Chapter 215: Storm and Storm (1) Chapter The high-speed update begins, and the update word count is 4414

The hot winds of the South Pacific swept through the glass windshield in front of them, whistling overhead and in the ears.

Liu Ping tightened the "cāo" longitudinal pole in his hand, and his eyes wandered wantonly among the blue sky and white clouds and the blue sea and green shore outside the cockpit.

This is the waters of the Solomon Islands, and the coconut grove-covered coast in front belongs to Russell Island, which is the most advanced outpost of the Chinese army on the Solomon front - that is to say, the empire's most advanced "shock" fighter at the feet of Liu Ping is hovering leisurely over the war zone at this moment.

As the crown prince of the empire, Liu Ping of course could not fly to the front line alone, and behind and above his plane, three fighters accompanied him like a shadow: two of the "shocks" were piloted by Captain Yang Zhiyong and Captain Lin Ying, the two fighter squadron leaders who were the "aces of the down", and the other "Dongfeng" two-seater reconnaissance plane was piloted by Lieutenant Qi Bing, who was known as the "flower of HNA" and "the goddess of lightning strikes," and Qi Bing's brother, Major Qi Peng, served as a backseat observer.

Under Liu Ping's guidance, the fleet lowered its altitude and flew over Lassell Island from north to south, and when they passed the construction site of Yandina Airport in the south of the island, they gently shook their wings to the ground in greeting, which not only attracted the cheers of the sappers who took off their hats, but also relieved the nervous high-level "shè" gunners around the construction site.

Since the Chinese troops landed on Lassell Island in mid-July, long-range bombers of the US-British coalition forces have been coming to "visit the door" from place to place, and because the island is 230 kilometers away from the nearest Chinese military aviation base -- the Munda Airport on New Georgia Island -- and because the shore-based air units stationed at the Munda Airport have many tasks, it is difficult to continuously carry out combat mechanism air patrols over Lassell Island.

Therefore, most of the time, the garrison on the island could only rely on its subordinate anti-aircraft firearms to resist air raids on its own, and because their own fighters did not appear often, there would be oolong incidents of their own people beating their own people from time to time.

To the south of the construction site is the coast. Liu Ping stepped on the rudder lever, and the "cāo" longitudinal plane turned right and climbed, and began to lead a team around the island according to the plan, so that the "Dongfeng" reconnaissance plane piloted by Qi Bing could carry out aerial photographic reconnaissance of the entire island -- this is precisely the mission of this flight.

The fleet made a half-circle in a clockwise direction and was about to return to the northernmost tip of Russell Island. The two "shocks" instantly rushed to Liu Ping's eyes, and they shook their wings sharply - there is an enemy situation!

In the open cockpit of "Zhendian", Yang Zhiyong and Lin Ying's hands both pointed to the same white cloud in the southeast - several black dots under the clouds were flying straight towards the airport construction site in the south of the island.

Facing the gaze of Yang Zhiyong and Lin Ying who turned around, Liu Ping also shook his wings, indicating that he wanted to participate in the war.

I don't know when, Qi Bing's "Dongfeng" reconnaissance plane has already flown with Liu Ping's "Zhendian". The wings were only a person's length apart, and Liu Ping, who finally noticed this, tightened the 'cāo' longitudinal rod with his left hand and put his right palm behind his ear, meaning: "What's the situation?" ”。

Qi Bing only cared about driving the plane, but Qi Peng, who was in the back seat, made a "stop" gesture at Liu Ping, and then pointed his index finger at his temple to remind him: "We had an agreement before."

Liu Ping gritted his teeth. Turning his head forward, he saw that Yang Zhiyong and Lin Ying had already accelerated towards the white clouds, and the only remaining "xìng" in his heart collapsed in an instant, and he subconsciously pushed the throttle valve, leaving Qi Bing's "east wind" far behind the tail in the blink of an eye.

