James also fulfilled his duties as a flight instructor.

"Yes, in the United States, if students want to go to the sky, they must get permission from the instructor and have the instructor accompany them to fly up there 5 to 10 times. Only if there are no operational errors can they practice flying alone."

The brigade commander laughed loudly: "Look, it's not that I don't let you fly, it's that instructor James doesn't let you fly.

Since you asked him to be your instructor, you must obey his control, at least when it comes to flying.

We have an old saying that people have specializations in their craft. You may be better at fighting than he is, but he is better at flying than you!"

Chen Shanhe admitted that he was an expert, even though he had a photographic memory, and even though he had the experience of flying for twenty or thirty hours more than 60 years later.

But compared to James, he was just a younger brother, so the brigade commander was right when he said that James was better than him.

Chen Shanhe was helpless.

"So now that our flight academy doesn't have a training aircraft, can't we let students fly into the sky?"

James is not a person who doesn't know how to adapt: ​​"No, sir, you can't fly into the sky without a training plane. This rule only applies to you.

After all, you are a key figure, and you cannot make any mistakes.

As a student, you can still take a risk!"

The brigade commander nodded. It seemed that Chen Shanhe still had a lot of weight among the Yankees.

Chen Shanhe was helpless: "Send a telegram to General Stilwell. I need two training aircraft. This should be no problem, right?

Let him make a price!"

James' persistence, although a bit unkind, is the safest approach.

Not just for him, Chen Shanhe, after the flight academy starts, if there is no such training aircraft, the lives of the students, and the current three aircraft, may be in danger of falling.

So trainer aircraft are very important, but to Americans, trainer aircraft are not important.

Training aircraft are generally modified from relatively backward aircraft.

It is no longer possible to fight. Since they have given these three aircraft and recognized that Chen Shanhe has a production line for P40 Tomahawk fighter jets, they do not need to be stingy with the two training aircraft.

This is what Chen Shanhe thinks.

James nodded. It would be nice to have a training aircraft. Without a training aircraft, it would be too cruel for new students.

What's more, the Eighth Route Army doesn't have that many planes to crash. It only has three planes. How many days do you want to crash them?

"I will send a telegram to the general, but I can't control whether the general agrees or what price he will offer!"

Chen Shanhe nodded: "Okay!"

After returning to the regiment headquarters, Zhao Gang, who was so busy farting that his heels hit him, came up to salute.

"brigadier!"

"Zhao Gang, I heard that there is a female student in the medical school who likes you, but you ignore her?"

The brigade commander laughed and joked about Zhao Gang. Of course, the source of this information must be Hu Lilie from Chen Shanhe.

"Brigadier, this is a rumor!

Recently, our group leader has been neglecting business and I reported him to him. He will definitely take revenge on me!

Such words of revenge!

It can’t be taken seriously!”

Of course Zhao Gang denied it.

Chen Shanhe was unhappy: "If you want to tell rumors, I won't accept them!

I have heard that she used to be a top student at a Nanjing girls' school, and a graduate of Yenching University like you is more than enough!

Why can’t I think about it!”

Unexpectedly, Zhao Gang refused to let go: "Now is a war period, and the world is undecided, so why should we take care of our family?"

Looking at Zhao Gang with this double standard, Chen Shanhe was happy: "That's not what you said when I found you, the political commissar, about Li Yunlong!

You said that our Eighth Route Army is not unkind. If we can't finish this war in 10 years and 8 years, shouldn't we stop people from getting married in 10 years and 8 years?

How come it has happened to me? The world is not yet settled, so why should we be at home?

This is unreasonable!"

The brigade commander listened happily: "Okay, okay, Zhao Gang, if you think it's okay, then the organization will get to know this student from Nanjing Girls' School. If the background is decent, then the matter will be settled?"

Zhao Gang wanted to say something else, but the brigade commander didn't want to waste time on these matters of love between children.

After the three people sat down, the brigade commander said seriously to Chen Shanhe: "I am actually here to give you a mission. This mission is difficult to explain over the phone or via telegram, so I will do it in person."

As soon as he heard that the mission required the brigade commander to come to the door in person, Chen Shanhe's spirit came up. He just said, "How could such a trivial matter as flying a plane into the sky require the brigade commander to personally supervise him?"

Now that I heard that the brigade commander had a mission for me, I finally felt that it all made sense.

