All Quiet in Peking (Běipíng wú zhànshì / 北平无战事)

Subbers: Dadelus, Alina

Episode 01

[Zeng Keda, Major General from Probationary Cadres Bureau of Ministry of Nation Defense(MND)]

How far away are we from Jianqiao Airport?

About a dozen kilometers

Jianqiao Airport to General Zeng

This is Zeng Keda

Go ahead

General Zeng, a C46 is about to take off in Jianqiao Airport

despite of extremely bad weather and absolute prohibition of flights

Hawk, Commander of the 1st Aviation Regiment, who's wanted by the Court Martial

is driving the plane with his copilot

Issue a strict order to the control tower in the name of the MND

Make every effort to stop it from taking off

The aircraft has taken off

I'll repeat it, the C46 has already taken off

Order the control tower to make it return to airport immediately

Reply from the control tower: it can't direct the fight return due to overly complicated weather conditions

Order the 3rd MP Group of Jianqiao Airport

to delay the duty of escorting Fang Meng'ao and his air group

Remove the handcuffs on Fan Meng'ao and stay there until further orders

Roger

Speed up

Yes, sir

They wanna do away with the witnesses

Control Tower to Eagle

Eagle, do you copy?

Control Tower to Eagle

Keep on searching - Yes, sir

Searching for what?

Who issued the order for taking off?

Air Combat Command

Which command?

Even Hou Juntang was arrested

Who dared to give such an order?

Adjutant Wang

Yes, sir

Disarm him

Yes, sir

Turn on the loudspeakers in the airport

Yes, sir

This is Zhen Keda from the MND

Urgent orders

1st and 2nd MP Groups shall block all the tracks in the airport

No planes shall be allowed to take off

3rd MP Group shall escort Fang Meng'ao to the control tower

Escort Fang Meng'ao to the control tower

[Fang Meng'ao, Drill Instructor at Jianqiao Aviation School subordinated to KMT Air Force]

Freeze

Get out of my way, and give me the headphones

Fang Meng'ao, listen

Even if you save Eagle, you'll still be tried by the court martial

Have you checked the entire airspace?

Yes, but the flight path disappeared

100km to the northwest

Have it also been checked?

No way. That is in the Nanjing No-Fly Zone

Nanjing

Get through to the Radar Station of Nanjing Military District

and search the Nanjing airspace

The Radar Station shall not follow our instructions

Why not?

Get through to the Radar Station now

Yes, sir

It's gotten through

Radar Station of Nanjing Military District

This is Zeng Keda from MND

Here, at the Jianqiao Airport, in the name of Chiang Ching-kuo, Director of MND Probationary Cadres Bureau

I order you to start searching the Nanjing airspace by radar now

Report at once on detecting any aircraft

Yes, sir

Connect headphones for me - Yes, sir

Everyone here shall follow the orders of Fang Meng'ao

in order to guide Hawk's flight to return

Yes, sir

Radar Station

What are the orders?

Search the fan-shaped airspace from SE to SW at a low altitude

with a focus on the airspace between SW 32 and 35

Roger

Target found in the low-altitude search

SW 35

SW 35

The aircraft is right about Nanjing

Label the flight path. SW 35

Radar Station. Get through to the target

Guide it to return under my orders

Roger

No 2, No 2

This is No 1

Do you copy?

Eagle

This is Fang Meng'ao

Listen, neither those who helped you make money

nor those who made money with your help

can save you now

Your own choice is to return under my command

Now, report on the conditions of your flight and the aircraft

Do you copy?

Commander

Who's the fuck in command of the control tower now?

Listen, Hawk

This is Zeng Keda from MND

I'm currently in command of the tower

In the case of smuggling and reselling household goods in Peking

you're just an accomplice

The ringleader wanna do without you

As long as you return safe and testify according to facts

Director Chiang Ching-kuo shall guarantee your safety against all harms

Now, you shall return immediately at Fang Meng'ao's command

General, I hear and obey

But Fang Meng'ao is a Communist

whereas I'm still a soldier in the National Army

Listen, Hawk

It's precisely because you belong to the National Army

that you must follow my order

Fang Meng'ao is the only one who can direct you to return safe

It doesn't matter if he is a Communist

You shall listen to him even if he were Mao Zedong

Report to him on the conditions of your aircraft now

Yes, sir

The fin was stricken by thunder, leaving the circuits severely damaged

The port engine isn't working

The aircraft is sliding to the right

And I can't steer the plane

Cloud Top, 6'000 m. Cloudiness, over 10

Altitude, 2'200 m

The plane may crash at any time

Over

Hawk, listen

Put aside the accusation of my being a Communist

and forget about the threat of the thundercloud

Just remember

You're the person who can fly the Hump

There's no airplane you can't control

Now, listen

Fly at the lowest speed to the SW

while keying an eye on the right engine

The airport should be within sight after 10 minutes

Do you copy?

Copy. The right engine is running well

but the plane is sliding to the right at a greater degree

I can't steer it

General, Hawk can't land at this airport

Why not?

Since the left engine isn't working

the sideslip plane is prone to deviate from the track and crash on to the hangar

There are three C46s in the hanger

General Zeng, we might be muddleheaded

but we serve the same party

However, Fang Meng'ao is suspected of being a Communist

His intention is to destroy the C46s

Fang Meng'ao

Did you hear what he said?

Hawk, step on the right rudder

while at the same time pushing the joystick to the right

See if it mitigates the rightward sideslip

Fang Meng'ao, answer me

Will Hawk land safely?

No guarantee, but he has to land here

If it should fall in downtown Nanjing

General Zeng, you're not gonna be at my trail at the court martial

The sideslip is abated

Now, report on your flying speed

It's the minimum maneuvering speed

Keep at it

Adjust the glide angel to 30

Do you copy?

Copy. Keep at this speed

The glide angel is adjusted to 30

Hawk, report immediately once you see the airport

Roger that

Is the airport in sight? Do you copy?

I saw the airport. I saw it

OK. Fly northwards while landing, steer the plane to the track

and put down the landing gear at the height of 500m

Do you copy?

Copy. Height, 500m

I'm putting down the landing gear

Open the flap and prepare for landing

Copy

Switch on the loudspeakers

Yes, sir

1st MP Group, arrest all implicated people in 1st Air Group

Arrest all implicated people in 1st Air Group

2nd MP Group, 2nd MP Group

Escort the School's Air Group to board the truck heading for Nanjing

Commander Fang, please

Put down the gun. Put it down

Don't shoot

Fuck

I said don't shoot. Why did you fire?

Sir, I must protect your safety

Dare he kill me?

Take him away

Yes, sir

You should really learn from your commander

He already ran out of bullets

From the Central Bank of the Nationalist Government

to Fang Buting, President of the Peking Branch