Mao Yonggui, Chu Qingjuan, and Sang Yadi were all in the adjacent simulated Warplane training room, wearing headphones and focusing on consolidating what they had learned today.
Therefore, they didn't hear the announcement that had echoed throughout the entire Flying Base.
But now, the huge roar outside the training room, the noisy footsteps, and the excited shouts awakened them.
Chu Qingjuan frowned, "What happened?"
Looking up, she saw that everyone in the simulated training room had gone outside, so she followed.
They were late to go out, and when they looked up at the sky, they only saw the fiery red fireworks already falling towards the center of the Flying Base.
To avoid accidental damage, this crashing Warplane would definitely be destroyed before it fell.
*Boom!* The Flying Base's Anti-air Ion Beam Cannon was activated in time, blasting the burning Warplane into the smallest atoms with one shot.
"Whose training aircraft had an accident? Did the trainees and Instructor bail out?" Mao Yonggui grabbed a female trainee next to her and asked.
That female trainee was Lin Xiaoxiao. She had come out early and was standing at the door, her face pale as she looked at the sky, muttering, "Don't you know? That's your roommate's training aircraft..."
Xia Chujian had helped her and saved her career, and Lin Xiaoxiao had been secretly paying attention to her ever since.
She knew she was timid and cowardly, but she wasn't ungrateful.
She didn't expect that the kind girl who had helped her would meet such an end on her first day in the air.
Could it be that you really can't be too kind?
"Ah?! It's Chujian?! No way!" Mao Yonggui exclaimed.
She exchanged glances with Chu Qingjuan and Sang Yadi, and they all saw the extreme regret and sorrow in each other's eyes.
Fortunately, not long after, two more brightly colored parachutes appeared within everyone's view.
"Ahhh! They're okay! They're okay! They bailed out!" Lin Xiaoxiao covered her mouth, tears of joy almost streaming down her face.
Indeed, it's better to be kind, because even the heavens will help you!
Without a word, Mao Yonggui, Chu Qingjuan, and Sang Yadi immediately ran towards the direction where the parachutes were landing.
Running in the same direction were the Flying Base's Instructors, doctors, and logistics personnel.
They were all driving, which was faster.
Because the Flying Base was too large, occupying the entire area of the basin. If they relied on their legs to run from the surrounding barracks, training rooms, and dormitories, it might take more than twenty minutes.
It was much faster by car.
When Chief Instructor Pei arrived with the convoy, the two parachutes were still slowly swaying in the air.
Everyone could clearly see that the red parachute was being operated rather clumsily, while the green parachute was being operated more skillfully.
If he wasn't mistaken, the red parachute should be the trainee's, and the green parachute was the Instructor's.
But this batch of trainees shouldn't be so unfamiliar with parachute operation...
Although they were Starry Sky Fighter pilots, and Starry Sky Fighters didn't have the option of bailing out in outer space, as part of the basic training for pilots, even Starry Sky Fighter pilots had to learn how to use parachutes.
Chief Instructor Pei looked at the sky with a heavy heart, praying that the two of them could land safely.
If they couldn't, he would also send out his Airship to stand by, in case of an emergency, to pick them up in mid-air.
But unless absolutely necessary, it was best not to involve the Airship, because if not operated carefully, the parachute's shroud lines could get entangled with the Airship, and then not only would the people parachuting be in trouble, but even the Airship would be in trouble.
Fortunately, the worst-case scenario did not occur.
After waiting another five minutes, one red and one green parachute finally slowly and safely landed on the Flying Base's School Field.
Chief Instructor Pei strode over.
"Xia Chujian, are you okay?" He walked towards the red parachute and asked with concern.
Xia Chujian didn't even have time to detach the parachute's hooks, and directly cried out to Chief Instructor Pei, "Chief Instructor Pei, I'm sorry! I couldn't help it! I really couldn't help it! You wanted me to keep accelerating! I tried! In the end, the engine exploded! I don't know what happened! I did it according to your instructions!"
"I don't know how the Warplane crashed! I really did it according to your instructions!"
When Xia Chujian broke the record just now, many Instructors in the Flying Base knew about it. Hearing her cry now, they immediately understood something, and their eyes all fell on Chief Instructor Pei.
And the staff in the Flying Base's main control room knew that Chief Instructor Pei had personally ordered the trainee to continue accelerating!
This was meant to record data, not take lives! Pei Zijing's heart sank, and he stopped in his tracks.
He hadn't wanted this to happen. He had carefully examined the engine data that had been transmitted back, and it clearly hadn't reached the critical value of its maximum load-bearing capacity...
Of course, problems still arose later. By the time he realized it, it was already too late.
It was exactly the same as the test pilot's accident from decades ago: the engine overloaded and exploded, causing the Warplane to disintegrate.
The only saving grace was that last time, the test pilot hadn't been able to eject in time because he was trying to stabilize the speed for thirty seconds, but this time, both of them had ejected.
As long as no one died, it wasn't a big deal.
Pei Zijing consoled himself with this thought.
But Xia Chujian turned around and said to Yu Fei, who was taking off the green parachute harness, "Instructor Yu! Thank you for saving my life! You told me before not to exceed the actual maximum speed, saying it was dangerous, but I didn't listen to you! This result is all my fault! I brought it on myself! I didn't listen to you!"
