Chapter 281 Why Are You Still Driving a Third-Generation Machine?

"It is said that a pilot's collapse begins when he borrows a plane. This makes sense. There is no such thing as easy in the world of combat pilots."

Li Zhan stood in the corridor in front of the office and looked out onto the outfield. The cold wind blew over him, and he couldn't help but wrap himself up in his desert camouflage military coat.

"These words sound familiar. That's not what they said, right?" Nie Jianfeng, who was also standing next to him, said.

Li Zhan said, "These are the original words."

Nie Jianfeng smiled and said, "Do you think the Three Hundred Division will borrow it?"

"It's hard to judge." Li Zhan looked across the outfield to the snow-capped Beiku Mountains in the distance. "Sometimes it's good to think about not flying a plane. Do political work, don't worry so much, and live a more regular life."

Nie Jianfeng said, "I don't even believe the punctuation of your words."

"Really." Li Zhan said deeply, "I'm serious. You can't make enough money, and it's not worth it to fight with your body. When I first drove the J-7, I envied those who drove the J-8-8 Su Liang-qi. Now I drive Su Liangqi envied those who drove the J-11. When he got his wish and drove the J-11, he should envy those who drove the fourth-generation aircraft. Sometimes I think about it, it’s really unnecessary. Wouldn’t it be difficult to survive with more money and less money? No. Yes, being a human being is a matter of contentment."

Nie Jianfeng simply ignored these words and said, "If the Three Hundred Division doesn't borrow it, what are you going to do? Open the J-7? Or take the risk and open the hole number Su Liangqi?"

"Before the manufacturer issues a report, Dongyao Su Liangqi cannot leave the maintenance station. J-7... The superiors need me to take off, let alone J-7, even if you pull out the J-6 Plus from the combat readiness warehouse, I will still fly "Yes." Li Zhan said in a deep voice, "We soldiers cannot be picky about the equipment we have. We must use it if conditions permit, and if conditions are not created, we must use it."

Nie Jianfeng said, "After all, flying is inseparable. If I were to transfer you to a political position, I guarantee you wouldn't be able to survive a day."

"Don't underestimate people, I can carry it for at least three days." Li Zhan said.

…

Nie Jianfeng waved his hand, then stretched out his hand with his palm facing up. The snowflakes fell on his palm, which was cold and cold. "God is not kind to me, so the job rotation must be postponed to a later date."

The first heavy snowfall in 2011 started yesterday. Today, all the passages in and out of Beikuchang Station have been blocked by heavy snow, ushering in the mountain closure season again. Of course, relevant support forces and units will do their best to open up roads and railways to ensure smooth combat readiness channels.

Li Zhan said, "The combat training under low weather conditions was conducted last year. The brigade is experienced and all pilots have this ability. Just keep an eye on it. If conditions permit, just follow the plan."

"What about you? What are you going to do? Do you really want to be a political worker?" Nie Jianfeng asked with a smile.

Li Zhan looked at the time and said, "I have other tasks. It's almost done. You can go and do it."

"Okay." Nie Jianfeng left.

Li Zhan waited for a while before going downstairs, bypassing the office building and heading to a two-story bunker-style building not far away that was completed late last year, where Zhu Wei was already waiting.

"Captain, Lieutenant Colonel Lu and the others are here." Zhu Wei reported in a low voice.

"Walk."

Li Zhan and Zhu Wei went to the basement. The underground was actually a complete underground fortification. The two floors of the above-ground building add up to less than 400 square meters, but the underground part is over a thousand square meters. This is the ground technical support center of Beiku Nighthawk. The technical support of the Nighthawk Independent Tactical Reconnaissance Regiment's squadron in Beikuku is completed here. All types of intelligence obtained from reconnaissance are interpreted here, instructions are issued here, and tasks are formulated here.

Zhu Wei is stationed in Beiku as the chief of staff of the Nighthawk Independent Tactical Reconnaissance Regiment, and is specifically responsible for the management and use of four J-8FRs. The 101st Brigade is responsible for daily management, and Zhu Wei is the combat commander. However, because of Li Zhan's special status, he was the first commander of the Nighthawk Tactical Reconnaissance Force and had the richest experience in using the J-8FR. He was a figure like the father of Nighthawk. Therefore, Zhu Wei I attach great importance to Li Zhan's suggestions.

"I heard that the problem with the flight control system of your plane has not been found out, and you are facing a situation where the aircraft is unavailable. Captain, you can fly the Jizhenba for a while." Zhu Wei laughed softly.

Li Zhan said, "It's okay. The manufacturer's technicians have arrived and should be able to find out soon."

Zhu Wei's voice became lower and lower, and he and Li Zhan walked down the stairs side by side, and said, "Didn't you buy a villa at home? If you can't make up the flight time, it must be quite stressful to just rely on your salary to repay the loan, right? I can use it." If you issue a secondment letter in the name of the squadron, your work will not be in vain like last time."

"Lao Zhu, stop talking. It's not about the rod fee." Li Zhan shook his head seriously.

