Early July.

A military base in the Eastern Theater of Operations.

Military vehicles marched through the camp, intensively preparing for the upcoming exercise.

At this moment, in the open space in the middle of the camp, there was a strangely shaped plane parked all over silver.

The design of the wings, which are two short and two long, and the cylindrical engine, which is surprisingly large and proportional, do not look like they can fly, but the zero failure rate that has been maintained so far is enough to dispel all concerns about whether this guy can do it or not.

The Glow.

This is its model, and it is also the unified name after leaving the factory.

And after it was delivered to the Eastern Theater of Operations, the Aerospace Forces subordinate to the theater gave it a more domineering name and wrote it on the fuselage with special paint.

Namely, the Thunderbird.

It can soar to the top of the sky, and it can rain thunder thousands of miles away.

As the name suggests, the aircraft can be used as a transport vehicle for travel to and from low-earth orbit, as well as a carrier for air- and ground-to-ground strikes by ballistic missiles in outer space.

Li Gaoliang, who jumped off the military jeep, dressed in special operations clothing and with a special paratrooper rifle on his chest, glanced at the silver aerospace plane in the center of the camp and smashed his tongue with a shocked expression.

I don't know if it's because he's been hospitalized for too long, or if the speed of technological progress has exceeded his imagination, he doesn't know when the troops will use such awesome things.

It has been a month since I was discharged from the hospital and was integrated into the Aerospace Forces.

For him, the past month has been even more fulfilling than the past two years.

Equipment he'd never seen before, tactics he'd never heard of, and even combat patterns he had heard of for the first time.

According to the instructors who trained them, they are now arguably the most high-tech, most advanced troops in the world.

As airborne Marine units that rely entirely on aerospace vehicles, they are far superior to the traditional Marine Corps and the traditional army paratroopers countless times higher than the traditional Marine Corps and the traditional army paratroopers in terms of deployment range and deployment speed.

In terms of tactics, they are required to be able to rely on advanced equipment to exert their combat effectiveness and survivability.

In terms of strategic positioning, their duty is to be able to quickly cross the front line in wartime, carry out surgical strikes on important targets in the enemy's rear, and in peacetime, cross the borders of other countries to support overseas dignitaries and important strategic facilities.

It is said that the tactics they learned during the training were all studied by several professors at the rank of major generals at the National Defense University, and before that, they were only limited to papers and simulated deductions, and it was the first time that they were even used in exercises.

Just as Li Gaoliang was silently reciting the outline of the exercise in his heart, an officer wearing army green camouflage walked in front of all of them.

"Stand upright!"

"Take a break!"

Looking at the uniformly moving soldiers, the officer nodded and continued in a strong and serious voice.

"The exercise will start in ten minutes."

"I believe you have reviewed it countless times before you came here, and I won't talk nonsense."

"Here, I have to say only two sentences. Be fast, time is of the essence! The action must be ruthless, and every exercise will be fought by me as a war! ”

"Now, tell me out loud what the code name of the operation is!"

With almost all his strength, Li Gaoliang, who was standing in the queue, roared back.

"Mission!"

As if in response to their momentum.

The officer standing at the front of the queue shouted with the slightest momentum.

"Let's go!"

With that sound, the soldiers in the camp moved.

A total of twenty people, divided into five groups, boarded the Thunderbird in an orderly manner in units of four. The shiny armament exudes a solemn atmosphere, and the sci-fi "Thunderbird" has a feeling of complementing each other.

Sitting on the fixed seat in the cabin, Li Gaoliang connected the cabin health protection system to the combat uniform, and then quietly counted down in his heart, waiting for the moment to come.

Soon, a slight tremor came from the soles of his feet, crawling all over his body along the titanium alloy bones.

The vehicles near the aerospace plane had been evacuated, and under the guidance of the ground command center, the Thunderbird slowly drove onto the take-off runway and turned on the engine that sprayed the plasma plume.

The pale blue arc flickered faintly, and as the hot plasma erupted from the engine, the plane gradually broke away from the ground, pulled the nose high, and flew towards the infinite deep space.

Looking sideways at the fading clouds outside the window, and the fading darkness, Li Gaoliang, who was sitting on a fixed seat in the cabin, took a deep breath.

Half an hour later, they will reach near-earth orbit.

And there, he completed one of the highest skydives in human history...... If their equipment could be called an umbrella.

At this time, in the communication channel, there was a whispered exchange between the team members.

