Episode 43 Foggy

Xiang Xiaoqiang and the others did not know where the two sides were on the front and did not dare to take risks, and the airport currently determined to be controlled by the Ming army was Jiuquan Airport.

The distance from Dihua to Jiuquan is about 1,000 kilometers in a straight line, but they dare not fly in a straight line, because it will pass through Turpan and Hami. And there is a dense population and many towns, which must be a key area of air defense of the Soviet army. Flying directly from there, it was easy to run into Soviet patrol fighters. Therefore, Xiang Xiaoqiang asked the pilot to go around for a while, first flew north, turned east from the sky over the Kurban Tonggut Desert, flew into Outer Mongolia, and went east over the uninhabited area of the steppe and the Great Gobi, and finally turned south and flew to Jiuquan. It is about 1600 kilometers along the way.

When the Philippines flew over the Kurbantunggut Desert, the pilot Ayukhan shouted for help by radio in accordance with the arrangement of the 14 grids, claiming that he had encountered a Ming fighter and was trying to get rid of it. Then deliberately made the radio intermittent, and finally completely cut off.

As a result, the Soviet airfield control tower would not be able to track the plane for the next few hours.

After turning off the radio, the plane turned around and headed northeast, heading towards Outer Mongolia.

To Jiuquan Airport, it takes about five hours to fly. During these five hours, Fourteen Gege modified the frequency of the on-board radio and called the Ming army radio station in digital code. In the first two hours or so, all I received were noises, and Fourteen Gege couldn't help but feel anxious and nervous. She did not know what the condition of the Soviet airborne radio was, how powerful it was, and whether the channel had been modified correctly. She understood that it was entirely possible that she would not be able to call the Ming army until Jiuquan. In that case, the Soviet transport plane would have to be shot down.

In the third and fourth hours, Fourteen Gege continued to shout, and it seemed that he was about to fly out of Outer Mongolia and into Inner Mongolia and Gansu. Beads of sweat also oozed from her face.

"Yan Bin, look at how many umbrella bags there are on the plane."

She commanded, looking up. Although the tone was still calm, several people understood the seriousness.

Wu Yanbin's face turned pale and he ran to the back to take a look. After a while, he ran back, and his face was even paler:

"Your Royal Highness Princess, there is only one umbrella bag."

Xiang Xiaoqiang couldn't hold his breath anymore, and said to Kuandik:

"Ask the pilot if there's only one."

Radic asked, and then said:

He said that because there was only one person on this mission, the ground crew only put one.

Several people looked at each other and understood the seriousness of the matter.

Fourteen Gege didn't speak, but continued to bow his head, adjusting the radio, and constantly trying to call.

……

A large desert appeared below, and in the distance it was all desert, and there was no end in sight.

Pilot Ayukhan looked down at the map, pointed to a desert in northern Gansu and Inner Mongolia, and nodded, indicating that this was the place.

Xiang Xiaoqiang leaned over and looked at the map and recognized that this was the Tengger Desert. And the Tengger Desert is already more than a hundred kilometers east of Jiuquan, that is, it is a bit too far.

Ayukhan also turned the rudder, deflected a few degrees to the right, and flew in the direction of Jiuquan.

At this moment, there was finally an answer on the radio.

Fourteen Gege immediately hugged the headset and shouted loudly to identify himself. And the Ming army signal soldier on the other end was stunned for a moment, as if he couldn't believe it.

After a while, the signal soldier revealed that his side was not Jiuquan Airport, but the Northwest Command of the People's Guard in Lanzhou. However, they will immediately coordinate with Lord Xiang and Her Royal Highness the Princess to let them land at Jiuquan Airport.

Soon, the communications corps of the Lanzhou Headquarters sent another call sign, informing them that the arrangements had been made and that they could land directly at Jiuquan Airport.

Putting down the headset, Fourteen sat down in his chair with a tired smile on his face. And in the cabin of the plane, another burst of crazy cheers.

Now, they have finally escaped completely, and they are completely safe.

……

After a little more southward flight, the desert in front of it gradually disappeared, and large areas of desert shrubs appeared, and soon small oases appeared. This indicates that it is about to enter the oasis corridor of Gansu.

