After a simple formalities and inspection, twenty-five strong men boarded the plane in turn, they were all young people about twenty years old, but unlike the fat house that was raised by various happy water takeaways in the basic time and space, they were still skinny, that is, the skeleton was large, they looked relatively strong, and the overall complexion was slightly better than that of beggars - this is also the current situation of the vast majority of Ming people, it is good to be able to eat and starve not to die, the whole nation is malnourished, and there are dishes on the face.

I saw that the strong men were wearing yellow-green military uniforms, and there were hand-woven straw sandals under their feet, and they were not equipped with weapons, and they did not even have belts, so they tied their pants with a rope to prevent them from falling, and anyway, when they arrived at Ramgarh, everything would be distributed.

Although these people are all shabby and almost like beggars, their eyes are empty, and their expressions are numb, but the traverser and his party do not have any meaning of looking down, and they have revealed their respect, these predecessors who live in historical time and space are the real backbone of this nation, they are all volunteers in the army, and the strong men of the fruit army are different, a considerable proportion of them are people with high school or above culture, and there is even no lack of college students from Southwest Associated University, who can speak fluent English, and scholars are from Rong, just to protect their families and defend the country.

The recruits have a blue stamp on their arms, which looks a bit like the quarantine mark on the raw pork, which is a sign of passing the physical examination, and the Citi people are strict, a large number of personnel are eliminated, and those who can board the plane are the winners who pass the test.

Under the reprimand of the co-pilot, the strong men sat on the benches on both sides of the cabin one by one, they were all on a plane for the first time, nervous, like a group of trembling sheep, without saying a word to each other, it was hard to imagine that such a group of people would become qualified warriors in the near future, and fight head-on with the invading Dongying people.

The transport plane took off, and the first stop was Chuncheng, this section of the flight was very comfortable and safe, because the route was all within the rear of the Ming country, and the Dongying people did not have the ability to intercept it deeply.

The transport plane successfully arrived at Wujiaba Airport in Chuncheng.

After the transport plane landed, a group of ground staff ran over to refuel, overhaul, the crew members got off the plane to eat, replenish energy, the strong men were taken by the ground staff to the thatched house to urinate, and then squatted on the edge of the runway, one person an enamel bowl, from the big thermos bucket to eat, hot thick porridge, blowing is not cold, put a few vegetable leaves, a few I don't know what variety of mushrooms, plus a little minced meat, but also tasteful.

Li Suifeng took the opportunity to pull Yang Pingfan aside and whispered, "This situation is not right. ”

Yang Pingfan looked dazed, "Why?"

Li Suifeng's expression was serious, "Liu Yuan's men arrived before us, but after this period of time, I didn't see them at all, which is not normal." ”

Yang Pingfan raised his eyebrows, "You mean ......"

Li Suifeng was worried, "I don't know, maybe they rushed directly to the flower country, maybe ...... In short, it is better to be careful and vigilant in the next trip. ”

Yang Pingfan nodded, but they didn't know that Zuo Ci, who was not far away, had already defused Liu Yuan's first wave of attacks with Zhang Xiaoming.

Wujiaba Airport is also the starting point of the Hump route, and after a short break, the exhausted Rubio crew is back on the road, carrying dozens of passengers to Tianzhu.

Li Suifeng was the last to board the plane, he watched hard there, he didn't see what he wanted, Zhang Xiaoming couldn't help but be curious, "Professor, what are you looking at?"

Before Li Suifeng could speak, Leonard next to him said, "If I'm not mistaken, the professor is looking to see if there are any ground crews who send thick clothes, or quilts and blankets to these recruits." ”

Li Suifeng nodded, but Zhang Xiaoming was confused, "It's summer, why do you want these warm things?"

Leonard smiled, "This route is not an ordinary place, there is no warmth, and the recruits are afraid that they will be in trouble." ”

Zhang Xiaoming was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted, the hump route, that is flying in the direction of the snowy plateau!

As he spoke, the roar of the engine gradually increased, in the vibration, everyone felt the feeling of pushing back, the transport plane jumped up at the end of the runway, after C47 took off, climbed all the way, the direction turned to the west, under the clouds is the undulating Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, the air is getting thinner and thinner, and the temperature is getting lower and lower. Book bar

In the monotonous roar of the propellers, twenty-five strong men shivered coldly with their arms in their arms, huddled together like weak quails, and their upper and lower teeth clicked to catch and fight.

When they were in the mountain city, the commander who had never been out of the country and was born as a bandit told them that Tianzhu was summer in all seasons, and they couldn't wear pants if it was hot, so they didn't give them winter clothes, and each person was sent away with a single cloth military uniform.

