In the south of Zhejiang, a naval aviation base.!!

At half past six in the morning, Major Liang Guoxiang, a special pilot, had already gotten up and finished washing. After completing the 10-kilometer morning run, the major went to the officers' cafeteria for breakfast, then returned to the dormitory to take a hot shower, and went to the base service center on time at 7:30 to sign a report. Because there was some trouble on the road, Liang Guoxiang came to the tactical command center after eight o'clock.

"Brother Liang, it's rare, I'm five minutes late today." Coming to greet him was Captain Di Boqing, Leung's partner and navigator.

"The car had a breakdown on the road and had to be sent in for repairs over the weekend."

"So bad luck?" Di Boqing smiled and took out a photo, "Let's see, does my newborn son look like me?" ”

After taking the photo and looking at it carefully, Liang Guoxiang shook his head. "Not quite like it, more like a child."

"Really? Others also say the same thing, the son looks like his mother, and he will be blessed in the future. ”

Seeing Di Boqing's joy, Liang Guoxiang also laughed.

"Brother Liang, help me choose a name for my son."

"Why did I choose a name?"

"Help, when the child grows up, I'll let him call you godfather."

"Come on. That's the New Year's holiday. I can't prepare an extra red envelope? ”

said. The two laughed happily.

The partner is a noble son. Liang Guoxiang was naturally happy from the bottom of his heart. He joined the army for twelve years. He has been partnered with Di Boqing for 12 years. When I was still studying at the aviation school. The two of them are flight partners. Able to go all the way. It's not easy. Right now. Among the pilots of Liang Guoxiang and Di Boqing. A lot of them have changed partners. If you have land, you will change jobs and go to civil aviation. Fly a large airliner. Get a high salary. You can also take two days off a week. Stay. It's not that the technology is bad. It's not that there is no family. It is not to treat money as dung; Just reluctant to leave. reluctant to leave the barracks where he had lived for more than ten years. Reluctant to leave the comrades-in-arms who get along day and night. Reluctant to leave the beloved fighter.

"Stand upright!"

The guards shouted loudly. Liang Guoxiang and Di Boqing immediately straightened up.

"Hello Chief!"

A colonel officer in civilian clothes walked in, and he was none other than the regiment commander Nie Xinping.

"Everyone, today's training is all canceled." Nie Xinping stopped inside the door, "The squadron on duty immediately entered a state of combat readiness, and within fifteen minutes, all of them boarded the plane and were ready to fly." If there is a new order, I will give it directly through the tower. ”

As soon as Nie Xinping left, the tactical command center suddenly boiled.

"Looks like something big is happening today."

"Let's go, let's go change our clothes."

Liang Guoxiang and Di Boqing were the first to leave the command center and go to the pilot's locker room.

Because it has been stationed on the front line of coastal defense for a long time, Liang Guoxiang's aviation regiment has always been in a state of combat readiness, and after receiving the order, it can take off and carry out its mission within 15 minutes.

Ten minutes later, Liang Guoxiang and Di Boqing boarded the Su-30MKK fighter jet No. 711.

This is HNA's most advanced multi-role fighter, and Liang Guoxiang and Di Boqing have flown more than 1,500 hours on this type of fighter. In the HNA, the Su-30MKK mainly performs sea strike missions, and the main subject of ordinary training is also sea attack. But this time, Liang Guoxiang and Di Boqing's fighters were all anti-aircraft missiles. The other eleven fighters of the same type were dragged out of the hangar one after another, and all of them were anti-aircraft missiles.

"Brother Liang, what kind of wind is blowing today? If you even let us carry out an anti-aircraft combat mission, are you going to let us all change careers? ”

"Why are you so wordy? Check the electronics. ”

With the help of ground staff, Liang Guoxiang and Di Boqing quickly completed the pre-takeoff inspection. Finally, Liang Guoxiang also paid special attention to the fuel gauge. The internal fuel tanks are fully full, plus the three large auxiliary fuel tanks hung on the inside of the wings and under the belly of the aircraft, and the combat radius can reach 1,500 kilometers according to the mode of performing anti-aircraft missions.

What is this for?

Liang Guoxiang was also puzzled. Is it an improvised, long-range air supremacy combat training?

The fighter plane was towed to the standby position before take-off and stopped, and the battery car used to help the engine start on the ground did not leave, indicating that it could receive the order to take off at any time.

Liang Guoxiang glanced at his partner in the rearview mirror and found that Di Boqing was also observing the situation in the base.

About fifteen minutes later, a large AWACS aircraft with a radome on its back drove out of the hangar and was towed to the end of the runway.

"Brother Liang......"

"See, don't talk nonsense."

As the four turbofan engines started one by one, the AWACS plane, which weighed more than 100 tons, slowly accelerated on the runway, and finally pulled up when it was still more than a thousand meters away from the end of the runway, and rose into the sky like a big stupid goose.

"No. 711, this is the tower, lead the team to take off."

"Tower, this is No. 711, understood!" Liang Guoxiang and Di Boqing answered at the same time.

As the two high-thrust turbofan engines were activated, two scorching air streams shot out of the nozzles at the tail of the aircraft. Liang Guoxiang pushed the throttle to the maximum gear, and he did not release the brakes until the engine reached its maximum output. The 30-ton fighter plane shot out like an arrow, taxiing more than 500 meters on the runway at a speed of more than 330 kilometers per hour. As Liang Guoxiang pulled back the joystick, the front wheel of the fighter detached from the ground, and the fighter shot into the sky like lightning.

