There is nothing "international" at Leipzig International Airport.

A runway that can take off and land large passenger aircraft and transport aircraft, a taxiway parallel to it, and the command tower stands between two overgrown lanes, looking lonely from a distance, giving people a desolate and dilapidated feeling.

The main taxiway has a number of forks, and along these turnovers in and out of the taxiway, there are more than 30 hangars of various sizes and open aprons on the north side.

It is called the "outfield" and is surrounded by a ring of barbed wire that is more than ten kilometers long.

To the south of the barbed wire fence is a simple and tranquil countryside, with vast green meadows and rolling hills, like a huge green carpet, dotted with dense groves and mountains in the distance.

On the north side of the barbed wire fence is the "infield", where an aviation division of the former East German People's Army Air Force was stationed, covering an area of 2.8 square kilometers, with a barracks lined with trees and roads extending in all directions. Oil depots, warehouses, ammunition depots, shopping malls, backup power plants, kindergartens, waterworks and other facilities are readily available.

The barracks that could be found everywhere were empty, and since the ammunition could not be disposed of for a while, there was still a company of Defence officers and men stationed in the ammunition depot adjacent to the "outfield".

The aviation fuel, gasoline and diesel fuel in the oil depot, as well as the special vehicles used to refuel, charge, inflate and tow the aircraft, were handed over to NB Aviation in accordance with the previously signed agreement, along with all barracks.

The East German People's Army, the most well-equipped army of the Warsaw Pact countries, was disbanded without firing a single shot, but it was not fully integrated into the Wehrmacht of the new government. Some took off their uniforms and went home, others went to West Germany to look for work. At the same time, a part of the professional military has nowhere to go. Because their home is here.

NB Aviation's training business. This problem is well solved for the federal government.

Nearly 400 former KPA officers and soldiers who have made the airport their home not only continue to live in living quarters, but all of them have become NB Aviation employees. With the help of NB Airlines, their families have also started a service industry with facilities such as military service clubs, officers' clubs, and airport guest houses.

It is precisely because of their existence that the airport no longer seems so deserted.

The division headquarters building became the headquarters of NB Aviation, and the former war room became the "Leipzig International Airport" monitoring center.

"Mr. Schmidt, please switch the signal to C-2."

"Mr. Herman, please inform the construction team and the fire brigade. After five minutes, the fire protection system of the oil depot was tested to let everyone pay attention to safety. ”

Xie Jingwen obviously lived up to the kindness of the charter, Sun Xiaoguang and Huang Li'an, and as soon as she arrived in Germany, she devoted herself to the airport electrical and automation control renovation project. Sitting behind a desk full of drawings, staring at the monitors and giving out one command after another.

Automation was not the strong point of the East German engineers, and after seeing a security system tailored for the hangar, no one dared to look down on the female engineer from Asia in front of them.

Herman, deputy commander of the airport renovation project, raised the walkie-talkie and called in German: "The construction team, the fire brigade, I am the monitoring center, I am the monitoring center, and the C-2 fire test will be carried out at 16:28." 16:28 C-2 fire test, please be safe. ”

A young man wearing a hard hat appears in the monitor in the third row on the left. He glanced at the electronic watch on his wrist and replied: "The construction team received it, the construction team received it, and it started on time at 16:28!" Start on time at 16:28! ”

"The monitoring center, the monitoring center, the fire brigade is ready."

"Monitoring center, oil depot ready."

In the monitoring screen, four fire trucks are driving into the oil depot, and more than 20 firefighters and oil depot managers quickly open the fire box, connect a roll of hose to the fire hydrant, and then connect the water cannon.

As a turbojet fire truck modified by NB industrial manufacturing entered the predetermined position, a construction worker "bang" ignited an oil drum more than ten meters away from the oil tank, and suddenly thick smoke billowed and the alarm bell sounded.

In the open flame test, Xie Jingwen held a handful of sweat in her palms and stared at the monitor, for fear of even a little accident.

The alarm bell rang for about four or five seconds, and the automatic fire fighting system at the oil depot was working.

"The monitoring center, the monitoring center, the vertical air foam launcher are working fine."

