Looking at the canyon in front of him, Wang Yu took a deep breath and concentrated.
He controlled the fighter plane and, as the leader of the formation, entered first.
Following him, the remaining three fighter planes plunged into the valley that looked dark from the outside at a fixed distance.
Dim.
This was the first impression Wang Yu had when he took the lead in flying a fighter plane deeper into the valley.
Just now, the open valley at the entrance of the valley was quite bright and the visibility was sufficient. However, as Wang Yu flew from way point four through an increasingly shrinking valley and arrived at way point five, the situation began to change. p>
The rising sun in the morning is still not very high above the eastern horizon. The mountains block most of the sunlight, so the visibility above the mountains may be good, but in the valleys it looks extremely dim due to the lack of direct light.
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Through the diffuse reflection from the clouds and some mountains, Wang Yu could barely see the terrain of the valley.
But it is also because of this diffuse reflection that it causes other visual problems - in Wang Yu's view, the bright area in front of the flight direction is bright enough, but the dim area becomes increasingly difficult to see clearly.<
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Soon, in front of Wang Yu, the straight canyon section finally ended.
"We are going to pass waypoint five."
Wang Yu said to Wenxuan on the radio frequency, "The valley is starting to become narrower. Pay more attention."
Way point five is the official start of the process of crossing the valley. Compared with flying here from way point four, flying almost in a straight line in the open valley, starting from way point five is the official canyon flight. The following route
It will be more tortuous.
"I'm right behind you. Your current flying posture is perfect, staying right in the middle of the valley."
Wenxuan followed Wang Yu at a safe distance of about 600 meters, so that he could have enough time to respond when Wang Yu accelerated or decelerated, and could also avoid being swept by Wang Yu's wake and causing him to lose control and hit him head-on.
Mountain.
At the same time, from his perspective, he can see the relative position of Wang Yu's fighter jet and the valley.
"Continue to help me pay attention to my flight direction." Wang Yu reminded Wenxuan again, "At the same time, pay attention to the distance between us."
At this time, Wenxuan spoke concisely and to the point: "Copy that."
"How are the two people behind you?" Wang Yu asked quickly.
"They look normal and are at a certain distance from our two fighters."
Wang Yu didn't say much. Iris Squadron must be able to take care of itself.
After passing waypoint five, the valley suddenly extends to the left.
There is a specially set waypoint here, naturally because there is a turning point.
The turning angle is not big - Yue Mo only needs to turn about 25 degrees. Even in a canyon, this angle can be easily turned, so when approaching the turning point, Wang Yu pressed the joystick sideways, and the fighter jet
He tilted his body and started to turn.
At the same time, he also needs to pay attention to the flight vector mark displayed on the HUD of the fighter. In conjunction with the lever being pulled backward, he pushes the throttle forward with his left hand so that the fighter does not lose altitude as much as possible while turning, and stabilizes the turn on a height plane. The mountain ahead turned in Wang Yu's field of vision.
Soon Wang Yu once again saw the valley extending forward and the gurgling river at the bottom of the valley.
Liu Lingxin couldn't help but praise: "Beautiful steering."
She does not need to fly. Her role in this mission is to find the target and provide guidance for the bomb in the final attack phase. Before that, she only needs to sit calmly in her seat and wait.
So now she can look at the rapidly sweeping mountains outside the fighter cockpit.
In fact, who is the most nervous at this moment is definitely not the pilot flying the fighter plane, but the weapons controller sitting in the back seat. They have no way of interfering with the various thrilling actions the pilot is about to carry out, and can only watch in horror.
Flying the fighter plane around in the canyon, and avoiding the protruding rocks, trees and telephone poles that can be seen from time to time on the mountain...
This is like two ordinary people going to an amusement park. One person has already ridden a roller coaster, and the other person has never experienced it at all. Then the latter will definitely be far more nervous than the former.
Fortunately, Liu Lingxin has already established enough trust in Wang Yu's flying skills.
So at this moment, the girl is nervous, but she doesn't feel panic or fear.
"Continue to way point six." Wang Yu had no time to answer Liu Lingxin's compliment, but quickly determined the terrain in front of the flight, and said in the team channel, "From way point six to way point seven
, the direction of this valley is relatively straight, it is safe to maintain the current height, and there are still three kilometers to reach the next turning point."
