Chapter 1022 Loading
Time flies, and five days are gone in a flash.
At dawn, the faint light of dawn had just pierced the night sky, and the mist was like a layer of grayish-white gauze, which had not yet completely faded from the vast Longbao Air Force Base.
The huge outline of the base was faintly visible in the morning light, revealing a hint of solemnity and silence before a war.
Boom——! Boom——! Boom——!
But soon, the low, dense, and continuous roar of diesel engines suddenly sounded!
Outside the base, the main roads and ramp systems that were as dense as a spider web and tightly wrapped around the Longbao Air Force Base were completely boiling at this moment!
They are no longer ordinary roads, but have turned into giant arteries that frantically suck and pump the life blood of this war behemoth!
As far as the eye can see, a torrent of steel is surging!
Hundreds and thousands of SX2306 military heavy trucks roared across the road like giant steel beasts!
They are all uniformly clad in digital jungle camouflage paint, their ferocious front ends are like heavy armored fortresses, and their tall bodies are covered with thick bulletproof steel plates and rugged honeycomb explosion-proof grilles, exuding a pure, violent aesthetic born for war!
They were closely following each other, connected head to tail, forming long steel dragons that seemed to have no end!
The roar of the engine merged into a deafening roar, and the exhaust pipe spewed out thick black smoke, outlining rough lines in the morning light.
This steel torrent flowed in an unstoppable manner along the preset route and continuously poured into the huge gate opened at Longbao Air Force Base!
On the back of each behemoth is a standardized military container!
Looking out, a river of containers converges and surges at the base entrance! Within the field of vision, there is an endless rolling and undulating outline of steel!
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As the convoy passed through the gate and entered the base, the scene inside was even more shocking!
Even though it was already dawn, the huge core loading area was still brightly lit. The towering searchlight tower cast down a pale and dazzling beam of light, dispelling the last trace of morning mist and illuminating the steel stage in every detail!
On the tarmac, dozens of Y-20 "Kunpeng" strategic transport aircraft were lined up like prehistoric giant birds!
Their huge bodies cast long, oppressive shadows under the light, and their gray-black low-visibility paint makes them exude a cold and murderous aura even when they are still.
At this moment, these steel behemoths are opening their abyss-like rear cargo doors, waiting to swallow up the rushing steel torrent!
When heavy trucks loaded with supplies drove into the designated unloading area in an orderly manner under the guidance of the guide's radio and fluorescent sticks, boxes of containers were steadily picked up by special lifting equipment.
The unloaded containers were not piled up, but were immediately towed by heavy flatbed tractors and flowed at high speed to the Y-20s waiting to be loaded!
On the ground, dedicated channels marked by light strips are like glowing blood vessels, guiding the precise diversion of this steel torrent.
At the tail of each Y-20, a huge self-propelled lifting and unloading platform has been put in place. The sturdy robotic arm is like the arm of a giant, flexibly and accurately grabbing the heavy container, and with the steady hum of the hydraulic system, it smoothly sends it into the bottomless cargo hold.
Inside the cabin, a large number of ground staff wearing reflective vests and moving skillfully and quickly stepped forward and used electric mooring devices and quick locking mechanisms to secure the container firmly to the cabin floor.
The whole process was fast, accurate and ruthless, without a single unnecessary movement. There was only the clanging of metal colliding, the roar of engines and the short shouts of command, forming an industrial symphony!
"Director Zhang, Deputy Commander Zou, everyone, please look!" Shao Gang, Deputy Commander of the Zhongzhou Theater Command, stood on the viewing platform outside the loading area. He pointed forcefully at the boiling sea of steel below, his voice tinged with a subtle hint of pride.
"This is our loading process!"
Following the direction he pointed, the spectacular view of the entire core loading area of Longbao Air Force Base came into view:
Dozens of Y-20s were like dormant "Kunpengs", opening their abyss-like tail cabins under the dazzling searchlights.
Dozens of "steel streams" composed of standardized military containers are being precisely "fed" into the mouths of these behemoths by an efficient and ruthless loading and unloading system!
The cold metallic reflections, the breathtakingly huge outline of the aircraft, and the ground crew moving efficiently below like a sophisticated ant colony, together form an epic picture of the pinnacle of apocalyptic military-industrial power!
The visual impact of the combination of scale, efficiency, and power was so overwhelming that the members of the Western Theater Command delegation standing on the viewing platform even felt a slight sense of physical pressure for the first few seconds!
That is the instinctive "fear of giants" that humans have when facing the industrial megastructures they have created that transcend individual scale!
However, the brief discomfort brought about by this shock was soon replaced by another stronger emotion - pride!
A kind of excitement that is proud and even a bit like "the fox borrows the tiger's power to bully others"!
"Spectacular... so spectacular!" A major general from the Western Theater delegation murmured in a low voice, with a complex light flashing in his eyes. After the initial shock, an indescribable sense of excitement surged up.
The other major general next to him clenched his fists so hard that his knuckles turned white.
Like other members of the delegation, they all had in mind the same idea of what a shocking sight it would be this afternoon when this huge fleet of dozens of "Kunpeng" aircraft appeared over the relatively simple airport in their own war zone like a divine army descending from the sky!
How will the commanders who stay at home, the standing committee members of the war zone... those big guys who are usually in high positions and powerful and never show their emotions react at that time?
"The shocking experience of the country bumpkins can't be enjoyed by us 'advance team' alone! We have to let those old guys who stay at home open their eyes too!"
And more importantly—this wasn't just a strategic transport aircraft for the Zhongzhou theater! It was also the fruit of their negotiations!
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P.S. I posted it in advance. I will update it today. Something happened. I haven’t slept since last night. I feel like I am about to run out of energy.
