Major Tang Long woke up from his coma, looking straight at the scenery outside the cockpit, thinking about how he got here, but he couldn't remember.
All the instruments in the cockpit were reset to zero, and the huge swing arm on the top of the fuselage hung feebly outside the porthole. In the distance was an empty plain, with no farmland and not even a tree in sight.
Tang Long vaguely remembered that he was discussing the bad weather outside with his comrades in the underground duty room of the helicopter squadron of the
He immediately took the two pilots onto the armed helicopter and pounced on the strange cloud above the base. In the end, his memory image only remained on the red-colored cloud in the sky, which was in a terrifying state. He looked at Lieutenant Li Hui, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, and Second Lieutenant Xu Xin, who was in the cockpit behind. The two comrades were still asleep. He first tried to lift his arms and stretch his muscles, and thought that there was no serious problem in his body.
He unbuckled his seat belt, grabbed Li Hui's left arm and shook it. Seeing that the other party didn't respond, he left his seat, went to the back cabin, shook Xu Xin, and called her name at the same time. p>
Xu Xin woke up. She instinctively looked around and said in a daze: "Captain, I'm sorry, I just...where are we?"
"Let's go down first and talk." Seeing that Xu Xin had woken up, Tang Long felt half relieved, so he turned around and called Li Hui again, and finally woke him up this time.
The three people got off the helicopter, took off their flight helmets, looked back at the fuselage, and were dumbfounded - the Z-9's landing gear was not lowered like it would during a normal landing, but the aircraft's belly landed directly on the ground. What's even more strange is that,
The shell of the belly of the machine is not deformed or even scratched at all, as if it was grabbed by a giant and gently placed on the ground!
The Z-9 helicopter is equipped with a retractable tricycle landing gear, which can be retracted during flight to reduce flight resistance and improve aerodynamic performance.
However, this Z-9 landed after Tang Long and the others accidentally fell into coma during the flight and the landing gear was not lowered, so it was obviously not like a crash.
They each checked their physical condition and equipment and confirmed that none of them were injured. The electronic watches worn by Li Hui and Xu Xin both malfunctioned. Only the hands of Tang Long's old-fashioned mechanical watch were still moving.
They began to look at the surrounding environment, hoping to find one or two households. However, wherever they looked, there was a deserted area, with no buildings or vehicles in sight.
The sun is shining brightly, the sky is high and the clouds are light, and the autumn wind is blowing; on the hard surface, clusters of withered yellow weeds emerge from the cracks in the cracked soil, swaying gently in the breeze.
"Sun!" Tang Long seemed to have just realized something. He covered his eyes with his hands and looked at the sky, "The solar eclipse is finally over!"
"Yes! The solar eclipse is over!" Xu Xin also said happily. "We haven't seen the sun for three or four days... Huh? Where is this?"
"This doesn't look like what's around the base!" Li Hui said.
"We may have lost our way." Tang Long was thinking, "Li Hui, report to the base immediately!"
"Yes!" Li Hui returned to the cockpit and planned to turn on the intercom to talk to the base. However, he found that all avionics systems were powered off and no matter how hard he tried, power communication could not be started. He got out of the cabin worriedly and asked Tang
Dragon Report:
"Captain, all helicopter avionics systems cannot be turned on!"
"Check quickly! Xu Xin is responsible for checking the condition of external circuits and mechanical components!" Tang Long said, walking towards the helicopter and getting into the cockpit.
Li Hui glanced at Xu Xin, shook his head in frustration, and followed in. Xu Xin took out the inspection computer and tools from under the rear cabin seat, opened the maintenance covers one by one along the outside of the fuselage, and inspected them carefully.
Tang Long and Li Hui struggled in the cockpit for more than ten minutes, but still couldn't restart the power and couldn't find anything wrong. Under the scorching sun, the cabin was extremely hot and anxious, and their underwear was very hot.
Almost soaked with sweat.
"Ask Xu Xin if she found any problems!" Tang Long ordered.
Li Hui stuck his head out of the cockpit side window and asked loudly: "Xu Xin, do you have any problems over there?"
