Great Power Fighting Falcon

Li Zhan is handling the enrollment of sixty Flying Shark Class students at the Naval Aviation Academy. Most of the semester has passed. How should the teaching work be carried out after these students arrive? The college needs to make adjustments according to the requirements of the army.

To put it bluntly, the Flying Shark Class is a committee of trainees within the army. After graduation, all students will join the Flying Shark Army and will not be picked and picked by each army like other students. Of course, students who are eliminated within five years will be arranged to change majors and jobs.

As soon as Li Zhan finished handling these matters, an order came from the army asking him to return to the army. It was already December 2012.

In view of some changes in the external situation, many annual drills and drills of the troops have been carried out this month. It is an established arrangement in the annual training plan, with the purpose of testing the training results of the troops.

The Flying Shark troops are in the process of forming combat effectiveness. They have no plans for live-fire exercises or joint training with other troops.

However, in order to promote the formation of combat effectiveness of the Flying Shark Force as soon as possible, Haisi asked the Flying Shark Force to mobilize elite units to participate in the joint maritime exercise code-named "Rejection-2012" held in the Yellow Sea. The three major fleets have sent troops including submarines, destroyers, frigates, and supply ships to participate in the exercise. There are as many as 20 ships. Including the elite units of the Flying Shark Force, more than 30 fighter planes are planned to be dispatched.

This is the Navy's own live-fire exercise, which is planned to take five days. The first two days are for combat preparations, and the last three days are for live-fire exercises. Although putting live-fire drills at the end of the year will be considered by some people as a sudden expenditure of money, in fact, the military and civilians are two completely different systems, and there is no situation where the budget will be reduced next year if it is not fully spent this year.

"The Denial Exercise was held for the first time in April 2009. It was a joint military exercise with Russia. It was stopped for a year in 2010. The second time was held in April last year, and it was also a joint military exercise with Russia. Military exercise. It was originally planned to be held in June this year, but there were some problems on the Russian side and they were unable to send troops."

Troop commander Dai Wenming introduced the situation to Li Zhan and said, "In view of these circumstances, superiors decided to hold exercises on their own, focusing on testing the unit's area denial combat capabilities, mainly focusing on anti-ship, anti-submarine and alert air defense. The superior asked us to deploy some Pilots who are proficient in aerial refueling form an aerial golden alert and air defense detachment, and are uniformly commanded by early warning aircraft to participate in the exercise."

Li Zhan looked at the exercise plan and asked, "Take off from a land-based airport?"

"Yes, the time spent in the air will be very long. Not only do we have to use land-based airports to take off and land, I'm afraid we have to be prepared for long-term and long-distance cruises." Dai Wenming said, "Our air security and air defense detachment is codenamed Security, and the radio call signs are in sequence Arrange, I am security number one, you are security number two."

Li Zhan saw the list. In addition to him and Dai Wenming, there were also Han Hongjun, Cheng Da, Yang Fan, and Gu Mingmu, a total of six people. These people are all veteran pilots with day and night air refueling qualifications, and they are also pilots who have not yet obtained the qualifications to board a ship.

Obviously, when selecting personnel, Dai Wenming did not want his participation in the exercise to affect normal training. What's more, when using land-based airports for dispatch, any pilot pulled out of the Flying Shark Force is a trump card.

"Can the radio call sign be changed? Can I call the security guy?" Li Zhan asked with a smile.

Dai Wenming shook his head, "No, this is the communication plan determined by the intelligence department and cannot be changed."

"Okay. Let Han Hongjun be my wingman. We will cooperate well," Li Zhan said.

Dai Wenming looked a little embarrassed and hesitantly whispered, "Old Li, it's actually like this. Don't we have half of our fighter planes on the mothership? There are only five left in the base, one of which is a two-seater. , to stay at the base and serve as aircraft on combat readiness duty."

"I'll drive the J-7." Li Zhan nodded slightly, not surprised.

The Flying Shark Force has always had insufficient fighter planes, and it is estimated that this situation will not be completely resolved within three to five years. According to the establishment, the Flying Shark Force must be equipped with at least twenty combat fighters and a dozen training fighters. It is conservatively estimated that it will take forty aircraft to fill the establishment.

Who knows, Dai Wenming said, "Your J-7 is a single-seater, what will Han Hongjun do?"

"Then, when the J-7 is on combat readiness, Han Hongjun and I will drive a two-seater J-15?" Li Zhan asked.

Dai Wenming shook his head, "The two-seater J-15 can't move. You don't need to fly the J-7. This time, all the aircraft dispatched are third-generation aircraft. You don't want to talk when you fly a second-generation aircraft. Many scenes need to be filmed. The army’s propaganda unit and the national propaganda agency deployed an interview team of more than 200 people.”

"Just tell me what you want me to do." Li Zhan asked with a smile.

