Chapter 11: The Aircraft Carrier Falls

  Although he didn't know what kind of scenery Qiu Lin would take him to see, Sun Qifan sat in his seat and also showed a little excitement.

  Through the coconut forest surrounding Warehouse 094, after flying east for about one kilometer, Seagull No. 1 has already flown over the coastline of the East China Sea. Through the window, looking far away, you can see the entire Zhanjiang City at a glance.

  Zhao Hu said nothing, he just sat quietly in his seat, his eyes fixed on Qiu Lin.

  He found that Qiu Lin did not lead everyone to Zhanjiang City, but instead went straight into the deep sea of East China. Seeing this, after five minutes, Qiu Lin still didn't seem to want to go anywhere else, Zhao Hu asked: "Qiu Lin, where are you planning to take everyone?"

  Qiu Lin smiled and said, "Chief, didn't you say that we would take Sun Qifan to see the sea?"

  "But going further forward would mean leaving our country's territorial waters."

  "I know." Qiu Lin still just smiled, but in the tone of voice, began to search for something towards the sea outside the window.

  After searching for half a day, Qiu Lin seemed to have found what she wanted and couldn't help but smile, saying: "The Seagull 1 is about to land, please everyone keep a good attitude."

  "Descent?!" Sun Qifan was startled and hastily stuck to the window, looking out at the endless sea below. "Qiu Lin, are you kidding me? How can we land here?"

  "Who said there's no landing spot here?" As she spoke, Qiu Lin raised her hand and knocked on the radar screen.

  Following Qiu Lin's meaning, Sun Qifan stretched his head to look at the display screen, but found nothing, and couldn't help but become more anxious: "There is no landing point at all!"

  The deputy captain didn't want to see Sun Qifan so anxious, so he smiled and said: "There is indeed a landing point, but it's not land, it's an aircraft carrier deck."

  Hearing the lieutenant's words, Sun Qifan was stunned on the spot and stuttered after a long while: "Air... carrier, air carrier! We're going to land on an aircraft carrier!"

  Watching Sun Qifan's overreaction, Qiu Lin hummed softly and manipulated the helicopter to slowly descend onto the 157 warship's helipad. She teased Sun Qifan: "Sun Qifan, aren't you a top student in psychology? You're so scared of such a small thing, I really wonder how you got four years of first-class scholarships in college."

  "That... that's because... because I'm smart enough!" As he spoke, Sun Qifan's hands were already tightly grasping the handle on his head.

  "Are you scared? You're a genius, what are you nervous about, are you acrophobic?" As she spoke, Qiu Lin deliberately shook her hands, and the helicopter immediately wobbled. With the wobble, Sun Qifan was startled and cried out, his hands grasping the armrests tightened even more, and his whole body trembled and shrank back.

  Qiu Lin didn't say anything else, just smiled lightly and steadily landed the Haiying 1 on the flight deck of the 157 warship. As the rotor slowly came to a stop, Qiu Lin took off her helmet and turned around to look at Sun Qifan's tightly closed eyes, which were full of fear, and said: "Hey, we've arrived, it's time to get off."

  "Are we there?" Responding to Qiu Lin's words, Sun Qifan didn't dare open his eyes.

  "It's really here."

  Although it is not clear whether Qiu Lin was fooling herself, Sun Qifan slowly opened his eyes. When he saw that the helicopter had landed steadily on the helipad, Old Zhao and Shang Wei had already stepped onto the deck, he finally let out a sigh of relief and quickly got off the helicopter.

  As soon as his feet landed on the deck, Sun Qifan felt an unprecedented sense of solidity in his heart, a kind of comfort that was like being reborn.

  Looking at Sun Qifan like that, Qiu Lin couldn't help but click her tongue twice and walk up to Sun Qifan, grasping his shoulder and asking: "I'm saying, genius, is my helicopter really so scary that it makes you more worried than two chiefs?"

  "You're wrong, you're really wrong. If the landing point was on land, I would be as calm as they are. But you landed here, on the aircraft carrier's flight deck. With a little carelessness, we'll end up in the belly of the fish!" Sun Qifan took another deep breath. After his mood had calmed down a bit, he turned back to ask Qiu Lin: "Qiu Lin, actually I have one thing that I don't understand. How did you know there was an empty spot on this warship?"

  "I asked before departure, otherwise how could there be staff guiding me to land?"

  "Descent guidance?"

  "Don't you understand? On land, there are landing indicator lights to guide us for landing, but on a warship, we need corresponding personnel to guide the landing, otherwise it will really be a disaster."

  Listening to Qiu Lin say this, Sun Qifan couldn't help but take a deep breath again. The mood that had just calmed down a little earlier suddenly became somewhat fearful once more.

  Zhao Hu still didn't say anything, he looked at the two people arguing and just felt a little envious as he smiled and walked to one side. When he arrived at the right wing of the 157 warship's deck, he softly called out to the lieutenant who had been in the co-pilot seat, "Is there something you want to say?"

