"Brother Xu, what does it feel like to go to the battlefield?" Peng Jing cooperated and took a deep breath, and having Chen Xu, a veteran with actual combat experience, by his side, calmed down his emotions a lot. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"When you are fighting, you will feel that your whole body is fluttering, and your hands and feet are not your own, but you are just mechanically pressing the firing button according to the command of your brain, pouring fire on the target." Chen Xu shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently.

When a soldier has undergone long-term training, his mind and body muscles form a conditioned reflex to attack accurately when he sees a target. This is also the reason why the veteran is scary, he doesn't even need to see the enemy, just by feeling will shoot at the target, which is overwhelming.

"Wan ...... What if I run out of ammo in the first place! Peng Jing is a weapon operator for Cobra helicopters, and he is very worried that he will be too nervous when he goes to the battlefield, like a recruit on TV, and will run out of ammunition at the beginning.

"Don't worry, we'll run out of ammunition, let's go reload it immediately!" Chen Xu will never say anything serious at this time, and will only use gentle language as much as possible to comfort Peng Jing, a novice on the battlefield.

In fact, he said nothing now, and Peng Jing's real performance on the battlefield had to be known by himself.

Many soldiers who looked good swore before the war how many monkeys they would slaughter, and the cowhide blew loudly, and as a result, they immediately urinated on the front line, and they were so frightened that they couldn't move their legs. Some soldiers seem to be timid and suffer from gains and losses, but when it comes to battle, they are extremely reliable and become the most reliable partners of their comrades-in-arms.

"It's eight o'clock in the afternoon imperial capital time, and there are still seven hours before departure! Please go to the canteen for dinner, there is a whole beef feast for you to enjoy tonight! "When the clock was eight o'clock, the female announcer at the airport tower started broadcasting to everyone, telling everyone to hurry up and eat.

Chen Xu dragged Peng Jing to the cafeteria, and this guy complained that he had no appetite and didn't want to eat now. However, Chen Xu would not allow him to do this, this meal is extremely important, it will be a tense battle for the next ten or so hours, and the next meal is estimated to be possible until noon tomorrow.

The airport cafeteria also seems to know that the soldiers will not have much appetite before the battle, so they make heavy beef, all kinds of sauce beef, stewed beef, and stewed beef. The reason why it's all beef is because this thing can especially carry hunger, and a bowl of beef stew can ensure that you have the strength to eat all day.

Chen Xu also stubbornly gnawed down two fist-sized pieces of stewed beef to finish, as for Peng Jing, he was chewing slowly as always, causing Chen Xu to unknowingly eat another bowl of sauced beef, and when he found out, he couldn't stand up straight, so he could only sit and chat for a while.

"What a calm before the storm!" After eating, watching the logistics work on the airport gradually calm down, Chen Xu sighed a little.

"The Vietnamese in that city of Hanoi must still be sleeping!" Peng Jing asked suddenly.

"That's for sure, we're a raid, and we'll be bad if they don't sleep!" Chen Xu responded with a smile.

"What are we going to do next?" Peng Jing glanced up at the electronic countdown hanging above the airport waiting hall, there were still five hours before departure, this time was really the most difficult time in life, no matter what to do.

"It's better to do nothing, just wait slowly, enjoy this rare calm, you, as the country's most scarce pilot resource, will rarely have such quiet days in the next few years."

Chen Xu glanced at Guo Jing, the two had been comrades-in-arms for a while, and an indelible friendship was formed between the two. But deep friendship is no match for a great cause that transcends the individual, that is, fighting for the country.

Soon after the end of the Sino-Vietnamese War, Peng Jing was sent to India to fight in the South Asian War. Once two big countries fighting for survival start to fight, the whole of India will be shrouded in the smoke of a terrible war.

Participating in such a high-intensity war, especially a helicopter pilot, the casualty rate is definitely higher than that of the army, maybe all the 800 helicopters at Kuncheng Airport will have to be folded in the South Asian battlefield, and it is estimated that these 1,600 helicopter pilots will survive to the end no more than three digits.

Whether Peng Jing can survive to the end, Chen Xu really doesn't dare to pack a ticket, but Chen Xu can't help Peng Jing to transfer to the rear, even Chen Xu himself may need to go directly to the front line to deal with Lao Maozi, no one can stay out of this kind of national war, can only face it bravely, that's all.

Of course, Peng Jing understood the meaning of Chen Xu's words, and he also knew that even if he could survive this battle, the hope of surviving the battlefield in India was very slim. In particular, the Soviet Union's helicopter gunships were no less than those of the US imperialists, not to mention the powerful ground anti-aircraft firepower, and the Chinese pilots had to face a strong enemy that was rare in the world, and sacrifice was inevitable.

