It was the afternoon and the weather was getting hotter.

After more than an hour of flight, the two J-10D 'Fire Dragons' returned along the same route, crossed into the hinterland of Sichuan Province, and returned to the Pengcheng base.

"Call zero, the two-plane formation landing, wait a while to go to the air service stove to eat, rest for an afternoon, and there is a night formation training mission tonight." Su Peng looked at the main runway of the base that was getting closer and closer to the ground in front of him, adjusted the approach attitude and speed, and reminded Zhou Hai.

"Understood."

Zhou Hai glanced at the No. 008 J-10D next to him and responded.

Approaching the site, obtaining landing permits and ground wind parameters, the two J-10D noses are pressed down, maintaining a compact and safe relative distance, facing the straight and slender main runway of the base, and choosing a difficult two-plane formation to land together.

In the Pengcheng base, there is no red slogan of safety first, only - how to fight in wartime and how to practice in peacetime.

"Squeak!"

The nose of the aircraft tilted slightly, changing the angle of attack of the fuselage, and the main and auxiliary landing gear aviation tires successively touched the concrete ground of the runway, and wisps of green smoke came out of the violent friction, and landed normally.

The degree of tacit understanding between Zhou Hai and Su Peng, who had been in contact with him for a long time, was extremely high, although the difficulty of landing in two-plane formation was raised to a higher level, but the landing process was almost the same, standard and natural, comparable to a textbook.

After the successful landing, the two warhawks, bathed in the sun, left the main runway of the base in the heat wave one after another, passed through the empty open-air apron, entered the narrow passageway, and faced the No. 2 cave hangar.

The hangar was in a state of intense and busy operation, and in the morning the fighters who were carrying out daily flight training tasks had returned and were undergoing logistical maintenance and maintenance.

No. 008 J-10D was the first to slide into the No. 2 hangar, and Liu Honglin, the leader of the second maintenance squadron who was sweating profusely, and several ground crew immediately surrounded him.

Su Peng turned off the engine and avionics system, picked up the tactical tablet and backpack he carried with him, and left the cockpit along the boarding ladder.

A ground crew member of the 2nd Squadron drives a small tractor, connects with it, adjusts the position of the fuselage, and sends it to the corresponding parking position accurately.

After the intense and busy work, it took more than a minute before and after, and it was the turn of the No. 012 J-10D, who was standing outside the main entrance of the cave hangar and waiting quietly.

The staff in the hangar held red and yellow flags in their hands and waved flags to signal that they would enter the warehouse.

Zhou Hai nodded in understanding, and the war eagle under his control drove smoothly into the hangar under the gaze of everyone, and after driving dozens of meters, it stopped steadily in the central take-off section, and Liu Honglin and a group of ground staff immediately surrounded it.

"Buzz!"

The S-10C vector engine and avionics are turned off by voice control, and the glass canopy slowly opens.

"Comrade Zhou Hai, Senior Colonel Yang asked you to go see him immediately, there is something important." Liu Honglin, who was standing on the ground, held a large teacup in his hand, took a sip, his whole body was almost soaked with sweat, and shouted to Zhou Hai, who was cleaning up his things, giving the content of the notice.

The important thing?

Zhou Hai was slightly puzzled: "Okay, I'll go right away." ”

With the words down, he grabbed his tactical tablet and jetpack, left the cramped and advanced cockpit, and walked down the boarding ladder to the hangar floor.

The young ground staff next to the boarding ladder immediately delivered the glucose solution prepared by the base nutritionist.

Su Peng, who got off the plane first and waited quietly, shook his head, a little helpless, and shouted: "I don't know what Lao Yang is looking for you to do, Zhou Hai, I'll go to the empty stove for dinner first, and if there is a temporary important task, notify me on the tablet, and cancel the training task at night according to the situation." ”

"Okay, thanks."

Zhou Hai, who was puzzled, nodded in response, took the plastic bottle containing glucose solution, smiled at the young ground staff, thanked him, twisted the lid, drank it in one gulp according to the regulations, turned his head and said to Liu Honglin: "Captain Liu, I'll go first, and I'll trouble you next." ”

"What's the trouble, my job, go ahead, the plane will definitely be well maintained for you, rest assured."

Liu Honglin put down the big teapot in his hand, wiped the sweat on his cheeks, picked up the portable detection equipment again, and began to work busily.

"Gone."

Zhou Hai smiled slightly, gave a thumbs up to Liu Honglin, the second-class sergeant major 'Grandpa Bing', with his right hand, picked up the tablet and jetpack, left the No. 2 cave hangar, and went straight to the base headquarters.

Liu Honglin, who has J-20 'Weilong', J-10D and more than 10 kinds of fighter maintenance qualifications, has a variety of fixed-wing fighter maintenance and support skills, and is no different from the captain of the first squadron of aircraft maintenance in the professional field.

This is the true king of soldiers!

Not long after, Zhou Hai, who had not had time to change his clothes, walked through the base camp along the passage, arrived at the heavily guarded base headquarters, and came to the war room.

"Knock knock!"

Standing in front of the door, Zhou Hai reached out and gently knocked on the door.

In the war room, a deep and powerful voice came out: "Please come in." ”

"Report to the commander, pilot Zhou Hai has been ordered to arrive, please instruct!"

After receiving the reply, Zhou Hai did not hesitate, pushed open the door, walked into the war room, closed the door casually, and looked at the base commander Yang Tianming, who was sitting at the desk and waiting quietly, was slightly stunned, raised his hand to salute, and reported.

"There is only one thing that called you here today, the superior organization issued a reward for the previous secret combat mission."

Yang Tianming was wearing a regular uniform, wearing a military hat printed with the August 1st logo pattern, looking at Zhou Hai, who was as tall as a towering mountain, his eyes were full of gratification, he got up and stood, made a standard military posture, raised his hand to return the salute, did not hide the betrayal, directly cut to the topic, and got straight to the point.

After the words fell, the whole person took out a confidential official document with traces of a red seal from the drawer.

Reward?!

When Zhou Hai heard this, he suddenly realized, his chest straightened, he took the backpack and tactical tablet, maintained the most standard military posture, and his face appeared solemn.

"It is now decided by the Supreme Operational Command Center of the Western Theater and the head of the Air Force that Comrade Zhou Hai, a third-level fighter pilot of the Air Force at Pengcheng Air Base, was ordered to rush to the target area as quickly as possible and eliminate seven enemies at the time of the enemy's special attack on China's strategic-level scientists, and there was no accidental injury, brave and calm, not afraid of sacrifice, excellent combat skills, and superb flight skills."

His eyes stared at Zhou Hai in front of him, Yang Tianming's face full of traces of time appeared solemn and solemn, his hands clenched the confidential official document that had been recorded in Zhou Hai's personal file, cleared his throat, and read it out loud.