The warm winter sun rises in the east and shines on the earth, but it can't melt the snow on the meadows.

Liang Hu sighed in his mouth and looked up at the cloudless blue sky. The weather is good today, but the weather here is too cold, and when it will take off, the cold wind will be even biting.

"Liang Hu, didn't that Rose girl suck your legs soft yesterday?"

"Get out, Lao Tzu is alive and well, how can you be like you soft-footed shrimp. I've heard that when I was in Moscow, the women were disgusted with three strokes of the water. ”

"Fart, who made Lao Tzu's rumors." Zhao Han stretched out his hand and hugged Liang Hu, who was slightly thin, and said with a smile: "If you are willing, let Lao Tzu perform the Rose Lady who was rewarded to you yesterday and see if Lao Tzu is out of the water three times." ”

"Don't even think about it. This girl is very well-behaved, I am going to bring it back to Daming and raise it as a concubine. ”

Zhao Han looked at Liang Hu's face in surprise and asked, "Do you really have this plan?" ”

Liang Hu nodded firmly. "When the battle is over, as long as Lao Tzu is alive, he will take her back."

The two followed the crowd into a well-guarded camp that had just been built a few days ago, with only a row of warehouses and a few hundred meters of runway in the middle.

Liang Hu belonged to the Air Force of the Ministry of National Defense, and after they were transported by train to Tanglin City, they became scouts of the Western Expeditionary Army.

With the advance of the Ming army, every time a region was conquered, the first thing to build was this kind of airstrip.

Although today's planes can land on a flat grass, they are safer with a smooth runway.

Since six years ago, Daming developed an airplane that can fly in the sky, and becoming an airplane pilot has become the dream of all soldiers.

But it is not so easy to become a pilot, first of all, you can't be tall, the thinner and more powerful the priority.

After that, you have to go through various vertigo tests, and you must have a physique that is not afraid of dizziness in order to have the potential to become a pilot.

Finally, a high level of literacy is also required.

Even so, the crashes are still numerous. Most of them are mechanical failures, and only a few are operational errors.

However, in the event of a mechanical failure, as long as it is properly operated, it can be safely landed in a flat place, and at most it will be injured, and the aircraft will be slightly damaged.

However, if the operation is wrong, there will only be one result: the plane is destroyed and people are killed.

After a number of crashes, students who graduated from the Polytechnic University are preferred by the Air Force over real military personnel.

Liang Hu is a college student who graduated from the Institute of Science and Technology, signed up when the Air Force recruited pilots, and became a pilot after layers of selection.

Zhao Han also graduated from the Institute of Technology, but he was strong and had the opportunity to add a greater burden to the plane, so he could only work as a ground crewman.

After entering the newly built airport, Liang Hu and Zhao Han acted separately. Zhao Han went to the hangar, overhauled the plane, refueled the plane, and prepared it for takeoff.

Liang Hu and the other pilots entered a command room and accepted the task arrangement of the team leader.

In the command room, a large map of the mining area was hung on the wall, and many dotted lines had been drawn on it with lines of different colors.

As soon as Liang Hu entered the house, he saw his adjutant Cheng Xuan waiting at the door, holding two maps in his hand, one of which was handed to Liang Hu.

Unlike the large map on the wall, this one has only one colored dotted line on it. "This is the flight route we are responsible for today?"

Cheng Xuan nodded and said, "It should be, but I haven't gotten the flight altimeter and mission arrangement yet." ”

Their flying group has a total of 20 aircraft, and according to the fact that one aircraft is responsible for an area of about 200 square kilometers, the entire mining area needs about 12 aircraft to carry out the mission.

With so many planes flying in the sky, of course there are overlapping routes, and in order to prevent collisions, each aircraft has a different flight altitude arrangement.

Liang Hu nodded, sat on two empty chairs with Cheng Xuan, and said in a low voice: "Look at the map, we are assigned to the northwest region, where there is a Kharkiv tribe, which produces peat and a small amount of iron ore, which is also the area that the Lithuanians focus on guarding. It seems that our task is to find out their troop and logistical arrangements......"

From Donlin to Nizhny Novgorod and then to Moscow. After the conquest of Moscow, they were assigned to the Southern Front Theater by the command to assist the Southern Route Army in capturing the mines.

The mission of the Air Force is to investigate the military situation, and the purpose of each mission is much the same, and now Liang Hu and Cheng Xuan are used to it.

The two of them were still chatting when they heard the guards shouting, "The captain has arrived!" ”

All forty pilots in the room stood up, punched their chests with their right fists, and shouted: "Hello Captain! ”

Xue Chuang, the captain in military uniform, returned a military salute, and then waved his hand and said, "Sit down." Arrived the day before yesterday, and yesterday accepted the arrangement of Wu Guogong's Ross beauty, today, if anyone is lazy and loses the face of my Air Force, I will not give anyone face.

