Three days later, at around nine o'clock in the morning, at Guangzhou Baiyunshan Air Force Base, Li Tieshu, Ji Xing, 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 commander of the 1st Air Division.
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 have seen, they will
Responsible for transporting 24 Belugas, more than 30 Yi-5 and Hawker fighters and related parts to Chongqing. Flying gentlemen, please pay attention to the badges of its five pilots, they are our few aces
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 Force was named "French Naval Volunteer Force", and its commander is still Degoux. For this reorganization, the French originally had expectations and wanted to
Relying on their outstanding professional abilities to control the real power of the front-line fleet, they slowly accumulated the capital for "rebellion". However, after the specific reorganization plan was sent to them, all senior officers of the Far East Fleet, including De Gu, were collectively angry at first.
I jumped up and scolded my mother, and then I looked at the "Volunteer to Join the Student Army to Fight the Japanese Invaders" signed two days ago under the reorganization plan. Everyone was worried and angry and speechless, feeling that they had fallen into the trap carefully dug by the Student Army -
—I originally thought there would be a bright future waiting for me, but the reality is so cruel. Therefore, the French are all dejected and full of confusion about the future.
From a French perspective, the reorganization plan of the Xuebing Army is too poisonous. Although Degou 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
It has lost the right to command the original Far East Fleet. As for the captains under its command, the titles they received sound pretty good - "Honorary Captain", but as soon as you think 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.
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The top brass of the Xuebing Army knew what the French were planning and had already prepared countermeasures. 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 and related supporting facilities under the Xuebing Army. It has nine runways alone and 21 hangars.
Starting yesterday, Degou and others began to travel for free, and after visiting the entire city of Guangzhou, the French people's impression of the country has been completely changed. Last night, when they were talking privately about what they had seen
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 a country? When did the country become so prosperous and developed? Have you noticed? The streets are full of cars. Before the war,
Paris is just like that! It’s incredible.”
De Gu looked at the problem more profoundly than he did. The old French man defined this free tour with a gloomy tone: "The Chinese are showing us their strength. Huh! The country is so vast, and more than half of the land is occupied.
If the Japanese take over, 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's just helping the Japanese make wedding clothes! I warn you, no matter what you see in the future
, remember not to show surprise - we want our countrymen 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 wealth would not be of any concern to the French.
This attitude changed after they saw groups of white-tip dolphins and empty fortresses.
The French knew very little about the Xuebing Army, and had not even heard of the country's warlord armies before the Xuebing Army sent troops to Southeast Asia. De Gu did not start to pay attention to the Xuebing Army until after his trip to Hanoi, but even so, the white-tip dolphin still had time
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 imported from the United States or the Soviet Union.
Frankly speaking, whether it is the army, navy or the emerging service air force, the French are not bad at achieving it. Under normal circumstances, although Germany will eventually win the war between Germany and France, it will definitely pay a heavy price. However, 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-fin dolphin or an empty fortress, a few aircraft cannot explain it, but
Now there were sixty or seventy racks appearing in front of them. As a result, even the well-informed French people couldn't help but secretly smack their lips, being shocked by this "generous gesture". De Gu was thinking in his head.
For a long time, I couldn’t think of any country that had fighter jets that could compete with it. I could no longer remain calm, and couldn’t help but follow Tielin Fei’s words and ask: “The big model should be a bomber, so is the suitable model a fighter?
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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 maximum 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——"
"Fighter? Is it too big? This will affect flexibility."
"It is larger than the current main fighters in various countries in the world, but it is not bad in terms of flexibility - 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 want to sell the I-5 and Hawker to the Chongqing government? Could it be that,
Has your army phased out these two types of fighter planes?"
"It was eliminated a year ago."
"So, which country are these two fighter jets we saw produced?"
"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. The collective couldn't calm down at once, and some even exclaimed in surprise.