  The captain thought for a moment before responding: "You're referring to that female comrade's driving?"

  "Otherwise? Do you think I'm asking about your lifelong affairs?"

  The captain rubbed his head with an embarrassed smile, "Although I don't know where she learned her helicopter piloting skills from, it's clear that her flying is very skilled and she can steadily land the helicopter on the aircraft carrier's flight deck, which is something that ordinary pilots cannot do."

  "It seems that this girl is indeed a good seedling after all."

  "Yes." The captain nodded in response, turned his head to look at Qiu Lin with a smile, and continued: "Moreover, her theoretical knowledge is also quite solid. Before taking off, I intentionally adjusted some takeoff parameters, and she always adjusted them back before applying for takeoff."

  "Looks like you're also interested in checking out her skills?"

  Captain nodded again, scratching his head and smiling awkwardly: "I can brag in front of you, I'd like to see how much she weighs."

  "What's the result?"

  "Good seedling, if possible, I'd like to apply for her transfer to our helicopter squadron right away. With some more refined training, she'll definitely be a great hand!" The captain patted his chest and gave Qiu Lin a thumbs up in front of Zhao Hu.

  Seeing the Southern Sea Fleet's first helicopter pilot give such a resounding endorsement, Zhao Hu couldn't help but smile and respond: "In that case, I really can't let you have it."

  Looking at his own calculations, the lieutenant couldn't help but feel deflated. However, after being stunned for a while, he pulled Zhao Hu towards him and whispered in his ear: "Uncle, why don't you just let me have her? After all, Zhuo Yi is already the first female carrier-based aircraft pilot, you won't lack one like that."

  Zhao Hu looked at his nephew Zhao Neng's pleading face, and couldn't help but furrow his brow, crossing his arms to ask: "Are you asking me to let her be your wife or your concubine?"

  "It's all right." Zhao Neng said with a even more silly smile.

  Zhao Hu smiled wryly and said, "I can't decide on matters of fate, but I can settle the matter of the female pilot."

  "Really? Then I'll go write a transfer application." With that, Zhao Nai turned around with a happy face and was about to leave.

  However, before he could turn around, Zhao Hu was immediately stopped and said: "I'm saying... the matter of Nu Fei, I can settle it for you, is... absolutely impossible!" After that, Zhao Hu burst out laughing and walked towards Sun Qifan and Qiu Lin, leaving only Zhao Neng alone on the spot, furious at being played.

  But when he looked at Qiu Lin's lovely appearance, his face again hung with a sincere and silly smile, that kind of smile was very simple, like the first love.

  Just as Qiu Lin and others landed on the 157th ship, Zhuo Yi also brought twenty-two other students to the 094 warehouse for an internal visit. After all the students left, Zhuo Yi saw Sun Fan and quickly pulled him aside to ask in a low voice: "Have you seen Qiu Lin?"

  Sun Fan gritted his teeth and shook his head, saying: "Didn't see."

  "This girl, if I see her again, she'll be the first one I fire!"

  Looking at Zhuo Yi's angry appearance, Sun Fan couldn't help but burst out laughing. Seeing Sun Fan still laughing at this time, Zhuo Yi immediately became somewhat displeased and shouted: "Hey, I'm worried about you, how can you still laugh?"

  "No, it's been many years since I've seen you get angry. Suddenly seeing it now makes me very happy and satisfied."

  Being teased by Sun Fan like this, Zhuo Yi also couldn't help but laugh out loud, but she forced herself to say: "Then are you going to ignore Qiu Lin's life and death?"

  "I don't care about that anymore, Old Zheng already told me just now, Qiu Lin has taken Old Zhao and my nephew to the 157 warship."

  "Lao Zhao?" Zhuo Yi furrowed her brow, "You're referring to the Military Region Commander, Zhao Hu?"

  Sun Fan didn't say anything else, just nodded his head in affirmation. Zhuo Yi suddenly sneered, "Hmph! It turns out that while we're so anxious, they've already gone out to play on their own."

  And the helicopter was driven by Qiu Lin.

  "What... what, Qiu Lin is driving a helicopter with Lao Zhao and Sun Qifan!"

  Zhuo Yi's reaction was too big, her voice almost drowned out the construction noise in the dockyard. Sun Fan quickly covered Zhuo Yi's mouth with his hand and pulled her aside, saying: "Keep your voice down, are you afraid others don't know you have a loud mouth or what?"

  "No, what does this mean then?"

  "It's simple, Qiu Lin is already one of the last six students on my list."

  "That's impossible! When she gets back to base, I'll be the first one to expel her!"

  "Alright then, let's make a bet. If there are others who want her to stay besides me, you'll wash my socks for a month."

  "Did I win?"

  "I'll wash your underwear for a month!"

  Zhuo Yi's eyes widened in shock, and she quickly covered Sun Fan's mouth with her hand. After checking that no one was around and hadn't heard anything, Zhuo Yi relaxed her grip and said sternly to Sun Fan, "Then you've definitely lost!"