The one in charge of No. 46 air cavalry base was a lieutenant colonel, who was also the regimental commander of No. 46 air cavalry regiment. He was a slightly fat middle-aged Hua man called Xing Xiangtian. On the way here, Stone told Zhang Tie that the regimental commander of No. 46 air cavalry regiment was always proud of his name. He felt that his name brought him good luck. It was said that there were more than one person competing for the regimental commander of No. 46 air cavalry regiment; instead, a regimental commander felt that this name was auspicious. Therefore, he was selected.
After Zhang Tie came to the regimental headquarters and showed his identity, he was led into the office of the regimental commander by a second lieutenant of the regimental headquarters.
Xing Xiangtian was very satisfied with Zhang Tie's information. According to the information, Zhang Tie came from Black Armor Army and was the first batch of commissioned officers who were sent to the pilot academy of Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory in Youzhou Province for training. Zhang Tie had touched airplanes earlier than most of the air cavalries in the theater of operations, even Xing Xiangtian himself. Additionally, Zhang Tie had a very excellent training performance. Additionally, he was a LV 9 fighter. With such information, he could easily lead an air cavalry battalion of No. 46 air cavalry regiment.
However, at the sight of the name "Zhang Tie" on Zhang Tie's information and ID card, Xing Xiangtian, the regimental commander of No. 46 air cavalry regiment, revealed a toothache.
'This name is too … arrogant …'
Even Xing Xiangtian was not sure whether this "Zhang Tie" would bring trouble to the no. 46 air cavalry regiment. Xing Xiangtian's name made him lucky. He didn't want to cause trouble because of another person's name. Who knew whether those moguls who were in charge of the logistics of the theater of operations and determined the supply of fiery-oil and inflammable bolts of the no. 46 air cavalry regiment would have other thoughts after knowing that there was such a "celebrity" in the no. 46 air cavalry regiment. No matter what, Taixia Country had a tradition of avoiding public affairs.
Through Zhang Tie's ID card, Xing Xiangtian glanced at Zhang Tie for a few more times, 'Zhang Tie is too young. He's a commissioned officer of Black Armor Army at such a young age. Additionally, he's trained in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory. Could he be promoted to the theater of operations by a major clan?'
Xing Xiangtian believed that nobody dared falsify Zhang Tie's resume; however, it was hard to say whether Zhang Tie's transfer order to the no. 46 air cavalry regiment was controlled by someone. Some things couldn't be completely eradicated even in the army.
The battle achievements between air cavalries and wing demons in the theater of operations had long spread over Taixia Country one week ago. It was not the imperial court of Taixia Country who was most excited about this result, but all the major clans in Taixia Country. All the major clans were establishing their own air cavalry troops in full swing. Even provincial armies were establishing air cavalry corps. Even Xing Xiangtian had long heard about this news in the theater of operations. If Zhang Tie really came here to gild his reputation, as long as he could stay in the theater of operations for a few months and fight wing demons for a couple of times, he would be assigned back to his clan with brilliant qualifications and capital for him to be independent in the future no matter in the army or in his clan.
"Did you receive training in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory?" After putting down the certificate, Xing Xiangtian stroked his jaw as he watched Zhang Tie with a bizarre look.
"Yes!"
"Did anything happen during your training? Were you beaten or asked to change your name …" The regimental commander of the no. 46 air cavalry regiment asked Zhang Tie in a gossipy way.
Gossiping was not exclusive to women. Almost everyone was gossipy. The name of Zhang Tie aroused the gossipy desire of this lieutenant colonel.
Zhang Tie replied calmly, "Sir, I know what you mean. However, the surname Zhang is a popular surname in Taixia Country. Many people have the same surname in the world. Additionally, knights could have their own characters. Therefore, I was normal in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory at that time. Nobody asked me to change my name. I think General Mushen wouldn't mind having some more people called Zhang Tie in the world …"
After glancing at Zhang Tie for a short while, Xing Xiangtian became silent for a short while. Closely after that, he stood up from behind the desk and gave his certificate to Zhang Tie, saying, "If so, I will introduce you to the troops. Your current position is the battalion commander of the No. 1 battalion of no. 46 air cavalry regiment!"
"Hmm!" Zhang Tie took the certificate and put it away.
After that, Xing Xiangtian led Zhang Tie out of the office, saying, "Oh, you could have an orderly. What's your requirement for an orderly?"
"I feel that the driver assigned by the air cavalry regiment to pick me up is not bad. He's smart. If possible, let him be my orderly!"
"What's the driver's name?"
"Stone!"
"Stone, that brat, heh heh, I know who he is. Fine, I will have someone arrange it for you …"
As they talked, they directly left the regiment's headquarters. Stone was still waiting in the vehicle. Xing Xiangtian came to the front of Stone's vehicle, opened the door and got in. After that, he asked Zhang Tie to get in. After that, Xing Xiangtian had Stone drive to the camp of the no. 1 battalion.