Behind the 711 fighter, eleven other fighters also rose into the air one after another.

"No. 711, this is the tower, go to channel 4 and accept the command of the air command center."

"No. 711 understands, channel No. 4, under the command of the air command center." Di Boqing said as he adjusted the communication channel. While the fighter plane was still climbing, he asked his partner in front of him, "Brother Liang, do you think this is training?" ”

"Maybe it is, maybe it isn't." Liang Guoxiang also muttered in his heart. "Don't ask so much, hurry up and contact other fighters and form a formation in air combat mode."

Soon, twelve fighters formed a four-pinzigzag formation. The leader in each formation is a two-seater model, and Liang Guoxiang's No. 711 fighter is not only the chief aircraft of this formation, but also the chief aircraft of four formations.

Finding that the AWACS aircraft piloting in front had been flying eastward, Liang Guoxiang was even more puzzled.

To the east is the vast sea, with a combat radius of 1,500 kilometers, which is enough to fly out of the first island chain. Is this really not training?

Before flying over the ocean, the AWACS aircraft sent a command. "No. 711, the air command center here, is now codenamed. Repeat, now change the codename. ”

"The air command center, here is number 711, receives a new directive. Repeat and receive a new instruction. ”

"'Falcon'?" Di Boqing's words came from the earphones, "What kind of code name is this?" ”

"Operational codename." Liang Guoxiang let out a sigh, "Recheck the electronic equipment, the radar is simulating." ”

"Damn, it looks like someone is going to be unlucky today." Di Boqing did not dare to be careless, and immediately activated the radar in a simulated way to make sure that the main equipment of the radar was able to work normally.

"'Falcon', here is 'Eagle's Nest', course turns to 105, speed 1100, altitude 4500, pay attention to the southwest direction."

Liang Guoxiang and Di Boqing immediately looked in the southwest direction, and above the sea, more than a dozen warplanes were flying towards them.

"It's Lao Hong's flying leopard!"

Each "Flying Leopard" carried four anti-ship missiles under its wings, two air-to-air combat missiles on the wingtips, and three large auxiliary fuel tanks on the inside of the wings and under the belly of the aircraft. The "Flying Leopard" flies at an altitude of less than two hundred meters, and its speed is certainly above a thousand kilometers per hour.

The "old Hong" Di Boqing mentioned was their senior brother Hong Xueliang at the aviation school, who is now the colonel of a certain fighter-bomber regiment of the HNA. Back then, when he was studying at the aviation school, Hong Xueliang served as an instructor for Liang Guoxiang and Di Boqing, and took them to complete intermediate flight training.

Arriving behind Liang Guoxiang and them, the course of the "Flying Leopard" formation also turned to 105 degrees.

The two fighter formations maintained a state of one in front and one behind, one high and one low, and flew eastward at their maximum cruising speed.

Because the situation indicator light is red, indicating that the fighters have entered a combat state, all fighters must not break the radio silence state before receiving the order, so Liang Guoxiang and Di Boqing cannot communicate with their senior brother.

As time passed, Liang Guoxiang's mood became more and more uneasy.

The Okinawa Islands are in front of you, and if you enter Japanese airspace, you will definitely encounter fighters of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. Looking at this formation, it is certainly not a daily training, nor is it an attack on a military base on the Okinawa Islands, otherwise the "Flying Leopard" should carry ground-attack ammunition instead of anti-ship missiles.

Could it be that they are preparing to "harass" the US and Japanese fleets that are conducting exercises in the waters off the Okinawa Islands?

If it's just "harassment", it's a little too strong. Twelve "Flying Leopards" and forty-eight C-802 anti-ship missiles are enough to take out an aircraft carrier.

Of course, the air defense network of the American fleet must first be broken through.

Twelve Su-30MKK, up to a maximum of twelve carrier-based fighters of the F / A-18E / F type, and at least twenty-four air supremacy fighters on board the aircraft carrier "Washington". If you really fight, you may not be able to take advantage of much.

Perhaps, just to scare the Yankees.

The more he thought about it, the more uneasy Liang Guoxiang became, because his suicide note was written three years ago when the crisis that shocked the world broke out.

"'Falcon', this is 'Eagle's Nest', four suspicious targets appeared in the direction of one o'clock, immediately go to intercept them."

"Roger, Falcon understands." After speaking, Liang Guoxiang switched the communication channel, "The first team and the second team will follow me, and the third team and the fourth team will continue to cover the 'Flying Leopard'." ”

Six Su-30MKK fighters turned lightly in the air and flew in a northwesterly direction.

"Boqing, have you received the target data?"

"Four F-15Js, fighters of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force, did not intercept the fire control radar signal, and the enemy aircraft did not activate the radar."

"Keep an eye on the situation!"

At this time, the fire control radars on the six Su-30MKK were also not activated, and the acquired target data was transmitted by the AWACS aircraft behind through the tactical data link.

Because the air command center did not give the order to open fire, Liang Guoxiang could not use the fire control radar on the fighter to illuminate the Japanese fighter and provide firing data for medium-range air-to-air missiles.

Perhaps, this is just a confrontation and will not fight