"Hey, why are you here?!" Chen Xin stood up from his seat in surprise, stepped forward and gave Li Yunbo a big hug, and then shook hands with Liu Yang and Qu Haijun one by one and smiled: "I heard Xiao Qiao say two days ago that you will not arrive in Mogadishu until half a month, why did you come here so quickly." ”

These three people are the members of the mission team of Shenzhou 9 last time, Liu Yang and Qu Haijun have now recovered and been discharged from the hospital after careful treatment, leaving no sequelae, and returning to the astronaut brigade.

Now the three of them have a very high reputation in the world's aerospace industry, and it takes a lot of luck to survive the spacecraft being hit by space junk, and the use of the Dream space plane in this operation has made the three of them receive unprecedented attention.

Soon after returning to the ground, they received awards from the Chinese government to award each of them the title of "Space Heroes", and they are also extremely popular in the eyes of the Chinese people.

It's a pity that the mysterious astronaut who flew the Dream space plane to participate in the rescue has never shown up, and although there are strong calls from the people to reveal the identity of the space hero, the Chinese government has never said anything.

Therefore, public opinion has always called him "our unsung hero".

Liu Yang said with a smile: "Mr. Chen, the superior chief heard that the Dawning aerospace plane has been completed, so let us come over in advance to do adaptive training, accompanied by not only us, but also the technicians and engineers of the astronaut support team. ”

Chen Xin laughed and said, "You came just in time. Some time ago, when I was talking to the Great Elder on the phone, the Great Elder told me about the training of the aerospace aircraft, so I specially asked someone to get a simulator for you, and you can come here this time, just in time to practice the operation of the Dawning on the simulator!"

Li Yunbo, Liu Yang, and Qu Haijun glanced at each other in surprise, and said in unison: "This is really good!"

Chen Xindao: "Let's go, you guys came at the right time, another newly opened Sichuan restaurant in Mogadishu in the past two days, it tastes very good, Xiao Qiao." You call to order a meal. At noon, we invited guests from China to dinner. ”

Qiao Ting smiled and said, "Okay, I'll call right away." ”

After lunch, Chen Xin took Li Yunbo and others to Mogadishu International Airport, compared to a few months ago. The airport has expanded a bit. The number of hangars that can accommodate ships of the Aurora's class has been increased to four.

The airport is surrounded by sentry posts. From time to time, there are micro-drones patrolling around, and Li Yunbo and others came to this famous international airport for the first time, and they were immediately attracted by the fighter jets parked in the airport.

Before becoming an astronaut. Li Yunbo has flown Su-27, J-10 and other fighters, F-14, F-15, F-16 these three fighters have always been his old enemies, he never imagined that one day he would see these fighters that he once regarded as his biggest enemy from the standpoint of Somalia.

He couldn't help but ask Chen Xindao: "Mr. Chen, these are all ...... Drone?"

Before coming to Somalia, Li Yunbo and others were told some information about the situation of the war, and although they did not know much about this mysterious organization, the mere fact that the other side had aerospace planes and could get so many advanced second-hand fighters from the American aircraft cemetery was enough to shock everyone.

Chen Xin nodded and smiled: "All of them, now Mogadishu International Airport has been completely converted into a military airport, where one hundred and fifty aircraft of various types are parked, and more than one hundred and fifty fighter jets are deployed in Hargeisa, responsible for the defense of the airspace in northern Somalia." ”

Li Yunbo knew that Chen Xin was modest, such a small country has gathered so many fighter groups with various types of combat support aircraft as support, and has also confronted the F22 fleet of the United States, which can already be regarded as an extremely powerful air force.

Chen Xin didn't say much, and drove to a huge hangar.

This hangar is nearly 100 meters long, more than 60 meters wide, and nearly 30 meters high, and it took only one and a half months to build.

The reason why it was so fast was because Chen Xin handed over the construction of the project to a well-known new concept construction company in China, Yuanda Kejian, which was famous for building a 30-story hotel in half a month.

After Chen Xin smashed 20 million US dollars, the other party immediately took over the project, and built all the relevant pipes, doors, windows, and walls in the domestic construction factory, and entrusted an ocean freighter from COSCO Shipping to transport these customized equipment to Mogadishu, and then assembled them on the spot at the airport.

In fact, from the beginning of its construction, China, the United States, Russia and other countries have begun to pay attention to this strange building, at first they thought that the war situation was just to use this hangar as a fighter hangar, and then the building was completed, and none of the war planes entered for maintenance, people found that it had just been used for other purposes.

It was only later that Chen Xin said that he would build two aerospace planes for China that these countries had a faint premonition.

Chen Xin, Qiao Ting, Li Yunbo and others stood in this huge single building

In front of the building, Chen Xin held a remote control and pressed the button on it lightly, and the hangar door began to slowly open to both sides.

Soon, all those standing at the door of the hangar froze.

Inside the hangar, an unusually large flying machine slowly appeared in front of everyone.

The exterior of this vehicle is not as streamlined and sharp as that of the Dream, and the overall appearance and structure are comparable to those of the orbiter of the American Space Shuttle, but the size is fully doubled.

Eighty meters long, forty meters wide, and more than twenty meters high, such a huge body makes it look like a flying machine, like a huge interstellar battleship.

"Oh my God!" Liu Yang covered his mouth and exclaimed, "It's bigger than the An-225, right?"

Li Yunbo and Qu Haijun also looked shocked.

The An-225 "Dream" is a monster-class transport aircraft manufactured in the former Soviet Union, with a length of 88 meters, a take-off weight of more than 600 tons, and a load of more than 200 tons.

After the collapse of the former Soviet Union, a total of two transport planes were built, which were kept as treasures by the Russians, specializing in providing various special air transportation services.

But compared to the Aurora, which can enter low-earth orbit hundreds of kilometers away, the An-225 is much dwarfed. (To be continued......)

PS: I'm sorry, this one is last night, and there are four more today