The order from the superiors was very clear. Since a large amount of mineral resources were discovered in the shallow sea area of the bay in the southern part of the continent, and the empire finally began to integrate its uncontrolled territories, as a foothold for integration, the empire built in the center of the oasis in the southern part of the continent.
A large multi-functional base called the Southern Oasis Base.
The Jizhou Squadron was also selected from the team list submitted by Shadao Base and will soon go to that oasis base to become a member of the first air force unit at that base.
For Wang Yu, it doesn't make any difference which base he serves in. He can see a new scenery in a new base, which is not unacceptable.
As for Liu Lingxin, as long as she is still in the back seat of Wang Yu, she will not care where she serves.
After learning about the reassignment to the new base from Colonel Zhang, a formal military notice was also sent out.
This also means that it is certain that Wang Yu Squadron will leave Shadao Base.
This time is different from before. It is a transition flight between bases, so they will fly over with their own fighter planes.
Accompanying them is a transport plane that took off from Shadao. This transport plane will be responsible for carrying the ground staff related to the Jiji Squadron - and of course everyone's luggage to that strange base.
The military's execution capability is very strong, so the departure date for these people is set in three days.
In other words, they only had three days left to pack up and say goodbye to their comrades.
Wang Yu and Liu Lingxin have nothing to commemorate here. The only thing they need to care about is the F-4C fighter in the hangar. However, their superiors said that this fighter will be transported to their new base later, so they don't need to worry about it.
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In fact, Wang Yu initially thought about whether to put the F-4 in this base, or simply put it in the aircraft cemetery where he lived before, but he did not expect that the imperial military was really idle.
A fighter plane is transported here and there...
Three days passed in a blink of an eye.
In a blink of an eye, it’s time to leave the Shadao base.
Early in the morning is their scheduled departure time.
The two pilots Wang Yu and Wenxuan and their weapons control officer made a final check to ensure that they had left nothing behind in the base. Then they dragged their luggage bags out of the dormitory and walked to the hangar.
On the tarmac outside the hangar, ground staff have helped complete the preparation of two F-15e fighters.
Wang Yu’s F-15e has also undergone some changes.
For example, there is a row of small characters on the side of the cockpit with the pilot code and military rank. Wang Yu can see that behind his name and flight code on the side of the cockpit, the words [cpt] have been sprayed with black spray paint, and the logo on Liu Lingxin's side has also changed from
2lt has also been replaced by lt.
This cpt stands for, which means captain.
The same goes for Liu Lingxin, lt represents lieutenant.
Speaking of which, in the ranks of flight combat personnel, the lowest level is an officer, that is, a second lieutenant - this is the so-called professional officer, that is, being a soldier has become a job rather than a requirement for military service, and those army leaders
It's different. After completing training, they have to start as private soldiers. If everything goes well, they can become regular soldiers. Otherwise, they will leave the army after a few years.
It’s the difference between military service and career.
In short, looking at the well-prepared fighter plane with the help of ground crew, Wang Yu was sure that they were all ready to go.
As usual, before boarding the plane, Wang Yu first circled the fighter plane to check. The fighter plane is now in the normal transition configuration of dual auxiliary fuel tanks, with one auxiliary fuel tank hanging under each wing.
The configuration of having a conformal fuel tank eliminates the need for the F-15e to carry a third ventral auxiliary fuel tank during regular transitions. Two auxiliary fuel tanks are enough for long-distance flights.
The part hanging under the belly of the plane is a luggage compartment filled with non-important items for him and Liu Lingxin.
This luggage compartment contains unimportant items, such as some clothes, bedding, etc.
After all, although this thing has a thermal insulation function in name, its performance... well...
So if you put some important things in the air and wait for the fighter plane to fly around in the sky at tens of degrees below zero, the important things may not be usable after landing. And more importantly, you have to be ready to take care of these things at any time when encountering danger.
Be prepared to lose things...
To put it simply, fighter pilots can carry their carry-on luggage everywhere in this way. Especially during the transition flight when changing bases, there is no need to occupy military resources to complete additional transportation. Except for the auxiliary fuel tanks and luggage compartment, the side racks on the fuselage, where bombs are usually hung, are empty.
On the wing pylons were an infrared-guided combat bomb and an active radar missile on the left and right. Wang Yu asked the ground crew and learned that the fighter plane was also loaded with half of them, which was close to 450 rounds of cannon shells.
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As for countermeasures, there are 60 sets each of chaff and thermal bombs.
The Shadao base has a lot of money. They considered that this unit was going to a less peaceful base and had to fly through chaotic airspace. Therefore, in order to avoid emergencies on the road, they directly attached four missiles and missiles to them.
Half the number of cannons just in case.
Missiles also cost money.
After the inspection, Wang Yu and Liu Lingxin boarded the plane, closed the canopy, and began to go through the pre-takeoff checklist.
At the same time, they also began to request the base tower to take off, and confirmed that the inertial navigation calibration was completed and the waypoints were set correctly.
Soon, they received taxi permission from the tower, allowing them to taxi to the runway to prepare for takeoff.
Before starting to taxi, Wang Yu raised his hand and saluted the ground staff at the base.
