It recorded some very critical data and made a great contribution."

Hearing Han Zhenyang's explanation, Zhang Shusheng nodded and said that the prototype's performance was indeed advanced. Although it did not appear to be too advanced, it at least surpassed the F86 and MiG-15 in various data.

The original historical Saber fighter jets and MiG-15 fighter jets have their own merits. Generally speaking, the Saber fighter is stronger. The MiG-15 climbs quickly and has fierce firepower. It is superior in instant maneuverability, but it is difficult to maintain a high degree of maneuverability for a long time.

"Sex" action. The Saber fighter is stronger in horizontal hovering combat power, has a long range, and the aircraft's speed is also faster.

But now, taken together, the aircraft has excellent performance in all aspects. It has an improved aviation machine gun, two 37mm cannons, and a rocket nest. It has surpassed the maturity of the United States and the Soviet Union in a few years.

Jet fighters are much more powerful than their prototypes a year or two later.

If you encounter another machine on the battlefield, you will have a considerable advantage, and when this advantage is coupled with quantity and quality, it will be a huge change.

The two of them were chatting excitedly, and other researchers were accompanying them. On this day when the results were obtained, and the chairman of the committee came to personally test the results, everyone was extremely happy.

In the pilot's dormitory, Xu Binggang, a super pilot and captain of the Youji test flight team, was holding a model of Youji and looking at an aviation textbook in the dormitory. Next to it was a small blackboard for pilots. He occasionally held up the aircraft model.

Make gestures in the air, occasionally facing the textbook, and draw lines on the blackboard that represent the flight trajectory of the aircraft.

"Captain, are you drawing a simulated battle?" Wang Xizhu, a member of the flying team, was holding a small mirror and a comb while shaving his short hair. He was the most beautiful in the flying team and came from between Yibin and Chengdu.

Zigong, who has a good financial situation, has always been a favorite of his family. As a result, he signed up to be a pilot right after entering college, and successfully passed, and quickly grew into a top-notch young ace pilot. Despite his young age, he is rare.

He is a fighting ace, otherwise he would not have been selected into the first batch of 10 test pilots for the jet fighter.

"These people" will become ace instructors of jet fighters in the future, and during wartime, they may grow into world-class aerial super aces.

"Yeah, why, which female soldier at the base have you fallen in love with again? The plane will make its first flight in the afternoon. "Don't cause any trouble for me." Maybe some senior officials will come to observe the first flight." Xu.

Bing Gang said without looking back while imagining abstract air combat actions.

"If you don't pick up girls, can't you still maintain a handsome and handsome appearance? We are pilots, so we naturally have to show the momentum of military elites, let alone let the superiors take the wrong look." Regarding Youji, Wang Xizhu is also extremely envious of the captain. In recent times, he has

The crucial test flight was all conducted by the captain. He and others were still his students. Wang Xizhu flew for the first time last week and felt that it was much more powerful than a propeller fighter.

"drop"""

When the emergency muster whistle sounded, Xu Binggang and Wang Xizhu rushed out of the pilot dormitory like frightened leopards. They listened to the rhythm of the whistle, three short and two long. It was an emergency muster whistle second only to the actual combat level.

Soon, the pilot team was assembled, but they found that standing in front of them was Air Force Colonel Zhang Chaomin, the military leader of the project.

"I would like to announce good news to everyone. In ten minutes, Zhang Shusheng, the supreme spiritual leader of the Republic, leader of the Baath Party, and chairman of the Supreme Power Committee, will go to this airport in person to participate in the first flight ceremony in the afternoon." Zhang Chaomin is a typical iron-faced officer.

Today, his face is even more ironclad." "I will give you five minutes to prepare now. We will gather in five minutes. No one is allowed to leave the dormitory without permission and wait for the chairman."

What? The Chairman is coming!! And he'll be here in ten minutes.

As soon as this news came out, it was like a fire was lit in a boiling oil pan. All the pilots were as high-spirited as if they had been given blood. If it were not for military discipline, they might have cheered on the spot.

"The Chairman of the Generalissimo said before he came here that this time he is not only looking at the planes, but also at the scientific workers, at us, and even more at you, the first batch of jet fighter pilots in the Republic. Take a break! Stand still and turn left

Turn around and walk together!"

After giving the order, Zhang Chaomin looked at the group of pilots walking back to the dormitory in unison, and couldn't help but smile. Only he knew, "These pilots, especially the earliest pilot Comrade Xu Binggang, have made huge sacrifices over the past year."

However, just ten minutes later, after Zhang Chaomin met with the Chairman, he received very bad news.

