In the evening, the sun was almost setting over the sea.
A giant ship of 100,000 tons passed by slowly. The huge ship building blocked the sunset and formed a big shadow in the east, moving westward as the giant ship moved.
This is the Bohai Sea.
Somewhere on the northern shore of the Bohai Sea is the Flying Shark base, which the locals call Gaocheng Airport.
In addition to a conventional runway capable of taking off the largest aircraft currently in service, the outfield also has a training area that simulates the flight deck of an aircraft carrier.
This is the cradle of carrier-based fighter pilots, and naval pilots fly into the deep blue from here.
More than two years have passed since graduating from aviation school, and Li Hai once again returned to the place where he took off.
After dinner, Li Hai was ordered to go to the office of the chief teacher Zhang Xueyang.
"Report!" Li Hai stood still at the door.
Zhang Xueyang was pouring water and nodded, "Here we come, come in and sit down."
"yes!"
Li Hai walked in but did not sit down.
Zhang Xueyang took a glass of warm water, looked at Li Hai for a while, smiled and nodded, "He's darker and thinner, but he's in good spirits."
Li Hai smiled.
Zhang Xueyang walked to the sofa and pointed, "Sit down, don't stand."
Then he handed the water glass to Li Hai.
Li Hai sat down and placed the water glass on the coffee table in front of him.
Zhang Xueyang asked with a smile, "Are you happy to transfer you back?"
"Yes, Mr. Zhang." Li Hai grinned.
Zhang Xueyang got straight to the point and said, "Ship No. 3 will be launched next year, fully clear the deck, and ejected to take off. Our superiors require our base to immediately carry out relevant training work."
Li Hai was stunned and blinked, "Mr. Zhang, are you kidding me?"
The No. 1 and No. 2 ships will both ski-jump and take off, which was determined a few years ago. The No. 3 ship will do the same, but its tonnage will be larger. As we all know, catapult takeoff is basically the responsibility of the No. 4 ship.
.
Zhang Xueyang said, "Is this something you can joke about?"
He stood up and walked to the desk, took out a document from the drawer, returned and handed it to Li Hai.
Li Hai looked quickly.
The document was issued a week ago, and the content is the same as what Zhang Xueyang said.
"It really took off!" Li Hai's excitement was indescribable.
Zhang Xueyang said, "And it is an electromagnetic ejection, which is technologically ahead of the United States."
Li Hai's eyes almost popped out of his head. The shock brought by this news was no less than the time when the J-20 was born in 2011.
"You are on a surface ship for training, not in solitary confinement. Why are you so deaf to what's going on outside the window? You can always hear some gossip, right?" Zhang Xueyang said with a smile.
Li Hai said with emotion, "I really didn't expect that we would move so fast and develop by leaps and bounds. The American Ford ship has been struggling for several years, and the electromagnetic ejection system has the most problems."
"Be confident." Zhang Xueyang said, "Okay, let's get down to business. After research, we have selected four people to engage in this exploration, and you are one of them."
Li Hai quickly asked, "What about the party serving the people?"
Zhang Xueyang said, "He is training outside with the No. 2 ship. The other three are Zhu Wei, Luo Falcon, and Mao Lele."
"Captain Zhu?" Li Hai asked in surprise.
Zhang Xueyang nodded, "Luo Falcon came from the land-based aviation force, and Mao Lele is your junior brother. Zhu Wei and Luo Falcon, you and Mao Lele, are two teams."
Li Hai smiled bitterly, "It's a competition between the traditional class and the growth class!"
"You've made some progress, kid." Zhang Xueyang nodded with a smile and asked, "Are you worried that you can't beat Zhu Wei?"
Li Hai said, "That's not true. Technology relies on accumulation, talent, and hard work. I think I'm pretty good at flying technology."
"You are not humble. You are just like your master. Okay, go back and get ready. The commuter plane will take you there tomorrow morning." Zhang Xueyang said.
Li Hai asked doubtfully, "Isn't it done at the base?"
"Did you see the ejection runway in the outfield?" Zhang Xueyang asked.
Li Hai was stunned and smiled awkwardly.
Standing up to say goodbye, Li Hai returned to the dormitory.
There are no familiar comrades in the base anymore. Those in Li Hai's group who passed the qualification assessment all went to sea for training on the ship, and those who failed were diverted to other naval forces. Dang Weimin, Zhao Feiyan, and Zhan Yuntian were the most comfortable.
, followed the No. 2 ship and ran to the Miyako Strait.
It was rare for them to have some free time. Li Hai and Lin Li talked on the phone for more than an hour until their mobile phones ran out of battery, and then they fell asleep. Lin Li somewhat complained that it was rare to go ashore, and as a result, there was no time to see each other, and she had to go to a closed
Training, there is no difference between having a boyfriend and not having a boyfriend.
However, Lin Li knew that Li Hai's career was in its infancy and could fully understand it.
Early the next morning, Li Hai brought his carrying bag to the meeting place, where Zhu Wei and two strange men were already standing there chatting.
"Li Hai, we meet again, kid." Zhu Wei greeted with a smile.
Li Hai quickly saluted.
Two strange men returned the favor.
Zhu Wei introduced, "Luo Falcon originally belonged to the Ninth Division. He has flown all HNA's fixed-wing fighter jets."
