After a while of silence, he whispered softly:
"Tsundere girl, the photos are beautiful. I will make up for all your birthday gifts in the future. You are the most powerful and smartest. Unfortunately, I have to go on a mission this time and I can't reply to your letter right away. I'm sorry..."
In his words, there was a deep apology from the heart.
As a soldier, you often have no control over your actions.
After receiving the letter and reading it, he had already volunteered to join Top Secret Project No. 88 and could not write back.
Today, September 29th, we have boarded the Silver Star cargo ship. Due to confidentiality requirements, we are strictly prohibited from disembarking the ship for external exchanges. We can only return to China after successfully completing the instructor's mission. We can reply to the letter when we return to Pengcheng base.
Fortunately, the last time I wrote a letter was on July 25, and it was sent to Zuo Xue on August 3, which only took nine days. Zuo Xue's one-way mailing time was shortened several times.
However, the total response time was more than five months.
Apologize!
This is Zhou Hai’s second apology!
The first apology was for forgetting to wish Zuo Xue a happy birthday, and now, the failure to reply immediately was the second apology.
"I'm also looking forward to meeting you in the future. I wish you well and wish you all the best,"
Zhou Hai, who was full of guilt, took out the other two photos he carried with him from his arms and murmured softly.
The whole person suddenly seemed a little tired. He turned around and lay on the soft bed, staring at the three photos quietly, silently.
The narrow single cabin was quiet except for the steady and subtle sound of breathing.
Today and tomorrow will be a personal rest. Zhou Hai just wants to simply lie down.
…
Time also passes like running water, and in the blink of an eye, one day has passed.
The Lightning-13 long-range air-to-air missiles were mass-produced by the Air-to-Air Missile Research Institute. After long-distance air transportation and car transportation, they finally arrived at the Shenzhen port and were carefully hoisted onto the ship.
16 Lightning-13 long-range air-to-air missiles, each priced at US$2.8 million, with a total value of US$45 million, comparable to a Qingjiao fighter jet.
Although it is expensive and its performance has been somewhat emasculated, it is still a high-precision weapon that the Argentine Air Force has never been exposed to. It can form the sharpest long sword and form a very threatening air-to-air long-range attack system with the Qingjiao.
The no-escape zone is 120 kilometers and the maximum range is 180 kilometers. This is no joke.
After the most important Lightning-13 missile was hoisted onto the ship, a fully armed guard force of approximately platoon size also boarded the ship to serve as full escort for the Chengdu Aircraft Technical Group and flight instructors.
This trip not only needs to be kept secret, but also needs to be ensured to be safe.
At this point, everything is ready. The Silver Star freighter has docked for supplies and is in excellent condition and is about to set off.
The blue sky is thousands of miles long, and white clouds of different shapes are dotted in the always blue sky, forming a beautiful and fascinating sky picture.
When time passes the barrier of September 30 and crosses the threshold of October 1, the most important National Day arrives.
National Day!
The 70th National Day!
Today is the country's 70th birthday. The capital, thousands of miles away, is about to hold a world-class military parade that has swept the entire human civilization. It will also be the second military parade held after entering the new century.
The main structure of the military parade, which is held once every ten years, is composed of the three major services of the army, navy and air force, as well as the independent and special Strategic Rocket Force. It not only demonstrates the military demeanor and image, but also displays the comprehensive combat effectiveness of the army and the technical level of national weapons and equipment, and enhances the sense of honor and pride.
For any army soldier, being able to participate in the Ten-Year Parade and pass through the Capital Square and be reviewed by the country and the people is undoubtedly the highest moment of honor in a military career.
And for an Air Force fighter pilot, it means the same thing.
Cutting-edge fighter jets with advanced and powerful driving performance, with extremely superb technology and strength, accurately formed a compact and dense flight formation with neighboring aircraft. With the attention of the entire country and the world, Yu passed over the capital square. How impressive. An emotional experience?
However, all of this has nothing to do with Zhou Hai, the flight instructor team that went to Afghanistan, and it has nothing to do with the pilots who volunteered to participate in the No. 88 top-secret plan and embarked on a lonely road.
Sitting in a cockpit with a sci-fi atmosphere, flying over the square in a quasi-fourth-generation J-10D Fire Dragon cutting-edge fighter jet, this was just an unattainable imagination in Zhou Hai's heart.
Keeping secrets and giving silently, they are the guardians of the sky that no one knows and who shoulder heavy responsibilities.
Shenzhen Port, Pier 10.
"Buzz!"
The sea breeze with a faint fishy smell blows gently, the clear sea water rises and falls, and the blue waves seem to be tireless, continuously impacting the dock made of high-strength cement and anti-corrosion materials.
On October 1st, around 8 a.m., it was already the scheduled mission departure time.
The Silver Star freighter has untied its cables and is anchored. It is towed into the port channel by two tugboats. It is in a straight posture. On the upper floor, there are special containers of different colors that have a camouflage effect. Standing on the top of the bow deck and around the hull are Guard soldiers wearing ordinary sailor uniforms.
Four members of the flight instructor team, Zhou Hai, as well as the top leader of the Lockheed Martin technical group and the core backbone of the design team for the two export fighter jets, stood on the bridge.
The atmosphere was serious and solemn.
"All of you, salute the motherland!"
At this moment, the voices of the top leader of the technical team and captain Fugu resounded together in the spacious bridge space, reaching everyone's ears through the cabin broadcast system.
"Uh-huh!"
Wearing regular uniforms and full of energy, Zhou Hai has a solemn face, gazes forward, and upright body, maintaining a military posture. When receiving instructions, he instinctively raises his right hand to give a military salute.
Today, National Day, I go abroad for the first time in my life.
Next, he will bid farewell to the land of his motherland, embark on a distant road, and travel across the ocean until he reaches a strange land 22,000 kilometers away.
The two flight instructors Shui Lian and Li Zhi, as well as the members of the technical team staying on the bridge, simultaneously paid the most standard military salute to the bustling deep city and the earth.
For soldiers, a military salute is enough.
There were no flowers, no grand and solemn ceremony, everything was ordinary and nothing out of the ordinary.
"Buzz!"
In an instant, a loud and long flute sounded through Pier 10, indicating departure from the port.
The inconspicuous and ordinary freighter Silver Star received the surging power from the ship's power plant, moved its heavy body weighing more than 10,000 tons, and sailed forward slowly, cutting through the ship like an extremely sharp blade. The sea water opened and waves rolled up.
When the whole world turned its attention to the northern capital, in the southernmost port of Shenzhen City, a cargo ship sailed away from the bustling and clear port and faced the endless blue sea.
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