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Just as the two men were walking towards the aircraft carrier, another J-15 slowly descended from the air, but judging from its flight trajectory, it was obviously not being driven by a guard.

This is a formal pilot in training.

Although the landing was not very skillful and not as smooth as the one in front of it, it still landed safely on the deck.

Xu Le stopped and looked up into the sky: "There are two more planes in the air. It looks like a squadron made an emergency landing!"

Xu Da also nodded in praise; "Not bad, taking off and landing in the form of a squadron can deal with a Japanese flying regiment. If you are fully familiar with it, you can complete the takeoff of 10 squadrons within 3 minutes, which is enough to deal with a complete carrier-based aircraft formation of the Japanese!"

Just as Xu Le was about to move forward, something unusual happened!

The landing point of the third J-15 was not well controlled and it directly missed the first two arresting cables, and the last two arresting cables were not hung.

Fortunately, the pilot of the plane quickly increased the horsepower, and since it was an empty-load training, the plane had less difficulty taking off.

So in an instant, the plane was flying again.

But this one was fine, but it affected the next one.

This was originally an emergency landing. The four planes were very close to each other. After the first one withdrew from the landing area, the next one immediately followed.

When the fourth pilot saw the previous plane made a mistake, he immediately panicked.

The instructors have trained that if an accident occurs during landing of the front aircraft, the rear aircraft must stop landing and wait in the air for the ground crew's order to land before landing.

However, the pilot panicked and pulled up the joystick a little late, causing the plane to fly over the deck at a height of about 10 meters, and the wing almost hit the bridge.

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Ten minutes later, Xu Le stood on the deck and looked coldly at Linghu Chong, who was in charge of training.

"Is this the pilot you trained? If the plane had deviated a few meters to the right and collided with the bridge, there would have been a huge explosion, and hundreds of people on the deck would have died!"

On the side, Zheng Shaokuan remained silent. He finally understood that some of the aircraft carrier knowledge he had learned before was of no use on the 002 aircraft carrier.

Especially carrier-based aircraft, they are too fast.

In particular, the captain of the carrier-based aircraft detachment, Linghu Chong, performed a medium-to-low altitude supersonic flight. The plane flew over his head in the blink of an eye, and the sonic boom it brought almost shattered his eardrums.

He once thought that if he could fly at supersonic speed at an ultra-low altitude, he wouldn't need to fire any ammunition, and the sonic boom alone would be enough to kill countless enemies.

Linghu Chong straightened up and replied with an embarrassed look: "General, this is the only solution. As the saying goes, fortune and honor are sought in danger! We only have half a month. If we don't take the risk, we will be in trouble when the battle comes!"

"So, you're blaming me? For not giving you enough time?"

Xu Le understood the difficulties of carrier-based aviation. Land airports have runways of thousands of meters that can be used. Although the deck of an aircraft carrier is 300 meters long, the landing area is less than 200 meters. It is extremely difficult to land a high-speed jet.

Even in previous lives, carrier-based aviation forces were the best among pilots. Not everyone could do this and it required long periods of training.

Now, there is not so much time to wait.

Everyone on the deck of the aircraft carrier, including the four pilots from the previous squadron, was silent.

Aircraft carrier No. 16 is fully equipped with more than 2000 people, including maintenance personnel in brown uniforms, take-off commanders in yellow uniforms, fuel supply personnel in purple uniforms, safety controllers in red uniforms, aircraft maintenance personnel in green uniforms, transportation support personnel in blue uniforms, and medical personnel in white uniforms.

Being selected to work on an aircraft carrier is both a great honor and their biggest challenge.

Because the weapons and various systems on the aircraft carrier are far beyond the reach of the 051 destroyer or 053 frigate, there is a gap of more than 40 years of technology.

For example, among the aircraft maintenance personnel, there are several engineers transferred directly from the armed forces. They are somewhat overwhelmed when it comes to maintaining the J-7, not to mention the J-15 which is equipped with all electronic equipment.

Tremendous pressure is always on their heads.

But there are also benefits. The technical levels of people in all positions are jumping exponentially.