"Damn, it's the first time I've flown this high."

"NOW THE ALTITUDE IS 2KM...... We've broken through the upper limit of ordinary airplanes. ”

"I've jumped so many times, but it's the first time I've jumped so high."

"What if you say the umbrella won't open?"

"Shut up!"

For the vast majority of people sitting in the cabin, it was the first time they had flown to such a high altitude, and it was impossible to say that they were not nervous at all.

Therefore, Li Gaoliang did not stop his team members from talking to each other

Many times, small talk is also a way to release stress, and although he prefers to adjust himself when he closes his eyes and recuperates, it is not for everyone.

Retracting his gaze from the window, Li Gaoliang closed his eyes.

In order to keep himself in the best condition for a while, he planned to close his eyes and recuperate for a while.

But at this moment, one of the members of his team accosted him.

"Captain, do we have a space station in the sky?"

Li Gaoliang thought about this question for a while.

Although the commander had told them before the exercise that they needed to change to a "plane" in the sky and complete the parachuting exercise there, he did not tell them where to transfer.

In the case of the Moon Palace, which is now an international scientific research institution dominated by Huaguo, it is obviously inappropriate to use it for military purposes.

As for the rest......

Li Gaoliang's heart moved slightly, and the answer seemed to be about to come out.

"There is no space station."

"But, we have Magpie Bridge."

……

Li Gaoliang didn't expect that he was just guessing casually, and he was really guessed correctly.

Sitting on the Thunderbird and looking out, I saw the pitch-black spacecraft close at hand, like an angular canoe, floating in the endless cold night.

Because of the distorted sense of distance in space, it was not until the two spacecraft were close enough that Li Gaoliang really got a glimpse of the true face of the Queqiao that can only be glimpsed on TV and the Internet on weekdays.

Of course, there are still many differences between the magpie bridge floating in front of him at this moment and the magpie bridge that goes back and forth between the earth and the moon all day long.

Just like the Thunderbird they were riding, the so-called "Magpie Bridge" corresponds only to its model.

And now, its name is "The Great Wall".

As the first and so far the only aircraft carrier ship of China's aerospace forces, it sails in outer space. The significance of this Great Wall, as its name suggests, is to defend the highest frontier of China.

In normal times, the Great Wall is generally cruising outside the synchronous orbit and is on standby, leaving only four people permanent and on duty in shifts. And when necessary, it can be used as the air command of the aerospace forces at any time, or even an air fortress, to suppress all flying units above low orbit.

After five minutes of orbit change, the two spacecraft, which were almost next to each other, finally completed the final docking.

He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but Li Gaoliang did not relax in the slightest.

Until now, all the exercises belonged to the spacecraft pilots in the Aerospace Forces, as well as to the ground command center.

And from the moment the spacecraft completes docking, the training subjects belonging to these marines have just begun!

The lock of the life protection system was lifted, and as the lock fastened on the combat uniform was opened, Li Gaoliang quickly beckoned his team, quickly passed through the connection port of the spacecraft in the order of the team number, and arrived in the belly compartment of the Great Wall.

Inside the belly compartment, there are five pitch-black prismatic airborne cabins, the bottom of which is connected to the deck, and is connected by a series of tracks in the shape of a "concave" cross-section.

As had already been contacted countless times during training, everyone boarded the airborne capsule as fast as they could, and checked their weapons and ammunition for the last time.

Trying to control his breathing, although he was a little nervous, Li Gaoliang still completed all the operations as calmly as possible and closed the door of the airborne cabin.

Almost at the same time as he closed the hatch, the commander's voice came from the communication channel.

"The Great Wall is in orbit!"

"The track parameters have been corrected, the current altitude is 37.4KM, and the best throwing area will be reached in 2 minutes!"

Feeling the traction sensation coming from his back, Li Gaoliang's breathing gradually became short.

Although he couldn't see the situation outside the cabin, he could feel that he was already standing at the door of the Great Wall at this moment, and even half a foot had stepped out of the edge of this highest frontier.

This is a hundred kilometers above the ground.

There is no whistling wind here.

There is not even air.

But the invisible chill can be clearly felt without looking.

"The airborne area has been locked, remember your mission, and your mission!"

"Steel is our footprint!"

"Good luck, soldiers!"

"Cabin separation!"

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(Thanks to the book friend "God Dynasty _ Thought" and "Braised Eggs" for rewarding ~~~~~~~~~~~)

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