The next day, in the hangar of the Boeing 747, 24 gray-haired former American Flying Tigers, dressed in the uniforms of US pilots during World War II, stood outside the spiral staircase for a long time and refused to board the plane, accompanied by their families.

It's been half an hour since the scheduled check-in time, but these old people are staring at the familiar shark mouth livery on the Boeing 747, and they are moved to tears.

Modern Americans no longer know this livery designed by Disney for the Flying Tigers during World War II, and the old people never imagined that this livery that they had not seen for many years and had extraordinary significance to them would appear on a Boeing 747.

The unique fighter livery of World War II is now reproduced on a modern passenger plane, and the ancient and modern are intertwined, allowing these old people to recall the eventful years of those years and the life course of so many years after leaving the battlefield.

The old people hugged each other and wept, and the family members on the side also snuggled up to each other, watching their lovers, fathers, and grandfathers sigh and sigh there.

The boarding time has passed, and the tower is already urging the plane to prepare to taxi and queue up for takeoff, and the captain can't bear to interrupt the precious emotions of these old people, so he can only explain to the tower in person that the boarding is delayed, and he can only delay the take-off time by one hour.

The accompanying photographers have been capturing all the time, and these photographers who have been touched to the extreme are also trying their best to leave the most precious and perfect memories for these old people, and also leave a precious record for future generations.

A photographer from Huaxia suddenly proposed: "Let's take a photo with the plane for you, just like you did when you were in the Flying Tigers with the plane." ”

The old people nodded excitedly, and an old man wiped away his tears and said with a smile: "When we were in the Flying Tigers, every time I took pictures with the plane, I had to climb to the fuselage and stand on the highest place, but this Boeing airliner was too high to go up." ”

The old people next to him burst into laughter, and the atmosphere was a lot more lively, and the old people stood under the nose of the plane one after another, with the huge shark's mouth above their heads.

Photographers from China and the United States were seriously shooting for them from all angles, and the family members watched from the sidelines and were also moved by this situation, so they also joined in the group photo.

After taking countless photos of these old people, the time has exceeded the time of the second take-off.

Chen Xu, the five-star captain sent by Air China and the captain of the crew this time, was not in a hurry at all, except for applying to the tower to take off later, he was always at the cabin door, motionless and saluting the old people outside.

It's just that when the old people hugged each other and wept, Chen Xu also turned around and secretly wiped a handful of tears.

He was also an Air Force pilot, and later transferred to civil aviation, with superb flying skills and a strong sense of responsibility became the best pilot and instructor of Air China, he is now not on duty often, only occasionally on more important flights and routes, pilot to captain flight missions, but because Air China attaches great importance to this charter flight, so it specially formed a best crew, so he was sent to serve as the captain of this charter flight.

Chen Xu had never experienced the war, so he was so touched, but when he was in the Air Force, he once led a pilot who died in the South China Sea two years ago.

The Air Force pilot named Wang Wei was only 33 years old when he died, and his first solo flight was under Chen Xu's teaching, and the two were in a standard master-apprentice relationship; two years ago, Wang Wei was ordered to drive away a US military reconnaissance plane that had intruded into China's territorial airspace, collided with a US military reconnaissance plane, parachuted out of the sea, and his whereabouts were unknown, and he was finally confirmed to have died.

Although when Wang Wei died, Chen Xu had been transferred for many years, but the news still made him very sad, when he was preparing for take-off for a flight with a route, the co-pilot was below with the maintenance to do a round-trip check and confirm the amount of refueling, and when he came up, he found that the captain who usually did not smile, a man in his fifties, was stunned and cried in the cockpit like a three-year-old child.

The whole crew except for the two flight attendants who were left to receive the boarding passengers, everyone poured into the cockpit to comfort Chen Xu, at that time they thought that something had happened to Chen Xu's family, and later learned that it was the captain who received a message from his old comrades before takeoff, and after many days of searching, the military officially announced that the hero had died, so the hope for a miracle was dashed in an instant, and all that was left was sadness.

At this time, when Chen Xu saw these veteran pilots who had experienced World War II, the first thing he thought of was the hero who had been sleeping in the South China Sea, and it was almost his second anniversary, some people were still thinking about the old heroes of fifty or sixty years ago, and I don't know how many people were still thinking about the young heroes who sacrificed less than two years.

After secretly crying, the purser came to Chen Xu's side and said in his ear: "Captain, it's almost time to let the old people board the plane, No. 2 let me tell you that the tower is already urging." ”

Chen Xu nodded, sighed, and said, "You go and talk to our volunteer representatives in Huaxia, I can't get off the plane casually at this time according to my regulations." ”

"Okay. The purser immediately agreed, and was about to walk down the spiral ladder, when he suddenly turned around and said to Chen Xu: "Captain, I believe that 81194 will also be remembered by everyone." ”

Chen Xu glanced at her in surprise and nodded gratefully and gratifyingly.

