Chapter 5 Chapter 4 Vacuum Bags

There was a rumble on the quiet snow-capped mountains, and the flames from the explosion of the plane were like a flower in the dark night, but it withered quickly. The C-53 transport plane, which was fine just now, suddenly crashed, which surprised me.They must not have encountered a downdraft, because we were flying next to it, so close, if there was a downdraft, the C-47 would definitely be pulled down.Joy turned into grief in an instant, and the five of us had no time to help. There is nothing more painful than seeing a comrade in arms die with his own eyes. Everyone fell silent, no one spoke, only the sound of "humming" echoed in the cabin.Han Xiaoqiang forgot to call, and seemed to be waiting for a response from the surviving comrades, but unfortunately he didn't.Hu Liang was still looking at the night sky outside, as if the plane was still there and hadn't crashed.Zhang Yicheng simply sat back and stopped looking out, so as not to cry.Gray and I held back our grief, turned the plane off course, and quickly moved away from the area just now. The mysterious fall of C-53 was not accidental. Although there was nothing in the sky, there was an invisible danger hidden—vacuum bag.

When it comes to vacuum bags, everyone who has flown the Hump knows and has experienced it firsthand.Vacuum bags are a unique weather phenomenon on the Hump route. Pilots used to call them that. As for whether this scientific name is professional, I don’t know.This phenomenon is that in the troposphere on the hump route, when several elements are present, a vacuum will suddenly appear in a certain area.When an airplane flies in the air, it relies on the lift generated by the wings to keep the airplane afloat in the air. Once there is no air, a vacuum bag will appear, and the consequences can be imagined.

After entering the vacuum bag, the heavy engine noise will immediately become light, the propeller will spin weakly, and the plane will fall rapidly.At this time, no matter how you increase the accelerator, the engine speed will not increase.Not only that, but the propeller seemed to be detached from the plane, shaking and shaking, a bit like a bamboo dragonfly that couldn't spin.Air pockets are different from wind, rain, snow and fog. You cannot see them. Many planes got in without vigilance, and tragedy happened immediately. I thought to myself, no wonder the night sky became clear just now, damn it, there was a vacuum bag there, and this harmful thing is most likely to appear when the weather is good.We hovered in the air, looking down at the crashed position of the C-53 transport plane below, hoping to see the survivors waving for help below.The snow-capped mountains below were completely dark, occasionally illuminated by the lights of C-47, reflecting a few golden lights up, it was difficult to see the survivors, only the wreckage of the plane was vaguely seen smoking.

Gray illuminated the flight with navigation lights and searched for a few minutes, but continued to fly forward after finding nothing.God was so cruel to our comrades-in-arms that I didn’t even have loess. When the C-47 was tilted, I quickly opened the porthole and threw out the snow-white flying scarf, so that my scarf would always accompany the heroic soul who was about to sleep in the snow-capped mountains.When the plane stabilized, the white flight scarf that had just been thrown out unexpectedly floated up and swayed to the front of the cockpit of the plane. Gray became suspicious, suddenly felt that something was wrong, the scarf was so heavy, how could it be floating up, it should be falling down.I also wondered if the wind outside was so strong that it could blow up the scarf.Before a second had passed, a black cloud with a golden-red glow rushed up from under the plane, and the poor white scarf was immediately burned to black ashes, and was blown away by the wind.

Not long after we set off, we encountered a few strange black clouds in the night sky. Their speed far exceeded that of C-47, and even the very advanced "Zero" at that time could not catch up.After Gray found the strange cloud, he immediately reversed the direction of the plane and flew sideways to the left.In the dark night, every cloud is black, which is frightening. If it is hit by a strange black cloud, the plane will burn up. Han Xiaoqiang asked in surprise: "What is that cloud? I have seen it several times today. Did you see it when you were flying?" I turned around and said, "I haven't seen it. By the way, Xiaoqiang, are you still unable to contact anyone by yourself?"

