Zhao Zhihang is a natural air force pilot, from the very beginning of the plane, never afraid, light training aircraft, medium training aircraft, and even heavy training aircraft, than other pilots at least two-thirds of the time, set a record in the aviation school, it took 157 days, became a strategic bomber pilot, and only 100 days, from the auxiliary pilot, to the main pilot.

Strategic bombers, as the top force in the Northwest Air Force, the selection is also extremely strict, although it should be a grade with the main fighter pilots, but most of the elite pilots would rather go to the strategic bomber formation than to the fighter formation, compared to the strategic bomber, the fighter is too small, the most important thing is that in the era when the whole world is playing airship, fighters have no place at all, whether it is a light bomber, a light reconnaissance aircraft, or even a strategic bomber, their self-defense firepower, can shoot down the airship, in the era when the Northwest Air Force is strong, fighters are destined to be useless.

Joined the Northwest Army, became the top pilot, in order to avenge his parents, he chose to come to the Northern Mongolian Military Region, because it is the closest to Russia, after becoming an A-class pilot, with the increase in military rank and the promotion of secrecy, he is qualified to contact some things that have not been contacted before, China and Russia must have a war, from the territory lost by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and even the largest freshwater lake in the whole world, Lake Baikal, these two points can be seen that the outbreak of war is only a matter of time.

If it is said that the two sides may not break out into war for a long time, perhaps Zhao Zhihang will stay in the strategic bomber force. But knowing this, he took the initiative to come to the Mengbei Military Region.

The Northern Mongolian Military District has only one squadron of reconnaissance aircraft. With Zhao Zhihang's qualifications, it is no problem to serve as a squadron leader. But when he first arrived, he took the initiative to bow his head and temporarily served as the captain of a squad, and today Zhao Zhihang, as the commander, led the team to carry out the mission, and the seven planes were a squad, and these planes were all modified, not the appearance of the northwest reconnaissance plane, the biplane propeller reconnaissance plane. It looks very unremarkable, some of it looks like a reinforced version of an airplane made by enthusiasts, and even the paint on the wings looks like it is docked with different wood sheets at first glance, but that's just the surface, and the real strength lies in the engine and the wing.

The engine uses the latest model of Northwest, an ultra-light 11-cylinder radial engine. While using a lot of composite materials and new materials, the engine is also maximized, not to mention propelling such a simple reconnaissance aircraft, even a heavily loaded bomber. The result of a large horse-drawn trolley. It is to make the reconnaissance aircraft the fastest speed. As for the wings, they are also special composite materials, and the internal skeleton is made of ultra-light hard aluminum alloy. The degree of hardness is comparable to that of steel. High strength, high horsepower. It's fast, so you can quickly detect what you need.

Seven planes flew side by side in the air. With the most economical speed, the team will go directly to Chita No. 2, with Chita as the center, search 50 kilometers on both sides, investigate all the geomorphological features and military deployment, and give the command first-hand information.

Today is a good weather, there are more clouds in the sky, for reconnaissance, of course, the effect of reconnaissance is the best in clear skies, but it is easy to be found, after all, the blue sky and cloudless weather, even if it is a plane flying at an altitude of 10,000 meters, it can also be clearly seen below. has done a lot of camouflage, even if it is discovered by Russia, it is nothing, but if it can not be detected by Russia, it will not be detected by him, with the help of the clouds, maybe because of the clouds, it is impossible to shoot a clearer picture, but there is a huge guarantee of security and concealment.

Similar reconnaissance has been carried out twice, both of which were cloudy weather, and judging by the reaction of the other party, it seems that they did not notice, and they also succeeded in sending thousands of photos back to the rear headquarters.

Seven reconnaissance planes, in less than an hour, crossed the city of trading, entered the territory of Russia, after Kyakhta was captured, basically destroyed, because of the huge fortifications on the side of the city, so that Kyakhta did not have much effect on the recovery, under the cost of the people and money, but also put their own strength within the threat of the other side, therefore, Russia chose to rebuild a small fortress by the river of more than 20 kilometers.

After entering the territory of Russia, the aircraft formation obviously paid a lot of attention, Zhao Zhihang first pulled up the nose of the plane, the light plane dexterously upward, looking a little thin plane, facing the whistling north wind, quickly climbed to an altitude of 10,000 meters.

