Flight MZ9527 is a short-haul mission in a regular area, so there is no second captain, and the retractable seats behind the middle throttle stick of the front and passenger seats are vacant.

After the plane entered the high-altitude cruising state, Li Zhan entered the cockpit and sat in the position of the second captain, because the flight attendant was about to start the cabin service, and he was very bored sitting there alone.

Chatting with the captain and co-pilot, feeling the modern cockpit of the civil airliner, Li Zhan felt a lot of emotion in his heart. The cockpit of this aircraft is comfortable and spacious, the control system is advanced and foolish, and the way of flying can be said to be foolish. If the cockpit of the H-6KZZ is a hard bedboard, then the cockpit of this three-year-old Airbus 320 is a soft mattress, and the cockpit of the H-6KZZ is already the best in the H-6 family.

During the conversation, I learned that the captain was a professional pilot from the Civil Aviation Academy, which was relatively rare. In those years, most of the pilots of civil aviation were transferred from the military, and the training system of civil aviation itself has not yet formed a large-scale training capacity.

No wonder Li Zhan didn't have much tacit understanding when chatting with the captain.

Arriving at Nangang International Airport smoothly, the Second Division sent a Cheetah 2030 to pick it up, and it was already more than nine o'clock in the evening when it arrived at Xixian Station at a galloping speed. Li Zhan was taken directly to the operations command room, and was shocked to find that in addition to Qi Hong and a few unknown school officers, there was an old acquaintance.

Old battalion commander Guo Beimu.

The thick fighting atmosphere in the combat command room made Li Zhan smell the breath of war. Then look at the large display hanging on the wall, which shows a global satellite map, with the Middle East marked in red. So he probably guessed the reason why he was in such a hurry to call him back.

After meeting several leaders, Guo Beimu pulled Li Zhan aside and handed him a cigarette, "I arrived an hour ago, and the military plane flew directly to Xixian Station." The situation will give you a rough idea. The situation in Leah suddenly deteriorated and armed conflict broke out, and we have a lot of companies working there, and the current figure is that the safety of 561 workers is not guaranteed. The higher authorities ordered them to be urgently evacuated from Leah, and the task was given to the Air Force transport pilots. ”

"But no one has flown this route, and the only people who know the situation are me and you at the moment, and our task is to support the evacuation operation, which is considered an operational advisor."

Li Zhanquan understood.

Even Guo Beimu, who was far away at Dudachang Station, was urgently transferred, which shows that the situation is very urgent.

"The plane took off from the Beiku combat training base?" Li Zhan asked.

Obviously, if it weren't for Beiku as the take-off point, the superiors would not have transferred Li Zhan over, and Guo Beimu alone was enough for the flight route from Beiku to Leah.

Sure enough, Guo Beimu said, "Yes, there is a direct flight from Beiku to Lia Bontes Airport, which is the only civil aviation airport in the Leah region that can still be used." Other airports in the area are either occupied by rebels or under military control, and are completely unusable. All civil aviation flights can only take off and land at Bontes Airport. After coordination with many parties, Bontes Airport gave us an hour window time. ”

After a pause, Guo Beimu said in a deep voice, "There is only one chance to complete loading and take-off within an hour." ”

The urgency of the matter is clearly here.

It was 8,000 kilometers away. It was no easy task to send planes to load and take off six hundred and thirty-one workers in one hour. There are no transport planes in service that can fly back and forth in one go, which means that the aircraft has to land and refuel halfway. There are many uncertainties in the unfamiliar route of 8,000 kilometers, and the more complex the process, the more difficult it is to predict the arrival time.

Sure enough, Guo Beimu said, "Our relevant agencies in the local area need us to give accurate time, and they only have an extremely limited window time to organize workers to go to Bontes Airport." Bontes Airport is also not a safety island, and it is impossible to tell when it will be fenced off, and workers cannot stay at the airport for long periods of time for safety reasons. ”

Li Zhan asked, "Why did you set up the headquarters here?" ”

Guo Beimu said, "It is easier to coordinate all parties here than Duda and Beiku. The stopover is arranged in Pakistan, and they are very supportive, so this part should not be a big problem. It is imperative to come up with an accurate arrival time, and the relevant agencies in Leah need to proceed with the next step according to the exact time of the arrival of the aircraft. ”

He pointed to the large global satellite map on the wall, took the remote control from a staff officer, enlarged the map, and said, "Three Il-76s are already on standby in Beiku, and they are also studying the route. Tell us what you think. ”

Now that the route planning has arrived, the application for the relevant airspace of the route has been completed. Li Zhan didn't ask much, wrinkled his brows and said, "Battalion commander, I have a concern. We were familiar with the airspace in those places three years ago, but you also know that the situation in those areas has always been volatile, and the biggest threat to the terrain and meteorology is the anti-aircraft fire in the chaotic areas. ”

Guo Beimu said, "We only need to consider the topography and meteorology, and the rest have other departments to coordinate and contact." ”

"Understood." Li Zhan has been carefully looking at the satellite earth, from Beiku to Leah, most of the Leah area is marked red, and it is a high-threat area. The extent of the Green Zone is very small, and a small area around the Bontes Airport is green, like an island in the Red Sea.

