The field runway lights came on three times every three seconds, and each time lasted three seconds.
Nie Jianfeng was about to ask Li Zhan if he would continue to provide light guidance. Li Zhan called the Eagle's Nest first, "Eagle's Nest, three kilometers is good. The blind landing has been established. Lower the landing gear. Complete."
"I see you, the conditions remain unchanged, it's over." On the simple semi-open tower of the Eagle's Nest Field Command Center, Nie Jianfeng looked at the sky in the northeast direction and saw the red navigation lights on the left and the green on the right as well as the continuous light.
The landing gear lights are white with a hint of yellow.
Zhang Yuan is standing next to Nie Jianfeng. His post looks like the most modern one. There are two terminals that look like laptops. On one side is a large desk with a large topographic map of Region 4 spread on it. There are also other terminals around it.
Scattered are satellite cloud images of various time periods.
Unfortunately, it is not possible to directly view electronic cloud images through a computer. The latest satellite cloud images transmitted from the National Meteorological Observatory and higher-level meteorological stations need to be printed out to get a full picture. The current combat command model is approximately equivalent to the level of powerful enemies in the 1970s. Strong enemies
The enemy's modern military construction began in the 1980s and reached its peak in the early 1990s. However, our army was still in a very difficult internal and external environment at that time.
A sandstorm has formed more than 300 kilometers north of the Beiku Mountains. On the west side of the Beikku War Training Base, judging from the predicted path, it is entering the uninhabited land head-on, which is Area 4. To make matters worse, the sandstorm
After entering the uninhabited area, you will be fully replenished, and the wind will reach its maximum when it reaches the middle of the uninhabited area.
By then, not to mention whether fighter planes can take off and land, all personnel and equipment on the ground will have to be moved to a safe place.
"Eighteen hours, eighteen hours at most." Zhang Yuan said to Nie Jianfeng.
Nie Jianfeng pondered and said, "When Lao Li arrives, we will analyze how to make adjustments."
This is the latest time that can be determined - eighteen hours. The Falcon Brigade must compete with the sandstorm for time and kill the cat group before the sandstorm arrives, otherwise nature will be the enemy that defeats them.
"Is there any news from the Army? They have a lot of mobile radars. As long as the Cat Regiment enters the Beiku area, they will never be able to hide their traces." Zhang Yuan said calmly.
Nie Jianfeng said, "The intelligence mentioned that the Cat Regiment had not conducted low-altitude penetration training, but it cannot be ruled out that the Cat Regiment deliberately released the news. They may have conducted training quietly."
"The information blockade was too severe. If we hadn't known in advance that this was a confrontation exercise with our brother troops, it would have been like a war." Zhang Yuan sighed.
In the 101st Brigade, he and Li Zhan had the most practical combat experience. Of course, Nie Jianfeng also had some practical combat experience, but relatively speaking, he was still much weaker.
Li Zhan paid attention to the descent rate, altimeter, speedometer, and pitch angle, which were the most important data at this time. He entered the flap three position in advance, and then placed the throttle lever in the idle position. It was dark outside, and he looked
Not even the road below, nor what could be seen in the darkness ahead.
At this time, you must trust the instrument and not your own eyes.
The No. 037 J-7egg fighter jet carrying two air-to-air training bombs raised its nose slightly and slowly descended. The tires of the rear landing gear gently touched the asphalt pavement of Highway 4 and landed. It slid for more than 100 meters and took off in the front.
The landing gear slowly came down. Almost at the same time, the flaps were negative three, the front flaps were positive three, the tire brakes were stepped on, and the fighter plane with a speed of more than 200 kilometers was pulled by the powerful braking force and still slid for nearly 700 meters.
Then he slowly stopped.
To be on the safe side, Li Zhan did not pull the parachute.
After No. 037 J-7egg landed smoothly, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. With the Pathfinder, subsequent fighters will get accurate data and conduct blind landings at night under the guidance of the ground. It can be said that the Falcon Group has pioneered the Air Force at this time.
A new subject for the army - blind landing on the highway at night under wild evacuation conditions.
The Eagle's Nest Command Center is one thousand meters away from the runway. The fighter planes landed and taxied directly over, and then drove onto the field apron paved with quick-setting cement taken from local materials. The field conditions were limited and harsh, so Li Zhan drove in
Be very careful when on the tarmac to avoid problems on the ground.
The ten landing pads are all dispersedly arranged, with at least three hundred meters between each other, and the furthest one is one kilometer apart. The purpose of this is to prevent all fighter planes from being destroyed at once under enemy fire. Everything enters a combat state.
All must be considered from the perspective of actual combat. The standards for air crews that are popular in the base are very solid. Although there are also air crew standards in the field, the conditions are obviously much worse.
