Great Power Fighting Falcon

Chapter 480 Night Raid

Most grassroots officers and soldiers have no way of knowing what the air commander is planning, but they can get a glimpse of the leopard from some changes in daily training.

Project No. 16 had already begun before there was any news about the fourth-generation aircraft. The Air Force had high hopes for the aircraft, and even hoped that the aircraft would play a greater role in the future more than HNA to a certain extent.

The J-10 can be used for frontline battlefield support. After this series of fighters became multi-purpose, its lower cost made it the best choice for frontline battlefield support. However, in terms of long-range ground strikes and opening air channels without air superiority, the single-engine J-10 is difficult to meet the requirements of the Air Force.

The J-16, derived from the Su-30MKK, has become the most ideal choice for the Air Force.

In the Air Force's transformation to both offense and defense, and in the Air Force's efforts to build an offensive and defensive combat system, the J-16 fighter-bomber is of extremely important significance. The aircraft is an important support point for the above-mentioned combat system. If the combat system is compared to a boxer, then this machine is a fist.

In order to fully understand the technology of the Su-30MKK and use it as a basis to create a new fighter-bomber that is more suitable for the specific conditions of our Air Force, the Shenyang Aircraft Factory went through a lot of hardships and took more than ten years to get to this point. The Air Force and the Navy do not hesitate to increase the number of aircraft every year. The investment in this project is enough to prove the importance of this fighter, which is less interested in the public than the fourth-generation aircraft.

The surface-to-air missile unit code-named "Birdcage" with a maximum combat range of 150 kilometers is ready, with two "Patriot 2" surface-to-air missile fixed positions and two "Tiangong 3" mobile surface-to-air missile battalions. The strip-shaped air defense net has been deployed, waiting for "Experiment 16" to proceed, perhaps like a moth flying into the flame.

Li Zhan's first target was the central nervous system of the "Birdcage" - the Tactical Intelligence Center.

The goal is to command and coordinate the brain of each launch unit, and knocking it out can paralyze its air defense system.

The requirement of the confrontation drill is that Li Zhan must break through and simulate launching precision ground strike munitions within a range of 50 kilometers. This is only the first step. After completing this operational goal, Li Zhan will leave the battlefield and re-enter to continue the next step of confrontation drills - attacking surface-to-air missile positions and chasing down mobile launch units.

It took less than two or three hours to complete this confrontation drill, which was no easier than a long-distance flight during the day. Therefore, both Li Zhan and Chen Fei specially brought some chocolate so that they could replenish their physical energy at the right time.

What followed was a hard fight.

This kind of repeated confrontation drills is also rare, and even earlier it was something that many people would not dare to imagine, including the people who care about the construction of the Air Force.

"It seems to be the Lake Tour Station ahead." Li Zhan turned around and looked around. The weather was very good. There were no clouds in the airspace for several kilometers. Looking down from the cockpit, he could clearly see some of the lights under the ground. In detail, Li Zhan can even distinguish cars on the road.

Chen Fei lowered his head and glanced at the aeronautical map and said, "Yes, fifteen kilometers to the ten o'clock direction. The war situation report said that they will also have night flight training activities tonight, in the northeast of our mission airspace."

"Well, if you still have some gas after the confrontation, you can coordinate with them." Li Zhan said.

Chen Fei smiled and said, "If everything goes well, it will definitely be enough."

The J-16 can fly three thousand kilometers continuously on half fuel. Because of the use of a new domestic engine and improved aerodynamic layout, it can fly three to four hundred kilometers longer than the Su-30MKK with the same amount of fuel.

The distance from Zhongnan Field Station to the southeast mission airspace is only about a thousand kilometers, so there is no problem at all.

However, if the confrontation drill delays time, there will definitely be no excess fuel.

There is heavy flight activity over the southeastern coast this night. In the early morning, apart from sporadic international flights passing by, it was also busy because the navy and air force were conducting night training.

Li Zhan received the mission letter, took a deep breath, and said, "Let's get started! Good luck means good luck, night attack on the Widow's Village confrontation drill, repeat, night attack on the Widow's Village confrontation drill, the task code is two, two, three, two, two, two, three, two, two, two, two, two, two, two, two, two, two, two, two, three, and two. , repeat, the mission code is two by two, three by two, turn on the hole hook, activate the first type of communication, the tactical code is Wuyishan, completed."

Fu Zhi quickly replied, "Wuyi Mountain, night attack on Widow Village confrontation drill confirmed, first-class communication confirmed, keep in touch, completed."

“Stay in touch, got it!”

Li Zhan switched the communication channel, used a first-class waveband, and officially entered a simulated confrontation state.

Chen Fei suddenly felt that the nose of the fighter plane suddenly dropped, and the fighter plane began to dive down. Li Zhan's driving style is always so fierce and rough, and what can be done in one minute will never take even one second longer.

The Birdcage surface-to-air missile unit pressed the start button at the same time, and each combat unit quickly took action. The early warning radar rotated non-stop, scanning the airspace within 300 kilometers westward, while constantly monitoring Relevant data parameters are transmitted to the combat command center, which directs the allocation of targets, and then the launch unit strikes the specified targets. However, there was no surprise that except for the signal of the 300th Division's fighter planes conducting routine night training in the northwest airspace, there was no signal from the target code-named "Wuyi Mountain".

Two J-10A fighter jets belonging to Hainan Airlines, simulating F-16A/B Block 20 fighter jets, were patrolling in the air. They served as the background of the enemy situation, simulating the blue army that had mastered the air. Li Zhan had to rush to a position fifty kilometers away from the target under their noses, and then he had to complete the attack procedure within one minute.

Winning or losing is not the most important thing, but to test the actual performance of the J-16 in this process, find problems and solve them, and improve imperfections to perfection. This is the true meaning of actual combat test flight.

In fact, during the daytime confrontation drill, the relevant personnel did not really realize the true significance of this actual test flight, including Li Zhan, who was only focused on winning and having fun. Once the adrenaline kicked in, let alone flying a new third-generation aircraft, even the J-6 Plus he was flying would probably hit the deck of the Blue Army task force's aircraft carrier.

It is still a low-altitude penetration, but this time the difficulty may be the greatest in history - the No. 1616 J-16 fighter has to fly over the entire urban agglomeration in the southeastern coastal area, and it must fly at a very low altitude, otherwise it will not be able to pass the enemy background. Off.

Flying at an ultra-low altitude over a city cluster densely populated with high-rise buildings, and at an ultra-low altitude, in the dark early morning, and more importantly, it is a densely populated area, so the pilot cannot relax.

The pressure is greater than crossing the Beiku Canyon.

When he visited the 300th Division before, Li Zhan flew a J-7G on an ultra-low-altitude flight across a city cluster, but it was in broad daylight, and he was flying a very mature fighter, which was the fighter Li Zhan was most familiar with, so he was very comfortable with it.

Li Zhan already felt that the flight control system of No. 1616 J-16 was not smooth, so he was not very confident whether it could complete some difficult flights. This is also one of the risks of test flight.

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