Rebirth of the Military Industrial Overlord

Since both China and Pakistan Railway agreed that this was an excellent opportunity, the matter was a hit. Considering that the Americans would definitely not agree to F-16 entry into China, the two sides agreed that Pakistan Railway would issue an official invitation to China. Two "Flying Leopard" prototypes will be sent to Pakistan Railway in the name of the Product Promotion Exhibition of the Ministry of Aviation and a series of typical exercises will be held to show the performance of this new fighter to Pakistan Railways. As for the confrontation exercises with F-16 Well, um, it was a whim private act of individual pilots of the Pakistan Railway Air Force, and it is not on the official list of this trip...

Both sides are eager to try this action, so after a brief discussion, they set the details and schedule very simply. After Tan Zhenhua agreed to sponsor the full cost, all preparations were carried out in full swing. For China, it was the first one. The problem to be solved, of course, is the selection of candidates.

Huang Bingxin, the chief test pilot of the "Flying Leopard" fighter, and Xing Yancai, weapon operator and navigator, took up a group of places and was determined to be the long crew, while the candidates of the other group were fiercely competing. Really, since the Air Force’s last "113" air battle against the Bay Island on January 13, 1967, it hasn’t had 800 ground and air combat in 20 years. Although this opportunity is not actual combat, it is the “freedom” closest to the actual combat environment. Air combat", and the opponent is still flying the F-16 Pakistani Air Force, which is very different from the current domestic training exercises-at least, the director of this exercise is impossible to pre-determine the victory or defeat of the two sides, for the sake of the soldiers. Honor, opponents will never release water. For a fighter pilot, who has such a chance to fight with real swords and guns, can he let it go?

Therefore, in the "Flying Leopard" test flight team, there was a lot of open and dark battles. In the end, the cutting-edge test pilot Li Cunbao, who just turned 30 this year, and his partner Yang Jinping came to the fore with their excellent technical and psychological qualities. After many selections, I won this opportunity.

After the candidates are determined, the next thing that needs to be resolved is the long-distance transfer guarantee of the fleet.

Departing from Xijing to Peshawar Airport in the scheduled exercise area, the voyage is more than 3,600 kilometers. In order to avoid certain unexpected factors, to ensure that the aircraft has been flying in the airspace of China and Pakistan, the fleet cannot follow the shortest air route. Traveling requires a circumnavigation from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which not only increases the range, but also adds a plateau transition to take off and landing. At this time, for the China Air Force, taking off and landing on the plateau was originally a major issue that needed to be tackled.

In addition, in order to ensure that the fighter is in the best condition during the "performance", it is also necessary to carry a large number of random maintenance spare parts, various labeled lubricants, etc., even Chen Yijian is prepared to personally lead a technical support team to go with him in case As we all know, China’s strategic transportation capabilities have always been shortcomings. In the Air Force’s equipment sequence, no large strategic transport aircraft could be found at this time, and only a few newly released “Yun-8” medium-sized transport aircraft were supporting. Facade-but the "Yun 8" at this time is still in the basic model state, not even an airtight cargo warehouse, and due to the insufficient power of the domestic turboprop engine, it cannot meet the requirements of taking off and landing at the plateau airport, so we must support this The transportation needs of the operation are really difficult.

This was Tan Zhenhua. He quickly refitted the private plane that he had just made for himself to meet the needs of freight transport and solved the trouble.

After being so busy for more than a month, Huaxia finally made preparations. A fleet of two "Flying Leopards" and one "BAC" took off from Xijing and went to Pakistan Railway.

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Huang Bingxin and Li Cunbao got the introduction materials of their opponents, and they soon found out that they were having trouble this time.

Hamid Jadri and Mohamed Yusuf Chodri, both with the ranks of major, have more than 2,000 hours of flying experience, and they have flown at least more than 400 hours after refitting the F16. Only with this flying hour In terms of numbers, these two people outperform most of China's current air force pilots-you must know that China's current pilots have less than 100 flight hours per year!

