Three days later, Yi Xiaoyi led a team of more than 20 people, including technicians and maintenance crews, on a civil aviation flight to the Keshi International Airport.
A vehicle sent by the Peace Comprehensive Training Base picked them up and then drove more than 100 kilometers southwest to the base.
At this time, Li Hai and Dang Weimin, who flew directly over with No. 311 J-15S fighter jet, had already taken a nap in the guest house.
This transfer flight covered a full 4,000 kilometers, which was close to the maximum range of the J-15S. It was actually a maximum range flight test. Fortunately, there was no danger.
However, Li Hai and Dang Weimin each consumed one diaper.
Yi Xiaoyi and others couldn't take a nap. They immediately inspected the fighter planes after lunch. The Communist Party came over just like this one. If something went wrong, this high altitude environment test would have to be interrupted.
In the afternoon, Li Hai, Party for the People, and the tactical director of the Heping Base met. The director of the base's Air Force Tactical Training Division was a grounded veteran pilot. Zhou Hang, who had just turned fifty, had the rank of Air Force colonel.
"I used to be from the 101st Brigade, which is the Western Falcon Brigade. After the grounding, I was transferred here to work. You two young comrades, let me introduce you to the situation of the Peace Base."
Zhou Hang said with a smile, "Peace Base is a training base for the three services. The Air Force, Army, and Marine Corps have all been here, but Hainan Airlines has not been here. This base is under the control of the big brother of the Army. You saw it when you landed. There are military camps nearby.”
"Daily training arrangements and coordination are the responsibility of various professional departments. Our Air Force Tactical Training Office is responsible for flying in the sky, and the Army Tactical Training Office is responsible for running on the ground. The joint training command center is a temporary organization. When we engage in joint training, the two of us The two training offices form a joint training command center."
“This was originally a place for peace mission military exercises, but it was later preserved and turned into a training base. This airport is also one of the backup airports for the Beikku Air Defense Base, and the Western Falcon Brigade often comes here for actual combat training. Therefore, the base’s support capability is relatively strong.”
"Look at the location of the base."
Zhou Hang opened the electronic map hanging on the wall. It turned out to be a real-time satellite map with multi-mode display functions.
He selected the terrain mode, pointed with a laser pointer and said, "The runway runs from south to north. The northwest wind blows here all the year round, and take-off and landing from south to north are often used. After the aircraft took off and climbed to a tactical altitude, it turned 90 degrees to the left. , directly opposite is the Wakhan Corridor. Flying 280 kilometers westward, you will enter the Wakhan Corridor - a very ideal training ground."
"You have come to the right place if you want to conduct practical test flights in the plateau and mountains. Apart from us, only Duda Station has a more ideal venue. The entire area to the west of the base is filled with farms, which is inaccessible and is also a good training ground. "
"This is the Yunze River, which runs north-south and divides the vast area on the west side of the base into two. After crossing the Yunze River and flying another fifty kilometers, it is the Wakhan protrusion. The length of the protrusion is eighty kilometers and the width on both sides is about Twenty-five kilometers, the narrowest point is only fifteen kilometers.”
"In fact, when the mountains are closed by heavy snow, even cars cannot pass through the narrowest part of the Wakhan Corridor. Every year during the heavy snow season, snowplows modified from tank chassis have to be used to drive in and raid the front posts to provide supplies. In recent years, the conditions have been good. Basically, everything is sent in by helicopter, starting from our base."
"Take a good look at the mountains on both sides of the Wahan Corridor. Nine out of ten mountains are restless. Why do you say that? There are often avalanches. Once an avalanche occurs, the passing convoys will be suspended. In the past, we had many comrades in the transport unit. It means sacrificing when the hemorrhagic collapse occurs.”
Now is the heavy snow season, and both sides of the Wakhan Corridor are covered with snowy peaks. The terrain is already high, so the altitude is higher.
"You should pay special attention to these mountains when flying. They are so white that it is easy for people to misunderstand. If you are not careful, there will be big problems."
Having said this, Zhou Hang picked up the thermos cup and took a sip.
Li Hai looked at the terrain carefully. There were a lot of scattered red dots on the electronic map, all on the west side of the protrusion.
The real threats are these red dots. Maybe many of them are empty, but many of them are definitely capable of threatening.
No wonder the western falcons often come here for actual combat training. These little red dots are really tenacious. The aviation fire is inexhaustible, and the spring breeze blows them again.
"Director Zhou, do you have any data on the live-fire shooting of the Western Falcon?" Li Hai asked.
Zhou Hang said with a smile, "I have prepared them for you. You can check these for this year and previous years in the archives."
"It's only March, so many fights already?" Dang Weimin looked at the stack of materials on the table that Zhou Hang was patting, and his eyes almost popped out.
Zhou Hang said proudly, "How far have we come? In the second half of the year, we will fight more than this in a month."
"We will focus on performance in the second half of the year." Li Hai didn't find it strange, nodded and smiled.
"That's right, it's for performance." Zhou Hang laughed.
It's not unreasonable for the Western Falcon Brigade to be able to fight. Without a certain intensity of training to maintain it, how can they secure their position as the Air Force's No. 1 Aviation Brigade? Not to mention securing the top spot in the aviation force of the entire military.
Zhou Hang said, "In the most powerful year, our Western Falcon Brigade destroyed 30,000 tons of ammunition. Based on four tons per sortie, we flew an average of 21 live ammunition sorties every day."
This set of data also surprised Li Hai.
This is average data.
Thirty thousand tons of ammunition is enough to support a group army-level live-fire exercise, and this is only the training consumption of an aviation brigade for one month.
This shows how crazy the Western Falcon Brigade is in firing live ammunition!
"No wonder the price of aviation and fuel has increased. It turns out that paper is more expensive in Luoyang." Li Hai said with a wry smile.
"Hahaha!" Zhou Hang laughed.
After asking about some more information, Li Hai and Dang Weimin left with the information in hand. The base set up an office for the two of them, and they stayed in the office and studied the relevant information carefully.
The fastest way to understand the local situation is by looking at past live-fire shooting reports. The materials to be stored in the archives must be the most detailed. How detailed are they? They are as detailed as the origin and destination of every screw.
Not to mention such big moves as dumping tons of ammunition at every turn.
Most of the live-fire shootings of the Western Falcon Brigade were ground attacks, with very little air combat. Judging from the place of occurrence, most of the air combat took place in the airspace further south, and the opponent was Asan's simulated Blue Army. The Su-30MKI, Rafale, and Mirage 2000 are all good aircraft, but Asan has never been successful in simulating the Blue Army.
With such a sparring partner playing with the Western Falcon Brigade all year round, it's no wonder that other troops can't beat the Western Falcon Brigade.
The further he looked down, the more excited Li Hai became. He wanted to take off the plane immediately, and then shouted over there: "Everyone, come out! I'm going to fight ten!"
