The air seemed to be about torn apart by the violent whistling sound. Along with the whistling sound, a large transport aircraft was descending to the straight runway. The landing gear had already lowered, and the wheels quickly touched the concrete runway and made a "sniff" friction. The moment it touched the runway, the buffer rod of the landing gear shrank suddenly, which seemed to indicate that the transport aircraft had a large load capacity and the cargo in the cargo hold was very heavy. (Niuwen novel~ Read novels online)

This is a heavy transport aircraft of the Chinese Air Force, and it is a brand new model. The airport aviation commander has never seen a military transport aircraft in this layout before. Although it only has two engines that look like propeller engines, the size of the aircraft looks very large. It is hard to believe that just two engines can ensure that the aircraft takes off.

A few minutes later, when the transport plane was towed by a trailer to the apron, the huge roar of the aircraft engine came from the sky. Another military transport plane of the same model appeared within the field of view of the command tower and soon landed on the airport runway.

Although these two aircraft use propeller power systems, their engines are not old piston internal combustion engines, but a new concept aircraft engine, scientific name "turboprop engine", referred to as "turboprop". This engine was developed from a turbojet engine. It has the dual advantages of high thrust of jet engines and fuel-saving internal combustion engines. It is very suitable for use as a transport engine, especially a long-range transport aircraft, which requires the best balance between fuel consumption and power. Therefore, this "turboprop transport aircraft" appeared, and there is also a similar engine for helicopters.

The two transport aircraft that have landed at the Ankara Air Force Base are turboprop transport aircraft, the latest products of China's aviation industry. They have just completed their first mass production plan. Therefore, the aviation commanders at the airport do not recognize this kind of aircraft. Only fighter pilots escorting this kind of transport aircraft know what to call this kind of transport aircraft, which is a "swan".

When the "Swan" landed on the airport runway, the escort mission of the fighter pilots ended, and they also landed on the airport runway and quickly stopped the plane. The pilots jumped out of the cockpit, and the ground crew were busy towing these "lightning" jets to the base for maintenance with towing trucks.

After jumping off the plane, the first thing Zhao Qiwen did was to rush to the apron to watch the fun. To be honest, he drove "lightning" along the way to escort the two "swans" from Tehran to Ankara City. He kept thinking about what kind of cargo was in the cargo hold of the "swan" and actually had to escort the "lightning" of a squadron. Intuition told him that the cargo in the "swan" cargo hold was probably a secret weapon, but he still needed to see what it was.

This is a military airport, with no idle people waiting for it, all the soldiers present, and obviously, there are many people who are as curious as Zhao Qiwen. Those idle pilots and ground crew members also rushed to the apron to see what cargo can be unloaded from the transport plane.

But what disappointed everyone was that when the clam-like cargo hold door at the rear of the plane was opened by the ground crew, people saw only a few large wooden boxes, not only nailed with nails, but also seals were pasted outside. Several air military academy officials kept protecting each other, so no one could get close to take a closer look.

There is no sign outside the wooden box, and there is not even a shipping airport.

Like others, Zhao Qiwen's curiosity quickly turned into disappointment. It was impossible to tell the truth from outside the wooden box, so everyone quickly dispersed. The ground crew continued to work on their own affairs near the airport runway. The pilots gathered in the club to drink tea and chat, read newspapers and listen to the news. Zhao Qiwen sat in the club and chatted with his comrades. Their station was still in Tehran. After the fighter was maintained, they would fly back in the afternoon. In Ankara, they could only stay for a few hours at most. So everyone discussed whether to use these hours to take a walk in the suburbs of Ankara?

However, they were soon told by the local pilots that it would be better not to walk around, because the German army was still firing V2 missiles at Ankara from time to time. The day before yesterday, a V2 missile landed in a village only two kilometers away from the city, killing some sheep. In contrast, it is safer to stay in the airport because the airport is in the city, and the German missile's aiming point is also in the city. The missiles of this era can basically not hit any place where they aim.

When they were depressed, the pilots in the club suddenly heard the roar of a special engine from the sky. It was the engine of the "Swan". Everyone was curious. Could it be that the "Swan" came again at the airport? So a few people went out to take a look. Sure enough, two "Swans" landed on the airport runway, and a general and an admiral came down from one of the "Swans". This batch of transport planes obviously did not take off from Tehran, because the escort fighter jets were air forces from the Central Asia Military Region.

Although the general who walked off the transport plane was wearing an air force general's uniform, none of the pilots looking around on the runway knew him. This was strange. Look at the general's gray-haired appearance, he should be a veteran in the army. But why did no one of so many pilots know him? A good man hurried to the club to find Zhao Qiwen and asked him to identify who the old general was. The pilots in the squadron now basically know Zhao Qiwen's background. The president's son must know many veteran generals. After all, President Zhao is a president in military uniform, and the regular visitor in the family is not a literati and poet.

Zhao Qiwen followed his comrades to the vicinity of the runway and looked closely. Sure enough, he really knew the old general. He was no one else, but Shen Shanglian, the veteran of Chinese artillery.

However, Zhao Qiwen did not immediately reveal the identity of the old general, because he was also very curious. As far as he knew, Shen Shanglian was old, he should have retired, so why is he still in the army now? What's even more strange is that not only was the military rank promoted from Lieutenant General to General, but also the military branch changed, from the army to the air force.

Before Zhao Qiwen could figure out this problem, a person had already rushed over the runway, a lieutenant colonel of the Air Force, rushed straight to Zhao Qiwen and said something.

"Is it Lieutenant Colonel Zhao Qiwen? General Shen asked you to go over and talk."