Han Xiaoqiang said sadly, "Yeah, I haven't received anything except that woman's distress signal." Zhang Yicheng sat down and said, "Don't be so troublesome. If there is a plane nearby, wouldn't it be invisible? Something must have happened." I worried: "Where did the three 'Zero machines' go? I hope they are gone. Otherwise, we will encounter them. It will be difficult." Hu Liang replied: "The Japanese devils will not fly here. It's not like you haven't flown before, have you forgotten?" But I don't think I can use common sense to infer tonight. From takeoff to now, nothing has gone smoothly.God knows why the Japanese chased us out, and they were willing to let us go and continue to fly forward.I raised my vigilance and looked at the night sky. While paying attention to whether there were strange black clouds approaching, I observed whether there were other planes nearby.Gray noticed that I was distracted and gestured to me to concentrate on managing the console.

Unexpectedly, as soon as this remark came out, the "humming" sound of the C-47 disappeared, and the rotation speed of the propeller became very slow.I thought to myself, the plane got into the vacuum bag, it seems that my luck is exhausted, and I am ready to go down to accompany my comrades.Gray tried desperately to lift the plane, but this time it fell too fast, worse than when it was icy.Let alone skydiving now, maybe the plane landed first before the parachute was taken out. Sometimes, if the range of the vacuum bag is small, as long as the plane falls out of its range, there is still a chance to turn things around.I am afraid that the vacuum bag is too big, and no effective measures can be taken within a few seconds, and even the gods will not be able to save us.Watching the C-47 fall, there was really nothing I could do this time. I looked back at Hu Liang and the others, trying to remember the appearance of my comrades.But before the head turned back, the plane had a violent impact, the whole fuselage seemed to be falling apart, and the oil barrels tied to the rear cabin were shaken apart, hitting Han Xiaoqiang and Zhang Yicheng.

I thought the plane fell to the ground, but it was still in the air, and it turned a few times, and everyone was bruised and bruised.Although we didn't know what was going on, Gray and I seized the opportunity to immediately control the overturned aircraft and try to keep it at an altitude of 3000 meters.We were numb all over, trying to figure out what happened. We had hit something just now, and why we were bounced back to the sky. "What happened?" Gray asked in surprise. I wanted to ask someone else, so I shook my head to express my ignorance. Seeing that I was silent, Gray turned his head to look at the back cabin.I didn't answer, mainly because it was difficult to speak through the mask, which was as troublesome as swimming in a cotton coat.The back cabin was in a mess. In the violent impact just now, the corner of Zhang Yicheng's mouth was ruptured by the impact of the oil drum, and Han Xiaoqiang was even knocked unconscious.Fortunately, Hu Liang was fine. After the plane temporarily stabilized, he went to see if Han Xiaoqiang was seriously injured.

In the confusion, I looked at the situation ahead and guessed the mystery.A few black clouds came up from below again, and we may have collided with the black clouds just now, so we bounced back into the air.But the black cloud is gas, how can it have such a strong force that it can be bounced back into the air by the plane and restore the power of the plane.Now is not the time to get to the bottom of it. Even if I have the spare time, I still can't figure out what the black cloud is with my level of cognition. Next, the plane became even more strange. The heating in the cabin, which was finally restored, gradually turned into a high temperature.Gray's face was very bad. After turning on the autopilot and letting the plane fly by itself, he went to the back cabin to check the situation.Han Xiaoqiang fell into a coma, and Hu Liang failed to wake him up. Gray slapped him when he passed by, forcing Han Xiaoqiang to wake up.I turned my head and looked back, the slap must have hurt, Gray really could do it.

But I suddenly smelled a burning smell, and looked at the dashboard, fuck, it was smoking!I don't know what's weird in the black cloud. When the plane hits, it catches fire inside.Gray also found smoke in the back cabin, but at this time there was no water to splash on, which would have been worse, and we had no water to splash.Seeing the thick smoke billowing in the cockpit and the whole plane bursting into flames, I knew that this C-47 was completely finished and I had to parachute! Han Xiaoqiang still felt dizzy, when he knew he was going to skydive, he immediately said in fright: "But I can't!"

