Zhou Zhihan opened the cabin cover and let the sea breeze blow into the cabin. He calmed down instantly and took a few deep breaths to relieve tension and pressure.
He knew that just now he had too many worries, was timid, and was not decisive, so he was nervous, the tip of his nose was sweating, and his palms and back were all sweaty.
This is a typical case of being afraid of losing and unable to win.
Flying a fighter jet and circling in the air for several times, with the sea breeze blowing in his face, Zhou Zhihan took deep breaths continuously to calm himself down completely, without any distractions, and get rid of all distracting thoughts.
Messerschmitt hovered over the freighter for a while, descended at a slow speed, entered from the stern, flew almost close to the water, and moved forward at the lowest speed along the side of the ship.
Zhou Zhihan has no distracting thoughts in his heart. His palms are dry and his breathing is steady. His whole soul is integrated with Messerschmitt. He uses his heart and pulse to feel every bit of power bursting out from Messerschmitt's engine and slows down the speed. At the critical point of stalling, when the rear of the fighter jet also passed the bow of the freighter, Zhou Zhihan suddenly pulled the lever without pushing the throttle to increase energy. Messerschmitt jumped upwards, reaching the peak of the power that the current throttle could give. Then it stalled instantly, the propeller stopped rotating, the fuselage stagnated, and the fighter jet completely lost power. At this time, the fighter jet was located several meters directly in front of the freighter.
Zhou Zhihan thought about all the options several times. The deck of the freighter was too small, the sea wind was too strong, and the speed of the freighter was too far behind that of the fighter jets. If he wanted to land on the ship, this was the only way.
I can only gamble.
At this time, the fighter aircraft only relied on its wings to maintain a little forward sliding power.
After this unprecedented lever jump, the fighter aircraft lost energy and slid forward only on its wings. If any part of this was not handled well, it would be an inevitable disaster.
At this moment, everyone in the engine room and on the deck was so nervous that they almost stopped breathing.
"Bang!"
The Messerschmitt's landing wheel hit the cargo ship's not spacious deck hard. The tires were slowly sliding forward, and the nose of the aircraft fell forward. After a few nods, the tail began to slowly rise upwards.
Zhou Zhihan stopped breathing at this moment, and seemed to have forgotten his heartbeat. He sat in the cabin, leaning back and not daring to move, staring straight at the sea.
I have never flown like this in [Sky Overlord].
"Zhihan!"
The moment the fighter jet landed, Karen ran out of the freighter cab.
Mr. Horton kept making signs of the cross and begging for God's blessing. He also ran outside after Karen, but he was fat and started to gasp after running a few steps.
"Ouch!"
All the strong men who had been holding ropes and nets, ready to go, rushed out from both sides with a roar, and threw the ropes and nets forward together.
These crew members are sailing on the sea, and they usually have to catch fish and cast nets. Their skills in pulling fish into the net are very exquisite. Everyone's speed and reaction are also very fast. They have already jumped out before the fighter planes landed on the ship.
The sea wind was very strong, and several ropes failed, but at the critical moment, a net was still wrapped around the tail of the Mei-type aircraft. After the crew member succeeded, he straightened his body and leaned back desperately, and several other crew members rushed over directly. , holding on to the net tightly, the two ropes in the hands of the other two people flew out again, and this time they accurately caught the tail of the aircraft, and then pulled back desperately.
"Squeaky..."
The nose of the Messerschmitt poked over the bow.
"ah……"
The seven or eight Chinese seamen used all their strength to suck the milk. Each of them straightened their bodies and leaned back, tilted their heads back, looked at the sky, roared loudly, and pulled back with all their strength.
Liu Xianfu and Zhuo Zehua reacted slowly, and finally rushed forward. Zhuo Zehua pulled the rope, while Liu Xianfu couldn't find anything to pull on, so he pulled someone else.
"Boom! Boom! Boom?"
Messerschmitt's rear wheel hit the deck, bumped twice more, and finally came to a stop.
The sailors sat down on the ground, and they were very tired in this short time.