Zhao Zhihang took a headset and listened to the guidance of the command station on the opposite position, in this era, even the radio is just starting, how can there be a radar, even if it is reluctantly developed, the clarity of the radar is quite low, and it must not be able to afford the role of the command of the Air Force, the Air Force and the laboratory have chosen another method, the active positioning device, relying on the fact that other countries around the world have not studied radio in depth.

There is a special locator on the plane, which can show the direction on the map that has been drawn to guide the direction. This kind of locator is not the complex locator of later generations, it is very simple to say, just a sensor, connected to the aircraft, and the direction, speed, and direction information of each moment are input into it, forming a series of data, and then transmitted back by radio, and then in the computer, through a certain calculation, the final out of a complete data. It is impossible for this data not to be biased, but this is now the best way to guide, far more accurate than the reference object and your own feelings, at least in areas where the map is more complete and the reconnaissance is more sufficient, it is impossible to get lost or deviate from the course of the error.

The flight distance of more than 1,000 kilometers from the Northern Mongolian Military Region to Chita has already approached the limit of this reconnaissance plane, and the reconnaissance plane will fly for more than three hours before it will reach the vicinity of Chita, and it will stay near Chita for at least 30 minutes.

3 hours of flight, Zhao Zhihang slightly showed a trace of fatigue, but soon he was energetic, Chita is in front, only less than 50 kilometers, at the speed of the aircraft, at most a few minutes will fly, he has to give an order, press a small device in front of the bridge, this is a small radio system, can be issued through a fixed command 16 agreed instructions, now the short-distance call is not perfect under the premise, use this can achieve fast and efficient commands.

With Zhao Zhihang's order, the 7 planes separated like dexterous birds, flying in different directions, 10,000 meters in the air, not only the people below look at the plane is a very small black dot, the people above the plane look down, it is also the same result, the house looks like a wooden box.

From the high altitude, you can clearly see the scene below, Zhao Zhihang still remembers that when he came a few days ago, the tent group near Chita was not so dense and not so large, so he took out a photo to compare, and sure enough, it was almost a quarter more in the north. It is not a very accurate number, but from the range of the tent, it can basically be judged that the number of Russian troops near Chita has increased again, and he clearly remembers that the results 5 days ago, when the General Staff estimated that it was between 950,000 and 1.05 million, a quarter more, almost more than one million, maybe 1.2 million will be arranged in the middle line, and the personnel will almost be in place.

The radio command group was used to conduct target reconnaissance in batches, and the high-definition cameras fixed on the belly of the plane also began to work, taking a picture every few seconds, seven planes, just like that, under the cover of the clouds, swaggering to take pictures, overlooking the entire Chita from the air, the layout of the Chita army, the number of troops, and even the numbers displayed on some flags, all the reconnaissance was clear.

The extremely low noise of the light reconnaissance plane, I am afraid that at an altitude of about 5,000 meters, it is not very clear below, let alone at an altitude of more than 10,000 meters, and most importantly, under the cover of clouds, a small black dot that can only be seen by the naked eye is impossible for the people below to notice.

Safely leaped over key points, used an oval, and ploughed all the 80 kilometers around Chita, and after staying for more than 30 minutes, it was time to return immediately.

Zhao Zhihang once again bypassed the central axis of Chita, and he was responsible for the central command, not far from Chita. Looking below, more than a million Russian troops, holding their right hands tightly, he who has participated in the formation of strategic bombers, knows very well the strength of strategic bombing in the northwest, he is sitting down now, not a light reconnaissance aircraft, but a strategic bomber, more than 6 tons of aerial bombs, in such a dense barracks, what kind of lethality will be created, if it is replaced with incendiary bombs?

It is a pity that strategic bombers, if they are not necessary, will not be used, and all those who enter the strategic bomber formation have memorized this code in detail, and they are not even allowed to show off and leak on weekdays, let alone rash actions.

The role of reconnaissance is to know the enemy, know the personnel of many parties, know the weapons of the other side, and even know the arrangement of the other side, China will be more calm in dealing with it.

On the radio, there was a report that one plane after another had completed its mission, and the light reconnaissance planes had been in the air for about eight hours, and it had already taken more than three hours when they came, and they had to go back, and they only stayed in the sky over Chita for 30 minutes, and then successfully returned home, and this time the reconnaissance mission was completed, and the seven planes, at each key point, flew at least three sorties, and the whole system and all angles completed the process of taking pictures, and then safely sent the photos back. (To be continued.) )