On the 26th day of the big drill, when the sky was dark, the maintenance side was busy.
The two Su-30MK2s had been towed to the open-air apron an hour ago, and Li Yuanchao and the others had been busy for more than half an hour.
In order to match the Su-30MK2, a batch of imported Russian-made ammunition was delivered two days ago, all of which were in stock. As a result, there will definitely be a lot of domestic ammunition originally allocated to the 167th Independent Flying Group.
Li Hai and Dang Weimin arrived at the tarmac half an hour early. They were fully armed and ready to board the plane at any time.
Today is the first show, so Li Hai and Dang Weimin form the current strong lineup of the 167th Independent Flying Group.
You need to get a feel for it first, and then you can take Zhuang Xiaoying to the sky for live shooting.
Li Hai and Dang Weimin first checked the loading status of the ammunition. The reason for being so cautious is that on the one hand, this batch of ammunition has been in stock for a long time and needs to be taken more seriously. On the other hand, it is an assessment of the combination of Li Hai and Dang Weimin.
In the past two days, they had completed six flight hours of acclimatization flights and conducted necessary shooting maneuver training.
Li Yuanchao unscrewed the first safety of the ammunition one by one. Li Hai and Dang Weimin confirmed it and signed the list respectively. Two air-to-surface missiles, two medium- and long-range air-to-air missiles, two combat missiles, two 1000KG-level guided bombs, two sets of quadruple-mounted aerial bombs, two aircraft fire engines, and all twelve hardpoints were used up.
Really armed to the teeth.
The guided bombs, aerial bombs, and aerial fire are domestically produced and new models. The rest are all imported ammunition introduced with the Su-30MK2 that year. Among them, the price of medium and long-range air-to-air missiles is very expensive, and I have been reluctant to shoot more.
In recent years, as the Air Force's Su-30MKK began to withdraw from active service, it has consciously accelerated the consumption of imported ammunition.
Because of different fire control interfaces, the imported advanced fighters were unable to use domestic ammunition for a long time. After this problem was solved and domestic advanced fighters were put into service in batches, the original imminent problem became less important.
After accepting the aircraft, Li Hai and Li Hai boarded the cockpit. He was the pilot in the front cabin, and Dang Weimin was the weapons operator in the rear cabin. It should be pointed out that the rear cabin of the Su-30MK2 also has a control system.
The imported Su-30 is more often used as a training aircraft. This is the reason. This is not the case with the JH-7A. There is no control system in the rear cabin, and the pilot in the rear cabin is a full-time weapons operator.
At 6 o'clock in the morning, the Su-30MK2 with the radio code number 17 took off, carrying ammunition that could destroy a small fleet, rumbled across the sky and flew to the northeast.
The Niutou Reef Group is located northeast of the Forgotten Reef, 500 kilometers away. The largest island is Niutou Island, which is larger than the Forgotten Reef. The overall condition of this reef group is not as good as that of the Forgotten Reef Group. It is scattered randomly and mostly in shallow waters. The difficulty of land reclamation is much greater than that of the Forgotten Reef.
There are three reefs on the southwest side of the reef group. They are all underwater during high tide. After low tide, an area of several square meters will be exposed. Most of them are solid rocks, making them ideal natural targets. These three reefs, which are no more than a hundred meters apart, are targets No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 that Li Hai wants to hit.
Li Hai had to use different ammunition in order to attack. The most difficult level was to use air-to-surface missiles to attack the target 60 kilometers away. One shot passed, and two shots all hit excellent, and he had to hit No. 3, the smallest area. The target is only three square meters.
It not only tests the skills of pilots, but also tests the performance of fighter aircraft.
Li Hai must rely on airborne radar to search and lock targets. In the process, he does not receive intelligence support from other combat units.
In the context of actual combat, the No. 17 Su-30MK2 dropped its flight altitude 120 kilometers away from the target sea area and carried out ultra-low-altitude penetration at a sea-skimming altitude of 50 meters.
Today's weather is good, and it is not difficult for Li Hai to conduct such an ultra-low-altitude sea-skimming penetration. He is a man who has conducted many ultra-low-altitude sea-skimming penetrations at night. On the contrary, Dang Weimin, who was in the back cabin, looked at the sea level close at hand, and his whole body's nerves were tense. Looking at the airspeed indicator again, I had to work hard to keep breathing steadily.
He had never teamed up with Li Hai before, and he didn't know that his comrade had already reached such a high-end status.
After calming down, Dang Weimin paid attention to the flight posture and observed the surroundings, performing the duties of the pilot in the rear cabin.
Li Hai felt a little guilty. He did not have great confidence in the sea search performance of the Su-30MK2 airborne radar. It has been in service for many years, the use is so intensive, the target area is so small, and the wave height is more than one meter. In this case, finding and locking the target 70 kilometers away relies heavily on the pilot's judgment.
Sure enough, at a position of 80 kilometers, Li Hai began to climb into the attack route and turned on the airborne radar. At this time, he was completely exposed to the "enemy", and he would not be left with more than three minutes.
"Pay attention to the Eastern Hemisphere." Li Hai said, forming a tacit understanding with the Party and the People.
Unlike the party for the people, Li Hai needs to allocate part of his energy to observe his surroundings. If he is attacked by an "enemy plane" ambushing high in the sky while searching, it will be very embarrassing.
When Dang Weimin saw Li Hai slowing down his airspeed, he silently counted the time in his heart and stared at the radar screen with wide eyes.
"Target No. 1 appears!" The Party for the People immediately marked it.
The largest area is target No. 1, followed by target No. 2, and the smallest target is No. 3, which can be judged from the radar reflection area.
At a distance of 70 kilometers, Dang Weimin did not find target No. 3, nor did Li Hai, and even target No. 2 did not appear.
For active-seeking air-to-surface missiles, if they cannot lock on to the target, they cannot attack. At this point, their first attack was basically a failure.
Soon after reaching a distance of 60 kilometers, target No. 2 appeared, but target No. 3 still did not appear. The party marked it for the people and sighed.
Li Hai called the drill headquarters, "In the South China Sea, the monster's first attack failed. Please request a second attack. It's over."
The drill headquarters quickly replied, "The monster can attack a second time, it's over."
Li Hai accelerated his turn and decided to change the direction of attack.
"Change the attack from east to west." Li Hai said.
The party for the people immediately calculated the route, "Turn right 90 degrees, and after 100 kilometers, turn left 270 degrees."
The huge body of Su-30MK2 No. 17 made a big turn and flew eastward.
Li Hai suspected that the failure of the first attack was related to the backlight environment.
The first time the attack route was entered from the southwest, the sun was at two o'clock, which had an impact on the pilot's vision. It was unknown whether it would have an impact on the detection performance of the airborne radar.
If the second attack still fails, Li Hai will have no choice but to give up target No. 3.