These guided ground crews belong to the base, not to the ground crew team bound to his fighter plane - the latter is already preparing to board the transport plane and leave together, but these people will stay at the base.
And these ground staff also responded with military salutes.
The fighter plane began to taxi towards the runway.
The weather in the afternoon was not very good, it was gloomy.
"Jizhi Squadron, please pay attention to the weather when taking off. There is a strong crosswind, and the clouds are thick, with a base height of 400 meters and a thickness of about one thousand meters. According to reports from friendly forces that took off before, we encountered a brief wind shear during takeoff.
Change phenomenon."
During the taxiing process, the tower took the initiative to share this information with Wang Yu and others.
"JiZui Squadron received it. We will pay attention to it when taking off. Thank you for your reminder."
"You're welcome, this is what we should do." The tower replied, "Wait at the end of the runway."
"Received, Ji Zhou ends communication."
The two F-15e fighter jets taxied one after the other to the end of the runway, and then waited in the turning area as required.
After waiting for a while, the takeoff permission was finally obtained, and the tower informed the two that they could take off.
"JiZhi Squadron, permission to take off, rise to departure altitude, contact departure frequency." The air traffic control from the tower said, "Take care, this is the last time we will see you take off, and we will only be able to see you take off at different altitudes in the future."
Serving the Empire in the army."
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Wang Yu took the lead in taxiing onto the runway, then aligned the fighter jet and parked it on the left side of the runway. Wenxuan followed closely and parked about one aircraft seat to the right behind him, leaving a certain safe distance. p>
"On the 2nd, we will carry out the standard takeoff procedure, accelerate to 240 knots, pull up the nose, maintain an elevation angle of ten degrees off the ground, and climb to 300 meters. If there is wind shear, be careful to keep distance after leaving the ground."<
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After Wang Yu finished speaking, he took the lead in pushing the throttle to full speed, causing the fighter jet to roar and accelerate on the runway.
Wenxuan followed closely: "Got it, start gliding."
The two fighters successively increased their speed. Except for a slight delay in starting to accelerate, they maintained a stable front-to-back distance. They accelerated and taxied on the runway. After about ten seconds of accelerated taxiing, they raised their noses and took off.
"No. 1 lifts off the ground."
"No. 2, has left the ground."
"Collect oil, military push mode."
"Understood, stop the oil."
The two of them explained their situation in the communication. The fighter plane maintained its elevation angle and climb rate while accelerating slowly and climbing rapidly upward.
After climbing for a while, the two fighter planes rushed into the clouds.
Soon, Wang Yu understood the meaning of "pay attention to the weather" in the tower's words. The fighter plane suddenly shook violently while flying, accompanied by a strong sense of weightlessness, and the altimeter's rate of change suddenly changed rapidly.
Slow, this is the phenomenon of wind shear caused by sudden changes in the wind direction.
Fortunately, the thrust of the fighter plane is enough to allow the fighter plane to maintain normal flight in such a dangerous environment.
"Keep a safe distance." Wang Yu said to Wen Xuan, who was the wingman, while controlling the fighter plane to fly as stably as possible despite the shaking, "The flying environment is really not good. I have encountered small turbulence and wind shear.
But it’s not a big problem.”
"I have already pulled a certain distance to the side." Wenxuan replied, "Otherwise we will increase our strength and quickly escape from the clouds."
Wang Yu thought for half a second and agreed with Wenxuan's suggestion: "Then do as you say, turn on the afterburner to increase the elevation angle and rise above the clouds, and then start the formation again."
"Understood."
Wang Yu pushed the full afterburner at the same time, and then increased the elevation angle to twenty degrees. The dual-engine thrust of the F-15e fighter jet was really violent. As soon as the afterburner was turned on, the fighter jet immediately began to fly upward with a slight tremor. While the speed continued to increase, the altitude also increased.
Rising rapidly.
Wang Yu watched the altimeter rotate, judging how long it would take before he could break through the clouds and see the blue sky above.
It shouldn’t be far.
The fighter plane climbed upwards at high speed, and the dark environment caused by the clouds gradually began to brighten. After a while, the fighter plane broke out from above the clouds.
The first thing you see after breaking through the clouds is always the snow-white clouds below and the blue sky above.
This scene is very moving. The clouds are like pure white snow. When you just break away from the clouds, it is like running on the snow under the blue sky. Under the sunlight, this scene is simply difficult to describe in words.
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Wang Yu glanced around and found Wenxuan emerging from the clouds.
"Height 3,000, turn to waypoint three, complete departure, and rejoin the formation." Wang Yu said to Wenxuan.
After Wenxuan expressed his understanding, he moved closer to this side, and after a while, he steadily maintained a position about three hundred meters behind Wang Yu and flew with him.
"Shadao Base, we are leaving your control area." Wang Yu contacted the departure frequency, "Request to increase to altitude 7000, and maintain stable flight to waypoint 4."
"This is the departure from Shadao. I'm sure you are leaving the control area." The base's control said to Wang Yu, "Asking for approval, increase to 7000 and maintain stable flight, prepare to join the formation with the transport aircraft. I wish you a bright future in the new base.