Zhao Qiwen nodded and ran over with the lieutenant colonel officer. When he arrived by Shen Shanglian, the artillery veteran was reminding several air force officers of the matter.

"After establishing the headquarters, you will assemble the ammunition body first, keep the fuse and charge in the underground ammunition depot, and send a special person to guard the military for 24 hours, waiting for the orders of the superiors before making the next arrangements."

After the instructions were finished, the Air Force technical officers immediately followed an airport commander to the warehouse, while Chen Shanglian turned around and looked at Zhao Qiwen.

"Qiwen, when will you go back to Tehran?"

"I will fly back to Tehran this afternoon." Zhao Qiwen replied.

"Xiao Pi's troops will be transferred from the Caucasus War Zone to Tehran for rest. If you have time, please contact me."

After hearing Chen Shanglian's advice, Zhao Qiwen agreed that "Xiaopi" was Chen Shanglian's youngest son. He served in the Army Artillery Unit and was a childhood friend who had played with Zhao Qiwen since he was a child. Since the war started, the two had not met for about a year.

It is important to contact the childhood friend, but what Zhao Qiwen is most concerned about now is what Chen Shanglian is doing in Ankara? Thinking of the four "swan" transport aircraft landed at Ankara Airport today, and the words Chen Shanglian told the Air Force technical officers just now, Zhao Qiwen's curiosity was raised again. He wanted to know what kind of cargo these "swan" transport aircraft were transported to Ankara, so that a general had to escort him personally, and what command he had to establish.

"Uncle Shen, aren't you retired?" Zhao Qiwen found a breakthrough.

Chen Shanglian smiled and said, "Why, your father hasn't revealed it to you? He specially approved the note and asked me to contribute more than a few more years in the army. So, I don't have to retire for the time being. Now, I have changed the military branches. You are not an outsider, so I told you straight, I am now the commander of the Strategic Air Force. Have you read the report on the "Giant" missile? Yes, now, all the "Giant" is under my control."

"You are an artillery... a missile?... Oh, so that's it."

Zhao Qiwen was a little confused at first, but then he thought about it and immediately understood that, yes, the "Giant" missile is another form of cannon. It is not too much to call Chen Shanglian, an artillery veteran, to take charge of it. The name of the "Strategic Air Force" is somewhat misleading.

"I understand? It's good if I understand, so I won't talk to you anymore." Chen Shanglian nodded.

"Are these 'swans' transported the 'giant' missiles?" Zhao Qiwen's thoughts immediately became active.

Chen Shanglian was stunned, and then immediately shook his head.

"You're not guessing right. Hehe, want to know what that is? Just stop working on the Air Force. Come and work on this strategic air force with me. Once you enter the Strategic Air Force, you can operate the weapons in the wooden box with your own hands."

These jokes were like fleas that scratched Zhao Qiwen's curiosity. However, since Chen Shanglian refused to say it, Zhao Qiwen could only return to the club helplessly. After thinking about it with the pilots, everyone thought that the "swan" cargo was strange, but what was strange was that everyone could not guess.

Fortunately, it is a military base here, and the ground crew is skillful. After the large wooden boxes transported by the "Swan" were disassembled, the things inside need to be assembled. The technical officers who followed the "Swan" were not in enough staff. In order to hurry, some fragmented work was handed over to the airport ground crew. Therefore, two ground crew members were lucky enough to see clearly the appearance of the thing after the parts in the wooden box were assembled. So, during lunch, Zhao Qiwen and several pilots invited the ground crew to dinner, and asked for advice. Then, the two ground crew members drew a sketch to open the eyes of the pilots.

After seeing this, everyone's curiosity immediately faded, because they seemed to have seen the things on the sketch before, at least they had seen similar ones.

That's right, this mysterious thing that made the pilots curious for a long time is actually an unmanned aircraft. Its appearance is somewhat similar to the V1 missiles of Nazi Germany, but it is much larger in size. There are similar aircraft in the Air Force, but they are all target aircraft.

Germany's v1 missiles have appeared many times during the Battle of the Caucasus and the Battle of Turkey. Tehran and Baghdad have been attacked by such cruise missiles. Although the attack caused small casualties, the panic caused is quite obvious. Compared with the V2 missile, the most obvious feature of this v1 missile is that it is not a high parabolic ballistic trajectory, but takes off, cruising like an aircraft, and then dives towards the target. To be precise, this is actually an unmanned, one-time suicide attack aircraft. Because its flight trajectory and speed are very similar to jet aircraft, it is also used by the German army to confuse the enemy's radar.

The German team used v1 missiles to attack targets when they lost air supremacy. This was mainly to create panic. The accuracy of this missile is as low as that of v2. It is impossible to expect them to play any specific tactical role. However, if the missile's warhead is replaced with a large-scale destructive warhead, then this is a very powerful weapon, such as chemical warheads, biological warheads, and even nuclear warheads.

Could it be that this kind of aircraft that is being kept tightly in the airport warehouse, which looks like a V1 missile, is also a cruise missile? Including Shen Shanglian's identity, could it be that this missile is actually equipped with a nuclear warhead?

Thinking of this, all pilots, including Zhao Qiwen, immediately realized the strategic value of this weapon, so they immediately shut up and stopped discussing the matter. Curiosity is one thing, and leaking military secrets is another thing.

However, everyone was still a little curious. They guessed that the Strategic Air Force was planning to bring these things that were likely to be nuclear warhead cruise missiles to Ankara. What was this going to do? Is it really necessary to launch a comprehensive nuclear strike against Nazi Germany and fascist Italy as broadcast on the radio station a few days ago? But why not use the "fearing giant"?
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