Xia Fei nodded.

"Are the tanker ready? You can be prepared. We need the tanker to be able to handle it at any time. The combat radius of the escort fighter is only 1,300 kilometers. Although it can return safely, we cannot let any accidents happen. All the tanker in the air are on standby!" Liu Yijiu continued to adjust the plan according to the situation of the entire aircraft.

From Daba Mountain to the eastern sea baseline, the flight mileage is more than 1,700 kilometers. Just counting the range, the J-10 with 3,300 kilometers can still be left with a lot of oil, but if you want to return, it is not enough at all.

In the atmosphere, the airflow flies from the west to the east due to the rotation of the earth and the terrain. Because it is flying down the wind, the same fuel will fly faster. When flying in the wind, the resistance will be much greater, which makes it necessary to maintain the same speed and consume more fuel.

Not only do civil aviation need to consider these factors that affect aircraft flight, but also fighter jets must consider these factors. These factors have a great impact on the flight speed and air stagnation time of the fighter.

"All tankers have been arranged along the line. Although our fighter jets have a long range and the combat radius is almost twice as high as the current service, it is impossible to extend the combat radius from the hinterland to that side. In the afternoon, the aerial tankers have been arranged, and other aviation bases do not have the fuel needed by our fighter jets. This is a big problem..." Xia Fei had a headache, "If Turbofan Ten uses ordinary aviation kerosene, there will be no such problem."

"Absolutely not possible! Ordinary aviation kerosene has greatly damaged the service life of the engine, and our test has fully proved it."

Liu Yijiu shook his head firmly.

Domestic refining technology is very backward, making the sulfur content here higher than the standard, which is very serious to the engine. The stronger the engine, the more obvious the performance in this regard. The aviation fuel of Turbofan 10 is still a small-scale production technology jointly developed by the two barrels of oil under the pressure of the military.

The cost is very high!

In addition, special fuel catalysts are added to make the combustion more sufficient, making the fuel almost three times the fuel price used by other domestic fighter jets.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have brought a tanker.

"The first wave of refueling machines has already started waiting at the refueling point!" Seeing three points appearing on the satellite map, Xia Fei reminded everyone.

In the area above Wuhu, three Il 78 aerial tankers simply removed the cccp logo and painted it with the eight-one five-pointed star. In the combination of Soviet pilots as captains and Chinese pilots as deputy captains, they slowly circled in the predetermined airspace.

The first batch of six fighter jets to set off were hundreds of kilometers away.

"Open the communication channel and prepare to eat milk!" Seeing the three green dots on the radar, Yin Qingyuan opened the communication channel.

"Mummy No. 1, we have seen you. Please adjust your posture. We are going to have breastfeed..."

"Mummy No. 1 received it. Please slow down the speed. We are going to take off our clothes!" The three tankers in front changed from the original triangular formation to flying in one go.

The big guys in the command center couldn't help but look at each other when they heard this.

"When did our pilots become like this?" Liu Yijiu also smiled bitterly. Isn't it just to refuel in the air? It's like this, "I must strengthen ideological education!"

"Speed ​​speed 460, heading 93, height 7, please pay attention to wind force, wind force level 7, wind direction..." After communicating with the captain of the Soviet Union, the Chinese pilot of the aerial tanker said the parameters to the connected communication channel.

It was more than 100 kilometers away, and it arrived in just a few minutes under high-speed flight of fighter jets.

After reaching less than five kilometers, the three fighter jets lined up in a row, each aiming at the butt of one fighter jet.

"Be careful, take off your clothes." While the fighter plane was less than 100 meters away from the air tanker in front and was flying for about one minute, the air tanker popped up the gas tube.

At the same time, a fuel pipe less than half a meter was extended to the left side of the J-10 aircraft nose.

"Please adjust your posture!" The pilot reminded the fighter crew behind that under the Beidou satellite, the parameters of both sides were clearly displayed in the installed system.

The pilot of the oil-training fighter can see the docking of the refueling pipe with the naked eye. As long as it is aligned, the device at the top of the refueling pipe will tightly connect the oil-training pipe.

The dozens of meters long aerial refueling pipe swings constantly under the influence of wind. The fighter jets behind them constantly adjust the direction. Finally, the port of the refueling pipe is closely connected to the oil supply pipe.

I have practiced many times before, but there is no problem at all.

On the ground, the radar station operators monitoring along the line were all a little stupid.

On the radar, there are six red dots, the front one is larger and the back one is smaller, and a thin line can be clearly detected in the middle to connect.

If it weren't for the orders above, the air defense alarm would have sounded, and the air defense forces might have launched missiles to beat these enemy planes down.

"What are they doing? They actually fly side by side!"

"Come on the air?"

"Nonsense, do we have tankers in China?"

All ground radar stations were talking about it, and news kept reporting to the base head.

After the air refueling was connected, it started air refueling. Under the pilot of the Soviet pilot, the front refueling plane was flying very smoothly, and the fighter planes behind also maintained the same speed. If the wind was stronger, they would speed up slightly to ensure that the oil pipe would not have problems due to excessive tension.

Flying eastward from above Wuhu.

The destination of the three fighter jets is the 6th HNA Division station on Baoxing Island.

This scene was also detected by HNA's radar.

"What's the situation?" The big men of the East China Sea Fleet who were waiting in the Sixth Division couldn't help but wonder when they saw the situation displayed on the radar.

After flying dozens of kilometers, the fuel tank of the J-10 fighter was full. The refueling device was removed and the tanker flew northward, leaving the airspace ahead, and the J-10 began to accelerate instantly.
Chapter completed!