"Received."
The deafening roar of the fighter jet engines echoed in the valley. Even for safety reasons, the power of the four fighter jets was not even pushed to the military gear at this time. The roar still sounded like thunder under the reverberation of the valley.<
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After the fighter plane flies over the valley at high speed, the birds and animals in the mountain forest will be disturbed by the sound waves and flee in all directions.
This is also the more dangerous point of this mission, the possible collision of birds - but in fact, birds are also living creatures, and generally do not take the initiative to go to places with strong airflow in the middle of canyons. They usually fly close to the mountains, so as long as
Keep the fighter plane flying in the middle of the canyon, and the hidden danger from flying birds is actually not as big as imagined.
"Pay attention to the protruding telephone poles on the mountain. We haven't left the border of Yin Mulan yet, and this place is not considered inaccessible."
Seeing a high-voltage telephone pole on the top of a mountain, Wang Yu reminded him again.
Since this low-altitude flight was dozens of kilometers long, entering from the border of Yin Mulan and leaving from the border of Custer, their flight was still within the territory of Yin Mulan at the beginning, and there were also some mountains in this mountain range.
The existence of ordinary people in Yin Mulan.
During the flight, you can see the villages built in the valley along the river on the high mountains on both sides. These brick and tile houses are arranged unevenly along the mountains, and the crop fields have also been built into terraces.
With their excellent eyesight, fighter pilots can even see farmers working in the terraced fields.
The Yinmulan people who had been working for a year's livelihood also put down their hoes and raised their heads with a look of astonishment, looking at the four fighter planes that passed by one after another in the low-lying sky.
Good guy, this scene is really unusual. These people have never seen ordinary airplanes in their lives, let alone fighter jets.
"I thought they should at least choose an uninhabited valley." Liu Lingxin obviously noticed the traces of people in the valley, "The sound of the engine can disturb everyone in the valley, and in case there is an enemy agent who reports to the Custer people,
What should I do?"
"This is also normal."
Flying in a straight line at this time, Wang Yu could answer Liu Lingxin's question: "Not all people come down from the mountains to live on the plains - the precipitation in the northern part of the mountain range is abundant, which is completely in line with the people who depend on the mountains to live on the mountains and the water."
Typical example. As for the report you mentioned... Well, considering the speed of order transmission, by the time they are ready, we will have already started to attack."
But the speed of the fighter plane was still very fast. Just after saying these few words, the fighter plane flew through this straight canyon and arrived at the path point six.
Here the canyon turns to the right at an angle of about 60 degrees, and the valley begins to become narrower here. At the flight height of the fighter plane, the left and right spans are only about a hundred meters apart. Compared to the previous distance from the mountain
There is still about 400 to 500 meters to go, obviously the risk factor is much higher now.
"Sit tight, I'm going to start turning."
Wang Yu slowed down slightly, and then the fighter plane tilted slightly to the left, which is the mountain outside the direction of the turn.
"No. 1, your fighter plane has drifted, a little too far to the left of the mountain. Adjust it immediately."
Wenxuan, who was flying behind, immediately warned when he saw this.
"This curve is quite sharp." Wang Yu immediately replied. At this time, he controlled the flight position of the fighter plane almost close to the mountain on the left. "If you want to keep it in the center, you have to make a sharp turn. I
I don’t like maneuvers that will cause the aircraft’s speed to drop rapidly, especially in the current situation.”
When Wang Yu said this, he pressed the stick to the right, and the fighter plane immediately responded and began to tilt and turn to the right.
The flight direction of the fighter jet changed from the original posture of flying along the mountain on the left to flying in a curve toward the inside of the valley curve.
Then, when it was about to approach the mountain on the right side of the inner circle, the fighter aircraft maintained its current turning speed and passed the curve easily and smoothly, completing what was supposed to be a large-radius turn. He turned sharply and continued flying in the direction of the valley.
After leaving the curve and returning to flying in the middle of the valley, Wang Yucai said: "You must learn to follow the line when cornering, and don't think about using drifting to make sharp turns."
This is to use a large turning radius as much as possible in exchange for smooth steering at high speed in the small space of the valley.
