120: Tribute!

Chapter 120: A National Day Gift for the 60th Anniversary, the Highest Invitation from Da Xia!

Hearing this, Zheng Lixing's eyes lit up: "Build a runway directly??"

"Old Zhang, your method is good!"

If it couldn't be transported out by vehicles, then they would just build an airport runway directly.

After all, military transport planes weren't as finicky as ordinary civilian airliners with various runway requirements; they needed to take off in harsh conditions, so even a clear dirt road could facilitate a takeoff.

And the C-5M had the capability for short-distance takeoffs.

Building a runway in this wilderness for it to take off in a short amount of time was no problem at all.

Zheng Lixing then pondered: "As for the flight crew, the C-5M, as a strategic transport plane, isn't too difficult to operate."

"This plan is highly feasible."

Unlike the B-2 'Ghost' Bomber or the F22, which were ultra-precision aircraft, a pilot without extensive training wouldn't even know how to take off smoothly.

But the C-5 was different; this aircraft had been developed for decades and was a very 'seasoned' transport plane.

Da Xia currently possessed il-76s and had also introduced its predecessor, the C-130 'Hercules' transport plane, so the flight crew already had a certain foundation, and this C-5M had even been modernized with improved avionics.

Therefore, getting it to fly was not difficult at all.

Just as the two seemed to be busy thinking about how to implement this plan.

Suddenly, Zhang Yuli felt his foot touch something.

"What is this?"

He frowned, looking at the item leaning against the C-5M.

Why was it still covered with a plastic sheet? It was just a small, rectangular object, occupying less than twenty or thirty square meters.

Zheng Lixing's heart skipped a beat: "Could it be..."

He quickly walked over and instantly pulled off the plastic sheet, revealing the item hidden beneath.

Even in the heavy snow, both of them couldn't help but gasp at the sight of the item before them!

"Isn't this the SNK Dragon Boring and Milling Ultra-Precision Machining Center?"

"They even brought this thing over?" Even with mental preparation, Zheng Lixing couldn't help but shiver.

The Great Wall Watch organization was truly too impolite; they just casually left such a high-precision machine in the ice and snow?

Thinking this, he quickly went up to inspect it carefully, relieved only when he found no damage.

"What's the big deal?" Zhang Yuli seemed accustomed to such shocks and explained, "If they can even get a C-5M, why would they care about an ultra-high precision machining tool?"

"That's true," Zheng Lixing hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Perhaps for this organization, it was just an 'ordinary' machine that could be bought at will, not worth mentioning at all.

In the previous email, there was no deliberate reminder that there was also a high-precision center to be taken away, as if it had been casually left in this wilderness.

Even if it were truly abandoned in this icy and snowy place, they wouldn't feel the slightest bit of distress.

This day.

Many citizens of Mohe City suddenly noticed many vehicles continuously moving from Mohe North Road towards the Northwest, seemingly loaded with a lot of goods.

At the same time, the 'whirring' sound of helicopters could be heard from time to time in the sky.

Some people were curious, but they were all told that this was for 'snow and frost removal and disaster prevention' work.

Hearing this, many Mohe residents also echoed: "This terrible weather, Mohe hasn't had heavy snow in June for so many years... We really need to clear the snow, otherwise, the roads will be impassable."

Meanwhile, at the C-5M's location, within a ten-kilometer radius, almost every few hundred meters, there was a soldier lying prone in the snow, perfectly blended with the surrounding environment, scanning his area of responsibility for any suspicious targets with vigilant eyes.

In just one afternoon, hundreds of engineers used military quick-drying cement to quickly pave a runway about five hundred meters long in this wilderness, which was already completed.

At night, the blizzard gradually subsided.

In the latter half of the night, several flight crews who had experience with il-76s and had received emergency C-5M flight training took advantage of the night to fly the C-5M into the sky, heading south.

This was also after consideration by Zhang Yuli and Zheng Lixing: where was the most suitable place to store this behemoth?

Should they still build an aviation research and development base on site?

This plan was decisively rejected by Zheng Lixing at the very beginning, with the reason that the environment here was not suitable for an aviation R&D base.

It wasn't like the desert and dry climate of Yumen Pass; on the contrary, the climate here was extremely unstable, dropping to minus thirty or forty degrees in winter, and even in summer, the temperature was only around ten degrees Celsius.

This was not a good experimental environment for aviation research.

Storing it at other Air Force bases was also unsuitable; whether it was the southern, western, or northern bases, none were optimal choices.

So the two decided to secretly store it at the Yanjing Air Force Base, which was closest to Yanjing.

After all, only in that location could they constantly ensure its safety.

At this moment.