The atmosphere froze, and both men sat on a ramp in the airport, staring at the lights in the distance. Occasionally, Chen Xu would light a cigarette and swallow the clouds.

I don't know how long I sat there, during which Chen Xu ran to squat in the toilet, then borrowed a cassette Walkman, lay on the bench in the airport waiting hall and dozed off listening to the music, and woke up and went to the cafeteria to eat a bowl of rice as a final supplement.

When he returned to the slope, he saw Peng Jing still sitting there in a daze, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Chen Xu pushed Peng Jing, handed him the hot tea in his hand, and said loudly: "Drink this cup of strong tea, go to the toilet and squat for a while, clean up your physical problems, and we'll get on the plane!" ”

Peng Jing came back to her senses from the wandering world, looked at the words, Chen Xu nodded, took the teacup, poured two sips of bitter and astringent tea, patted her butt and got up.

Chen Xu didn't know what kind of spiritual baptism Peng Jing had experienced in these five hours, but the spiritual outlook he exuded now seemed to be different from before.

may have known that he would not escape death and would die on the battlefield in South Asia sooner or later, so he went out and entered the state of a saint, and he was not afraid of anything.

The Kuncheng airport was once again busy, with commandos lining up in small formations to board one Chinook helicopter after another, and helicopter gunship pilots walking to their planes to begin testing equipment and instruments.

The ground crew drove the ladder to help get the pilots into the helicopter cab, and then said a few words about the safe return and removed the ladder.

Chen Xu sat in the back seat of the Cobra helicopter gunship, closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths before solemnly putting on his helmet and closing the cabin door.

Glancing at the electronic countdown timer standing on the airport terminal, it was less than twenty minutes before departure!

The Cobra is a gunship in the sixties, and the control panel and instruments in the cabin are quite backward, and they are still mechanical instruments, which is not the same as the sci-fi cabin layout in the advanced American-made armed helicopters in the later generations.

"Start the power system and use battery power! Turn on the lights in the machine. The control panel is tested normally, all instruments are tested normally, and the warning light is normal. Activate the fire extinguishing system and voice alarm system. Chen Xu muttered as he began to carry out the preliminary preparations for the cold start of the helicopter.

The steps of the cold start of the gunship are very cumbersome, especially this time it is to go directly to the battlefield, and all the systems have to be tested from beginning to end, and there is no room for sloppiness and laziness.

Of course, if you want to be like in the movie, the dog jumps over the wall and "snaps" for more than ten seconds, turning on all the switches that are needed, and then taking off into the air, no problem.

The normal start-up detection procedure takes about ten minutes, to say the least

Peng Jing was in the front seat and began to inspect the weapon control system, the laser rangefinder, the jamming system, etc., especially the 16-round burst limiter that opened the three-barreled rotating turret under the nose.

The Cobra can only be loaded with 750 rounds at a time, and if the launch limiter is turned off, it will run out of all the bullets in one minute. A dozen rounds of bullets will be wasted if you press the launch button a little more, and the role of the limiter is to press the launch button once and only shoot 16 bullets, which can help the weapon operator save bullets well.

Next, Chen Xu also has to control all the instruments on the panel, such as the main instrument, horizontal direction meter, attitude indicator, etc., if there is a deviation in the instrument number, it must be corrected immediately.

It took less than ten minutes for all the tests to be completed, and Chen Xu entered the last starting step, opening the helicopter's fuel supply system, opening the fuel cut-off valve, and letting the fuel pump start to inject fuel into the engine.

At the end of the runway, the navigator is waving a small red flag to signal that the helicopter on the runway is ready to start its engines and prepare for liftoff.

"Little mirror, have you checked everything?" Chen Xu sniffed and asked Peng Jing, who was sitting in the front seat.

Peng Jing checked and tested the weapon control system again, and nodded silently to confirm that it was ready.

Chen Xu took a deep breath and pressed the engine start button with his left hand. The helicopter trembled slightly, and the sound of the engine starting overhead was heard, and then the engine drove the propeller to start spinning.

The air was stirred at high speed by the propellers, making a palpitating sound of the air being torn.

Experienced pilots will pay attention to the sound of the engine behind them from the moment they press the start button, the time from stationary to full start of the engine is fixed, if the time is extended or there is noise, it is a problem, at this time it is best to interrupt the take-off procedure.

After the engine was fully started, the on-board generator began to supply power to the whole machine, and Chen Xu began to test whether the control stick was normal.

Finally, the avionics system is turned on, and the screen of the navigation system is also lit up. (To be continued.) )