The weather in the Beiku area was very good on March 14th, with clear skies and great visibility, and the wind direction and speed on the ground were ideal.
At least for now.
Zhang Yuan predicts that there will be no more heavy snowfall from today on. There will be a small amount of snowfall, but there will not be the heavy knee-deep snowfall before the Spring Festival. Undoubtedly, this is good for the 101st Regiment
News. It will show the lowest weather without going too far. It is the type that Li Zhan likes.
At 15 o'clock in the afternoon, Xue Xiangdong and Yang Jinshan arrived at the tower on time, and stood beside the duty commander Li Zhan, one on the left and one on the right.
"Are you ready?" Xue Xiangdong asked.
Li Zhan said, "The regiment commander and deputy regiment are all ready, the hangar and the apron are all ready. Even if a division comes, I can eat it."
"Don't be naughty with me. You have no experience in commanding large aircraft groups to take off and land. You must cheer up." Xue Xiangdong warned seriously.
Yang Jinshan said, "The regiment leader is right. You should not take it lightly. You should work hard and let your old leaders see your progress after joining the 101st regiment."
"Deputy commander, if you say that, I'll start it." Li Zhan said with a smile.
"Do it, do it fiercely, you must impress them." Yang Jinshan laughed.
Xue Xiangdong glanced at the position of the weatherman, frowned and asked, "Where is the weatherman?"
"Oh, deputy station chief Zhang Yuan is on duty today, and he hasn't come here yet." Li Zhan looked at the time and saw that Zhang Yuan was late. This is not a good sign.
When Yang Jinshan saw that Xue Xiangdong's expression was not quite right, he quickly said, "Yes, Zhang Yuan is also here from the Second Division. Haha, it's good. You can meet the old leaders and comrades."
Xue Xiangdong was not that easy to fool. He pointed at Li Zhan and said, "Call him."
The weatherman is the second most important position. The commander has arrived, but the weatherman is late. This is relatively rare. Xue Xiangdong is not angry because Zhang Yuan is late, but is worried that the weather will change. Zhang Yuan is very professional
The technical deputy director of the station, he will not be late for no reason.
Yang Jinshan was worried that Xue Xiangdong's anger would affect the relationship with the Beiku Meteorological Observatory, and did not think of the deeper reason.
Li Zhan thought about it. He was more worried about bad changes in the weather than anyone else. After preparing for so long, wasn't he just waiting to show off in front of his old comrades today? If Xue Xiangdong hadn't refused to approve it, Li Zhan would have even
Fly a plane up and greet them in the air.
Of course, these are not the most important. It’s OK to talk about it as a joke, but it must not be taken lightly.
A total of twenty-four fighter planes completed a long-distance transfer of more than 4,000 kilometers, but they were unable to land at Beiku. Even if it was due to weather conditions, the higher-ups had some opinions on the take-off and landing at Beiku.
This kind of thing is never a one-sided matter. In many cases, an excellent tower commander is an important guarantee for safe takeoff and landing.
At that time, Li Zhan was able to avert several dangerous situations he encountered in the Second Division, and the tower commander played an indispensable role. For example, when the engine room was struck by lightning and caught fire, it was deputy commander Yu Chenglin who was so sharp in extremely low visibility.
He quickly saw the flash of fire, which reminded Li Zhan in time and bought valuable time for the emergency landing. Otherwise, when the fire spread to the middle of the fuselage, it was still unclear whether Li Zhan could fly the plane back!
Commanding a large group of aircraft to land is more difficult than commanding to take off, and it greatly tests the tower commander's scheduling and coordination ability. If it is required according to wartime standards, it needs to be completed in the shortest possible time. Everything the troops do is time-constrained.
, the faster the better, you will never find any subject or thing for which slower is better. Speed is always one of the keys to winning.
"Captain, the duty room of the meteorological station said that Deputy Director Zhang Yuan is already on the way." Li Zhan put down the phone and said.
Xue Xiangdong felt a little relieved. If the weather changes, Zhang Yuan directly calls the control tower and asks to cancel the pick-up. Because if there are no landing conditions at Beiku Station, then Lanzhi will make arrangements to fly to Beiku in the air at this moment.
The flying fleet is executing an alternate landing plan. Therefore, Zhang Yuan will not come over to report. He will come over to show that there are conditions for takeoff and landing at this site.
"Confirm the ground preparations." Xue Xiangdong sat down and said.
Li Zhan immediately contacted all ground units to confirm that each department had completed preparations, and then reported to Xue Xiangdong. Xue Xiangdong picked up the dedicated phone and reported to the division, which meant that Beiku Station was ready for everything. This procedure is very important
, Lanzhi will make the next decision based on the specific conditions of Beikuchang Station.
"They went well and are expected to arrive in thirty minutes." Xue Xiangdong hung up the phone and said to Li Zhan.
Li Zhan subconsciously rolled up his sleeves and said, "I hope everything goes well!"
There was a rush of footsteps, and Zhang Yuan had arrived.
"Captain Xue." Zhang Yuan saluted and said hello, "I have confirmed again and again that the weather is fine. Li Zhan, land from Nantou."
As he spoke, he signed his name on the duty list, which meant that he would be responsible for the takeoff and landing direction. The next step was Li Zhan, the duty commander.
Li Zhan said, "Understood, from south to north."
This is to determine the direction of takeoff and landing. Different from civil aviation, the army will not use Arabic numerals and English letters as the runway code, but directly express it. The principle of using army terminology is that the simpler and clearer the better, avoid complex expressions.
At 16:05 in the afternoon, the Beikut tower received a call from the first pilot of the Second Division's transition unit, and the voice came out very clearly through the loudspeaker.
