A J-11bs had just joined the landing route, and there happened to be a J-11b taking off on the runway. The two fighters formed an elegant "x" shape on the west side opposite the tower.
The intensive training has been carried out for several days.
The summer training enthusiasm in Beiku was hotter than the sun at noon. The officers and soldiers of the 101st Brigade had gone crazy, especially the air and ground service officers and soldiers of the Falcon Brigade. Xue Xiangdong completely left their work and life, and they suddenly
I found out how much I couldn't bear to leave him.
Everyone believed that they owed the old brigade commander and had to train to the death, turning all their grief into motivation for battle training, so the unit started to work harder.
Bao Guanhua pointed to the No. 27 J-11bs that had just landed and introduced it to Liang Pengfei who came to inspect, "Li Zhan just landed."
"Is it the fifth day?" Commander Liang said.
"Today is the fifth day." Bao Guanhua's face looked very haggard, as if he had aged a few years over the past month or so, but he was in very good spirits.
Liang Pengfei said, "The training string should not be too tight, otherwise it will break easily." Liang Pengfei said.
Bao Guanhua said, "The weather is very good, the comrades are very enthusiastic about training, and the troops have heavy tasks."
Xue Xiangdong left, and the burden fell on Bao Guanhua's shoulders. He had never held a military combat position since the camp, and was already a little rusty with group training. He just pushed his abilities to the limit in just over a week.
came out.
Liang Pengfei knew very well that it was difficult to calm down the officers and soldiers of the 101st Brigade. He sighed in his heart many times, Xue Dapao is Xue Dapao. It won't make people worry if he leaves. He will always toss you a few times. Now Liang Pengfei thinks of the past
Xue Xiangdong often said that squeezing out every ounce of his own usefulness makes the feeling even more profound. Computer version::/
The merits and demerits will be left for future generations to comment on, but Xue Xiangdong's goal has been achieved, and he really died.
"Li Zhan is a paid pilot?" asked the air force colonel who came with Liang Pengfei.
Bao Guanhua said, "Yes, the old pilot trains the new pilot and the new pilot trains, and he keeps turning."
"Old Bao, let's meet Fang Chenghe, your new partner." Liang Pengfei introduced, "Fang Chenghe, the former political commissar of the Second Division, is now the commander of the 101st Brigade. Lao Fang, this is your political commissar Bao Guanhua.
.”
Fang Chenghe immediately saluted without any hesitation, "Political Commissar Bao."
Bao Guanhua was older than him in terms of qualifications and age, although he had not held the position of full division for as long as him. Bao Guanhua was a little surprised about the transfer of Fang Chenghe, the political commissar of the Second Division, to serve as brigade commander, but that was all.
Overall, Fang Chenghe is the most suitable candidate. The focus of the 101st Brigade is the Falcon Brigade, and the soul of the Falcon Brigade is Li Zhan. It should be said that Fang Chenghe is more familiar with and understands Li Zhan than anyone else in the 101st Brigade.
The decision made by superiors obviously had careful consideration in this regard.
Since he decided to hide the fact that Xue Xiangdong was seriously ill that night, he gave up the hope of further promotion. In the following days, if he manages the 101st Brigade well, he can be worthy of Xue Xiangdong's spirit in heaven.
Xue Xiangdong even pointed at Bao Guanhua's nose and said that you have fallen behind and should resign and return to your hometown and give up your position to the younger generation.
After a few brief chats, Fang Chenghe immediately got into work mode. He brought over a confidential staff officer, Zhang Wei, a relatively capable person from the Second Division, who was also an old acquaintance of Li Zhan.
From the tower to the tarmac, on the brand new Overbearing 4000 vehicle, Zhang Wei reported the situation he had just figured out to Fang Chenghe in a low voice, saying, "The new pilot Li Zhan is flying is named Xue Zhengrong, and he is the son of the old brigade commander Xue Xiangdong.
The political commissar personally went to the training base last month to ask for the people."
"Yeah." Fang Chenghe nodded slightly.
When he arrived at the tarmac, he happened to see Li Zhan explaining the maneuvers to a young pilot next to the fighter plane. He was making gestures and looking serious and focused. The young pilot looked a little panicked as he listened carefully.
"The flight control of the J-11B is very sensitive. You must control the size of your stick movements. Just like in the landing action just now, your push stick was a bit too big. Another thing is that your hand holding the stick must be steady.
Come on, when you maneuver, it’s the fighter plane that’s doing the maneuvers, not you in the cockpit. Why are you driving a racing car with your shoulders swinging around? Take a good look at these issues I mentioned, and you must overcome them if you continue to fly tomorrow.”
Li Zhan's serious look made the officers and soldiers in the maintenance team feel scared. The captain had never treated anyone so seriously. Everything changed after Xue Zhengrong came. Li Zhan put almost all the pressure on him.
"It's the same when you are new to flying. Don't put too much pressure on young people. Gradually experience it. Every time you fly, the realization is progress." Fang Chenghe said and walked over.
Xue Zhengrong immediately stood at attention and saluted, and the officers and soldiers of the maintenance team also stopped what they were doing and stood at attention and saluted. The maintenance team leader wanted to gather the team to report, and Fang Chenghe waved his hand to signal everyone to continue working.
