The state is in high temperatures. The sun shines directly on the wide, flat paddle road. The road will be slightly Zhen. The shadows of the trees cast on the road, and the cars that were driving on the road flowed in the alternating light and dark, and the dry dust rolled up behind the cars, hiding the road in the yellow dust.

The road, which connects Beijing with Nanyuan and leads all the way to Tianjin, has been expanded again after completion to make the road wider enough to accommodate three trucks running side by side.

Although after the end of the war in Europe, the country's industrial production was depressed, and the sales of cars in various places were greatly reduced, but the national highway connecting Beijing to Tianjin is still busy, and the daily passing vehicles always make this road seem very noisy, cars, trucks, motorcycles, and even guide cars and mule carts, all regard this road as a smooth road, and sometimes, for many people who are in a hurry to do things, it is more convenient to take this national highway than to take the train.

Due to its proximity to the capital, it is common to see convoys of domestically produced cars on this road, which are usually vehicles of government departments, as the central government prohibits government departments from purchasing foreign cars, which can also be seen as a measure to support domestic industries.

Now, on the road near Nanyuan Air Base, a convoy of five cars and a truck is heading south, and the passengers sitting in the cars are all staff members of the Aviation Administration, among whom the Aviation Director Xie Chantai holds the highest position, and the others are basically his subordinates or assistants, who are heading to the Nanyuan Air Base.

The convoy quickly left the main road, turned onto a small road, and went straight to the Nanyuan Air Base, and when he arrived at the base, Xie Zhantai appeared, and there was a sea of people near the wall of the air base, and the residents of all the towns and villages came to see the excitement, although they could not enter the air base, but even if they stood outside the air base, people could still see what they wanted to see.

It is a very huge rigid airship, which is manufactured by the Chinese Aviation Administration according to the drawings of the large rigid airship provided by Germany, and the airship is larger than the German design, and the carrying capacity is considerable, a total of only five prototype airships have been built, which are currently in service with the Chinese Air Force, although the airship is very slow, but because the load capacity is much larger than that of the aircraft, it is usually used to perform military transport tasks, and some military operations in remote areas that are not connected to railways and highways are often inseparable from the logistics support of the airship troops, In this sense, this large rigid airship still has some use value, but since the airship airbag is filled with flammable hydrogen, it takes a lot of courage to operate this airship.

Now, the large rigid airship is suspended over the air base, and has been roped to the air control tower, and is continuing to reduce the altitude under the command of the air traffic controller, it must be admitted that compared with the airplane, the airship does have more shortcomings, and the degree of trouble in taking off and landing is not comparable to that of the airplane, so those residents who are used to seeing the airplane at the airbase feel very strange and do not understand why this kind of aircraft lands so slowly.

In fact, this is the first time that this kind of large rigid airship has appeared at Nanyuan Air Base, and even for some soldiers in the air base, this scene in front of them is quite impressive, and some officers who love photography have even set up cameras in suitable places in the base. Take a picture of the behemoth in the sky.

Xie Zhutai's convoy quickly drove into the air base, and after the car finally stopped on the school field of the air base, the airship had been lowered to a suitable height, and the ground crew on the ground was running around dragging the ropes thrown down by the airship under the command of the officer, ready to tie the airship to the ground, because there was no airship establishment in the Nanyuan military base, so there was no airship depot here, so it could only be exposed to direct sunlight, in order to prevent the airbag from being exploded by the high temperature, the airship commander had to discharge some more hydrogen, Smoking is absolutely non-existent.

The reason why this airship appeared at Nanyuan Air Base was to carry out an important transportation mission, and Xie Zhantai rushed to Nanyuan for this reason, his task was to take two British-made aviation engines from the cargo hold of the airship, and bring them back to the Aviation Administration, and call technicians to evaluate this aviation engine to confirm what level of British aviation engine manufacturing has reached.

The motivation for these two aircraft was obtained in Central Asia, and the source was an air encounter that had never been reported before, in which two Chinese Air Force "Class Wasp" fighters on combat patrol missions in the Khiva Oasis in the desert region of Central Asia were suddenly intercepted in the air by four new fighters of unknown nationality, and the Chinese Air Force quickly counterattacked, shooting down all four fighters of unknown nationality, two of which crashed to the ground and were completely burned, but the other two were only damaged and tried to land on the edge of the desert. But the forced landing failed, the plane fell upside down and smashed on the desert, among the four enemy pilots, one was killed on the spot, and the plane was reduced to ashes, one parachuted and quickly absconded, the two pilots who forced the plane to land broke their necks in the plane, and the two crashed fighters were captured by the Chinese cavalry troops who then arrived at the scene, judging by the facial features and personal documents of the dead pilot's body, they were both British pilots, and they were likely to have participated in European air battles and had rich experience, It was not easy to survive the air battle in Europe, but he did not want to be caught in the desert air battle in Central Asia.

This is a contest between the Chinese Air Force and the British Air Force, born half a month ago, but both the Chinese side and the British side are silent about this battle. Although the overall performance of the British fighters was inferior to that of the Chinese fighters, the local air force units obtained the captured British fighters and studied their motives, and the performance of the current motives was better than that of the "class Wasp", so they reported to the Air Ministry, and then the Air Force decided to disassemble the motives of the two fighters, and then handed them over to the airship unit, which then handed them over to the aviation and air departments, and asked the aviation department to conduct an in-depth study of the motives of this new British aviation.

