Chapter: 2803

He continued: 'And besides, the Middle East region has complex terrain and transportation isn't very convenient. Just this leg of the journey would take at least twenty hours.'

Ye Chen furrowed his brow, opened his mouth, and said: 'If I'm not mistaken, Syria's western border should be adjacent to Lebanon? And besides, the two countries' capitals are quite close. The straight-line distance is even less than 100 kilometers. Flying to Lebanon first and then entering Syria from there wouldn't be more convenient?'

Chen Ze Kai nodded his head: 'Young master, I just asked about this.'

He said: 'Theoretically speaking, of course it would be closer for Lebanon to Damascus, but if civil aviation were to fly domestically to Lebanon, the flight path would actually go through Syria.'

He continued: 'Right now, the Syrian government army and opposition forces are fighting each other like dogs, and both sides have anti-aircraft weapons. Therefore, no country's civil aviation dares to fly into its airspace, so they can only take a big detour and avoid Syrian airspace.'

He said: 'According to flight routes, once you need to bypass Syria, the flight distance will increase by nearly 2,000 kilometers.'

He added: 'So our official plane won't be able to fly directly; we'll have to find an intermediate landing site to refuel.'

He concluded: 'That means we'll need to coordinate with the intermediate landing site, land, refuel, and do a regular inspection before taking off again. That will also delay us by one or two hours.'

"And by the time we reach Lebanon, there's another big problem - it's too close to Syria now. So as not to be affected by war, the border has been temporarily closed. If you want to go from Lebanon to Syria, you can only sneak across the border in secret."

Lei Chen nodded and said solemnly: "Even if we want to sneak across the border, the distance is less than 100 kilometers, which would actually save a lot of time."

Chen Zekai exclaimed hastily: "Young master, sneaking across the border isn't a joke! Both countries have heavy troop deployments. In times of crisis, if someone tries to cross the border illegally, either side has the right to open fire directly. And besides, Syria is not just the government army - there are also rebel forces. The situation is indeed too complex and difficult to penetrate!"

Lei Chen waved his hand dismissively and said calmly: "This isn't a problem for me; I have my own way of crossing the border."

As he spoke, Lei Chen's expression turned anxious again: "The most important thing is that the flight time is really too long. Originally, it would take at least nine hours to fly - if we take this detour, it'll be another two to three hours longer. The key is that we'll have to make a stopover and then add an extra one to two hours - that's a total of 13-14 hours before we reach Lebanon, which is too long. People's lives are at stake, and I'm afraid things can't be delayed this long."

Chen Zekai suddenly fell into deep thought, carefully weighing the options for a while before suddenly recalling something. He blurted out: "Young master, currently, there's only one solution that can make it possible for you to fly from Jining to Lebanon in four and a half hours! However, this solution is not feasible without your personal involvement."

The Concorde was once the only supersonic passenger plane that fully committed to commercial operation in this world.

For many young people, they may not even know about this aircraft, but it has written a thick chapter in aviation history.

Looking back over these decades, one can discover an interesting phenomenon - humans have become relatively conservative in their technological development recently.

In contrast, during the Cold War period from the 1960s to the 1980s, human technology experienced explosive growth and frenzied development.

During that era, people exhibited unprecedented enthusiasm and radicalism in the field of technology.

In a time when computers were less powerful than small learning machines, the Soviet Union sent astronauts into space, while the United States sent them to the moon.

Similarly, during that era, people lost interest in ordinary subsonic commercial airliners and began to stride confidently into the supersonic age.

In 1975, the Concorde, capable of reaching twice the speed of sound, officially entered service. People at that time were already enjoying supersonic travel with speeds of over 2,150 kilometers per hour.

Now, it takes nearly two hours from Yanjing to Jining, but if you take the Concorde, it only takes 25 minutes.

Unfortunately, this plane may have been extremely fast, but its fuel efficiency was extremely poor, so it exited the civil aviation stage in 2003 after a serious air accident and economic crisis. Since then, most people have forgotten its existence, but some well-preserved models remain.

In addition, without exception, they all became exclusive carriages for top-tier wealthy individuals. JrNovels.com