For aircraft, there is no decisive difference between darkness and dawn. As long as the navigation radar operates normally, they will have no problem flying.
But once something goes wrong with the navigation radar, the difference between dark and dawn will be huge.
At this time, in the pitch-black night sky, there were torrential rains and strong winds. Only the occasional branch-like lightning that lit up rent the night sky, allowing them to see dark clouds in front of them and rain waterfalls like curtains.
Huo Shaoheng opened the cockpit door and walked in, "What happened?"
His voice was calm and calm, and his demeanor was unhurried and unhurried, which quickly calmed everyone's restless mood.
"Hello, Chief."
"Chief, the thunder seems to have affected the radar, and we can't contact the ground." The captain who was flying the plane turned pale.
They were flying a special military plane. The plane was not big, and there were not many people on board. There were only the captain and co-pilot, a female flight attendant, four orderlies, and Huo Shaoheng, deputy secretary-general of the Supreme Council of the Military Ministry.
That's all. There is only one Huo Shaoheng, who is a major general-level leader.
If something happens to him on their plane, they will die without mercy!
Just as he was talking, there was another thunder explosion outside the cabin.
boom!
This time the thunder resounded across the sky and earth, hitting the fuselage directly.
The plane's fuselage was shaking and a piece of it had collapsed.
The pointer on the radar instrument panel was spinning rapidly as if it were covered in a circle.
I can't even touch the edges of the east, west, south, and west.
Almost out of control.
Huo Shaoheng looked at the dashboard, then at the thunderstorm outside, and said calmly: "I'll do it."
He was and is the best fighter pilot ever.
The first officer stood up quickly, took off his headphones and oxygen mask and gave them to Huo Shaoheng.
The captain sat in the co-pilot's seat and gave up his position to Huo Shaoheng, who became his co-pilot.
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At this time, the aircraft navigation building on the ground was already in chaos.
"Where did the chief's plane go?! Have you made contact?!"
"Eighteen ground navigation towers have been called along the way, and even military navigation has been notified, but... the leader's plane has not been found!"
The navigators in the navigation building were all sweating profusely and extremely anxious.
"This thunderstorm is breaking! I didn't expect it to be so severe!"
"What did the weather station do? The forecast for such a severe thunderstorm was not accurate!"
Civilian airliners generally avoid thunderstorms and will not take off unless absolutely necessary.
Military aircraft are stronger. They have been specially trained for thunderstorms, and the lightning resistance performance of military aircraft is much stronger than that of civilian aircraft. Generally, it is okay to fly in thunderstorms.
Only this time things are a little different.
There was no warning for this severe thunderstorm. Even the weather station did not issue any warning. It was like a sudden thunderstorm.
They tried hard for half an hour, but still couldn't contact Huo Shaoheng's special plane.
I had no choice but to report it one level at a time.
From the duty team leader in the navigation building to the airport leader, to the military operator, company commander, regiment commander, division commander, and finally reported to General Ji.
Admiral Ji had not fallen asleep at this time and was reading documents in his study.
After receiving the call, he stood up suddenly, "What?! Shao Heng's special plane lost contact during a severe thunderstorm?! - I'm warning you, contact me as soon as possible! What is the weather station doing?!"
Under the strong intervention of Admiral Ji, the staff on duty at the meteorological station woke up the experts and nervously monitored the weather conditions.
What was monitored was suffocating.
"Reporting to the chief, this severe thunderstorm was very sudden and there was no warning in advance." Experts from the meteorological station looked at the data display in front of them, and sweat broke out on their foreheads.
While wiping his sweat with a handkerchief, he said tremblingly: "... Judging from the intensity, this is not an ordinary thunderstorm, but... a hurricane that is usually generated on the ocean!"
Tropical cyclones generated on the ocean are generally divided into three major categories according to their different intensities and wind speeds.
With winds of magnitude 8 to 9, it is called a tropical storm.
With winds of magnitude 10 to 11, it is called a severe tropical storm.
Winds above Category 12 are hurricanes.
Tropical cyclones only form over the ocean and bring a lot of precipitation.
Therefore, when a hurricane arrives, it will be accompanied by severe thunderstorms.
This climate phenomenon is common for maritime countries.
But this is the inland of the Chinese Empire. Huo Shaoheng's special plane has just flown north. The whole journey is an inland within an inland, not an ocean.