"The former battalion commander of the no. 1 battalion is called Long Haishou. He's one of my tough generals. In the air battle one week ago, Long Haishou and his assistant shooter killed 4 wing demons in total. However, after the battle, Long Haishou and some fighters of the no. 1 battalion were transferred to other air cavalry regiments to train new recruits. Now, the no. 1 battalion has been replenished. However, over 1/3 of them are tough guys who have fought wing demons in the sky one week ago. They're tough guys. If you want to be the battalion commander and win the respect of your subordinates, you have to have some abilities!" Xing Xiangtian told Zhang Tie meaningfully in the vehicle.
"I know, don't worry, regimental commander!" Zhang Tie replied calmly.
Xing Xiangtian replied with a smile, "That's good!"
In less than 2 minutes, Stone had arrived at the camp of the no. 1 battalion.
The camp of air cavalry corps was close to rows of runways, which could enable fighters to take off at the fastest speed in case of emergency. On the runways of the camp, there were as many as 500 shiny air cavalry I airplanes, which were ready to take off at any time, parked in rows on one side of the runways.
After Zhang Tie and Xing Xiangtian got off the vehicle, Xing Xiangtian had the administrator of the no. 1 battalion gather all the air cavalries in front of an aerodrome.
As the executive blew the trumpet in his hand, the trumpet sent out a long signal. In the blink of an eye, a lot of people ran out of the dormitories and all the other places. In less than 1 minute, about 1,000 fighters had been standing on the apron in front of Zhang Tie. As it was an emergency assembly, some of them only wore a pair of military underpants, some had foams on their hair as if they were taking a bath, and some were bare-chested.
Everybody fixated onto Xing Xiangtian and Zhang Tie.
Zhang Tie nodded inside, 'That's not bad.'
"Regimental commander, there were 1,000 air cavalries in the no. 1 battalion now has 986 people. 14 wounded soldiers have not returned yet. They're recuperating in the regimental hospital. Please give your order, regimental commander!" The administrator reported loudly.
"Good!" Xing Xiangtian nodded, "I want to introduce you to the new battalion commander of the no. 1 battalion, Major Zhang Tie. From today on, Major Zhang Tie will be the main officer of the no. 1 battalion. He will lead you to fight demons in the theater of operations. Welcome …"
Everybody started to applaud. However, the applause was not fervent. Only after 2 seconds, it gradually faded away. After another 2 seconds, the applause had disappeared. At the same time, a lot of doubtful, curious and exploratory eye light focused on Zhang Tie at a stroke.
Xing Xiangtian threw a glance at Zhang Tie, which meant, 'Look, I'm right. It's not easy to be the battalion commander of these people.' "Do you want to say something?"
Zhang Tie threw a glance at those air cavalries as he knew that it was more useful to do something at this moment.
"I've not touched the operating lever for a long time. I'm a bit itchy. I want to try the performance of our group's airplanes first …" Zhang Tie told Xing Xiangtian as he fixed his eyes on an airplane covered by a cloak on the tarmac.
Xing Xiangtian raised his eyebrows at once. He had not imagined that Zhang Tie could subdue those troublemakers so straightforwardly. Watching Zhang Tie's calm look, Xing Xiangtian also became curious as he wanted to see the ability of this military officer of Black Armor Army from Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory.
"Fine!" Xing Xiangtian nodded straightforwardly.
Zhang Tie then quickened his steps and came to the front of the nearest air cavalry I airplane. Without boarding a ladder, he lightly jumped onto the wing of the airplane and skillfully opened the cockpit cover in front of the airplane. At the same time, he stretched out his hand and opened the accelerator. Closely after that, he jumped off the plane and came to the nose of the airplane. Closely after that, he put his hand on a blade of the propeller and swung it forcefully. With a boom, the propeller of the airplane started to rotate at once, giving off steam. After that, Zhang Tie came to the front of the pilot's seat and drilled under the abdomen of the airplane. After removing the anti-skid device of the airplane, he drilled out of the airplane and jumped into the cockpit lightly. After that, he closed the cockpit cover and drove the airplane out of the track after making a turn.
Watching Zhang Tie's smooth movements, Xing Xiangtian nodded inside. Given Zhang Tie's movements, Xing Xiangtian knew that Zhang Tie was not a newbie. However, it was not enough for Zhang Tie to fly in the air.
All the air cavalries of the no. 1 battalion watched the performance of their new battalion commander with widely opened eyes.
After gliding over 200 m on the runway rapidly, the air cavalry I airplane raised its head and entered the sky at once.
Only after 1 minute, all the air cavalries and Xing Xiangtian who were looking up at the airplane had widely opened their mouths.
