Subsequently, Zhou Hai counted his things and cleaned up.

You have to bring everything you need, a satellite locator, a Type 92 military pistol and bullets, an active military officer ID, and so on.

After the inventory was completed and everything was confirmed, Zhou Hai carried the luggage backpack and the most important exit approval form, immediately said goodbye to Lin Jian, and went straight to the equipment office of the Huangtianba base, which had been contacted, to receive a set of standard third-generation aircraft flight equipment and confidential mobile phones, and after wearing and changing, he went to the base apron.

In the apron area, the Y-9, which carried out the special plane delivery mission, carried out a pre-takeoff inspection, and the three instructor teams and the ground support squadron were nowhere to be found, and they should have left.

In the No. 18 parking stand, a brand-new J-10S fighter with a specific number came into view, quietly parked in the middle, the fuselage was the same, silver and smooth.

The five members of the first ground crew team of the base are busy around, adding fuel, mounting high-capacity conformal auxiliary fuel tanks, checking the fuselage and avionics, and reloading the onboard 23mm aircraft gun with live ammunition.

Fighter planes carrying out routine flight missions, reloading their airborne aircraft guns with live ammunition, and being able to deal with sudden situations as soon as they encounter them is one of the manifestations of the Air Force's strategic thinking of having both offense and defense since the beginning of the new century.

When the first ground crew leader saw Zhou Hai's arrival, he beckoned, picked up the radio intercom to contact the tower, and informed the pilot that he was in place, and after the last few minutes of preparation, the entire newly produced J-10S fighter was ready and ready to go.

According to the standard procedure, Zhou Hai checked around the fuselage, confirmed that it was correct, wrote his name in the airline receipt log, climbed the boarding ladder, and entered the cockpit.

Zhou Hai put his luggage backpack on the back seat, his hands were flying, and he first started the self-test of the airborne avionics system, and then cooperated with the first ground crew team to start the Russian-made AL-31 turbofan engine.

Regarding the J-10S, Zhou Hai can be said to be familiar and can no longer be familiar.

This latest production of the J-10S fighter, for the original development and production of the Air Force issued a purchase order, still using the Russian engine, rather than the domestic S-10A 'Taihang', the comprehensive combat performance is not as good as the three-and-a-half-generation FC-20S 'Blue Bird', has lagged behind the mainstream standards of the current era, generally for rookies who have just become official pilots.

Well, this mainstream standard is limited to Zhou Hai, who has a quasi-fourth-generation J-10D wife, and pilots of the same level.

"Buzz!"

After more than ten seconds, the deep and deep sound of the turbofan engine came out, and it was successfully started.

"Have a safe journey." The ground crew leader habitually raised his right hand and gave a thumbs up to extend his blessings to Zhou Hai.

Zhou Hai nodded, and his right hand also gave a thumbs up.

Subsequently, after the ground crew waved the flag to give instructions, the silver-painted J-10S taxied out of the parking stand and drove into the taxiway along the passageway, and the tower gave take-off permission and ground parameters.

The wind and the sun are beautiful and the weather is suitable.

"Boom!"

A loud roar came out, and the J-10S, which had just been born and had undergone test flights and tests, accelerated its sprint on the main runway of the base, and after taxiing for about 300 meters, it raised its proud head and faced the blue sky.

"Call the tower, Zero is climbing, request to establish a route from Rongcheng to Star City." Zhou Hai called to the base tower through the encrypted communication channel.

The control officer of the tower of the Huangtianba base immediately responded: "Zero, permission to establish a route, the authorized predetermined altitude is 12,000 meters, the total length of the route is 905 kilometers, the weather is sunny at the Xingcheng base, and the relevant data has been transmitted, I wish you a smooth mission and a happy journey." ”

"Zero received, thank you." Zhou Hai smiled.

With the nose facing upwards, the Russian-made turbofan engine steadily outputs power, pushing the metal lifting body weighing more than ten tons forward at high speed, and the canard wing and the main delta wing provide the best lift coefficient at this stage, wrapping the fuselage with an invisible and mysterious lift.

Climb, up.

The speed is getting faster and higher, and the distance to Star City is getting closer and closer.

In the front cockpit, Zhou Hai's lever maintains the best degree, and his deep eyes look at the approaching blue sky, and his eyes appear a faint color of expectation and longing.

An hour and three minutes later, we arrived in Star City and officially started our 20-day external vacation!

This feeling is very good, although the time to return to the Pengcheng base to pet the J-10D's eldest wife has to be postponed for another 20 days.

"Will he be the first pilot in the history of the Air Force to fly a fighter jet to meet his girlfriend?" Thinking about it, the corners of Zhou Hai's mouth couldn't help but have a faint smile.

This is an interesting and curious question, but alas, there is no way to know the answer.

At an altitude of 12,000 meters and a brilliant blue sky, the J-10S fighter jet flew out at a standard cruising speed of Mach 0.8 and flew at high speed in the southeast direction.

Someone else's girl, I'm coming!

……

The sun is shining, and the climate in Star City, located in the central area of the south, has warmed up.

The main campus of the National University of Defense Technology, the Aircraft Design Teaching Building, the professor's office.

"Mentor, you mean, I suddenly have 20 days off from home?" Zuo Xue, who was wearing regular clothes, stood in the office, standing in a military posture, looking at his mentor with a pair of bright eyes, a little surprised.

During this time, she has been busy studying her thesis on aircraft design, preparing for the most difficult exam that is coming.

However, just this afternoon, or five seconds ago, she was called to the office by Su Rui, and was suddenly told that she had a 20-day vacation, and the scheduled maximum difficulty assessment was even postponed by 20 days.

What's going on?

"Yes, that's right, this time I'll give you a vacation, have a good rest, and there's another surprise news to tell you."

"Surprise?"

"Well, even I don't know what the surprise is, it's probably to let you go to the school gate in 2 hours, that's the general situation, go back first, pay attention to safety when you are on vacation, and notify me of anything."

"Okay, I'm sorry for you, mentor."

Exiting from the professor's office, Zuo Xue, who was full of suspicion, stood in the empty and quiet corridor with the approval form in his hand, feeling a little inexplicable.

20 days off?

What the hell is going on?

According to common sense, I am now on the eve of the master's graduation assessment, and I basically have no time to take a vacation.

In addition to this holiday, there is a surprise that even the mentor does not know about and awaits him.

"Two hours later, at the school gate, what will be this surprise?" After thinking about it, Zuo Xue couldn't find the train of thought at all, shook her head slightly, and didn't think much about it.

The 20-day vacation is a bit of a surprise, but it's a great way to relax.

Of course, before you go on vacation, you have to see what this surprise really looks like.

……

Time passed, and the J-10S, flying at high subsonic speed, crossed the Yangtze River after an hour and three minutes, arrived at Star City, the capital of Lake Province, and went straight to the Star City base in the southern suburbs.