Early in the morning of the 14th.

To be more precise, it is the early morning and before dawn.

Before dawn in the north of this kingdom, there was no twilight, only starlight.

Sixteen all-metal fuselage aircraft painted with national flags were lined up on the side of the runway paved with loess. There were no bombs hanging below the belly of the aircraft. That was to reduce the weight of the aircraft. There were secondary fuel tanks hanging under the wings, and all the ammunition was supplemented with two 12.5mm machine guns for the aircraft.

Because this time, they will go to the Guyongfeng battlefield 630 kilometers away, which has exceeded the combat radius of the "35th Edition Thunderbolt" fighter jets. They do not carry enough fuel and try to reduce the load as much as possible. Even if they win the air battle, they will not fly back to Chengzhao Town Airport.

Even so, the battle time left for them on the battlefield is only 20 minutes. After this time, they will still have to abandon the plane.

In other words, if the Black Hawk Army did not arrive at the battlefield as Liu Lang expected, even if it was half an hour late, this time, Liu Lang used his personal resources for almost five years and transferred more than a dozen fighter jets from the southeast 1,100 kilometers away to Yunjinzhou on the side of Lingpizhou, and then raided to Gu Yongfeng for a long distance, which was a joke.

The only function they can play is to walk 4,000 meters above the battlefield for only 20 minutes and have to return. Otherwise, sixteen fighter jets will have to use up the wings of the kingdom sky and fall off.

There are airports closest to Gu Yongfeng, one is Yangmingbao Airport occupied by the Black Hawk Empire, and the other is Chengguan City Chengguan City Airport where the old man in Lingpizhou stayed. However, although Chengguan City Airport is the territory of the kingdom, if you go there, it will probably be the same as the result of beating a dog with meat buns. The old man in Lingpizhou even wants to secretly get a friendly mountain cannon, let alone the plane that makes his eyes turn green.

However, this is not what Zhou Dapeng and the pilots need to consider. Since Liu Lang said that the battle would start before 8 o'clock, they only need to execute military orders, arrive at the battlefield after 8 o'clock, and fight with enemy planes that can reach the battlefield only 25 minutes from 160 kilometers away, and kill them. Cut off the last life-saving straw of the Black Hawk Army in the encirclement.

Now, before arriving on the battlefield to fight, the first thing they have to face is how to take off at six o'clock in the dawn of only starlight, and with the guidance of only one rough direction, cross a long 630-kilometer road to the battlefield.

In this era, taking off and flying long distances in this dark night, not to mention that Zhou Dapeng and others have never experienced it, looking around the world, few people have done it.

They have no future radar, no ground tower wireless guidance, no electronic navigation, they have nothing. Even before them, like their black eyes, it is black.

They don’t know if they will hit the mountain at some point, nor do they know that when the dawn really comes into their eyes, they have already flew dozens or even hundreds of kilometers away from the battlefield. But they must reach the battlefield. If they don’t reach the battlefield, they will be hundreds of times the number of pilots, even if only one combat aircraft can reach it.

Take off in such a dark night, almost undoubtedly committing suicide. This is not only the flight experience Zhou Dapeng and others understand, but also the Principality soldiers standing neatly on the airport to be responsible for the alert.

However, amid the solemn gazes of the soldiers of the Principality, pilots wearing flight jackets and flight caps led by Zhou Dapeng stood in line and saluted the mechanics, led by chief maintenance engineer Hengyu. After receiving the tearful return from the mechanics, they entered their respective aircraft cockpits, launched the aircraft, and two aircraft were in a row, and the engines roared at the other end of the runway to prepare for takeoff.

"Rise the fire and light it!" As a roaring roaring a major battalion commander in charge of the airport guard.

Nearly 400 Principal soldiers standing on both sides of the airport runway raised their left hands high at almost the same time. The torch held in their hands, mainly made of pine oil, emitted lights on both sides of the runway, forming a row of starlight.

Starlight on the ground.

This is the only thing the Duchy Warriors can do for these fearless pilots to illuminate the way to the battlefield.

"Salute!" Another roar.

More than 400 people raised their right hands at the same time and saluted the eagles who were about to fly to the sky. That was also the only way they could express their respect to these fearless eagles in the sky.

That is the courtesy of the kingdom soldiers to the kingdom soldiers.

Zhou Dapeng and his wingman were in the cockpit, and at the same time returned the salute to the soldiers of the Principality. Then, he resolutely pushed the accelerator and stepped on the accelerator deeply.

Number 001, seven red stars have been slapped on the fuselage, indicating that Zhou Dapeng has shot down seven enemy planes. The plane accelerated and glided for hundreds of meters in the huge roar of the engine, took off with its head held high and jumped into a high altitude where only starlight was light.

Two rounds, a total of eight rounds, all sixteen planes jumped into the sky. After flying around Chengzhao Zhencheng for half a circle, Zhou Dapeng and his wingman were arrows, and pairs of aircraft were used as formations to fly in the north in a "geese" shape.

