Charlie was a pilot of the Royal British Air Force. After the disaster came, because England gave up its homeland strategy to ensure the survival of the people, he and his flight regiment were transferred to an air force base in the southwestern part of France and stationed there.

Also stationed with them was a French flight regiment, which made this not-so-large air base seem a bit crowded and cramped.

But this is only temporary. When the invasion of alien creatures began, the two flight groups stationed here and their planes were quickly exhausted.

A flight regiment usually has about 24 fighter jets, 50-80 pilots, a number of reserve pilots and about 200 ground crew members.

In modern war mode, the two flying regiments have a very powerful combat power, but in the face of overwhelming alien creatures and harsh weather environment, the two flying regiments and the fighter jets they are equipped cannot play the role they should have, and the loss is also quite fast.

This also led to a month after the war with alien creatures, in the air base where Charlie was located, only half of the two flight regiments had about 200 pilots, and more than fifty fighter jets were lost, leaving only seven or eight aircraft that were repaired due to engine damage or lack of parts.

Not only that, ground staff also suffered certain losses. Although the losses were not large, this still made the morale of the entire air force base quite sluggish.

Although the statements of the Air Force First-class, the Navy Second-class, and the Army Third-class are just a joke, this can indeed reflect the difference between the three from the side. After all, Air Force pilots are very expensive, and the Navy is also a high-tech army, and only the Army is very ordinary.

Especially for the English, the Army is the only unit among the three English armies without a royal title.

In the past, Charlie was very proud of his RAF as an elite pilot.

But now, the Army, which was always looked down upon by them, is fighting hard on the front line, withstood the attack of alien creatures, while the air forces can only squat in the air base, which not only stimulates their self-esteem, but also undoubtedly aggravates the morale of these air force pilots.

The large amount of plane losses not only prevent them from going to fight, but also make them idle now. After all, with such a sluggish morale now and the loss of planes, everyone has no intention of training at all. Most people just gather in the dormitory to play cards and fight every day to pass the boring time.

If it weren't for the shortage of supplies now, even pilots like them would find it difficult to buy wine. Charlie believes that there will definitely be a lot of drunks in the base.

Charlie himself is still self-disciplined. Perhaps it was because of his strict requirements from his father since childhood. Charlie still retains the temperament and self-discipline of British gentlemen back then, and has not fallen into depravity like other teammates.

But even so, Charlie felt that he could only do this. After all, the entire base is like this now, and he has no choice.

Even the officers at the base were too lazy to restrain these pilots, and even their daily training became indulgent.

This made Charlie, who still insisted on exercising his physical fitness as much as possible every day and maintaining his own condition, felt helpless.

With a helpless mood, Charlie sat on a dining table and ate his own lunch.

Due to shortage of supplies and the need to supply the front line first, the base, which was originally guaranteed for supply, is gradually falling into a shortage. Lunch has dropped from the original bread, sausage and vegetables to the level of almost only potatoes and carrots.

Even a large part of these potatoes and carrots was the base that cleared an underground hangar without planes and built a greenhouse to plant it.

Charlie didn't think there was anything to complain about this. He could only have enough food when he could fight. Now there were no planes, and these pilots were useless. It was nothing if the poor treatment was not big.

However, while accepting his fate like this, Charlie still felt a little unwilling. He hoped that the above could get a new plane and that he could also drive the plane back to the battlefield to fight those alien monsters, so that he felt that he had not wasted his life.

In fact, Charlie is now making a report and applying to be transferred to the front line. Even if he is just operating machine gun shooting in the trenches, Charlie feels it is better to stay in the base like this and do nothing.

But it is obvious that Charlie's superiors did not want to send precious pilots to the trench ahead to waste. Even if they are idle now and have no new planes for them, they are still precious pilots and cannot waste so much.

Just as Charlie was eating potatoes while thinking about how to convince his superiors to transfer himself to the front line, a pilot with the French logo rushed towards him and shouted: "Hey! Charlie! Good news! We have a new plane!"

"New plane? What new plane?" Charlie was still not sure about the situation, so he hurriedly grabbed the French pilot and asked him: "Renault, tell me clearly, what's going on?"

Renault, who was held back by Charlie, was very excited and vented his emotions at Charlie: "New fighter plane! Charlie! New fighter planes have been brought up! 20 Sea Harriers sealed during the Cold War and 18 Phantom F1s! We have planes! We can fly again!"

This French pilot Renault was a friend Charlie met after he came to this base. He was usually very enthusiastic and obviously had a plane to fly again, which was a very exciting thing for him.

However, Charlie was surprised, but also confused and puzzled. He thought Renault asked: "Sea Harrier and Phantom F1? Aircraft from the Cold War? Where did they draw these old antiques? And these old antiques have been discontinued for many years, right? There are still repaired parts now?"

These aircraft from the Cold War period are all outdated third-generation aircraft, and are undoubtedly backward and will be eliminated compared to the current mainstream fourth-generation aircraft, even the fifth-generation aircraft that the Yan Kingdom, Lucia and the Federation have begun to serve.

However, this does not mean that these aircraft cannot be used. After all, they were also the main aircraft models back then. Many aircraft that were only in service in the late Cold War have been sealed for more than 20 years, so it is still enough to use them to fight alien creatures.

Even in a sense, these third-generation machines used to fight alien creatures are better used than fourth-generation machines.
Chapter completed!