Chapter 3 Chapter 2 Impossible Heights

I was so shocked that I broke out in a cold sweat. The "Zero Machine" actually chased it out, which was beyond everyone's surprise.As a radio operator, Han Xiaoqiang anxiously notified his friendly planes, but none of the planes could be contacted, and he had also lost contact with the ground navigation station since just now.This is not surprising, because the instruments on the plane failed due to icing, as long as they crossed the ice fog, there was still a chance to get in touch with friendly planes and ground navigation stations. Han Xiaoqiang was in a hurry. Seeing that the "zero machine" was getting closer, the C-47 would be shot down by them at any time.Gray was distressed by the weather just now, but when he found that the Japanese plane was chasing after him, he suddenly lost his temper and insisted on continuing to fight.I know that in such a range, the "zero machine" can easily take us down, not to mention three-on-one, we have no chance of winning.When I looked back at Hu Liang and Zhang Yicheng, they were annoyed why they didn't bring the bomb to the plane.

Here I want to explain the reason why we can't bring weapons, except that the C-47 is not a bomber, and that is to transport supplies when returning.Everyone knows that it is not easy to fly over the "hump route". All places that can hold things will be filled, and there will be room for bombs.Besides, if the bombs are not prepared to a certain base, just a few bombs will not be effective.Moreover, the aircraft carries bombs in the pylons and bomb bays, which is very dangerous when landing and is extremely prone to explosions.At that time, don't say that you didn't shoot down the enemy plane, but you were blown to pieces instead.

Zhang Yicheng took off his oxygen mask and cursed: "Damn it, don't run away, we will turn around and hit them, and we will kill a Japanese plane!" Seeing this, Hu Liang stopped him, put the oxygen mask back into Zhang Yicheng's hand, and made a calm gesture.The situation was urgent and no one could support us. Zhang Yicheng didn't want to die helplessly, so he threw away the oxygen mask again.Han Xiaoqiang kept calling his friend's plane, and his face turned purple after a long time.I looked back, and although the cabin was not bright, I noticed Han Xiaoqiang's problem, so I took off my mask and asked Hu Liang to remind Han Xiaoqiang to breathe oxygen.

For a while, Zhang Yicheng was furious and wanted to hit the "Zero machine", Hu Liang loudly told Han Xiaoqiang to breathe oxygen, Gregor read English, and it was like a dance party in C-47.I looked at the situation helplessly, and wanted to tell everyone to be quiet, the enemy plane was right behind our buttocks.Sure enough, without saying a word, the "Zero machine" arrived quietly, and one of them was already parallel to our C-47.In the dark night, through the icy windshield, I watched the "Zero" outside in horror, thinking that the other two were about to open fire from behind.

But what happened next confuses us greatly, and the noise of C-47 stops abruptly. The "zero machine" parallel to the C-47 didn't stop at all. I just looked over and it had already flown ahead.The two "Zeros" behind also rushed up and roared away, completely ignoring our poor C-47.We were all dumbfounded by this situation, and couldn't figure out that the Japanese devils would let the duck in their mouths go.However, their speed was fast, and our C-47 had another problem, and it fell behind all of a sudden, and the "Zero machine" was invisible in the blink of an eye.

Gray couldn't care less, the plane had a temporary malfunction, and if the icing problem couldn't be solved, even if the Japanese devils didn't come back, the C-47 would crash.Zhang Yicheng sat down resentfully, and put on the oxygen mask again. Just now he cursed angrily, and his complexion became the same purple as Han Xiaoqiang's.I looked back at Hu Liang, he was still persuading Han Xiaoqiang to take oxygen, but Han Xiaoqiang was not obedient at all. Hu Liang saw that persuasion was useless, so he insisted. He forced Han Xiaoqiang to wear a mask, and said, "If you don't wear it, I will throw you down!"

Han Xiaoqiang wanted to resist, but he was no match for Hu Liang, so the mask was put on immediately.After completing the task, Hu Liang immediately sat back in his seat and put on the mask he had taken off.However, Han Xiaoqiang waited for Hu Liang to leave, and then took off the oxygen mask, more stubborn than a cow.I was sitting in the co-pilot's seat, and it was inconvenient to go over to persuade him, so I could only turn around and yell to give up, now I can't contact anyone or a friendly plane. Wearing a mask, Zhang Yicheng said in an indistinct voice: "Leave him alone, this is his job. If you don't let him do it, it's tantamount to killing him!"

I thought it was troublesome to wear a mask, so I took it off and shouted back: "Hey, Han Xiaoqiang, you don't want to live anymore?" Hu Liang stood up again unwillingly: "Let me knock this kid out, and then put it on for him, and see if he dares to take it off!" When Han Xiaoqiang saw Hu Liang approaching, he waved his hands anxiously to stop him, but he was speechless after lack of oxygen.In the icy fog, the air seemed to be sucked clean, despite our descending altitude.Gray only knows Chinese such as "Ni Hao", "I love you" and "Goodbye", and he can't understand our noise in the cabin at all.After arguing for a long time, Gray realized that the problem was with Han Xiaoqiang, but he had to fly the plane and couldn't help, so he could only be anxious.

