The rain was getting heavier, and countless water droplets fell from high altitude stirred a thin layer of white mist on the runway of Kai Tak Airport. A dark red hanging tail was painted with a large dark golden five-pointed star, surrounded by four f14 fighters with small five-pointed stars of the same color slowly glided towards the main runway of the airport.

Under Liang Yuan's strong request, HNA's painters finally did not stick the entire national flag directly on the two towering vertical tails of the F14 fighter like a plaster. Instead, they first changed the outer side of the vertical tail of the F14 to dark red, and then moved one large, four small, five five-pointed stars to the vertical tail of the F14 fighter in a streamlined abbreviation way.

On the tail nozzle of the aircraft engine, the place where the commonly used logo of the U.S. Navy was originally marked, has been changed to the two Chinese characters Bayi with the same color as the vertical tail. There is also a dark red five-pointed star in the center of the two characters. The entire logo is equivalent to a variant of the Bayi Military Flag.

Next to the location of the F14 fighter radar fairing, the dark gray 007 single-machine number is clearly distinguishable. Under the canopy cover at a later position, the downward projection of four MiG23 fighters and two Su25 attack aircraft is clearly marked, indicating the aircraft's brilliant crash record.

If HNA originally prepared two coating plans, the F14 fighter will either be changed to the grass green that the Republic's military has always used, or to the color separation coating of the silver-white body grass green radar fairing commonly used by the Republic's Air Force.

In Liang Yuan's view, no matter what official paint is used, the f14 fighter will be demoted from a third-generation aircraft to a second-generation aircraft in an instant visually.

Relying on his own money-spending, Liang Yuan grabbed Ning Lei and finally changed the painting of the F14 fighter according to his own wishes, completely overturning the slag painting of the Republic's territory to the extreme.

After the f14 fighter slid onto the main runway, the entire fighter paused slightly, and a large ball of orange flame suddenly emerged from the tail nozzle of the engine. Under the action of the engine's after-strength, the f14 fighter slid for only more than 200 meters before rising up, and jumped into the lead-gray sky lightly.

The a-7 attack aircraft followed Ning Lei's F14 fighter jets, flew into the sky one by one, and then gathered towards the southwest airspace, waiting to form a large flight formation.

The sharp-eyed US Navy pilots noticed the six cool crash records on Ning Lei's landline. Several pilots of the A-7 attack aircraft asked John Spreville before they learned that the person who just greeted them was the protagonist of the 8.09 air battle in Nansha a while ago.

In the world of pilots, ace is definitely the highest existence. Talent and luck are indispensable. Even in an era where wars and air combat opportunities are numerous, many pilots shot down enemy aircraft throughout their entire flight careers. The key to Ning Lei's eye-catching is to shoot down six aircraft in one battle. In terms of air combat efficiency, the first record that has been unprecedented after the air combat speed exceeds the speed of sound.

This is also the reason why Americans are willing to spend a lot of money to conduct detailed data on 8.09 air combat. Ning Lei allowed the US military to see the new limit of the combat effectiveness of the F14 fighter jet, and will have a profound impact on the research and development direction and air combat tactics of the new generation of fighter jets in the future. After all, relying on equipment advantages to one-to-many, one-to-one challenge to many has always been the core idea of ​​Americans building an army.

John Spreville looked at the annoyed look of several naval pilots and told him about Ning Lei's participation in the NATO Tiger Club next year, and then said with a smile: "Young men, good luck. I hope your squadron will receive the invitation letter from the Tiger Club next year."

From Hong Kong to Lingshui Airport in Hainan, it was only half an hour to get the speed of the aircraft fleet. In order to leave some deep impression on the preparation pilots of the A-7 attack aircraft, Ning Lei led the aircraft fleet to a sea-skiing flight state that was only 3-5 meters above sea level after leaving Hong Kong Island.

Although the Republic's air defense warning radar on Hainan Island had already learned in advance that Ning Lei was about to drop altitude, there was still a lot of panic in the face of the sudden empty space on the warning radar.

True ultra-low altitude penetration not to mention the 1980s when the Air Force was very backward. Even after entering the new century, there were not many Republic pilots who could easily and easily fly 3-5 meters high.

After a storm, it was confirmed that the entire fleet was very safe and had no accidents. The stationmaster of the Lingshui Airport remote warning radar station was full of bitterness. It is not difficult to imagine that after this incident, rectifications against national air defense will definitely follow.

It was not until after seeing the mainland line of Hainan Island that Ning Lei took the fleet to a height of thousands of meters and installed the long-range warning radar at Lingshui Airport, and then he received the radar reflection signal of the fleet again.

Half an hour later, under the leadership of the F14 fighter, the A-7 attack aircraft group landed in an orderly manner at the Lingshui Airport in Hainan.

Flying the fighter plane slowly stopped on the F14 dedicated apron. After the canopy hood was opened, Ning Lei and Qiao Pengfei jumped out of the cockpit one after another. The two of them did not return to the hangar and stood on the apron and watched the a-7 aircraft group land one by one.

"Lao Ning, we finally don't have to fiddle with the mk80 series this time." Looking at the A-7 attack aircraft hovering in the sky, Qiao Pengfei said with a smile.

"Including f14, we can dispatch at least half of the flight regiment. As long as we don't fight a large-scale war, there should be no problem dealing with the airspace north of Yongshu Reef." Ning Lei nodded and said.

"I don't know how long it will take for this group of people to train well," said Qiao Pengfei.

Ning Lei smiled and said, "It must be much faster than the two of us. The A-7 is originally a high subsonic aircraft. In addition, the design goal is to attack the ground, and it pursues excellent control type and stability in low altitudes. It should not be technically difficult to fly over the fighter at a slow speed."

The two were chatting about A-7 casually. A ground crew member ran over from a distance, saluted and said to Ning Lei: "Captain Ning, the General Staff leader inspected the work. Lingshui, who arrived in the morning, is now on the tower."

When Ning Lei heard someone coming from above, he told Qiao Pengfei about receiving Grumman's flight instructor. He didn't even change his flight suit and followed the ground crew to head straight to the tower.

Ning Lei came to the airport command hall on the third floor of the tower, and before he could enter the door, he heard Geng Qinghua's hearty laughter.

Seeing Ning Lei standing straight in front of him, Geng Qinghua raised his hand and replied to Ning Lei's military salute, waved his hand and said with a laugh: "Ning Lei, there is no need to say any welcome speech, I will come here often in the future."

He pointed to the A-7 attack aircraft that was hiking on the runway, patted Ning Lei's shoulder and said, "The ultra-low-altitude penetration drill during the transition is really good. Before the A-7 is in service, you will teach us a lesson first."

"This is a good dose of strong medicine. Whether it is the navy, the air force or the land defense department, they should learn something new in this surprise drill." Geng Qinghua casually set a high-profile plan for Ning Lei's temporary ultra-low-altitude flight.

"The General Staff has emphasized the strategic thinking of changing backward and keeping up with the new direction of international military development countless times, but there are always people who disagree with it without any pain." Geng Qinghua's eyes flashed over the "People's Liberation Army Daily reporter" standing not far beside Ning Lei.

"Now think about it, if the F14 fighter that led the team to fly today was not piloted by Chinese pilots, what would be the current Lingshui Airport look like?" In the end, Geng Qinghua's voice had become extremely harsh. (To be continued.)
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