The weather is not good, and there is some light rain floating in the low altitude, and the visibility is good. Climbing above the clouds will be much better. A layer of clouds about one thousand meters thick forms between 3,000 and 5,000 altitudes.
A barrier divides the sky into two layers.
This is very common, and civil aviation pilots do not take it seriously, let alone air force pilots.
Li Zhan flew along the first line of Tianhang Road, left the five-sided airspace of the tourist airport and climbed to an altitude of 12,000 meters, and flew south at a subsonic cruise speed of 1,000 kilometers per hour.
Emergency long-range support is today's test flight subject, with the purpose of evaluating the J-16's capabilities in this regard. Generally speaking, there are not many times when using the second echelon in air combat, especially in low-intensity armed confrontation.
It is very urgent to use it to explain the situation.
A number of years ago, the second-tier troop was still rushing to the mission airspace. The first-line fighter mission failed, resulting in serious losses.
In terms of such emergency remote support tasks, the core of the second echelon is fast, and it is rushing to the mission airspace in the shortest time. It is obvious that no one is as quick as Li Zhan.
At 8:15 am, the Guangzhi formally issued an order. Li Zhan immediately opened the afterburner throttle and pushed it to the end and galloped towards the No. 13 airspace of the South China Sea. He wished he could drive a variable sweep wing fighter, so that the wings could be pushed back.
He flies at a high speed. He is a staunch supporter of the theory of speed and has a deeper understanding of speed. As long as the speed is fast enough, there is no problem in the world that cannot be solved.
It not only tests the J-16's long-range supersonic flight capabilities, but also a great challenge to the high-intensity combat performance of this fighter.
The 13th airspace in the South China Sea is 1,800 kilometers away from Zhongnan Station. The technical parameters of the J-16 show that the maximum combat radius of the aircraft is 2,000 kilometers. In fact, the Li Zhan unit does not have much air stagnation time in the mission airspace.
The 1616 J-16 flew at a height of 12,000 meters. Below it was a dense civil aviation route. Especially when passing through the Pearl River Delta region of Guangdong Province, it had to climb to 13,000 meters at one point.
This avoids multiple civil aviation flights passing through the region.
After flying off the land, you can clearly see the weather at low altitudes improving significantly. When you look down, you can see the blue sea surface. The white tracks left by the large ship sailing are very eye-catching. Li Zhan and Chen Fei are in this airspace.
They are all familiar. It turns out that when they were serving in the Second Division, they often came here. Li Zhan conducted a temporary confrontation exercise with the SNA Simulated Blue Army troops for the third time, which was in this airspace. Although there were no signs, they were familiar.
The longitude and longitude still made Li Zhan feel like he was revisiting his hometown.
Perhaps it was the subconscious that Li Zhan seemed to find that compared to the rich and colorful land, pure sea and air made him more interested.
"My patrol aircraft in the South China Sea No. 13 airspace sent an emergency response signal, ordering your aircraft to go to carry out support operations and must arrive at the target airspace within an hour!"
The simulation mission background was that two of our normal combat readiness patrol fighter jets encountered an emergency and were trapped in a heavy siege in the process of expelling the Blue Army's special mixed fleet. The Guangzhi immediately ordered the coastal front-line station to take off the long-range fighter jets and rushed to the target airspace for support.
Such simulated training tasks are very common and very simple. The staff of the Military Training Department can develop a similar training plan in a few minutes after picking up the pen.
However, the situation faced by Li Zhan crew is different, because the Air Force will adjust the mission background through the Guangzhi at any time, and the specific performance of the No. 1616 J-16 fighter is set at any time. The Air Force's name is on the Central and South Tower.
Zhang Chongming's team will formulate new mission requirements based on relevant technical requirements to test the J-16 fighter's ability to complete missions.
In other words, the Li Zhan crew has to face new problems that arise randomly.
Such test flights are very practical, so they are named the "War Start" plan. Practice the war as much as you fight, and develop the weapons as you fight. This is a new trend in the development of national defense weapons and equipment.
The plan is quite strict. When Li Zhan pulled the supersonic speed to a position more than 100 kilometers away from the target airspace, he received a call from a patrol fighter. There was really a patrol plane, which was modified from a Base Y-8.
The long-range patrol aircraft at sea is the Hi-Tech No. 33 aircraft, which is more than ten years old.
High-tech No. 33 does not have any defensive capabilities, so it requires urgent support.
"Test 16, I am Gaoxin Sansan. Radio location. Please be surrounded as soon as possible, and it's over!" The call from the radio correspondent of Gaoxin No. 33 was quite calm, but the call content made Li Zhan very anxious.
Li Zhan once again turned on the extra force and replied: "High-tech San San, hold on for another five minutes, five minutes, it's over!"
Immediately, he said to Chen Fei, "Check the weapon system."
"Understand, check the weapon system." Chen Fei repeated the instructions and quickly checked the weapon system.
This is a standard process, not to say that they are ready to fight. Besides, they only mounted four empty training shells, and the machine cannon did not have shells, so they couldn't fight even if they wanted to fight.
Chen Fei reminded him, "The time to turn on the afterburner is 221 seconds ahead of schedule, pay attention to the engine status."
The J-16 is a professional fighter bomber, and the rear cabin is a weapon operator and second pilot. While responsible for weapon operation, it also bears the responsibility of reminding the front cabin pilot of danger.
This journey was supersonic, but the J-16 does not have supersonic cruise, so in order to achieve the full supersonic flight, it is necessary to turn on the afterburner, but the afterburner cannot be continuously turned on. You must strictly control the use time according to the requirements.
There is a cooldown like a skill. If it is not used as specified, it will accelerate the engine's life consumption.
Li Zhan said, "There is no problem with Taihang modification. I have done many tests in Beiku, which is more durable than the Russian Al-31f."
"I understand." Chen Fei was mentally prepared. Flying with Li Zhan was definitely dancing on the tip of the knife, and the one flying was still a fighter jet that had not yet been finalized.
The most important thing is that no matter how personal relationships are, it cannot change Chen Fei's understanding of Li Zhan - this is a person who was once called the Mad Dog of the South China Sea, and it is simply a joke to make him behave properly.
It is precisely because of this that Li Zhan is the best candidate for the J-16 actual test flight at this time.
The No. 1616 J-16, which has consumed half of the fuel, has made the movement easier, and the airspeed has been increased under the same thrust. At more than 50 kilometers away from the target airspace, Li Zhan's supersonic dive at the pressure rod and the airspeed has been obtained.
Continue to improve. Li Zhan calculated very accurately. When he dived to a height of three thousand meters, he could just meet with the Hi-Tech No. 33, which was hovering irregularly at a low altitude.
Chen Fei found that Li Zhan's flight skills had reached a level that he was difficult to see - although it was just a simple operation, many details in the eyes of senior pilots could reflect a large amount of information.
"Arriving on the battlefield in ten seconds, please help me pay attention to the situation in the second half of the ball!" Li Zhan issued an order.
Chen Fei answered decisively: "I understand!"
"High-tech San San, I will arrive in ten seconds!"
The light gray low-visual coating No. 1616 J-16 fighter bomber, hungry wolf, pounced on the food and dived into the sea...