It is also good to relax properly before the group stage in the afternoon.

Since he was planning to go to the viewing zone to watch the "Zhu Bi" and their performance competition, Long Yun, Angelababy and Chen Chong greeted him, and drove to the viewing hall located on the side of the training center, not far from the airport runway.

As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the hall, they immediately felt the strong atmosphere of watching the battle: seeing the huge viewing hall was already crowded, and the scene was even a little noisy and noisy, Long Yun and Liu Wei were surprised.

Now the live preview of the Group F group stage is on the big screen. Is it said that ift's qualifiers have attracted so much attention?

However, if you look carefully at the battle broadcast information displayed on the screen around you, Long Yun realized that these enthusiasts who have already stood in place and shouted are mostly not watching the group match between "Thunder" and "Uranus", but come to watch the team exhibition match with F-14 "Tomcats".

Long Yun had already met the opponent of this friendly match: "Surpriser Bird" from the East China Division, which is the F-14 dual-machine combination that quietly landed in the twilight before.

When it comes to f-14 "Tomcat", I have to say that the popularity is really very high.

In the běi Aviation Training Center where teams gather and there are many models, Long Yun has seen rare models like the su-47 and e/f-18a before: the former is a non-mainstream forward-sweeping wing fighter that has not been mass-produced, while the latter rarely appears on the field because of its unsightly appearance and average performance.

However, if we talk about the f-14d, this wide heavy fighter has a relatively low performance and price ratio and has few teams used. He has never really witnessed it with his own eyes before.

Even now, the live broadcast hall that can accommodate hundreds of people to watch the game is indeed crowded, and even the viewing zone on the side of the off-site runway just now is full of competitive enthusiasts and media. Judging from the live broadcast images on the screen, long spears and short cannons and countless telescopes are already in place, and everyone's eyes are gathered on two gorgeously painted heavy fighter jets crawling quietly at the end of the runway.

"Brother Long, let's go and have a look? The group stage will start in a while, and it won't take long."

"Okay! Actually, I'm very curious."

Of course, the opponents in the group stage should pay attention to it, and the true appearance of this "Tomcat" should not be missed!

Thinking of this, Long Yun and Liu Wei walked out of the viewing hall with a little dim light, passed through the bustling crowds of people in the open-air viewing zone, and came to the place close to the runway.

However, looking at the surrounding posture, they could only stay here for a while. All seats and places where people could stand had long been occupied by the fanatical "cat fans". Seeing the colorful T-shirts on the enthusiastic fans around them, colorful flags of different sizes in their hands, mostly spreading their wings in the air, and the extraordinary F-14 image, Long Yun really felt how popular the fans of this chubby swept-wing fighter are.

Standing about sixty or seventy meters away from the runway, you can clearly identify the coated logo of the "Tomcat" fuselage from a distance; overall, the color of the fighter is a dark red with bright stripes, paired with gray, white patterns and embellished five-pointed stars, which is probably the special painting of this team called "Surf Bird".

Seeing the two F-14d full fuselages and the hanger under the movable wing cover, there were all agim-54 "Immortal Bird" missiles hanging like huge crayons. Long Yun guessed that it should have a long range and did not require a liquid-cooled Aim-54c in the aircraft.

Since it is mounted like this, the huge "Immortal Bird" missile occupies the only universal hang point under the wing cover, and the two "Tomcats" can no longer carry other missiles.

This kind of short-range missile, which specifically uses long-range air-to-air missiles to face the enemy, not only surprised Long Yun, but also felt very curious when Liu Wei saw it.

"Brother Long, do they plan to fight beyond the visual range throughout the whole process?"

"It must be the case, unless they prefer air cannons, you see, this is not a fighting missile."

Long Yun glanced at him a few times and saw that there were only drivers sitting in the front row in the two F-14D cabins, one in front and one in the back. These two fighter jets should have been modified.

As a dual-engine heavy interceptor provided for the US Navy, the F-14 does not have a single-seat model, and all batches of fuselages are in series with two-seats; the front-row pilots are responsible for the fighter pilot, and the rear-row ones are weapons operators who specialize in serving the an/awg-9 radar. The reason for this arrangement is not only to consider the shift problem of long-distance flights, but also because the fire control system was not automated enough at that time.

Later, the F-14 made several improvements and also replaced the an/apg-71 radar. The firepower control became relatively simplified, but this tandem two-seat configuration has been retained and has not changed. Now that it is used to participate in the competition, of course, it is necessary to make necessary modifications so that the front row players can control the flight control and firepower system alone.

Looking at what's going on today, is this pair planning to avoid melee combat and hide in a distance to use the "Immortal Bird" to assault opponents to win?

After watching it in place for a while, the crowds nearby became more and more surging. Long Yun and Liu Wei retreated, watching the "Surpriser Bird" two-machine sliding acceleration away from the runway, and easily lifted off with the minimum sweep angle of the wing.

Seeing that F-14d flew out of sight, the two people who could not find a place to watch the game on site left the noisy viewing zone and returned to the viewing hall covered by cold. They finally found a place to sit down.

Watch the next group match and confrontation show match on the big screen, and watch the broadcaster's meaning. Obviously, the enthusiasts and media here are more concerned about the "Tomcat" debut. The main displays are the exhibition match footage and virtual scene broadcasts that have already begun.

Such a live broadcast arrangement is accelerating the climb on the big screen, and the body pulls out f-14d with white mist, which of course makes the large number of "cat fans" present feel satisfied; Long Yun, who originally wanted to be familiar with his opponent, was also attracted by such a scene for a while.

For a moment, he forgot the group stage between "Thunder" and "Uranus". In fact, he was not very afraid of these two teams: not to mention the "Thunder" with little fame and unknown origin, just talking about "Uranus" who lost in the first game, he actually lost to "Saturn" who used the mysterious G-29 in the Su-27sk - he knew the ability of this MiG fighter. Long Yun thought about it and knew that the strength of the "Uranus" combination was mostly ordinary, and this is probably not wrong.

Thinking of this, Long Yun focused on the current exhibition competition.

Looking at the big screen information, this exhibition match is a demonstration of carrier-based aircraft confrontation at the end of the Cold War, that is, the Su-27k confrontation against F-14d. A classic duel between two heavy carrier-based fighters. You can imagine how exciting this scene will be!

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