As the pilot with the highest number of downs in the independent No. 3 squadron and even in the entire NATA, the results of "Stranger" Qi Hui are naturally very impressive.

Long Yun, who is also responsible for the struggle on the edge of the "Syrian No-fly Zone" and drives a single-shot "villain" every day, although he has often made some gains, the cumulative record between the two continues to widen the distance. Long Yun himself did not feel much about such a form, not to mention that the operational principle conveyed by NATA was "to show no weakness in a measured manner", and he was now also doubting whether blindly fighting a war when the Security Council resolutions were in play would be of any help to the war situation in the Middle East and even the secret mission he shouldered.

Flying a plane into the air to slaughter a strong enemy, can you solve the difficulties and dangers in front of you?

This question would have been said "of course" to himself a few months ago, but now, Long Yun's thoughts have changed a little; Obviously, the civil war and chaos in the Middle East is not a simple military conflict, and he can see this very clearly, and with his year-end vacation approaching, his combat operations will naturally not be too out of line.

In fact, the "weirdo" Qi Hui didn't know this kind of truth, but unlike Long Yun's considerations, the not so lucrative bounty check had a great temptation for him. Day by day, the ground battle has temporarily stagnated in the Middle East battlefield, but the battle in the sky has not stopped, time is still passing calmly, and the New Year's Day of 2020 is already approaching.

After the daily battle, because he discussed the matter of vacation with Qi Hui, Long Yun's email to the "organization" was quickly replied, while instructing the two "volunteer pilots" to act in accordance with NATA combat principles. A request for a leave adjustment for two people was also approved.

Received mail at the separate battalion command. Of course, Long Yun was very happy. But then he calculated the itinerary, and found that it was not as easy as he thought.

From Charqat Fort to the capital Beijing, this journey is really difficult!

Carrying his satchel out of the headquarters of the Independent Battalion and walking along the wind-swept streets of the town to the New Administration's office there, Long Yun recalled his journey from China to Iraq, first on an international flight to Karachi, then on a small airliner to Isfahan, and then on a roaring helicopter ride. Finally, a convoy of trucks was needed to cross the Iranian-Iraqi border.

Now, if he wants to return home from Iraq, it is clear that there are no civilian airliners in the new party-controlled districts of Iraq, in other words, he must leave the war-torn country from the ground before he can manage to fly fast enough civil airliners.

Count on your fingers, today is December 28, and there are only three days between now and New Year's Day in the Gregorian calendar; For a journey thousands of miles away, if there are international flights, of course, it is not a problem at all, but Long Yun felt that it was not easy to do after a simple estimate of the time. He walked briskly to the town's government office, questioned a local official, and received an unsurprising answer:

"Ahh Yes, Mr. Pilot!

'Iraqi Citizen Aviation' does not exist for the time being, and we will have to wait until the war is over to form this airline. If you're leaving Sharqat Fort and heading abroad, the easiest way is to drive your own car east into Iran, where the rest of the journey should be easier. ”

"Driving yourself? …… Well, I'll figure it out. So,"

Hearing the officials talk about "self-driving", this is a plan that can be considered, Long Yun continued to inquire about the news while calculating the time, "This gentleman, do you know which city on the border with Iran has arrived...... Hmm, flights to Chinese mainland? ”

Although he was planning to return to China, he directly asked about the flight to China to reveal his identity a little, of course, Long Yun, who had superpowers, was not worried about this, he only needed to change the official's memory slightly after the conversation. Hearing Long Yun's question, the New Party official at the desk "crackled" in front of the computer for a while, and then shrugged helplessly at the NATA volunteer pilot:

"As I remember, I'm sorry, Mr. Pilot. To take a flight to China, if I don't miss anything, you have to go to Tehran; Several other Iranian cities, although there are also flights to China, but they are all the kind that only send out every few days, and at this time today, there are no suitable flights. ”

"Ah...... Is that so? ”

Hearing this slightly frustrating situation, Long Yun wanted to ask again if there were any routes from Iranian cities near the border to other international cities, and if he could, he also wanted to try to return to China through a third-party transit; However, such an inquiry method was very troublesome, and after thinking about it, he decided to return to the independent battalion headquarters to try his luck.

