He was sitting in the cockpit of an airplane, and if he could put on a fur hat again, he would have the feeling of a German pilot during the First World War.

Why do you say that, because this plane is so characteristic of World War I, it is actually a single-engine biplane, and there is a cabbage painted on the white fuselage, which is so simple.

Do you want to ask if there are still biplanes in the 21st century? This question Hong Tao also thought about for a long time when he saw this plane in the hangar of Pinggu Airport, but he didn't understand it, so he could only treat it as an old antique, and he couldn't tell who collected the collection.

But after trying all the planes on the tarmac and in the hangar, there was no suitable ...... To be honest, there are really few decent planes in this small airport, and the maintenance is relatively poor, and the ones that can fly are too small, and all the right size can't fly, and they can't be repaired.

It was really out of luck that he tried to start the plane with the intention of being a dead horse as a live horse doctor. Damn, I checked it a little, replenished the lubricating oil and hydraulic oil, and it started successfully at one time.

Then he tried to slide onto the runway with trepidation, and asked Schultz to use his binoculars to stare at the missing parts. As a result, there was no, there was nothing wrong with this antique biplane, and it only ran a few hundred meters before it flew up, which was particularly stable, and the control felt better than the little falcon.

So far, Hong Tao didn't dare to rest assured, and went back and forth around the airport seven or eight times to find a fault, but unfortunately he didn't find a shortcoming, and all he felt was the advantages.

It has a short take-off and landing distance, and if it is unloaded, it can take off and land within 200 meters if the wind direction is right. Its belly is quite large, and it can hold more than 20 people or more than a ton of cargo. According to the estimation of more than two hours of test flight data, there is no problem in staying in the air for 5 or 6 hours with full fuel.

Of course, it flies a bit slowly, at an altitude of 3,500 meters, it can fly more than 200 kilometers per hour. If you are not in a hurry, fly slowly at low altitude, which is not much faster than a car, only 170 kilometers.

But the speed is time-splitting, slow at this moment is really not a disadvantage, Hong Tao needs to fly slowly, it is best to go to 1, leaving 70 is enough.

It is a pity that I searched every room in the airport, but I did not find any information about this aircraft, and only knew on the nameplate that it was called Y-5B, which was produced by Shijiazhuang Aircraft Manufacturing Company in 1999.

Since seeing this nameplate, Hong Tao's uneasy mood has finally calmed down. It's just that it's old, and it's not very old, which doesn't fit your temperament, it's a perfect match!

If you want to talk about the shortcomings, there is also one, it cannot be equipped with a thermal imaging system removed from the helicopter gunship, scanning the ground at a speed of 170 kilometers per hour is still a bit fast, and it can only be operated by a human handheld if you want to see clearly.

Fortunately, one or two more passengers are not a big problem for this aircraft, and the thermal imager can be mounted on the side door by welding a shelf. Back then, when I drove my car to hunt rabbits in the ravine, I installed searchlights on the car doors, and there was nothing inconvenient except that I couldn't close the windows and it was a little cold.

What really made Hong Tao decide to drive this classic plane into the sky, in addition to many advantages, the most important thing was actually a small episode. While inspecting the equipment in the cockpit of the aircraft, Schultz found a very special part.

On the wall on the right side of the back of the cockpit is a curved handle that looks much like the rocker of a walk-behind tractor. But the aircraft has an electric ignition device, does it need to be started by hand?

The two of them pondered for a long time, and they really found a small hole under the shaker, inserted it and tried it, and it was tightly fitted! So what are you waiting for, fill up the fuel and shake it vigorously. As a result, I took turns shaking it several times, and the engine snorted and emitted a puff of black smoke, and it was actually shaken!

What does this mean? It means that as long as the aircraft is intact, the fuel is sufficient, and the pilot does not fall asleep, even if there is an electrical failure, there will be no air crash.

When other planes encounter air stops, even if only one of the twin engines stops, it is very troublesome to start again, and there is a high probability of nine deaths.

But this Yun-5B will not, it has a very good aerodynamic shape and can glide when it loses power for a while. At this time, go to the back and shake it, as long as the engine is not faulty, shake it a few times and restart, you say no angry!