"What? You said Comrade Xu Binggang's father is critically ill??"

Zhang Chaomin took the report from the communications staff with trembling hands. It was a telegram that had just been sent from the Armed Forces Department of the Yibin People's Army and was forwarded by the Air Force Staff to Shangzhou Airport.

It's a coincidence that Xu Binggang is from Yibin, but apart from participating in wars during the liberation of the Republic of China in the early years, he has always stayed in Sichuan and participated in the final test flights of various types of aircraft. Now the development progress of jet aircraft has reached the point where real-person pilots are possible.

At the critical moment of the aircraft's test flight, the higher authorities of the Air Force thought of him again.

However, Xu Binggang has lived a very difficult life in these years, not from the military, nor from life, nor from emotions, but from worries about his family.

There is an elder sister in the family and he is the younger brother.

My mother is in good health, but my father has tuberculosis, which is commonly known as tuberculosis. He coughs non-stop and vomits blood. He has been ill in bed all year round. He has been to many hospitals but cannot find a cure. Fortunately for Xu Bing,

Military pay in Hong Kong is very high, and the salary of a special pilot plus various subsidies is higher than that of the secretary of the county party committee in their county.

But all this money was spent on medical treatment.

The Republic of China has solved the problem of easy medical treatment, but it is still not completely free. Only those whose families are particularly difficult can receive medical assistance. However, there are no regulations for high-income families like Xu Binggang.

Moreover, what was even more troublesome was that the old man and his wife were unwilling to leave the countryside. In the end, Xu Binggang had no choice but to spend his own money and hire an aunt from the village to help take care of them. He and his eldest sister took turns taking care of his parents.

Later, the relevant departments of the Air Force received feedback and arranged a special rescue for him, but he refused. Then, the leaders of the Air Force helped coordinate the hospital, and finally even went to the Southwest People's Hospital, and he still found the root cause.

It’s not that there are no drugs to treat tuberculosis on the market, but that the old man’s tuberculosis is already in its advanced stage and has a tendency to get worse. Even the domestic tuberculosis drug “Feikangtai”, which is very popular in the world, is not effective.

The rule of law.

Therefore, in the past two years, Xu Binggang focused on the test flight of Youji while supporting his old father, relying on his generous pilot income to support the family.

However, at such a critical moment, when the plane was about to take off for the first time in three hours, news came that the father of the designated pilot was critically ill, which made Zhang Chaomin feel comfortable.

"Find someone to discuss it with." The person in charge here is him. After much deliberation, he had no choice but to go to Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Fan Siran.

"Basically, this is the situation. Comrade Xu Binggang's situation is a bit special. Now...Commander Fan, what do you think of how to deal with it? Xu Binggang is considered an ace pilot in the entire military. During repeated test flights, he encountered various

He has been in danger and even injured several times. He is a special test pilot who has achieved first-class merit and is famous all over the country.

I can't find a better and more experienced test pilot than him. Without him, the safety of the first flight cannot be guaranteed." Zhang Chaomin asked anxiously, if it was out of the self-sacrifice of a soldier, out of a noble patriotic stand, or in other words

If something happened to his father, he could make a decision for himself and wait until the first flight is over before bringing it up.

But this is a major matter that concerns others, and concerns Comrade Xu Binggang. Although he is the superior, he has the right to conceal it.

From the perspective of job demands and personal emotions, he felt very hesitant.

Seeing Lieutenant General Fan Siran frowning, Zhang Chaomin added, "Over the years, the old man has asked Comrade Xu Binggang about his job, but in order to keep it secret, Xu Binggang always said that he was serving in Yunnan. In order to avoid leaks and the impact of family affairs

Because of his military work, his family, old parents and loved ones didn’t know that he was serving dozens of miles away from home.”

There is no doubt about the importance of the engineering project. Not to mention Xu Binggang, even Zhang Chaomin carefully hid it from his family. His wife, who was a teacher at home, thought that Zhang Chaomin was serving in Qinghai.

Lieutenant General Fan Siran sighed: "It is said that since ancient times, it is difficult to have both loyalty and filial piety, but we should not deal with such matters hastily. Let's do this." You wait, contact the relevant departments of the Air Force first, and let the Municipal Armed Forces Department send the old man to the nearest hospital first.

A good hospital deploys the best doctors and uses the best medicine. I will tell the chairman about this first."

He knew very well that this was not a matter of pure kindness or not. If the first flight was delayed, it would affect the chairman of the committee and the arrangement of the entire engineering project. The matter could be big or small." In other dynasties, even

Abroad, it is a small matter if you do not handle things well and you are dismissed, but it is a big deal if others are affected.

