Chapter 210 “West-2010”①

For many people, an inexplicable escort mission is a trivial episode that can be easily handled. But with people who know the truth, they will feel comfortable applying what they have learned.

What is the ultimate goal of hard training besides winning the war? It is to show the world the muscles of our national defense power. The so-called "conquering the enemy without fighting" refers to deterrence. I hold powerful force. If you want to attack me, you have to be careful. Even when you talk to me, you have to be polite. When my national defense strength far exceeds yours, you have to look at my face.

Li Zhan, Nie Jianfeng, and Tang Leilei will definitely each receive third-class merit, and it will be announced in the year-end summary. This has become a routine. Anyone who participates in major military operations and successfully completes the mission, as long as there are no problems, will start with a third-class meritorious service.

On National Day last year, a group of people went to the Second Division's aircraft maintenance department to provide support. Each of those people came back with a third-class meritorious service, and they didn't even account for the Second Division's quota of meritorious service awards.

"I'm really surprised. I didn't expect that a solo career would lead to such good things."

Li Zhan said this after landing.

He, Nie Jianfeng and Tang Leile walked to the flight briefing room. Li Zhan was in the leading position of the commander, and Nie Jianfeng and Tang Leile walked in a column.

Li Zhan smiled and said, "This means that brother, I can finally get rid of the title of broom star."

"You can't say this kind of thing. It's better if you don't say it. If you say it, something will happen. It's very evil." Nie Jianfeng warned.

Shaking his head slightly, Li Zhan said, "As I said last time, the final analysis is that the Second Master and I don't get along. To be more serious, we are incompatible with each other. I almost died a few times, and it was so satisfying."

"Brother Yi, don't young people nowadays talk about loving each other and killing each other? The deeper the love, the more ruthless the killing." Tang Leilei said with a smile.

Nie Jianfeng changed the subject and asked, "The division requires two UBKs to maintain combat readiness. Have you thought about letting someone take charge? Leilei and I can take charge of one."

Perhaps they were numb due to meritorious service. Not to mention Li Zhan, Nie Jianfeng and Tang Leilei also quickly forgot about the escort mission just now. Or maybe there is Li Zhan next to them, and under the influence, they no longer look down on third-class merit. If you want to make meritorious deeds, make first-class meritorious deeds.

The division clearly requires that the 101st Regiment must ensure that two SU-27UBKs are in combat readiness, which means that at least four of the eight such aircraft must not be able to perform teaching missions. To ensure that two fighter planes are on combat readiness duty 24 hours a day, at least four are needed.

Compared with single-seat aircraft, the advantage of a two-seat aircraft is that it can stay in the air longer, is more suitable for long-range warning patrols, and has a higher flight safety factor. When a fighter plane stays in the air long enough, its ability to sustain combat depends on the pilot. Working with two people is always much better than working alone.

The Beikku region is vast, and the J-7 series police patrols must be divided into several batches to carry out relay patrols. The SU-27 does not need it. It can directly run two to three thousand kilometers in a circle without any problem.

Therefore, the division clearly put forward such a request.

Who flies a single-seater and who flies a two-seater is a question that everyone is very concerned about. Each has its own advantages, but in general, everyone likes to fly a single-seater. After all, no one likes to have someone sitting behind him who can replace him at any time. However, two-seater aircraft have higher requirements for pilots, and according to convention, flying a two-seater aircraft means that in the future, they will play the role of instructors and undertake modification tasks. This is very attractive.

All in all, it was very contradictory. The pilot simply didn't want to think about it and just did whatever the team arranged.

Li Zhan had thought it over carefully. He said, "There is no doubt that the best pilot must be selected to fly a two-seater aircraft, and he must be combat-ready. You two are considered one crew, and I plan to use Han Hongjun and Li Zixin as the other crew. Composed, deputy commander Yang Jinshan led Wu Zhen as the backup unit."

Nie Jianfeng thought for a moment and nodded slightly, "Han Hongjun is fine, this young man can."

"Li Zixin is also qualified." Tang Leilei said seriously. He was the one who led Li Zixin. He is the one who has the most say.

"That's no problem. I'll arrange for you to train in the afternoon. The division only gives you three days, so you have to hurry up." Li Zhan said, "The training of the troops must also be carried out quickly. A large-scale military exercise will be carried out at the end of the month. I’m really nervous.”

Nie Jianfeng and Tang Leilei were already members of the 73rd Division, and were assigned to the Destruction King Brigade. Nie Jianfeng said, "The teachers of the Second Division are ready to leave. Can you think of a way to keep Niu Yaoyang? This guy is a versatile man and can lead a squadron."