These are some small skills, which he trained on the simulator before performing the mission.
Compared with others who suddenly turn and lose speed here, his stability is much higher.
Liu Lingxin, who heard the conversation between Wang Yu and Wenxuan, complained: "I even thought we were participating in the Horizon Carnival..."
"It's just the same principle. You can take big turns in sharp turns to avoid excessive deceleration, and by the way, you don't need so much steering angular speed." Wang Yu looked at the terrain ahead, "Continue flying like this, unless you encounter five consecutive hairpin turns. Otherwise, we don’t need to make a sharp turn. Next, we will advance to waypoint 7, with a flight distance of 3.7 kilometers.”
At this time, the valley is no longer as straight as before, but has become less straight due to the downward incision of the river, so it is difficult to keep flying in the middle of the valley.
Either increase the altitude slightly, or find a road that is more stable and can travel in a straight line.
It was good to increase the height, but this might lead to the risk of being discovered, so Wang Yu weighed it and took the initiative to move the fighter plane toward the mountain on the side of the valley, and found a route that could barely maintain a straight flight through this winding canyon.
We just flew over a not-so-high mountain, and now we are already inside Custer's country.
Wang Yu accidentally glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw the anti-aircraft missile launcher on the top of the mountain.
These anti-aircraft weapons have no idea what is happening in the valley.
Due to the speed at this time, the area that Wang Yu could see and distinguish with his peripheral vision was extremely narrow.
So he could only keep his eyes on the path to the valley ahead, and try to keep tilting the fuselage to keep as much safe distance between himself and the mountains on both sides as possible.
While Wang Yu was controlling the fighter plane, he asked Wenxuan who was following him: "Will my wake affect you?"
"No, I kept a safe distance." Wenxuan replied, "There will be slight bumps occasionally, but it's not a big problem."
"Tell me if anything happens." Wang Yu said, "The current terrain is not as easy to fly as before. Be careful not to be blown up to the nearby mountains by the cross wind."
"Compared to me, you should pay more attention to this."
When the gap between the valleys increased, Wang Yu looked up and saw that the clouds in the sky were still dense. Fortunately, the height of the clouds was higher than the mountains, and the clouds and fog did not cover the valleys.
You don’t have to worry about accidentally hitting a mountain while flying in the clouds.
Soon this journey will be completed.
Four fighter planes arrived at waypoint seven one after another.
This is another sharp turn. This time, even if the line is routed, the turn cannot be completed smoothly, so Wang Yu had to lean over the fuselage and then pull the throttle lever to allow the fighter to make a sharp turn while preserving speed as much as possible.
The subsequent path points seven to fifteen are only about fifteen kilometers long. This flight will be the most dangerous part of the mission. There are eight way points in total. Each way point represents a sharp turn.
And as the valley becomes narrower, it becomes even more important to grasp the flight path.
Wang Yu took a deep breath: "Follow me."
He controlled the fighter plane and quickly flew into this dangerous flight.
But Wang Yu felt that he should be able to pass this canyon successfully.
At this time, the importance of the simulator is reflected. If it were not for simulator training, it would be the first time for them to face such rugged terrain, and it would be difficult for them to pass smoothly.
At this time, due to the rising terrain, the height of the four fighter planes from the ground was only about two hundred meters.
The fighter plane's ground proximity warning system kept sounding the "pull up" alarm, but Wang Yu turned a deaf ear to it.
There was only less than a hundred meters away from the mountains on both sides. Whenever Wang Yu turned a corner, he felt the taller trees on the mountains nearby brushing against his fuselage. p>
Liu Lingxin, who was sitting in the back seat, couldn't help but hold her breath while watching this scene.
But she still didn't say anything and maintained her trust in Wang Yu.
But Wang Yu has long understood the trend of this section of the canyon, which makes flying easier and more enjoyable.
The fighter plane is like a flexible bird, traveling through the canyon.
Fortunately, there are no strong valley winds in the valley today, and there are no dangerous weather conditions such as cross winds or crosswinds, not to mention the chaotic airflow that often occurs in the valleys, so the fighter planes are still flying smoothly. p>
In the blink of an eye, the low-altitude penetration has reached the final stage.