Hu Liang helped Han Xiaoqiang put on the mask, and before he walked away, Han Xiaoqiang took it off again.This made Zhang Yicheng very angry, and I was also a little annoyed. It depends on the time to lose your temper. If you don't save your life now, who will report for us when the time comes.Han Xiaoqiang saw two big men surrounding him, and finally shouted out in a hurry. He said hoarsely: "Don't disturb me, someone contacted me just now!" Zhang Yicheng said unexpectedly: "Who? Who contacted you?" "I don't know, you disturbed me just now, I haven't responded yet!" Han Xiaoqiang breathed heavily, "It should be sent by the person flying in front of us, but..."

"But what?" I asked curiously. Han Xiaoqiang couldn't stop panting, and when he couldn't do it, he took the initiative to put on the mask, and only after a while did he tell us what happened just now.It turned out that when the "Type Zero" flew to the front, Han Xiaoqiang's earphones sent a distress signal from his companions who set out together.But our C-47 could no longer send messages, and it took only a moment to receive the distress signal, and we couldn't hear what happened to the friendly plane at all.Han Xiaoqiang made some calculations and found that more than 7 planes called for help at that time, that is to say, half of the 14 planes that flew out together had accidents.

"Did they say something happened?" I asked uneasily. Han Xiaoqiang didn't hear it, Hu Liang helped me repeat my question, and then Han Xiaoqiang replied: "They have lost contact with the ground navigation station, you know, flying like this is very dangerous. I think you know better, if so many If two planes lost contact with ground navigation stations at the same time, what does that mean?" After hearing this, my heart sank, this game is over, something really happened.Han Xiaoqiang was right. The five of us are very clear about the seriousness of this matter.Although Han Xiaoqiang estimated that 7 planes called for help, the other 6 planes may also have accidents. 14 planes lost contact with the ground navigation station at the same time. A similar thing happened three months ago. At that time, 12 Chinese and American transport planes were performing missions in the air, but the ground navigation station was forced to close due to the Japanese raid. A catastrophe occurred within minutes—all 12 planes crashed, and none of the pilots survived, and Yang Ning was one of the pilots. Han Xiaoqiang used to be a ground operator, and immediately thought that the ground navigation station might have been attacked by the Japanese army.In this way, the aircraft performing tasks in the air is like a blind man without a crutch. In this case, no aircraft can return, arrive, or land safely.Zhang Yicheng became furious, cursing that no wonder he lost contact with the ground navigation station just now, thinking it was caused by the icing of the plane.Hu Liang was quite rational, and analyzed that it was justifiable for the ground navigation station to be shut down, otherwise he would suffer even greater losses. "Then choose to 'lose' us?" Zhang Yicheng was not reconciled. "Forget it, do you still have to argue with the person in charge on the ground now?" I turned around and said, "Put on your oxygen mask." Hu Liang patted Han Xiaoqiang on the shoulder and said: "Han Xiaoqiang, put on the mask first, and if you contact other teammates, you can make a gesture to tell us. By the way, you can also try to contact them proactively." , to inform the Japanese that they are chasing them, and remind them to avoid them.” Han Xiaoqiang nodded, and finally put on the mask obediently, and the plane temporarily returned to calm.I looked at the radio direction indicator, and the C-47 was still on course, but no one could tell where it was flying.I saw that the inner wall of the windshield of the cabin was icy, which is amazing. Although I can't contact the navigation station, I can't even see the road.In fact, not only the inner wall of the windshield is frozen, but every part of the cabin is frozen. The C-47 has become a flying ice bank. I took off my gloves, unscrewed a bottle of alcohol, poured some alcohol on my palm, and wiped the windshield.I wanted to use this to melt the frost so that Gray and I could see the situation outside, but the alcohol worked too fast and the cold eroded me. I was so scared that I retracted my hand, but a small piece of skin was still torn off.As a rule, we shouldn't have icing problems so soon, because we haven't really reached the "hump"-the Himalayas.Only when we got there, the icing phenomenon would be so serious. At this time, before I had time to cover the alcohol bottle, the plane experienced unprecedented tremors, as if hit by a bomb.The tremor lasted for a few seconds, and the wine bottle in my hand had already come off. I didn't know where it was flying, and alcohol was also spilled all over the cabin.Zhang Yicheng immediately thought, if the "Zero Machine" had returned, he wouldn't have been hit just now.But Hu Liang looked inside the cabin, everything was in good condition, there was no perforation, and there was no smoke or fire. The windshield was covered in a thick layer of gray, and I couldn't see what was going on outside. I looked at Gray beside me, only to see him shout in surprise: "40 thousands feet!" This English sentence is very simple, it means "forty thousand feet". I glanced at the instrument table on the operating table, and suddenly became as surprised as Gray.Damn, the current altitude of the C-47 has actually reached 40,000 feet, which means that it has flown to an altitude of more than 12,000 meters.This is definitely an altitude that the C-47 cannot reach. Usually, it can't even fly to 8,000 meters. How can it fly to 12,000 meters.We were still falling just now, and we all fell below 3,000 meters, and now we are flying 12,000 meters in a flash. Faced with the sudden strange thing, Gray and I looked at each other in confusion. We spoke different languages, but we thought the same thing: 40,000 feet is an impossible height!