At this moment, Ayukhan suddenly shouted, and with a pull of the control stick, the plane's entire body tilted over and quickly dived downward. There was an exclamation on the plane, and Xiaoqiang, Fourteen Gege and several others fell into a ball.

A roar of "buzzing" overhead swept overhead, followed by a few "clanging" knocks on the bulkhead, and several rays of light leaked through the cabin roof.

- There were several big holes in the roof of the plane!

"Fighter!" shouted to Xiaoqiang, "There are fighter jets fighting us!" ”

He pounced on Fourteen Gege at once, crushing her under him, covering her. At this moment, his mind suddenly flashed over the scene of the year: when he rescued Qiu Yu and them, when he hijacked the plane to cross the Yangtze River, he was attacked by the Qing army's artillery, and he also covered Xiuxiu in this way. Unexpectedly, that scene was repeated again.

After a little diving, Ayukhan pulled the plane upwards again. There was another scream in the cabin, like a roller coaster.

The fighter jets behind rushed over quickly, and there was another "da-da-da" strafing shot, two bullets hit the wooden box, and wood chips were scattered everywhere.

What the hell is going on? Xiang Xiaoqiang pressed the fourteen grids tightly, thinking quickly in his mind, hasn't it been arranged? How can there still be a fighter attack? Could it be a patrol fighter encountered by chance?

Fourteen Gege struggled to break free from under him, then threw himself at the radio, calling out as he tuned the channel:

"Don't attack, we are Ming army officers! Don't attack ......"

The fighter scurried up from behind, a string of tracer bullets hit, and several more bullet holes were pierced through one wing.

Fortunately, this is a large plane, and it is also a transport plane, and the Soviet stuff is very solid and durable, and it has the feeling of a "flying fortress". The machine gun of the fighter is also not large, 7.9 mm. If it is a small plane with a single shot, or if the opponent fires a 20-mm machine gun, I am afraid that it has already been shot down at this time.

Xiang Xiaoqiang scolded in his heart: ***, it was originally said that it would make up for a few holes in the backwardness, but now it is also saved.

Suddenly, there was an echo in the headset. The other party was indeed a Ming fighter plane, and the pilot was very surprised, he couldn't believe that the Soviet plane was actually a Ming army officer.

The pilot on the opposite side gave the order to land the transport plane at the nearest Jiuquan airport.

Here Fourteen Gege and Xiang Xiaoqiang also breathed a sigh of relief: they finally escaped with another life.

……

Ten minutes later, an airport was seen in the distance below. This is Jiuquan Airport. Pilot Ayukhan was about to press the nose of the plane to prepare for landing, when suddenly a black cloud appeared in front of him, followed by a muffled sound floating into the cockpit.

"Smack!"

The cockpit glass was punctured with a large white dot, and a shrapnel bounced off the roof of the cabin, nailing it to the wooden box.

"Ahh Flak! ”

There was another scream in the cabin, and Fourteen Grid pounced in front of the radio station again......

One after another, black clouds of anti-aircraft guns exploded in front and behind, left and right, and the cabin was violently shaken like an earthquake, and shrapnel also came in from time to time, clanging.

Then, a string of tracer shells flew up from below - and the machine guns also fired.

However, this time the anti-aircraft artillery fire lasted for a short time, probably because the Ming fighters immediately followed urgently contacted, and the air defense units at the airfield also urgently ceased fire.

A few minutes later, the transport plane, which had been riddled with holes, stopped at the end of the runway.

A fire truck and an ambulance chased after each other at the top of their voices and stopped next to the transport plane. Immediately after, several military doctors rushed over with stretchers.

"Boom!"

The hatch opened, Xiang Xiaoqiang crossed his waist, appeared at the hatch with an angry face, and scolded:

"You ......"

The military doctors below were stunned, holding a stretcher and standing in place, tilting their heads and staring at Xiang Xiaoqiang.

Just as he was venting to Xiaoqiang, Fourteen Gege sat in the co-pilot's seat, playing with a headset in his hand, staring suspiciously at the airport below and staring at the people on the runway. She is not as eager to vent as Xiang Xiaoqiang, nor is she as eager to get off the plane as Wu Yanbin. Fourteen Gege subconsciously felt that there was no need to be safe under the plane now.

The Lanzhou Command has obviously already coordinated. Is it a simple coordination error?