrollably.
She knew the power of the KN-59ME multi-purpose air-to-ground missile. It was originally developed to hit large surface ships including aircraft carriers. Four missiles can make a large 100,000-ton aircraft carrier lose its combat effectiveness. Three missiles can defeat it.
It can sink an 8,000-ton destroyer, and one can stop a 3,000-ton warship in its tracks.
If it explodes, Li Hai who is close at hand will be reduced to nothing in the ultra-high temperature environment, and no bones will be left. Even those three hundred meters away will be affected!
"Lehi!"
Zhuang Xiaoying shouted.
Li Hai was carefully observing the situation of the malfunctioning missile. When he heard the shouts, he turned around and smiled...
