During the Spring Festival, Chen Buci either took Shi Qingruo to visit relatives or stroll around the city. On the seventh day of the first lunar month, they went to Suzhou City for two days, and on the tenth day, they went to the northwest.

When they arrived at the base, they distributed wedding candies to their colleagues, and Shen Buci and Shi Qingruo cleaned the dormitory.

Shen Buci rolled up the quilt on the bed, walked to Shi Qingruo's dormitory, and put the quilt on her bed.

Shi Qingruo was drinking water and found it a little funny to see him performing a series of actions as if he had practiced them countless times.

Shen Buci sat on the bed, waited for her to put the cup over, took her into his arms, and took off her coat, "What are you laughing at?"

"Have you thought about this many times in your mind? You seem so familiar with it."

"I used to think about it before going to bed." He nodded, put her on the bed, took off his coat, and hugged her, "Kiss me."

Shi Qingruo kissed him on the corner of his lips.

Shen Buci patted her back and rubbed her cheek, "Go to sleep."

I woke up in the afternoon. In the evening, we had this year’s opening dinner together, and we officially started working the next day.

Design engineers discussed common aircraft problems for a month, with the lights in the seminar room often on day and night.

In April 1981, the spare parts of the new fighter plane were escorted to the Northwest Flight Base and successfully assembled at the base. Engineers inspected the aircraft to ensure that all components could operate normally.

The initial inspection of the aircraft was completed, and the test pilots became familiar with the new aircraft and learned new theoretical knowledge.

After Lin Hangtian's death, Xiao Yu became the new chief, partnering with another pilot Li Fei and conducting performance flight tests of the new aircraft together with several other groups of test pilots.

In May, the first engine performance flight test began.

The sky was blue and the plane flew through the clouds, leaving behind streaks of cloud.

"044,045, reporting flight status." The tower commander's voice was steady and powerful.

"Altitude 10,000, indicated speed 500, 150 kilometers from home. Fuel gauge normal, airspeed gauge normal, pressure gauge normal, data transmission normal."

"The left and right ailerons are normal..."

"The flight status is good. Report completed. Please ask the tower for instructions."

Tower control: "Continue flying and perform performance operations."

"receive."

Climb, dive, spin...

Everyone in the command room stared at the real-time transmission screen, watching the changes in the data transmitted back.

The hands of the watch swung left and right, and the aircraft performed the required instructions in the air. The new aircraft had some minor problems, but overall it completed the first performance test perfectly.

When the plane returned, Xiao Yu asked, "Can we have an extra meal tonight? The roast lamb we had the night before was very good."

Li Fei: “Agree.”

The tower commander smiled and replied, "This is just a small request. I will satisfy you."

Shen Buci stood in front of the huge transparent glass window, watching the plane land and taxi on the ground, with a smile on his brows.

This year is off to a good start.

When the data was sent over, Xu Xianjin said, "Come on, fix some minor issues and then go take a rest."

The maintenance team went to the apron to see if there were any loose parts, and everyone did their job.

The second test flight is based on the first test flight. It tests the actions of the first test flight again to ensure that there are no problems with the first test flight before conducting the test of the next project.

Planes on the tarmac took off and landed. In addition to the new aircraft that Shen Buci's team was responsible for, other types of fighter jets were also being tested one after another. The medical team's rescue vehicles often took orders to rescue, and fortunately there was no danger.