Chapter 302 Friends and Enemies (Sixth)

The main cockpit of the plane was very spacious. Li Ming sat in the mechanic's seat and looked out the window through the porthole. On the temporary navigation platform not far away, the commander waved the flag in his hand.

The roaring engine suddenly accelerated. With the rumbling roar, the huge plane slowly accelerated and became faster and faster on the cement runway. Before Li Ming could react, the plane raised its head and rose up and rushed towards the sky with a roar.

Outside the window, the long runway became smaller and smaller, and gradually, the huge Science City appeared in everyone's sight.

Although they have long been accustomed to flying in airships, it is the first time that the Saint King, Malin and Chen Hao have experienced this form of flight. During the takeoff, these martial arts masters all nervously grabbed the armrests of the chairs, and showed unusually nervous expressions on their faces. It was not until the plane circled over the airport and turned around and flew north, that their faces relaxed.

Li Ming's mood was different from them. The airplane's sky was an epoch-making symbol. In just three to five years, the Tang Dynasty led by him made such a big technological leap, which he had never thought about before. Although this was mainly because the equipment and technology he brought from modern society was supported, Li Ming himself was also very surprised to achieve such achievements.

After crossing Nanguo City, the plane began to enter normal cruise flight. In this era, navigation still required the pilot to guide the direction based on the compass, gyroscopes and precision maps. Therefore, there was a busy scene in the cockpit, and the crew were busy with their own affairs, and no one had time to gossip with Li Ming.

Unlocking the safety belt on his body, Li Ming opened the rear hatch door and entered the magazine. Since it was a verification machine, many seats were arranged in the magazine. The three of Saint Hand King and the others sat nervously on it, looking out through the round porthole.

"How do you feel? It's not comfortable to ride an airship." Li Ming asked with a smile on his face when he walked into the bullet cabin.

"The difference is too far. The airship is so comfortable, and there is no bumpy feeling at all. When riding this plane, your heart always feels scattered." The Saint Hand King turned around and replied.

"Lord, since the airship is so comfortable, why do you still need to build this aircraft? You always feel that it is not very useful. On the battlefield, the airship is still practical and has a larger ammunition load than the aircraft." Then the Saint Hand King said, Marin also said.

Li Ming sat down in front of the three people and said with a smile: "At present, the advantages of airships are still greater than those of airships. However, the disadvantage of slow airships and poor wind resistance is also very obvious. When the enemy does not have airships, our airships are invincible, but you know that there are airships in the desert. Once a war breaks out, our airships will no longer have an advantage. Only airships can deal with airships with high speed and high maneuverability, so I must let the airships go to the sky as soon as possible. Today, we will take a plane to the desert to control and turn around. How about it?"

"Really? You really have this idea!" The Holy Hand King cried out in surprise: "I was a little suspicious when you asked to load the incendiary bomb. Haha, we just threw two on their heads to let them taste the taste."

Li Ming smiled and shook his head and said, "Bringing a fire bomb is just in case. This time, it is just to find out the situation there. With the plane, with the help of the Mengyin border airport, our strike range can reach more than one thousand kilometers. By then, hehe, the enemy's rear will also become our strike target."

Li Ming's words made the three people present excited and attacked enemy targets thousands of miles apart. This was a miracle. They would never believe it before.

The plane flew in the air for five hours and finally landed on the newly built airport in Mengyin Border. Airport personnel who had been notified by telegram quickly pushed the gangway up to help crew members and Li Ming and others get off the plane.

Huang San, the highest commander of the Mengyin Border Special Administrative Region, and the acting commander of the First Legion had been waiting on the edge of the runway. When he saw Li Ming walking down, he hurriedly greeted him.

Huang San also attended the wedding, so the two did not say much greetings at this time. After greeting each other, they followed officials from Mengyin border into the car and flew along the newly paved asphalt road to Mengyin City.

The next day, Li Ming and his party boarded the plane filled with fuel and took off again and flew towards the north.

This time, Li Ming brought several main staff members of the First Legion General Staff. These people were the main developers of tactics in the army's combat. Let them conduct on-site inspections of the terrain and landforms, which will be of great benefit in future battles.

After the plane left the airport, it quickly crossed the mountain range on the border between the two countries and entered the boundary of the Great Zhou Kingdom.