Li Zhan saluted Fang Chenghe, "Commissar Fang, are you here to be the brigade commander?"
He saw Zhang Wei, who saluted him, and he returned the crisp military salute with a slight nod.
"You are very well-informed." Fang Chenghe pointed to the lawn behind the apron and said, "I have something to tell you and hand over the work."
Li Zhan said to Xue Zhengrong, "Go to the instructor and ask him to take you to study the flight data and solve the few questions I raised tomorrow."
It still puts a lot of pressure and hope.
With the flight helmet tucked under his ribs, Li Zhan took off his white labor protection gloves and walked toward the lawn with Fang Chenghe.
"Two things."
There was no need for politeness between them. Fang Chenghe spoke directly, "The first thing is that the military region has made a decision on how to deal with you. Write a review and submit it to the brigade party committee."
"Huh?" Li Zhan frowned.
What kind of decision-making is this? Lift it high and put it down gently? Li Zhan is actually mentally prepared to receive a major demerit punishment. As his senior sister Zhu Qingying said, the smallest one is a major demerit. To him
The most unacceptable thing is to be grounded, so what he is most worried about is not letting him fly, rather than giving him any other serious punishment.
But it’s just asking me to write a letter of apology. Is this considered a punishment?
Fang Chenghe said, "Director Lin said in the report that he accidentally hit his forehead, and there was no personal conflict between him and you, but he held different views on the matter, so we had some heated discussions. According to Lin, the military region
The director's report will determine the punishment for you."
"Director Lin?" Li Zhan was even more surprised.
He should be eager to shoot me, so why would he speak for me?
The investigation work of the investigation team was carried out smoothly but also very difficult. No matter who was asked, the answer was that they took the initiative to take responsibility. Director Lin conducted the inquiry even though he was injured, but when he asked more deeply, he couldn't ask anything. He checked back and forth.
It took a week to return.
Li Zhan thought it would be a difficult result for him to accept, but in the end, Xue Xiangdong was successfully named a martyr, and no one was held accountable.
Fang Chenghe sneered and said, "You always think that you are the only noble person in the world. Director Lin is about the same age as your father. No matter what you do, you can't attack him. If you can't change your bad temper, you will get into trouble sooner or later!" : :
"I'm still young." Li Zhan said.
Fang Chenghe looked at Li Zhan unexpectedly, nodded slightly and said, "It seems that he has fully recovered. The aviation hospital is quite objective."
If he has not recovered, the aviation medical office will not issue a release certificate to Li Zhan.
Li Zhan said with a smile, "It's a good thing. Now that I think about it, it doesn't really matter. Sooner or later, there will be a day. Sooner or later, it's a matter of time. If I had a choice, I would choose to die in battle rather than in a hospital bed."
"Stop it." Fang Chenghe raised his hand and said, "I want you to live well now and get the Falcon Brigade up for me. I have issued a military order to the military region to build the 101st Brigade into the most hard-hitting brigade in the entire army within two years.
Blue Army team. If I can't do this, I will apply for transfer to free up the position for capable people."
Fang Chenghe took over the position of commander of the 101st Brigade this time. It can be said that he was appointed at a critical moment. The brigade was at the beginning of a rapid development stage. The sudden death of Xue Xiangdong, who was most familiar with the situation, was a very big blow to the brigade. If it is not handled well, the brigade will
It is very likely that it will become silent again.
At this time, the purpose of the military region to get Fang Chenghe from another military region is self-evident. Therefore, Fang Chenghe is under a lot of pressure. Objectively speaking, he is under the greatest pressure. You should do a good job, because Xue Xiangdong defeated
Basics, if you don't do your job well, you will be a sinner, and you might become "the commander who delayed the 101st Brigade from regaining its former glory at a critical period."
Fang Chenghe said, "Of course, I didn't come here empty-handed. The three J-10A's were gifts given to me by the Second Division. Commander Qi Hong is very interesting."
"The second division changed their uniforms again?" Li Zhan asked in surprise.
Nodding, Fang Chenghe said, "Six of the first batch of equipped J-10A models were handed over, freeing up the establishment to equip the J-10S combat training aircraft. The army is developing rapidly, and the construction of the pilot team cannot keep up.
"
Li Zhan said, "That is also the great love shown by the superior leadership to our brigade. What does it have to do with the military commander of the Second Division?"
"Hehe, that brat is quite petty-minded."
Fang Chenghe said, "The second thing. A military exchange group will come over on the 15th. Three fighter planes will come to communicate with us and conduct a simple collaborative combat drill. The superiors have assigned this task to our brigade.
I’ll leave it to you and get it done.”
"What fighter plane?" Li Zhan asked.
Li Zhan's focus is very different.
This kind of foreign military exchange activity is of great significance even if it is small and simple. Being able to participate in such an activity has more advantages than others in terms of personal qualifications and meritorious service and awards. Whoever receives this task would not say anything first.
In terms of specifications and scale, who would pay attention to what kind of aircraft the other party is flying?
He only has eyes for fighter planes.
