my bright sword career

Chapter 318 Landing
"Crash..."

After nearly an hour of strong winds, big raindrops finally fell from the sky, which soon turned into a downpour.

A second lieutenant wearing a white summer uniform and blue-gray breeches, soaked all over his body, rushed into a tent and said anxiously to the two officers who were discussing things: "Bosses...not good Yes, our runway has been soaked into mud by the rain, but the plane we went out to investigate will come back later, what should we do now!"

"what?"

A lieutenant almost jumped up, walked quickly to the second lieutenant, grabbed his collar and shouted angrily, "Why didn't you report it earlier?"

"Sir, the rain just fell, and we didn't expect it!" The second lieutenant's voice was filled with tears: "Those are two planes, and there are four female pilots from the reconnaissance squadron on board."

"Can you tell them to change the route and let them fly back to Liantai Airport to land?" Another major who spoke was Lu Fangyuan, the battalion commander of the supply battalion.

"No!" The second lieutenant shook his head: "They are flying a Baihe light reconnaissance plane with a range of less than [-] kilometers. In addition, they have been out for more than two hours, and the remaining fuel will not be able to fly to Liantai County."

"You bastard,"

The lieutenant cursed angrily, "I told you before that the weather was bad, and I suggested that you cancel this flight. Now that it's all right, the runway has turned into a muddy road. How do you let them land?"

The Second Lieutenant's expression turned bitter. Although the White Crane reconnaissance plane did not have high requirements for the runway, at least it had to be on a dry road.If you forcefully land on the runway that has turned into mud, there will only be two results, either the plane can't stop the car and rush out of the runway, or it will fall into the mud pit and fall headlong.

No matter what the result is, there is only one consequence, that is, the crash of the plane and the death of people.

Thinking of this, the second lieutenant's complexion became paler. The reconnaissance squadron was originally a newly established unit. Due to its special nature, all the pilots, observers, and telegraph operators were women.

It would be fine if they were shot down and killed by an enemy plane during the reconnaissance process. After all, no one is immortal in a war, but if the plane fails to land or fails to land due to the negligence of the ground crew and causes casualties, then the problem will be serious. Well, maybe the team leader Huang Huaimin would personally go to Yangping Town and tear him to pieces.

And Lu Fangyuan's face is also not good-looking, after all, this runway was built by the supply camp, and now it is soaked in rain, he is also to blame.

Just when several people were anxious, the lieutenant at the side suddenly remembered something.

"Sir, I have figured out a way."

"What method?" Lu Fangyuan and the second lieutenant asked in unison.

"Sir, didn't the regiment ask us to bring a batch of perforated steel plates to our supply camp a few days ago. Once we lay these steel plates on the runway, won't it be able to land?"

"Huh... that's right... why didn't I think of that?" Lu Fangyuan slapped his thigh, his solemn expression immediately became excited, and before he had time to say more, he immediately took out the whistle on his neck and blew vigorously .

"Beep beep...beep beep..."

"Everyone in the supply camp gathers... gathers..."

Soon, the soldiers of the supply battalion who had been hiding from the rain in tents or houses all started to move. Trucks drove to the wasteland. The soldiers braved the heavy rain to unload heavy steel plates from the trucks. , Then everyone shouted slogans and began to lay steel plates on the runway.

The full name of these steel plates is PSP perforated steel plate. Each piece is 3 meters long, 0.38 meters wide and weighs 30 kilograms.There are two transverse grooves that divide each board into three sections, with a total of 87 holes punched on it, and buckles on the front and rear for joining boards together.

Its advantage is that it is quick and easy, as long as a bulldozer is used to level a flat ground, and then the PSP perforated steel plate is laid on it, and a field airport is built in less than half a day, which can be regarded as one of the most successful inventions of World War II.

In World War II in another time and space, the Americans relied on PSP perforated steel plates to build airports all over the world, and then relied on their strong air power to beat the Axis powers to the ground.

Of course, Gao Hongming will not let go of such a good thing, so he also bought some in the weapon store, but since the current airports of the Liantai Flying Brigade are all permanent runways paved with cement, this kind of steel plate has always been useless. , This is why Lu Fangyuan didn't think of it for a while.

The PSP perforated steel plate is also worthy of its name of convenience and speed. With the concerted efforts of more than 500 soldiers from the supply battalion, a runway with a length of 100 meters and a width of more than ten meters was laid in less than half an hour.

Coincidentally, when they finished laying, there was a low roar in the sky, and two "White Crane" light reconnaissance planes appeared in everyone's field of vision.

"They're back, everyone get out of the way, the plane is about to land!" Lu Fangyuan hurriedly dispersed the soldiers after seeing the plane.

I just waited for a while, but saw two planes still circling in the sky.

Seeing this, the second lieutenant of the flying brigade lost his voice: "It's broken... It seems that the visibility is too low due to the heavy rain, and the pilot can't find the runway."

Hearing this, everyone's heart skipped a beat. It stands to reason that they should light a bonfire to indicate the target now, but it is raining heavily right now, so there is no way to light a fire. "

"Sir... smoke bomb!" someone shouted from the side.

Everyone immediately woke up like a dream.

"Yes... Hurry up and set off the smoke bomb."

Soon, more than a dozen smoke bombs were thrown to both sides of the runway, and bursts of thick smoke immediately rose into the sky. Although it was still raining heavily, the effect of more than ten smoke bombs being fired together was still obvious. The two "White Crane" light reconnaissance planes circling in the sky immediately noticed it.

Without the slightest hesitation, they lowered their noses and rushed down towards the runway.

Seeing the reconnaissance planes rushing down one after the other, everyone on the ground was sweating for them, and Lu Fangyuan's heart was in his throat.

Although the PSP perforated steel plate is better than the soil runway in theory, it is the first time to use it, and no one knows how the effect will be. Besides, the current weather is still so bad, if something happens, it will be a big trouble.

"squeak……"

Soon, the wheels of the first Baihe light reconnaissance plane touched the steel plate, making a dull friction sound, and then the plane taxied for tens of meters and stopped smoothly, followed by the second plane. .

Seeing that the two planes landed safely, there was a burst of warm cheers from both sides of the runway.

(End of this chapter)