"The foam proportional mixer is working fine!"

"The secondary foam gun is working fine!"

The fire was extinguished, Xie Jingwen finally breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to ask Herman to notify the construction team to order three more oil drums at different locations, when a notice from the air traffic control center suddenly came from the loudspeaker: "Attention to all units, attention to all units, LBX-001 trial flight will land after 35 minutes, LBX-001 trial flight will land after 35 minutes, please ground and logistics units enter the site immediately, please ground support and logistics units enter the site immediately......"

The Boeing 747-400 flying to Hong Kong came back, and thinking that Charter and Xia Yao were on the plane, Xie Jingwen couldn't help but look back and ask: "Mr. Herman, have all the training planes in the training center landed?" ”

"Don't worry, there must be arrangements in the air traffic control center." Herman looked at the time on his watch and added in English: "And today there are two Tu-154s flying to Moscow." ”

Seeing that the firefighters in the monitor packed up their equipment and prepared to go to the outfield, Xie Jingwen got up and said, "Gentlemen, this is the end of today, and it will continue tomorrow." ”

There are cars at the airport, almost one per person, all of which are left behind by the former People's Army.

Xie Jingwen ran downstairs, climbed into a Soviet-style GAZ69 jeep, and was about to start, when she saw a luxury bus coming from the direction of Dayingmen, she quickly pulled out the key and jumped out of the car.

A bus from the NB laboratory in Berlin. You can see the blue logo of NB Electric in the distance. In the blink of an eye. The bus slowly stopped in front of the NB Aviation Headquarters building. Familiar faces stepped out of the car.

"Sister Xie, you miss us to death, you don't go to Berlin after making so many calls, do you have any opinions about us?"

"Lao Zhang, she is looking at the beautiful mountains and rivers and picturesque scenery here, and she is ready to settle down here."

Zhang Junshan, Wu Bin, Xiong Yongwang, Yin Pengjun, Zhan Zhize, Xi Wenyao, Xiang Hongyi...... They are all old friends and colleagues who have been together with each other for more than half a year in the dormitory of the old factory.

Reunited after a long absence, Xie Jingwen was excited, shaking hands one by one. While asking curiously: "Lao Zhang, Lao Wu, Yongwang, are you preparing to return to China en masse?" ”

"yes."

Zhang Junshan looked around and said with emotion: "When we came to East Germany, NB Electric was still a small company, but now it has become a multinational group with assets of tens of billions, and even has its own airline. You've all done your part, and not only did we do nothing, but we also spent so much money on the company, which is really deserved. Even if Zhang Gong doesn't ask us to go back, we won't be able to stay any longer. ”

Glancing back at the bus, I saw Dr. Klinsmann, Dr. Marcus, Dr. Christian, and Dr. Frederick and other bigwigs from the Berlin NB Lab taking their luggage. But without seeing their family members, Xie Jingwen asked with a puzzled face: "What about the sisters-in-law?" ”

Wu Bin explained: "Isn't it summer vacation? So let her go back to accompany the child first. ”

Old friends are important. The leadership of the NB laboratory is equally important, Alyssa Xie didn't want to leave an impolite impression on others, smiled apologetically with everyone, and turned back to greet: "Dr. Klinsmann, Dr. Marcus, Dr. Christian, Dr. Frederick, we meet again." ”

"Thanks, I knew you couldn't forget us old guys."

Dr. Klinsmann gave him a warm hug, then took two steps back, looked up and down, and said, "Xie, you have lost weight, much thinner than when you were in Hong Kong, are you not used to life here?" ”

"Really?" Xie Jingwen twisted her waist exaggeratedly, and said with a smile: "Doctor, this is good news, in fact, I have always been not very satisfied with my weight. ”

"Young people like a good figure, especially a pretty lady like you."

"Thank you."

"By the way, has the chapter arrived?"

"His plane landed in about twenty-five minutes."

Dr. Klinsmann nodded slightly, and then asked, "So what are we going to do, should we find a place to live first?" ”

"There are so many places that you don't need to look for them." Xie Jingwen is half the owner here, took out a walkie-talkie from the jeep, and adjusted it to the frequency used by the logistics staff: "Mr. Spoyler, Mr. Spoyler, please answer if you hear it." ”

"Spoyler received, Spoyler received, Miss Xie, what do you need me to do?"