"Feibao, you bring a photojournalist to follow you throughout the whole process. There will be multiple cameras installed on the plane and a reconnaissance pod. Don't wait to hear me out." Dai Wenming saw that Li Zhan was about to explode and quickly pressed his hand. He said, "Of course you also have combat missions. Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to bring a reconnaissance pod, right? Your mission is to conduct sea reconnaissance and guide missiles to attack sea targets. You also have to bring some aircraft fire and take photos." Some video data of the fire assault on the island. But the main task is to assist the photographers in their shooting work."

"Oh, by the way, the reconnaissance pod is a new model. The superiors have the intention to carry out actual combat testing of the reconnaissance pod. I heard that it can be used by fighters using domestic avionics systems. The combat capabilities have yet to be tested, so you still have to Keep records so that you can submit a test report after the exercise.”

"Me again? Are you really using me as a guinea pig?" Li Zhan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Dai Wenming smiled and said, "I took the initiative to ask for a fight, but the superior appointed you to do this test."

When he said this, Li Zhan reluctantly nodded and agreed, "Okay. But I have only flown the Flying Leopard a few times. Bringing a reporter up this time means that I am doing all the flying and striking alone."

"The superiors have learned about the relevant situation and decided to entrust this task to you after careful consideration." Dai Wenming said that he did not know that Li Zhan had driven the Flying Leopard, but this was an order from his superiors.

When Li Zhan went to the Changfei Factory for work, he flew several flying leopards, including the early old flying leopards and the later new flying leopards (type A), so he had some familiarity with them. The old Flying Leopards are all from Hainan Airlines, but it is said that the Air Force is considering buying a batch of new Flying Leopards to increase its strength. The J-11 output of the Shen Hoi Factory cannot meet the needs of the army at all.

"What should Han Hongjun do?" Li Zhan asked.

Dai Wenming said, "I borrowed a J-11B from my brother army and asked Han Hongjun to fly it."

"Then our capable team is really diverse. Those J-15s don't even have the paint job. If you look at them together, they are just a miscellaneous army." Li Zhan said with a helpless smile.

Dai Wenming said, "I have no choice. This is the actual situation. I can only find ways to solve the problem of fighter shortage first. Lao Li, don't have any other ideas. I will ask people to transfer Dongsangui to the manufacturer tomorrow to accept modifications." Don’t even think about it.”

It turned out that he saw Li Zhan's eyes rolling, and he immediately knew that Li Zhan was actually not satisfied with the task of taking reporters around in the sky to shoot. If there were not enough planes, he must have flown the No. 037 J-7EGGH up to make up the numbers.

"How is the deterrence of the troops demonstrated? Of course it is through news propaganda, so your mission is very important." Dai Wenming said.

Li Zhan said, "What's the use of mere deterrence? A real fight with a real sword is the most powerful deterrent. Commander, please make a suggestion to your superiors. Let's stop shooting targets and plan to kill the pirates in the West Pacific." Use it as a target for practice. That group of pirates has grown in power and has seriously threatened the safety of navigation in the Western Pacific."

"Stop, stop, Lao Li, let's not talk about this matter for now. An exercise is an exercise, no matter what pirates are fighting. Besides, combating piracy is the obligation of all countries in the world, and it is not our turn to make suggestions on matters between countries. Of course, you This is a good idea. If you have a chance, you can mention it to Mr. Zhang, he will listen to you more." Dai Wenming said with a smile.

Li Zhan talked to Dai Wenming for a while. After receiving the order, Han Hongjun, Cheng Da, Yang Fan, and Gu Mingmu arrived at the small conference room in the agency building. The exercise plan study meeting began immediately.

"The wireless call sign of the early warning aircraft is Peeping Maniac, and the communication preset wave number is one. The wireless call sign of the maritime task force command center is Donghai Dragon King, and the communication preset wave number is two. I want to mention here that the communication of wave number two is connected to the underwater unit. So we can communicate directly with the submarine, but of course it depends on the communication conditions. Emergency wave number three, use this wave number in case of emergency, and you can communicate with priority."

Dai Wenming began to introduce the exercise plan. He pointed to the thick combat plan in everyone's hands. "The details of the three-day overall live-fire exercise implementation plan are in it. We have five days to prepare. Everyone must make relevant arrangements." Remember the time points and remember your tasks. Lao Li."

He looked at Li Zhan and asked Li Zhan to add something.

Li Zhan nodded and flipped through the plan and said, "I believe everyone has noticed that this Denial 2012 military exercise was independently conducted by our naval forces to test the troops' area denial combat capabilities. This is a joint maritime live-fire military exercise This is also the time when our naval forces have used the most live ammunition in the past ten years. Two of the most cutting-edge 052C ships have arrived."