If the Pakistan Railways, which is currently facing huge air crew pressure, these are all normal, then the next paragraph in the introduction material fully demonstrates their strength-

In the early morning of May 17, 1986, the Soviet troops who invaded Afkhan crossed the border between Afkhan and the Pakistani railway, and penetrated into the Pakistani railway airspace to bomb the Afkhan refugee camp set up on the Pakistani side of the border area, Hamid. Jadri and Mohamed Yousef Chodri were cruising over Palachena at this time. After receiving a notice from the ground command, they immediately rushed to the scene of the incident and found two Soviet-Russian Su-22 fighters. It is raging in the airspace of Pakistan Railway at a speed of 500 knots (about 926 kilometers per hour).

The Pakistan Railway has a plan to deal with this situation, that is, the Soviet-Russian fighter plane that invades the airspace will be shot down without hesitation!

Therefore, after Hamid Jadri reported the situation to the headquarters and obtained permission to fire, he drove the lead plane to turn on the airborne radar and scanned the surrounding airspace several times. After confirming that there were no other enemy planes around, At 6 miles from the enemy aircraft, one of the enemy aircraft was locked and a "Rattlesnake" was immediately launched.

Unfortunately, this missile did not hit the target.

Four fighters roared and crossed in the high speed, Hamid. Jadri showed strong control ability at this moment. He made full use of the excellent performance of F-16. After intersecting with the enemy aircraft, he immediately pulled the joystick to the limit. His body was overloaded with 9G. The extremely difficult 180-degree turn quickly turned around and bit the rear hemisphere of a Sukhoi fighter. After that, the parameters were adjusted quickly, and after the missile was turned on, an AIM-9L missile was launched again.

Following a burst of fireworks, the missile fired from the right flank and flew to the right in a semicircle. After a series of directional corrections, this "Rattlesnake" finally lived up to its weight, biting the enemy plane that was trying to get rid of the lock, and triggered its own proximity fuze when it approached the enemy plane. A large number of fragmented warheads The Su-22, who was slowly turning, hit the air and exploded into a dazzling fireball.

Jadri then ordered Muhammad. The wingman driven by Yousef Chodley protected his rear and tried to prepare another AIM-9L, but the remaining enemy aircraft got out of his lock with a sharp left turn. In a hurry, Jia Delhi discovered that the enemy plane was now with the nose down, and he had an attack window with the nose up—he did not hesitate to inspire a three-second burst of gunfire!

The tracer shot across the sky and rushed towards the target. Smoke and fire flashed from the fuselage of the enemy aircraft. However, the thick skin on the Su-22 fuselage designed for ground attack rescued it. The enemy was attacked. The plane did not crash immediately, but turned on the maximum engine power to accelerate and escape the border.

Because the wreckage of the downed Su-22 fell in the Pakistani area, the Soviets could not deny it, so they had to confirm that a Su-22M-3K of the Afkhan Air Force was shot down the next day-but everyone knows, What kind of stuff is this Afkhan pseudo-government supported by Soviet Russia? Where are their fighter pilots?

With the outstanding record of shooting down and wounding one by one in this air battle, Jadri was awarded the "Sitara-i-Basalat" medal.

In an air battle, one was shot down and one Russian fighter was damaged. This record fully demonstrated the advanced performance of the F-16, a third-generation fighter, and the excellent combat skills and psychological quality of Major Hamid Gadri. Although the wingman did not win, it is obviously not a good match to be able to coordinate operations in this temporary air battle and firmly protect the safety of the lead plane.

When Tan Zhenhua saw this list and information, he still had another feeling. The pilot of the wingman, Mohamed Yousef Chodli, was not a strange name to him. A legendary air combat hero, the "Ace of the Day" Brigadier General Mohammed Ahmed Alam went to Britain to receive the "Sea Harrier" fighters with him, and he was the same team he named the "Scythe". Commander!

After reading the detailed introduction of their opponents, Huang Bingxin and Li Cunbao's expressions were a bit solemn, while Chen Yijian exclaimed: "It seems that they are determined to win this time!"