The eastern end of Lake Balkhash. At the Army's Akdouka Aviation Base, the catamaran aircraft carrier "Yingzhou," which had laid down dozens of cables, was slowly moving toward the 50 or 60-meter-high airship mooring tower at one end of the base under the joint efforts of hundreds of ground crews.

The mooring tower is made of a thick steel frame, the spire can rotate 360 degrees, usually the bow end will be tied to the spire when the airship is moored, and adjust it at any time according to the wind direction, so that the bow is always in a windward state, so as to avoid the impact of strong winds on the side of the boat with a large wind area.

This time, the "Yingzhou" composed of two giant airships in parallel really made the ground staff in the base work hard, they are the first time to see this kind of monster beyond common sense, just the manpower that must be used is twice as much as the usual airship, and the unique aerodynamic shape of the "Yingzhou", the position of the center of gravity that is difficult to grasp, plus the cold wind on the Kazakh steppe in late winter, greatly increases the difficulty and workload of mooring operations, from the afternoon... The clock started work, and it was barely completed until the sun set, and none of the ground crews responsible for pulling the ropes were not sweating.

In the night, more than a dozen blazing searchlight columns around the ship focused on the "Yingzhou" that was temporarily fixed, and I saw a gangway more than one person high on the belly of the floating body on the right side, and an officer in the prime of life took the lead in striding down. What is striking is that he is wearing a snow-white naval uniform that is incompatible with the inland environment of Central Asia, and he is followed by another handsome young officer, but he is wearing a black background and gold stripes of the Praetorian Guard's uniform.

An off-road vehicle was already waiting at the gangway, and an officer in a navy blue army uniform next to the passenger seat beckoned the two to get into the car and went straight to the headquarters of the Central Asian Front in the town of Akdouka.

Half an hour later, the car drove into the headquarters compound, and the two were introduced into a delicate and warm dining room, the dining table was placed with flowers that are rare to see in the north at this time, and Marshal Liang Tianhe, the commander of the front army, sat at the end of the dining table, and when he saw them coming in, he got up with a smile and greeted them, and the two hurriedly saluted and reported for duty.

"The base camp is directly under the jurisdiction of the Joint Special Operations Command, and the captain of the 1st Special Service Wing's 'Yingzhou' flight carrier, Colonel Raleigh, has met the commander."

"The palace attendant military attaché, the special liaison commissioner of the base camp, Lieutenant Colonel Nie Wenqing, has met the commander."

Liang Tianhe returned the salute, and then greeted warmly: "Welcome, welcome, sit down, you don't have to be polite here." ”

The host and guest sat down, and Liang Tianhe nodded to Nie Wenqing first: "Commissioner Nie, is the emperor's phoenix body good?" ”

Nie Wenqing responded with a smile: "The commander has a heart, everything is fine with the emperor, and before the official leaves Beijing, the emperor has already completed the period of filial piety and returned to the palace to recuperate." ”

Liang Tianhe was worried: "For more than a year, everything has been troubled. The emperor is overworked, and recently the queen mother has been in mourning, I am afraid that it is difficult to calm down, and it is time to recuperate, but the prime minister is acting as the chief of the general staff, and the military and government are combined, which is contrary to the spirit of the constitution and will inevitably attract public opinion. ”

"This kind of political matter, it is difficult for the lower officials to express their opinions, let's get to the point: this time, Captain Luo led the 'Yingzhou' expedition to Europa, in order to achieve the feat of bombing the Russian imperial capital, and the lower officers were ordered by the base camp to take the 'Yingzhou' and go to Berlin to discuss the coordination of operations with the German General Staff.

"That's nature, the face of the base camp is there, if there is anything that needs help, just open your mouth."

As he spoke, several orderly soldiers in white aprons shuttled back and forth, serving hot roast lamb, grilled buns, fried noodles, fried fish and other local specialties, plus a bottle of white wine and red wine in Russian on the label.

"It's been a hard time. Talk while eating. ”

The wine and meat were down, the host and guest let go a lot, and Liang Tianhe, who was slightly drunk, caught Luo Likong coldly and asked: "Captain Luo, as a navy, will it be a little uncomfortable to go deep into the interior to fight?" ”

After hearing this, Luo Li put down the wine glass, straightened his body and said: "As far as I know, all the officers and men of the 'Yingzhou' have made the necessary preparations. ”

Liang Tianhe smiled without malice: "Captain Luo, don't take it to heart, I just asked casually, after all, this is an expedition across the World Realm Island, unprecedented, you can't be careless." ”

"Thank you for your concern, psychological discomfort is nothing, the most important thing is to coordinate with the troops on the ground, especially when the air ships cross the front line of the current confrontation between the two armies, they need the cover of the surrounding ground and air forces, and there are many aspects involved, and the base camp has drawn up a number of key points for this......"

After that, Luo Likong wiped his hands, retrieved the briefcase behind him, took out a stack of documents and was about to hand them to Liang Tianhe, but Liang Tianhe shook his head and refused with a smile.

"I'm just inviting you to dinner and chatting in my personal capacity tonight, and I'll let Chief of Staff Yan discuss with you in detail later."

Luo Li was stunned for a moment, put away the documents knowingly, and couldn't help but glance at Nie Wenqing, but saw that Nie Wenqing also showed a helpless expression.