He pointed at the relevant content in the plan and said, "These two destroyers are going to fire two anti-ship missiles, eight anti-aircraft missiles and two anti-ship torpedoes. The Iron Fist detachment of the Second Fleet came out in full force, four modern ships The destroyers form the main strike force of the maritime task force, and they will launch eight heavy anti-ship missiles. The underwater team mainly consists of the two Great Wall submarines of the First Fleet, and they will also conduct live fire. So this is a fire strike. feast."

"The use of so much ammunition for exercises shows that the higher-level leadership is determined to test our combat effectiveness in all aspects. Normally, we only use aircraft fire to attack the sea and the ground. This time it is different. Every aircraft Fighters can hit air-to-air missiles and air-to-ship missiles. Our sea attacks are still based on large surface ships of the 100,000-ton level. The targets set by the support team are very accurate, simulating the appearance of large surface ships in the radar. The reflective area is actually a very small target ship, and it can be easily missed.”

"My request is that you must perform at the level of the Flying Shark Force." Li Zhan glanced at everyone, "Many people in the army are quite critical of our Flying Shark Force. It takes up a lot of resources but has not been seen for a long time. Significant progress. Originally, I thought they saw it this way because they didn't know how difficult it was to use carrier-based fighter jets. This time they went out to recruit and fly over half of China. Everywhere they went, any relevant department gave unconditional support to our Flying Shark Force. This touched me deeply. I think we must work a hundred times harder to make the Flying Shark Force combat effective to be worthy of the support of so many people."

Li Zhan did not start his speech. Except for Han Hongjun, the others present here were either higher than him or at the same level as him. Yang Fan and Gu Mingmu were both deputy regimental commanders. They were both lieutenant colonels and deputy regimental commanders. They usually worked for others. Those who do ideological work do not need Li Zhan to start the political expert mode.

"The implementation phase started at 4 a.m. on the 24th, which means that the war started across the day and night. Except for the J-11B driven by Han Hongjun, who needed to return to replenish fuel, the others continued to stay in the air after refueling in the air to provide air support for the maritime task force. The cover is planned to last until 14:00 in the afternoon, which is a long time. Cheng Da, Yang Fan, and Gu Mingmu should rest well these days."

Li Zhan continued, "I pilot the Lao Feibao to be responsible for aerial photography and reconnaissance guidance, so your combat command is handled by the unit commander. The unit commander receives instructions from the early warning aircraft and then directs your operations. In addition, several alternate airports have You must seize the time to familiarize yourself with the information, especially the situation at several coastal civil airports. The airport where the Han Red Army will return to replenish fuel is scheduled to be Dachang Station, so you should focus on familiarizing yourself with the situation at Dachang Station."

"Understood!" Han Hongjun nodded heavily.

The exercise sea area is located in the intersecting waters of the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea. It is a thousand kilometers away from the Fertile Naval Flying Training Base where the Flying Shark unit is stationed. Therefore, it is estimated that the Flying Shark team must stay in the exercise sea area for ten hours and it will require two aerial refuelings. Finish.

The closest to the exercise sea area is the urban agglomeration centered on Haihai City. There are a large number of airports there, including dozens of military, civilian, and military-civilian ones. It is the area with the highest concentration of airports in the Yangtze River Delta city agglomeration. Therefore, all the alternate landing sites of the air units participating in the exercise were placed in this area, and the naval shore-based aviation units participating in the exercise also dispatched troops in this area.

"The preparations will be completed today and tomorrow. On the 22nd, we will start the process, simulated attacks, and aerial refueling training. We will prepare the tactics on the 23rd and start implementation in the early morning of the 24th. The time is quite tight, so I will put aside everything else I have on hand and do my best to greet you. This is a live-fire exercise."

Li Zhan closed his notebook and said loudly.

"Yes!" Everyone stood up and answered.

They all felt suffocated in their hearts. In fact, they were not the only ones. Everyone who paid attention to current affairs news felt suffocated in their hearts. Area denial operations are a new operational concept proposed in the past few years. Through a certain degree of strike, we can deter the enemy from entering a certain sea area, which not only controls the scale of the conflict but also achieves tactical purposes.

In fact, this concept is very similar to the tactic of encircling a point for reinforcements, except that the expression "area denial" is milder, and it does not have as much war implications as "encircling a point for reinforcements".

At first, Li Zhan didn't pay much attention to the concept of "area denial operations", thinking that the navy was just following the fashion and learning a new idea from outside. After in-depth research, I found that it is not easy to achieve the purpose of area denial operations. To a certain extent, it can be said that it is much more difficult than encircling a point to provide reinforcements.

The attack should not be light, because if it is too light, it will not achieve the purpose of "denial", but it should not be too heavy, because if it is too heavy, it may cause the scale of the firefight to get out of control.

It quite tests the tactical ability of the troops.