Chen Zikun drove his motorcycle for seven hours and finally arrived at the outskirts of the provincial capital in the wind and snow.
The surroundings were vast and desolate.
There were straight poplar trees on both sides of the road, and a mottled iron sign read "Military Management Zone, No Entry".
In the early years, this was an airport built by Chen Zikun.
Later it evolved into a Kuomintang air force base and a People's Liberation Army aviation school.
It is now classified as a local reserve airport and is a backup airport under the Civil Aviation Administration.
It was once the training ground of the Jiangdong Sports Commission Aviation School.
In the dead of winter, the roads outside the backup airport are overgrown with weeds on both sides, the barbed wire fences are rusty, and the roads are covered with snow.
This is a remote suburb, inaccessible, and the only sound is the whistling wind.
Chen Zikun turned the accelerator and drove the motorcycle forward slowly.
The gate of the base was locked, but the lock was not rusty.
He thought there was someone on duty here.
He called a few times, but no one answered.
After waiting for a while, he saw a man riding a bicycle.
He came from a distance, got out of the car when he got close, and said with a white breath, "Mr.
Chen, what brought you here?"
Chen Zikun said: "Old Niu, why is there only one person left?"
This man's surname is Niu.
He was a bandit in Nantai in his early years.
Later, he was recruited into the Seventh Mixed Brigade to eat food and serve as a soldier.
After Chen Zikun's soldiers entered Shanghai, Lao Niu was incorporated into the anti-smoking law enforcement corps as an elite force as a truck driver.
Later, Chen Zikun formed the Jiangdong Air Force. , Lao Niu knows how to do it because he understands mechanics He drove a car and became an air force ground service mechanic, specializing in repairing special planes for Chen Zikun.
In this position, he participated in the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Beitai, and the Guerrilla War in Jiangbei.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he continued to work as an air force mechanic.
After liberation, he joined the People's Air Force to continue his career.
OK until now.
Lao Niu is over seventy years old.
He is neither deaf nor blind.
He has worked at the airport for decades and is familiar with everything.
After the base was transferred to the local Civil Aviation Bureau, the original personnel either changed jobs or were assigned to the Air Force, leaving only There are very few managers, and Lao Niu is the one on duty.
"Well, the webmaster hasn't been seen for more than a year.
This place is probably abandoned by the higher-ups.
Fortunately, the salary is still paid on a monthly basis, which is a lot."
Lao Niu took out the key and opened the door, invited Chen Zikun in, and mentioned The military kettle said: "Lao Baigan, give me some" "Come on," Chen Zikun said, "I've been driving for several hours and I'm freezing."
The two entered the bungalow at the terminal.
This house was designed and built by Chen Zikun himself in the 1930s.
It had heating pipes, but the boiler at the base was no longer used.
There was a stove in the room, with a kettle sitting on it, and the lid of the steam-top pot was messy.
It's moving, and the room is as warm as spring.
Four sweet potatoes were roasting on the stove lid.
They were already ripe.
Lao Niu took out a paper bag and a wine bottle from his arms.
In the paper bag was beef with soy sauce, and in the bottle was loose wine from a village five miles away.
The two sat across from each other on the warm Kang.
There were wine glasses and beef with peanut sauce on the table.
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Lao Niu took out an alcohol stove from the cabinet, a frozen cabbage, a lunch box of frozen tofu, and a handful of frozen cabbage.
Vermicelli.
"If Mr.
Chen hadn't come here, I wouldn't have been able to bear this family income."
Lao Niu smiled happily, lit the alcohol stove, and started to stew the hot pot.
Vegetables were stewed in the hot pot, bubbling, and the white wine was heated.
After filling two glasses, Chen Zikun and Lao Niu touched it, and the juice dried up.
The white wine was like a line of fire from the throat to the stomach, and suddenly the whole person felt...
It's getting hot.
After drinking three glasses of wine, Chen Zikun said: "Old Niu, is my baby still there?"
Lao Niu said: "It's thrown in the shed.
There was a big steelmaking operation in 1958.
Some people wanted to dismantle the steelmaking.
I asked them to get rid of it.
They are a bunch of uneducated bumpkins.
Airplanes are made of aluminum.
How can they make steel?"
Chen Zikun said: "I haven't seen you for a long time.
I'll go check it out later."
"middle."
After eating and drinking, Chen Zikun was slightly tipsy and asked Lao Niu to lead the way to a simple greenhouse not far away.
A bright silver twin-engine transport plane was parked quietly.
The wings were covered with dust.
The glass of the cockpit The windshield was covered with newspapers, making it difficult to see inside.
The tires were flat and the treads were worn away.
There were spider webs on top of the fuselage near the greenhouse.
This aircraft is a Douglas dc3 passenger plane that Chen Zikun purchased through the Pacino family in New York in the 1930s.
It has a history of 30 years.
It has accompanied him across Europe and America, experienced the Xi'an Incident, and carried Soong Meiling, Zhou Enlai, I have been to Japan and Yan'an, and it can be said that it has gone through many hardships.
After liberation, it was requisitioned by the People's Air Force and served for another five years.
It was scrapped due to an accident and everything that could be dismantled was removed, leaving only an empty casing.
Chen Zikun stroked the plane, and thousands of past memories came to his mind.
"Old man, I wonder if you can still fly."
Chen Zikun muttered to himself.
"There are too many things that are missing for flying.
Even the engine has been dismantled and the avionics are gone.
How can we fly."
Lao Niu said casually, lit a cigarette and started smoking.
"Old Niu, if you have engine parts and repair tools, can you fix it?"
Chen Zikun's expression was serious, not joking.
