The outstanding combat capability of the assault aircraft has profoundly changed the mode of air combat in the new century, and its epoch-making process can almost be compared with the emergence of air-to-air missile weapons or radar stealth technology.

This kind of change may be very unfamiliar to many soldiers, but they must be familiar with and adapt.

In the air combat in the post-fighter era, in the face of a frontal attack by a strong attack aircraft of one side, if the other side does not have a strong attack aircraft to intercept it, it can be said that it is a stumbling left and right to respond to the battle, and often can only rely on numerical superiority to rush up and try to solve the problem with aerial artillery within the visual range; And if both sides have strong attack planes, the mutual firing of over-the-horizon missiles will basically have no effect, and in the end, the two sides still have to fight close to each other and fight for machine guns, which has been proved by countless tactical deductions.

From this point of view, the combat mode of the attack aircraft is somewhat similar to that of the fourth-generation fighters: it is difficult to do anything with each other beyond the visual range, and it is only within the visual distance that they can compete for the winner, but the reasons are different - the stealth fighters are because they cannot see each other, and can only approach and attack with guidance information; The assault planes, on the other hand, can see each other clearly, but there is no effective over-the-horizon attack.

In short, technological progress leads to the replacement of weapons, and the replacement of weapons will lead to heavy changes in tactical tactics.

Long Yun, who has studied in a military academy, still understands such a theory, but when he returns to the situation he is facing now, it will only make him feel bottomless for a while.

Long Yun knew that he was completely ignorant of the real performance of the X-8A "Yanlong", and all the little experience came from those unreliable introduction pages on the Internet, and the video games that talked about the simulation program were better than nothing; However, they have no understanding of the flight performance and tactical tactics of the assault aircraft. Just rely on the little bit of playing video games yourself. How can you get a favor from an active pilot?

Damn it. This food-like battle is completely inexplicable!

Just when Long Yun was turning countless thoughts in his mind, and was still in a daze in the simulator with the hatch open, the door of the training room was pushed open, and a sturdy man of medium stature who looked like he was in his early thirties had already stepped in, strode towards Lu Chunjiang, and then stood up and saluted:

"Report to the political commissar, Du Feng, a first-class pilot of the regiment and a major of the Air Force, has come to accept the mission!"

"Oh! Hehe, Xiao Du, you are still so strict and serious! -- The task is not counted, Comrade Du Feng. When was the last time you trained with the SFM Series simulators? ”

Raising his hand to salute a military salute, Lu Chunjiang's tone was still a little casual, but it could be seen that he would still pay attention to maintaining some basic military appearance in front of his subordinates. Hearing the political commissar's question, the pilot named Du Feng thought for a while, and then replied in a loud voice:

"Report, it should have been three years and seven months ago!"

"Oh! I remember about the same, - it's been so long! ”

Basically consistent with the memory in his mind, Lu Chunjiang nodded to the major, in fact, the reason why he did not personally go into battle with Long Yun today, but wanted to invite a pilot from the regiment to come over, was also due to some other considerations.

Originally. Since Major General Yang specially ordered that this young man should be inspected, and that he had the intention of joining the aviation regiment, it would not be of much significance to simply examine his fighter level -- it is not uncommon for a fighter to fly a fighter with a sharp eye and to get on a strong attack plane. He Lu Chunjiang has seen too many such situations.

How else to say that every time the Air Force forms a new division and a strong attack aircraft regiment, it has to go to great lengths to select personnel from all over the army?

But then again, if you don't test the fighter fight, but directly examine the piloting and combat skills of the assault aircraft, the performance of the SFM7560 is no problem at all, but this young man made it clear that it is impossible to have any experience in piloting the assault plane, if he just took off in a daze, and then was abused by him Lu Chunjiang, he would not be able to see what level. That's why he came up with a temporary solution, that is, to find someone from the regiment's combat-ready pilot team, that is, to find a comrade who has not been trained as a fighter for a long time, and to have a confrontation with the young man in front of him against the attack plane in the "fighter mode", so that he may be able to observe more comprehensively and meticulously.

The so-called "fighter mode" of the assault aircraft, the real assault aircraft will not have this mode, this is mainly a limited mode provided by the simulator, the value of which is to train the newly transferred air force pilots, so that they are familiar with the control and basic flight techniques of the assault aircraft.

Under the "fighter mode" setting, the vector flight capability, integrated weapon system and integrated flight control system of the simulated assault aircraft SFM7560 will be shielded, making it a kind of "super fighter" in a general sense, and the difficulty of piloting is reduced a lot; Under these conditions, traditional fighter pilots can easily get started with their previous experience, even if it is a walker-like beginner mode.