"Report to the captain, the lubricating oil pressure and temperature are normal, the hydraulic pressure is normal, the wind direction is southeast, and the wind force is ...... Anyway, it's not windy, please instruct! ”

As soon as the on-board radio was put down, a crisp shout came from behind him. Zhang Ke and Gou Chenzhi were wearing small brown flight suits and goggles on their heads, more like pilots than Hong Tao.

"Ready to slide!" Hong Tao waved his hand casually to the side and slowly pushed the throttle valve. Driven by a nine-cylinder star-shaped engine, the four metal blades spin faster and faster, constantly cutting through the air and making a crackling sound.

In fact, it is very simple to drive this kind of aircraft, you don't need to look at any instruments, just listen to the noise of the engine and propeller, you can roughly know that the speed of the engine is less, how much lift is provided, what kind of maneuvering action can be done, and whether there is any hidden danger of failure.

As the crackling sound turned into a dense sudge, there was a slight sensation in the fuselage moving forward. Release the brakes and align with the runway...... No, it's aimed at the main road, and the throttle valve is pushed evenly from 10% to 40% within a distance of a few hundred meters, and then gently pulls the joystick, and it flies.

It's no more difficult than driving an old liberation car, there is no bicycle on the side of the road and you grab the road, there is no two-foot clutch gear program that is picked up and stepped on, and there is no need to look at the reflector at the same time......

The taxiing distance of 200 meters, starting from the gate of Zhongshan Park, just past the flagpole wheel in the square, the wheel left the ground, and then to the intersection of Wangfujing, the plane has been pulled up at a speed of 3 meters per second, 200 meters smaller, and the attitude is very stable. I have to say that it has one more pair of wings than others, and the low-altitude and low-speed performance is good!

Taking off in a big city with many high-rise buildings feels different from an airport. The buildings look so close, they look like models in a sandbox, and it feels like a simulated video game.

"Look, look, Grandpa Sun has set the building on fire!" Children are energetic, Zhang Ke stood in the middle of the main and co-pilot, and he was not worried about the approaching war and the uncertainty of life and death, and he was still in the mood to look at the night scene outside.

But the scene outside is really interesting, from Chang'an Avenue to the south of the large urban area, all buildings over 30 storeys in height have become torches, each with a bonfire lit on it.

In order to facilitate the take-off and landing of planes, the power poles near Chang'an Avenue were put down, causing chaos in many lines in Nancheng, and the Ministry of Energy could not restore it in a short time. Re-pull the temporary wires, the amount of work is too large, so Sun Jianshe got this local method.

What is the effect...... It's okay, as long as you can see the light at night and know the relative height. It's just that the smoke is a bit loud and slightly affects the landing.

However, Sun Jianshe said that when he joined the army, he practiced how to build a field airfield. There is no navigation light is not afraid, get more vehicles parked on both sides of Chang'an Street, dozens of meters to one, fill the fuel tank and turn on the lights after starting, that is, two rows of navigation lights.

Is Hong Tao going to take off at night? That's right, in the evening, Schultz drove the C130 out for a spin and brought back two news, one good and one bad.

The good news is that the zombie army has split, and the two roads in the east have entered the urban area of Tianjin, and the pace of progress has slowed down. The two roads on the west side are still moving towards the north, and the distance between the two is widened. In this way, the army of zombies that the Revival Alliance needs to deal with has been directly reduced by half from the million level.

The bad news is that at the speed of the afternoon, the zombie army from the west will most likely arrive in the city at night. Night is no different for zombies, but it is a bit more troublesome for humans, and the shooting distance becomes shorter, which is not conducive to observing the battlefield situation.

In order to minimize the threat of the zombie army, Hong Tao decided to attack in advance to see if he could find traces of the living corpses and kill them during the zombie march. Muller and Andre had already taken off from Nanyuan Airport in a newly modified helicopter, and the reason why they delayed a little longer was to finally make a pre-war mobilization, otherwise they would come back when they flew up, and maybe the battle had already begun.