After Li Zhan got off the plane and handed over to the maintenance staff, he jumped on the Warrior commuter bus. Pei Lei stepped on the accelerator and headed straight to the Eagle's Nest command center a few hundred meters away. Holding his flight helmet, Li Zhan went directly to the field tower and struck.
He asked, "How is the sandstorm going? Lao Nie, please continue directing the fleet to land. Lao Zhang, please tell me about the weather conditions."
"yes!"
Zhang Yuan walked to the combat table, leaned down, drew a circle with a pencil on the location where the sandstorm was formed, and said, "Three hundred kilometers northwest of the Beiku Mountains, this is where the sandstorm formed. It is moving southeast, that is, four miles away.
Area No. It is expected to take twenty hours to reach the camp. I have allowed two hours for evacuation. It will take at least two hours for the personnel and equipment to be evacuated to a safe distance. So you only have eighteen hours of combat time."
The enemy situation simulated by Li Zhan was that all the airports had been destroyed, so the two wartime field runways, Highway 4 and the Tourist Highway, were used for take-off and landing operations. There was no way to activate the Tourist Highway immediately, so the plan was determined and coordinated with the local government.
There was no sandstorm forecast at that time, so we only chose Highway 4.
"Three hundred kilometers, has it disappeared by now?" Li Zhan asked with a frown.
Sandstorms are characterized by suddenness. They form suddenly under strong winds and disappear quickly. Things within the scope will be severely damaged. The sand and dust rolled up by extremely large sandstorms can even flood a town. There are many in Beiku area.
The villages and towns that have disappeared are due to the increasingly severe desertification and frequent sandstorms, which have led to poor living conditions and people fleeing one after another, thus forming no man's land.
Zhang Yuan said in a deep voice, "This sandstorm is different. It is blessed by powerful and powerful strong winds. After it sweeps into the desert, it will continue to intensify. Most of the entire No. 4 area will be covered. The main reason is that at the end of the year
A gust of cold air moves southward, and at this moment, the East China Sea is facing the No. 3 storm signal of the year, a super typhoon. The National Meteorological Observatory predicts that the wind power will exceed that of Super Mario in 2009. "
"It's another typhoon!" Li Zhan sighed helplessly, "This typhoon seems to be specifically trying to get in trouble with me. Whenever it comes to a critical moment, it comes out to cause trouble, and it is super powerful when it comes."
Zhang Yuan said, "Typhoon Signal No. 3 has not yet been named, but it has been strengthening. I analyze that it will strengthen to level 18 when it makes landfall. The vortex with a diameter of 500 kilometers is a huge magnet, attracting cold air from the south to rush to the southeast.
The strong northwest wind generated by this is the main condition for the formation of sandstorms."
A typhoon thousands of kilometers away seriously threatens the victory or defeat of the Falcon Brigade. It is incredible at first glance, but in fact, humans appear to be so powerless in the face of nature.
"Eighteen hours, if the Red Army troops are discovered, the winner can be decided in just eighteen minutes." Li Zhan said in a deep voice, "Old Zhang, I will leave the air search to you, don't let me do anything.
Can’t see.”
Zhang Yuan said, "Don't worry, as long as the cat group comes in, they won't be able to escape."
"Mao Tuan? This abbreviation is interesting." Li Zhan said with a smile.
Mo Fangyan, the cook squad leader of the brigade, was wearing a desert camouflage uniform and was carrying a bullet pouch and a cowhide pistol holster. In the holster was a Type 92 pistol. He was wearing a Kevlar helmet, but he was holding a small shovel for cooking.
It looked very disharmonious. He came up the stairs in a hurry, obviously in a hurry, otherwise he would not have forgotten to put down the small shovel.
"Captain, the simple meal will be ready soon. Do you have any other requests?" Mo Fangyan asked in a loud voice.
At this time, nine Su-27 fighter planes landed at a frequency of two minutes. The roar of their engines resounded throughout the field camp. It was impossible to hear anything without roaring and shouting.
Li Zhan thought for a while and said, "Monitor Mo, are there any noodles?"
"You can't eat foaming food. Captain, please choose something else." Mo Fangyan insisted on his principle.
Li Zhan said, "The fight is about to start. I just want to eat what I want. It doesn't matter. I just have a bowl. Is that okay with Squad Leader Mo?"
"You are the captain and you have the final say." Mo Fangyan said with a smile. He is a fourth-level sergeant major. He has worked in the cooking class for thirteen years and is a veritable old class leader. Mainly because his cooking skills are very good.
Every time the superior leader came down to inspect the work, he would be asked to take charge.
"Remember to add salt, Squad Leader Mo." Li Zhan warned Mo Fangyan with a smile on his back.
Mo Fangyan waved his hand and said, "You can't put sugar in it, don't worry, captain."
Li Zhan said to Zhang Yuan and Nie Jianfeng, "Actually, I prefer sugar. We in Guangdong Province like to eat sweets as much as the Cantonese people. I remember when I first went to Beijing, I ate tofu curd, and it was actually filled with salt. Oh my god.
