In the Sea of Japan, the aircraft carrier "Taiho", the flagship of the First Air Force.

"At five o'clock, I found a large fleet of machines...... Confirmed to be our fighters, the second attack wave is back! ”

With the loud report of an observer on the bridge of the aviation ship, a sharp whistle sounded, and the loudspeaker on the bridge also roared: "All deck crews are in position, ready to recover the second attack wave!" ”

Rear Admiral Bi Lingbo, the commander of the battle team, who had finished issuing the order, was about to walk to the landing command room at the rear of the aviation bridge to personally observe the landing operation of the second attack wave, but was stopped by Lieutenant Colonel Jiang Ye, an operational staff officer.

"Report to the commander, I just received an order from the fleet headquarters."

"Read."

"Attn: Command of the 1st Air Brigade. From: Fourth Fleet Command. Order: Your unit immediately halts the exercise and returns to the home port at full speed, above. June 29, 15:20 a.m. ”

Bi Lingbo pulled the brim of his hat: "Pass the order - the exercise mission will be suspended, and after the aircraft recovery operation is completed, the whole team will immediately return with the flagship, heading to 210 and above." ”

"Understood...... Sir, if you suddenly want us to return, could it be ......" Jiang Ye clearly wrote the word "war" on his face.

Bilingbone sighed: "Something must have happened, no matter what, let's go back to our home port first." Our next task is to return home, and other than that, don't be cranky and distracted. ”

"Yes!"

As he spoke, a "Sea Lightning" fighter with a white crane sunburst painted on its tail fin swept low and slowly across the stern of the ship, and the tail hook perfectly attached a winch-like arresting cable located in the middle and rear of the flight deck, and the plane came to a halt. Deck crews in blue vests swarmed like ants, quickly removing the tail hook from the barrage and quickly pushing the plane to the parking area at the front of the deck, where the planes would be loaded onto the lifts and stored in the hangar.

"It's Lieutenant Cai Guolan's landline." Jiang Ye subconsciously muttered, and through the large porthole of the aviation bridge, he could see the situation on the deck clearly.

"Are you really going to take them to battle......

Bi Lingbo glanced at him disapplausively: "Who told you that women can't fight?" Lieutenant Cai Guolan is one of the best fighter pilots in this team, and Second Lieutenant Qi Bing also has excellent flying potential, and my team needs them. ”

"Ah...... Ahh ”

On the deck, the person who was being discussed by the two commanders had just jumped off the fighter plane and sneezed loudly.

"Who's talking about me...... Really. ”

Cai Guolan glanced into the sky - the follow-up fighters of the second attack wave were circling and entering the ship's route in turn, pouting, rubbing their noses, and walking to the bridge.

On the first floor below the bridge is the pilot's waiting room, where the handsome recorder greeted her with a smile: "Deputy Captain Cai is back, hard work." ”

Cai Guolan didn't bother to pay attention to him, moved her wrist, took off her flight cap, signed the registration book, and sat down on the chair in the front row of the waiting room with a big grin.

"The wing captain just explained, there will be a review meeting in the evening, and Deputy Cai can go to rest for a while, and dinner will be held as usual at five o'clock." The recorder looked idle and courteous.

"Thanks, I'm waiting for someone here." Cai Guolan closed her eyes and said.

The recorder still had something to say: "I'm waiting for Second Lieutenant Qi, by the way, I went to the post office just now, and I heard that there is a letter from you and Second Lieutenant Qi, do you want to go and see it?" ”

"Thanks, we'll go with her when she comes."

The recorder hits the wall in front of the iceberg, shrugs his shoulders, and turns his head to greet the pilot behind him.

Cai Guolan waited for almost half an hour, and the follow-up pilots were almost gone, and there was no trace of Qi Bing.

"Second Lieutenant Qi hasn't come yet...... Don't worry, I probably ran into her brother up there. The recorder turned around in time and comforted.

"It's okay, I'll keep waiting."