This route is unfamiliar to others, but most of the segments are familiar to Li Zhan. He served in the old army for two years, and spent a year and a half flying over this area, and he was even very familiar with the topography and meteorological conditions of some of these hot spots. Even Guo Beimu can't compare.

"It is necessary to hurry up and take out the time, the comrades stationed in the relevant local institutions are very anxious and do not know how to arrange the next step." Qi Hong walked over and said in a deep voice, he could see that he was in a hurry.

Guo Beimu said with a smile, "Master Qi, this arrival time is not certain, and our advisory group is responsible." ”

Obviously, the action advisory group is Guo Beimu and Li Zhan. Qi Hong could only nod slightly to show his understanding, he was not the one who made the decision, the second division was a supporting role in logistics support in this evacuation operation, and Qi Hong was responsible for uploading and disseminating.

The other staff officers in the operational command were all looking at the map and discussing nervously, and some of them were even holding the publicly available topographic map of the world. The Chinese Air Force simply knows too little about the situation in the airspace beyond the national border. In order to determine the route as soon as possible, the airline even urgently contacted the civil aviation department to obtain the route plan and route of all civil aviation flights in this direction.

Li Zhan stood there staring at the global satellite map with a somewhat dull expression, his right index finger and middle finger holding the cigarette that had not been smoked after being lit, and the smoke slowly swirled and rose.

Seeing Qi Hong frowning slightly, he asked Guo Beimu in a low voice, "Chief of Staff Guo, you were the commander of the army at the time, you should be more familiar with the situation than Li Zhan, right?" I don't think this kid is very reliable. ”

Guo Beimu smiled and said, "I can't find anyone who is more familiar with the situation than him." I'm the commander, but he's a front-line combatant. ”

Qi Hong said, "There is more than one combatant in one unit, and the others are not familiar with him?" ”

Guo Beimu stopped talking, and his smile was gone.

Li Zhan, who looked a little sluggish over there, couldn't hear the outside world at all. The familiar outline of the mountain in the topographic map evoked memories in his mind, and the sound of large-caliber artillery firing on the ground, the explosion of ground artillery fire around the plane, and the shouts of his comrades on the radio seemed to appear in his ears.

"Dongguan Cannon God! You're fucking off! Twice! You've missed twice and almost Lao Tzu on the head! What are you doing, what are you doing! ”

"Understood! I'm going to shoot it a second time! Guaranteed not to deviate! If it's not your dog's day, can't you move it? ”

"Chameleon! Pay attention to the anticline of the mountain bag! There were two anti-aircraft machine guns! ”

"Come on, I'm pretty good."

"It's the last round, big guy, I'm ready to run out of ammunition."

……

"Li Zhan?" Guo Beimu called softly.

Li Zhan trembled slightly, wiped away his tears, and said, "Yes, battalion commander, I have a general idea." ”

"Let's get to work." Guo Beimu sighed lightly.

Li Zhan walked over and sat down, took a blank piece of scratch paper with two openings, and buried his head in drawing. The staff officers gathered around and were shocked to see a hand-drawn chart slowly taking shape under Li Zhan's pencil, and then marked each flight segment with serial numbers, and wrote down key data such as topography and meteorological conditions according to the serial numbers in the blank space on one side. After an hour had passed, the blank paper, which was 76 centimeters long and 53 centimeters wide, had become an extremely detailed flight map.

The point is that where this is drawn by a human, it is simply printed by a machine.

The work is neat and clear, and all kinds of information are classified and reasonable, so that the viewer can get the information he wants in the shortest possible time, and all of them have suggested manipulation methods in various situations, and the meaning of the language is clear and unmistakable.

The skill of the operation on the map made everyone present ashamed of themselves, including some combat staff officers who usually boasted of being masters of the operation on the map. This is beyond the scope of the work on the map, and it is absolutely impossible to draw such a detailed map with a lot of information about the area on a large blank piece of paper, without being familiar with the many situations in the relevant area.

Regardless of the drawing skills.

Putting down the pencil, Li Zhan gently stretched his limbs, which were a little stiff due to the long-term fixed posture, and said, "My information is from three years ago, and I can only do this step." If there is more information about it, I will analyze it. ”

Where does he look like a major, he is bigger than a major general.

But no one thinks he's putting on a show

The strength of others is on the table.

"What about time? When will the fleet arrive at Bontes airport? Of course, Qi Hong was also suppressed by Li Zhan's hand, and he regretted driving Li Zhan away more and more, this person is a mountain of gold, and the reserves can't see the bottom at all.

Li Zhan picked up a pencil and wrote out a set of numbers, which he wrote for several minutes.