, adding salt to tofu brain is incredible.”
"It's rare but strange. Stop talking nonsense. What's the next step? Follow the plan?" Nie Jianfeng put down the transmitter. Only when the last Su-27 fighter landed safely did he feel relieved.
An organic group of fighter planes evacuated to a wild area and made a blind landing on the road at night. Li Zhan didn't take it seriously. In the eyes of Nie Jianfeng and others, this was a high-risk and difficult operation that required careful breathing because they were afraid of breathing out.
It will have an impact on the landing of fighter planes.
The first one to land will bear the greatest risk. Everyone is worried for Li Zhan. In everyone's opinion, after the captain landed successfully and safely, he should be as relieved as having completed a major task. However, they discovered that the captain
It was like taking a leisurely walk from the bedroom to the balcony. After arriving at the temporary tower, in addition to learning about the sandstorm, I just wanted to eat a bowl of noodles.
This calmness and calmness affected the entire troop, and everyone realized that it was actually not a big deal.
You know, Li Zhan wanted to simulate that all the airports were destroyed and the troops could only be evacuated to the wild. Many people opposed it. A common view is that there is no need to cause trouble for yourself. Why should you do it when you can easily do it?
How about overweighting yourself? The collective honor is more important than anything else. You overweight yourself and increase the difficulty for yourself. What should you do if you lose? You can overweight, but you shouldn’t choose this time.
Xue Xiangdong supported and Li Zhan's plan was implemented, so the entire brigade officers and soldiers fell into a state of extreme tension. After all the airport bases were gone, most of the Blue Army's advantages were lost. The Falcon Brigade relied on its excellent
The geographical location allowed all the invading Red Army to be exhausted first, and then slowly use aircraft cannons and missiles to deal with the Red Army, striving to get the Red Army home as soon as possible to achieve the purpose of saving military expenses.
But this time the Blue Army cut themselves off, and even went too far - directly throwing Jin Gui's fighter plane into the desert.
The opinion from the ground handling side is overwhelming. After the station was transformed into a base, the support facilities have also been comprehensively upgraded. Each apron has complete support equipment and terminals. Once the aircraft maintenance is in place, it can be operated directly, and it is more convenient.
.In the past, the model that required delivery from the station and then maintenance was no longer seen at the Beiku base.
Being suddenly thrown into the wild desert, the difficulty of protection suddenly increased many times.
But Li Zhan said an idiom to disperse their complaints - be prepared for danger in times of peace!
Everyone can talk empty talk, and everyone just listens to it. Whether you take it seriously is up to you. But Li Zhan's "empty talk" is not empty talk, because he has rich practical experience and achievements to support it. For example, flying
We encountered a situation. Li Zhan said that driving supersonic speed with afterburner could solve the problem. Everyone thought he was right. If it had been anyone else, everyone would have thought he was stupid.
This is prestige.
Moving forward under such great pressure, Li Zhan at the front was as calm as anything, and the officers and soldiers who followed him in the following years would naturally be calm as well. In wartime, the commander's character is the character of the troops, and the commander
The mood of the members is the mood of the troops.
Before the war, is it just for the commander to inspect the frontline positions to understand the situation of the frontline deployment? It is also very important to cheer up the soldiers on the frontline - we are together, I am behind you, and if you die in battle, I will be on top.
This is the character of the commanders and fighters of the Chinese ** team.
Li Zhan said to Nie Jianfeng and Zhang Yuan, "Use a backup plan to let everyone have a good rest."
"Stand still?" Nie Jianfeng was surprised.
The operational plan being implemented was determined after many discussions and analysis. There are many details and coordination and communication between multiple departments and units. It can be said that a lot of work has been done and a lot of effort has been put into it.
Now Li Zhan abandoned the ongoing combat plan and adopted a backup plan in one sentence. No one could accept it. You should know that the confrontation drill had just begun at this time, and it was far from the point where a backup plan was needed.
Li Zhan said, "I believe in Zhang Yuan's judgment. Since the sandstorm only gives us eighteen hours, let's just be quick and give ourselves only one chance to attack. Waiting for the radar unit's intelligence to discover all traces of the Red Army
Set out for a decisive battle."
It's simple, direct, and neat, and there are no complicated tactics.
It's exactly Li Zhan's character.
Nie Jianfeng and Zhang Yuan looked at each other, and both saw the thoughtfulness and helplessness in each other's eyes. Li Zhan was the chief military officer. In wartime, the chief military officer had absolute authority and was true to his word. There was only one person who disobeyed orders.
Consequences - serious cases may be dealt with on the spot by military law.
"Execute it."
Li Zhan turned around and went down to ask for Shaanxi noodles from the cooking team leader Mo Fangyan.