The Southern Route Army has now delayed the wartime, and if it cannot occupy the mining areas this winter and purge the enemy, it will be greatly affected if it wants to continue the westward expedition in the spring of next year.

Therefore, now we cannot afford to delay, and strive to assist the Southern Route Army to destroy the enemy within half a month. Now, start assigning tasks ......"

A flying group with twenty-two aircraft, sixty pilots, a ground crew of about one hundred people, and a leading group of three people.

Of the twenty-two aircraft, two are on standby, and the remaining twenty pilots are also on standby. Compared with thousands of other branches of the military, the Ming Air Force, which has a total strength of less than 3,000 people, is still very weak.

But the Air Force people are proud, and they are even more proud than the most powerful Daming Navy now. Because they are flying in the sky, because they recruit the highest qualifications.

Moreover, they also have an advantage over other classes in that the average soldier rarely knows the full range of tactics.

But they are different, and in order for them to play their best role, even an ordinary pilot needs to know the adjustment of the entire battlefield tactics.

The direction of attack, the adjustment of troops, the transportation routes, and so on all require the cooperation of the air force.

When observing the enemy's situation, they can see the opponent's troop adjustment, and they can also make correct judgments as quickly as possible.

If it's an ordinary work, he just needs to do what he has to do. But they are different people who need to know not only what they should do, but also how to work with their colleagues, and more importantly, their role in the overall plan.

So, they are tsundere inside.

Liang Hu: The area assigned by them today is the farthest, and the task is the heaviest.

Even if the plane is full of fuel, it is only enough for them to fly to the destination for a cruise lap at most, so during the cruise, they must reduce the flight altitude as much as possible and observe the military arrangement on the ground.

After accepting the mission, Liang Hu and Cheng Xuan came to the dressing room with twenty-two other pilots.

Everyone goes to the convenience first, and only then they start getting dressed.

The pilot's costume was specially sought, like a complete animal skin, turned upside down and put on the body. Only the buttocks and the back have openings all over the body, and it takes two people to cooperate to put it on.

Because it is a one-piece suit, after this leather suit is put on, I can't take it off, I can only open the fart curtain for their convenience.

Of course, this is because it is too cold in the sky, if you don't wear this kind of one-piece, especially warm clothes, go up and down, people will freeze stupidly, at least you will have a serious illness.

Get dressed and put on a hat, which is like a motorcycle helmet, with several buckles on the lower edge of the helmet to attach the helmet to the clothes.

Subsequently, it was a leather vest without an interface, which was worn backwards on the body, and there were also two layers of leather armor covering the interface part of the stitches on the legs.

After getting dressed, one by one they walked out of the house a little awkwardly, each walking towards his plane.

Liang Hu felt a little hot, but this was normal, he was wearing a winter coat inside, and this layer of leather clothing was added, it would be strange if it wasn't hot.

But when you wait until the sky is over, you won't feel hot.

Today's aircraft do not have a glass cover, not because the Ming Dynasty can't build it, but because it can't solve the problem of fogging caused by the temperature difference between the inside and outside of the glass cover.

To solve this problem, it is actually very simple, just have an air conditioner.

However, don't say that Daming can't make an air conditioner now, even if it does, it won't be used in this kind of light aircraft.

In order to save a little weight, the Air Force is eager to use children to fly the plane, and how can it be willing to add dozens of pounds of weight to the plane.

After communicating with the ground staff, the two men climbed onto the plane from the ladder. Liang Hu began to check the instructions, and Cheng Xuan put a map into a layer of splints.

This splint is like a picture frame, all four sides of the map are pressed, and after the splint is clamped, the map will not move. Not only that, Cheng Xuan also used four pushpins to fix the map at a location where the map plane was not in the way.

The splint was fixed behind Liang Hu's seat with an iron chain, and in addition to the splint, there was also a charcoal pen, which was also tied well, so that Cheng Xuan could make marks on the map.

Everything was ready, and the plane was pushed out of the hangar by several ground crews. They moved out of the way, and Liang Hu made a gesture with them and started the plane.

The engine sprang into action, driving the propellers. Gear up, the plane began to gallop forward, faster and faster, and the plane began to break free from the earth's gravity and fly into the blue sky.

Liang Hu felt his body begin to rise upward, and the feeling of rushing all the way to the sky made him fascinated.

It is precisely because of this that he is not afraid of death and wants to be a pilot.

Flying freely in the sky is the dream of countless people, and the pilot can control the direction freely, which is much higher than the glider who can only take to the air with the help of the wind.