By the time Liu Ping caught up with Yang Lin and the others, the opponent was already clearly visible: a total of 9 four-engine Martin MB2 heavy bombers, the wings and fuselage were sprayed with the big white star on a blue background of the US military. It is approaching the airport construction site in a dense wedge formation.

Liu Ping thought to himself: This group of enemy planes should come from the Kirakira airfield set up by the US-British coalition forces on San Cristobal Island, and the straight-line distance from Russell Island is 330 kilometers, far beyond the normal combat radius of the known main British and US fighters......

Without waiting for Liu Ping to come up with a reliable answer, Yang Zhiyong and Lin Ying had already intercepted and killed in two ways, and after two puffs of smoke, a Martin MB2 began to fall with a long stream of black smoke.

Liu Ping was in a hurry, but his hands and feet did not listen to the call - before that, he was bent on proving himself in the sky. Countless times in his fantasy the thrill of shooting down enemy planes with his own hands "yín", and when the opportunity finally falls from the sky, he suddenly becomes a disconnected marionette at a loss.

In a moment of hesitation, another MB2 pulled out black smoke and spun and fell rapidly. The wooden skeleton twisted and broken in the air, and the torn canvas skin was tangled and knotted with the broken steel wire, as if a paper airplane had been "crumpled" into a ball of waste paper out of thin air.

"I'm going to maneuver, I'm going to grab position, I'm going to fire, I've trained, I've imagined, I've been able to succeed......"

The mantra in his mouth failed to help Liu Ping act, only to see the remaining 7 US heavy bombers while maintaining a dense formation, while spitting out bullet marks, Yang Zhiyong and Lin Ying's fighters flew up and down in the blazing fire net, shuttling back and forth, and finally hit another MB2, and in an instant, the surrounding suddenly burst into smoke - the island's anti-aircraft artillery group fired.

Yang Zhiyong and Lin Ying naturally didn't want to fall into their own air defense fire net, so they immediately accelerated their climbing, and in a blink of an eye, they broke away from the US bomber fleet and flew together to Liu Ping's position.

"I ...... I haven't done anything yet, no, it's not over yet, I'm going to strike, if not to shoot down the enemy plane, at least to shoot at the target......"

Seeing that the two "seismic lightning" were getting closer and closer, Liu Ping's palms were sweaty, his mouth was dry, but he still couldn't move, his plane circled around again and again, aimlessly, trembling, until Qi Bing's "east wind" appeared beside him again.

Liu Ping glanced impatiently at the back seat of the "East Wind", and was suddenly taken aback: Qi Peng was holding a pistol against the temple, staring at himself in a daze.

This guy is 'pressing' to the death!

Liu Ping knew that if he insisted on participating in the battle, Qi Peng would definitely pull the trigger - he was such a person.

Yang Tian sighed, and Liu Ping raised his right hand high to indicate surrender.

Only then did Qi Peng put down his pistol and took advantage of the situation to make a gesture of "return".

At this time, Yang Zhiyong and Lin Ying had also flown back behind Liu Ping, Liu Ping nodded to Qi Peng with a wry smile, turned the nose of the plane, and led the team to return to the northwest Monda Airport.

An hour and a half later. Liu Ping, who was full of regret, had just jumped off the plane, and a three-wheeled motorcycle with an empty "female rabbit" stopped in front of him.

A delicate second lieutenant on the back seat of the motorcycle turned around and asked, "Is it Major Liu Wuwei, the special commissioner of the base camp?" ”

Liu Wuwei is Liu Ping's pseudonym in the army.

Liu Ping nodded weakly: "Exactly." ”

The second lieutenant hurriedly took out a warrant and showed him: "On the orders of the commander of the base, please get in the car and follow me." ”

Liu Ping turned around and looked, Yang Zhiyong's "seismic lightning" had already slid on the runway, and Lin Ying's had just entered. Qi Bing's "east wind" is still circling the field.

"Don't be in such a hurry, why don't you go back first, and I'll go over with my teammates later......"

"Major, this is an order."

