Zhou Zhirou was the director of the Aviation Committee of the National Government and the director of the Air Force Staff School at the time. He knew the current size of the Air Force's aviation force and how many surplus personnel it had. He himself proposed to Chiang Kai-shek to purchase military aircraft from the Xuebing Army, so the first
After being summoned by Chiang Kai-shek at about seven o'clock the next morning, as soon as he heard Chiang Kai-shek's report on the conditions of the student army, he guessed why Chiang Kai-shek had summoned him, and said cautiously: "Committee, our army has always paid more attention to aviation.
We do have a surplus of pilots and ground crews for the reserve work, but I think that under the current situation where the Japanese army frequently launches air attacks on our rear areas, it would be better for us to have more personnel reserves on hand."
The veteran frowned: "But Mu Jiandie said that this is a prerequisite for them to learn from the Bingjun."
Zhou Zhirou glanced at him, turned her eyes and said: "Commissioner, I have an idea, how about we replace it with trainees? There are currently more than a hundred pilot trainees at the Air Force Staff School who are about to graduate, but due to the lack of enough trainer aircraft, they will never
Most of them have only flown once or twice. There is almost no possibility for these students to grow up here, but if they are handed over to the student army, given that there are no large-scale air battles in Fujian and Guangdong, they will have sufficient resources.
, given time, these students will be able to stand on their own."
Lao Jiang was quite moved by his words, but he thought that the negotiator of the Xuebing Army this time was Mu Jiandie. This person knew all aspects of Chongqing very well, and he was a little worried that he would not be able to accept it: "Your proposal is not bad.
But Mu Jiandie is not so easy to fool - no matter what, let's try again. Baifu, you and Brother Huanzhang will go to see Mu Jiandie later. After all, you are in the air force, so you should be more convincing.
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"yes!"
At around ten o'clock in the morning, at the same place, Old God Mu Jiandie, who had reached an agreement with Guangzhou, was waiting for General Feng and Zhou Zhirou. After a brief greeting, Zhou Zhirou agreed to the conditions proposed by Xue Bingjun one by one.
Reply, and when he said that trainees would replace the aviation service, he paid special attention to Mu Jiandie's expression and found that there was no obvious change, and he couldn't help but feel a little more confident.
Perhaps influenced by Ouyang Yun's consistent behavior and style, both Chiang Kai-shek and General Feng misjudged the Xuebing Army's fundamental attitude on this matter. They thought that the Xuebing Army was unwilling to suffer any losses, but they did not know that in the great war of resistance against Japan, the Xuebing Army was unwilling to suffer any losses.
Regarding issues, even if they know they will suffer a loss, Xuebingjun will actually make decisions based on the overall situation.
After Mu Jiandie went back last night, he also communicated with the Guangzhou headquarters. As Lao Jiang said, Mu Jiandie was very aware of all aspects of Chongqing, so after his meeting with General Feng last night, he expected that Chongqing would
He might use the students at the school to fool himself. In the telegram to Li Tieshu, he mentioned this and gave his own opinion. He thought it was acceptable, but the prerequisite must be all students. In the telegram, he wrote: "
These students have no chance to practice in Chongqing. If they continue to stay in Chongqing, there will be two consequences. Either they will go to heaven and become cannon fodder, or they will transfer to other fields and abandon their previous majors. Rather than doing this, we might as well accept them all.
come over……"
Li Tieshu and Ji Xing did not know much about aviation affairs, so they honestly asked Ouyang Yun for instructions. After getting Ouyang Yun's approval, they responded with a one-word telegram: Yes!
With the support of the headquarters, it is not surprising that Mu Jiandie acted calmly at this time. After Zhou Zhirou finished speaking, he asked with a smile: "Is this your final decision?"
General Feng and Zhou Zhirou didn't know what they meant. They looked at each other. The latter said with sweat on his forehead: "No, we are all fighting for the war and protecting our country. We can still discuss it!"
"More than a hundred students are not enough. Our commander-in-chief has prepared twenty-four Baijis, as well as a number of I-5s and Hawkers——"
In the Air Force sequence of the Xuebing Army, the I-5, Hawker-II, Hawker III and other old fighters have all been eliminated. During the previous negotiations, General Feng asked Mu Jiandie whether the Xuebing Army had these three types of aircraft.
After Mu Jiandie communicated with Tie Linfei about the accessories of fighter planes, the latter remembered those old fighter planes placed in the hangar. After consulting Ouyang Yun, he generously thought that these fighters could be handed over to the Chongqing government.
Due to the need for negotiation, Mu Jiandie did not mention this matter at first, but now he suddenly brought it up, and it really had the effect he hoped to see——
General Feng, a layman, behaved quite calmly, but Zhou Zhirou, an expert, behaved a bit badly - his mouth opened wide, his eyes widened, and he looked extremely surprised. He maintained this expression for more than five minutes.
After a few seconds, he stood up excitedly and asked: "Director Mu, is this, is this true?"
Seeing his expression, Mu Jiandie actually felt sad - there were many real anti-Japanese comrades in the Central Army, but for various reasons, the results of their efforts were tragic. Calm down, he
He said seriously: "Of course it's true. When has our Commander-in-Chief ever failed to keep his words?"
His words actually imply that the highest authorities are prone to renege on their word. General Feng has always remained calm. Hearing these words, his eyes narrowed and a meaningful smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. However, Zhou Zhirou's entire energy was absorbed by Yi-5 and others.
Hawke was so attracted that he didn't notice this at all. He said excitedly: "That's great, but, I just don't know what else your army needs us to do?"
"All cadets from the Air Force School - including the Central Aviation School!"
"ah!"
"Director Zhou, with all due respect, these students who stayed in Chongqing have not actually grown into qualified pilots one day. Your army's aviation reserve has been doing a good job. Your front-line troops do not lack combatants, so our side
The proposal is actually based on an attitude of being responsible to all three parties - General Feng, Director Zhou, there is something I think you should know. The French also intend to purchase from us the batch of old fighters that have been eliminated by our army.
So if you are really interested in getting these fighters, please hurry up."
The Xuebing Army made such a big noise in Southeast Asia, and its actions had already spread among senior generals of the National Government such as Zhou Zhirou. Although they and the Xuebing Army generals have different political views, they are both Chinese.
He was also proud that the Xuebing Army could achieve such results. Zhou Zhirou knew about the alliance between the Xuebing Army and the French. When he heard what he said, he couldn't help but believe it and quickly expressed his position: "Director Mu, of course you must give these fighters to us. You
Please wait a moment, I will call the Chairman for instructions."
Then he got up and went out to make a phone call, and only five minutes later, he walked in with a look of joy on his face and said: "The chairman has agreed, deputy committee member, Director Mu, I think we can sign the letter of intent now!"
General Feng looked at Mu Jiandie and asked, "Director Mu, what do you mean?"
Mu Jiandie nodded reservedly: "Okay! Let's start discussing the relevant details now."