Chapter 1005: The Swarm is Shocked
Inside the cabin, Wang Wu's whispered conversation with the accompanying maintenance officer was not very clear against the background of the steady roar of the engine.
However, for Zou Yuan, deputy commander of the Western Theater Command, and Zhang Shouzheng, director of the Joint Political Work Department, who were sitting not far away, their nerves were like sensitive radar antennas, and they instantly captured this subtle communication signal.
On the surface, the two of them still maintained their posture of looking out the window, but their bodies had quietly adjusted inadvertently:
Zou Yuan leaned slightly to the side, seemingly casually adjusting his military uniform; Zhang Shouzheng calmly withdrew his right arm, which was originally resting on the armrest, and rested his fingers lightly on his knee, as if he was closing his eyes to rest.
Wang Wu's voice came through clearly, with a hint of subtle surprise:
"Wait, you mean...the landing route of Longbao Air Force Base is now blocked?" He frowned slightly and confirmed with the maintenance officer in front of him.
The maintenance officer nodded immediately, his tone filled with a hint of helplessness and confirmation:
"Yes, sir. I just received the latest response from Longbao Tower, relayed by the captain. We...did arrive at a rather unfortunate time."
He paused, lowering his voice a little, but in this deliberately created silence, his words were still clearly heard by Zou and Zhang:
"The Y-20 Aviation Brigade is moving into Longbao Base on a large scale!"
"Forty-eight Y-20 strategic transport aircraft! The entire base's ground, taxiways, and aprons are in complete chaos. The control tower says they're so busy it's like a war!"
"The tower said they would give us priority in arranging the landing sequence, but..." The maintenance officer smiled bitterly:
"...We estimate that our plane will have to circle and wait in the sky for at least another twenty minutes."
boom--!
Hearing this, every word of these few short sentences was like a heavy hammer, hitting Zou Yuan and Zhang Shouzheng's hearts!
The shock of the J-16 attack has not yet been fully digested, and the impact of the news that followed is even no less than the close-up appearance of the J-16 just now!
"The landing channel at Longbao Base is...blocked?"
"Because... the Y-20 Aviation Brigade is stationed?!"
'48 Y-20s?!'
At this moment, Zou Yuan and Zhang Shouzheng's minds were full of questions, the biggest of which was: What is the Y-20 strategic transport aircraft?
How come it's a brand new version I've never heard of?
Isn't that right? Doesn't the Zhongzhou War Zone have anything that Zhou Bang has? Why are all these things new?
Those who know that he is coming to the Zhongzhou War Zone think that he is coming, while those who don’t think that he is coming to participate in an air show!
Just as Zou Yuan and Zhang Shouzheng were secretly shocked, a colonel sitting by the portside window suddenly took a sharp breath, leaned forward involuntarily, his eyes widened, and pointed out the window with a trembling finger:
"Look, so many planes!"
As soon as the words fell, the colonel's exclamation was like a huge rock hitting the lake, instantly attracting everyone's attention.
Zou Yuan, Zhang Shouzheng, and other officers followed his direction and cast their gazes out the left porthole.
It was a moving mountain range made up of towering aerial giants! It was a torrent of steel sailing silently across the night sky!
At this moment, the visual impact is far greater than any sound!
Hundreds of meters below the A320 fuselage, a breathtakingly large flying formation, like precisely running gears, was circling in the airspace above the night market.
Everywhere you look, it’s crowded!
One, two, ten, twenty...it’s simply too numerous to count!
The Y-20 strategic transport aircraft, with its large gray-black paint job and sleek body, looks like Kunpeng. The flashing red navigation lights and white strobe lights on its wings are like an inverted galaxy hanging in the night sky, covering the vast airspace below!
The number "forty-eight" mentioned by the maintenance officer before turned into an overwhelming sense of physical oppression at this moment!
This is definitely not a small dot in the drill animation, but a real steel giant that covers the sky and the sun!
What makes these professional soldiers' scalps tingle even more is the terrifying discipline and precise coordination displayed by this huge formation!
The huge Y-20 fuselage is arranged with extremely precise intervals and height differences, forming several parallel landing routes.
They are not disorganized, but like soldiers undergoing inspection, they maintain almost perfect spacing and height differences and move in the air in an orderly manner!
Under the precise control of the tower, the huge fleet of aircraft was like a torrent of steel combed by an invisible force. There was not a trace of chaos, only cold, efficient and ruthless order!
"Oh my God..." Lieutenant General Zhang Shouzheng's voice trembled like a dream, and he squeezed it out from the depths of his throat almost unconsciously:
"...So big...So many...transport planes..."
This whisper was particularly clear in the silent cabin, and even had a hint of inappropriateness.
Even with Zhang Shouzheng's deep scheming and strong emotional control, he couldn't help but exclaim at this moment, which was enough to prove how devastating the impact of the scene before him was!
It is precisely because I have seen the world that I understand the horror of the scene before my eyes!
He had seen Zhou Bang's large transport aircraft fleet before the end of the world, and he also knew the value of the few old transport aircraft left in the Western Theater.
But below, the vast fleet of aircraft spread out like a steel galaxy, the cold, efficient, and orderly descending torrent...
This is by no means a continuation of the old era, but a completely new and desperate level of power!
Every hovering Y-20 exudes a brand new luster that has not been eroded by the wind and sand of the end of the world. They are not patchwork legacies, but brand new war machines that are constantly emerging!
What made Zhang Shouzheng's soul tremble even more was the key word revealed in the conversation between Wang Wu and the maintenance personnel just now - strategic transport aircraft!
Strategic transport aircraft!!
These four words, like four thunderclaps, repeatedly exploded in Zhang Shouzheng's mind, which was shocked into a blank!
What is this concept? !
This represents a global strategic delivery capability! It is a powerful vehicle for projecting national will across the globe! It is the ultimate military equipment that only a superpower can possess and afford!
Before the end of the world, only the two giant beasts at the top of the food chain on the entire blue planet truly possessed this ability!
In this regard, even Zhou Bang is just an apprentice!
And now, in the Zhongzhou war zone that had inexplicably appeared after the apocalypse, he had actually seen a strategic transport aircraft?
Not only do they have strategic transport planes, but there are so many of them???
When will strategic transport aircraft be able to fly in swarms?
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"Commanders, please fasten your seat belts, stow your tray tables, and straighten your seat backs. We have received landing clearance and are beginning our descent. We expect to land within five minutes."
The sudden broadcast broke the silence in the cabin caused by extreme shock, and the officers in the Western Theater woke up one by one.
hum-
As the roar of the engine suddenly dropped in pitch, the nose of the aircraft sank slightly under the precise control of the pilot, and began to dive towards the brightly lit but extremely "crowded" Longbao base.
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