As soon as Cai Guolan spoke, she saw Qi Bing's brother and sister walking down the stairs one after the other.

"I'll say it......" the recorder triumphantly took credit.

Cai Guolan winked at him gratefully, got up and greeted Qi Bing's brothers and sisters: "After so long, I was still worried just now......

Qi Bing shook the flight cap in his hand and smiled bitterly at her: "I'm afraid I'm going to lose my vacation." ”

"What's wrong?"

"I heard there was going to be a war."

"War? It's true? Cai Guolan looked quite excited.

Qi Peng spread his hands with a bitter face and said, "Miss, it's a war, not a play, is it necessary to be so happy?" ”

"What do you care about me......" Cai Guolan snorted, pulled up Qi Bing and ran.

Qi Peng smiled bitterly at the recorder and shook his head: "Woman, ......"

The recorder tilted his neck in sympathy and gave a thumbs up.

The post office on the ship was next to the officer's cabin, Cai Guolan and Qi Bing took the letter by the way, and ran into room 136 where they lived together, which was located on the innermost side of the cabin passage and was equipped with a special toilet and bathroom - this was originally just a special treatment for officers above the captain level.

The issue of female servicemen on ships was originally quite controversial, and there were old men in the navy who used excuses such as fear of immorality and demoralization to obstruct them, but fortunately, Her Majesty the Empress personally intervened, and the navy finally passed the relevant regulations for female servicemen to serve on ships, but only for a very small number of positions on large ships - aircraft carrier pilots happened to be among them. Two years have passed, but there are still very few female soldiers serving on naval warships, and Cai Guolan and Qi Bing are among the few lucky ones.

As soon as Qi Bing entered the room, he snatched the letter from Cai Guolan's hand: "Old way, you read my letter, I read yours, who will come first this time?" ”

"Whatever, anyway, it seems to be a family letter this time, wait......" Cai Guolan dropped her flight cap and ran to the toilet first.

Qi Bing tore the envelope and smiled evilly: "Maybe it's the love brother in the family, doesn't it matter if you read it out loud?" ”

"Your love brother - whatever you want."

"Okay, then I'll read it: Daughter, see that the letter is fine—it seems to have been written by my aunt." Qi Bing stuck out his tongue in disappointment.

"My parents are all well, so I don't have to worry about it. When you are in the army, you ask your uncle for advice on everything, and although your uncle is strict in appearance and kind-hearted, if he teaches you strictly, it will be for your good, and you must not hold grudges...... It seems that I wrote something similar last time, and my uncle and aunt are very worried about you......"

Qi Bing probably felt bored, so he swept the back few pieces of letter first, but was in a daze on one of the pages.

After a burst of flushing sound, Cai Guolan walked out with a wicked smile, and her wet hands suddenly got into Qi Bing's neck.

Qi Bing didn't jump up to fight with her as usual, her eyes were full of hesitation and uneasiness: "Sister Cai...... The letter said that your factory ...... Bankrupt. ”

"What......" Cai Guolan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly pulled out the letter and read it.

“…… The market has shrunk since last year, and this year it is even more sluggish, and the stock market fell sharply at the beginning of the year, which made it even worse...... Since last month, the company has been unable to make ends meet, forced to stop production, and the day before yesterday it has filed for bankruptcy and is waiting for liquidation - how can this be? ”

"I heard my brother say that there have been a lot of bankrupt companies since last year, and what is the economic downturn, well, it seems that the number of bankrupt companies in the last year is equivalent to the sum of the past ten years. I don't really understand it, anyway, it's not easy to do business recently, it's not just your family's problems......" Qi Bing tried to comfort Cai Guolan.

Cai Guolan sighed, put down the letter and shook her head: "Don't comfort me, I don't have anything to do, go bankrupt, it's a big deal to stop doing business in this life, I'll support them." ”

"You raise them...... Don't you still have a brother? ”

"Just my brother's laziness...... Forget it, read your letter. ”

"Yes, just look at it." At this time, Qi Bing was more well-behaved than a kitten.