Chapter 66: A Hair's Breadth

On the plane.

Guo Chen watched the co-pilot beside him fiddling with the LCD instrument panel in front of him.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, nothing, it's my first time seeing this, I'm a bit curious."

"First time seeing it? What did you fly before?"

Guo Chen asked curiously.

"Ilyushin 76."

That pilot said.

"My name is Kong Qiyuan, I've been flying it since I joined the army, and as a result, I've been flying it for almost twenty years now."

Kong Qiyuan said.

"That's quite impressive."

"My name is Guo Chen, test pilot."

After the plane entered cruise mode, there wasn't much to do, so the two pilots took this time to chat and relieve some pressure.

"Hello, hello."

After the two shook hands.

Kong Qiyuan complained: "Good heavens, I didn't even know there were so many buttons on a transport plane."

"That old Ilyushin 76 basically had nothing."

"The key is that it also leaked air; every time I flew it, I would freeze to death."

"That plane is indeed like that." Guo Chen said.

"However, this plane has air conditioning, you can try it."

"Right here."

Guo Chen pointed out the location to him.

"If you're not used to looking at it this way, there are also mechanical instruments."

Guo Chen pointed to the side of the cockpit.

All the necessary mechanical instruments were there.

"Good heavens, this is really something."

"Much better than my broken Ilyushin 76."

Kong Qiyuan exclaimed.

"This plane also has quite a lot of black technology."

"You'll know once it's officially commissioned."

"Hahaha, then I'll have to give it a try."

In the rear cabin of the plane.

Zengxia and his squad members sitting in their seats were chatting.

"Regimental Commander, this plane is really good."

"There are even seats."

"This is just like a civil airliner!"

Zengxia raised his head and said: "This was specially prepared for transporting personnel."

"You guys are benefiting from this."

"Look."

Zengxia folded the seat, revealing a slot.

"These can all be quickly disassembled."

"So that's how it is."

"This is really something."

"It feels just like sitting on a passenger plane, it's not uncomfortable anymore."

His team member said.

Zhang Wen specially designed a pressurization device and a temperature control device for the transport plane's inner cabin.

This was so that it would be more comfortable if transporting personnel.

Thanks to the huge space.

The area occupied by Zengxia and his squad was only a tiny bit.

Everything else was rows of densely packed seats.

Probably the kind where you can't even stretch your legs.

"This plane is really awesome. As expected, the ones we build ourselves are the best."

The team member said from the bottom of his heart.

After a while.

It was time for mid-air refueling.

"Tower calling Kunpeng, Tower calling Kunpeng."

Guo Chen said: "Kunpeng received."

The code name for this operation and this plane was Kunpeng.

"Prepare for mid-air refueling."

"Maintain contact at all times."

"Received."

Soon, a tanker plane flew in front of them.

After maintaining a distance.

It lowered the mid-air refueling pipe.

Guo Chen also opened the refueling intake pipe.

The two planes docked with difficulty.

Because both planes were large, the turbulence generated by the planes made it easy for them to lose control.

The difficulty of mid-air refueling was no less than having a 300-kilogram muscular man try to thread a needle.

After Guo Chen tried many times, he still couldn't align it.

"Let me try."

Kong Qiyuan said immediately. He had already succeeded many times on the Ilyushin 76.

Subsequently, he took over control.

After trying hard many times.

He found that he couldn't do it either.

"If it really doesn't work, we can only land in a third country."

Kong Qiyuan looked at Guo Chen and said.

"Think of a way, think of a way."

Guo Chen's brain was spinning wildly.

That's right.

Zhang Wen mentioned before.

What automatic devices were on the plane?

Guo Chen hurriedly lowered his head to search.

Kong Qiyuan took over control.

Letting Guo Chen search patiently.

Finally, Guo Chen found the words "Flight Stability System (for mid-air refueling)" in the control list.

Fortunately, all of Zhang Wen's control buttons and interfaces were displayed in Chinese; otherwise, Guo Chen might really not have understood.

"Shall we try?"

Guo Chen asked for Kong Qiyuan's opinion.

"Try it, if we land in a third country, the rescue time will be delayed by at least an hour."

Kong Qiyuan said immediately.

"Good, let's try!"

Guo Chen pressed the start button.

He suddenly discovered that the plane was moving along with the tanker in front, but maintaining a certain safe range.

The plane stabilized all of a sudden.

Guo Chen hurriedly aligned the refueling intake pipe with the refueling pipe.

This time, it succeeded on the first try.

"My god. What kind of technology is this?"

Kong Qiyuan said in surprise.

Every time he refueled before, he had to spend countless amounts of time on this.

Not to mention the countless days and nights of hard training before.

Guo Chen succeeded on the first try?

Kong Qiyuan fell into huge doubt.

"I heard this plane is equipped with five types of radar, including sensing radar and phased array radar; it should be the effect of these radars."

Guo Chen also said somewhat unconfidently.

He really didn't know what the principle was either.

If Zhang Wen were here, he would definitely say: "I went to great lengths to place sensors and controllers in various positions on the plane, just so that anyone could complete various high-difficulty flight maneuvers with the help of the system."

However, it was good that they successfully refueled.

After a period of refueling.

The plane's fuel gauge was full again.

"Full speed ahead."

Guo Chen pushed the throttle to the maximum.

In the project base in A Shou Guo.

Diplomatic Ambassador Shi Zirui looked at the densely packed landmines and rocket launchers outside the window.

He couldn't help but sigh that the people of the Great East were truly a natural fighting nation.

In a short time, the engineers and workers had assembled so many things using existing materials and explosives.

"Is there any letter from the country?"

Lv Shuncun on the side asked anxiously.

"Not yet, but I believe the country will not abandon anyone."

Shi Zirui said.

He sighed.

Previously, he had blocked the gate in the capacity of a diplomatic ambassador.

Forcing them to retreat temporarily.

But now, there were more and more personnel and tanks outside.

Food and water could last at most another two or three days.

"The personnel have already undergone preliminary training."

"And the workers are all ready."

"In case, in case they really attack."

"We can only fight them to the death."

Shu Zhicheng said.

Hearing this news.

Shi Zirui naturally didn't have a good mood.

Being prepared was certainly something to be happy about.

But letting temporarily trained workers take simple spears and go out to fight people with rifles and tanks?

He wasn't that crazy.

The best solution was still for the motherland to send people to help them retreat.

Suddenly.

A burst of explosions resounded through the sky.

Shi Zirui poked his head out of the window.

Only to see that the rebels had already started to attack.

"Let's go, let's go to the front line."

Shi Zirui immediately picked up a gun and came to the gate of the base.

He, along with Shu Zhicheng, Lv Shuncun, and other leadership, held guns, protecting the others behind them.

"Someone has already entered the minefield."

"The minefield is for defending against charges."

"Fire now!"

Shi Zirui ordered immediately.

Following the firing of bullet after bullet.

The people sent by the opposite side died one after another.

However, the rebels had the most of—people.

They still came over one after another.

If this continued, their ammunition would be exhausted sooner or later.

Just as everyone was in despair.

Shi Zirui's phone received a message.

This message was transmitted directly via satellite through the internal network.

"Ten minutes later."

"Airplane runway!" ===== CHAPTER 67 =====