Showing the greatest respect!

The tower controller just repeated the six simple words of the military district leader, but it made Chen Xu, who was a soldier, feel infinite emotion and honor in his heart.

The touching was because of the attitude of the military leaders. Such simple words were more important than Mount Tai;

The honor is because the military region leaders instructed him to fly this Boeing 747 passenger plane on behalf of the military region, and to express the greatest respect between the pilots to the more than 20 American Flying Tigers on board and the more than 20 Chinese Flying Tigers waiting in the airport.

The huge sense of mission made the two pilots sit upright. Chen Xu looked at the co-pilot next to him with red eyes and suddenly said to him: "No. 2, you are now in command!"

When the captain controls the aircraft, the second co-pilot has no control rights. His task is to do all the deputy chief tasks assigned by the captain, such as retracting the flaps, controlling the accelerator, opening or closing the landing gear. However, once the captain says the four words "You are commanding", it means that the captain handed over the driving rights to the co-pilot.

Such a significant thing, the co-pilot didn't expect the captain to suddenly hand over the driving power to himself. He instinctively wanted to refuse, but Chen Xu said firmly again: "Say it again, now you are instructed."

The co-pilot was stunned for three seconds, then nodded solemnly and said with great excitement: "I understand, I'll be instructed!"

After saying that, the co-pilot immediately entered the state and said, "The tower, Air China requested altitude to drop to 3000 for two or three turns, and began to fly around the field!"

The tower immediately replied: "Air China will turn two or three times, and it can be lowered to 3000. Chuncheng Airport has cleared you!"

The captain was in a state of excitement, turned on the cabin radio and said in skillful English: "Ladies and gentlemen, dear Flying Tigers, this is the Captain Radio. Thank you for taking the Air China charter flight. It is also very honored that we can take the flight mission of this trip to China. Our plane is about to arrive at the China Spring City Airport. We just received the request from the Chuncheng Military Region that the airport has cleared us. Our plane will fly around the field for five laps at a low altitude of 300 meters, which is nearly 1,000 feet, to show the greatest respect of the Chinese people. Our plane has a certain inclination when flying around the field. Please fasten your seat belts and we will land after the roundabout."

"Flying around the field?!" The American Flying Tigers on the plane were particularly excited when they heard the news. They cleared the entire civil aviation airport in a short time to allow the plane to fly around the field at a low altitude. China has indeed given them very much respect and attention beyond expectations.

They have been in the United States for so many years after the war, but they have never received such courtesy. The American people do not know about the Asian battlefield of World War II. In addition, the United States has many European descendants, so Americans pay much more attention to the European battlefield than the Asian battlefield. In the United States, although the veterans of World War II are very respected, the most respected ones are those who went to the European battlefield and the most respected ones who participated in the D-dy, that is, the Normandy landing. Although these flying tiger players do not care about these, they have indeed been relatively neglected over the years. Now they are so valued by the Chinese people, which has given them great comfort.

When Air China 747 dropped to a height of 300 meters, the behemoth could be seen very clearly from the ground.

More than 20 Chinese old flying tiger team members sitting on stools stood up excitedly when they saw the large passenger plane with a familiar shark mouth painted on it.

No one told them which plane the American pilots arrived, but when they saw the shark's mouth, everyone knew that it was coming!

The shark is here!

The Flying Tigers are here!

Old comrades are here!

These Chinese Flying Tigers who were waiting for their old comrades in the transnational army did not expect to see such a spectacular and familiar scene. This was indeed a huge surprise.

This cartoon shark mouth is of great significance to the old American Flying Tigers, and is also of great significance to the Chinese Flying Tigers.

The plane got closer and closer, and then did not aim at the runway to land. Instead, it turned around not far from the end of the runway, tilted its fuselage and began to fly around the field.

The old Flying Tigers know this move very well. In the war years, the highest way for fighter pilots to show respect was to fly an aircraft around the field at a low altitude!

The old flying tiger team members from China saluted and saluted spontaneously, and their bodies could not help but turn with the plane, always staring at the plane and the familiar, bloody shark mouth.

One circle! Two circles! Three circles...

These old Chinese Flying Tigers could not help but burst into tears, as if the world had undergone earth-shaking changes, as if the surroundings were no longer modern civil aviation airports but the simple military airports of the past, as if there were no modern civil aviation passenger planes in the sky, but the Flying Tigers fighters of the past, as if they had returned to their twenties in an instant, and the unique sound of the propeller planes sounded in their ears, as if they heard the long sound of the air defense alarm, as if they heard the order from their superiors to go out. The fusion of history and modernity made them tremble all over excitedly.

After five laps, both in the plane and on the ground, the veterans burst into tears. The 747 finally aimed at the runway. The huge passenger plane gradually descended in the air with its head held high, as if it was a ferocious shark that had come out of the water. It landed smoothly, pushed back, slowed down, and the plane left the runway and entered the taxiway, and taxied towards the area that had been prepared.