"Not yet! I'm still checking!" Xu Xin replied loudly.
"No! We have to think of other ways!" Tang Long stopped what he was doing and sat quietly in the driver's seat, panting and looking outside the cabin. After a while, he sighed and said: "Let's go out first
Get some air and take a rest...it’s so baffling!"
The three people sat down in the shade next to Zhi 9. They felt a little hungry, so they ate a few compressed biscuits and drank some water. Xu Xin told Tang Long that since it was an emergency takeoff, compressed biscuits and drinking water were not needed.
Those who did not come had time to prepare, especially for water, and the supply problem needs to be solved as soon as possible.
Tang Long said "Hmm" and stared at a grass under his feet. He was thinking about where they were now? If he could know the specific location, he would know which direction to go to find help. Based on his location around the base,
With hundreds of flying experiences, he already knew everything within a radius of several hundred kilometers, where there were villages, where there were rivers, where there were roads, etc., and he was already familiar with them. However, in his impression, he had not encountered any
Crossing such a large area of uninhabited wasteland!
"This is simply a wilderness survival training!" he murmured.
Li Hui approached Tang Long and said hesitantly: "Captain, I want to report something to you. It is a bad thing for me, but a good thing for us. So, I would like to ask you to forgive me for making up for my mistakes..."
"What on earth is going on? Stop talking nonsense! Say it quickly!"
"I brought my mobile phone with me. I was so nervous when I set out yesterday that I forgot to put it down..."
"What?! You-" Tang Long was stunned at first, but then burst out laughing. "Why didn't you tell me earlier that you brought a mobile phone? Okay! In view of the special circumstances, it doesn't count as a violation of your rules!"
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There are strict regulations in the X Base Helicopter Squadron. Pilots are not allowed to carry personal communication tools when performing missions. Violators will be subject to disciplinary sanctions. But this time, due to an unintentional violation by Li Hui, Tang Long felt an unexpected surprise. p>
"Call the base immediately to report the situation!"
Li Hui took out his mobile phone from his trouser pocket with trembling hands and kept dialing numbers, staring at the phone screen from time to time... Tang Long saw that his face was getting more and more ugly.
"Captain, there is no signal here!"
Tang Long grabbed the phone and saw that there was no signal at all!
"Maybe the fuselage has a shielding effect. Try walking farther away."
Li Hui trotted away from the helicopter. Tang Long and Xu Xin stared at him intently... A few minutes later, they saw him running back dejectedly.
"No, there's still no signal! There's only one battery left," Li Hui said.
Tang Long lowered his head, and the hope that had just been ignited in his heart was extinguished again! He thought for a while and quickly made a decision: now he must first determine his location, try to get in touch with the base, and at the same time find
Water source to ensure everyone’s physical fitness.
"Let's divide the work!" He stood up and patted the dust. "Li Hui will continue to repair the communication equipment. If he is lucky, he will report it to the base immediately and ask the base to determine our location; I will take Xu Xin to see where it is.
If there is water, let’s pick up some firewood for the evening.”
"There is no reference point in this wild wilderness. Will you be able to find the direction when you come back?" Li Hui asked worriedly.
"Don't worry, we won't go too far. Besides," Tang Long pointed to the sun above his head, then lifted up his sleeves, revealing his mechanical watch, and said casually, "As long as there is the sun, this is the compass!"<
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After Tang Long and Xu Xin separated from Li Hui, they kept walking south. The desolate plain seemed to have no end in sight. There were one or two dead trees and branches, and there were no traces of birds. On one side of Tang Long
While walking, he paid attention to his feet and finally discovered a bunch of very large ants gathered around a slightly raised ant nest. This seemed to be a rare life that he only saw after waking up...
Unknowingly, the two of them had walked more than ten miles, but they still found no water source.
Tang Long stopped and took a few deep breaths.
"Xu Xin, do you smell anything?"
"I didn't smell anything. Do you smell anything?"
"I smell the fragrance of wild grass! We are facing due south now, and the wind is blowing from the west. If we go in that direction, we should be able to find the water source soon!"
