Chapter 827 Golden Eagle

The jade sky of Huiting, the continuous mountains, the snow-capped mountains and glaciers reflect the yang rice, and the lighthouse of the pseudo-Buddha spoon is headed, and the flickering light can be seen even from a long distance.

In the sky, 18 gray-blue biplane single-seat fighters are divided into three groups, left, center, and right, flying from east to west, at an altitude of 4,500 meters, and the Golden Eagle military emblem of the Chinese Air Force is painted under the wings and on the side of the fuselage, and the side of the vertical tail is drawn the number of the specific unit and the number of the aircraft.

This flying squadron is just a temporary patchwork flying squadron, the pilots and planes of the flight squadron codenamed "Golden Eagle" are from different squadrons, and the commander of this flying squadron is Meng Fei, deputy commander of the Anjun Army, with the rank of major general.

As a major general of the Air Force, Meng Zai does not like to sit in the office or command room pointing at the map, he prefers the blue sky and is obsessed with flying, and it is for this reason that after receiving this transfer mission from the General Staff, Meng Fei personally commanded this flying squadron to come over.

This is the branch of the Tien Shan mountain range, Taleqi Mountain, also known as Borokonu Mountain, at this moment the continuous mountains under the wings are the depth of the Borokonu Mountain, the highest part of the mountain range is close to the snow line, flying in this airspace, for the pilot, is a rather severe test, cold and lack of oxygen, and the mountain wind is violent, if the plane is broken down here. The difficulty of the rescue can be imagined.

Thankfully, these eighteen fighters are all the latest all-metal structure fighters, and the fuselage and fuselage skin are made of duralumin alloy. The struts that connect the upper and lower wings are made of the same aluminium alloy. Coupled with the powerful power provided by the 500 horsepower liquid-cooled motor, it is enough to prove the safety of the flight.

This kind of combat is the pride of China's aviation industry: the "Wasp" fighter.

Although the "Class Wasp" fighter is indeed the main aircraft used to replace the "Wasp" fighter, and the two seem to be very similar from the code name, but in fact, the "Class Wasp" and the "Wasp" do not have much to do with each other, the "Class Wasp" is a new design, a new concept of the fighter, whether in terms of design concept, or in performance, the "Class Wasp" is far superior to all fighters of the same era.

The design of the "Class Wasp" began at the beginning of the old year, in fact, the first prototype was tested and flown as early as the beginning of the old year, but the final finalized production was postponed to the end of the old year, so the number of manufactured aircraft is not large, but more than 100 aircraft. In addition, due to the slow development of wireless communication equipment, the fighter that was supposed to be equipped with an on-board radio is still unable to conduct radio communication in the air, which is why the flip-up hatch on the prototype has been eliminated. The pilot's cabin is still open. In order to facilitate the pilots to communicate with each other with body movements.

Due to its strong power, the firepower of the "Class Wasp" has also been strengthened, and a total of four 7.9 mm aviation machine guns are installed around the nose, and ammunition is fed by a chain, with a total of 1,000 ammunition, in addition, light aerial bombs can be mounted under the wings and belly for ground bombing, or a drop fuel tank also made of aluminum alloy can be hung to increase the range.

In addition to its powerful firepower, the flight of the "Class Wasp" fighter is also quite impressive. Thanks to a powerful engine and a fairing on the nose landing gear, the "Class Wasp" has a top time of 300 kilometers, which is faster than all aircraft currently equipped by other countries, and its ceiling has exceeded 7,500 meters. Equipping an aircraft with an oxygen supply system has become a must-consider.

Since the design has been finalized and mass-produced. The "Wasp" has always been an absolute secret of the Chinese Air Force, and not many people have seen this new type of aircraft with their own eyes, even if they are high-ranking officers of the Air Force, and since they entered the ranks of the troops, the "Wasp" fighters have always been given priority to the air force units stationed in the northeast region.

The "class Wasp" flew over Borokonurjan, which was the first time that this new fighter was close to China's northwestern frontier region for actual combat deployment. Meng Fei certainly had enough reasons to fly directly with the team. In the current Chinese Air Force, there is indeed no one more qualified than him to command the squadron over Mount Borokonu.

For this transfer mission, Meng Fei and his team members have made full preparations, from the formulation of the flight plan before the operation to the selection of fuel, ammunition and ground crew required for the flight, Meng Fei personally asked, and did not dare to be sloppy. Especially oil, ordinary gasoline does not provide enough power, therefore, the "grade Wasp" uses a mixed fuel, due to the addition of benzene. This fuel cannot be stored for a long time and can only be provisionally formulated before use, and Meng Fei has personally guided the formulation of this fuel blend.

Meng Fei led the flight squadron to take off from Dihua. Fly directly to the destination of Ili to the west, in order to ensure the voyage. The aircraft was armed only with an aviation machine gun, and other than that, it was not equipped with any armament, except for a fuel tank.