"Hello, Chief!" Li Hai greeted quickly.
Luo Xuan smiled and said, "Captain Zhu just said that there are no leaders here, they are all comrades-in-arms."
He and Zhu Wei were both colonels, more than two ranks higher than Li Hai's major deputy battalion. It was absolutely correct for Li Hai to call him chief.
"Mao Lele, your junior brother, in his class, he was the first to obtain the qualification for landing on a ship, day and night, once and for all." Zhu Wei continued to introduce.
Mao Lele quickly saluted Li Hai, "Hello, senior brother!"
He has the lowest military rank, captain and deputy company.
"Hello." Li Hai nodded, not daring to look down on this boy-like junior brother at all.
The day and night landing qualification is not so easy to test, and it is only a one-time test!
"He is Li Hai, the most powerful guy in the first growth class. Despite his young age, this kid has been a frigate captain for a year and has very rich experience in sea and air combat." Zhu Wei introduced Li Hai to the others with a smile.
people.
Luo Falcon had known it for a long time, and Mao Lele only knew it. The eyes he looked at Li Hai were full of admiration. When he was still in the aviation school, he often heard about his senior brother Li Hai from the previous class.
After four years of various deeds, Li Hai has long become the idol of these students in the growth class.
"It's almost time, let's go." Zhu Wei waved his hand and the four of them boarded the car.
The BJ80 took them to the outfield and stopped next to the parking bay of a Legacy 500. This business jet probably arrived late last night, and senior generals came to inspect it overnight.
Sure enough, Li Hai and the other four people soon met a Navy Vice Admiral, Chief Zhang, the Commander-in-Chief of Shipboard Test Training!
This is the top leader of carrier-based aircraft test training!
It turned out that the commuter plane Zhang Xueyang was talking about was this business jet. Li Hai thought it was a Yun-9 or Yun-8. It was quite uncomfortable to sit on it.
Ten minutes later, Li Hai and the other four took a lift from Commander Zhang to the new training base.
Li Hai didn't know where the new training base was. After the plane took off, it flew all the way to the southwest. After the plane took off level, Chief Zhang called the four of them over and sat down around the desk.
This Legacy 500 is a business jet for senior naval officers, not a personal business jet. However, in the past few years, Chief Zhang has used it the most. He needs to fly all over the world. He will be on the North Ship in the morning and may be on the North Ship in the afternoon.
We are going to the Nanjian for a meeting.
For example, this time, after a meeting in Wuhan, I arrived at the Flying Shark Base overnight. The late-night inspection lasted until two o'clock in the morning before resting, and I had to set off again at around seven o'clock in the morning. It was absolutely high-intensity. Without business jets, these tasks would have been impossible.
The time will be stretched extremely long.
"A chief once said this." Chief Zhang said with determination in his eyes, "The gap between us and the United States is thirty years. We will catch up and surpass the United States within ten years. What to do? We can only make the three
Ten years of work was compressed and completed within ten years.”
His eye sockets were sunken and gray, and his face was haggard, but his eyes were bright and lively.
"What our generation can do is to dedicate the rest of our lives to the naval cause." Commander Zhang pointed at the four Li Hais, and finally his eyes rested on Li Hai's face, "And you are the main force in chasing Chao.
military."
Mao Lele almost burst into tears after saying a few words.
Commander Zhang waved his hand and started a discussion with Li Hai and the other four on the task of ejection take-off test training. It was a serious discussion, not an instruction from a high position!
This discussion lasted for two hours, until Chief Zhang's confidential staff came over again to remind him to take a break and take a break. There would be a lot of things to deal with immediately after landing, so Chief Zhang ended the discussion.
He said, "We have made a good start in aircraft carrier operations. The No. 1 and No. 2 ships have matured and have trained a group of excellent pilots. However, our current level is similar to the level of the former Soviet Union in the early 1990s.
, there is still a big gap between us and Americans.”
"Build a catapult take-off training system so that our pilots have the ability to take off from an all-access deck. Only then will we have the foundation to catch up with the superpower. I'm begging you."
This last instruction made Li Hai very sad.
Li Hai and others returned to the seats at the back. The four of them did not talk, thinking about what Commander Zhang had said. At this time, Li Hai clearly felt that the plane had adjusted its course, and it was now due west.
He guessed the course out of habit.
I took off from Gaocheng Airport and flew southwest for two hours and fifteen minutes. At this time, I should be in the airspace between Lanzhou and Chengdu. Adjust to the west, and I should be preparing to descend to a lower altitude and land. There is a simulation training base in Wuhan.
Most likely, experimental training will be conducted there.
Just thinking about it like this, the plane flew for another hour, constantly adjusting its course in the process, and then started to lose altitude.
At this time, Li Hai was very surprised. How could he be training here?
Unable to think too much, the plane landed and stopped taxiing.
Chief Zhang got up and personally sent them to the cabin door. Only then did Li Hai know that Chief Zhang had sent them here specifically!
"Waiting for your good news!" Chief Zhang and Li Hai shook hands one by one.
Zhu Wei replied loudly, "I promise to complete the task, please rest assured, chief!"
The four of them saluted Chief Zhang and watched the Legacy 500 continue to take off and fly away.
"You young people may not know that one of the department heads responsible for handling the South China Sea incident was Chief Zhang." Zhu Wei said in a deep voice.