After saying that, Tang Long walked towards the west with firm steps. Xu Xin followed closely behind him, not sure whether he really made the judgment based on his sense of smell, or whether he was just "stop drinking while looking at the plum blossoms".
Tang Long's judgment was indeed correct. After they turned to the west and walked less than a kilometer, they found a small river running from east to west, with crystal clear water and green grass on both sides.
"We found water! Captain, your nose is really..." Xu Xin suddenly stopped mid-sentence. She stuck out her tongue and quickly changed her words, "Your judgment is really accurate! I admire you!" She jumped up and down after finishing her sentence.
I ran to the river, spread out my arms and spun around happily a few times, then squatted down, scooped up water with both hands, and washed my face happily.
Tang Long carried the bucket to the small river, carefully pushed aside the debris on the water, stretched the bucket into the river, filled it up, screwed the lid on and put it aside, then took a few sips of water. Then
, he stood up, raised his wrist, and checked his watch in the direction of the sun.
"Captain, how can a watch be used as a compass?" Xu Xin couldn't help but ask. "I have heard from my classmates that a watch can be used as a compass before, but I have never seen it before!"
"Normally, analog watches can use the position of the sun to identify the direction, but digital ones cannot. Although you and Li Hui both have analog dials, because they are electronic watch movements, when the watch is out of power or malfunctions,
It cannot be used under certain conditions. And mine is a mechanical watch with a winding mechanism. As long as the spring is not loose, it can be used. So, no matter how advanced the technology is, it cannot completely replace traditional things!"
"Then please teach me how to read." Xu Xin walked to Tang Long's side.
"I won't explain the principle. You can understand it yourself when you go back. Today I will only tell you practical methods." Tang Long raised his wrist parallel to the ground, "Look, just put the watch flat and point the hour hand in the direction of the sun.
, then the bisector of the angle between the hour hand and 12 o'clock refers to the direction of due south."
"It's so simple!"
"This is also a small skill that should be mastered in wilderness survival training. Although it may not be used often, if you encounter a situation like today, you can still solve the problem." Tang Long expressed while taking out a tissue and gently wiping his watch.
"My father gave me this watch when I applied for aviation school. I have been wearing it for 20 years and have never changed it."
Tang Long and Xu Xin carried a bucket full of water back along the original route. They picked up many dry branches along the way, tied them into two large bundles, and carried them on their backs. When they returned to the landing site, the sun was almost setting.<
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Li Hui saw them from afar, ran over quickly, took the bucket carried by Tang Long, and kept mumbling: "Captain, we still can't be contacted, and there is no signal on the mobile phone. It seems that we are going to be here tonight."
Spend the night in the wilderness!"
Tang Long came to a dozen meters away from the helicopter. He first unloaded the firewood on his back, then helped Xu Xin unload the firewood, and told Li Hui to lift the bucket into the cabin and put it away. He walked aside and watched the sinking westward alone.
The sunset, falling into long thoughts.
"Today is September 21st, right? Tomorrow happens to be the autumnal equinox!" He murmured to himself as he walked back to the firewood pile, rummaged in it for a while, pulled out a long and straight branch, and then added another
He took out a military dagger from his leather boot, cut off the tips and branches of the branches, leaving only the trunk part, and took a look at it.
Li Hui and Xu Xin didn't know what the captain was doing or how to help, so they stood aside and watched silently.
"Go get the tape measure from the tool box." Tang Long said to Li Hui.
"Is there a tape measure in the tool box?!" Li Hui asked doubtfully. He remembered that the tool box on the plane would not be equipped with a tape measure.
"I put it there," Tang Long said.
Li Hui took a tape measure and handed it to Tang Long, asking: "Captain, what are you doing? Such a thin branch..."
"I want to measure the coordinate position here."
"Just use this twig?!"
Tang Long measured the length of the branch with a tape measure, then cut off a small section with a dagger, then held it in front of his eyes to admire, with a satisfied smile on his lips.
"The sun is going to set now, and you can witness the miracle tomorrow!"