"Mr. Spoeller, I have more than 20 colleagues from the Berlin NB Laboratory and the Hong Kong NB Laboratory, and the boss's plane will land in 20 minutes, they need a place to stay, please arrange it as soon as possible."

"How about the best room in the guest house?"

Thinking that the charter didn't like hotel-style rooms, Xie Jingwen said: "The boss needs a quiet environment, Mr. Spoyler, isn't there a wooden house by the lake, can you find someone to clean it up?" ”

"No problem, I'll inform Mrs. Kileenhahn."

"Thank you."

"No thanks, it's my pleasure to serve you and your boss."

Shibei was impressed by the three days, the glasses girl who was introverted and didn't like to talk much a few years ago has now become a strong woman.

Zhang Junshan was full of emotion, and couldn't help but joke: "Sister Xie, you are doing well, our brothers will rely on you to take care of them in the future." ”

"Come less," Xie Jingwen snorted and said, "You are all great doctors, and you all have to be entrusted with important tasks, so that you can take care of me." ”

As he was talking, another bus drove up, and the dilapidated and old East German goods could not be compared with the West German-made luxury bus of the Berlin NB laboratory.

Dr. Klinsmann and the others were like ghosts. Throw down the phrase "Don't tell them where I am". He hurriedly entered the headquarters building with large bags and small bags.

"What's going on?"

It has been in Berlin all this time. Zhang Junshan was not ignorant of this, and hurriedly pulled Xie Jingwen's arm to climb into the car, and while signaling the driver to start the engine, he beckoned: "Brothers, let's go to pick up Zhang Gong first, and see Zhang Gong's little daughter-in-law." ”

Xie Jingwen was even more confused, looked at the bus behind her and asked, "Lao Zhang, what's going on?" ”

"Looking for a doctor. We can't get involved. ”

"If you don't want to see them, you can ask the security guards to stop them."

"You can't stop it, and you can't call a security guard."

"Why?"

"Because they are friends of the Doctor, they are members of the 'Klinsmann's Friends' association."

Xie Jingwen was confused, and asked puzzledly, "Then why did the doctor hide from them?" ”

"I can't tell you for a while, but you'll know later."

Zhang Junshan pouted in front of her, and Alyssa Xie realized that the car chasing Dr. Klinsmann had not been stopped by the security guards, but the luxury bus they were now riding in had been stopped.

Further on is the "outfield", which is related to the safety of aircraft take-off and landing, and no vehicle or person is allowed to enter without a pass.

Alyssa Tse has permission and can walk in. But it is so far from the tarmac that it takes more than ten minutes to walk. Besides, there were so many old friends in the car, so he spread his hands: "Everyone, just wait here, the charter and Xia Yao will come out of here in a while." ”

Wu Bin looked at the empty runway from afar and asked suspiciously, "No terminal?" ”

"Yes, it is at the east end of the runway, but it is under construction, and it will not be completed until the end of next year at the earliest. It's not that I don't know that this is a military airport, and I asked this non-standard question. ”

"Are there any fighter jets?"

"There were, but they were all almost dismantled, and only more than fifty trainer planes and two helicopters remained."

The first time he entered the military airport, Zhan Zhize was very curious, and while looking around, he asked: "Sister Xie, where is the plane, why can't I see it?" ”

"The trainer plane and helicopter are in the hangar, and the fighter is in the repair shop in the west, anyway, you can't leave today, and when the charter and Xia Yao arrive, I will let someone take you to see it."

"What kind of planes are they?"

It's really troublesome, isn't it just a bunch of broken planes, although she was tired of being asked, Xie Jingwen still introduced it like a few treasures: "Four two-seat MiG-21UTI, tandem two-cockpit, both cockpit canopies are open to the right, without cannons; Eighteen Yak-52s, nine-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, two 61-liter internal fuel tanks, it is said to be very safe;

The four L-39s, nicknamed the 'Albatross', were high- and medium-level trainers, which could also be used as light attack aircraft, but the fire control systems were dismantled by the Wehrmacht, and then there were new trainers such as the Simenol, TB, and Cessna-172, as well as full-flight simulators, stationary simulators, and exercise machines, including Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, and Airbus.

