Looking at the capable partners and assistants in front of him, Yang Zhen suppressed the emotion in his heart and said sincerely: "Lao Li, Lao Guo, it is only because of your dedicated efforts in the past few years that we can reach where we are today. Without you, I would be full of iron, how many nails can I make? Lao Li, Lao Guo really thank you for your support and tolerance for me for so long."
In response to Yang Zhen's thanks, Li Yanping waved his hand and said: "Old Yang, what are you talking about? We all stand on the same flag, come together for a common goal, and are bleeding, sacrificing and fighting for it. , I can’t say whether I am tolerant or not.”
"Lao Yang, when you first developed your personality, it was indeed a bit unacceptable. On many things, to say the best is to be decisive, to say the worst is to be overbearing. However, in hindsight, your original judgment was correct. Although you Sometimes you can’t give a convincing reason, but you keep proving yourself with facts. From the beginning to now, we are even a little blindly obedient to your belief.”
At this point, Li Yanping changed the subject and said: "Lao Yang, have you considered the route to Yan'an? You fly directly from Qiqihar to Outer Mongolia and pass through enemy-occupied areas. And the Hailar front line is heavily populated by Japanese troops. Stockpile area. Although the Japanese aviation force suffered heavy losses in this battle, there is still a Japanese flying team on the Hailar front line."
"Your safety is related to the future and destiny of the entire army. At least so far, our entire army has not been able to find a person who can replace you. So I hope you can carefully consider your thoughts. Your I know the idea, but there are some things that we can’t think too much about right now. Everything must put your safety first.”
Regarding Li Yanping's worries, Yang Zhen shook his head and said: "Old Li, you don't have to worry about my safety. After taking off from Qiqihar and refueling at the alternate landing point, the flight distance in the enemy-occupied area was only a few hundred kilometers. This time Yuan Bin again Twelve of the best pilots in the aviation force were selected for me to serve as escort aircraft. You don’t have to worry about my safety."
"I chose this route not entirely because of some psychological reasons, but more because although this route passes over enemy-occupied areas, the distance is shortened by nearly one-third compared to the route that goes around Jiangbei. I will leave this afternoon and try to arrive in Yan'an tomorrow.
Having said this, Yang Zhen paused and said: "Lao Guo, except for some gold, all the things I brought to the central government this time were loaded with ammunition. 79 rifle bullets and 65 rifle bullets, as many as can be shipped. How many to ship? There are also 60 captured Japanese mortars and infantry guns each. And the follow-up air transport of weapons and ammunition to the troops inside the customs must be accelerated."
"Our plan for next year requires the strong cooperation of the troops inside the customs. The troops in the customs are poorly equipped and short of ammunition, especially their ability to attack difficult targets. If they cannot improve their equipment as soon as possible, their cooperation will be empty talk. We seized this time There are so many Japanese-style equipments, don’t be reluctant to part with them, all of them will be sent to support the Sewanai troops.”
"Also, in addition to leaving one transport aircraft for you to maneuver this time, I will take away all the other transport aircraft. Some troops in the pass have inconvenient ground contact with Yan'an, and it is very likely that airdrops will be needed by then. If not , I will try my best to get the transport plane back as soon as possible. You must continue to organize the airlift of weapons and ammunition within the customs."
Regarding Yang Zhen's arrangement, Guo Bingxun nodded and said: "No. 1, don't worry. The political commissar and I both know what to do. You must be more careful along the way. If you are intercepted by the Japanese army, return immediately. We know your You are very skilled, but in the air, even if you are a martial arts master, there is no room for you to show off."
"After lunch, the political commissar and I went to the airport to see you off. Also, you'd better bring your security platoon with you to avoid any accidents when refueling at the alternate point. I'm a little worried that something will happen. Because of certain things, I will attack you on the way. In everything, please be careful and safety first."
Different from Li Yanping's worry about encountering Japanese aviation interceptions along the way, Guo Bingxun's biggest worry is not that the newly transferred Japanese aviation forces are now concentrated in Jilin and southern Manchuria. And because the base area is now separated from the United States The relationship made Jiangbei suspicious and took this opportunity to get rid of Yang Zhen, who may have developed centrifugal tendencies in their opinion.
After all, they are acquaintances. On this point, Guo Bingxun coincides with Yang Zhen. However, Yang Zhen quickly denied this suspicion, because in his opinion, it is more beneficial to Jiangbei to be alive now. After all, Yang Zhen quickly denied this suspicion. Another person may not have the ability to control the overall situation.
Yang Zhen can be sure that apart from himself, as the troops of the Jidong Military Region that he single-handedly created, no one can command the movement now, and no one can control the situation. Jiangbei is also very clear about this. If the Anti-Japanese Alliance falls into chaos now, For Jiangbei, it would be harmful but not beneficial. With this idea in mind, Yang Zhen didn't take Guo Bingxun's worries very seriously.
Regarding Guo Bingxun's request to bring a personal guard platoon, Yang Zhen just shook his head and said: "Old Guo, in addition to Yuan Zhiruo and Zhang Zixiong, I will bring along the guard platoon leader at most. The other people are still not the same. If some parties want to take the opportunity to get rid of me, it will be useless even if they bring a company, let alone a platoon."
"If someone wants to mess with you, there are plenty of opportunities to do it. When you are refueling at the alternate airport, if you are bombarded with heavy artillery, no matter how many people you have, it will be a dish for them. And it is within their control. At that time, a plane crash will defeat us. So as long as they want to mess with you, it won't matter how many people we bring."
