Chapter 770: Continuing the Past and Opening the Future

On the other side of the viewing platform, a little boy was looking up at the sky with a telescope.

However, because the pupil distance was too small and the telescope was not stable, he could not see anything clearly.

It was better to use the naked eye.

"Grandpa, are these the planes you flew in the past?"

He put down the telescope and asked.

However, this time, there was no response.

After turning around, he found that another person in military uniform appeared beside his grandfather.

"Teacher, I heard that you have flown this kind of plane before?"

The old man looked up at the formation above his head and asked the man next to him.

Although he is very old, as a pilot, his eyesight is almost as good as when he was young.

"Yes, I flew there two years ago..."

General Lin nodded:

"I'm telling you, Lao Wang, that feeling is so comfortable. Apart from anything else, the plane will respond as long as you move the stick in your hand. It's not like when we first got on the plane, we had to hold the stick with both hands to open it..."

General Lin is the first generation of Chinese pilots who flew the P51 at the founding ceremony. When he first learned to fly, he used the 99 high-level teaching of the old Northeast Aviation School. There was no flight control. The steel wire was directly connected from the cockpit to the rudder surface, and it all depended on the strength of one arm.

Some planes even had broken seats, and the flight trainees could only tie themselves up with ropes and fix them on it.

As for parachuting...

What parachuting?

There are only a few planes in the entire army, and you are talking about parachuting?

If I can fly back, I will fly back. If I can't, I don't have to come back...

The man next to him, called Lao Wang, was Wang Min, the chief of staff when General Lin was the commander of the aviation division. He once flew a J-5 and damaged an F86 fighter, but later he retired and joined the civil aviation system due to health reasons.

"Tsk tsk..."

Wang Min shook his head:

"You are still in good health. You can still fly fighters at the age of 70..."

"But speaking of it, when I went back to the old unit two years ago, I saw the J-6 that I flew back then still parked on the apron..."

They were surrounded by retired old cadres and some children under ten years old, so they could chat more freely.

"Changed, all changed."

General Lin smiled and replied:

"Did you see the high-altitude and high-speed fighter formation that just passed by? It was the model that was changed..."

The two old cadres got together and naturally talked about some old things in the past.

It was not until Wang Min's little grandson called him grandpa several times in a row that their attention was diverted.

This time, it was General Lin who answered directly:

"If your grandfather and I had these planes back then, we would have probably gone to Hokkaido to take a look..."

As the two old men and the young talked and laughed, the air formation parade gradually came to an end.

Six gray-painted training aircraft of the aviation school appeared.

"These aircraft seem to be the same type as the aircraft of the initial performance team?"

Wang Min took the telescope from his grandson and looked up at the sky.

As an old comrade in the early days of the Air Force, he naturally understood the importance of training pilots.

"Yes, the new fighter-trainer aircraft that was equipped to the troops last year can simulate the control characteristics of the third-generation fighter jets. Because of its good flight performance, the performance team was the first to purchase a batch."

Old Lin did not bring any equipment, so he had to shield the sun with his hands and look up.

Hearing this answer, Wang Min nodded silently at first, and then looked at the other party half-jokingly:

"The first formation and the last formation have the same aircraft type..."

Old Lin was stunned at first, but immediately realized what Wang Min meant-

At the founding ceremony, because the number of aircraft was too small, three formations of 9 P51 aircraft flew around to the end after the review and flew again, making the 17 aircraft look like 26.

And Old Lin himself was one of the 9 pilots.

Of course, although the current Chinese Air Force still has a gap with the world's top air forces, it certainly does not need to use this kind of sleight of hand anymore.

Now mentioning this matter again is just a joke between the two old guys.

Old Lin raised his hand and pointed at Wang Min in front of him, but did not speak.

The two smiled knowingly at the same time.

...

At the same time, on the East Reviewing Platform.

"Xiao Nan..."

Zhou Li has been deliberately acting very calm and unhurried since the night before.

As a result, the first voice broke at this time.

Obviously, what happened before was all fake.

She might be happier than Chang Yuanchao.

But at this time, she couldn't care about these things. She quickly cleared her throat and pulled Chang Haonan next to her:

"Xiaonan, is it this formation?"

Chang Haonan nodded:

"Yes, it's this one. Jiayao is on the No. 6 aircraft, which is the last aircraft in the formation."

Hearing this, Chang Yuanchao quickly took out a telescope from a somewhat tattered cowhide box.

It was a trophy from his time as a scout, made in East Germany, and of very good quality.

"Show it to me too."

