The strongest pilot ever

Chapter 171
171 Low Altitude Penetration at Night
At [-]:[-] p.m. on this day, Fade Chen and his teammates got into the fighter jet on time and completed all the preparations.

"Call the Yangtze River, Shenlong is ready, please take off!" Fade Chen said in the channel.

"The runway has been cleared, Shenlong can take off!" The voice of the tower commander came from the channel.

Hearing the affirmative instruction, Chen Fei slowly pushed the accelerator lever, then released the brake, taxied, turned, and got on the runway.

Because it was night, the night was very dense, and it was dark everywhere. Only the lights on the runway could provide guidance for everyone's taxiing, so everyone was very careful.

Of course, the members of Shenlong Squadron have long been familiar with taking off and landing at night. Everyone is not afraid of taking off and landing at night under complex weather conditions, not to mention the good weather conditions tonight, so although everyone is careful, My heart is actually quite relaxed.

"Shenlong, you can take off!" The voice of the tower commander sounded in the channel.

Fade Chen was the first one to taxi, so he answered clearly after hearing the instruction, and then started to push the throttle valve. He directly pushed the throttle lever to the afterburner position, and all the fighter jets tonight were fully equipped with weapons. , The take-off weight is very large, so even if the afterburner is turned on, the speed of the aircraft will not increase quickly, and you must wait patiently until the end of the runway to pull it up.

After a while, the J-[-]D flew up with a roar, and quickly disappeared into the dark night, only the navigation lights at the tail and the blue flames of the micro nozzles were still flickering.

Second, third, fourth.
The six fighters of the Shenlong Squadron took off one after another. After reaching a certain height, they flew in formation, turned around together, and flew towards the attack route together.

The navigation lights on the tail of the Shenlong Squadron and the flash of the blue tail nozzle also quickly disappeared from the tower's field of vision!

The tail flame of the American F22 is red, but the tail flame of the J-20 and J-20D is blue.Someone once said that the performance of the J-22 lags behind the F[-] based on this.

The color of the exhaust flame is different, is it really because the engine is behind?

First of all, the color of the engine exhaust flame is actually related to the temperature. Generally, when the temperature generated by the engine is about 2000 degrees Celsius, the engine exhaust flame will turn into sky blue, and when the temperature generated by the engine is about 1000 degrees Celsius, the color of the engine exhaust flame It is orange.Therefore, the blue exhaust flame means that the temperature of the engine is high, and the high temperature also proves that the thrust is greater.But this does not mean that the engine of the J-20 is better than the engine of the F22. We see that the F22 produces a red tail flame, which is actually because the aircraft does not turn on the afterburner. If the afterburner is turned on, the color of the F22's tail flame is actually blue.

Secondly, the color of the tail flame is related to the position of the engine combustion chamber.When the combustion chamber is close to the nozzle, the temperature of the engine nozzle is higher, and the tail flame is mostly blue.If the combustion chamber of the engine is close to the air intake, the temperature of the nozzle is low, so the tail flame is mostly red.

In Russian engines, the combustion chamber is close to the nozzle. Our engines are learned from Russian-made engines, so the engine combustion chamber is also located close to the nozzle, so the tail flame is blue. The advantage of this structure is that it can make the fuel burn more fully.However, the structure of American-made engines and Chinese engines is different, so the color of the exhaust flame is also different.

So it is accurate to say that the tail nozzles of Russian-made engines are generally blue and American-made engines are generally red.

Finally, some additives are added to the aviation fuel used by aircraft in various countries. When the fuel is burned, the additive will undergo a chemical reaction, and sometimes it will cause the color of the tail flame to change.Of course, the additives added by various countries are state secrets, and the outside world has no way of knowing.

Therefore, the difference between the J-20 and F-22 exhaust flames is actually caused by various reasons. The color of the exhaust flame cannot tell whether the engine performance is good or bad.

The Shenlong Squadron began to fly in formation, and after entering the attack route, the voice of the tower commander sounded for the last time.

"Shenlong, adjust the frequency to XXXXX, contact the Yellow River, and accept its command. Good luck, it's over."

"Understood, adjust the frequency to XXXXX, it's over." Fade Chen and the other team members finished the communication with the control tower, adjusted the communication frequency, and called the early warning aircraft, "Yellow River, report from Shenlong, accept your command."

