Chapter 580: The True Strength of the Chinese Air Force
Chongqing, Xiaolongkan Military Airport, after de Gaulle's plane hovered in the air for nearly half an hour, it was finally allowed to land. At this time, the scale on the oil dial of his plane was already below the red line. Jimmy was quite complaining because of this. Although he complained that the Chinese did not understand diplomatic etiquette, de Gaulle's thoughts were not on this aspect. He noticed that while his plane was hovering over the airport, no less than a hundred fighter planes flew into the sky. Among them, both There are classic fighter jets such as the Baiji Dolphin, which are already well-known in the world aviation industry, and the Golden Eagle, which has a larger body and faster speed. Sometimes, he can even see the face of the Chinese pilot inside the fighter plane clearly through the plane window. All he saw in these young Chinese pilots were excitement, confidence and other positive emotions. This made him think deeply, and then he felt more and more that he was really in the right place this time.
The person sent by the coalition government to greet de Gaulle was Foreign Minister Song Ziwen. After all, GMD is currently the largest party in China. Therefore, it is impossible for the coalition government to completely abandon the GMD factor. In this regard, Ouyang Yun behaved very enlightened and said Instead of beating all the officials borrowed by GMD to death with one stick, we adopted the military approach and gave GMD officials a certain adaptation period and review period. Those who were qualified were retained, and those who were incompetent were also given a certain severance package. Of course, before Those who are obviously corrupt and bending the law will definitely be held accountable.
Ouyang Yun had no choice but to do this. Xuebingjun entered Chongqing to form a coalition government. It was the fate of Chiang Kai-shek and GMD. This actually gave the Wang Puppet regime an opportunity. Xuebingjun Special Zone has the Independent Commission Against Corruption, which to a large extent It ensures the purity of the officialdom of the Xuebing Military Special Zone. Such a good experience is that Ouyang Yun does not want to move here, and the democratic parties do not agree. Ouyang Yuncai only established a symbolic integrity office, from which the Wang Puppet regime can glean a glimpse. Seeing the advantage, he began to increase his efforts to win over senior officials of the former central government. None of the GMD officials had one or two illegal incidents, and Ouyang Yun was famous for his murderous desire to corrupt officials. Therefore, when the military reform was in full swing , when the prospects were promising, there were several treason incidents among officials in Chongqing. For the sake of the overall situation, Ouyang Yun had to change his previous drastic style and adopt a moderate approach. Therefore, some people with considerable ability Officials who usually have less bad records or are relatively low-key have received letters of condolence from the State Council Office, which are actually "gold medals to avoid death". Among them, Song Ziwen and his Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Once upon a time, in the era before Ouyang Yun traveled, a senior government official once said that if all the government officials at that time were shot, they would definitely be unjust, but if they killed every other one, there would definitely be someone who slipped through the net. This was used to describe that time Corruption in official circles has become commonplace, and the corruption situation in the central government before the Xuebingjun entered Chongqing was even worse.
From Song Ziwen's heart, he was unwilling to continue to stay in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After all, as Chiang Kai-shek's brother-in-law, he studied the military revolution and revolutionized Chiang Kai-shek's life. If it was also his life that was revolutionized, Song Ziwen finally chose to stay. On the one hand, because his second sister came forward to persuade him, and on the other hand, he saw the hope of China's prosperity and hoped that he could contribute to it. It is not an exaggeration to evaluate Song Ziwen as a patriot. Because of this patriotism, Song Ziwen took office When he was the foreign minister of the central government, his work was actually remarkable. Of course, because at that time the central government had to rely on aid to maintain daily operations. As foreign minister, he wanted to maintain the dignity of the country, which was extremely difficult. a task,
He was also the Minister of Foreign Affairs, but his treatment was different during the central government period and the coalition government period. During the central government period, Song Ziwen endured humiliation and heavy burdens, but now, facing ambassadors or special envoys from Western countries, he felt proud and happy. Before de Gaulle, both Britain and Soviet Russia sent delegations to Chongqing. Song Ziwen was responsible for hosting all these delegations. In his contact with these two delegations, he had a real understanding of his identity for the first time. sense of identity,
This was not the first time that Song Ziwen had dealt with the British and the Soviet Russians. In his impression, the British claimed to be gentlemen, but in fact they were aloof and unapproachable and always looked bossy; there were not as many Soviet Russians as the British. They are frivolous, but even more unacceptable than the British. They always sound like a superior, as if China is begging for their charity. All the past events are still vivid in our minds. When we see the British and the Soviets again, the other side will The attitudes of the British are completely different. The British still insist on being gentlemen, but their flashing eyes and uncertain tone reveal their inner weakness; the Soviets keep talking about their past help to China, as if Without them, China would have been destroyed. Behind this, there were frequent requests for private visits from the British and Soviet Russians. When they met in private, they no longer looked arrogant...
"This is the life that a foreign minister of a big country should have." Privately, Song Ziwen said to himself more than once, and he finally fell in love with his current job.
Since he fell in love with this job, it became necessary to maintain the same position as the top leaders of the coalition government. Therefore, Song Ziwen ran to the Prime Minister's Office more often. At the same time, he also liked to run to the headquarters to hope that Being able to get the good news from the front line as soon as possible,
Yes, good news, because I don't know when, Song Ziwen was surprised to find that the battle reports coming back from the front line no longer had the word "failure".
"Our Air Force is performing a combat mission, so it has delayed the landing of His Excellency the General's plane. The military situation is so dire, I ask for Your Excellency General's understanding." After a brief greeting, Song Ziwen expressed his apology for delaying the landing of Charles de Gaulle's plane in a very graceful manner.
De Gaulle smiled and said it didn't matter, and then asked in a casual manner: "Has your country conducted any major combat operations against the Japanese army recently? Just now, I saw no less than a hundred fighter planes taking off."
De Gaulle's words were actually suspected of spying on military intelligence, but Song Ziwen didn't mind. He said in a calm tone: "It's just a hundred fighter planes. It's not a big combat operation. It should be a routine reinforcement."
There are a total of eleven airports like Xiaolongkan in Chongqing and surrounding areas, plus some temporary airports, which can accommodate more than a thousand fighter planes taking off and landing at the same time. According to this, Song Ziwen is not boasting.
De Gaulle glanced at him, and then looked at the tall hangars around the airport. Without saying anything, he thought to himself: If more than a hundred fighter planes are dispatched for a routine reinforcement, shouldn't there be at least more than a thousand fighter planes around Chongqing? I heard that the base areas of the current government are Guangdong and Fujian, and the number of fighter planes there will definitely not be weaker than that of Chongqing. Is this the true strength of the Chinese Air Force?