Xie Zhutai rushed to the air base, it was for this purpose, when he received the notice from the Air Department, he was a little unconvinced, thinking that the Air Force Department was making a fuss, you know, the motive of the "class Wasp" is not the most advanced aviation motive made in China, and now, the Aviation Administration is still studying more advanced aviation motives. Zhonghuai is a certain bureaucrat of the Air Force who is in charge of the mentality of worshiping foreign countries, believing that the worries of China are not comparable to those of foreign countries, but Xie Zhantai knows very well that among the current Chinese industries, the aviation industry is the most eye-catching, and it has aroused the admiration of foreign countries, and there are several cases of Ran spy cases cracked by the security department of the Aviation Administration alone.

However, if you are not convinced, you have to come over, because this is not only the suggestion of the Air Ministry, but also the order of the Commander-in-Chief, and the president is also very concerned about the exhibition of the British aviation industry.

To Xie Zhantai's surprise, when he got out of the car, he saw a very familiar officer standing not far away, it was Qin Sihu, the captain of the presidential palace guard, and he had always been the president's personal bodyguard, and he was there. It often means that the president is also there.

"The president is also here? Isn't it just two British Airways motives, worth the president's personal trip? ”

Xie Zhantai was very strange, and hurriedly greeted Qin Sihu and asked the other party for the inside story.

Qin Sihu whispered: "The president is not here to pick up the motive, he is here to pick up people, as for who to pick up, you can also ask, I don't know who it is." ”

When Xie Zhantai was pondering, he saw a group of people coming from the airship from a distance, and the person walking in front was the president of the Republic of China, Zhao Bei, and walking with him was a middle-aged guide who was dressed quite eye-catching, judging from that dress, it seemed that he was not Chinese.

Zhao Bei also saw Xie Zhantai from a distance, so he led the person next to him over and greeted Xie Zhantai.

Director Xie, this is His Highness Sutan Rahman of Khiva, who has come to visit our country, and he has flown over from the Forced side with the airship. I'll pick him up. Since it was a secret visit, I did not tell you in advance, nor did I inform the press. ”

"Hello, Your Highness Su Dan."

Xie Zhantai greeted the Central Asian leader very politely, but to be honest, he didn't take that person very seriously in his heart, and now that the Central Asian leaders are rising, he dares to call "Sudan Amir" if he pulls a pole casually, and he may live in the palace today, and he may be killed by a competitor tomorrow, as for this Rahman Sudan. I'm afraid that he is also a warlord in distress, and he has come to China to seek refuge or seek international support, and now, according to not very reliable rumors, Xi Rang. There are several displaced leaders from Central Asia, who were basically deposed by the British or pro-British forces, and the purpose of coming to China is also very clear, because they all know that China is now engaged in a "proxy war" with Britain in Central Asia. However, this Rahman Sudan actually came by airship, to be honest, Xie Zhantai admires his courage, the so-called heroes in troubled times, they can't be heroes without a little guts.

"Because Rahman Sudan was anxious to see me, he decided to come directly by airship, and his entourage were all his family and cronies, and for some time to come, they would live in West Son "

Zhao Bei's words can be regarded as solving Xie Zhantai's doubts, but Xie Zhantai has no interest in this kind of international political opportunist, so he quickly said goodbye to His Royal Highness Su Dan and took his assistant to receive the two British-made aviation motives.

Looking at Xie Chantai in the distance, Rahman Sudan curiously inquired about Xie Chantai's identity.

"He is the official in charge of an important industrial sector in our country, in fact, in the last coup d'état in Khiva Sudan, the fighter jets provided by the Chinese Air Force to your country were designed and manufactured by the department in charge of him, presumably His Royal Highness Sultan has also seen those fighters with excellent performance, which are comparable to the British fighters piloted by British mercenaries."

Zhao Bei gave Rahman Sudan a brief introduction to the Aviation Administration through Rahman, and then asked the Central Asian warlord from the lower field to get into a limousine" Ding asked the captain of the guard to say a few words, and then, Rahman's motorcade took the first step, while Zhao Bei waited for the arrival of another person in his car.

Soon, Tian Jinfu, director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, hurried to the car with a briefcase and got into Zhao Bei's car.

According to the analysis of the current situation, the last Khiva coup d'état was probably planned by the British behind the scenes, but it was the Bolsheviks who carried it out, and it is obvious that the British did not hesitate to rely on the Russian revolutionary forces in order to prevent our country's infiltration into the Central Asian countries."

"Oh? The British, on the other hand, were flexible. ”

Zhao Bei took the document handed over by Tian Jinfu, flipped through it, and sure enough, as Tian Jinfu said, in the coup d'état of Khiva Sudan, the British and the Russian Bolsheviks played an important role, so that their combined forces exceeded China's local forces, so the current Khiva is under the control of the Bolsheviks.

At present, there are seven independent sovereign states in Central Asia that are officially recognized by Britain, France and other countries, among them, the Republic of Kokand and the Republic of Bukhara are completely controlled by China, and the Republic of Tashkent was originally completely controlled by China, but it has been overthrown by a coup d'état not long ago. But it was the Russian revolutionary forces that ultimately controlled the small country.

Of course, Zhao Bei was fully convinced that after using the Russian Bolsheviks, the British government would quickly abandon them in a short time, and then prop up pro-British forces in Khiva.

At this time, Britain and China are desperately trying to occupy the advantage of Central Asia, and no one is willing to back down, and according to the reliable information obtained by Zhao Bei, Britain has transferred a group of troops mobilized from the European battlefield to India, and it is believed that soon those British ** troops will appear in Persia, and then appear on the edge of the desert in the eastern Caspian Sea.

It is precisely for this reason that after Zhao Bei learned that the Shiva Sudan Rahman, who was overthrown by the coup d'état, wanted to visit the Chinese president, he immediately agreed to meet him in Beijing and personally rushed to Nanyuan Air Base to greet him, which can be seen as a co-optation and appeasement, Zhao Bei knew very well that the contest between China and Britain in Central Asia was far from over, and the proxy war there would continue.