Spread your wings ■ Zhang Lei one "Look, that's Tonga!" Zhou Han, commander of the second flight brigade of an air force aviation regiment of the central theater command and a first-class pilot of the air force, looked into the deep ocean under the wings. There were several dark green dots connected together. The shape of an island became clearer and could not help shouting. 13 days ago, the submarine volcano on Tonga Hong aha ApaI island erupted, which was later confirmed to be the "largest explosion" in the earth's atmosphere since instruments recorded it. At the request of the kingdom of Tonga, two yun-20 aircraft of the Chinese air force were ordered to carry out the task of delivering disaster relief materials to Tonga. When taking off from Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, it rained nonstop. Yun-20, loaded with more than 30 tons of emergency and post disaster reconstruction materials, glided slowly on the runway. The raindrops on the front windshield became denser and denser, and the two wipers swung back and forth. The runway is a little fuzzy. Zhou Han holds the steering wheel and pedals the rudder. Yun-20 carrying goods glides steadily forward. "Our 'Kunpeng' is a flexible fat man!" As the captain of the flight team, Zhou Han likes the name Kunpeng and the feeling of flying with it. No matter take-off, landing, formation or tactical action, the smooth cooperation between man and machine makes him have a stable sense of happiness. For more than two years, Zhou Han and his comrades in arms flew the "Kunpeng" to the plateau, toured the South China Sea, and crossed the island. Whether they encountered complicated weather such as rainfall, crosswind, broken clouds, or encountered the accompanying flight and disturbance of foreign aircraft and ships, they could always calmly cope with and avert danger. In 2021, in southern Xinjiang of the motherland, Zhou Han's crew arrived on time, landed accurately, and dropped "three noes" in major competition tasks organized by the air force. They stood out from a variety of aircraft types and dozens of participating crew, won the first place in the total score, and won the "golden dart" of the air force. This is the first time that a transport plane has entered the competition and won this honor. After taking off from Guangzhou, the weather was fine all the way. Two yun-20 aircraft spread their wings southward over the wide Pacific Ocean. A few clouds outside the window make the blue sky seem to have a boundary. The arc-shaped sea level shows the shape of the earth, and Zhou Han's heart is filled with a lofty feeling of spreading his wings for 90000 miles. The flight path of the mission was recorded on the cockpit display screen, which flew over five time zones, crossed the equator for the first time, and crossed the international date change line at the same time, which brought many challenges to the aircraft and crew. Zhou Han and his comrades in arms quickly adjusted the airborne system and various data according to the route change and the plan. On this flight, they flew nearly half the distance of the equator. Not far away, an island is buckled on the blue-green sea like colored glass. The tropical vegetation on the island is set off by the blue sky and white clouds. Patches of bare land are covered with thick volcanic ash. Tonga, a beautiful South Pacific island, is close at hand. The weather of the sea is like a child's face. It changes as it changes. Airborne radar scanning shows that there is a strong echo on the route and it needs to fly around. A few minutes later, a dark cloud in the Northeast pressed against the plane. Zhou Han immediately contacted the tower, and yun-20 made a big turn around the edge of the cloud, and the rain immediately fell on the fuselage. The plane aimed at the runway in the face of the shower and landed. At about 6:00 on January 28, 2022, Beijing time and about 11:00 local time, the two y-20 aircraft stopped steadily at Nukualofa International Airport, Tonga capital. The staff of the Chinese Embassy in Tonga and representatives of Chinese and overseas Chinese who came to meet them were holding five-star red flags and singing "sing to the motherland". The local people outside the airport waved the national flags of the two countries and danced enthusiastically. Finally, the profound friendship of the Chinese people was "speeded" to the Tongan people. Zhou Han and his comrades in arms quickly unloaded food, drinking water, water purifiers, tents, personal protective equipment, radio communication equipment and other materials. The ground crew carried a cloud of volcanic ash near the airport onto the plane, which is a witness to the great friendship between