She bowed repeatedly to Yu Fei, crying with genuine emotion.
Xia Chujian took off her helmet, her hair disheveled, and she didn't look very pretty.
But Yu Fei was completely impressed by this female trainee!
She had actually made Pei Zijing suffer a big loss on the first day, and had also solved his problem of being fired!
The younger generation is to be feared, and he had to admit it!
He composed himself and said with a kind expression, "I was just giving you a reminder based on the facts. Chief Instructor Pei didn't agree, so there was nothing I could do. I've already been dismissed by Chief Instructor Pei, so good luck to you."
Xia Chujian immediately turned around and bowed to Pei Zijing, saying, "Chief Instructor Pei! Please! Don't dismiss Instructor Yu! He was kindly reminding me! He's a very experienced Instructor, and I've learned a lot from him! If it weren't for his good teaching, I wouldn't have broken the record this time! Please!"
Pei Zijing was annoyed. He knew that he would definitely be held responsible for the accident, but she had still broken the record after all.
Although she hadn't reached the theoretical maximum speed, she had increased the actual maximum speed to fifty kilometers per minute, which was only four kilometers away from the theoretical maximum speed, and that was already a great achievement.
He put his hands behind his back, his face calm, and said, "Alright, I was just giving you a chance to break the record at the time. Yu Fei has contributed, so he won't be dismissed. You and Yu Fei, go to the Medical Cabin first to get checked out. Treat any injuries, and then each of you write a summary of the situation. I'll recommend you for commendation."
Yu Fei's eyes lit up.
He had gone from the crisis of being dismissed to the joy of being commended! It was too difficult for them to get promoted now, because they had to have combat merits!
But combat merits were only easy to get in front-line units. Where would they, in the second and third lines, have the opportunity to earn combat merits!
But this time, it was indeed different.
Yu Fei suppressed the corners of his mouth, which were about to turn up, and quickly said, "Thank you, Chief Instructor Pei! I knew that Chief Instructor Pei was good at recognizing talent! If it weren't for Chief Instructor Pei's planning and strategy, I would have almost missed this opportunity to add to the Harrier-type Warplane's speed record! I'm still too conservative and not enterprising enough!"
Xia Chujian lowered her head and couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth.
This Yu Fei was too much of a fence-sitter.
One sentence from Pei Zijing was enough to make him fall back over.
Of course, Xia Chujian didn't think that she could do anything to Pei Zijing with just this one incident.
What wishful thinking! She just wanted to teach Pei Zijing a lesson, to remind him not to use them as cannon fodder for his own promotion! But she really hadn't anticipated Yu Fei's attitude.
Mistake, a big mistake.
If Yu Fei got carried away and revealed her plan, she would be in big trouble.
But then she thought again, if Yu Fei was so stupid, he wouldn't be able to get credit either, because that would mean that Xia Chujian's record would be unreliable.
Xia Chujian believed that Yu Fei could figure this out.
Of course, no one was a fool.
As Xia Chujian and Yu Fei were helped into the ambulance and headed to the Medical Cabin, Yu Fei asked with concern, "Xia Chujian, are you alright? Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere? When you get into the Medical Cabin later, get a good checkup."
Then he said with emotion, "The person I should thank the most this time is you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have any merit."
Xia Chujian was relieved, because Yu Fei was assuring her that he wouldn't be stupid enough to betray her.
Xia Chujian also murmured, "It's all because Instructor Yu taught me well. If it weren't for Instructor Yu, I would have died this time! Instructor Yu's life-saving grace, Chujian will definitely repay it!"
"We can be considered comrades-in-arms who have gone through life and death together. Don't mention any life-saving grace. Isn't that what we should do?" Yu Fei said to Xia Chujian with a smile, looking righteous.
Xia Chujian only believed that this guy wouldn't tell the truth. She didn't believe a word of anything else he said.
Moreover, she was just an ordinary pilot, with no education or family background, just a bit of luck.
Xia Chujian revealed a grateful smile, playing up the persona of someone weak, pitiful, and helpless.
Yu Fei could hardly believe his eyes! Was this the ruthless person who had told him to "shut up" in the Warplane?!
In that instant, he could even feel a trace of murderous intent! If he dared to act rashly, this person could really kill...
But then he thought, she was the Chief Pilot of a Ghost-class Fighter from the front lines, how could she have killed few people?
How could he, who hid in the Flying Base as an Instructor, content with his comfortable life, compare to her murderous aura? Yu Fei patted his chest carefully and said to the nurse next to him, "I'm a little out of breath, can I get some oxygen?"
The nurse quickly put an oxygen mask on him.
Xia Chujian also rubbed her temples, saying weakly, "I not only have chest tightness, but also a headache. Could it be a concussion?"
"Don't worry, Student Xia, we'll be at the medical room soon. We have first-class Medical Cabins. Just lie down and get some treatment." Another nurse also brought an oxygen mask and put it on Xia Chujian.
Xia Chujian took a deep breath of oxygen. She had to say, this stuff was really refreshing and worked better than anything else! This is the second update. Reminding you all to vote with your Xiaoxiang Tickets, monthly tickets, and Recommendation Tickets! The morning update was reviewed and released an hour later. It wasn't that I didn't update on time.
There will be a new update at 0:05 tonight. Three updates tomorrow.
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