It is better to let the chairman of the committee make the decision on minor military and national matters. It is better to take the risk and tell the chairman the matter than to take the risk of concealing the situation or making decisions without authorization.

A few minutes later, while Han Zhenyang was accompanying him to inspect some instruments required for the test flight, Fan Siran walked up to Zhang Shusheng and reported the situation in a low voice, and explained that Xu Binggang was the only pilot of a trial jet fighter, and only he personally

Only by taking the field can the risk be reduced to a minimum. Because this is the finalized first flight, not an ordinary test flight. If it were replaced by another ordinary pilot, it would definitely not work. "Huh? The situation is very urgent.

, Family and national affairs are small, and engineering is very important, but there is only one father of a pilot. If you miss it, you will regret it for a lifetime. First, suspend the preparations for the first flight and call Comrade Xu Binggang; make other preparations

Good car." Zhang Shusheng asked some more about Xu Binggang's situation before decisively giving the order. He didn't have much opinion on this matter. Human life was at stake, and it was certainly not a trivial matter.

In later generations, he did know many similar things, but most of them ended with tragic results. "What about a certain soldier who only learned of the death of a relative at home after completing the mission, or performed some mission and was cut off from his family?"

News, this is not the tradition of the People's Army.

The People's Army is a team with iron-clad discipline, but it is also a people's army. Formalism must give way to realism. It is correct to make decisions rationally without affecting collective interests and the complete interests of the country.

Three minutes later, Xu Binggang ran to Zhang Shusheng. At the same time, Wang Xizhu and others were already packing a change of clothes for him.

"Comrade Xu Binggang," I have some bad news to tell you. The Air Force has just received a telegram forwarded from Yibin - the Ministry of Armed Forces, saying that your father is critically ill."

When Zhang Shusheng said this, Xu Binggang's eyes suddenly widened, filled with huge shock and grief. His father has always been the relative he cared about the most. His biggest dream is to ask for help after the completion of the machine project.

He went home during a long vacation to spend a few days with his father. But now his father's critical illness was revealed by the Chairman himself, which made him feel great sadness and a sense of mission.

Should I go to the Chairman and ask for leave, or should I stay here and complete the first flight?

As a son of a man, of course he hopes to appear in front of his father's hospital bed immediately, but as an air force lieutenant colonel, he is sensible. "Especially standing in front of the Chairman, seeing this supreme leader who has influenced the Chinese people around the world, he felt in his heart

It's inexplicably complicated.

"I...committee is here...,..." Xu Binggang was worried, but he still didn't know what to say, let alone dare to ask for leave. It wasn't that he didn't dare, but he didn't want to, and he didn't want to give up at this time.

Chain, it's just that the emotions in my heart were too complicated, and I just didn't shed any tears.

From what the chairman said about his critical illness, it might really be the last time we meet. Maybe, this meeting only lasts for two or three hours. Maybe, even if I go back now, it's too late...

Fan Siran sighed and patted him on the shoulder, "Comrade Xu Binggang, if you have any ideas, just tell the chairman. The chairman often taught us during the Southwest period that a man who dares to face the temptation is a good man.

Shi Pong is a good soldier who faces difficulties head-on.

"Chairman, I, I..." However, Xu Binggang still couldn't say anything, not even a word. He had never encountered such a difficult moment in his life.

Zhang Shusheng waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need to talk about it. He had seen his hardships. He was not a superior emperor, so how could he not know the sufferings of the people? Moreover, who said loyalty and filial piety cannot be both, the Republic does not need the people to be so cruel

to pay.

"Comrade Xu Binggang, regarding the final condition of your father's condition, as the chairman of the committee, I will give you two days of leave, suspend the project for two days, and order you to return to your father immediately. Don't forget the importance of being a son.

Filial piety." Zhang Shusheng said seriously, even Fan Siran was surprised. It was extremely rare for him to see the chairman of the committee so serious.

"Thank you...it's Chairman!" Two lines of male tears burst out in an instant. Xu Binggang felt an unprecedented touch that ignited throughout his body, a feeling that penetrated deep into his soul.

Touched, grateful, admired everywhere...

"If a man sheds tears, go ahead." Looking at Xu Binggang who didn't dare to wipe away his tears, Zhang Shusheng said with a slight smile. There was one thing he didn't say. Even if there were tears, it would be better to stay in front of Xu's father's bedside.

Where men cry.
To be continued...