After all, it may not be difficult to find a car for the so-called "leaving Iraq from the ground", but in the current situation, the road conditions and road network in Iraq are poor, and even if he leaves immediately, it will take him the next day to reach Iran. Then, if he takes a flight to a third country, even if there is no problem with the formalities, it will take another whole day and then take the flight back to Beijing - in short, if he does not travel at every link in this complex chain, he can still return to Beijing by the evening of December 31, but this inflexible planning ......

Oh, forget it, all in all, it's not going to work.

After weighing the pros and cons on the road, Long Yun returned to the headquarters of the New Party's independent battalion in the city, he explained the situation to the guards at the entrance of the battalion department, and casually made up a reason, and met the commander here, a slightly thin army major.

Once he met the person in charge, the slight exertion of superpowers made Long Yun qualified to ask casual questions, and he soon learned the slightly frustrating news that not only did not have any civilian airliners flying in the skies of Iraq, but even the military carried out very few planes; This is partly due to security considerations, but of course mainly because the new Iraqi party is in dire straits, and there are not many military aircraft other than fighter jets.

Hearing this result, Long Yun was naturally a little disappointed, but he was immediately glad that he did not have the consciousness of completely controlling the other party, and the major of the New Party quickly remembered one thing:

"Oh, - you're not from the third squadron?

Speaking of which, today there should be a Russian transport plane to Fort Scharqat and fly from Central Asia, and the specific situation should be better known to you three squadrons than us? Even though it's a transport plane, if you're in a hurry to leave, you might be able to take a ride, which should be very convenient. ”

"yes, there's still such a thing?"

Coming from Fort Scharqat Air Base, Long Yun wondered why he didn't know about it, and then thinking about it, it didn't seem that there was any need to inform the pilots of this kind of thing, so he immediately said goodbye to the major, waited at the gate of the headquarters and took a ride back to the base, and soon found the old lieutenant colonel Sami Ahmed to implement the matter.

In the evening, a gray-blue IL-476 transport plane that passed through Iranian airspace and came in a low-key manner through the night landed at Fort Sharqat, unloading a batch of important materials urgently needed by the new party regime, and replenishing fuel and other consumables.

Temporarily found the commander to explain the situation, and the Soviet and Russian comrades-in-arms who were guò3rd_IHFS straightened out some relationships, and Long Yun, who was holding his luggage, was sitting in the pressurized cockpit of IL-476 at the moment, surrounded by a large empty cabin.

Coming with a full load and returning empty, such a trip is really not economical.

The military-type IL-476 transport aircraft has almost no portholes on the fuselage, and Long Yun can only peek out of the cabin through a small window on the side wall of Guò now, when it is completely dark; In Iraq, where the economy is already underdeveloped and the lights are controlled, there is hardly a glimmer of light in the vast land, and on this nearly moonless night, the huge transport plane seems to stand still in a large area of darkness that cannot be reached, only the undulating bumps accompanied by the roar of the engines remind the passengers that the plane is cruising smoothly.

New Year's Day is approaching, hurriedly handing over the relevant affairs of the 3rd_IHFS, and hurriedly leaving Iraq on a transport plane, Long Yun's mood is now both nervous and a little complicated.

Before leaving, according to the approval of the 3rd Independent Squadron, and perhaps the comprehensive consideration of "organization", Long Yun was given a week-long "rest and recuperation vacation", which is not a short time, but counting the cost of the round-trip journey, I am afraid that he will soon have to set off again after rushing back to Beijing.

But now, these details are not in the young man's plan, after a long separation, the miss for the lover is increasing day by day, Long Yun now almost wants to fly back to the capital in one step, he even seriously considered taking the opportunity to parachute on the IL-476 route, maybe he can land directly in Tehran, and then he can take the next flight of Air China - of course, skydiving in foreign airspace, this is a complete risky behavior, thinking of this, Long Yun subconsciously touched the shoulder bag containing the relevant identity documents of "Zhang Desheng" on his waist, Of course, he denied the idea that it was tantamount to illegal entry, and the more he had to hurry, the more cautious he had to be.

The IL-476 that Long Yun was on was sailing to Tashkent, the capital of the Republic of Uzbekistan, was a Soviet and Russian military aircraft that transported supplies under the cover of civil aviation coating. Sitting on the transport plane all the way east, his idea was to take a nap on the journey, and after arriving in Tashkent, he went directly to the civil aviation airport to buy a ticket to Beijing. (To be continued......)