After passing the situation again in his mind, and seeing that Major Du Feng in front of him was ready to enter the simulator battle at any time, Lu Chunjiang turned around and explained to Long Yun what the simulator's "fighter mode" meant, and then told him some of his own considerations:

"Ah, young man, I see how you are so frightened that your face is green, isn't it so terrible!

I have also introduced the situation of the 'fighter mode' to you, and the 'Yanlong' is equivalent to a powerful and extraordinarily resistant F-14 in this mode, and its temper is much milder than that of the whole state. Of course, if I'm fighting against you, because I'm the one who flies fighter jets on simulators a lot, I'm afraid it's very unfair to you - after all, my fighter skills are not bad, but you don't know how to control assault planes, right?

But Xiao Du - oh, Major Du Feng is different, the combat readiness pilots of the Assault Aircraft Regiment will not have the leisure to fly fighters on the simulator, so to be honest, he is already a little rusty about the ability to control fighter jets. In this case, it would be fair for the two of you to have a competition with the 'Yanlong' in the 'fighter mode', hehe!

What do you think, young man? ”

"I ...... What ...... this?"

Lu Chunjiang said it freely, Long Yun listened to it in the simulator cockpit, although he now understands the technical basis of this confrontation, but to be honest, he is still a little confused.

Driving the "Yanlong" to fight against the active Feifei, right?

And what kind of "fighter mode" is this, is it the black technology version of the "Eighth Master......

There was still a little dizziness in his head, Long Yun clicked on the control panel of the simulator a little hesitantly, he still felt that this matter was a little unreliable, or that he was abused this time; Seeing that the young man was still stunned in the cockpit, Lu Chunjiang was not in a hurry at all, but continued his step-by-step persuasion:

"Ah, lad, are you still surprised?

But it's a rare opportunity, young man; Although the set of training numbers I set will certainly not be the real version, if you want to use the Assault Machine on the simulator, none of the qiē models that the public is allowed to purchase have this function. How about it, how long will it take you to get familiar with the controls, and then compare it with Du Feng's lift-off? ”

“……”

Still thinking nervously in his head, Long Yun turned his gaze back to look at the monitor in front of him, but he really didn't know why Colonel Qi did this.

Can a contest with no possibility of winning show his true level?

However, even if he was still secretly hesitating, his eyes met with Major Du Feng who was next to the simulator not far away, and in the quiet training room, Lu Chunjiang, who had a cigarette in his mouth but did not light it, never spoke again, but just looked at the two young people present thoughtfully; Under the gaze of Lu Chunjiang, or Du Feng, the two pilots, Long Yun broke free from his chaotic thoughts after a while, and thought of some feedback from the previous snooping of consciousness, and only then did he have a vague vague idea in his heart.

Oh, although it's a bit discouraged to say this, but the information returned by consciousness snooping is impossible to adulterate, so it's really necessary for him to have such a competition!

Thinking of the land colonel in front of him, knowing that he would not be able to fly a raider at all, he still chose to let him have a simulated confrontation, and it seemed that there was no need to do this if he wanted to say, "Look at your own level"; So what is his real idea, is it that he already has a prejudice of his own, and wants to get through this seemingly completely unfair confrontation, so that he can retreat?

No, no, why did you get called to this air base today?

Looking up in confusion, Major Du Feng, who maintained a standard military standing posture, was still calmly looking in his direction; Turning his head to look at the display screen that had not changed, Long Yun unconsciously added a lot of strength to his hands, and he felt that his palms were sticky with sweat. Unconsciously, the winning spirit hidden in the depths of his heart has spread like a tide, even such a contest that is almost certain to be lost, but also made him have the persistent idea of trying his best to fight.

yes, there's nothing to worry about anyway, so why not go out of your way to win?

Thinking of this, without more hesitation, Long Yun calmed down his chaotic mind at once, he used both hands to call up the number jù to set the page, and while checking the parameters, he quickly felt the feeling of the body control, confirming that he was still quite familiar with this SFM series simulator; Then, taking a deep breath in the seat, he turned around and raised his hand to Lu Chunjiang, who was not far away, and signaled:

"Don't waste any more time, let's get started! Comrade Colonel. ”

“……？”

Seeing that the young man who was still hesitant before, at this time, he was suddenly full of energy, and the corners of Lu Chunjiang's eyes, who were sitting in front of the control platform, moved slightly, and his words were rare and concise:

"Good! -- Comrade Du Feng, please carry out your mission. (To be continued......)