Liang Tianhe knew that they had misunderstood, so he lowered his posture slightly. Raise your glass and smile: "Both of them are young talents, and they are appreciated by His Majesty, and they are bound to have a bright future in the future, Liang really wants to make friends with you, I don't know if I appreciate my face?" ”

The two hurriedly raised their glasses to greet them, and Nie Wenqing opened his mouth first: "Ningbei Hou is polite, this is a fortunate thing for Nie's three lives." ”

Luo Likong followed closely: "Luo is not talented, and he is really flattered that Ning Beihou values it so much." ”

"Well, in that case, we won't be drunk today! Dry—"

After a few more rounds of drinking, Liang Tianhe's face turned red and suddenly got up, picked up a shiny kebab, and pointed and drew on the empty wall, and the smell of wine and pride rushed to the sky: "This front army, no, this commander, is about to start a new journey, just follow the route you have taken: through the Kazakh steppe, across the Ural River, drink the Volga River, burn his ** Moscow, blow up his fucking Petersburg." Then sail the Baltic Sea, go to Berlin to eat sausages and drink beer, and eat the poor Kaiser Wilhelm's dog-day ......"

"Commander, you're drunk......"

Nie Wenqing was about to step forward to help, but was glared at by Liang Tianhe angrily, and stopped in place: "Don't come here!" I'm not drunk! Lao Tzu is very good! Lao Tzu wants to fight, that is, to conquer the world's boundary island, conquer the earth, conquer the moon, conquer Mars, and conquer the earth system. Conquer the Milky Way, conquer the Native Universe, the Alternate Dimension, the Parallel First Universe, the Parallel Second Universe...... As long as Lao Tzu doesn't die, he will keep fighting! Even if the whole text world is yours, it is also ours, but in the final analysis, it is those miscellaneous people, Lao Tzu doesn't care, conquest is everything, and after conquest, it doesn't matter which turtle son he is...... When he was the emperor of Lao Tzu...... What about the Emperor! ”

As he spoke, he was in tears, and he sat on the floor with his buttocks, but the meat skewers in his hands were still waving towards the sky: "Liu Yun, you bastard, you told your brothers that you are good, a thousand-year empire, a thousand years!" Earth Empire, want the whole Earth! You've only been with us for a few years, so you're worshipping? How much has the earth eaten, and you're going to the ball? You bastard, you don't talk much, bullshit, you talk nonsense...... You are still laughing, laughing, Lao Tzu is looking for you to settle accounts! The new account and the old account are calculated together...... Your mother owes me a first-class ......."

The orderly outside the door heard the sound, opened the door and came in, and when he saw this scene, he had to signal to Nie Wenqing that they did not need to be dissuaded, and an older orderly also came to Nie Wenqing's ear and whispered: "After returning from the capital the month before last, the chief's smoking was quit, and he poured wine, every time he drank, he did this, there was no trouble, and he came back after the trouble, and the two of them asked to ......take care of it."

Nie Wenqing thanked him. Then he sat down, tilted his head and whispered to Luo Likong, who was at a loss: "It's okay, the chief probably has special feelings for the capital of the emperor, and suddenly met someone from the capital, and he touched the scene......

Luo Likong suddenly thought of something, bowed his head and said to himself: "The dream of the chief is probably to conquer the World Continent Island, the Eurasian continent, the center of the World Continent, and conquering the World Continent Island is equivalent to conquering the World Continent...... It's the same idea as that Commander Liang......"

Nie Wenqing's ears were sharp, and he couldn't help asking, "Which Commander Liang?" The head of your Joint Special Operations Command? The hero who likes to jump off an airship when nothing happens? ”

"Who else can there be...... In fact, I have a feeling that there are always some people in important positions today who are so different, and it is precisely they who are leading the trend of the times and creating historical miracles......"

"It's not nonsense, aren't all the most powerful people in history like this."

"No, I mean, they actually have some homogeneity, and it gives people the feeling that it is not the world of this world, the people of this era, as if they suddenly appeared together from somewhere, and suddenly seized power, and treated this country as if it were wood in their hands, and built it in a big way......"

A drunken head and an empty skewer of meat suddenly slipped into the middle of the two.

"You know too much."

……

Three days later, at the Akdouka Aviation Base, the "Yingzhou," which had just detached from the mooring tower, turned its bow to the windward under the towing of dense ground crews, and the 16 Taipei Ocean Heavy Industries HK-10A 250-horsepower aero engine emitted a deafening roar, and on the empty and flat top flight deck, the sky was clear, and more than a dozen army "Yundian" fighters were hovering around it that were about to accompany it on the road.

"Their journey is the island of the world, as for our ......"

Next to a "sweat horse" car near the mooring tower, Liang Tianhe set up a pergola and looked up.

"It looks like there's still a long way to go......"

He bowed his head and smiled, turned around with his back hand, and instructed the driver: "Go to the train station." ”

The entourage secretary reminded him while driving the door: "Sir, today's itinerary ......"

Liang Tianhe jumped into the car and repeated to the driver: "Railway station." ”

"Yes, train station." The driver had no objections.

"The car has to be booked a day in advance......"

The secretary grunted reluctantly, barely moving his feet.

After the secretary and the guard followed the car, Liang Tianhe turned around and added: "Xiaolin, when you get to the station, you can get ready, get some food on the road, and let's go and get a ride." ”

"Climb the car? Sir, this is not ......"

"Drive!"