Soon, the early warning aircraft replied, "Shenlong, adjust the course to [-], enter the attack route as planned, and it's over."

"Understood! Adjust the course to two hundred and four!" Fade Chen confirmed the command.

The Pingchuan base does not have an early warning aircraft yet.

Of course, this is actually Zhang Yunlong’s fault. The superior meant to build one for the base first. If the performance is a little behind, it will be a little behind. First solve the problem of whether it is available or not, and then solve the problem of whether it is advanced or not, but Zhang Yunlong directly refused. , he wants to do it in one step, he wants the Air Police 500.

Air Police 500 is our army's most advanced early warning aircraft, he wants this!

Therefore, this early warning aircraft tonight was coordinated by him with another base and temporarily asked for support.

Of course, the local military has actually made many requests for their early warning aircraft to join the base, but Zhang Yunlong was very domineering and directly refused. His meaning was very clear. Since our army is in charge of the Pingchuan base, the key weapons and equipment and command The system must use mine, and the key command must also follow me. As for the ground support and some irrelevant work, it can be handed over to the local people. After all, it is a joint operation. If you don’t do anything for others, it means that If there is no union, it will not reflect our sincerity.

However, Zhang Yunlong was very insistent on the matter of the early warning aircraft.

Of course, there is no doubt that this action tonight must have become a bargaining chip for him to ask for benefits from his superiors. He must have said pitifully to his superiors, Chief, look, for such an important action tonight, we can’t even get the early warning aircraft No, I have to rely on my personal relationship to borrow from the brother army. If this gets out, it would be shameful. What do the local troops think of us?

Fade Chen somewhat understood Zhang Yunlong's temperament.

But to be honest, he still agrees with Zhang Yunlong very much, after all, Air Police 500 is really delicious!
The first official appearance of the Air Police 500 was at the 2015 military parade.

At that time, our country had been equipped with two types of early warning aircraft, the Air Police-2000 and the Air Police-200, both of which had reached the world's advanced level.

Through comparative analysis, we found that the "Air Police 500" early warning aircraft is only weaker than the "Air Police 2000" early warning aircraft in terms of flight speed and range.However, the airborne platform of "Air Police 2000" is foreign, and its development will only be controlled by others.The "Air Police 500" early warning airborne aircraft platform is completely domestically produced and can be mass-produced at any time.

In addition, the performance of the Air Police 500 has been improved a lot.It has a maximum search distance of 450 kilometers for high-altitude targets and a maximum search distance of 350 kilometers for sea targets, and can search and track 300 targets at the same time.

In addition, the radar of the Air Police 500 early warning aircraft uses an advanced black technology that only China has fully mastered - digital array radar technology.The digital array radar technology is two generations more advanced than the mechanical scanning of American early warning aircraft, and one generation more advanced than the phased array scanning radar of China Air Police 2000 and Air Police 200.The Air Police 500 early warning aircraft replaces the original analog radar components with digital radar components, which increases the detection accuracy and detection range of the radar while reducing the weight of the radar.

Through the above data, we know that although the "Air Police 500" is not as good as the "Air Police 2000" in terms of range and speed, it has advantages in many aspects.The overall performance has reached and surpassed the "Air Police 2000", which is the most advanced early warning aircraft made in China.

But tonight, it was not Air Police 500 who commanded Fade Chen and the others to act.
"Shenlong, check the main hydraulic pressure boost gauge and the wing status indicators. Over!"

The early warning machine issued a reminder.

"Understood." Fade Chen replied, and then he, Li Donghai and others started the inspection together.He glanced at a few data that must be checked after takeoff, and adjusted the cockpit lighting to increase the brightness. Night combat is a very troublesome thing, and they cannot fly visually. Scan all kinds of data to ensure the safety of the flight. Tonight they are going to fly at a low altitude. They can only fly in the middle of the valley. It is dark at night and the eyes can't see anything. Not accurate, the J-[-]D's helmet sight has quite powerful night vision capabilities - but no matter how powerful it is, it cannot be compared with daytime visual flight, so it depends more on data. Therefore, the pilot must From time to time, pay attention to the flight attitude and flight data.

(End of this chapter)