Zhou Zhihan opened the cockpit, stood on the wing, jumped to the deck, and picked up Karen who rushed over.
immediately.
The crew began to drag the fighter back in an orderly manner, took the steel cables, fixed the fighter on the prepared hoops, and then covered it with several layers of oilcloth that could blend in with the color of the sea, and then used ropes and nets to secure the fighter. Seal well to ensure it is not corroded by rain and humid air.
"Oh God!" Mr. Horton came over panting, "This is the most thrilling, exciting and exciting deck landing I have ever seen. Although I know that I won't understand your answer, I still have to ask, Zhou Colonel, how did you achieve this miraculous landing just now?"
Zhou Zhihan hugged Karen and put it down gently. He smiled and twitched the corners of his mouth a few times. This was really hard to explain. He could only spread his hands and shrugged: "Actually, this is how Mr. Captain did it..."
Everyone laughed in unison.
Indeed, many technologies reach a certain level and cannot be expressed in words at all.
Just like driving a freighter, most of the time you rely on skill, but when sailing in strong winds and waves, you still rely on feeling at the critical moment.
After the few landings just now, it is now safe for cargo ships to enter the high seas. On the high seas, the Germans are not yet crazy enough to openly attack neutral cargo ships.
This time we went to sea, except for Captain Horton, all of them were Chinese sailors. The crew fixed and covered Messerschmitt and immediately surrounded him. They knew that this famous ace pilot made the Japanese devils frightened at home. , during this period in the UK, the German pilots were feared and hated by the attacks, which made the British people admire them.
Seeing the world's number one ace, the loyal and simple Chinese crew members were a little embarrassed. Zhou Zhihan always gave people the impression of being very casual and informal. After he took out his cigarette and passed it around, he started chatting with the crew members. Started the daily routine.
With a smile on Karen's lips, she kept using her extremely poor Chinese to thank every Chinese crew member, eliciting bursts of good-natured laughter from everyone.
"Colonel Zhou!" Mr. Holden admired Zhou Zhihan to the extreme. He said in Chinese that was much fluent than Karen's but still a little lame, "We didn't have breakfast, just to wait for you. Hehe, the cook has already cooked it. A few fresh sea fish, as we Chinese say, let’s have a morning tide and drink a few cups!”
"Haha! You have become a China expert!" Zhou Zhihan followed Holden into the cabin with a smile, "Now, you even understand the morning tide."
Everyone sat around the table, and the little chef Pidianpidian brought everyone a large pot of freshly cooked sea fish, and the aroma was filled with it.
"How about trying it?" Mr. Holden gave Zhou Zhihan a cup of fine bamboo leaf green. "This is the bottom of my box. If it had been anyone else, I would never take it out... Hey..." Holden said He slapped the hand of a crew member who came to grab the wine, and laughed and scolded, "Go away, you little brat. I'll have something for you to drink at night. You guys, keep an eye on me during the day..." He said to the other crew members. A sailor on night watch and Liu Xian paid them a full bottle of wine, "Let's drink together and make them hungry, hahaha..."
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The end of September 1940.
When the First Group of the Chinese Air Force flew 9 SB-2 bombers to bomb Yichang, they were attacked by an unknown Japanese aircraft and 4 were shot down on the spot. This was something that had never happened in the past, because it was usually difficult for Japanese fighter jets to catch up. At that time, the SB-2 was the fastest among all bombers in the world.
The SB-2 basically does not need fighter escort to complete its mission. Pilots at the time once reported that they were chased by a new type of Japanese aircraft and could not get rid of it.
Unfortunately, this failure did not arouse the vigilance of the Chinese Air Force leadership.
Then, the forward ground surveillance post also reported the appearance of a small, fast aircraft with a bomb-like object hanging under its belly.
Since most of the air security posts at that time were farmers, they regarded the auxiliary fuel tanks as bombs. And because the range of this aircraft was much longer than that of the common Type 96 warships, and it appeared in places it could not reach, the Chinese Air Force judged it as a bomb. The new single-engine bomber, this misjudgment laid the foundation for the subsequent bloody battle at Bishan.
