Monday, December 23, 2024

(SF novel) East of Nakba (49)

 

(Japanese Version)

 

Part I. Israel bombs a nuclear plant in Iran (46)

 

Chapter 18 A tanker shot down (2) Formation of planes torn apart (1/3)


 

One Bedouin shepherd boy was fascinated by three contrails trailing from west to east in blue sky. Soon another contrail appeared in the western sky. It was a splendid formation flight with two aircraft at the vanguard, three aircraft after that, and four at the end. The boy looked them like the attack line of football game. The nine jets caught up with the first three aircrafts. Finally, 12 aircrafts formed one large convoy. Then they were divided into three formations consisting of four aircrafts each.

 

After that, two convoys of the left and right wing continued to fly in a zigzag manner. They gradually faded away. The remaining central convoy continued to fly straight and disappeared in the horizon of desert. That was a wonderful pageant.

 

The boy looked up at the sky keeping his mouth open. He talked to himself:

 

< I have to talk to my parents and brothers as soon as I come back to the tent! >

 

(To be continued ----)

 

 

Areha Kazuya

(From an ordinary citizen in the cloud)

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(SF novel) East of Nakba (49)

  (Japanese Version)   Part I. Israel bombs a nuclear plant in Iran (46)   Chapter 18 A tanker shot down (2) Formation of planes tor...