Admiral Ji immediately reacted and roared: "A hurricane on the ocean?! You mean, a hurricane on the ocean suddenly formed in the inland air?! What about other planes?! Where are the civil aviation planes?! Did anything happen? !”
The leader in the navigation building was also sweating, and said hurriedly: "Several civil aviation aircraft were indeed affected, but due to the storm, they all made emergency landings. Currently, the only ones affected are... only... Major General Huo's special plane... "
Moreover, there were no problems with the radars of several other affected civil airliners, and they immediately returned as soon as they discovered the violent storm.
Only Huo Shaoheng's special plane not only failed to return, but also lost contact with the ground in an instant.
They were not given any time to react.
Admiral Ji felt better when he heard that all the civilian airliners were fine, but when he heard that Huo Shaoheng's special plane lost contact with the ground almost instantly, his heart immediately rose to his throat, "What about Major General Huo's special plane?! Don't you? Tell me, civilian airliners can return home, but their military planes cannot!"
If this is the case, the military planes that still fly will just kill the enemy.
The leader of the navigation building had no choice but to say: "Chief, it's not that military planes can't do it, but... but... we suspect that their radar happened to be hit by lightning and malfunctioned."
Radar failure is not a fatal injury to an aircraft, but if it is at night in hurricane weather, it is no different from fatal.
"Damn it! How could it be such a coincidence?! Are you sure this is a natural weather phenomenon?!" Admiral Ji was rude, "What's the use of you?!"
He hung up the phone with a snap, and said with a cold face to Secretary Cao, who was standing behind him with an uneasy look on his face: "Get me the meteorological team."
The weather forecast of the meteorological force is not on the same level as that of civilian weather stations.
They have the best equipment and top talents. The key is that their mission is not just weather prediction.
"Hello, Chief, may I ask what your orders are?"
The leader of the meteorological force was woken up from his bed in the middle of the night and rushed to the duty room to talk to General Ji on the phone.
"The severe thunderstorm here tonight is said to be a hurricane. Did you predict it?"
Here we quickly collect the data and put it in front of the leader of the meteorological force.
The leader of the meteorological force took a quick look and said to General Ji: "There is no evidence that it is a meteorological war against our country by other countries. But this weather is indeed very strange. But because the intensity is too great, it is ruled out that it is man-made. possible."
As far as he knows, no country in the world has mastered such hurricane technology.
If a hurricane of this intensity could be created, then regular combat preparations would be needed. A hurricane would be enough to wipe out all the opponent's strategic facilities.
In other words, countries that can create such severe hurricanes are no longer on the same technical level as other countries.
Just like in the primitive cold weapon age, someone suddenly mastered gunpowder technology and created guns and artillery.
A country armed with a broadsword and a red-tasseled gun becomes a fish on the other side's chopping block and can only be eaten by others.
Admiral Ji listened to the report from the leader of the meteorological force for a long time and ruled out the possibility of human intervention, but his heart suddenly sank.
"Okay, you continue to monitor and report any situation immediately."
After hanging up the phone, Admiral Ji slumped down into an armchair.
It would be okay if other countries launched a weather war, at least they would have a direction to work towards rescue efforts.
Whether it's negotiation or targeted counterattack, it all works.
But if it is the power of nature, they are powerless and can only resign themselves to fate.
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Time passed by, and Huo Shaoheng sat in the pilot's seat, staring ahead.
When there is no lightning, there is thick darkness in front of the plane, and waterfall-like rain hits the fuselage. The small military plane is like a small boat in the ocean, traveling through the clouds, thunder, lightning and heavy rain.
The people around him were all soldiers, not timid people who were afraid of death, but they still turned pale with fear in front of the power of nature.
"What should I do? Chief, I can't fly out..."
"I can't even identify the direction... What should I do? What if another plane flies over..."
The plane vibrates violently, which is more dizzying than riding a roller coaster.
Huo Shaoheng said nothing, looking at the weather, holding the rudder in his hand, but suddenly remembered the time when Gu Nianzhi was in danger in the Caribbean on her eighteenth birthday.
It's the same hurricane, the same thunder and lightning, the same strong winds, the same torrential downpours.
But how come there are hurricanes like those in the Caribbean? !
But thinking of the hurricane, Huo Shaoheng's eyes lit up.
How could he forget
That time, he flew a fighter jet directly through the eye of the storm, attacked pirates, and saved Gu Nianzhi.
This time, as long as they fly into the eye of the storm, they will be safe for the time being!
