flstandardbreds Chapter 167 The Disabled and Lonely Pilot 52
Chapter 167 The Disabled and Lonely Pilot 52
The stars are still shining, and the moon is still full.
It is said that the moon is fullest on the 15th and 16th, and this is the case with the moon now.
Pearls and diamonds emitting bright luster are scattered on the inky curtain, and the floating clouds are like gauze, making everything seem like a dream.
The beautiful moonlight shines down, as bright as day, but it cannot soften the cold and hard steel eagle in the slightest. The interweaving of light and darkness instead outlines its sharp edges with a cold glow, like a hunter lurking in the dark, waiting for an opportunity to strike and kill with one strike.
It is the Mid-Autumn Festival, a time for family reunions, but people here have been so busy preparing for the festival since yesterday that they don’t even have time to talk to their loved ones on the phone. Everyone is on high alert, looking a little haggard but with a determined gaze.
Three passenger planes that had been ready to take off at any time took off one after another, and then two fully loaded fighter jets buzzed into the sky one after the other.
Because they were fully fueled and fully loaded with auxiliary fuel tanks, the two agile Soryu fighters seemed a bit bulky. Even takeoff required a longer taxiing distance than usual, and the sound of the engines seemed a bit labored.
However, after all, it is the latest fighter jet equipped by Longfu, so this little difficulty will not be enough to make it unable to bear it.
The three passenger planes maintained their distance and speed while flying in a triangle formation, while the two fighter jets were at the head and tail, protecting the three passenger planes in the center.
The three pilots flying the passenger plane were all experienced captains who had been flying passenger planes for more than ten years after retiring from the Air Force. Even the co-pilot was a veteran who had been a captain for more than three years. Each crew member was the best selected from the registered volunteers. Each of them had a certain psychological quality and self-protection ability, and they strived to avoid any mistakes in manpower.
Everyone wrote a suicide note after taking on this task.
No one can guarantee that he will always be lucky, he can only do his best.
For someone like Xu Yan who carries out dangerous missions all year round, writing a suicide note is as easy as writing a diary, and he is very familiar with it.
However, his previous suicide notes only consisted of one or two sentences, seeming extremely perfunctory, but this time he wrote it extremely seriously.
Because there is someone living in his heart that he can't let go.
Ling Size was the on-site commander and the brain of the entire team. The plane he was on was the lead plane of the passenger fleet, AP4131. He sat in the second pilot's seat, wearing a communication headset, and observed the position of each aircraft through the radar in the cockpit.
At this moment, the communication channel was silent and the atmosphere was serious, heavy and somewhat depressing.
The side window just happened to reveal the bright moon hanging in the sky, and Ling Size then remembered that yesterday was Mid-Autumn Festival.
They had already taken off for half an hour, and it would take nearly four hours to reach their destination. If everyone's nerves remained tense, they might not be able to maintain their best condition on the dangerous return journey.
{Everyone.}
Ling Size's voice sounded in the communication, and everyone sat up straight immediately, but then their commander's voice was filled with a smile.
{Yesterday was a good day, but unfortunately everyone has forgotten it.}
After he said this, those who were quick in thinking immediately blurted out the three words "Mid-Autumn Festival", and those who hadn't thought of it immediately showed an expression of sudden realization.
{Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, comrades.} A calm and steady voice sounded over the communication.
Not only Xu Yan was unaware of it, perhaps even everyone else didn't realize it, his voice seemed to have some kind of magic that could easily calm the anxiety and panic of others.
At this moment, the three passenger planes are all driven by co-pilots. They are all under 30 years old and are the best young captains of this generation. Their psychological quality and driving skills are naturally impeccable.
But at this moment their backs were tense and they were nervous.
This tension does not come from fear of danger, but from the fear of wasting urgent and precious time because of oneself.
What's more, the people sitting in the passenger seat at this moment are their coaches and their masters.
{Happy Mid-Autumn Festival~}
{Have fun together~}
{Happy Mid-Autumn Festival.}
The three young pilots relaxed visibly.
{Don't worry about the way there, the time to tense up is when you come back, sleep and eat. I bet that the fighter support team on the same plane with me must have slept soundly.} Ling Size rarely joked, "Look, they clearly have communicators but they didn't say anything."
Suddenly the communication channel was filled with laughter, and even the three veteran pilots joined in on the joke.
At this time, a deep and tough voice with deep resentment sounded, {We are listening, don't go too far.}
{Huh? Finally woken up?} Zhao Yan spoke with a tone that was so annoying that it made people die. {Your sleep quality was pretty good.}
The support team members were so angry that they couldn't even sleep, which made several flight attendants and stewardesses in the same cabin cover their mouths and laugh.
They weren't all asleep in the first place! They were arranged to take turns to follow instructions, okay?
After a while of excitement, everyone finally relaxed their nerves. Many people in the maintenance team also relaxed in this atmosphere and fell asleep exhausted.
The two fighter pilots were probably the most tired on this mission.
They don't have a co-pilot to take turns, so the only rest time they have is the two hours at the small country's airport after landing.
As for why they didn't fly a two-seater plane, it was of course because they didn't get the corresponding "pass".
The difference between a single-seater and a two-seater is more than just one more seat.
More than three hours later, the fleet of planes landed smoothly at the only airport in the small country. Fifteen special forces armed with live ammunition got off the plane first, and three people in a group stood guard around each plane.
Next, the fighter jet maintenance support team got off the plane, raced against time to move the equipment and began to perform basic maintenance and inspection on the two fighter jets. As long as there were no major problems, the equipment they carried could solve them.
The auxiliary fuel tanks of the two fighters had been exhausted long ago and were discarded when passing through the no-man's land. However, due to the smooth journey, the fuel levels of the two fighters were still within the safety line.
After the support was completed, Xu Yan and Zhao Yan sat directly in the cockpit of the fighter plane, closed their eyes and rested, taking the time to recover their energy.
Time passed quickly, and Ling Size became a little anxious as he saw that the arrival time agreed with the 'leader' had already passed.
He took out his satellite phone and tried to contact the 'leader', but his calls went unanswered several times, which made him frown deeply.
He glanced at the time and decided to wait for another ten minutes. If there was still no reply, he would have to set off and take people to look for it.
Fortunately, he received a call back three minutes later.
"Several of our buses are blocked. There's a gunfight ahead. We're still about fifteen minutes away from the airport. The roads around us are also blocked. If we retreat and take a detour now, we won't be able to reach the airport within the limited time!" As soon as the phone was connected, an anxious female voice was heard from the other end, with gunfire sounds in the background.