Lao Niu was startled: "That's going to be difficult.
I can't do it alone.
Besides, the bad stuff is not just a little bit bad.
I can't get it together at all."
Chen Zikun said: "You don't have to worry about those things.
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I just ask you, do you have confidence?"
Lao Niu took a long drag on his cigarette and said, "Okay, I'll give it a try."
Chen Zikun inspected the track again before going back to continue drinking.
He spent the night at the station and returned to the provincial capital the next day.
His motorcycle ran out of gas, so he took Lao Niu's bicycle.
Before leaving, he asked Lao Niu to take a ride.
Make a list with everything you need written down on it.
From beginning to end, Lao Niu never asked him why he wanted to repair the plane.
Chen Zikun first went to the hospital to let his family know that he was safe.
Then he went home, changed his clothes, went to the street to buy a box of hair dye, filled a basin of water, and dyed his gray hair black in front of the mirror.
Liu Ting happened to open the door and come in.
When she saw this scene, she felt strange: "What's wrong with you?
You suddenly thought of dyeing your hair."
Chen Zikun said: "Do you have any money at home?
I want to use it."
Liu Ting took out fifty yuan and said, "That's all."
Chen Zikun frowned and said: "How can these be enough?
What about my salary?"
Liu Ting said: "Your organizational relationship is in Beijing.
If you don't remit money there, you won't get any money."
"Fifty, just fifty."
Chen Zikun took the money, approved the coat and went out, first looking for his old subordinate Wang Sanliu.
The plan I made cannot be completed by one or two people and requires the cooperation of a team.
Wang Sanliu's children are all in the Northeast, and they have drawn a clear line and no longer interact with each other.
He lives alone in the provincial capital without worries, and in Wanwan.
Chen Zikun was not exposed at the People's Struggle Conference, so he can be regarded as a tough guy.
When they arrived at Wang's house, Wang Sanliu was roasting sweet potatoes.
This stuff is cheap and can be eaten just to satisfy hunger.
Chen Zikun did not show off and told the truth about his plan.
Wang Sanliu was very calm and said while peeling the sweet potatoes: "The society is in chaos now.
It is very possible to take advantage of the opportunity, but more manpower is needed."
"You see who is suitable" "A few old buddies are fine, Chen Shou, Lao Gai, Zeng Jiao, and Yan Su's family have also drawn a clear line with him.
They are all people who have gone through ups and downs.
They know what is good and what is good, and they will never inform.
Besides, now Even the party committee and government have been brought under the blame by the rebels, and the public prosecutors and the judiciary have been paralyzed.
Who should we turn to inform?
Should we turn to those children from the Red General Administration?"
Wang Sanliu's words reassured Chen Zikun.
What he said made sense.
Although the old buddies exposed and reported him at the criticism meeting, they did not tell lies and slanders without conscience, and in that situation, even if their psychological quality was No matter how powerful people are, they will collapse, and Chen Zikun doesn't blame them.
After some contact, several old buddies gathered in Wang Sanliu's dilapidated house that night.
After hearing Chen Zikun's plan, they smoked cigarettes silently and meditated.
"Is it possible?"
Yan Su said with a sad face, "If he is beaten down halfway, it will be over.
If he is captured, won't his family be affected?"
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Chen Shoudao: "The air force is poorly trained and of extremely low quality, so there is nothing to worry about.
Besides, we are not coming in, but going out.
We are not among the key targets for prevention.
It is not difficult to leave, but this is treason."
Gai Longquan said: "So what if it's treason?
Don't we have a few charges on our heads?
Historical counter-revolution, warlord reaction, traitor and lackey, traitor.
There are too many lice to bite people.
What are we afraid of if we have one more charge?
No matter what If it doesn't work out, I'll join in.
I've had enough of this life of people and ghosts.
Even if I die, I have to die standing, and I can't die in a cowardly manner."
"Lao Gai, if you just pat your butt and leave, what will happen to your family?"
Yan Su said.
"Now we can't control that much, just treat me as dead.
My death is also a good thing for them."
Gai Longquan's words were sad, but they were the common sentiment of everyone.
There is a reactionary elder in the family.
The children's employment, schooling and joining the army are all affected, and they are inferior to others in the workplace.
As an elder, I feel aggrieved and helpless.
Whether I leave or die, it is a kind of relief.
"I'll do it."
Zeng Jiao said with blood-red eyes.
"Xiao An, please come up with a concrete attitude."
Chen Zikun stared at Yan Su and asked.
He had a tough steel wire hidden in his hand.
If the other party hesitated again, he would use this steel wire to strangle Yan Su.
Death was related to the lives of too many people, so he had to kill him to eliminate hidden dangers.
Yan Su did not notice the murderous intention, he sighed: "There is no other way, I can only participate."
Chen Zikun took out a dagger and cut his hand, and dropped the blood into the wine.
Others followed suit, cutting their fingers and picking up the blood wine.
"Live and die together, never give up, never give up, do it" Six wine bowls collided together, and the fighting spirit of the six elderly people was ignited at this moment.
According to the list listed by Master Niu, a large amount of materials are needed, including two usable transport aircraft engines, various spare parts, oil pipes, wires, mechanical equipment, electronic compasses, tools, oil, etc.
In addition to aircraft fuel and lubricants for light engines, There are only a dozen kinds, and these are military supplies and are not sold in civilian stores.
"These things are all available in the air force base warehouse."
Chen Zikun said.
"Is it possible that we old guys want to loot the army's warehouse?"
Yan Su was a little surprised.
"Isn't it possible?"
Chen Zikun said with a smile.
After dyeing his hair black, he seemed to be twenty years younger, vaguely showing the style of the past
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