"Besides, I went to the Central Committee to report my work, not to show off, so why did I bring so many guards? As for my safety after arriving in Yan'an, how could a whole Central Guard Group not protect me? I just brought two guards, one Secretary, you don’t need to bring one more person. The rest of the space on the plane should be filled with things for the central government.”
On this point, Yang Zhen was very insistent. When he got on the plane, he only had two security guards and the secretary Yuan Zhiruo with him, and no one else. At 12 noon, Yang Zhen took a C-47 transport plane on time. After taking off from Jiamusi, it first went to Qiqihar to refuel and merged with the twelve escort P-39 fighter jets that had arrived there in advance. It also merged with other transport aircraft groups taking off from Harbin over Qiqihar.
When it took off from Jiamusi, there was only one special plane for Yang Zhen. When it took off again from Qiqihar, it became a huge fleet. There were twenty-three transport planes, except for one C-47 that carried Yang Zhen and the staff around him. Except for the transport aircraft, all the other aircraft carried weapons and ammunition transported by air to the troops within the customs.
After taking off from Qiqihar, according to the route negotiated with Jiangbei in advance, the fleet flew directly to the southwest at a speed of 309 kilometers per hour. Passing Jingxing, Zashite Banner, Horqin Right Front Flag, Horqin Right Center Flag
, East Ujimqin Banner, Sunit Zuo Banner, after leaving the country over Chagan Aobosumu, flew directly to the Saiyinshanda Soviet Air Force Base in Outer Mongolia.
The reason why the fleet maintains this low speed is, firstly, to take care of the fully loaded transport fleet, and secondly, to maintain the maximum range that the P-39 fighter can fly, so that the amount of fuel in its mailbox before arriving at the scheduled backup refueling point
Enough to maintain its maximum range.
Due to the limitations of the performance of the aircraft engine and the overall size of the aircraft, the range of fighter jets in this era is not very large. Even if the P-39 fighter carries an auxiliary fuel tank, the maximum range is less than 2,000 kilometers. This must still be maintained as a minimum
The speed can only be achieved after careful calculation.
If the amount of fuel carried is not taken into account, the transport aircraft can fly directly to Saishan Yinda, but the P-39 fighter cannot fly directly here even if it carries auxiliary fuel tanks. And under the situation that the Japanese-occupied area cannot land to refuel, if you want to
To shorten the flight range as much as possible, the only way to calculate the route, speed, and flight altitude is to calculate the fuel load of the fighter jet.
However, although there are Japanese aviation troops stationed along this route, most of their forces are concentrated in Hailar in the north and Jilin in the east. Although this route was originally the patrol range of the Japanese aviation, due to the Kwantung Army aviation here
The battle suffered heavy losses, and it was no longer possible to send out enough aircraft to maintain daily patrols. Therefore, Yang Zhen did not encounter any air interception during this flight.
In addition, most of the routes chosen were Mongolian nomadic areas, which lacked towns and concentrated Japanese garrison points. Most of the time, although the entire fleet did not fly very fast, it was peaceful.
The only surprise was that they encountered a Japanese reconnaissance plane in the East Ujimqin Banner area.
Due to its flight altitude and speed, the Japanese reconnaissance plane, which was somewhat slow to respond, discovered Yang Zhen's large fleet. Before it could send out the information on the discovery of the unknown fleet, it was caught up by two P-30 aircraft.
Nine fighter jets were shot down cleanly. The Japanese army did not know that a large group of aircraft was passing over their heads until Yang Zhen returned home.
In fact, it’s not like no one noticed something was wrong with the fleet of aircraft passing overhead. After all, the Japanese army wanted to control a vast area, and the residents lived in the Xing’an area, which was quite scattered due to history and living habits. In addition, this area was close to the Soviet Union.
In order to strengthen the control of Outer Mongolia, the Kwantung Army deployed Japanese and puppet outposts dotted in this area.
However, even if several Puppet Manchukuo army security posts discovered the fleet of aircraft flying above their heads, they regarded it as a training exercise by the Japanese army or some new action. According to past practice, there was neither a report nor any performance. It was just that the Japanese army was training or had some new actions.
Just make a simple record and that's it.
Because according to common practice, any actions of the Japanese army, unless they want to use the puppet Manchukuo army as artillery fire or have ulterior motives, are always kept secret from the puppet Manchukuo army. Even the puppet Manchukuo army is not even allowed to ask. Once you ask about something that you shouldn't ask, take it lightly.
If you want to give me a scolding, I might as well label you as spying on military intelligence or having bad intentions, leaving you in a state of uncertainty about your life or death.
Therefore, the puppet Manchukuo army did not take the fleet of aircraft flying above their heads at all. They did not want to ask, and they did not dare to ask. Both the so-called Manchu and Mongolian officers held the idea that it would be better to do less than to do more. .The Japanese officers, on the one hand, were still very confident in the Kwantung Army, and on the other hand, because the direction of the aircraft group was still in the Kwantung Army-controlled area, they did not take it seriously.
The number of Japanese officers was too high in order to supplement the huge losses of Japanese officers in this battle, and their control over the Puppet Manchukuo military and police was not as good as before. Most of the Puppet Manchukuo military and police were just trying to stay busy one day at a time. I don't want to make any effort, and I don't want to cause trouble for myself.
Until Yang Zhen's fleet left the country, the upper echelons of the Kwantung Army did not know that the anti-Japanese bandit leader, whom he could only dream of getting rid of, was actually flying openly and openly, with a large fleet of aircraft, from above his control area. After walking around for a while, we left Northeast China.