Republican Era: Man and Machine as One, Unmatched in Aerial Combat!

After transmigrating to the nineteenth year of the Republic of China, Fang Wen became the last flying cadet at Nanyuan Aviation School. The school was about to close, the instructors were all going their separate ways, and the few old biplane trainers on the runway were all he had.

During his first flight, the moment the engine roared to life, he suddenly felt as if he and the entire plane had become one. The vibration of the wings, the tension of the cables, the engine's revolutions: they all reached his brain like nerve endings.

On graduation day, China National Aviation came to recruit pilots. An American instructor pointed to a new "Detroit" airliner parked on the Nanyuan runway and had everyone take turns test-flying it. Fang Wen climbed into the cockpit under the eyes of five senior instructors. It was his first time handling this completely unfamiliar model, yet he flew a takeoff and landing pattern that no one could find fault with.

On the day he reported to Hongqiao Airport, he felt the mounting for a machine gun in the cockpit and realized the airliner could be converted into a reconnaissance bomber at any moment. Outside the window, a group of Japanese pilots were stepping down from a transport plane that had just landed. Fang Wen looked at his hands. Soon, they would be doing more than just flying planes.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.