Zhu Wei whispered, "Our superiors have raised the standard for tie rod fees. Starting from this year, it will be one thousand and twenty-one hours."

"What?" Li Zhan was shocked, stopped and stared at Zhu Wei.

"One thousand and two." Zhu Wei smiled so hard that he couldn't see his eyes.

Li Zhan heard it clearly and saw that it was actually one thousand two. He was extremely surprised. "Isn't this higher than Su's two-seven-to-ten fight? It can't be possible, right?"

"Really." Zhu Wei said mysteriously, "We are also doing electronic reconnaissance now."

Li Zhan's eyes rolled with excitement. One thousand and two is the standard for SU-30MKK. When his apprentice Yao Dongming called him to wish him a happy new year, he asked. Yao Dongming flew more than 300 hours last year and got a small amount of 400,000. His flight time is twice that of Yao Dongming, but the rod fee is not proportional. He sighed for a while because of this.

As expected, rich people get richer, and poor people need to work harder to become prosperous.

"How about it? I'll send a letter to the brigade later." Zhu Wei said.

Li Zhan really wanted to agree, "One thousand two, what kind of third-generation aircraft do you want?" But in the end, he slowly but firmly shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Forget it. The team has heavy tasks and I can't leave my post for too long."

"Well, there are too few people with such a strong will. Captain, you are one of them. I admire you very much." Zhu Wei said sincerely.

Li Zhan waved his hands with a sad expression on his face.

When we got underground, we turned a few corners and came to the data room. Lieutenant Colonel Lu from a certain army department and a man of similar age in civilian clothes were whispering something inside.

"Li Zhan, we meet again." Lieutenant Colonel Lu stood up and shook hands with Li Zhan.

Li Zhan was surprised, "Hello, Chief! It's you!"

When Sanhe was fighting floods, the lieutenant colonel who gave Li Zhan the order to fly a J-8FR to blow up the flood outlet was Lieutenant Colonel Lu. Unexpectedly, we met again in Beiku after two years.

"Let me introduce, this is Comrade Fan Zengsheng, an engineer from the Bureau of Surveying and Mapping." Lieutenant Colonel Lu introduced the man in civilian clothes to Li Zhan.

Fan Zengsheng adjusted his glasses and shook hands with Li Zhan in a somewhat restrained manner, "Hello, Captain Li."

"Hello, Fan Gong."

Lieutenant Colonel Lu said, "Stop chatting and talk about the mission."

Instructing everyone to sit down, Lieutenant Colonel Lu pointed to the map of the Beiku area spread out on the table and said, "This time we are mainly assisting the Bureau of Surveying and Mapping in surveying and mapping. The survey work on the ground has already begun, and our army will provide assistance. Aerial surveying and mapping depends on you. Fan Gong, please introduce the situation in detail."

It turned out that we were going to do topographic surveying.

There is a type of little-known unit in the army, and most of the officers and soldiers in the company are unaware of their existence. Surveying and mapping units are one of them. The Bureau of Surveying and Mapping is a unit directly under the headquarters and is responsible for drawing all combat maps of the entire army. They also set the standards. As we all know how important combat maps are, maps must be the most important props in the classic scenes showing our military commanders’ decisive victory thousands of miles away. For decades, paper combat maps were the most important basis for commanders to direct operations.

Electronic-related units such as radar units and resistance units have a very high level of confidentiality and are the first category of confidential units in the military. In the eyes of many officers and soldiers, these troops are mysterious enough, but compared with the surveying and mapping units, they are still one level behind.

In some displays, you can see mobile radar vehicles, communication vehicles and even equipment of electronic countermeasures units, but surveying and mapping vehicles must be tightly covered even if they are pulled out for display.

To use an analogy from another perspective, one of the most important criteria for judging whether country A wants to go to war with country B is whether country A has started to carry out targeted surveying and mapping of the terrain in the relevant areas. In the 1960s, a certain country used all means to quietly understand the terrain of the relevant areas before going to war, and used the opportunity of military exchanges to detect the current situation of the opponent's troops and gain an accurate understanding of the opponent's strength. Therefore, in the subsequent war, they defeated the opponent with overwhelming force.

In general, terrain mapping is very, very important. Even if the future satellite network system can provide commanders with real-time terrain information, as an important second means, it is very important to maintain stable updates of paper combat maps.

Fan Zengsheng said, "According to instructions from our superiors, we need to make a comprehensive update to the maps we are currently using. Local development is rapid, and the topography of many areas has undergone major changes. Many maps used by the troops have lost their accuracy. The response from the troops was very strong, especially from the Army side. I am mainly responsible for the surveying and mapping of the Beikku area, the west and north of the Beikku Mountains. The scope is very large, and I mainly rely on you, Captain Li, for aerial surveying."

Li Zhan looked at Lieutenant Colonel Lu and said, "Helicopters are more suitable for terrain surveying. Zhu Wei's J-8 is too fast. If it is not feasible, it is better to use a small transport aircraft than the J-8."

