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Chapter 505 Is the Test Flight Team the East China University's version of Area 51? Otherwise, why is it so mysterious?

barren!

This was Jiang Chen’s first impression of the flight test squadron’s base.

mystery.

This was Jiang Chen’s second impression of the flight test squadron’s base.

Because this place has never appeared on any map, even the satellites in the space will be "blinded" by a mysterious force when passing by here. The airport code-named "Yaodongdong" is built on a barren grassland with a radius of one or two hundred kilometers and no human habitation.

This grassland is not far from the capital.

Just a few hundred kilometers.

But let alone the prosperity of a city, even traces of human beings are hard to find.

Moreover, the hundreds of kilometers of airspace centered on the station are all no-fly zones.

Any unmarked aircraft dared to approach.

First warning.

The second implementation of electronic suppression and interference.

Shot down for the third time.

Therefore, the "Yaodongdong" station can be described as both desolate and mysterious.

It's really not an exaggeration.

Noon.

Jiang Chen and others have already taken an "air bus" Y-8 transport plane to the nearest airport to "Yaodongdong".

After changing to a military off-road vehicle at the airport, we drove along a straight road into the depths of the grassland.

Yes.

Even though this "air bus" belongs to the 1st Air Division, it has "identity information" in the Air Force equipment warehouse.

But you still can't enter the no-fly zone.

It can only stop at an airport about 300 kilometers away from "Yaodongdong".

Then transfer to your destination.

"Do you think it's too troublesome?"

Cheng Ziang saw Jiang Chen staring at the scenery outside the window in a daze, and then asked.

Jiang Chen came back to his senses and shook his head, "Not bad."

"We are not afraid of thieves stealing, but we are afraid of thieves thinking about it. In the past few years, not to mention the test flight team, even our Shenfei has become the focus of attention of those thieves. That's why the confidentiality level has been raised again and again. There is nothing we can do about it." Cheng Ziang sighed.

While talking.

The two cars turned into a fork in the road marked "Military Restricted Area" and continued driving deeper into the area.

The two cars raced across the grassland for about two hours.

During the journey, the car was even subjected to three rounds of "interrogation" before being allowed to pass.

More than two hours later.

A row of low buildings finally came into view.

Cheng Ziang stretched lazily, "Huh~~~Finally here, every time I come to 'Yaodongdong', I feel like my butt will stick directly to the seat."

He saw Jiang Chen still looking out the car window with interest.

Then he smiled and said, "You young people must be in good physical shape, so you can sit like this?"

Jiang Chen didn't respond.

Instead, he pointed to a hillside in the distance and asked, "Old Cheng, why are there so many stone tablets on that hillside in the distance?"

"Where?" Cheng Ziang stretched his neck and looked in the direction Jiang Chen pointed.

On the hillside in the distance.

Sure enough, I could vaguely see some stone tablets.

Cheng Ziang already knew where that place was.

So his expression became a little solemn, and he said in a light tone, "Oh, you mean that hillside? That's the martyrs' cemetery of the test flight team."

"What the hell?"

Jiang Chen turned his head and looked at Cheng Ziang in astonishment.

Martyrs' cemetery?

That hillside turned out to be a martyrs’ cemetery?
OMG!

The stone tablets on the hillside are lined up in rows.

The preliminary estimate is that it would be at least forty or fifty yuan.

In other words.

At least forty or fifty martyrs are buried here?
It has only been about twenty years since the test flight brigade was established, right?

In other words.

Two or three pilots die in the line of duty every year?
To know.

The pilots who are selected by the test flight squadron to become a glorious test pilot are all elites among the elites. They are not ordinary people.

Most of them were key training targets of the original troops, and some even received the "Golden Helmet" and "Golden Dart" early on.

Such talents are treasures in any army.

But they are everywhere in the test flight team.

The key is.

There are actually forty or fifty pilots who were regarded as treasures by other troops and are buried here.

This is just what Jiang Chen saw.

There may be many martyrs' tombs on the other side of the hillside.

For a while.

Jiang Chen didn't even know what to say.

"Flight testing is a very dangerous, extremely dangerous task, but it is also an indispensable procedure in the development of new equipment. Without the dedication and hard work, even sacrifice, of the test pilots, there would not be the explosive development of new equipment of the Republic of China Air Force today."

"So they are great, and they are heroes."

Cheng Ziang's face was full of emotion.

Then he turned his head and looked at Jiang Chen, saying seriously, "But every test pilot here came voluntarily. No one was forced or deceived. The same goes for you. Do you understand what I mean?"

Jiang Chen glanced at him.

He said unhappily, "If I don't volunteer, you won't be able to get past the old principal."

"Haha." Cheng Ziang laughed dryly, and then said, "I just felt that you were not in a good state today, so I said one more thing."

At this moment.

The two cars have arrived at the station access gate.

Routine inspection completed.

Two off-road vehicles then drove into the station.

However, Jiang Chen only then discovered that this airport was much larger than he had imagined.

In addition to military facilities such as airports, barracks, oil depots, permanent hangars, there are even living areas.

A large living area.

Obviously.

It's not just soldiers who live in this living area.

There should also be family members, medical staff, and other relevant personnel.

"Do you see that living area?" Cheng Ziang pointed at the living area and explained, "That's the family quarters, but there are also primary schools, hospitals, supermarkets, cinemas, etc."

"So in addition to the soldiers, there are also several hundred family members, as well as teachers, doctors and other staff living in that living area."

Jiang Chen was a little confused.

She turned her head and looked at him and asked, "Why make it so complicated? Isn't this supposed to be strictly confidential?"

"Because you are human, you are not suitable for robots." Cheng Ziang said helplessly, "Just think about it, living in a shabby place surrounded by deserts for years, with nothing but planes, even the strongest people will have problems sooner or later."

"That's why the higher-ups specially created this living area to accommodate the families of pilots and even those from other departments such as air defense and security."

"With a wife, children and a warm bed, people's mentality will not be so easily affected."

"Don't be fooled by the fact that the test flight squadron only has a few hundred test pilots. It is a large organization with a strict organization and even bloated personnel, with more than a thousand people under its command."

"Because in addition to the pilots, there is also a ground control, air defense, weather, radar, logistics support, guards and other units."

"Of course, these units are for you test pilots."

Jiang Chen smacked his lips.

He had previously thought that the test flight squadron was actually no different from ordinary front-line troops.

At most, the level of quality is higher, there are more talented people, the discipline is stricter, and the level of confidentiality is stricter.

I didn't expect it to completely subvert my imagination.

Where is the test flight team?

It is clearly the Tokyo University version of Area 51.

So Jiang Chen looked at Cheng Ziang expectantly and asked, "The main task of the 'Yaodongdong' station is to test the new equipment?"

Cheng Ziang looked at him strangely, "What else?"

"Have you not studied other messy, mysterious things?"

"What the hell?"

"For example, aliens, UFOs, even underground creatures, underwater creatures, demons and monsters?"

"What the hell? You've made up all the monsters, ghosts, and UFOs. You really have a wild imagination."

Jiang Chen saw that he denied it.

A hint of disappointment appeared on his face.

He shrugged and said unhappily, "Since you're not researching these mysterious things, why make it so mysterious? I thought this was the Tokyo University version of Area 51."

(End of this chapter)