Even Zhao Gang sat upright instantly.

"Brigadier, what's the mission?"

Chen Shanhe asked, the mission that the brigade commander came down to explain in person must be very important, so he was more curious about what mission it was that could not be mentioned on the phone or in the telegram.

The brigade commander said slowly.

The thing is like this, there is a severe drought in Henan this year. How severe is the drought?

In fact, there has been a severe drought since last year, and most places have had no harvest since last year.

So since last year, many places have begun to eat leaves and bark, and even more often, they are eating soil.

Perhaps we should not say that there is a severe drought in Henan, but rather that the northern regions are suffering from severe droughts.

Even the Hebei border is very dry, and due to Okamura Neji's destructive raids, last year's autumn harvest actually did not receive much food.

This spring, some base areas in Hebei Province encountered drought and food shortages.

Chenshanhe and even northern Shaanxi have generally solved the food problem because of the high yield of corn.

However, the ministries in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area surrounded by enemies did not receive this treatment.

Not to mention that the seeds couldn't get through, even if the seeds did, the Japanese army carried out destructive raids and the crops in the fields would not grow at all.

Therefore, many soldiers and civilians in base areas have to rely on eating leaves to survive this spring.

"The Order of the Leaves" comes from this context.

In the garrison where the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region is located, there are thousands of soldiers and civilians in total. Both the common people and the garrison gather leaves for food.

In order not to affect the relationship between the military and the people, the military region headquarters issued a special order: ordering all troops in the region to give up all the leaves within 15 miles of the village to the common people, and the troops would go far away from the village to pick leaves to satisfy their hunger.

Later, the commander of the military region wrote in his memoirs: "All catering units in the army are not allowed to pick poplar leaves and elm leaves near the villages, and they must be left for the masses to eat.

All troops in the border region strictly implement this order and would rather go hungry than compete with the people for food."

After the training order was issued, the military region commander convened a special meeting with comrades responsible for supplies.

At the meeting, Commander Nie Shuai of the Military Region said: “The enemy’s continuous ‘mopping up’ has made it really difficult for the troops to provide supplies, and food from the west cannot be transported.

However, we must also see that the lives of the people in Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei are more difficult.

These days, fellow villagers gather in small groups to pick leaves and peel bark. Children tortured by hunger, with their skinny bodies and big heads on their backs, leave their homes and go begging for food in the villages.

However, there is famine in every village, leaving them to beg for food wherever they can..."

Speaking of this, Nie Shuai's nose felt sore and he couldn't continue talking.

After a while, he continued: "We are the people's soldiers. In difficult times, we must find ways to reduce the burden on the people. Not only can the troops not pick leaves, but they must also use the breaks between battles to help the people improve production.

The military region agencies must take matters into their own hands and save money on food and clothing."

The "Leaf Order" was posted around the village in the form of a notice, and the people were deeply moved. Some people even went to the military and border region governments and met with the commander of the military region, Nie Shuai, and begged him to withdraw the order.

The fellow villagers held Nie Shuai's hand and said: "Commander Nie, you are too hard on the soldiers. The Japanese beat us Eighth Route Army soldiers to death and opened up our stomachs with bayonets. There were only bran and vegetables in our intestines, and there were only a few dates in our shoulder bags."

Son... there is a famine now, the Eighth Route Army is hungry and can't even pluck leaves, how can it be done?"

Nie Shuai replied: "It is the discipline of the Eighth Route Army not to take advantage of the masses. Please rest assured, folks, we are trying to solve the food problem of the army."

Later, the "Leaf Order" was not only not withdrawn, but was also conveyed to other troops in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region for implementation.

It can be seen from this.

Not only Henan suffered from drought, but also Hebei, Shanxi and other places. The entire North China region was very difficult in the two years of 1941 and 1942.

But the most difficult thing to endure is Henan and other places. They have been suffering from disasters for several years and many people have starved to death.

Chen Shanhe knows this very well.

Historically, the severe drought in 1942 starved to death at least three to four million people in that place.

least.

So today the brigade commander suddenly came to talk about this matter, and he probably understood what it meant.

"Brigadier, do you want me to move the victims over there?"

The brigade commander shook his head: "This year, most of our base areas, as long as they do not encounter destructive raids by the little devils, can ensure self-sufficiency and even have a surplus of food.
To be continued...