'F * ck, is he driving an airplane? He's simply playing acrobatics …'
In the sky, Zhang Tie's airplane was rolling and making various super difficult movements continuously and smoothly. The air cavalry I airplane was like a monkey in the sky in Zhang Tie's hand …
All the people at present were dumbfounded.
With a buzz, the plane dived perpendicular to the ground at a 90-degree angle. When everybody felt that the plane was going to hit the ground, Zhang Tie instantly pulled up the plane until it was only a bit more than 3 m above the ground. Closely after that, it flew over the heads of those air cavalries and Xing Xiangtian, causing all the hats on the ground to fly into the air …
"It's dangerous. Hurry up, pull up …" Xing Xiangtian's hat was also blown away by Zhang Tie's airplane. However, before Xing Xiangtian picked up his hat, he had changed his face as he shouted.
Right in front of Zhang Tie's airplane, there were two flagpoles. Zhang Tie's airplane almost rushed towards the flagpoles.
'No, it's too late …'
Just when everyone thought that a tragedy was about to happen, the plane that was flying horizontally abruptly passed through the gap between two flagpoles just as one of its wings was about to rub against the ground.
'Impossible!' Everybody thought that they were dazzled. Because the distance between the two flagpoles was less than 4 m, precisely 3.7 m. However, the height of an air cavalry I airplane was 3.56 m. What a marvelous skill it was to penetrate through the gap of 3.7 m vertically at such a high speed when it was going to hit the flagpoles. It was challenging the extreme ability of air cavalries …
Everybody was dumbfounded.
'Is it a coincidence?'
But just as this thought rose in the minds of some people, the plane, which had turned a circle in the air, dived down again. Just as the plane was about to hit the ground, it was pulled up and turned a half circle at the same time, passing through the gap between two flagpoles by a hair's breadth …
This time, everybody could see clearly that when Zhang Tie's airplane penetrated through the gap between the two flagpoles, the distance between the two flagpoles and the two flagpoles was less than the height of a fist.
If it was a coincidence for the first time, it would not happen for the second time. Additionally, the second time was more than 10 times more difficult than that for the first time. Because the airplane had completed the two movements of turning sideways and penetrating through the gap when it was pulled up without any gap or buffer time in between. Therefore, the airplane's movement and flight track were perfect in each second without any mistake. Only in this way could it achieve such an unimaginable flight movement.
Even Xing Xiangtian himself opened his mouth wide. It was the first time for him to see such a top-notch flying technique.
After penetrating through the flagpoles twice, Zhang Tie's airplane finally landed on the runway and slowly parked in front of them.
The propeller of the engine finally stopped rotating while the cockpit cover was opened. Zhang Tie then jumped out of it gracefully.
"The torque nut on the left side of the second piston cylinder of the dual-drive balanced camshaft of this aircraft's dual-drive engine is a bit too tight, which will cause the vibration transmission of the dual-drive balanced camshaft to be uneven. When the speed of the entire engine is above 8,000 rpm and enters the fully pressurized state for high-performance maneuvers, the energy consumption will increase by 1.5%. The torque nut has a special tool to tighten. This torque nut should have been tightened by the ground mechanic with an ordinary tool in violation of the operating specifications during maintenance. There should still be some traces left on the torque nut …"
Before Xing Xiangtian opened his mouth, he had been shocked by Zhang Tie's words once again. He then threw a glance at two mechanics. Closely after that, two mechanics rushed forward and opened the outer cover of the engine and started to check it …
When Zhang Tie was flying just now, those technicians who were maintaining the plane had long stopped their work and watched Zhang Tie's performance in a daze.
The result of the two mechanics soon came out. Like what Zhang Tie said, the torque nut under the cover of the engine was a bit too tight. Additionally, there were some traces on the torque nut …
When they reported the result, the two mechanics just watched Zhang Tie like watching a deity in front of them.
'F * ck, is he still a human?' Xing Xiangtian forcefully swallowed his saliva, 'Our no. 46 air cavalry regiment really picked up a treasure …'
Before Xing Xiangtian opened his mouth, he had heard thunderous applause. At this moment, over 1,000 air cavalries of the 1st battalion had their palms turning red as they surrounded Zhang Tie with flattering looks while drooling. Even Xing Xiangtian, the regimental commander of the air cavalry regiment, was pushed to one side.
"Battalion commander, where's your luggage? It's in the vehicle. Tell our brothers about it so that they can pick you up …"
"Yes, yes, yes …"
"Yes, battalion commander's dormitory has not been cleaned yet …"
"Hurry, dispatch someone to tell the canteen to hold a welcome dinner for battalion commander …"
"Battalion commander, I will follow you from now on. Don't despise me for being stupid …"
"We all follow battalion commander …"
(To be continued.)
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