The Yun Provincial Military Region and the Yun Provincial Armed Police Corps coordinated. The Chuncheng Airport Fire Brigade, which has been stationed in the airport for a long time, sent six fire trucks to prepare on both sides of the taxiway hundreds of meters away from the red carpet greeting area. When the plane was about to taxi over, six fire trucks on both sides sprayed high-pressure water columns, forming three huge water gates. This is the highest etiquette of modern aviation systems, and it is also to express the greatest respect to these American Flying Tigers who have made outstanding contributions to China.

The veterans were surprised again.

Even their relatives felt extremely incredible!

Flying around the field at a low altitude and welcoming the ground water gate, the etiquette given by China is really beyond everyone's expectations. No one expected that they would be treated so grandly by China.

Through the window, the elderly on the plane and their families saw six fire trucks on the roofs. The firefighters standing and saluted. Although they didn't know if these officers and soldiers could see themselves, the elderly by the window raised their right hands as soon as possible and saluted the young firefighters.

No matter how many hostilities and conflicts the two countries have had in recent years, it will not affect the respect of young Chinese soldiers to these veterans.

Li Mu, Liu Xinying and military representatives, Chen Chengwu, who came in casual clothes, stood at the front of the red carpet. Behind were more than 20 Chinese Flying Tigers, as well as their relatives, and there were more than 30 young people wearing black trousers and white shirts next to them. These people were members of the military band of the military region. This time, they came with musical instruments to perform rituals and music.

The Yun Provincial Military Region has put a lot of effort into this welcome, but because considering that the Veterans Immortal Charity Foundation is a private charity organization and the invitation of veterans in the United States is also a private exchange activity, the official should not participate directly, so Chen Chengwu and the members of the military band were all dressed in plain clothes. The leader was very considerate. He was not worried about causing any trouble to himself. The most important thing was that he did not want the Veterans Immortal Charity Foundation to be publicized to the public at that time, making people think that there was an official participation in it.

A private charity organization should ensure its purity. In a reasonable and reasonable situation, it can seek official help, but it cannot be influenced by the official. This is what the leader asked Chen Chengwu to bring to Li Mu and Liu Xinying. It is his attitude and his encouragement to the veterans' Immortal Charity Foundation.

The plane passed through three water doors, slowed down, and finally stopped steadily in front of the transverse red carpet. The ladder truck immediately drove on and connected with the door. Then the flight attendant opened the door from the cabin.

Before the veterans started getting off the plane, Chen Chengwu waved his hand, and the more than 30 members of the military band in casual clothes immediately stood up and prepared their instruments. A conductor walked up to everyone, raised the baton in his hand, and prepared at any time.

Finally, Paul Crawford, the oldest among the American Flying Tigers, slowly walked out of the cabin door with the help of his son and granddaughter. When he took the first step on the ladder, all the old Chinese Flying Tigers saluted the military salutes. The old man immediately stopped and raised his hand to return the salute.

At this time, the conductor of the military band made a starting gesture, and the military band played the most famous military song "ld-ldier-ever-die,tey-jt-fde-wy" in the United States during World War II

Douglas MacArthur, a famous American general in World War II, once quoted the title of this song in his farewell speech, saying that the veteran will never die, but will gradually wither.

The music sounded, and all the old Flying Tigers were filled with emotion.

This song is very familiar to Western veterans who have experienced World War II, and is not unfamiliar with these Chinese Flying Tigers. The American Flying Tigers and even Chennard often played this song with a phonograph. Although the overall cultural level of the Chinese army at that time was very low, the Chinese soldiers who could participate in the Flying Tigers had a high level of cultural level. They have always been taught by Western instructors. English is a compulsory course. After becoming comrades with American pilots, their English listening and speaking skills were very good.

One after another, American Flying Tigers came down from the plane. Li Mu, Liu Xinying and Chen Chengwu were at the front, bowing to each of the old Flying Tigers who got off the plane, shook hands, and welcomed them to China and Chuncheng. Then, the volunteers guided these American Flying Tigers toward the Chinese Flying Tigers who had been waiting for a long time.

These American elderly people and Chinese elderly people have been staring at each other for a long time. Fifty or sixty years have passed, and each person's face has undergone earth-shaking changes, and almost no one can recognize who the other person is.

Paul Crawford, who was walking in the front, began to shake hands with the first Chinese Flying Tigers, Mr. Sun Xiaozhong, whom Li Mu personally visited. Then, Paul Crawford excitedly introduced himself: "Hello, my name is Paul Crawford."

"Paul?!" The old man Sun Xiaozhong asked him in English in surprise: "Are you really Paul?"

"It's me, are you?"

"I'm xizg, xizg!"

Paul Crawford hugged Sun Xiaozhong excitedly and burst into tears: "Oh my God! xizg! My friend! My brother! You are still alive! For more than fifty years, I often dream of us hiding from the fragments of Japanese soldiers searching together with the help of Chinese villagers in the cellar. God knows how much I miss you over the years. I have always thought that you are the one I want to meet again before I die. I didn't expect it to be true!"
Chapter completed!