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Chapter 1462 Successfully Completed the Test

Iceberg Outpost.

While helping his director to set up temporary ground identification marks for helicopters, Li Junjie asked curiously, "Director, will the higher-ups really use helicopters to deliver supplies to us? Isn't this a bit too extravagant?"

"It's not a helicopter, it's an unmanned helicopter," Director Ye Zhendong said to Comrade Li as he shoveled a shovel of dirt onto the "cross" mark made of two crossed white cloths. "The leader said that the transportation cost of drones is very low. This is a pilot project. If it works, we will report it to the higher-ups and try to purchase a batch of unmanned helicopters to transport supplies to our border outposts. This way, outposts like our Bingshan Outpost can be supplied normally even in the middle of winter."

Li Junjie was a little surprised when he heard this. Then, the excitement on his face turned into disappointment and frustration. "Is that so? I thought it was a Mi-17, or even a Z-11. Why is it an unmanned helicopter?"

Li Junjie is a well-known military fan in the Iceberg Outpost. He can talk about domestic and foreign military equipment at will. There is nothing he doesn't know. It is precisely because of his love for weapons and equipment that he joined this big group. Now hearing what Li Junjie said, Ye Zhendong also became a little anxious and asked hurriedly: "What's wrong with the unmanned helicopter?"

Li Junjie sighed and said, "I have read some reports on drones in Weaponry Knowledge. The mainstream drones developed by various countries now are large fixed-wing drones similar to the US MQ1 and MQ-9. Unmanned helicopters are not mainstream and are mainly used for aerial photography and spraying pesticides on farmland. The maximum payload is 50 kilograms.

The total load is only 50 kilograms. Even if we start from XX base, it will take 50 kilometers to reach our outpost. How much fuel will it take to go back and forth? I estimate that it will be good if we can carry 20 kilograms of supplies. "

Because of this speculation, Li Junjie, who had just been eager to ask his director what the higher-ups could bring to the Iceberg Outpost, now didn't even want to speak.

"..."

Ye Zhendong opened his mouth when he heard this, but didn't know what to say for a moment. After a while, he said, "Anyway, the leaders are thinking about what to do. Let's not talk about anything else, even if it's just to deliver the letter from home."

That's right...

Hearing his director's words, Li Junjie also perked up: Yes, it would be good even if it's just to deliver the letter.

Transportation here is inconvenient, and there is no internet. For the young men who defend their country at the Guangda border post, receiving a letter from their family, wife, or girlfriend is the happiest thing that can make them happy for a long time. Although the payload of the unmanned helicopter is indeed not large, it would be a huge surprise if they could receive a letter from home when the university is closed.

As he was talking, the intercom on Ye Zhendong's waist rang, and Hu Zi's voice, who was guarding the radio in the room, came from the intercom: "Director, Zhendong, we just received a notice from our superiors that the drone is 10 kilometers away from our post, and the leader asked us to be prepared."

Ye Zhendong pressed the PTT button on the intercom: "OK, got it."

The helicopter was moving very fast. A few minutes later, the unique whirring sound of the helicopter rotors sweeping through the air reached everyone's ears. Except for those who were still on duty, all the other young men rushed out to watch the excitement.

As the helicopter got closer, someone finally couldn't help but shout...

"Is this helicopter an unmanned helicopter? It's really big."

"Yeah, it's really big." "Such a big helicopter should be able to deliver a lot of things to us, right?"

"It's definitely indispensable."

"I estimate that at least one or two hundred kilograms of supplies can be delivered to us."

"What's the use of one or two hundred pounds for the 40th person in our outpost?"

"Are you stupid? Didn't the director say that this is a test? As long as it is confirmed to be OK after the test, maybe our outposts will be able to receive supplies regularly in the future. Besides, a helicopter weighing one or two hundred pounds is not a lot, but what if we send out three or five at a time?"

"Eh? Don't say that. Really don't say that..."

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Among the hundreds of border posts in the entire plateau area, the Iceberg Post is not well-known. It is neither the highest post nor the post with the most difficult conditions. On the contrary, the Iceberg Post is one of the most representative posts in the entire plateau border post:

  In terms of altitude, the Iceberg Outpost is located at an altitude of 4500 meters;

In terms of hardship, the Bingshan Outpost is located high in the mountains. In such a large outpost, there is not even a large piece of flat land.

Due to the climate and the location of the Iceberg Outpost, the mountain is closed for up to 7 months every year due to heavy snow.

The Iceberg Outpost is the most representative one. After comprehensive consideration, the leaders finally decided to make the Iceberg Outpost the first test point for this unmanned helicopter supply mission.

  Unlike his brothers, Li Junjie stared blankly at the unmanned helicopter that was approaching rapidly in the sky. He had only one thought in his mind: It's so big, why is this unmanned helicopter so big?

The size of the unmanned helicopter in front of him was beyond Li Junjie's imagination.

  But besides being surprised, Li Junjie was more happy: This large unmanned helicopter should be a new equipment that our country will soon be equipped with, right?

When I thought about the fact that we would also have such a powerful unmanned helicopter in the future, the unhappiness in my heart just now disappeared without a trace.

The helicopter was getting closer and closer, and finally landed on the "cross" mark given by Ye Zhendong and Li Junjie. With a light "click" sound, the locking mechanism was released, and the helicopter slowly rose into the air, turned lightly, and then quickly disappeared into the sky.

  Ye Zhendong then hurried forward and opened the lock according to the instructions on the box. The next moment, looking at the things in the box and the list of items on the top, his eyes couldn't help but redden:

Inside the box, there were 200 kilograms of supplies, including 100 kilograms of fresh meat and vegetables, as well as milk powder, chocolate and other items specially supplied to the outpost. Of course, there were also letters from everyone. What attracted Ye Zhendong the most was the words "2 portable oxygen concentrators" written in red pen...

At the same time, Professor Wu, Wei Tuan, Lao Xu and others at the base all applauded enthusiastically when they saw the video signals transmitted back through the camera and satellite link - the test of providing supplies to the outpost through an unmanned helicopter was successfully completed!

(End of this chapter)