Chapter 465? Misunderstandings in the Use of Su-30MKK
Chapter 465 Misunderstandings in the use of Su-30MKK
It is said that the family and the children are all in the same robe, but this is true every day, probably only these soldiers. People celebrate the Spring Festival. Soldiers have to stick to their posts for decades to protect their families and the country. They may not have more choices to rely on except their comrades around them.
The first day of the Lunar New Year is the most important festival of the year and the first day of the Spring Festival. It is the time when people are most relaxed, but the troops cannot relax. Even the Spring Festival at Zhongnan Station this year does not have the flavor of the New Year at all. Instead, because of the first-class transfer After the alarm was sounded, there was a strong atmosphere of war.
Zhongnan Station has officially passed the grade assessment and is rated as a second-class air force station and a third-level airport. In other words, it is a second-class airport second only to large stations such as Xixian Station and Youhu Station, and is of a medium level. This result surprised the Second Division. They originally thought that the Zhongnan Station would be rated as a third-class station due to its conditions, but it turned out to be a second-class station. Everyone knows that this is closely related to the data provided by Li Zhan's test flight. To put it bluntly, the aviation department's evaluation team looks at the fighter dispatch rate of your station, and the dispatch rate includes almost all aspects of capabilities.
The new Air Force Airport Grade System (Trial) divides Air Force Airports into two grade systems. According to the dispatch capacity, there are three levels, from high to low, they are first-class airports, second-class sites, and third-class sites; according to the scope of use, there are also three levels, from high to low, they are first-class airports, second-class airports, and second-class airports. Class 3 airports and Class 3 airports.
In other words, the highest level is first-class and first-class, and the lowest is third-class and third-class.
Stations and airports are two concepts. A station is a first-level organization responsible for ground logistics support, and an airport refers to a place where aircraft move on the ground.
Theoretically speaking, the level of the station has nothing to do with the airport. For example, an airport in the capital of Gyeonggi Province only has a runway of more than 1,000 meters, but the station is at the deputy division level. The runway of Guibei Airport is more than 2,000 meters, but it is at the station level. Just a real group. Another example is Beiku Airport and Duda Airport. The runway length exceeds 3,000 meters and goes straight to the standards of civil aviation 4F airports, but they are both at the regimental level. The standards of Xixian Airport are far inferior to the former two but they are at the deputy division level.
However, from a practical point of view, the size of the airport is closely related to the level of the station. After all, the larger the airport, the more aircraft can take off and land, and the required ground logistics support will naturally be greater. The level of the station will naturally be lower. Followed up.
The new grade system clarifies the relationship between stations and airports, adds more elements that are in line with the modernization process of the Air Force, such as dispatch rates, and redefines the level of each station and airport. For example, the dispatch rate of Zhongnan Station has reached the standard of a second-class station, but the airport standard has only reached the standard of a third-class airport and cannot accommodate the operation of multiple aircraft types.
In fact, in Li Zhan's eyes, the implementation of this new airport hierarchy system by the Air Force is basically laying the foundation for promoting the base of Air Force stations. It is also a thorough and in-depth investigation of all military stations. Obviously, the development of the Beiku combat training base has provided a lot of ideas to the heads of the aviation department.
Station reform means that the aviation force will undergo drastic reforms. This is a huge systematic reform that will eventually form a combined combat system to achieve the purpose of systematic combat. There will be no visible effects within ten or eight years, but if the day comes when it is fully rolled out, the Air Force will be completely different.
Li Zhan has already smelled the reform of aviation fuel that can reach supersonic speeds, which means that the actual combat test flight and acceptance test flight tasks of the J-16 he is responsible for are very important. After studying the relevant documents, he found that the aircrew and even many front-line pilots had a fairly simulated understanding of the purpose of the J-16. Some even believed that the J-16 was a replacement for the J-11, which gave him a great stimulus. .
He realized this was no small problem.
What shocked him even more was that he found that he had never seriously thought about the purpose of the J-16. Isn’t that the Chinese deeply evolved version of the Su-30? How else can it be used? But when he recalled several exchanges with Yao Dongming, he suddenly discovered that the 300th Division mostly used the Su-30MKK as a fighter aircraft. Yao Dongming never seemed to think there was anything wrong with this understanding.
Is there a problem with this?
The problem is huge.
This may mean that the Su-30MKK may not have fully played its true role, and it may also mean that the troops have misunderstandings about how to use the J-16.
Li Zhan decisively pushed back the flight plan for a few days, and quickly contacted Yao Dongming and the 300th Division to ask for the usage status of their Su-30MKK fleet, including combat training, etc.
The results surprised him.
The Three Hundred Division knows that the Su-30MKK is a professional fighter-bomber, but there is a serious lack of understanding of the use of this aircraft. It more often uses this model as a heavy air superiority fighter. This result seems logical. After all, this aircraft The air combat capability of this type is not bad, and it can be said that it is not inferior to the J-11B to a certain extent. However, this did not reveal the true combat capabilities of this aircraft model at all.
Regarding ground strikes, Li Zhan found to his amazement that the 300 Division's understanding of the Su-30MKK was still at the stage of the Qiang-5 attack aircraft...
Why do we need J-10 and J-11 to do this?
Why Mao Zi wants to build the Su-34 is because they believe that the Su-30MKK is good at both ends - it cannot match the Su-35 in air superiority, and it cannot meet the needs of the troops in face-to-face attack. So monsters like the Su-34 were created.
To put it bluntly, the 300 Division balanced out the advantages of the Su-30MKK in actual use. Ground strikes are by no means as simple as setting off aerial fire and throwing a few aerial bombs, or even as simple as launching air-to-ground missiles outside the defense zone. This involves a strike system, and the Su-30MKK is the most important link in this strike system. As a replacement model, the J-16 has to shoulder this burden.
At this time, Li Zhan realized how advanced the Falcon Group's combat tactics were. This advancement was due to the rigidity of combat thinking that is still common among Air Force aviation units.
He also needs to figure out another question: whether HNA's Su-30MKK troops also have the same misunderstanding. Compared with the air force aviation, the Su-30MKK is a tailor-made weapon for the naval aviation and is the backbone of the attack on large surface ships. He remembered that when he was working on the "233" project, some of the results of the project had been implemented on a pilot basis in some units. For example, the low-altitude penetration attack strategy was extended to the Hainan Airlines.
Maybe HNA's situation will be better, after all, the situation they face is relatively simple.
To understand HNA's situation, there are two candidates. One is Qi Hong, the commander of the Second Division. He was transferred from the Ninth Division of Hainan Airlines to the Second Division. When he was the commander of Hainan Airlines, he was the first batch to modify the Su-30MKK. He is an excellent candidate; the other is Chen Fei, who went to Hainan Airlines After more than a year, I must know the situation very well.
Given the choice between the two, Li Zhan chose Chen Fei without hesitation. If he approached Qi Hong, he would be worried that Qi Hong would become angry and drive him away if he expressed his opinion. Of course, Qi Hong wanted him to stay now so why would he drive him away? The main reason was that Li Zhan was worried that Qi Hong would have reservations.
He still has some personal opinions about Qi Hong. Moreover, he only knows about the use of Su-30MKK in Hainan Airlines, and there is no need to make it known to everyone.