Due to the limited amount of oxygen, it is impossible to fly at high altitude all the time, so when the flight squadron flies to a low altitude, Meng Fei will lead the pilots to jump to a low altitude, remove the oxygen mask, and breathe the dry and cold mountain wind. In addition to carrying out combat readiness, the flight squadron has a bad task in this transfer to Ili, that is, to "send a batch of tube radio pines to the local government department in Yili, and now a small hydropower station in Ili has been completed, which can provide enough power for tube radios." Once this batch of tube radios was delivered to their destination. Then the history of the lack of radio broadcasting in the Ili region is over.

Now, there is a brand-new tube radio directly under Meng Fei's legs, which occupies most of the cabin due to its huge size, which somewhat hinders his leg movements, and he must be cautious when pedaling the rudder.

Looking at the barometric altimeter, it was already 3,000 meters altitude, and the oxygen mask could be removed. Meng Fei raised his hand, took off the oxygen mask, and closed the oxygen valve, then poked his head out of the cabin and looked at the ground.

After all, it is a mountainous area, and the temperature is lower than in the plains. It was not long before the spring began in the net, and the snow on the top of the mountain and the slopes was still very thick, reflecting the sun, and the ground was white and shaking, and there were not many other colors to be seen.

Meng Fei quickly withdrew his gaze, glanced at the compass on the dashboard, and then looked at the time. Estimating the distance and bearing, he pulled out an atlas from Flying Armor's pocket, clipped it between his knees, and carefully flipped through it for a moment, trying to catch up on the exact location he was in.

Yili is not better than hiss, Dihua has a radio broadcast signal tower, which can also be used as a radio navigation station, using the radio navigation instrument on the aircraft, the pilot can easily fly in a straight line to Dihua, but the plough does not have a radio navigation station, can only rely on the compass to fly, the route error is large, although the engineering troops did build some landmark buildings that can be used for navigation purposes in some areas of the Tianshan Mountains, but flying all the way from the forced Hua, Meng Fei has not seen any landmark buildings built by the engineering troops, Only a few settlements scattered on the slopes of the valley were visible. However, these settlements change with the seasons and cannot be used to determine the exact location.

Now the ground scenery along the way is the vast snow-capped mountains, which further makes it more difficult to judge the current prescription position, even if Meng Fei is experienced. He wasn't quite sure where he was right now.

"It would be much easier if the plane was equipped with a radio station, at least we could gather the pilots together to discuss and discuss."

With this thought, Meng Fei took the aviation atlas back into the pocket of Fei Jiake, then raised his hand and patted his chest hard, the temperature at this altitude is very low, breathing air at this temperature, of course it is impossible for this lungs to be comfortable, and the cold wind pours into it along the gap in his clothes, this person just can't get warm.

Just when Meng Fei complained that the Ordnance Bureau had failed to deliver the radio contact equipment to the Air Force on time. Suddenly a thin white line appeared on the ground in front of it, it was clearly a river, and it was extending to the west.

Meng Fei immediately decided to fly forward along the river, so the flying squadron quickly adjusted its course.

Half an hour later, the river disappeared in a lake, and Meng Fei saw several wooden buildings built to code on the shore of the lake. Not only were the buildings neatly arranged, but there was also a playground nearby, with flagpoles erected on the playground with the national flag fluttering, and it was obvious that it was a barracks, and judging from the rails and sleepers piled up near the barracks, it should be the barracks of the engineering corps involved in the Idi railway project.

Meng Fei quickly determined the location, this is the lake known as the "Bulhachi Pool", judging from the map, it is located in the northeast of Ili, not far from Ili.

At this time, the plane's fuel gauge pointer was already pointing to a "low fuel" state, and Meng Fei decided to reduce the flight degree to reduce fuel consumption.

After flying for more than ten minutes, the city of Ili was already in the field of vision of the pilots.

Ili Airport is just 20 kilometers north of the city. It is a grassy beach by the river, and the facilities are relatively simple. Even the air control tower was made of wood, and when they saw the eighteen gray-blue fighters descending from a high altitude, the airport observer quickly signaled that the other party was a friendly plane. Lixuan informed the air traffic controller, the runway was quickly cleared, and the signalman followed the order to put out a "permission to land" signal on the tarmac with a signal cloth.

Meng Fei's fighter was the first to land on the runway and parked the fighter on the designated tarmac according to the guidance of the ground crew.

It only took a few minutes for all eighteen "Class Wasp" to land at the airport, and looking at these all-metal aircraft, the pilots who could only fly the old "Wasp" fighters were very envious, and before all the planes landed, they had already rushed to study the "Class Yellow."

Meng Fei jumped off the plane and instructed a pilot to remove the tube radio from the cabin. And he himself walked to the aviation control tower.

Before he could step into the aviation control tower, he heard the roar of motivation in the sky, and Meng Fei looked up and saw a large plane coming from the north.

That plane was clearly a bomber. And it's the same monoplane as the latest fighter being developed that Meng Fei saw in the Aviation Administration's model room.