Huo Shaoheng had an idea, tightened his grip on the rudder, and said in a calm voice: "Go back and sit down, fasten your seat belts, I promise to take you to the ground safely."
The people on the plane looked at each other, but even if they didn't believe Huo Shaoheng's words, they couldn't jump out to refute him at this time.
Besides, he was the leader, so they had no choice but to obey his orders.
"Yes, Chief."
Except for the captain who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, everyone else returned to their seats and fastened their seat belts.
Everyone had just sat down when there was a loud bang and another lightning strike hit the fuselage.
The captain turned pale and said, "Chief, if this continues, even if we can escape the storm, we can't escape the explosion of the plane itself..."
Now he was thankful that the previous lightning had only damaged the radar.
If the first lightning strike had hit the fuel tank, all of them would have been "killed in the line of duty."
Huo Shaoheng said "Yeah", "I know, I will turn off the engines on both sides. You follow my orders, open the fuel tank door, and empty all the oil. This way you don't have to worry about lightning hitting the fuel tank and causing it to explode."
"Ah?!" The captain suddenly raised his head and looked at Huo Shaoheng as if he were a madman, "Turn off both engines?! Empty all the oil?! How can the plane still fly?!"
It is possible that both engines of the aircraft failed at the same time and the plane made an emergency landing, but not at such a high altitude and not in such weather!
At this altitude and in this weather, the plane loses power and the only option is to crash!
Huo Shaoheng didn't have the patience for Gu Nianzhi. He didn't explain. He pressed the rudder hard and rushed forward, directly into the "eye of the storm" of the hurricane.
There was a violent jolt, tremor, and the sky was spinning, as if it had entered the void, with clouds and mist lingering, but the heavy rain suddenly disappeared.
After a while, the plane calmed down and they really entered the eye of the storm, which is the most peaceful area in the entire hurricane.
Huo Shaoheng then roared: "Put on the oil!"
The captain trembled in fright, "Are you really going to let go?!"
"Put it on!" Huo Shaoheng gritted his teeth and said for the second time, "If you don't let me go, you'll be shot!"
The captain saw that he would die if he let it go, and he would die if he didn't let it go. He simply closed his eyes and opened the fuel tank door according to Huo Shaoheng's instructions. Tons of engine oil began to fly into the air and fell from the fuselage.
The weight of the plane soon began to decrease, and it began to float lightly in the center of the eye of the storm.
Huo Shaoheng stared closely at the instrument panel, mentally calculating the proportional relationship between wind speed and the weight of the aircraft. He turned off both engines and controlled the aircraft entirely by feeling, looking for the direction of the wind in the eye of the storm and gliding downwards.
The radar on the plane has failed and the steering wheel has been interfered by the strong magnetic field, but no matter what, the direction of the cyclone will not change.
As long as it is within the range of the blue star, the gravitational magnetic field will guide the direction of the wind.
Just follow the direction of the cyclone's descent and you'll know where the land is.
Relying on his excellent understanding and experience of the influence of airflow and gravity, Huo Shaoheng used his strength to control the rudder and guide the direction of the aircraft's rapid descent.
He used all his strength to steady the plane. The muscles in his arms were knotted and the veins on the back of his hands were exposed.
Ten thousand meters, eight thousand meters, five thousand meters, three thousand meters, two thousand meters. Gradually, the influence of the storm is not so great, and the situation on the land can be seen clearly.
I don't know if the people on the ground already knew that they were in danger. Although it was raining heavily, the land below them was brightly lit. Even in uninhabited places, military signals were lit.
Rows and rows, like pearls falling on the earth, guiding the direction of landing.
There was a burst of cheers on the plane.
"We are saved!"
Huo Shaoheng informed the people on the plane at this time, "Put on your parachute and prepare to skydive."
The captain was surprised, happy, and a little sad. He said: "Chief, you jump first, and I will take over the plane."
He was satisfied that such a big thing happened this time and that the people on board could still have hope of survival.
As long as the chief and the others successfully parachute, he will die without regrets.
Huo Shaoheng glanced at him and said, "You take them and jump first, I will be fine."
"Chief! You can't do this!" The captain became anxious and almost rushed to grab the rudder from Huo Shaoheng's hand. "I'll take the rear! If you jump, I'll jump!"
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This is today's first larger chapter of 4,000 words: Chapter 1424 "If you jump, I will jump."
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