90 kilometers east of Istanbul, the imperial capital of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, on the outskirts of the ancient city of Izmit at the eastern end of the Sea of Marmara, on a hastily leveled and compacted open field, dozens of single-engine and biplane planes sprayed with the gold and red concentric circle logos of the Chinese Imperial Army Aviation are neatly arranged. High-grade gasoline delivered via the Baghdad Railway.

This is the field advance airfield of the 101st Mixed Wing of the Chinese Army Airlines, which was just completed two days ago, the bunker has not yet had time to be dug, and all the anti-aircraft weapons are only four machine guns removed from the aircraft.

In a corner of the base, in front of dozens of pilots sitting on the ground, Major Qi Peng, the training staff officer of the wing, was standing on a low stool, giving a briefing on the mission.

“…… By the 25th of this month, the Turkish army's artillery line at the rear of the Dardanelles Strait had been completely destroyed, and the Allied fleet sailed into the Sea of Marmara, landing on the island of Marmara near the inner mouth of the Dardanelles at KAO and shelling the positions of the Turkish 5th Army, which was holding the northern part of the Gallipoli Peninsula, and could land behind it at any time. ”

"The Third Air Fleet of our Navy will launch an attack on the Allied warships anchored west of Marmara Island in two waves starting at 6:15 tomorrow to cover the withdrawal of the Turkish Fifth Army. The bomber unit of this wing will not participate in the battle for the time being because of its lack of experience in flying at sea, and the task of our fighter unit is to provide escort for the first attack wave of the 7th Air Force taking off from Eskişehir. ”

"According to the judgment of aerial reconnaissance, there are no enemy field airfields within 100 kilometers of the target area, and the nearest airfields are on the islands of Lemnos and Imbrosh, 150 kilometers away, where 100 to 150 aircraft are deployed, including no more than 50 fighters, and there are many seaplane anchorages near the two islands. There is a seaplane mooring on the west coast of Marmara Island, where more than a dozen seaplanes are often parked. In addition, there is a fleet aircraft carrier in the Combined Entente Fleet with more than sixty aircraft, and although the ship has not yet been spotted in the target area, it is not yet certain whether it will appear in the vicinity of the target area at that time......

"The combat mission of our unit is to escort the naval and land attack planes, and the combat object is the enemy fighters that attempt to intercept our land attack planes, and no one is allowed to attack sea and ground targets without authorization, otherwise he will be punished for disobeying military orders. The most important thing to pay attention to is that when entering a low altitude, it is necessary to beware of hostile air artillery fire to avoid unnecessary losses; After the end of the battle, you should pay attention to return to the fleet in time, so as not to fall behind and get lost at that time......"

"The navigation map and timetable have been sent to everyone, and after I go back, I will study them in the squadron as a unit, and if I have any questions, come to me at any time...... Tomorrow's take-off sequence will be in order: first the 20th and 217th squadrons. The formation sequence was: 209 Squadron was on the left flank of the Marine Assault Team, the 217 Squadron was above the Marine Offensive Team, and 217 Squadron was in the rear of the Marine Offensive Team. End of briefing – raise your hand if you have questions. ”

The first to raise his hand was Captain Yang Zhiyong, the leader of the 209 Squadron, who got up and pulled the corners of his clothes, and asked unhurriedly: "How big is the land attack team we want to cover?" What model do you use? ”

Qi Peng glanced down at him, shook the folder in his hand, and said proudly: "What we are going to cover tomorrow is the 101st Wing of the Naval Aviation, which took the lead in the Battle of Lingayan and the Battle of the Bay of Bengal, and gave the enemy a heavy blow in a long-distance cross-sea attack, and organized 54 'Haixianglei' four-round heavy land attacks that were only finalized and produced last year, with a bomb load of 1,200 kilograms, a combat radius of 700 kilometers, and six self-defense machine guns, one in the nose and one in the tail, and one on each side of the fuselage. Compared with the old 'Yan Lei' heavy bombardment in our wing, the biggest feature is that every two engines are connected in series in a group at the front and rear, and at the same time output in the way of pushing and pulling, so that the support structure on the outside of the wing is much simpler than that of the 'Yan Lei' - the wing plans to update all the existing 'Yan Lei' to 'Thunder' by June, and we should not be unfamiliar with these new big guys by then. ”

Yang Zhiyong was obviously not satisfied with Qi Peng's answer, squinted his eyes and complained: "36 machines cover 54 machines? We have never practiced a long-range cross-sea escort operation of this scale, let alone the first time we have ...... with such an unfamiliar naval aviation unit."

"I've taught you all what to do, although I haven't had time to conduct a contract drill for the whole wing, and I haven't cooperated with the navy, but I believe that with your talent and strength, even if it is directly tested in actual combat, it will be no problem, right?" Qi Peng smiled lightly and said, the meaning of his words could not be more obvious: You are the "elite" selected from the whole army airline, why are you scared by such a little difficulty?

Before Qi Peng's words fell, Captain Lin Ying, the squadron leader beside Yang Zhiyong, raised his hand with great interest and said: "Of course there is no problem, you will prepare a dozen beauties, deal, old rules, Lao Tzu shoots down a broken melon, and tomorrow X will die without hesitation......"

Qi Peng shook his head and smiled: "There are beauties, you can find them outside, even if you are caught by the locals, it is generally just a chopping ** - you can do it yourself." ”

As soon as Lin Ying heard the word "chopping **", she immediately reached out and covered the center of her crotch - obviously the words had not disappeared.

Yang Zhiyong glared at him, and shouted with his forked hands: "I'm fine, can I disband?" ”

Qi Peng looked around and asked again: "Who still has a problem?" ”

After waiting for a puff of cigarette, I didn't hear anyone speak, so I picked up the documents and said casually: "Disband." ”

Half an hour later, Qi Peng's tent walked into a tall, heroic young lieutenant, who looked like Liu Yun, the late Taizu Emperor Kaihongwu, who hung side by side with the statue of His Majesty the Empress today.

I saw that the young lieutenant stood up in front of Qi Peng's case, "snapped" a loud salute, and opened his mouth like a bell: "Liu Wuwei, the pilot of the first team, come to report!" ”

Qi Peng got up with a panicked face and said, "Emperor...... No, Lieutenant Liu, sit down. ”

The other party stood still, and said with a straight face: "The lower officials don't dare." ”

"It's okay, Temple...... Ahem, this, it's an order. Swallowing this word, Qi Peng almost bit his tongue, there was no way, in front of him was Liu Ping, the eldest son of the former emperor Liu Yun, who was the legal heir to the throne of the current empire, and went to the front line under the pseudonym Liu Wuwei. V