This is a small suggestion that Liu Lang gave to the "Kingdom Air Force" and the flight instructor when he was in the White Eagle Kingdom. In the early stages of the war in the play, the formation method of British and French Air Force fighter jets had serious problems. For aesthetic reasons, (and because the airborne radio was still new at the time) they were accustomed to using relatively dense wedge formations of 3 aircraft. This formation method brought many problems, such as when the fighter jets were raided, they turned and dodged in an emergency, and it was easy to bump into their own people.

Because of his experience in Spain, the formation form of the Zhouhuiguo Air Force is more reasonable: the Zhouhuiguo fighter uses a dual-aircraft formation as the smallest combat unit, consisting of a chief aircraft and a wingman. During combat cruise, the two aircraft are spaced between the front and rear by about 200 yards, and the wingman is behind. In this way, the long aircraft can concentrate on searching without worrying about the visual blind spots behind it. In combat, the wingman is responsible for covering the front aircraft when the chief aircraft attacks. Each two dual-aircraft formation can form a four-aircraft formation that covers each other and supports each other.

Later, this formation method based on two aircraft was rewarded generously and was quickly imitated by other countries. In fact, the Kingdom Air Force at this time adopted the set learned from the instructor Zhou Huiguo, using the dual mechanisms of the long aircraft and the wingman, which was completely ahead of the three mechanisms of the Black Hawk Empire. If the number of aircraft was not too different, I would probably have shed tears in the sky, and the Navy and Air Force of the Black Hawk Army had already been the top leaders of the Black Hawk Army's navy and army.

Yes, at this time, the planes taken off from Chengzhao Town were not only 15 planes that had transferred from the capital, but also one that quietly flew from Qiu Tongzhou Lai Ancheng Airport. It was one of the eight Kingdom Air Forces left behind to the Ancheng Airport, and it was also the landline prepared by Zhou Dapeng for his new wingman companions.

Fifteen aircraft are not the conventional combat formation of the "Kingdom Aviation Army". At the beginning of its purpose, it was just used by Zhou Dapeng and Liu Lang to fool Lao Zhou and the omnipresent Black Hawk Army spies. That means we really went back to Qiu Tongzhou to repair it, not to go to war.

In fact, in addition to Hengyu leading the mechanics to carry enough spare parts and ammunition that needs to be replenished, he set off half a month ago by the merchant group to transport it to Chengzhao Town by truck, and another aircraft flew to Chengzhao Town alone, replenishing 15 fighter jets into 16 combat formations.

The sky is still pitch black, and the starlight and the slight whiteness of the east cannot provide pilots with a clear view of the road ahead. Flying in such an environment is a great psychological test for pilots, especially now that they are flying at a low altitude of only 1,000 meters. You don’t know whether they will hit the mountain in the next moment.

Fuhongzhou and Lingpizhou are not plains.

Of course, this is not the most terrifying thing. The flight formation can fly the plane to a height of 5,000 meters at any time. The resistance is reduced while ensuring absolute safety. As long as there is enough fuel, you can fly to "Yuanhuangdi".

Now, the most terrifying thing is that you cannot fly accurately in the right direction. A slight mistake may lead to dozens of kilometers or even hundreds of kilometers away from the battlefield. That is fatal for long-distance raid aircraft formations with limited fuel.

The reason why he maintained an altitude of 1,000 meters was specifically pointed out in his telegram. Although Zhou Dapeng did not understand that Liu Lang's suggestion that only had disadvantages but no benefits were used to reduce the flight altitude, he still did this out of trust in Liu Lang.

There was no noisy sound in the radio, and there was nothing else except the huge roar of the aircraft engine, but Zhou Dapeng seemed to be able to vaguely hear the heavy breathing of his teammates.

They are nervous. Anyone who drives to an unknown battlefield at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour for the first time in such an environment will be nervous.

In any case, he had to lead the formation to the battlefield at around 8:10. Zhou Dapeng, who was not very confident, glanced at the well-kept altimeter and the odometer that had been flying 60 kilometers, and silently cheered himself up.

Even if all the planes crashed due to lack of fuel, he had to complete this miraculous combat mission.

"001, look, what is below?" Zhou Dapeng's thoughts were interrupted with a scream from the wingman.

He tilted his head slightly and looked towards the darkness below. Zhou Dapeng was suddenly stunned.

Below the wings, sparks actually drew.

Moreover, it is not one place, but many places. Looking around, it looks like a long dragon, winding, and facing the front of the machine.

"That's..." Zhou Dapeng couldn't believe his eyes.

If it is really what he thought, happiness should not come too suddenly.

"Yes, 001, it must be, that's the north. Flying in this direction is the battlefield. We no longer have to worry about losing our way." The wingman pilot cheered confidently.

"Haha! Everyone, follow my orders, follow me, follow the fire, and fly at a cruise speed of 280 kilometers." Zhou Dapeng also laughed and issued an order on the radio with a relaxed look on his face.

"Long live!" The cheers of the pilots kept ringing in the radio communicator.

In the sky, stars are dotted.
Chapter completed!