The Beiku Meteorological Observatory continued to issue severe weather warnings. By 4 p.m., there was no doubt that a sandstorm would form.
According to cloud images captured by meteorological satellites, the scope of the sandstorm covers almost the entire Great Gobi, and its intensity is the highest this year.
Under the sand and dust, the scene of the test base became blurry and hazy. The fine earth-yellow sand formed countless small tornadoes in the strong wind, like soldiers marching neatly from the west of the outfield to the infield, and finally to the buildings in the infield.
Fragmented by physical obstacles.
The flight tower was isolated, standing still in the wind and sand, like a magic needle fixing the sea. At the same time, the water tower and tank tower disappeared into the vast yellow sand. In the aircraft hangar, various emergency teams composed of ground staff were constantly inspecting the hangar.
In this case, cover the fighter plane with a tarpaulin and install the engine air inlet cover.
They worked methodically, as if they were used to this environment. They completed their work with precision like surgeons, regardless of the heavy rain outside.
All personnel have evacuated the tower, all work in the entire base has stopped, and all personnel have devoted themselves to emergency work.
The few street lights in the base turned on, emitting a faint light in the wind and sand. The railway line on that side had long disappeared into the thick sand and dust.
Li Hai looked at the sky through the window. The darkness seemed to be full of steep setbacks and boundless, like the sky of the devil's castle in a fairy tale.
In the distance, strong winds roared across the sand dunes, continuing to stir up waves of sand and dust, continuing to sweep through the test base...
This sandstorm raged for four hours. At eight o'clock in the evening, the wind suddenly stopped and the sand was no longer flying wildly. It was as if a young man who had been tossing all night was lying quietly on the ground.
He fell into a deep sleep there.
It gets dark relatively late at the training base, and the sun sets at around nine or ten o'clock. The sun is still hanging in the sky!
The base issued an order, and the air crew and ground support teams cleaned the outfield, and the field service team and other personnel cleaned the infield. All personnel were dispatched to clean up the traces left by the sandstorm.
For the officers and soldiers at the base, they have long been accustomed to it. The base has complete professional equipment to deal with sandstorms and the residue of sand caused by sandstorms.
As a result, Li Hai saw the ground support team driving out several work trucks that looked like cement tankers, starting from the end of the runway and traveling at a constant speed. The tank-type things behind them were obviously huge vacuum cleaners. Before starting the operation, there was no need to
Anyone is allowed to be behind the work vehicle.
Immediately, Li Hai saw that after the vacuum cleaner truck started working, the dust on the runway quickly got into the vacuum cleaner as if it had received some order.
The runway pavement where two work vehicles drove side by side was obviously a different color, brand new!
Vacuum trucks are also used at ejection training grounds, parallel highways, and other places. After these trucks perform a round of cleaning, the remaining work is to rely on manual work to correct omissions. The entire cleaning speed is very fast.
The air crew lined up in a horizontal line, with their backs to the setting sun, three meters apart. Everyone had a bag in their hands and walked to the other end of the runway to pick up stones.
The test base not only has four pilots from the test training team, but also an aviation squadron of the Western Falcon Brigade stationed here for training, with more than thirty people. Generally speaking, all personnel in the sky are air crew members, not just pilots.
It took more than an hour for the air crew to clear the nearly 4,000-meter-long runway. The sky had darkened, and the eastern sky could be seen reddened by the sunset.
After a sandstorm, the sky seemed much cleaner.
After getting on the commuter bus and returning to the infield, Li Hai and Mao Lele walked side by side towards the dormitory building. A colonel quickly caught up and said hello, "Li Hai."
Li Hai stopped and asked, "Hello, who are you?"
The colonel smiled and stretched out his hand to shake hands with the two of them, "Li Zixin, captain of the Crazy Demon Brigade of the Falcon Brigade."
Li Hai looked at Li Zixin doubtfully, I don't know you!
Before Li Hai could speak, Li Zixin said with a smile, "I am the first batch of soldiers led by your master, and I can be regarded as his earliest disciple."
Li Hai immediately shook Li Zixin's hand vigorously, "Hello, senior brother!"
"You have time, let's chat?"
"No problem, I have good tea there."
The three of them arrived at the dormitory.
Without Li Hai taking action, Mao Lele went to boil water and make tea. After a lot of work, the three of them sat down around the small coffee table and chatted.
Li Zhan actually took the initiative to accept not many people as his disciples, but in a broad sense, the pilots he had trained considered themselves to be his disciples, and Li Zhan had never denied this.
At that time, Li Zhan organized a blue army detachment in Beiku and formed the Mad Demon Brigade. He used the backward equipment of a generation to brutally torture his brothers' troops and became a blockbuster. Then, based on the Mad Demon Brigade, he expanded his fighter regiment and became what it is today.
Western Falcon Brigade.
However, the organization of the Mad Demon Brigade has not disappeared. It still exists as a top combat unit within the organization of the Western Falcon Brigade.
Li Zixin participated in the selection of the Flying Shark Troop, and he also met the requirements. However, the flight commander refused to let him go and kept him in the Western Falcon Brigade. A few years later, he took up the responsibility of the Mad Demon Brigade.
Nowadays, the Kuangmo Brigade is the most powerful detachment in the aviation force of our army. It is a "strong enemy" that our brother troops want to defeat day and night. This aviation brigade completely copies the methods, aircraft painting, and design of the US Air Force.