"The report has been submitted. Lao Niu can't leave. The position has been decided for him. The technical squad leader of the 1st Maintenance Squadron is equivalent to the role of staff sergeant major." Li Zhan said with a smile.

Nie Jianfeng chuckled, "I knew you would make the Second Division bleed."

"Our 73rd Division is an underachiever. What happened to Nanba Tianla's brother's troops?" Li Zhan didn't feel guilty at all.

Pei Lei drove over in his car, found Li Zhan at the door of the flight briefing room, and reported, "Captain, the commander invites you to come over for a meeting, over there in the infield office building!"

"You sum up first, Lao Nie. In my absence, you will be responsible for the affairs of the brigade." Li Zhan said to Nie Jianfeng.

This is as it should be. Nie Jianfeng is the captain of the second division. If you detain him, you must arrange his duties well. This matter is not difficult to handle. Li Zhan has always been the instructor of the Destruction King Brigade. The problem was solved by directly appointing Nie Jianfeng as the instructor of the Destruction King Brigade. Nie Jianfeng had no objection to this. The Destruction King Brigade was a large-scale brigade, and its instructors were highly valuable. As for Tang Leilei, he had no position in the Second Division, and he had no position in the Destruction King Brigade. He was already outstanding enough. Among the pilots in his group, he was the only one qualified to be an instructor, except of course the pervert Li Zhan.

Not long after, Li Zhan arrived at the conference room of the agency building. All the regiment leaders at home were here, as well as Zheng Kaiyun from the station, Zhang Yuan from the meteorological station, and Wu Shaoqing, the technical chief of the repair shop. This lineup doesn't look like an impromptu meeting, but it is indeed an impromptu meeting.

"Okay, everyone is here." Xue Xiangdong, who was still at the tower just now, now sat on the main seat. It can be seen that the meeting was relatively hasty.

Li Zhan sat down, and Xue Xiangdong said, "I just received an order from the division headquarters about the Western-2010 exercise, requiring all members of our department to participate in the exercise. Time is tight and the task is heavy, so we convened this meeting to convey the spirit of the specific instructions from our superiors. and demands.”

The annual large-scale experimental real-force confrontation exercise "Western" series of military exercises is here.

Li Zhan's blood was boiling and his back straightened a bit.

According to the procedure, Xue Xiangdong first briefly introduced the "Western" military exercises. He said, "The Western series of exercises are large-scale test military exercises for the entire military. Judging from the number of participating troops last year, except for the navy, all other services We have sent powerful troops to participate in the exercise. The scale of the Second Artillery's participation in this year's exercise is unprecedented. Their troops were stationed here for training a month ago. The Western series of exercises is one of the highest-standard series of exercises for our military."

Military exercises can be roughly divided into two types, one is temporary and the other is periodic. The former is mainly arranged based on circumstances other than annual troop training. Of course, there are also other factors, such as certain changes in the external environment, and a temporary exercise is organized. The latter is mainly to regularly test the training results of the troops, which is equivalent to an examination and is part of the annual training of the troops. Some of these exercises occur once a year, once every two years, and even once every four years.

The "Western" series is mainly to test the coordinated combat capabilities of the army and air force. It is a live-fire exercise with no blue troops. It is also jokingly called the annual money-burning operation by officers and soldiers.

"The air force is composed of three units: our division, the bomber division, and the 300 division. There are 100 fighter planes participating in the exercise. This scale is unprecedented. The ground force has two army groups composed of more than 30,000 people, and the number of tanks and armored vehicles has reached 100. Thousands of vehicles, the scale is also unprecedented. Three brigades of the Second Artillery Force will participate in the exercise. It is said that they will shoot 20 to 30 tactical missiles this year, and the scale is unprecedented."

Xue Xiangdong was also very excited. Many people would never experience such a large-scale military exercise after being a soldier for a lifetime, but he participated every year.

He smiled and said, "Since 2008, the Western Series military exercises have been held twice. The number of participating troops has increased year by year. This year's scale is unprecedented. Our Air Force alone dispatched three divisions and one hundred troops. There are two fighter planes left and right. In the past two years, the 400th Division came over. They were the first to modify the J-10. They fought very well and were highly praised by the head of the headquarters. This year, the 300th Division came. They are equipped with J-11 and Su-3 The Zero and J-10, the three most advanced models of the Air Force, will all come over.”

Xue Xiangdong looked at Li Zhan, "So, I just hope that the first team will give me a face. I can't always drive the J-7 to fight side by side with other people's third-generation aircraft."

Li Zhan replied decisively, "Commander, our brigade will do its best to form preliminary combat capabilities before the exercise begins, and we will not embarrass the 73rd Division!"