The hump route is full of snow-capped mountains and deep valleys, the temperature at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters has reached below zero, the aluminum alloy cabin of this era has no thermal insulation function at all, the temperature in the cabin quickly drops to about the same as the outside, whether the passengers can carry it all depends on their physical fitness, in fact, there are strong men frozen to death in the voyage every day, anyway, the Ming Kingdom at this time lacks everything, but there is no shortage of people, anyway, human life is not valuable, freezing to death can only be regarded as his poor physique, and he can't complain about others.

The traverser and his party either have special abilities or excellent physical fitness, even if Zhang Xiaoming's fat house has a fat body that can carry it, this low temperature is not a problem.

Only Li Lan was so frozen, shaking like a pendulum, Yang Pingfan was distressed and held her in his arms, but it was still useless, like a koala eager to hang on him completely, so close in front of everyone, both of them were very embarrassed, so Yang Pingfan got up and walked to the cabin, probed in and said, "Captain, do you have any extra jackets?"

The pilots are wearing thick fur combat flight suits, which are made of Tuao gold wool and are very warm, and the warmth effect is even comparable to the Northeast mink coat of the Ming Kingdom, which can withstand the cold of dozens of degrees below zero, but although the things are good, they are not what anyone says they want.

After listening to Yang Pingfan's inquiry, Captain Rubio glanced back at Yang Pingfan, his eyes were full of contempt and evil spirits, and he said sharply: "Fake, you have violated the rules, go back to the cabin and sit down!"

Suddenly, the co-pilot slammed the control stick, and the plane made a big overload maneuver and swooped downward, and a scream suddenly sounded in the cabin, followed by a terrible whistling sound from far and near, "Hurricane fighter!" the co-pilot shouted.

Yang Pingfan stood at the cockpit entrance, standing still, his keen vision saw a black spot appear not far away, of course, the black spot in the eyes of others was a fighter in his eyes.

The so-called Hurricane Fighter is a new type of fighter developed and produced by Toei Nakajima Flying Machinery Co., Ltd., and its official name is the Nakajima Type 4 Army Fighter.

This kind of aircraft is called the fastest fighter in the Middle East by the Citi people, the threat is extremely high, the wind taking off from Myitkyina airport in northern Myanmar is also the biggest nightmare on the Hump route, the Allied fighters can not fly on the Hump route to follow the escort, the transport plane flying on this route is almost equivalent to running naked, once targeted by the Wind fighter jets, there is basically no life or death.

This fighter was not delivered to the military until 1944, in order to use the aircraft as an interceptor, the improved design of the Ki-84-I B in order to enhance firepower, with two 20mm cannons instead of machine guns, with two 30mm Ho-155 cannons instead of 20mm cannons, although the production is small, but the threat to transport aircraft is greater.

Outwardly, the Ki-84 looks like an enlarged version of the "Falcon".

The Ki-84 has a longer bonnet, a cockpit position that has been moved back to the middle of the fuselage, and a slightly shorter wing than the Falcon, with a wing load of 170 kg/m², making it a promising high-speed aircraft.

This allows the Ki-84 to achieve high-speed performance and vertical maneuverability, while compromising on horizontal maneuverability, the take-off weight of the aircraft has been increased by half compared to the "Falcon", and the side projection is more curved instead of stiff straight lines, making the shape softer and more mature.

Compared with traditional propeller fighters, the Ki-84's fuselage structure is quite strong, and it can perform intense air combat maneuvers with large overloads and high-speed dive maneuvers.

But on the other hand, the defense of pilots and vital parts has not changed much, and in the eyes of its opponents, the Ki-84 is still a traditional Japanese fighter, for example, the body lacks the fire extinguishing system and canopy emergency throwing equipment common in European and American fighters, Rao is so, and it is not something that transport aircraft can take lightly.

Unlike bombers with self-defense firepower, in order to increase the load as much as possible, the transport plane we took was unarmed, and there was no fighter escort, and the plane full of strong men could not go up at speed, and could only be reduced to fish on the chopping block in front of high-speed fighters.

For a while, the three pilots in the cockpit panicked, tried their best, cursed loudly, and the words of various female members of the Farke Dongying family filled the cockpit, and the movements in their hands were complicated like magic shows, in a vain attempt to escape from the guns of the Dongying fighters.

Yang Pingfan was as steady as a rock, through the cockpit glass, he saw the so-called Hurricane fighter, but he was extremely surprised, this plane was obviously modified, and there were rockets that the Dongying people should not have in this era, the tail of the plane breathed fire, and it seemed that it was even equipped with a turbojet engine, and his father-in-law's words came true, and Liu Yuan's men and horses chose to ambush at this time.

There was no time to think about how Liu Yuan's gang got the Dongying fighter to be modified, and the rockets were whistling towards the transport plane, the only thing to be thankful for was that the uncontrolled rocket was launched instead of a missile, and the pilot who controlled the fighter did not seem to have fully understood the power of the rocket, and the calculation in advance was incorrect, which allowed the transport plane to avoid several attacks without danger.