The training uniforms, tactics, combat language, organization, etc. are exactly the same as those of the US Air Force.
The chat between the three people is naturally inseparable from the Kuangmo Brigade. This unit is not only the whetstone for the Air Force aviation unit, but also the grindstone for the Hainan Airlines. The land-based aviation unit of the Hainan Army goes to Beiku and Kuangmo every year.
The big team has never won a confrontation in so many years...
Li Zixin is in his early thirties, with the rank of colonel and regiment level. He is a very young cadre.
He smiled and said, "Five years ago, the Kuangmo Brigade was the professional blue force of the entire army, shouldering the heavy responsibility of training the entire army's aviation force. In the past five years, we have never lost."
That confidence made Li Hai feel tremendous pressure.
He knew that sooner or later he would have to compete with the team brought out by his master.
Mao Lele was outspoken and asked, "Have you never lost against the J-20?"
Li Zixin smiled nonchalantly and said, "That's not equal. The gap between fourth-generation aircraft and fifth-generation aircraft is huge, and it goes far beyond human factors."
After a pause, he kept smiling and said, "Soon we will also modify a squadron of J-20s, and then we can have a fair confrontation with our brother troops equipped with J-20s."
Li Hai's eyes were full of envy.
After re-adjusting the generational classification of fighter jets, the J-10 series and J-11 series are all classified as fourth-generation fighter jets. There are only two fifth-generation fighter jets, the J-20 and the J-35, with the latter being an undecided model.
Li Hai asked curiously, "So, half of the aircraft in your brigade must be fifth-generation aircraft."
"One-third." Li Zixin said, "The Kuangma Brigade is a large-scale mixed brigade with complete independent combat capabilities. We are equipped with thirty-six fighter jets alone and a dozen support aircraft. Brigade
The political commissar and chief of staff all have the rank of major general..."
Li Hai's jaw almost dropped, "What? A brigade equipped with fifty aircraft? That's not a standard aviation brigade!"
At this time, Mao Lele interjected, "Brother, the Western Falcon Brigade is a large-scale aviation brigade, equipped with more than a hundred fighter aircraft of various types. One of their brigade can control the combat direction of the entire west..."
Li Hai looked at Mao Lele in surprise, and Mao Lele explained, "When I was in the academy, my teacher often used the Western Falcon Brigade as an example, so I know this unit very well."
"That's right." Li Zixin smiled and nodded.
Li Hai finally understood why Li Zixin was already a colonel in the regiment, and he was still a captain. Compared with the commanders of other aviation brigades, this captain was not bad, and the strength of the unit was better than that of many standard brigades.
Strong!
The Western Falcon Brigade is indeed the new favorite of the Air Force!
"No wonder you have more than thirty pilots in one squadron. I thought there was a brigade coming." Li Hai gasped.
Li Zixin said, "We have quite a few J-16s, and there are only two pilots per aircraft. The number will not be small. You want to conduct experimental training on ejection takeoff, and you have to stay here for a while. If we have the opportunity in the future, we can do it
Engaging in confrontation will help you grow."
Finally, Li Zixin added, "This is a great thing, and Team Leader Zhu will definitely agree."
Li Hai and Mao Lele looked at each other, excited.
It's not as exciting as a single-player confrontation, and the opponent is a professional blue team, which is of great benefit to them in understanding that the US military can defeat the US military.
"Okay, let's do this for now. Let's communicate more in the future." Li Zixin drank all the tea in the cup, stood up and nodded with a smile.
"Brother, walk slowly!"
Li Hai sent Li Zixin out and stood in the corridor not knowing what he was thinking.
Mao Lele whispered, "Brother, why do I think the Air Force is not bad..."
"You're already a flying shark, and you still envy the Air Force." Li Hai smiled and shook his head.
Mao Lele said, "But I heard that many pilots of the Western Falcon Brigade have reached the standards of our flying sharks. It's just that the Air Force is unwilling to release them. This is why our navy has to train its own flying shark pilots, and that's why we have
Let’s go to the growth class.”
Li Hai asked curiously, "Lele, where did you hear this statement from? The Air Force is not that stingy. Besides, if the Navy wants to develop, it must establish its own pilot training system. It is unrealistic to always rely on the Air Force for blood transfusions."
of."
"Even if students discuss this issue among themselves, I don't know where this statement comes from." Mao Lele said with an embarrassed smile.
Li Hai thought for a while and said, "The Air Force has sent us many outstanding pilots in the past. My master's group of people are all the top people in the Air Force. It is normal for the Air Force chief to have opinions. However, it won't take long.
, the navy must return the principal with interest."
"What do you mean?" Mao Lele asked doubtfully, "Why do you want to go back with capital and profits? Pilot?"
Li Hai smiled and shook his head, "The Air Force's pilot training system has been in place for decades, and there is no shortage of pilots. Therefore, I judge that if I want to repay it, I will use airplanes to repay it."
"Airplanes? We don't have enough planes, and the newly rolled-out planes are given priority to be equipped with the Air Force, right?" Mao Lele disagreed with Li Hai's judgment.
Li Hai asked, "In the future, all naval aviation will be carrier-based. What will happen to so many shore-based aircraft?"
He returned to the dormitory with a smile.
Mao Lele woke up from a dream. Yes, Hainan Airlines has hundreds of shore-based aircraft that cannot be boarded on ships, such as J-10 and J-11, which are the same as those used by the Air Force! ()