"Okay, all Su Liangqi from your brigade will participate in the performance, and this matter is settled." Xue Xiangdong said, looking at Zheng Kaiyun, "The second thing is from the field station. The 300th Division will use Dongkuchang Station, they are going to transfer thirty-six fighters. Therefore, the bomber division will transfer to our Beikuchang Station. Station Commander Zheng, the bomber division and you are old friends, is there no problem with support? "

Zheng Kaiyun knocked the ashes from her cigarette and said with a smile, "Guarantee is no problem. In fact, we made preparations to guarantee H-6 at any time in June. At that time, they planned to come here for training in June."

"Stationmaster Zheng, you'd better coordinate with the bomber division. As far as I know, they have changed the aircraft again." Han Bo, the deputy chief of maintenance, said with a smile.

Zheng Kaiyun was stunned, "Change again?"

Everyone was happy.

The bomber division is probably the most diligent in changing equipment in the Air Force. It is said that they have twice the redundancy of fighter aircraft. That is to say, while one batch is being used, another batch is being modified at the manufacturer's side. After the modification is completed, the current ones will be replaced and then modified. Every time you modify it, you can come up with something new. From type A to type H, it is still being modified...

"The airplane is still one of those airplanes. I have changed it over and over again. I suspect that the manufacturer is using it for practice, and I don't know if the letters are enough." Li Zhan added with a smile.

Xue Xiangdong smiled and said, "This is great, we can open new equipment every year. Old Zheng, you really need to communicate with them about this. If the model changes, it will be a joke if your side can't keep up." "

Zheng Kaiyun put out the cigarette butt and wrote down in her notebook, "Yes, yes, yes, we need to communicate with them. It changes every year. I really can't keep up with the rhythm here."

"Well." Xue Xiangdong continued, "Beiku Station is big enough. It's no problem to add another division. Of course, the premise is that the support capability must keep up. The higher authorities must promote the reform of the support system, and the station support needs to use their brains. .”

"Okay, let's stop talking about the station." Xue Xiangdong said, "The first team has modified Su Liangqi, and the military air force has clearly requested to undertake combat readiness duty and routine security patrol tasks. This matter has nothing to do with the military exercise. It cannot be affected by the military exercise. But the western military exercise is the top priority right now. Let’s discuss how this force should be allocated.”

This shows the pressure of top students. Prioritizing modification means giving priority to carrying the heavy burden. In the entire Western Air Force, only the 1st Group of the 101st Regiment is equipped with third-generation aircraft. The entire military air force! Not to mention the grassroots officers and soldiers, the big bosses of the military region and air force are as excited and excited as if they were sharing pork during the New Year.

Look, I have new clothes to wear during the New Year.

If you want to show off, you have to wear it.

Basically, it is certain that as long as the SU-27 can be dispatched, the big guys of the military air force will never pull out those old J-7 guys. What a shame!

Li Zhan secretly thought to himself, the batch of SU-27s in my hand are second-hand goods that have been used by the Second Division for more than ten years. Their lifespan is very limited. If they are used with such high intensity, they really won’t be able to carry much more. Years may not survive the next modification.

But that's what he thought in his heart. When it comes to using fighter planes to the extreme, he is more ruthless than anyone else. You try asking him to fly less, and he can do your ideological work for two hours without any pause.

"Captain, I have no problem here. The division requires two two-seater aircraft to be on combat readiness duty. I have already determined the personnel configuration. Four two-seat aircraft will be used for combat readiness duty and security patrol duties. The remaining fighter aircraft are all for military exercises. Be prepared and leave no backup machines." Li Zhan said.

Yang Jinshan thought about it and said, "If we don't leave a backup machine, there will be no room for maneuver."

"My No. 037 fighter is considered one. If it's not enough, we can only let the Second Brigade and the Third Brigade find a way to even out one or two." Li Zhan said and smiled, "We can't let the repair shop mothball it. Pull out the J-6, right?"

Xue Xiangdong asked, "What do you think? Do we need to pull out the J-6?"

"Of course not." Li Zhan said, "Besides, there are problems with the establishment. After all, those dozen J-6s have been withdrawn from service, and they should wait to be handed over."

"Well, it's mainly your large team. If you think it's enough to handle it, we have no other objections." Xue Xiangdong said.

Li Zhan smiled and said, "Fighters can carry people if they can, and it's not like they haven't undergone ultra-high-intensity training. Just do a better job in maintenance."

Han Bo said, "Don't worry, the maintenance aspect will definitely not hold us back."

After discussing the specific allocation of a large team, we immediately discussed and studied other matters, including aircraft maintenance, weather trends at the field and the training ground, and so on.

This also means that the preparations for the "West-2010" large-scale military exercise have begun.