The lieutenant patted the cowhide backrest on the bucket seat, and there was no room for negotiation in his tone.

……

"This is the emperor's telegram, see for yourself."

In the evening of the same day. In Rabaul's Southeast Theater Command, Liu Ping took the telegram from Zhang Yiye's hand in a daze, and his mind was dizzy for a while.

"The emperor is going to Chengde Palace to recuperate, and he ordered me to be the regent of the dynasty...... What the hell is going on? ”

Zhang Yiye bowed his waist and smiled: "Congratulations, Your Highness, from today onwards, you will be the regent acting for the emperor." Except that you don't have the title of emperor, the power that the emperor should have is in your hands. For example, if you don't like the minister, just tell the Minister of National Defense, and the minister will go home immediately. ”

Liu Ping clenched the message, and his palms were sweating again.

"Commander Zhang said with a smile, the monarch's power is sacred. How can it be so chaotic? It's just that...... This matter was too sudden, I was not prepared at all, and if I went back like this, I was afraid that I would be in a hurry and lose the royal dignity at that time......"

Zhang Yiye shook his head: "Your Highness is joking, Your Highness has been a prince for many years, and he is still afraid of being in a hurry, so who else in the world dares to take on such a big responsibility?" ”

Liu Ping felt that what Zhang Yiye said was reasonable, his mood eased slightly, and he nodded: "That's what I said." Who else is me...... Besides, the emperor's order is difficult to disobey, and the imperial sister's condition is really worrying, so I have to go back quickly. Before leaving, I asked the commander to do me a favor. ”

Zhang Yiye had already thrown his previous mean attitude to the ends of the earth, but at this time, he couldn't ask for it: "Your Highness just orders." The old minister did his best. ”

Liu Ping felt ashamed, bowed his head and said: "Originally, I was already very grateful that you could approve me to go to the Solomon front, but I really wanted to fly the plane too much, so I 'forced' Yang Zhiyong and Lin Ying, the two squadron leaders, to tamper with the military order with me, and flew the plane over Russell Island, and just happened to encounter the bombing of the enemy plane, so I ......."

"This, the commander of the Monda base has already reported to me, Your Highness doesn't have to take it to heart, Your Highness can come back safely, the old minister is already grateful, how can you blame Your Highness, but I want to ask Your Highness to forgive the old minister for poor hospitality......"

Obviously, Zhang Yiye didn't get to the point, Liu Ping hesitated twice, and simply picked it out: "I mean, please say hello to the commander, don't be too harsh on the two squadron leaders Yang and Lin, all the responsibility lies with me, and I will go back and apologize to their commander when I have the opportunity......."

Zhang Yiye froze for a moment, his eyes rolled, and he came from his heart.

"Your Highness rest assured, these two people not only ensured the safety of His Highness, but also shot down a number of enemy planes by the way, not only are they not guilty, but they have made great contributions, and the old minister will personally ask for credit for them later."

Seeing Liu Ping breathe a sigh of relief, Zhang Yiye proposed with a smile: "Since His Highness appreciates these two people so much, why don't you let them go back to Beijing with His Highness?" If Your Highness thinks it is feasible, I will ask the Military Medical Department to write a certificate now, and let them return to China for a period of vacation, and then it will be up to Your Highness to arrange it. ”

Liu Ping hesitated, and refused to return: "This, it's not very good......

Zhang Yiye was secretly happy in his heart, and waved his hand again and again: "It's a trivial matter, and it's not enough to worry about it." ”

"Then thank you Commander, and I originally had to go back with Major Qi Peng, the special adviser of the First Air Force, and Lieutenant Qi Bing, the special inspector of the Navy, I have to take them back, and the relevant procedures have to trouble the commander......"

"No trouble, no trouble, as it should be."

"By the way, does Rabaul have any specialty? I want to bring some back to the princess......"

"I'll send someone to arrange it."

"One more thing......"

"Wrap it up on the old minister......"