the two peoples. "Kunpeng" has built this emotional bond across the ocean. A few hours later, in the capital of Beijing, more than 10000 kilometers away, the media released the news that "two yun-20 aircraft of the Chinese air force delivered disaster relief supplies to Tonga", which triggered a heated discussion. Some netizens left a message: Kunpeng spread his wings, fly high and sail far, be the wing of a great power, and play the role of a great power! two Braised fish, sweet and sour pork chops and glutinous rice chicken. At his home in the East Third Ring Road of Beijing, Zhang Lei, the captain of the regiment's yun-20 and the air force's super pilot, looked at the rich new year's Eve dinner and thought it would be worse than dumplings. The Spring Festival Gala is still more than two hours away. The son who is reading senior one is reading a book and his wife is cooking in the kitchen. The Spring Festival in 2020 is destined to be extraordinary. Zhang Lei, who went home for vacation three days ago, especially cherished the hard won new year's Eve dinner. He was busy in the living room and kitchen, paying attention to the news about the Wuhan epidemic on the TV in the living room, and paying attention to the mobile phone on the table. News is forewarning, which has been the tradition of Zhang Lei's Division for many years. As a strategic transport aircraft unit, they are used to predicting tasks from the news - as long as there is an emergency, they will study and judge at the first time, revise the deployment plan, and be ready to take off at any time. The new year's Eve dinner has been served, and the dumplings are steaming in the pot. Just as Zhang Lei was about to call his son to eat, his mobile phone rang. Zhang Lei picked it up and saw that it was the instructor of the flight brigade. The wife had already felt something from Zhang Lei's expression, and vaguely heard "OK, I'll book tickets right away", which confirmed her guess. After hanging up, Zhang Lei looked at his wife apologetically. As a military sister-in-law, especially the wife of a pilot, she was used to such things, so she winked at Zhang Lei and said not to tell her children yet. In this way, the family had a happy New Year's Eve dinner. The son was paying attention to the Spring Festival Gala. The wife made a video greeting with her parents, relatives and friends. Zhang Lei quietly booked the first high-speed rail ticket the next day, and then collected information about the fight against the epidemic on the Internet. Before dawn on the first day of the lunar new year, Zhang Lei boarded the high-speed rail. After his son zhangyanqi got up, he looked for Zhang Lei all over the room: "where's my father?" After listening to his mother explain the reason, he mumbled, "isn't it a vacation? How can I say I'm leaving?" After returning to the team, Zhang Lei submitted a letter of invitation to the organization, and then he and his comrades in arms were involved in the emergency air transport preparations. Mission research, route planning, flight preparation... In the early morning of February 13, Zhang Lei and his comrades in arms flew yun-20 from multiple airports to Wuhan to support the members and materials of Hubei medical team. This is the first time that a domestic large transport aircraft, the y-20, has participated in a non war military operation. At that time, Zhang Lei carried out the task of Tianjin. Due to the low visibility of Tianjin Binhai airport, it has exceeded the minimum standard for aircraft takeoff and landing. Zhang Lei and the crew studied carefully and worked closely to drive "Kunpeng" to take off and land on time. For them, time is life. No matter how complicated the weather is, no matter how difficult it is, the air transport task cannot be delayed for a second. The emergency airlift of y-20, a large domestic transport aircraft, has greatly inspired the confidence of the national people in the fight against the epidemic. On the Internet, there are all kinds of information about yun-20's support for the fight against the epidemic. Netizens left messages one after another: "seeing Pangniu, I feel inexplicably moved and happy" "the PLA is coming, and I feel a steady sense of security.". Zhang Lei's wife gave her son a call from Wuhan Tianhe Airport. "Thank you for travelling thousands of miles to Wuhan!" "Thank you, air traffic control! Hail to you, come on, Wuhan, China will win!" It's dad! Zhang Yanqi recognized that this was an open space call between Zhang Lei and Wuhan air traffic control, shouted excitedly, and soon shared it with several good friends and added it to his wechat collection. At about 4 a.m. on February 17, with the roar of the engine