One afternoon in August of the 10th year of Yuanyou, Xiong Jun, who was at the aviation base in the southern suburbs of Fuzhou, as a warrant officer and exchange student of the Air Force seed, transferred from the Air Force University in the Huangshui Valley in the northwest to the Fuzhou Naval University on the southeast coast to study a new course. As one of the first test pilots, he had the honor to participate in the first test flight in human history, which took three years to fly a vehicle with a specific gravity larger than air and cross the strait.

The new aircraft loaded with seaplane pontoons is the one that crossed the public and shamelessly copied the later generations, and in August 1919, China successfully trial-produced the first water plane - "A-type No. 1". This is a 100 horsepower, towed twin-boom biplane water trainer, 3.88 meters high, 9.32 meters long, 13.70 meters long, maximum speed of 130 kilometers per hour, empty weight of 900 kilograms, load of 1000 kilograms, fuel capacity of 200 liters, flight altitude of 3600 meters, can sail for 3 hours, flight distance of 400 kilometers, crew of 2 people.

This level of aircraft is enough to fly over the strait to reach the base on Dongyi Island. The aircraft uses advanced technology such as drop fuel tanks, star engines, twin-engine propeller propulsion, single-layer wings, a light wood fuselage with aluminum skin, flexible lifting and tail wings, and more. These technologies, which far surpass the original generation of aircraft, are the choice of the original double-wing aircraft that will be eliminated in order to save costs, avoid duplicate construction and waste of resources.

The wind tunnel laboratory in Xijing is also a highly specialized and expensive facility designed to design more aircraft, and Lanzhou has a very advanced military technology development and research cluster, in addition to a more aerodynamic fuselage, this aircraft also has unrivaled advanced instrumentation and positioning systems. Xiong Jun flew the plane over the strait to the Dajiabao base on the west coast of Dongyi Island on the opposite shore in order to actually test the feasibility of crossing the crowd to develop the aviation industry.

The cost of an aircraft is no more than 200,000 dragon yuan, but it has an irreplaceable advantage in quickly delivering important materials and precious items. The most important tool is an important part of the means of warfare, and its value in this era is like that of a space fortress in the era of World War II.

Although Xiong Jun had piloted the plane to cruise offshore for more than 200 hours before this test flight, he still had no confidence in this experiment across the strait, not only because of the range and time. Although this aircraft has advanced technology far ahead of its time, because it is not an all-metal structure, there is a high probability that it will disintegrate in the event of a storm.

The flight should be between 3 and 5 hours, with low difficulty but high risk, and there is a high risk that there will be no return in case of typhoons and storms. I actively signed up for the test flight to make up my mind to seek wealth in danger. As long as this trial flight is successful, he will be able to be promoted to lieutenant in the Air Force smoothly, and when the time comes, he will enlist in the army with a military rank one level higher than that of ordinary students, and the high starting point will make him promoted faster, and the Xiong family may grow into a real officer family in his own hands.

After graduating from Fuxue Middle School, he signed the employment agreement of the assistant position of the Chenji Chamber of Commerce to work on a temporary basis in the Northwest Security Department, with three years of paid study, and after graduation, he directly entered the largest trade house in the northwest of the Chenji Chamber of Commerce as a security supervisor. I didn't expect to be able to enter the flight major with excellent results and become a heavenly person who shocked my relatives and friends. The dream of flying was so easily realized.

Since then, he has seen through the essence of the Chenji Chamber of Commerce like an initiation, and the organization that can make artifacts such as airplanes is not the government, but the power to change the dynasty. His family is deeply benefited, it can be said that the grace is as deep as the sea, and he can only follow his superiors with one heart, even if he wants to fly a plane to drop a bomb at the palace, he must unconditionally carry it out. After flying the plane himself, Xiong Jun has completely become a diehard loyalist of the Chenji Chamber of Commerce. No matter how dangerous the mission was, he was the most enthusiastic and active person to sign up, so he attracted the attention of the high-level management, and this test flight was also a sign of trust.

After recalling with emotion for a long time, Xiong Jun finally boarded the plane with the co-pilot, and the plane that had just been checked and debugged was in good condition, and it flew out of the runway and into the blue sky very smoothly. In the cockpit, Xiong Jun looked at the sea level at the end of the horizon and said to the co-pilot Liu Daolin, "This trial voyage will be a complete success, three hours later, we can see the coastline west of the Dajia base, after this flight, please go to Fuzhou Juxian Building for a good meal." The sea cucumber banquet that the instructor invited everyone to eat last time was really delicious, and I drooled when I thought about it, but unfortunately my allowance was too small, and I couldn't afford to eat a meal in three months. ”

"Thank you captain, I must let go of eating, last time the instructor was here, I didn't dare to eat too much, so I tasted a few pieces of fish maw and ham in the Buddha jumping over the wall. If only the family can send some money, I can buy an atlas, I haven't sold anything for four months, the money I saved is only 300 Chenji, an atlas costs 500 Chenji, and the additional high-level books and technical materials within the Chamber of Commerce have just arrived, or we buy raw materials to make our own, right? A distant cousin of mine has just graduated from a culinary school in Xinjing, and he is the head chef of a newly opened restaurant in his hometown in Quanzhou. What do you think, Captain? ”

"Your proposal is very good, after buying the books, put up the library sign, the library established by our brigade will definitely attract people from other brigades, and when the time comes, they will all ask us, I want to vent my bad anger."

"Yes! This trick is really wonderful, it does not violate the rules and regulations, but also allows them to knock their teeth and swallow it in their stomachs, if Wang Haimin falls into our hands this time, he must definitely let him sign a deed of sale before he can lend him the book. As for his broken voice, I have to let him sing a hundred of his mother's songs at the Dragon Boat Festival performance for half a year to avenge my sword. ”

"The weather is good today, there should be no wind and rain, and when we get to Dajia, we will be able to taste the long-known Dajia cane molasses. A barrel of wine is only 1 yuan, a full 20 liters, it may not be as good as the barrel price, how can it be sold so well? Our instructors can't drink such cheap wine. I heard that 98% of the output has been booked by maritime merchants and foreign trade departments, if we hadn't been a guest at the Dajia base, we might not have had the opportunity to drink this wine? ”

…… Time passed in the small talk between the two, among the various models, this aircraft that embodies a lot of advanced technology rarely has to worry about the pilot, the two take turns to pilot, and it is easy to get to the Dajia base, without encountering the expected storm.

When landing, it encountered an updraft, a little bumpy, and it didn't slow down enough to catch the waves, and the pontoon tank was also a little deformed by the waves on the sea surface. Other than that, there are no more problems. A few hours later, after writing the flight diary and various reports, Xiong Jun entered the officers' club of the Dajia base to participate in the reception banquet as he wished.

Although this flight is not a big deal in the eyes of the parties, it is true that many firsts in history and the beginning of the practical application of major technical applications. Its success has given Li Ki and his team the confidence to have a series of industries and innovations. This success laid the evidence of operability for a series of major actions in the future, and also added countless business opportunities and fighters for the traversers. The aviation industry began to develop at an accelerated pace, and Li Ki had a few more trump cards in his hands (cross-sea bombing, long-range airdrops, and the extension of the range of territorial waters from shore-based artillery to the maximum range of shore-based bombers).