"Tiger, five degrees to the left, let me determine my bearing. When you come to the Southern Theater for the first time, you must first familiarize yourself with the terrain. ”

Cheng Xuan leaned into Liang Hu's ear and shouted, so that the voice could be transmitted. Liang Hu nodded, adjusted his course, and accelerated his speed to the northwest.

In less than a few minutes, they could see the trenches dug out of the flat land, and countless alien soldiers formed a defensive formation like ants.

This kind of formation has little effect in the face of the Ming artillery, the problem is that the number of Ming soldiers is far less than them, and they can't help but sacrifice.

Otherwise, it would be easy to break their formation if you want to fight a little bit.

The white coalition forces apparently spotted their planes as well, but the planes were at an altitude of more than three hundred meters and could not be hit by muskets. And their earthen artillery will not be able to hit them without preparation.

In the sky, the air force of the Ming Dynasty was invincible, and any arrangement of the enemy was exposed to their eyes.

However, Cheng Xuan didn't start to make marks on the map, because this was not the area they were responsible for.

The plane kept flying forward, and after arriving at a yellow beacon signal, Liang Hu and Cheng Xuan both knew that the area they were responsible for had arrived.

At present, the Ming Air Force has no radar, no sophisticated electronic equipment, and the pilot's cruise, in addition to distinguishing the terrain, also depends on the coordination of the ground.

The fine work hidden here in advance is hidden in the field, and when it sees an airplane appearing, it will light a beacon of different colors to retreat.

Liang Hu The area they are responsible for today is marked by yellow, even if they don't find significant terrain, they can't tell their own direction, as long as they see these beacon fires, they can know whether they have deviated from the predetermined area.

After the beacon fire was lit, Cheng Xuan quickly determined his position, and then began to map the scenery in front of him.

The plane began to cruise along the predetermined route, Liang Hu drove the plane to be responsible for the inner line, and Cheng Xuan was in charge of the outer line at this time, and began to make marks on the map.

The survey area of 200 square kilometers is only a few dozen kilometers long, and they first surveyed along the periphery, and in the second circle, they entered the heart of the other party.

Cheng Xuan concentrated and marked everything he saw on the map, not daring to slack off.

"Xiao Xuanzi, how is it, have you observed everything clearly?"

"Is there enough fuel? It would be better to fly again along the north-south line of the Novosherivka mining area, their artillery positions were not found just now. ”

Liang Hu looked at the fuel gauge and said, "It's enough to fly once, pay attention to ......"

The "I ...... the grass" plane suddenly turned, and the entire fuselage was tilted into a 30-degree angle. If it weren't for the seat belt, Cheng Xuan would have flown out.

His legs pressed tightly against the splint, gripping the back of the chair in front of him, the rope-bound carbon bars slamming incessantly against the glass cover in front of him, leaving several black dots.

When the plane stabilized, Cheng Xuan couldn't help but slap Liang Hu's shoulder. "Bastard, you don't know that dead pilots are highly skilled! Lao Tzu was almost killed by you. ”

Liang Hu laughed proudly. "That's exciting, isn't it?"

The plane made a circle and arrived in the north of the Novosherivka mining area, Liang Hu fixed the plane at an altitude of three hundred meters, began to fly smoothly, and carefully observed the formation on the left side of the plane.

"See, they actually put the artillery position directly at the mouth of the mine, obviously preparing for the unfavorable war, so they blew up all the artillery."

"Before they can blow it up themselves, our artillery will blow up their positions. Complete the scheduled mission and return home. ”

It only took two days for the Air Force to get a clear picture of the enemy's position. Based on this information, Zheng Yinghe's General Staff began to dispatch troops and arrange artillery positions.

The Air Force has begun to be idle again in the past few days, and they don't need to go out all of them, they only need to dispatch a few planes a day to observe whether the opponent's formation has changed.

The general assault will not begin until the attack formation is arranged.

Liang Hu now only needs to go out once a day, and the rest of the time, he has been staying in the big tent outside the air force camp to enjoy the Ross girl sent by Zheng Ying.

When he came to the Southern Route Army this time, he was most satisfied with the female prisoner of Rus sent by the Duke of Wuguo.

The girl, who was no more than sixteen years old, had apparently suffered a great deal of sin during her time in captivity, and had now become extremely timid.

She didn't dare to go out of Liang Hu's tent, and only when Liang Hu was there, did she dare to let Liang Hu take it out.

Although Liang Hu disliked her at first that she was not a virgin, she was just a small soldier, and she could no longer be picky if she could be rewarded with a beautiful little beauty.

After a few days, he was really firm in his idea of bringing her back to Daming.

He came from an ordinary background, and although he already had a wife in the family, he was also a little strong in front of him because his wife's family was powerful.

But this Ross girl is extremely timid, and she is obedient to him, no matter how she tosses her, she is obedient.

He has been in the extreme west for more than half a year, and he has learned some simple Russ dialect before he came, and he has often spoken it for most of the year, and now he can barely communicate.