and the flashing signal lights cutting through the night, Zhang Lei and his comrades in arms drove "Kunpeng" to fight again against the dense fog. More than an hour later, the y-20 landed at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport. After checking the aircraft, they guided the members of the medical team to take their seats and issued a yun-20vip boarding pass elaborately prepared by the support personnel to the medical team members. On the front of the boarding pass is the departure time, name, voyage and other information, and on the back is the warm prompt and the blessing of "salute to the most beautiful white soldier". In the morning of the same day, "yun-20 ticket paid tribute to the soldiers in white" boarded the hot search, and many netizens admitted that they were crying warmly by this "hard core ticket". This small boarding pass, full of the deep love of the yun-20 crew and the support personnel, has become one of the symbols of the people's army's support for the fight against epidemic diseases. It was collected by the Chinese people's Revolutionary Military Museum in that year. three On the morning of September 27, 2020, at Incheon International Airport, South Korea, a yun-20 aircraft numbered 20041 stood quietly. On the dark gray fuselage, the bright red five-star red flag was particularly eye-catching. After the cabin door was closed, the lights in the cabin were slightly dim. The coffins of the remains of 117 Chinese people's volunteers were neatly placed in the cabin. The cabin was solemn. "Take off your hat and pay a silent tribute to the volunteers!" With the command of the leader of the team leader division and the commander of the task unit, the crew lined up neatly and paid a silent tribute to the coffin. Soldiers express their respect for their ancestors in a unique way. Xuyanjun, deputy head of the regiment and captain of yun-20, looked at the dark red coffin covered with the national flag and had thousands of thoughts. 70 years ago, you bravely crossed the Yalu River, defended your country and fought bravely. With faith and blood, you created a miracle in the history of war and created a mysterious oriental spirit. Behind the sacrifice for life and death lies the rock like faith, the love for new China, and the loved ones who miss day and night. Although we do not know your age, nor do we know your face, your meritorious deeds have always been remembered. Today, we take the expectations of our motherland and people to foreign countries to pick you up. It's a long way home. Since 2015, Xu Yanjun's unit has carried out the task of receiving and transporting the remains of volunteer martyrs to South Korea every year. At that time, they were all looking forward to driving the most advanced domestic transport aircraft to pick up the remains of volunteer martyrs home. On the 20th anniversary of the shipment of the regiment, the wishes of xuyanjun and his comrades in arms finally came true, and "Kunpeng" began to carry out this task. This is a sacred mission. After receiving the mission, everyone is preparing carefully. The leaders of the division and regiment personally planned and designed the mission routes, how to deal with special situations in the air and how to deal with complex weather. In order to keep up with the time, they rehearsed repeatedly, envisioned various hidden dangers and revised the plan measures with the mission crew. It is the most simple wish of officers and men to welcome the volunteers home with the highest standards. They carefully selected the first yun-20 plane 20041 loaded by the army to carry out the pick-up mission to South Korea. This No. 1 symbolizes "charge". In the task of supporting the anti epidemic, it went retrograde and arrived in Wuhan for the first time, fighting nonstop; No. 1 also means "sharp knife". It spans Europe and Asia and flies to many countries, showing the style of a big country. Today, No. 1 represents "respect" and the highest respect for heroes by "Kunpeng" people. The maintenance personnel modified the engine room. Green carpets were laid on the ground inside the cabin. The officers and soldiers brushed the carpets inch by inch with hairbrushes; They installed the fixed position lattice according to the size of the coffin, and wrapped a buffer belt around each fixed position to make each hero's journey home more stable; The crew members put on white gloves, carefully put a coffin containing the remains of a martyr into a fixed clip, and gently wiped it with a white towel. went home The yun-20 special plane carrying the remains of the seventh batch of volunteers in Korea glided slowly, deftly retracted the landing gear and took off towards the motherland. Stable