Chapter 089 Humanitarian Reconnaissance
The entire Wangwo Reef has entered a state of combat readiness, including local staff and construction personnel on the islands and reefs.
"The big black fish is judged to be moving in the Sulawi Trench area, which is 1,200 kilometers away from our airport and less than 100 kilometers away from the nearest large island of a certain country. If a tsunami occurs, the large island of a certain country will inevitably be severely damaged!"
"The early warning and monitoring technology of a certain country is very weak. They may not know that abnormal movements are occurring in the Sulawi Trench. Therefore, it is our current task to find out the situation and inform the humanitarian rescue center of a certain country about relevant information! Comrades, this is a mission of mankind to fight against natural disasters together!"
Xue Zhengrong made a brief mobilization. Li Hai was not able to control such occasions, and at the critical moment, the military leader still had to take action.
Li Hai frowned slightly, then slowly stretched out, and a smile seemed to be there and not a single smile on the corner of his mouth.
Xue Zhengrong noticed his abnormality, but said nothing.
Wangwo Reef is thousands of kilometers away from the Sulawi Trench, and even if a magnitude 10 earthquake occurs there, it will have little impact on Wangwo Reef. Therefore, the first thing to consider at present is two things: issuing navigation warnings to ships passing through the sea area and identifying the situation to inform a certain country.
The first thing Zhong Guobang is doing, the second thing can only be done by the independent brigade.
A round trip of 1,000 kilometers, plus the time of staying in the mission airspace, the aircraft must have a maximum range of at least 2,800 kilometers, which is exactly the maximum range that the J-8F can achieve with three auxiliary fuel tanks.
Undoubtedly, Li Hai once again put on the battlefield.
When Xue Zhengrong's body has not returned to the return flight state, only Li Hai and Dang Weimin can perform flight missions, and only Li Hai can perform all-weather flight missions.
I don’t know when it started, but Li Hai had the ability to fly all the weather for no reason, and everyone seemed to have adapted to this surprising change very quickly.
The staff officer brought a camera bag over and introduced him when he handed it to Li Hai, "A telephoto lens and a wide-angle lens are two spare batteries, which are enough. Deputy Captain, please try it, I will teach you how to shoot."
"I've used it, no problem." Li Hai checked it and confirmed that he could work normally, so he held it in his hand.
Because it is performing non-military tasks and it is necessary to report the disaster situation to other state agencies, it is impossible to use the reconnaissance and camera equipment on the No. 81101 J-8FR, and there is no way to use it. You can only use the camera to take a picture and analyze it, first make a verbal report, and then send a formal notification through other channels after returning to the ground.
It is obviously very troublesome. If you inform me one second earlier, you may save many lives. However, this is the limit that the Independent Flight Team of Forget-Oriental Reef can achieve.
Before boarding the plane, Xue Zhengrong pulled Li Hai aside and warned seriously, "No matter what they have done to us in history, we must do our best to this humanitarian disaster reconnaissance, do you understand?"
Li Hai solemnly replied, "Yes! Ensure the completion of the task!"
"Ike Island concentrates a small half of the industries of the Thousand Islands, which is only more than a hundred kilometers away from the Sulawi Trench. In theory, they have almost no early warning time. Now we are the only one who can provide them with exact disaster information."
"Xue Da, I understand. There are two coastal cities on Ike Island, which are famous ladies' concentration areas in Thousand Islands with a permanent population of millions. I have fully understood this information. Please rest assured. I will do my best to find out the situation and provide timely feedback!"
Xue Zhengrong nodded slightly, satisfied with Li Hai's correct attitude, patted Li Hai on the shoulder and said, "Let's go."
Li Hai put on his flying helmet, saluted Xue Zhengrong, and carried his flight bag to board the plane. Li Yuanchao hurriedly went up to help Li Hai take out various excuses to check the seat belts, confirming that the plane was ready, he quickly got off and removed the boarding ladder.
The guide waved the red and blue flags and released a slide signal.
Li Hai slowly pushed the throttle rod and slid out quickly. After waiting in the takeoff position for about one minute, the tower issued a time-checking order.
The No. 81103 J-8F slid for more than 700 meters before pulling off the ground, climbing hundreds of meters above the height, then turned left and galloped towards the east.
The steady takeoff action made Xue Zhengrong shake his head and smile bitterly, and said to himself, "This kid is just a petty boy."
I don’t know what I thought of, but suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and smiled and said to myself, “Okay.”
When a new pilot realizes that he can operate the fighter more skillfully, he will try to do some bold moves, such as taking off a little harder, pulling up in advance or turning to climb in advance, just like learning to drive, feeling very skilled after starting, and when starting, he will involuntarily step on the accelerator and rush out to find the excitement.
Li Hai is in this situation at present. In the past, in addition to taking flight, his takeoff movements were very rapid, showing the passion of young people.
This time, he became stable as if he had returned to the natural state. Xue Zhengrong knew clearly what he was thinking.
After returning to the tower, Xue Zhengrong saw from the radar that the airspeed of the No. 81103 J-8F remained at 900 kilometers per hour, which was consistent with the cruising speed of the civil aviation passenger plane.
He shook his head slightly again, picked up the sending machine and said seriously, "Dong San! Increase the speed to one thousand."
"The speed of improvement is up to one thousand, understand."
Li Hai shook his head slightly and increased the accelerator.
The airspeed began to increase and gradually approached the speed of sound. He said, "The airspeed of the tower is 1,000, it cannot be increased any more, it's over."
With three secondary fuel tanks, if you want to fly supersonically, the fuel consumption will double. The J-8F can fly supersonically with external loading. This will bring a serious problem - the range will be greatly reduced.
Xue Zhengrong did not continue to ask Li Haifei to hurry up.
With a distance of 1,200 kilometers, the J-8F can basically only fly at the highest economic speed, and try its best to avoid excessive overload maneuvers. Even the flight altitude is best kept at an altitude of 8,600 meters.
It takes 1 hour and 15 minutes for Li Hai to reach the mission airspace, which is the coordinate point of the Sulawi Trench marked in the Big Black Fish Information.
This process is long.
The Party Weimin, who was also on the tower, sat in the position of the deputy commander, but his expression was not as nervous as he imagined. When he looked at the radar operator, meteorologist, and the private correspondent, it was also normal.
Xue Zhengrong shook his head helplessly again, and it was obvious that everyone was more or less resistant.
Chapter completed!