Zhang Yicheng said impatiently: "What's so difficult about it, just put on the umbrella bag and jump down, if you can't jump, I'll kick your ass!" Hu Liang and I didn't speak. Everyone knew that skydiving here was very dangerous, and they wouldn't choose this path until they were in a desperate situation.What's under the plane?It's the Himalayas!In the vast snow valley, even if we parachute successfully, we will be buried in the belly of wild animals if we don't freeze to death.Moreover, the Himalayas are too remote, and the chance of being encountered by others is less than that of sesame seeds, so it is difficult to meet rescue forces. no way!Although we don't want to jump, but this is the only chance to survive, if you can't jump, you have to jump! Hu Liang pulled Han Xiaoqiang up from the communication seat, helped him put on the umbrella bag, and said the things to pay attention to.Zhang Yicheng did not forget to scare people, saying that Hu Liang used to fly a passenger plane, did he jump over a parachute, don't teach the wrong people. (I want to explain here. The airline expressly stipulates that all passenger planes are not equipped with parachutes, and only cargo planes are equipped with parachutes.) Time is running out, so I told them to stop joking and put on the umbrella bag quickly. It is difficult for the plane to maintain this altitude for too long . Han Xiaoqiang didn't dare to be the first to skydive, and we didn't want to jump first, so we politely gave up the chance of survival for a while.Zhang Yicheng disliked Han Xiaoqiang and Hu Liang's mother-in-law. Seeing that Hu Liang had already put on the umbrella bag, he said "see you on the snow mountain" and pushed Hu Liang out of the cabin door.I was shocked when I saw this situation, but Hu Liang has rich experience, he will be able to open the umbrella bag smoothly.Zhang Yicheng saw that my face was livid, and hurriedly said that Hu Liang had already opened his parachute, so there was nothing to worry about.In order to cheer up Han Xiaoqiang, Zhang Yicheng yelled "Fuck the Japanese devils to death", opened the hatch and jumped out. At this time, a strong wind blew in, and we felt a tingling pain in our lungs, as if a needle was being pricked.There are snow-capped mountains below. If we are lucky enough to survive, we must have food supplements and weapons for self-defense, so Gray has always reminded skydivers to bring some necessities with them.According to regulations, Gray, who is the pilot (or captain), must be the last to leave the plane. At that time, no one can help him, and he has the lowest survival rate. We didn't try to persuade Gray. If we persuaded him to skydive early, it would be tantamount to insulting him.From the time we decided to join this mission, everyone knew it would come, it just wasn't the same sooner or later.I took some medicine, food and bullets, and told Han Xiaoqiang to jump first, and Zhang Yicheng and I would follow behind him.Han Xiaoqiang was fighting with his legs and didn't dare to jump at all, but the plane started to shake violently, and he gritted his teeth and jumped down as soon as he let go of his hands. Zhang Yicheng and I looked down nervously, afraid that Han Xiaoqiang would forget the procedure of how to open the parachute when he became nervous.After a while, Han Xiaoqiang's parachute opened and slowly floated down in the air.I smiled reassuringly, and then hugged Zhang Yicheng tightly, and Gray also came to hug me.My mind was empty, my eyes were hot, and I hugged back.Perhaps, three months ago, Yang Ning was in this desperate situation just like me. I was very reluctant and wanted to take another look at the plane, so I let Zhang Yicheng jump first.Anyway, I'm the co-pilot and have to jump second to last.Zhang Yicheng smiled and said don't forget that he is also the co-pilot, then hugged me again, and finally said "Liu Anjing, goodbye!" and jumped out of the cabin.When it was my turn, Gray had to take control of the out-of-control plane. He sat back in the cockpit, smiled at me, and urged: "Go!" I nodded and didn't speak. I thought of that girl Yang Ning again. Could it be the same with her three months ago. I took a deep breath, stood next to the black-smoky plane door, held the handle of the parachute with my right hand, grasped the door frame with my left hand, squatted down, and pushed the door frame with my left hand. Dive down.After dozens of silences, I opened the parachute, but the wind was so strong that when I opened the parachute, the flying cap on my head was blown off.The wind in my ears was as loud as thunder, and I was just drifting towards the snow-capped mountains, but when I looked down, the three people who parachuted first were gone.