After having this idea, when he was not moving, he began to teach the other party some simple words.

"You, Nina; I, Liang Hu; Nina is Liang Hu's concubine. ”

Nina followed him, "Nina is Liang Hu's concubine. ”

Liang Hu smiled and kissed her on the face. "Yes, if anyone dares to bully you, if you say so, no one will dare to bully you."

"What is a concubine?"

Liang Hu didn't know what the concubine said in Ross, so he said, "Little wife." ”

Nina happily put her arms around his neck and asked him, "Are you going to marry me?" ”

"It's not a wife, it's a little wife......"

But obviously Nina can't tell what a wife is and what a little wife is, and since then, she has been more considerate and gentle to Liang Hu, so that Liang Hu has tasted tenderness.

However, the most brutal battles soon began.

After figuring out the other party's arrangement, the Ming army specially targeted the weak points of defense and deployed troops.

Covered by artillery bombardment, superior force, the enemy's defensive front quickly collapsed under the fire of the Ming Dynasty.

Ukraine's Donetsk mining area, for a long time, was the world's largest iron ore mining area.

And, unlike other mining areas, this is not a mountainous area, and the veins are not hidden underground.

It's more like a volcano hidden underground, and the craters that emerge from the ground are iron mines.

Between the iron mines, there is fertile farmland, so the mines are on the flat land.

The defensive line established by the enemy between these mines quickly collapsed after it was broken by the Ming army.

Although Zheng Ying is not a famous general, he has the most capable staff of the Ming Dynasty.

According to the layout of the mining area, the Ming army quickly occupied one mining area after another by clicking on the surface, with the strong against the weak.

And those soldiers who were guarding against danger, the reinforcements they had relied on could not be hidden from the eyes of the Air Force. Although they are more numerous, they are caught in a dilemma, going back and forth.

After more and more mining areas were compromised, they just wanted to escape, and now it was too late.

Massacres after massacres have stained the mines, and Lithuanians, Poles, and Germans are now retreating.

When leaving the defense system of the mining area, no matter how many soldiers there are, they can only become the ghosts of the Ming soldiers.

On December 11, the pursuing Ming soldiers fought a two-day battle with the company soldiers on the east bank of the Dnieper River in Kiev.

In this battle, more than 50,000 coalition soldiers were killed and wounded, while the casualties of the Ming soldiers were less than 500, and most of them were injured by the opponent's earthen artillery.

In less than an hour after the enemy's earthen artillery was threatened, the artillery of the Ming Dynasty smashed the artillery position that the opponent had arranged for half a month into pieces according to the instructions of the gliding wing soldiers.

Moscow has been lost, and this battle has completely made everyone lose the will to resist.

The Lithuanians completely abandoned Kiev, they simply did not dare to stay in Kyiv. The Poles and Germanic peoples fled in a hurry before the Lithuanians.

In a moment of chaos in Kiev, dozens of descendants of the Rurik dynasty appeared, all claiming to be the rightful heirs of Kievan Rus', and then surrendering to the Ming Dynasty.

They also sent out invitations to Ming soldiers to Kyiv to maintain order and survive the winter.

This made Zheng Ying, who was in pursuit, a little confused, he imagined that he would face more resolute resistance in Kiev, who would have thought that now he was regarded as a savior.

After a day of hesitation, he tentatively sent a motorcade into the city.

The soldiers met no resistance, and were even happily welcomed into the city.

After a few days of investigation, everyone figured out the relationship between Lithuania and the original Rurik dynasty, and the original huge principality of Kiev could be regarded as annihilated.

It's just that because of the stubborn resistance of the Kieves, the Lithuanians did not completely annex the Kyiv principality.

Now, the Kievans regard the Ming as a savior.

At this time, the Ming army officially entered the city, the oldest capital of the Rus' people, and completely became the trophy of the Ming people.

However, throughout the winter, Jung Ying was caught in the farce of the complicated battle for the heirs of the Rurik dynasty, with dozens of heirs vying for the throne, and the only one who had the power to decide the position seemed to be Jung Young.

But Zheng Ying didn't dare to be self-conscious, and spread the news to Tang Sai'er in Moscow, and Tang Sai'er didn't dare to touch this matter, so people sent the news back to Daming.

In Yingtianfu, Zhu Zhanji was hesitant about whether to continue the expedition to the west. Because of this war, it has affected the economic development of Daming itself.

Because of the war, the industry and logistics of the Ming Dynasty were inclined to the war, which led to a deformed prosperity.

If this war is allowed to continue, prosperity will continue during the war. But the longer it drags on, the greater the danger when it ends.

Although the current economy is still very backward, because of the war, it may lead to the first economic crisis in history, so we have to be vigilant.