Three days later, at around nine o'clock in the morning, at Guangzhou Baiyunshan Air Force Base, Li Tieshu, Ji Xingwen, and Tie Linfei, together with De Gu and a group of former French Far East Fleet officers from the naval advisory group, stood in front of Runway 1 and watched the First Air Division. Division commander Wang Hai led more than 160 pilots to their respective fighters. Tielin Fei introduced to the French in English: "We have just reached an exchange agreement with the Chongqing government. The pilots you saw, they He will be responsible for transporting 24 Belugas, more than 30 Yi-5 and Hawker fighters and related parts to Chongqing. Gentlemen, please pay attention to the badges of five of the pilots. They are our few aces. The pilot, Major General Wang Hai, commander of our 1st Air Division, has shot down twelve Japanese planes so far, nine of which were shot down head-on..."
The French Far East Fleet was reorganized two days ago. Its rank in the cadet army was named "French Naval Volunteer Force", and its commander is still Degoux. For this reorganization, the French originally had expectations. They must rely on their outstanding professional abilities to grasp the real power of the front-line fleet, and then slowly accumulate the capital for "rebellion". However, after the specific reorganization plan was delivered to them, all senior officers of the Far East Fleet, including Degu, were first angry. They all yelled and scolded each other, and then they looked at the "Application of Volunteers to Join the Student Army to Fight the Japanese Invaders" signed two days ago under the reorganization plan. They were all worried and angry and speechless, feeling that they had fallen into a trap carefully dug by the Army. ,,I originally thought that there would be a bright future waiting for me, but the reality is so cruel. Therefore, the French people are all dejected and full of confusion about the future.
From a French perspective, the reorganization plan of the Xuebing Army is too vicious. Although Degoux is still the commander in name, his specific duties are only the head of the advisory group, and his area of activity will be limited to the Haikou base. So in fact, has lost the right to command the original Far East Fleet. As for the captains under its command, the titles they received sound very good, "honorary captain", but as soon as one thinks of the powers of "honorary captain" None of them involved specific command authority, so all the French's previous calculations and plans were in vain.
Because they signed the so-called "Agreement on Volunteering to Join the Student Army to Fight the Japanese Invaders", it was useless to regret it. Degu and others adopted a passive and sabotage approach in order to carry out soft resistance, and called on the soldiers below to resist in the same way. ,
The top brass of the Xuebing Army knew what the French were planning and had already prepared countermeasures. Among them, one of the measures was to let De Gu and other members of the advisory group travel to Fujian, Guangdong and Qiong. They wanted to tell the French with the facts. , Xuebingjun is no longer Wu Xia Amen and is really capable of helping them fight back to Europe.
Baiyunshan Air Force Base has the largest airport under the Xuebing Army and related supporting facilities, including nine runways alone and 21 hangars.
Starting yesterday, Degou and others began to "get" free travel. After visiting the entire city of Guangzhou, the French people's impression of China has been completely changed. Last night, when they talked privately about their experiences Lu Lai, deputy head of the advisory group and chief of general staff of the Volunteer Army, couldn't help but sigh: "Is this really China? When did China become so prosperous and developed? Have you noticed that the streets are full of cars? Before the war, Paris is just like this, it’s really incredible.”
De Gou looked at the problem more profoundly than he did. The old French man defined this "free" trip in a gloomy tone: "The Chinese are showing us their strength. Huh, China is so vast, and more than half of the land is Occupied by the Japanese, what does the prosperity of one or two cities mean? Besides, if Japan cannot be defeated, who will benefit from Guangzhou's prosperity in the end? It is just helping the Japanese to make wedding clothes. I warn you, no matter what you see in the future What, remember not to show surprise, we want the Chinese to know that our freedom-loving French people will not be easily convinced."
Because of Degu's special care, after arriving at the Baiyun Mountain Air Force Base today, although the French were shocked by everything they saw in their hearts, they did not show it at all on their faces. Those who did not know the truth saw that calmness. I thought that Baiyun Mountain’s little possessions would not be looked upon by the French at all.
This attitude only changed after they saw groups of white-tip dolphins and flying fortresses.
The French knew very little about the Xuebing Army. They had not even heard of this Chinese warlord force before the Xuebing Army sent troops to Southeast Asia. De Gu did not start to take a serious look at the Xuebing Army until after his trip to Hanoi. But even so, the white-tip dolphins still have air power. The fortress is still a completely unfamiliar existence to him. When he was in Chongzuo, he had seen the Baiji Dolphin. At that time, he thought that the Xuebing Army was a fighter plane introduced from the United States or the Soviet Union.
To be honest, whether it is the army, navy or the emerging service air force, the French have good attainments. Under normal circumstances, although Germany will eventually win the war between Germany and France, it will definitely pay a heavy price. However, for all this But they were all destroyed by the Maginot Line,
The French Navy has an aircraft carrier, and France also attaches great importance to the use of aviation in combat. As the commander of the Far East Fleet, Degoux naturally has a good vision in this regard. Whether it is a white-finned dolphin or an air fortress, a few aircraft cannot explain it. But now there are sixty or seventy racks appearing in front of them. As a result, even the well-informed French people can't help but secretly smack their tongues. They were shocked by such a "generous act", and De Gu was thinking about it. After thinking about it for a long time, Zhongpan couldn't think of any country that had fighter jets that could compete with it. He could no longer remain calm and couldn't help but follow Tielin Fei's words and ask: "The big one should be a bomber, so shouldn't the medium-sized one be a bomber?" fighter."
Tie Linfei nodded with a smile, pointed to a relatively close Baiji and said: "This is our main fighter Type 3. We call it Baiji. Its top speed exceeds 500 kilometers per hour and its maximum range is 1,500 kilometers. , twin-engine, equipped with two 20mm cannons and a 12.7mm machine gun."
"Fighters, are they too big? This will affect their flexibility."
"It is larger than the current main fighter aircraft in various countries in the world, but its flexibility is not bad. Our engine is very powerful and can cooperate with our pilots to make various maneuvers."
Commander Degu broke his silence, and other members of the advisory group stopped holding back. Someone asked: "Commander Tie, you said you wanted to sell the I-5 and Hawker to the Chongqing government. Do you mean, Has your army phased out these two types of fighter planes?"
"It was eliminated a year ago."
"So, which country produced the two fighter jets we saw?"
"We produce them ourselves. Currently, except for some super large warships, all other weapons of our military are produced by ourselves."
"Ah." It was obviously the first time for all French people, including Degou, to hear about this incident. They couldn't calm down at once, and some of them even exclaimed,