After the drone "lost contact" in the air
■Lei Guohong Zhang Xinxing, special correspondent of the People's Liberation Army Daily, Cheng Xinan
In the midsummer season, a training field in eastern Guangdong is clear skies. With an order, on the launch pad, a drone rose into the air.
In the operating room, Su Zheng, the drone squad leader of a brigade of the 74th Group Army, was watching the constantly changing flight parameters on the screen while outputting flight commands to control the drone to scout the situation ahead.
According to the established plan, everything went smoothly. Unexpectedly, the drone signal on the screen suddenly disappeared.
"Lost in the air!" Su Zheng quickly reported the situation to Feng Yang, the flight commander and drone platoon leader.
"That's our 'baby bump'!" After receiving the report, Feng Yang's heart tensed - he was worried that the drone would deviate from the route and encounter danger.
"Would you like to activate the emergency plan and implement a forced landing?" "Or ask your superiors to help you deal with it?" The comrades around him put forward their own suggestions.
"Implementing a forced landing may ensure the safety of the drone, but how to complete the reconnaissance mission? If we are on the front line of the battle, should we ask our superiors to help deal with the reality?" Feng Yang's words made the scene quiet. Afterwards, he and his comrades gathered the flight data of the drone, and made a judgment based on the surrounding terrain and other environmental factors: the "lost connection" of the drone may be because the signal was temporarily blocked by obstacles. To this end, he ordered the operators of each seat to pay close attention to the status of the drone and prepare for emergency response so that the command link can be established again.
Time passed by minute by minute, and everyone's heart clenched, for fear of missing a detail. Finally, a familiar bright spot appeared on the screen, and various flight data reappeared.
"Turn right, 5 seconds, pull up, fly level..." After the communication was restored, Su Zheng immediately issued a series of flight instructions. The operators worked closely together, the UAV launched reconnaissance again, and the "enemy" target gradually appeared on the screen.
Soon, groups of data were transmitted to the command post through the command link and transformed into combat instructions. After receiving the order, the artillery unit quickly carried out precise strikes and hit the target...
At the end of the drill, the drone landed safely, and everyone's hearts finally landed. Feng Yang said with emotion: "If it wasn't for the usual solid danger handling training to gain confidence, maybe I would have activated the emergency plan. In that case, the reconnaissance mission would not have been completed."
It is understood that special situation handling training has high risks and difficulties, and puts forward higher requirements on the technical and tactical level and psychological quality of officers and soldiers. In the past, some units, considering safety and other factors, did not organize the intensity and frequency of this type of training sufficiently. The reporter looked through the training schedule of the brigade and found that the special situation handling course is one of the training contents with high frequency.
"The more dangerous and difficult subjects are, the more often they need to be practiced, so that officers and soldiers can effectively exercise their ability to respond to emergencies." The brigade leaders introduced that they established contacts with manufacturers and neighboring units, collected various air special cases in recent years, and combined them with teaching materials. Sort out and analyze one by one to form a disposal plan. On this basis, they specially interspersed special situation training in their daily training, ad hoc guidance to set up air special situations such as link interruption and power system failure, and tempered the operator's ability to deal with the situation on the fly. At the end of each training, they also organize officers and soldiers to review, share experience, summarize methods, and consolidate training results in conjunction with the special situation handling process.
In the actual flight training organized by the brigade not long ago, the guidance team set up the special situation of engine in-flight parking on the fly. The crew calmly and closely cooperated to successfully handle the special situation. Since the beginning of the year, they have revised and improved more than 10 special situation handling plans, tested a variety of tactics and training methods, and laid a solid foundation for the troops to carry out their missions and tasks.
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Change in peacetime, not panic in wartime
■Xu Heng
War is the kingdom of uncertainty. The situation on the battlefield is unpredictable, and any unexpected situation may happen. If you just follow the steps and stick to the rules in normal training, and blindly seek stability instead of breakthroughs, you will inevitably become passive once you encounter unexpected situations in actual combat.
Change in peacetime, not panic in wartime. On the real battlefield, it is impossible to march and fight according to your own predetermined plan. The ability to adapt to emergencies is not innate, but mainly due to solid and effective daily training. This requires us to further strengthen the practical thinking and battlefield awareness in the usual training, and temper the emergency response ability of officers and soldiers.anti drone laser system
"Those who make good use of troops can prevent chaos before chaos, and prepare for rush before rush." If you want to win a war in wartime, you must get rid of the negative thinking of not training in danger and not training in danger, and take the initiative to set up a dangerous situation, arrange a dangerous situation, and lay out the end game. , Set special situations in peacetime, deal with practice in peacetime, engage in more sudden drills, set up unexpected subject content, and diligently test complex and unfamiliar tactical skills. Facts have proved that only by mastering the contingency methods through targeted special training and developing the ability to deal with hard work can we turn the danger into a safe place and win by surprise at the critical moment.