Fang Chenghe said, "It has not been determined yet, and it will definitely not be MiG. There may be some prototypes coming over with the intention of showing them to us."
"Su Sanwu." Li Zhan immediately thought of this highly praised fighter jet.
There were rumors when he was still in the Second Division, and now it seems that negotiations between the two parties are already underway. At this time, I must make full use of all available opportunities to display the Su-35 fighter jet, definitely to facilitate this deal as soon as possible
Buy and sell.
I'm so hungry that I really can't eat enough.
"It's just possible." Fang Chenghe said, "Put the new training work aside for the next few days and leave it to others, to Nie Jianfeng. You select a few people to prepare for the drill subjects and use their special skills.
come out."
Li Zhan asked, "Can I drive the J-7?"
Fang Chenghe asked strangely, "Why open the J-7?"
"I don't want to put too much pressure on them," Li Zhan said.
Fang Chenghe didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Forget it, we only have a small amount of property in total and you are still putting pressure on others. No matter how much we starve to death, our ancestors are also rich, and we will have no problem eating the inheritance for more than ten or twenty years."
He said, "Prepare two to three subjects, and live-fire shooting may be arranged at that time. There are still five days left, you come up with a live-fire training plan, and we will conduct a training first to avoid being in a hurry later."
"Yes." Li Zhan said.
Fang Chenghe asked, "Three J-10A aircraft have been incorporated into your brigade, how do you plan to use them?"
Li Zhan likes the J-10, which is known to all the officers and soldiers in the army he has served in. Even the officers and soldiers of the Red Eagle Division know that he really likes the J-10 to the core. It is a pity that he has never been able to communicate well because of the predestined relationship.
Something unpleasant happened when we first met.
"It's not very useful." Who knew that Li Zhan shook his head in disappointment, "We are also short of two-seater aircraft, and we also have the problem of not being able to keep up with the construction of the pilot team. I have a brigade to support other people's regiments, and the veteran team is like that
That’s right, in the second half of the year, people will not stop training without taking a break, and the staff will be very tired.”
He thought for a while and said, "If it is a two-seat aircraft, I would like to conduct aerial refueling training. Brigadier, can you please give me permission to change it to a two-seat aircraft?"
Li Zhan has always wanted to engage in aerial refueling training, but unfortunately he only has four J-8FR fighters with aerial refueling capabilities. Because they are single-seaters, there is no way to conduct training. He can only keep this matter in mind.101
In order for the brigade to become a force with all-weather and all-airspace combat capabilities, it must have aerial refueling capabilities.
"Impossible." Fang Chenghe said, "The Second Division handed over part of the Type A just to replace it with a two-seat model. It is impossible to give you a two-seat model."
Li Zhan said, "Then let's organize it into a tactical reconnaissance brigade and use it as an electronic warfare aircraft."
"There is such a shortage of fighter planes, why should we replace them with electronic warfare planes?" Fang Chenghe couldn't keep up with Li Zhan's thinking.
According to the principle of focusing first and supporting later, the use of fighter aircraft must first ensure air control, that is, homeland air defense. Electronic warfare aircraft are auxiliary aircraft and will only be considered for development when there is a surplus.
Why use the J-8F as a platform for tactical reconnaissance aircraft?
Is it because its high-altitude and high-speed performance is superior? Obviously not. Both the J-11 and J-10 series are better than it. The J-8 just has better acceleration performance and a higher ceiling. But the J-8
This platform is cheap. How many J-8s are there compared to one J-10? It is undoubtedly a "waste" to use precious J-10s or J-11s to transform into tactical reconnaissance aircraft when there is a big gap in third-generation fighter jets.
Therefore, new models of old platforms have emerged.
Li Zhan said, "Brigade Commander, the 101st Brigade will take a mixed approach in the future, and electronic support fighters must be available. If the J-10 does not have auxiliary fuel tanks, it will not be able to follow the J-11 throughout the battle. If it has auxiliary fuel tanks, it will be severely restricted.
Air combat performance. Letting these fighters try to engage in electronic warfare while also taking into account certain ground strikes is currently the best arrangement."
Fang Chenghe nodded slightly and said, "The 101st Brigade is in the lead. The Second Division seems to be very inadequate in this regard. It is not open-minded enough and its actions are not bold enough. At the end of the year, the entire army's aviation unit will consider inviting the Second Division to visit and exchange."
"The 228th project has been completed this year, and the superiors have asked us to hold a training class. Brothers from the Second Division can come here to learn." Li Zhan said.
"This is a great thing." Fang Chenghe said, "I just arrived and I haven't grasped many things yet. I will hold a meeting in a few days to discuss and study them."
Speaking of this, he glanced at the No. 27 J-11BS fighter and asked, "Did Xue Xiangdong die on this plane?"
"yes."
Fang Chenghe said, "Let's change it to another one. Xue Zhengrong's problem can be solved by changing it to another one."
Li Zhan was thoughtful.
In August 2011, after the 84th Army Day, the 101st Aviation Brigade of the Air Force welcomed its second military commander, Air Force Colonel Cheng Ha, announcing the end of the artillery era and the beginning of a new era.