Lieutenant Colonel Lu said, "Gong Fan is an expert in topographic surveying and he knows the situation very well. If you look at the west and north of the Beiku Mountains, they are all deserted areas and the situation is complicated. Helicopters and transport planes are not suitable, so we can only use Your fighter."

Li Zhan nodded thoughtfully, and when he looked at the map again, he already understood what Lieutenant Colonel Lu meant. Naturally, when I found him, I wanted his help. He also figured out what problem he wanted to help solve.

"Xiao Li, Zhu Wei and the others are in charge of aerial surveying and mapping. Your task here is to ensure the smooth progress of the surveying and mapping work. Tell us what you think." Lieutenant Colonel Lu asked directly.

Li Zhan quickly had a rough plan in his mind. He said, "Let's conduct a coordinated training. The reconnaissance aircraft will carry out tactical reconnaissance of the enemy in depth under the cover of fighter jets."

Similar training is planned in the annual training plan. In the second half of the year, the Falcon Brigade will start training on this subject with the Beiku Nighthawk Squadron. Just like the Army's infantry-tank collaborative training, it exercises the collaborative combat capabilities between arms.

"Maybe not enough." Lieutenant Colonel Lu shook his head slightly and said, "Is there any better way to deal with emergencies? What I mean is that we must absolutely ensure that the surveying and mapping work goes smoothly. We can only do one aerial surveying and mapping . Time is tight and the task is heavy. I know you are a tactical expert and you have a way."

Li Zhan was deep in thought, and couldn't help but pick up the Lanzhou in front of Lieutenant Colonel Lu, light one, and smoke it.

The good ventilation system quickly discharged the smoke, but others also lit up cigarettes and smoked, not afraid of affecting Li Zhan's thinking.

The map tiled on the table shows that it was drawn in 1966, which is already very old. Obviously, the upgrading of the paper combat map system is imminent, and the importance of this work cannot be overstated.

The difficulty in ensuring the successful completion of aerial surveying and mapping work lies in the western part of the Beikku Mountains. Li Zhan is very familiar with the people there and understands the situation very well. He had several live-fire training sessions there, and the most recent air-to-surface missile live-fire training session with Yuan Boning and the others was also conducted there. He probably knows the complexity of the situation in that area best.

It was precisely because of this that Lieutenant Colonel Lu and the others found Li Zhan.

For the J-8FR to conduct aerial mapping, it means constantly changing flight altitudes and speeds, and even flying over certain areas repeatedly in order to obtain the most accurate data. In such a complicated mountainous area, low-altitude flying itself is extremely risky, not to mention that there may be simulated blue army targets in those mountain caves. Safety issues are the first priority.

After smoking two cigarettes, Li Zhan had a complete action plan. He said in a deep voice, "We are going to hold a competition. The assessment content is comprehensive training on resistance to penetration, ground strikes and air cover under low weather conditions. Put aerial surveying and mapping into We will conduct it during our assessment. I will use all Su 27s to provide you with eight hours of cover. At least two Su 27s will be arranged to escort the J-8. In addition, I will arrange one or two fighter planes to simulate the target. This is used to prepare for other unexpected situations that may arise.”

Lieutenant Colonel Lu thought about it over and over again and said, "Okay, I agree with this plan."

Fan Zengsheng asked, "Can I fly in the current weather?"

"Is it urgent?" Li Zhan asked.

Fan Zengsheng said, "There is no rush for a day or two, but this time we mainly need winter data. The worse the weather, the better."

"Gong Fan, can your surveying and mapping equipment work in bad weather? There is a big difference between bad weather in mountainous areas and so-called bad weather in plain areas." Zhu Wei asked with a frown.

Fan Zengsheng said with a smile, "I have been to the western and northern areas of the Beiku Mountains twice, one of which was during this season, and I have some understanding of the situation. There is no problem with the equipment at all, and our surveying pod can be used in It works normally in extremely cold temperatures of minus 60 degrees Celsius.”

Li Zhan and Zhu Wei were immediately in awe.

They have all flown before, but measuring that complex mountainous area with their feet is no longer something that fighter pilots like them can have a clear idea of. Fan Zengsheng, who looked at Wenwen and his weak technical skills, turned out to be someone who had conquered the most complex terrain in the Beiku Mountains with his feet.

Lieutenant Colonel Lu asked Li Zhan, "Xiao Li, can you fly the aircraft to perform surveying and mapping missions?"

"This..." Li Zhan hesitated for a moment, but finally resisted the temptation and said, "This is not suitable. Nighthawk Squadron is fully capable of completing this mission. As for me, I will command from the air."

Naturally, Lieutenant Colonel Lu didn't know what all the lever charges involved. He nodded slightly and said in a deep voice, "That's fine. I feel more at ease with you commanding me in the air."

"Lieutenant Colonel Lu, now that it's confirmed, I'll make preparations immediately, apply to the military region, and report to the aviation department." Li Zhan stood up and said.

Lieutenant Colonel Lu stood up and said, "Okay, the sooner the better. I'll treat you to a drink after the mission is completed."

"If readers don't give me a drink, forget it."