Episode 13 recap: Xie Zhen Yu's parachute test experiment was successful.
Everyone was on pins and needles about it, and although Qin Da Di survived, it still left them feeling apprehensive. The experiment was suspended, and the expert team found that the direct cause of the accident was cracks that appeared in the welded joints of the tensioner connectors on both sides of the parachute cord. Yi Zhengbang announced that until Qin Da Di was discharged from the hospital and rejoined the team, Yu Tao would serve as the acting captain and fulfill the corresponding duties.
Xie Zhen Yu expressed that he felt a rare sense of fear, but Yu Tao told Xie Zhen Yu that now the entire test flight team, including himself, had no choice. Qin Da Di applied to rejoin the team as soon as his condition improved, but Yi Zhengbang decisively rejected it, as his current condition made him unfit for test flights.
As a result, Xie Zhen Yu proposed that he be the first to conduct the test flight, as he was fully prepared for man-machine integration. Kang Yan Cheng defended Xie Zhen Yu, and Xie Zhen Yu also seriously reflected on this, believing that he wanted a strictly obedient soldier.
The subsequent test process went very smoothly and successfully, making everyone elated, and the two executives even proposed commending Xie Zhen Yu at the meeting. As a result, General Manager Liang and General Manager Zhou discussed the work plan for tomorrow, planning to further adjust the test program based on the speed level created by Xie Zhen Yu, refining the original plan step by step, and accelerating the test speed to find the successful mounting speed in the shortest time.
After the meeting, Yi Zhengbang proposed that the test flight team summarize their work every day. The soldier Big Bear from the ground support force wrote letters to express his longing for his family, but he strictly followed the confidentiality discipline, folding each letter into a paper airplane and keeping them, believing that one day when they boarded the aircraft carrier, they could use the carrier's post office to send the letters back home.
Captain Ling Kai praised everyone's performance, saying that although they were not the main actors on the test field, their main task was to cooperate with the test pilots in this stage, creating the first aircraft carrier deck service and command sign language system for the Chinese Navy. When the aircraft carrier trials were completed and the navy was equipped, they would be the only unit in the entire navy that understood the aircraft carrier deck service and command sign language.
That night, Liu Ni Na and Xia Chu discussed Xie Zhen Yu, and they had a much better opinion of him now. Xia Chu actively called her boyfriend Qian Cheng, but to her surprise, the one who answered the phone was the secretary Xiao Xiao, who claimed that Qian Cheng was drunk and she had taken him home. Liu Ni Na, who was nearby, warned Xia Chu not to be careless.
Xie Zhen Yu proactively went to Qin Da Di's dormitory, reflecting on the mistakes he had made during the test flight today and putting forward reasonable suggestions, which made Qin Da Di feel very gratified.
At the same time, Liang Hua suggested that Chen Ya Hong could apply to be recused from participating in the test flight the next day, but Chen Ya Hong did not agree, insisting on facing the challenge together with the one she loved.
In the subsequent cable testing, Qin Da Di found that Ling Kai and the others had changed their hand gestures, and upon inquiry, learned that they were reforming the command sign language. For this situation, Qin Da Di pointed out some characteristics of foreign sign languages, which Ling Kai incorporated into reasonable suggestions. However, the cable attachment failed in each subsequent test flight, one after another, accumulating to over 200 failures, leaving everyone quite gloomy.
As a result, the two CEOs discussed it and formally proposed new test content to Yi Zheng Bang, hoping to make a breakthrough in the content and progress of tomorrow's test, and felt that it might be possible to set upper limits for speed and gravity, to increase the scale of the cable test speed and weight. But if this were the case, it would mean very high risks, which could even cause physical injury to the test pilots.
Yi Zheng Bang was unsure, so he summoned Qin Da Di and Tao Si Yong to inform them of the two CEOs' suggestions. Tao Si Yong, upon hearing this, strongly opposed it, stating that such a test should absolutely not be conducted, as it was clearly very dangerous, and questioned why they would risk Qin Da Di's life. However, Qin Da Di insisted on being the first to take the test flight.
Although Yi Zheng Bang felt reluctant and apprehensive, he also knew that Qin Da Di was more suitable than Yu Tao, both in terms of age and experience, and because Qin Da Di had overcome three aerial crises, demonstrating a greater ability to handle various dangers. After Yi Zheng Bang left, Qin Da Di returned to his dormitory, gazing out the window and lost in thoughts of his wife and children.
On the other side, Wu Xiao persistently cared for her son, but he felt his legs would not recover, and hoped she would not have too high expectations. The mother and son lay awake at the window, looking at the distant stars. The son, thoughtful and considerate, was thinking of his father, and Wu Xiao felt deeply gratified, saying that Qin Da Di was the pride of their family.
Meanwhile, Tao Si Yong went to talk to Qin Da Di, knowing he had reservations, and should not have agreed to Yi Zheng Bang's test flight request. Qin Da Di told Tao Si Yong that if he did not return the next day, he should let Yu Tao take over as the squadron leader, believing that he and Xie Zhen Yu would become excellent air force aces, and that they would cultivate even more outstanding new personnel.
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