Zhou Li was completely done pretending.

In fact, even with a telescope, it was impossible to see clearly what the pilot in the cockpit looked like from the ground.

Not to mention the flight helmet and mask.

However, Chang Yuanchao still brought it with him.

After all, his daughter was inspected in the plane designed by his son, while the parents were watching from the viewing stand below.

This kind of happiness may not be experienced by a few people across the country.

In particular, how can people not have the mentality of showing off.

Usually, if they catch a 10-jin fish, they can't wait to mention it to everyone, not to mention that their son and daughter have such a great future.

But because the nature of Chang Haonan and Chang Jiayao's work is very special, the two can only keep a low profile, and they rarely have the opportunity to mention the situation of their children to others.

Even when asked, she would just say that her son was a small leader in a state-owned enterprise in Beijing, and her daughter had joined the army.

There was no chance to show off

She was too stifled.

At the same time.

In the front cockpit of the No. 6 trainer formation, Chang Jiayao was also looking at the crowd on the viewing platform below.

When they met at the airport before, Chang Haonan had said that their location was at the westernmost end of the East Viewing Platform.

However, there were too many people on the viewing platform today.

It was impossible to find the exact person based on such a rough location.

So, Chang Jiayao raised her camera and took the opportunity to take a bird's-eye view of the Tiananmen Tower and took three photos of the entire East Viewing Platform.

Whether she could find the person inside would be discussed later, but she had to keep a souvenir anyway.

Otherwise, this review could hardly be called perfect.

…

After the trainer formation, there were three consecutive groups of helicopters.

Compared with the helicopter formation of the previous life, which was all Z-9A, this time there were a lot more variety.

They are Z-9A, Z-9C and Z-9W...

However, including the trainer formation, not many people are paying attention to it.

On the one hand, the different models of Z-9 look very similar. Except for the French, few people know how amazing the technical capabilities behind the latter two improved models are. The trainer aircraft is the same as the model of the August 1st Flying Demonstration Team, which is nothing new.

On the other hand...

Most people are still immersed in the shock brought by the "new generation of domestic fighter formation" just now.

On the front viewing stand.

"Did you take a complete picture of that formation just now?"

Zhou Ruifu looked at the dozen helicopters that were gradually going away and asked Bai Lide next to him.

If he were asked to describe his current mood, it would be...

I am so stupid, really. I only know that the Chinese are developing the third-generation fighter and will test it in Yanliang, but I didn't know that there would be one at the parade...

Although the media on the scene will definitely take a lot of photos, as a person responsible for intelligence tasks, if you directly submit a report using media photos, it will appear very unprofessional.

Fortunately, Bai Lide was always very vigilant. He nodded and put away the camera:

"I took the photo, but the magnification is not large enough. I am worried that some details are not clear."

"That doesn't matter. As long as there are a few photos to report to the country, it will be fine."

Zhou Ruifu breathed a sigh of relief, shook his head and replied:

"We have already done technical research on the new fighter of the Chinese. It is probably a pure air superiority model benchmarked against the later F16A. Although it is larger in size, it adopts a delta wing design, so the bomb load and range will not be very optimistic. The air combat performance may not be inferior to the F16, but the multi-purpose potential is insufficient."

As he spoke, he began to pack up his things.

There will be mass celebrations after the military parade, but that is not what he is interested in.

It is still a bit hot in Beijing in October. Zhou Ruifu just wants to finish quickly, go back to the air-conditioned room to write a report, and then wait until the evening to attend the dinner party.

"However, what surprised me more was the development progress of this model."

Zhou Ruifu took out a pair of sunglasses from his bag and put them on:

"This model just flew for the first time two years ago. We expect it to enter mass production in 2004-2005. But since they dared to let the prototype aircraft parade, it means that the completion degree is very high. I am afraid it will be equipped in two or three years."

"So... it is a big threat to us?"

Bai Lide asked.

He obviously didn't know more about the Air Force than Zhou Ruifu, who was a pilot.

"That may not be the case..."

The latter's answer was noncommittal:

"The scale of the Chinese third-generation fighters cannot grow explosively in a short period of time. You know that in many cases, quantity itself is a kind of quality. Moreover, although they are all third-generation fighters, our F15C and F16C have better performance than those early models..."

Although he said so, Zhou Ruifu's face was still a little serious. After a short pause, he changed the subject:

"However, in any case, this is indeed the first time that we have been eliminated by the Chinese Air Force since the 1950s."

"Therefore, the development of a new generation of fighters in China must indeed be accelerated..."