"Everything along the plane has been arranged?" On the way there, Xie Kai sat in Zheng Yucheng's Volgagas-24 and asked worriedly, "Don't pass by someone else's airspace and be shot down at that time, it won't be cost-effective." ”

Although he decided to go to Africa, after all, it was too important for future plans, Xie Kai was still timid, afraid to set foot on that magical and life-threatening continent.

"Don't worry, since you dare to fly over there, there will be no problem. Wang Guilin persuaded Xie Kai, "You're too nervous." Relax, nothing will happen. ”

Xie Kai had nothing to say.

"What is the purpose of letting Li Li go over there?

"She is my homeroom teacher, now that she is on vacation, the other teachers have gone back, and she has nothing to do at the base alone, so I invited her to go hunting in Africa to relax. Xie Kai said, "Besides, she is my homeroom teacher, I didn't do things authentically before, and I cried in front of so many people in class......

"It's a shame that you kid has a heart. Zheng Yucheng has no doubt about him. "But when you get over there, you have to pay attention, the toilet water and the standing medicines are much more prepared. Anyway, you have a good relationship with Tanzania, and if you need it, let them arrange a helicopter directly. ”

Xie Kai rolled his eyes and didn't answer.

In the valley that originally led to the weapons test site, a large part of the entire valley floor was hardened, and Xie Kai only realized how large the airfield runway was when he arrived.

"The whole runway is 5 kilometers long, and there are still two kilometers of space that have not been built......" Seeing Xie Kai's mouth open in surprise, Zheng Yucheng introduced proudly. "Originally, the construction speed was not so fast, thousands of people in the base helped on the construction site for free every day, and there were also those who had nothing to do after work, and they also took the initiative to help at the construction site......"

The valley floor is more than 10 kilometers long, originally all kinds of pebbles, the terrain is gentle, and it is relatively easy to build an airport runway.

Even the small slopes on both sides of the valley were blown apart to avoid affecting the airport due to the collapse.

On this side, the runway is straight, and you can't see the camera at a glance.

Like the base, the entire hardened concrete floor is covered with brown paint, and it is impossible to tell that this is an airport runway from the sky.

"What about the terminal?"

Xie Kai glanced over, but he didn't see the terminal building at all, "Didn't you say that it was under construction?"

"There are a lot of excavators and people on the mountain in the middle, see?" Wang Guilin pointed to the mountain that was blown up in the distance and said to Xie Kai, "We are going to build the terminal building inside the mountain, just protrude a part of it outside." ”

Xie Kai didn't know what to say.

This kind of construction speed was indeed something he had never imagined.

It took just over a year to build a huge airport in such a remote mountainous area, and most of the runway was completed, which was enough to transport 10 such planes to take off and land.

"There are so many mountains on both sides, what are you going to do?"

"Warplane hangar. And we are going to build a fighter assembly workshop here!" Zheng Yucheng said proudly, "Our base can't do without its own core industry, the excavator industry of Hongqi Machinery Factory and the civilian business of mining machinery will move out, and the base will have no industry." You can't always produce that tank, can you?"

"Do we have someone like this?" Xie Kai frowned.

Zheng Yucheng, this old guy, wants to be in one place, engaged in fighter production and assembly here, didn't you see that there are fighter production units everywhere in China?

"Domestic fighter factories, how many units do you think will survive? Besides, aren't they still preparing to get people from the Soviet Union?" Zheng Yucheng said pretending to be relaxed.

Xie Kai took a deep breath, "I don't know the situation yet." ”

"Why don't you go and see it? You also proposed the construction of the airport in the first place. This is your first time here. Wang Guilin changed the subject.

Nowadays, the construction of the airport has reached the middle and late stages, and the main construction is the ancillary buildings.

"How long is the plane?" Xie Kai asked.

He thought that Yun Shi had already come, but when he arrived here, he found that he didn't see Yun Shi at all.

"It should have taken off. You know, the frequency of this Y-10 long-haul flight is much higher than before, and there are a lot of checks to be done after each flight, especially now that it has flown 260 hours, there is not much time left from the initial assessment of safe flight. Wang Guilin sighed, "The cost of this thing is too high. ”

"There is no way to do it, as long as the design is still being revised, you have to keep testing flights. It all takes money. Xie Kai also knew. "How is the improved production input of Xinyun 10?"

The service life of the Yun-10 is not long, not only for the flight test data, but also so that the Yun-10 will not disappear.

