Torch Dragon Territory bordered Gaoping Commandery of Swallow Province. The Governor's airship took only three hours to fly from Peaceful River County in Swallow Province to Torch Dragon Territory, and had already entered its domain.
Even without anyone telling him, the Governor knew the moment the airship entered Torch Dragon Territory.
A squadron of silver aircraft—nine in total—flew past beneath the Governor's airship at an altitude of over two thousand meters. They were arranged in a neat V formation, their engines roaring.
Compared with an airship, the aircraft's speed and size seemed pitifully small. Yet when he saw that squadron for the first time, the Governor's attention was still drawn to it.
Having just entered Torch Dragon Territory, the Governor, whose brow had been faintly furrowed throughout the journey, suddenly smoothed out his frown.
"Those are the aircraft powered by Torch Oil?" the Governor asked Gao Tianqi, his eyes fixed brightly on the aircraft amid the clouds beneath the airship.
"Yes, those are aircraft!" Gao Tianqi was also studying the squadron below the airship intently. As the Governor's Chief Aide, he was nominally only the commander of the Governor's guards. In reality, however, since the Governor had always been grooming Gao Tianqi as a future provincial governor, Gao Tianqi also served as half his secretary. He kept an eye on the military and political affairs throughout the Northeast Protectorate, so naturally he had channels through which to learn of the recent developments in Torch Dragon Territory. "These are the Air Cavalry Type 1 aircraft produced by Torch Dragon Territory. Over the past two months, every city in Torch Dragon Territory has built or renovated a number of general-purpose airfields that can accommodate both airships and aircraft. They even opened a flight school outside Mysterious Heaven City, called the Air Cavalry