Yang Luo stayed at the tower all day, even eating lunch there, until he was kicked out of the tower by Hu Zhongming at 5:30 in the afternoon.

At seven o'clock, Yang Luo came to Hangar No. 1 and prepared to carry out a night flight mission. Today's night flight was again with the J-7, which was flying a ground target mission. It was not missiles, but rockets.

Yesterday's target shooting mission during the day did not successfully launch the missile. Yang Luo is not yet qualified for solo target shooting, so he still needs someone to accompany him.

Perhaps Yang Luo arrived too early. When Yang Luo arrived, Ye Jianlong had not arrived yet, and even the JJ-7 was not ready yet.

The maintenance team headed by Gou Quan is carefully removing the safety of the 90mm rocket and loading it into the HF-16A rocket launcher.

In Hangar No. 1, around J-7 No. 811, there was a circle of security personnel with loaded guns and live ammunition, their backs facing the direction of the fuselage, looking at Yang Luo warily.

Firearms and ammunition have always been strictly controlled, and it is difficult for ordinary people to see them, let alone touch them.

Although Yang Luo is a pilot and is qualified to hold a gun and can carry it with him at all times, when the crew mounts weapons, he can still only watch from a distance and cannot get close.

Before mounting a weapon, you must first release the safety. This is the most dangerous time. It may explode if you are not careful. On the contrary, after the weapon is mounted, the risk is not great.

There are two rocket launchers mounted this time, one on each wing, each with six rockets. Yang Luo can shoot six, and the other six are for Ye Jianlong to demonstrate.

Soon after, Ye Jianlong arrived. At the same time, the rockets were mounted and the guards evacuated.

A power cord is pulled out and connected to the JJ-7 to provide external power to the JJ-7 and start the engine.

Gou Quan stepped forward to report and handed over the handover folder. Yang Luo checked the plane and signed the document. Ye Jianlong also signed his name.

When two people board a dual-seat aircraft at the same time, they must sign.

Follow the procedure, check the aircraft, taxi out, contact the tower, and take off.

In the vast dark night sky, the direction lights under the belly of the J-7 aircraft flashed and made a loud noise, which was particularly clear in the night and spread throughout the nine days.

The sun was still shining brightly during the day, and the weather was quite good, but at night, it was covered with dark clouds, covering the moon and the stars in the sky.

Because it was night and there were cumulus clouds, the flight altitude given by the tower was 7,500 meters, flying under the cumulus clouds.

Before reaching the airspace of the shooting range, Yang Luo suddenly noticed something strange. There seemed to be something hitting the glass cover of the cockpit. When he took a closer look, he realized that it was raining. It was not very dense but there were big particles.

The sound of raindrops hitting the cockpit glass was completely covered by the roar of the engine. Furthermore, the cockpit glass was coated with a water-repellent coating that would not absorb rainwater and would slide down quickly. If Yang Luo hadn't seen it accidentally, he wouldn't have noticed it at all.

"Insect, it's raining." Yang Luo said.

Ye Jianlong raised his head and looked at the cockpit glass with the light from the cockpit. After a while, he said, "It's okay. The rain is not dense and it won't have any impact on the target practice."

In target shooting, you must first find the target, otherwise there is no point in shooting.

During the day, the ground target is a white circle with a diameter of more than ten meters. It is very large on the ground, but it looks like a small dot in the air. If you throw ammunition into the circle in the air, it will be a hit, but at night, the ground target is illuminated by lights.

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The visibility at night is not good, and it is difficult to find the target. If the heavy rain obscures the view, and the shooting is rough, the target will not be found.

"I'm afraid the rain will get heavier and heavier." Yang Luo said worriedly, "The weather forecast in the morning said that there is a cold air from Siberia heading south. I don't know if this rain is affected by the cold air."

"Stop being so cunning, be careful it really comes true." Ye Jianlong said with a smile.

"No, I have to speed up."

As he spoke, Yang Luo pushed the throttle all the way and turned on the afterburner device to increase the speed and rush to the shooting range airspace as quickly as possible. He didn't want this target practice to be cancelled.

Ye Jianlong did not stop him, and Yang Luo took control.

In an instant, high-performance aviation fuel is injected into the afterburner, and the afterburner ignites and starts, providing high power for the JJ-7.

The speed began to soar, and the values ​​on the airspeed indicator jumped wildly.

Before entering supersonic speed, we arrived at the shooting range airspace, and the next step was to find the target.

Finding the target does not require high speed, so Yang Luo turned off the afterburner device, lowered the speed, and handed over control of the aircraft to Ye Jianlong.

In the first target practice, Ye Jianlong demonstrated how to shoot six rockets, and then came the moment when Yang Luo performed.

After Ye Jianlong took over the control, he controlled the aircraft to lower its altitude and hover over the shooting range, looking for targets.

After taking some time off, Yang Luo found that the rain was getting heavier and denser than before, which would definitely have an impact on finding targets.

Suddenly, Yang Luo felt the fighter plane dive, then the fighter plane trembled and then pulled up.

Looking down from the side glass, six rockets dragged their long tail flames straight towards the ground.

You can vaguely see the faint lights on the ground, which are the indicator lights of the target.

The rocket exploded on the ground and emitted a violent fire. It was unknown whether it covered the light of the indicator light or directly destroyed the indicator light.

"Awesome." Yang Luo raised his thumb and said to Ye Jianlong in the rear cabin. Although he didn't know the specific result, Yang Luo still praised it.

The specific results can be visually inspected at a lower altitude during the day, but at night you will not know them at all. You will have to wait until the shooting is over and the field management of the station will check them.

"It's up to you." Ye Jianlong said with a faint smile. Although he didn't know the result yet, he was confident that he would definitely hit the target. This was not the first time he hit the ground target in the night flight.

Yang Luo took over the control of the aircraft and looked at the instrument panel. The altitude was 2,000 meters, the airspeed was 680 kilometers per hour, and the heading was 210.

Adjust the course and search for the next target.

The rocket fired this time was a rocket without a seeker. The search for the target could only rely on sight, and the search radar could not help at all.

The location of the target is random and depends on the choice of the field manager who arranges the target. The pilot has no idea beforehand, so finding the target is actually part of the training.

Yang Luo soon discovered a faint light in the distance in front of him on the right. The entire shooting range area was a military controlled area. No one would enter during target shooting missions, so it could only be a target.

Kick your legs to turn, align the nose of the aircraft in the direction of the target, dive down and prepare to launch.

However, the light disappeared from Yang Luo's eyes and disappeared. The front was pitch black. Through the light in the cabin, he could vaguely see the raindrops hitting the windshield.

Yang Luo's heart skipped a beat, he was really right. The rain was getting heavier and heavier, obscuring his sight.

"Yang Luo, if it doesn't work, let's return home and come back next time." Ye Jianlong saw the lights disappear and knew it was because of the rain, so he said.

"I'll fly forward and take a look."

Yang Luo was struggling. He didn't want to go back with six rockets, he wanted to shoot them out, and he didn't want to have no results for two consecutive days of target practice.
Chapter completed!