At the same time that Wang Wei led the formation to break through the air defense circle, in the hall on the top floor of the Royal Cruise Ship, a high-level dinner was underway.

Since the ship was completely out of the Royal Navy sequence, the series of calls on the fleet's radio just now had no effect on the happy atmosphere here.

As for the frequent take-off and landing of warplanes, which has been a common occurrence in recent days, most of the passengers would at first gather at the window to watch with great interest, but soon lost interest.

Although there are still some passengers who are slightly knowledgeable or interested in the navy, the appeal of high-class banquets and high-society social venues is obviously greater.

Journalist Ingrid Seward and his colleague and childhood friend Mark Spencer are sitting in a corner drinking.

The two came to this ship with several layers of relationships, originally wanting to catch a few big people and dig up some news.

As a result, although the big shots found a few, they never found a chance to get close.

Looking at Seward with a sad face, Spencer picked up his wine glass, touched it lightly with her, and then spoke comfortingly:

"On the bright side, at least we'll have the opportunity to be part of the voyage ourselves, and believe me, even a few memoirs will make the newspaper sell well for a few days."

Originally, when this fleet first visited, its influence was not so great.

It's just that later, with the visit to many former Commonwealth countries along the way, it really brushed up on face, which reminded many Britons of the imperial parade more than 70 years ago.

After all, it was the strongest time in the history of the British Empire.

Just as the Chinese will never forget the Han and Tang dynasties, every Englishman also pretends to have an imperial dream.

But the female reporter next to her did not become happy because of this:

"After spending so much time on this boat, how can a newspaper that has been selling for a few days be recouped?"

She said as she drank the wine in her glass:

"Actually, I would have heard the news that the parade would involve some people related to the royal family......"

"Royals?"

Spencer's voice unconsciously lowered a lot.

In the last two years, almost all of the royal family's news has been highly sensitive:

"I just heard that there is royal support behind this fleet trip."

"Because something uplifting is needed now to dilute the scandal of the royal family......"

At this time, a pair of brightly dressed young men and women walked towards this side.

The two tacitly changed to another topic.

"Hello, can you take a picture of me and my fiancée?"

Apparently, the other party saw the camera bag next to them.

"Yes."

Seward glanced at Spencer, who was sitting next to him, with a complicated look, and then agreed.

"Just by the window, with the warship in the back as a background."

The man and woman stood by the floor-to-ceiling windows of the ballroom.

Seward casually adjusted the camera, then crouched down and began to focus.

In fact, there is no necessary connection between journalists and photography, and reporters like her rarely need to press the shutter themselves.

The camera is just one part of the professional image, and just in case.

However, just as she focused the frame on the two of them, she noticed that in the distance outside the window, a plane was approaching from the stern of the Excellence.

Even as a military blind, Seward knew in the past few days that the Royal Navy's carrier-based aircraft landing was carried out in a vertical manner, and there was no such approach procedure.

The reporter's intuition led her to quickly adjust her focus and take a set of photos.

If a person who does not know the situation sees this scene, he may think that this is a carrier-based aircraft preparing to land.

In fact, even Wang Wei himself on the No. 12 plane had an urge to put down the landing gear and try it.

But in the end, he kept his senses.

A glide aircraft carrier without a beveled deck does not have enough space to complete the touchdown and go-around.

Besides, he really hasn't practiced.

If something goes wrong, then everything is over for today.

At the moment when the plane passed over the aircraft carrier, he pressed the photo button of the reconnaissance pod.

At the same time, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that the ground crew next to the Sea Harrier planes below subconsciously made a move to bow their heads and dodge.

This is also the deterrent effect of the action of "shaving the head".

This is especially true for the Royal Navy, which has sunk several ships with iron bombs thrown by attack aircraft at low altitudes.

Thinking of this, Wang Wei suddenly had a bold idea between the lightning and flint.

Before leaving, their superiors told them that they could throw away the drop fuel tanks on board if necessary.

The original meaning of this sentence is obviously expressed in the case of air combat or acceleration.

But if it is extended, then Wang Wei feels that now can also be regarded as a "necessary time".

He toggled the weapon selection knob to the outermost part of the word "Drop Tank".

At the moment when the plane left the bow, the two auxiliary fuel tanks under the wing of No. 12 fell off like two bombs, and the moment it touched the water, they were bounced up again, and after several floats, they finally plunged headlong into the sea.

At this time, the backseat pilot of the J-7 flying from the other side of the fleet raised his camera and recorded this rare moment from a third-person perspective.

"If you have a chance, I really want to try what it's like to land on an aircraft carrier......"

Wang Wei, who had completed the overflight mission, looked back at the aircraft carrier that was getting smaller and smaller in his field of vision, and thought in his heart.

After all, for any naval aviation pilot, getting on an aircraft carrier is the ultimate dream.

……

Almost at the same time, in the Royal Cruise Ship Ballroom, Seward, who had taken a few pictures of the plane, was about to refocus on the couple posing in front of the window.

But at this time, there were already knowledgeable people who saw and noticed the anomaly in the distance.

"God, on the aircraft carrier, that's not our plane!"

An exclamation instantly attracted the attention of the entire banquet hall, and almost all eyes instantly turned to the window.

It's just that in the absence of equipment, most people can't really tell the type of aircraft, let alone the distance of thousands of kilometers.

As if to answer everyone's confusion, the man's voice had just ended, and before anyone could ask his doubts, another slender fighter plane flew by the outside of the Royal Cruise Ship at an equally exaggerated altitude at a much closer distance.

I don't know whether it was intentional or not, the plane even deliberately deflected the fuselage slightly to show the tourists two large, two small and four missiles hanging under the wings.

Now, people with good dynamic vision can see it.

Because under the wings of that plane, a pair of five-pointed stars with red bands on both sides were drawn.

Even those with little military knowledge can see that this is not the mark of the Royal Navy or Air Force.

"It seems to be...... Is it the Huaxia Air Force? ”

There are still people who are more knowledgeable.

But another shrill female voice rang out again:

"Look! That plane dropped two things, were they bombs?! ”

The people who were already dumbfounded once again focused their eyes in the distance, and happened to see the scene of two things "drifting" on the sea.

Screams of horror instantly resounded throughout the banquet hall.

The orchestral music that had been playing all this time came to an abrupt end.

At this moment, only Seward and Spencer remained calm.

They know that their trip is worth it!

The eight-one-pointed star logo with two wings was indeed called the Air Force emblem when it was named in 1949, but in fact it was used by the Navy and the Army Airlines, and the name was not changed......

(End of chapter)