At two or three in the morning, under such circumstances, not many people noticed this 'beast,' with an empty weight exceeding 180 tons, soaring into the sky.

Two days later.

In Lu Family Village, a remote mountainous area in Northwest Province.

Lucy and Lu Ze hurried back to Northwest Province while the snow in Mohe had stopped, because if they continued to stay in the Mohe area, who knew if they would encounter more bad weather; if another heavy blizzard came, they might not be able to return to Eagle Country even after their vacation ended.

At home.

Looking at Lu's mom, who was stuffing his suitcase bag after bag, Lu Ze wore a bitter smile:

"Mom, that's enough, don't stuff any more, I really can't carry it."

He wasn't returning to Eagle Country until three days later, but his parents were already scavenging all sorts of local foods for him; even the eggs freshly laid by the neighbor's hen were given to him.

His suitcase probably weighed over a hundred jin with all the local specialties and food, and even several jin of cured meat were cut for him to take to Eagle Country.

Lu Ze had some doubts: could these things pass customs? Even if they could, wouldn't he be exhausted carrying these things for a journey of tens of thousands of miles?

"This chili sauce isn't something you can buy anywhere... Why take it?"

"This chili sauce is homemade; can you buy one that good in Eagle Country?" Lin Xiaqin glanced at him, speaking irritably.

She quickly stuffed a large jar of her homemade chili sauce inside, until he saw Lin Xiaqin holding a bag of Apples, about to stuff them into his suitcase.

Lu Ze finally couldn't help it: "Mom, if I take these peaches to Eagle Country, won't they spoil?"

"Besides, can they last that long? I can just buy fruit there."

During a journey of thousands of miles, these things would have to stay in the suitcase the whole time; would they still be edible when taken out?

He expressed serious doubt.

"These are peaches from our own trees; you won't find ones this good in Eagle Country."

"But you don't need to stuff even rice in there for me," Lu Ze twitched his lips.

Could it be that rice couldn't be bought in Eagle Country? And wouldn't the shipping fee be worth more than the rice itself?

After stuffing Lu Ze's suitcase, Lin Fengxia took out another jar of local specialty and put things into Lucy's suitcase.

"Lucy, this is so delicious, and this one too... all the delicious things from our Northwest Province."

"This is a poor place, there's nothing good to give you as a gift, I hope you don't mind."

"Good, good! Thank you, Mama!" Lucy nodded repeatedly, like a pounding garlic.

Although she didn't understand what Lu Ze's mother was saying at all, it didn't affect her joyful mood.

Looking at one delicious food after another, Lucy's eyes were as bright as light bulbs at this moment.

Inside were all sorts of delicious things, and all of them were her favorite foods during this period.

She had worried that once she returned to Eagle Country, she wouldn't be able to eat these delicacies again, but she hadn't expected Lu's mom to prepare so much, seemingly for her to take back?

Now, Lucy's favorability towards Lu Dad and Lu's mom was soaring as if a favorability cheat had been activated in a game, almost maxing out!

"You only know how to eat. Later, I'll see how you carry it to the airport." Lu Ze pinched her face, saying playfully.

From their hometown to the provincial capital took a whole day, and then from the provincial capital, they would transfer to Yanjing before flying directly to San Francisco in Eagle Country.

They would have to carry one or two hundred jin of weight all the way; how could delicious food be obtained so easily?

"No, I'll just eat as I go."

Lucy slyly rolled her eyes: "First, I'll eat all the fruits and those with a short shelf life."

She had even planned in her mind to categorize all the food, arranging them by shelf life from top to bottom.

The shorter the shelf life, the faster she would eliminate it.

Looking at Lucy's appearance, Lu Ze shook his head helplessly.

'Da Xia must have already transported that C-5M away, right?'

As for that high-precision five-axis machine tool, he really didn't care about it; his main concern was the safety of the C-5M.

Judging by Da Xia's speed, even for such a massive transport plane, it shouldn't take long to complete the transfer.

Moreover, he had placed the transport plane during the sudden heavy snow, which was more beneficial for a covert operation.

Just as he was thinking about this.

Suddenly, a message popped up on the light screen in his vision.

"Ding! You have a new email message to view."

'It seems Da Xia has completed the transfer work.'

Lu Ze thought to himself.

He quickly projected the email backend onto the light screen.

He saw only a few lines of text inside.

"Thank you very much for your organization's gift. Da Xia is very satisfied and has nothing to repay."

"Three months from now is October 1st, marking Da Xia's 60th anniversary. If your esteemed party has free time,"

"We cordially invite your esteemed party to visit Da Xia to observe. We will treat you with national courtesy."

(PS: The first update came a bit late, sorry, sorry!!)