"It has begun to be in the planned feeding stage, but the aircraft girder keel, etc., still needs a large press, and the large press has just begun to be manufactured," Wang Guilin sighed, "If we don't solve the problem ......of the big press, our Yun Shi, even if it is newly manufactured, will not have a flight life of more than 500 hours." It can't be used commercially. ”

"Then let's build it in the original way first, and we can't let this Yun-10 ground off, and that one hasn't started ......assembling yet," Xie Kai said.

Everyone knows the key to the big press.

Otherwise, it is impossible to spend a huge amount of 200 million yuan to invest in a large press when the financial pressure on the base is so great.

"Is this going to build a factory?" Xie Kai followed the two of them towards the construction site, and found that it was not the other side he saw, but the part of the mountain that passed here, and there were many huge indoor hangars.

When I was close to the terminal construction site, I found that there were many people working on the construction site.

There are even many female comrades who wear headscarves and work clothes on their shoulders and carry their hands with the old men on the construction site.

"The construction of the airport is on the other side, otherwise it will not be conducive to the future secrecy work, after all, this airport is also to facilitate the contact between the base and the outside world. Wang Guilin explained.

The mountain in the middle of the runway has been dug up at least a thousand meters long, and the 404 base is producing excavators by itself, otherwise the cost will be unbearable for the base.

Except for the runway part of the valley, many areas have been dug up from the mountains.

Xie Kai was a little speechless, why did these guys have to be built in the mountains.

In this remote area, are you afraid that it is not enough to keep it secret?

"What do you know! Everything in our base is built in accordance with a high standard of combat readiness! Therefore, as long as the state does not declassify and we continue to build it, this place will never be open to the public. Didn't the Americans brag that their satellites could see the ants on the ground clearly?

Xie Kai understood from his words that even in peacetime, the country knew that it was impossible to fight, but war preparations still had to be carried out.

Forgetting the war will be dangerous.

In the whole world, even the domestic military equipment technology is the most secretive, if it is not for the willingness of the country to make it public, it will never be possible for foreign countries to know what is in the country.

Just like the J-10, J-20, Dongfeng-41 and other big killers of the year.

Even, before the launch of the Varyag, few people knew that China was engaged in aircraft carriers......

"Anyway, the state doesn't give money, so we can do whatever we like. "Zheng Yucheng is completely stunned.

"The money is spent on this, not wasted?" Xie Kai couldn't wait to kick Zheng Yucheng away, "Look at this project, how much does it cost?"

"This really can't be considered money, if we don't build like this here, do you think our base still has a future?" Wang Guilin asked Xie Kai, "As long as we build the fighter assembly plant well, we can enrich the people we poached from other units." The wreckage of the F-14 fighter plane, etc., is still in our hands. ”

"Otherwise, we'd always be making wedding dresses for others. Now that the 45,000-ton press has been transferred to Qin Fei's side, what should we do if the above requires it to be allocated to Qin Fei? The next 6.5, or even larger, can be scrapped if it is placed with us? If it is relocated, it will take at least a year to stop production, and who can bear this loss?"

Xie Kai felt for the first time that he had always felt that these short-sighted old guys were cunning and cunning.

Once the large press is in this base, unless there are various force majeure factors.

The base has its own nuclear power plant to supply energy, and the surrounding environmental pollution is negligible, and even the strategic location belongs to the rear.

As for the inconvenient transportation here?

Rail transportation, that's not a problem, don't look, Boeing and Airbus these planes are global collaboration?

This cost of the military industry is completely negligible.

Confidentiality, here is even stronger than Rong Fei.

"If the world's most advanced drone is made here, the J-20 stealth fighter or something, this ......" As soon as he thought of this, Xie Kai's harazi flowed out.

He immediately said, "I think this plan is solid." And aren't we going to get drones?"

"You want to build the team first?" Zheng Yucheng was interested. "What's the point of a drone? That thing can only be a target. ”

"Boom, boom, boom......" At this time, there was a faint roar in the sky.

Looking up, a plane was constantly zooming in.

"Attention everyone, suspend work, attention everyone, stop work......" The horn sounded out for some reason.

Xie Kai heard a beep whistle.

"This plane can't see the ground runway, right?" The runway was straight, but it was the same color as the valleys on both sides.

Besides, the pilots are all experienced, and you can see them when you descend. Wang Guilin said. "Alright, let's get ready to get on the plane. You're going to Africa, you're going to have to fly for a lot of time......"

By this time, the plane had circled and was aimed at the runway in the valley......