It's like starting to run without learning to walk.

Those who couldn't skip the walking stage were eliminated, and those who could skip it were all on the aircraft carrier. They had superb learning and adaptability abilities.

It is at the top level in the world!

"Forget it, I think we should change the training mode, or rather the combat formation mode!"

Xu Le finally calmed down. Although he was reluctant to see the aircraft carrier and carrier-based aircraft damaged, he cared more about people's safety.

At this time, Zheng Shaokuan asked, "Are we going to implement a formation combat method of leader and wingman?"

Xu Le was slightly stunned. This kind of formation mode has existed for a long time, but it has not been really taken seriously and is only in the initial stage.

Because the performance of today's aircraft is actually similar, they have a small payload and no onboard radio, so perfect real-time communication is impossible.

If the pairing of the lead aircraft and the wingman is strictly enforced, it will inevitably affect combat efficiency.

But this does not include Xu's army fighters, which have a large payload and are equipped with radios.

"It seems that Commander Zheng already has an idea. Tell us what you think!"

Zheng Shaokuan said calmly, "I was planning to ask Commander Bai to reform the carrier-based aviation force! The Air Force and shore-based naval aviation forces are both organized into squadrons of 4 aircraft, but this is not suitable for aircraft carriers, mainly because the space on aircraft carriers is too small. Moreover, if a formation of 4 aircraft is deployed together, it is inevitable that a situation like the one just now will occur."

"So I suggest that we implement a two-plane formation, with a lead plane and a wingman cooperating, with the lead plane mainly attacking and the wingman providing reconnaissance and protection as a supplement!"

Xu Le nodded in agreement. Such a formation has already been implemented in the Air Force, but it consists of two lead planes and two lift planes. However, in this case, the maneuverability will be limited to a certain extent.

Wang Yuqi and Zhou Bingyan are already planning that perhaps in the near future, the Air Force will implement a three-three system, with a squadron equipped with three fighters, one leader and two wingmen.

With this combination, the requirements for the lead pilot are more stringent, but the requirements for the wingman pilot are not as high.

In this way, it is equivalent to dividing the pilot training again, and it will be easier to train wingman pilots in the future.

"This is your own business. You can decide for yourself. I just need to see the results. I know it's difficult for you, but I don't want you to use this as an excuse. No matter what method you use, if I see something like today again, not only will the captain of the carrier-based aircraft detachment be held responsible, but you, the commander of the aircraft carrier fleet, will also have to write a self-criticism to me!"

Theoretically, both carrier-based aviation and shore-based aviation belong to the naval aviation, while aircraft carriers belong to the naval surface ship forces.

But as long as they are on your aircraft carrier, the carrier-based aviation force will be under the command of your aircraft carrier fleet commander, and the commander will be responsible.

With a hint of grievance, Zheng Shaokuan responded with a "yes".

“Oh, the pressure is so great!”

I have only been in Xujiajun for a month. I thought it would take some time to adapt before I could start work, but I didn't expect that the burden on me has never been lightened.

Moreover, as the fleet commander, he naturally knew the combat plan for next month. The aircraft carrier fleet was the core of this operation and the central point to ensure the smooth operation of all troops.

Next, Xu Le, out of itchy hands, borrowed a J-2 equipped with two Eagle Strike 8K air-to-ship missiles for a test flight.

All phases were flown well and the simulated target practice was successful.

The reason why they don't use live ammunition is because missiles are expensive, costing 200 million military merit points each.

Moreover, when dealing with battleships, the Sea Eagle 1 and Upstream 1 missiles of frigates and destroyers are more lethal!

The warheads of anti-ship missiles such as Eagle Strike 8 and Eagle Strike 91 are too small, and they are more suitable for dealing with small and medium-sized ships such as destroyers!

Therefore, the main task of the carrier-based J-15 is to seize air superiority and destroy enemy aircraft. The main mounted weapon is the PL-5000 air-to-air missile, which is worth 8 military merit points each.

No matter how well the aircraft carrier is trained, the combat plan on March 3 must be carried out on time.