"Beikut tower, communication frequency 8494:49, my name is 020037, the distance is ten kilometers, request to land, completed." It was Yu Chenglin's voice.
Extremely kind.
Li Zhan remembered that the day before he left the Second Division, when he left the division commander's office and went downstairs, Yu Chenglin was waiting for him downstairs. However, in anger, he ignored Yu Chenglin and they had not seen each other for more than half a year. Take a closer look.
Recalling the nine months he spent in the Second Division, Yu Chenglin was very good to Li Zhan, otherwise it would have been difficult for Li Zhan to make a comeback as soon as possible after many dangerous situations.
"020037, this is Beiku Tower. The radar has seen you. Maintain altitude and speed to enter the field and land from south to north. Please note that you will land directly. Over." Li Zhan replied happily.
Yu Chenglin obviously heard Li Zhan's voice and said, "Copy that, keep approaching, land directly from south to north, over."
One minute later, No. 037 J-7e continued to descend in altitude. The familiar double-delta wing shape was full of flexibility. It touched the ground lightly, released the parachute, and roared to the end of the runway. The parachute detached, and the fighter plane slid out of the main runway.
track.
"Deputy Commander Yu, welcome to Beiku." Li Zhan said with a smile.
Yu Chenglin smiled, looked sideways in the direction of the tower, even though he couldn't see Li Zhan at all, and said, "Comrade Li Zhan, we meet again, thank you!"
"Teacher is the last one." Yu Chenglin reminded.
"Understood, please follow the guide car into the apron." Li Zhan's face changed slightly and he said.
"clear."
The guidance vehicle led the No. 037 fighter plane into the apron. There were already officers and soldiers there towing away the drag chute on the main runway and conducting a quick inspection of the runway. When they left, the second fighter plane also arrived in the distance.
This field is located ten kilometers away.
One after another, twenty-four fighter planes landed in a column under the command of Li Zhan. The busy appearance once resembled a civil aviation international airport. After ten fighter planes landed, Li Zhan asked for follow-up fighters.
When landing, do not release the parachute, glide directly to the end of the runway, and slide out from the end of the runway, speeding up the landing.
The last fighter plane landed at Beikuku Station. Xue Xiangdong led a group of regimental leaders, Zheng Kaiyun led the station team, the director of the meteorological observatory and several key personnel were already waiting on the apron. The commander of the Second Division personally led
When the team came over, without Chen Hualin, the leaders of the 101st Regiment, Beikuku Field Station, and Beikuku Meteorological Observatory basically came out to greet them. This kind of welcoming and sending off atmosphere is not good, but it has always been
If so, you would be ignorant if you don't do this.
Of course Li Zhan didn't come over. After he signed the duty list, he went directly to Yu Chenglin. The first was to meet his old comrades, and the second was to see the old guy, Fighter No. 037.
"Brother No. 1!" A pilot ran over excitedly carrying a flight helmet, waving to Li Zhan on the commuter bus and shouted, that man was Tang Leile.
Jeep 212 stopped on the parallel road. On one side of the No. 037 fighter plane were the pilots of the Second Division and the Fourth Regiment lined up neatly. Yu Chenglin stood in front of the team and spoke briefly. At this time, he also stopped, turned around and looked at it with a smile.
With Li Zhan.
Li Zhan punched Tang Leilei's arm and said, "Tang Leilei, what a good boy. He has become a lot stronger. Well, this new flight suit looks good."
"The experimental version has not been finalized yet." Tang Leilei looked at the tall flying equipment on his body, and then at the black old-fashioned flight jacket that Li Zhan was wearing. He realized that he could not continue the conversation on this topic, and hurriedly
Said, "Brother Yi, everyone misses you very much."
"I miss you too." Li Zhan patted Tang Leilei's shoulder and walked towards his old comrades in the Fourth Regiment, saluting Yu Chenglin and the team.
Yu Chenglin laughed and said, "Our first brother is here. Come on, comrades, please give me a few words. Let's all chirp."
"Okay!" the old comrades cheered.
Li Zhan stood in front of the team and saluted everyone again. He looked at the more than 20 familiar faces and said with emotion, "Hello, old comrades, I am very excited to see you again. It has been more than half a year since we last seen each other. I would like to ask
, did the four teams take first place in this year’s basketball competition?”
"Hahaha!" Everyone laughed, and they laughed even harder when they thought of Li Zhan's terrifying accuracy in his attacks.
Li Zhan's face straightened and he said, "Welcome to Beiku, comrades, you have worked hard all the way! Everyone has seen that the conditions in Beiku are not as good as those in Xi County, and the environment is also worse. There is nothing to entertain, but beef and mutton
I have enough control over it. If you want to have a drink, you can come to me!"
"Okay!" Everyone broke down like crazy.
Yu Chenglin waved his hand, "I'm still here. Okay, Tang Leilei will lead the team and follow the comrades from Beiku. Let's settle down first and follow the order to assemble for dinner and disband!"
Tang Leilei quickly came over and led the team into a minibus nearby, whizzing to the station guest house. At the other end, Xue Xiangdong and others were talking around the tall and handsome Qi Hong, who looked very stylish in big sunglasses.
He compared Xue Xiangdong and his gang to bumpkins.
Seeing Qi Hong being cheered and cheered for, he was assigned to the 101st Regiment's Coster, which was used by the military region for more than ten years. Yu Chenglin looked up at the sky and said, "It's eight or nine o'clock here."
It’s just dark, right? Let’s have a chat?”
"Deputy regiment, I will resolutely obey orders." Li Zhan said with a smile and invited Yu Chenglin to the Warrior commuter bus.