It takes more than 1,000 kilometers to travel across the Great Zhou, and then to fly over Tuhu, it takes nearly 1,000 kilometers. Although the plane has two auxiliary fuel tanks, the flight radius is only less than 3,000 kilometers. Therefore, they can only reach the border between Tuhu and the desert this time, and Li Ming's destination for this trip is that place.

Judging from the telegrams of intelligence personnel, the white people have begun to occupy a tribe of Tuhu and Hu and began to migrate people there. After the white people occupied Tuhu, the local indigenous people were either killed or driven away, and the intelligence personnel lurking there were unable to stay there. Therefore, after Tuhu and Hu were occupied, the intelligence there was cut off. Although there were some white people returning to the Tang Dynasty in the desert who were with Li Ming to return to the Tang Dynasty, there were too few people after all. In recent months, Li Ming had received sporadic information. This time, he happened to take advantage of the test flight to investigate.

After flying over the Great Zhou for more than three hours, the Gobi figure finally began to appear below the plane. Although many cities were passed by during this period, the people in the Great Zhou had no way of knowing such advanced flying tools. At most, some rumors about monsters in the air appeared in the mouths of those people.

Two hours later, traces of the white people were found below them.

Li Ming stood behind the driver and stared at the small group of white soldiers below who seemed to be patrolling.

Such a roaring monster suddenly appeared over the quiet Gobi Desert, which of course made the soldiers panic. The soldiers jumped off their horses one by one, picked up the rifles in their hands and started shooting at the plane.

Although it was more than 2,000 meters high, Li Ming's vision was already extraordinary at this time. The soldiers could see the rifles clearly. Judging from the shape of the rifle and the situation when shooting, it seemed to be a semi-automatic rifle. Apart from this, no other heavy weapons were found.

The plane quickly passed by the group of soldiers and threw them far behind. Li Ming withdrew his gaze from the ground and began to look into the distance.

On the vast Gobi Desert, some houses were scattered, which seemed to be the residences of Tuhu nomads in the past, but now, those houses are gone.

However, to the right of the plane, a shadow of a city appeared in Li Ming's sight.

The plane drew an arc in the air and flew towards the city.

In Li Ming's memory, there was no such city on the Gobi Desert. Tuhu was a place composed of many nomadic tribes. The people here did not have the habit of gathering in the city. Only those who came from the desert would build such a city in this place. Therefore, Li Ming could conclude that this city should be a settlement for those white people on the Gobi Desert.

According to Li Ming's instructions, when the plane approached the city, it gradually dropped to a height of more than 1,000 meters, and began to circle around the city wall.

The people who were alarmed by the plane rushed out of the room in panic, gathered in the streets and alleys and pointed at the plane and shouted loudly, while the soldiers on the city walls had already begun to raise their rifles and shoot at the plane.

After hovering over the city for several times, Li Ming did not find any heavy weapons. Instead, many vehicles used for transportation were discovered. In the huge parking lot in the middle of the city, one crawler-type transport truck after another filled the entire parking lot. Depending on the situation, there should be at least fifty or sixty.

Next to the parking lot, there was a huge chimney standing there, constantly spitting black smoke into the sky. It looked like it should be a gas production factory.

Seeing those vehicles and that factory, Li Ming instinctively wanted to put the incendiary bomb down, turned to look at the people in the plane, and seemed to have this desire in his eyes. However, in the end, Li Ming still held back the idea in his heart. After all, the two sides had not officially broken, and most of the people in the city were unarmed people. If the incendiary bomb was put down, it would probably harm the people in half of the city. For the time being, Li Ming did not want to commit this killing.

On one side of the city is a sea of ​​various sizes. Building a city based on the water is a habit of these desert residents.

After observing the situation of the city, Li Ming originally wanted to go deeper into the desert, but the amount of fuel on the plane was insufficient. In desperation, the plane could only fly over the city and return.

In the next two days, Li Ming led everyone to the area for air reconnaissance, and used his advantage to touch the situation of these white men who invaded Tuhu. What made him feel relieved was that no heavy weapons were found during the reconnaissance over the past few days. Apart from the rifles in the hands of the soldiers, only a few compulsing runs standing on the top of the city were found. However, during the last day of reconnaissance, he actually found a huge convoy entering the city. It seemed that the immigration work of white people was still in progress.
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