The two Mi-17 helicopters are in a special situation, the property rights do not belong to NB Aviation, nor to the German Ministry of Defense, but to the Saxony state government, which can be used to train helicopter pilots, but also to provide rescue services to the state government. According to Mr. De Bar, the Director of Training, two more advanced aircraft will be purchased from Eurocopter. ”

Zhang Junshan asked worriedly: "It takes a lot of money to maintain so many aircraft, and to purchase new ones, are there so many people who come to learn?" ”

"You don't have to worry about that," Xie Jingwen smiled and said proudly: "HB Airlines' training costs are the lowest in Europe, and the number of applicants has exceeded 1,000 so far, including Germany, France, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, and the United States." Americans, in particular, not only come to learn how to fly airplanes, but also buy our planes. ”

"Buying a plane?"

"Well, MiG fighters, they like excitement, they can't fly a few times a year, and they have to pay for downtime and maintenance, I really don't know what they think."

"There's money."

Wu Bin was happy and asked curiously: "How low is the training cost, and can we afford it?" ”

"How can I say it," Xie Jingwen thought for a while, and patiently explained: "There are private pilot's licenses and civil aviation pilot's licenses, and people like you can definitely only take the private license, including the examination fee, training fee and aircraft rental fee, which will cost about 60,000 US dollars." ”

"Is this still cheap?"

Xie Jingwen gave him a roll of her eyes, and said angrily: "So much flight time, burning so much oil, it's already very cheap, do you think you play with a glider?" ”

$60,000 is really not a small number, Wu Bin said stupidly: "Forget it, I'm a coward, let's play with remote control planes." ”

"Remote-controlled airplane, your son is about the same as playing."

Everyone burst into laughter, and at this time, there was a deafening roar outside. As far as the probe looked, a Boeing airliner was rushing towards the runway, and then swept past the front of the eye, taxiing towards the tower.

After the safe return of the trial flight, NB Airlines Chairman Bierman, CEO Lu Yuanqing, Training Director De Bar, Leipzig Airport CEO Agrande and Executive Vice President Wen Kaian held a brief celebration ceremony on the tarmac.

This is an honor that belongs to the crew and cabin crew, and it is also an internal affair of NB Airlines, and the charter politely declined the invitation of Bierman and Lu Yuanqing, and did not walk down the gangway with Xia Yao until the end of the celebration ceremony.

In the eyes of many people, Germans are more than rigorous, and they always feel that they lack a little warm element. However, when you see the idyllic scenery of Germany, you will definitely reject the idea of what you once thought.

There is a small lake in the northwest corner of the "infield", and the lake is surrounded by endless fields.

The ridge is decorated with dotted five-color flowers, which are charming and colorful, inlaid with flowers and sprinkled with bursts of fragrance. The countryside is full of green grass, flowers bloom everywhere, and butterflies and dragonflies dance.

On the lakeside is a village, with low fences, vines or bushes, and more than a dozen families with their own courtyards, each with its own style, full of rich natural interest and cultural atmosphere, like a miniature open-air house museum showing people the masterpieces of each family.

On the grass on both sides of the path outside, there are some wooden benches for visitors to rest. Towards the end of the evening, people take a walk in twos and threes, or lazily lie on the chaise longue in front of the chalet, watching the children cheer and the birds sing and the flowers are so pleasant.

Honey-colored houses are one after another, and the green grass in front of the door and the flowers in the window are constantly coming into view, and you can take a "postcard" from any angle.

Along the way, it is like walking into a beautiful fairy tale world.

Xia Yao was stunned by everything in front of him, pointed to the cabin next to him and asked, "Do we really live here?" ”

The men wanted to talk about work, and Xie Jingwen, who accompanied her to the temporary residence first, said with a smile: "You live here, I live in that building." Beautiful, right? When I first arrived, I liked it just like you, and I liked it at first sight. You may not believe it, and sometimes even a fawn or two will pop up out of nowhere. (To be continued......)