The number of the plane at the time of Wang Wei's sacrifice was 81194, and many people thought that the 81192 fighter plane on the photo was the number of the fighter plane that Wang Wei flew when he died, but in fact, the photo was not taken on the day of the impact, and the number of the fighter plane piloted by Wang Wei was actually 81194 on the day of the impact.

This purser has cooperated with Chen Xu for many years, and is also a five-star purser of Air China, so he knows Chen Xu very well, when Chen Xu was crying in the cockpit, she was next to her, and just now, Chen Xu's behavior of quietly wiping away tears, she also saw it in her eyes, and she almost instantly understood who Chen Xu's tears were for.

The purser conveyed the requirements of the tower to the volunteer representatives of the Huaxia side, who was also the person in charge of the Huaxia side this time, and explained the situation to the veterans who were still taking photos and watching under the shark's mouth, and when they heard that the plane had been delayed for more than an hour, everyone began to prepare for boarding one after another.

All the crew members gathered inside and outside the cabin door, and the captain and co-pilot stood on both sides of the spiral staircase outside the cabin door, looking solemn and full of respect, saluting every old man who passed by, and said in English: "Welcome to the flight of China Express Airlines, it is our honor to serve you." ”

The old people also responded very politely, and even an old man held Chen Xu's hand and said, "Is it worth it to change the livery of the plane after this flight?"

Chen Xu hurriedly said: "No, sir, in order to show respect for you and the old Flying Tigers like you, Huaxia Airlines has reached a consensus with the Veterans Immortal Charity Foundation that the livery of this aircraft will be retained forever until the aircraft is retired!"

As soon as the old man heard the news, he immediately said excitedly: "Great, really good, I hope your plane can fly to the United States more in the future, I am too old, I am afraid that I will not have the ability to go to China in the future, if I will never see her again, it is really a pity, if she will fly to the United States, I will definitely go to the airport to see her more!"

Chen Xu's eyes were red, and he hurriedly said: "I will definitely give feedback to the company about your request, and I hope that in the future, this aircraft can fly to Huaxia to the United States with a fixed value." ”

The old man was so excited that he shouted: "Hey brothers, did you hear that? This plane will not be repainted in the future, and it is possible that the others will fly to the United States on a regular basis!"

The crowd of people who had already boarded the plane, climbed the spiral staircase, and were about to board the plane broke out into cheers, thinking that the livery of this plane would be changed back after flying this flight, but they did not expect that it could be kept forever, and it was possible to fly to the United States regularly, which was great news for them.

Spielberg sighed in his heart, he thought of his mood when he filmed "Schindler's List", like Li Mu, he hoped that the world would remember the hardships suffered by his own nation back then, but he obviously did not think more far-reaching than Li Mu, he just made a movie, but Li Mu planned a whole set of huge plans, in which all kinds of thoughts and considerations were wide, so that Spielberg also sighed to himself.

Half an hour later.

The Boeing 747 painted with an alternative shark's mouth soared in the sky, flying towards China and the place where countless fierce air battles had taken place.

The old people on the plane were particularly excited, and they excitedly shouted the slogan they had come up with for a long time: "Fifty-eight years later, we are back again!"

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At half past ten in the morning of the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, the weather was sunny at Chuncheng Airport in the southwest.

The weather in Spring City today is surprisingly good, the sky is clear, and the visibility is simply breaking through the sky.

The temperature is not too cold, and the sun is warm on the body, which makes people feel extra comfortable.

There is no media at the airport, some are just film crews hired by the Veterans Immortal Foundation, as well as front-line reporters from YY.com, all the Chinese Flying Tigers are waiting on the tarmac prepared at the airport, and the relationship between the airport is not dredged by Li Mu, but by the Yun Provincial Military Region.

The military region has a very high voice in the civil aviation airport, because legally speaking, the airspace is under the control of the military, and everything in civil aviation must obey the military dispatch, so the military has put forward requirements, although the airport does not know why, but still has to do things according to the rules.

After more than 10 hours of flying, the old people were physically tired, but their emotions were extremely excited.

Chen Xu and the tower carried out routine communication before entering the field, and after the air traffic control of the tower docked with 747, he suddenly received an order from his superiors and immediately said to 747: "The superiors require you to fly around the field five times at an altitude of 300 before entering the field. ”

Chen Xu was stunned for a moment, and asked in surprise: "Superior requirements?"

The other party was actually very surprised in his heart, but he could only reply: "That's right, the order sent by the leader of the military region requires implementation, and there is a six-word postscript: show the greatest respect!"