Using nearly 500 Air Force School cadets and a few symbolic silver dollars to trade the cadet army's 24 Belugas and 38 I-5 Hawker fighter jets and several spare parts, no matter who thinks it is,
The Chongqing government made a lot of money from this deal. Flying to Chongqing, they lack everything, but they don’t lack people. Moreover, Wang Hai and others also helped them shoot down eleven invading enemy planes and repelled the Japanese aviation force.
An air raid greatly improved the morale of the people.
However, in Lao Jiang's view, because he felt that he had been coerced, he considered this to be a major stain on his military and political career. Therefore, when Wang Hai made such a big noise that the entire mountain city was deserted, the old man's mood suddenly changed.
Too bad.
The current situation of the Anti-Japanese War is grim. For the people, no matter whether you are the Central Army or the Cadet Army, as long as it can defeat the Japs, it is a "good army" and worthy of their support and love. For example, at this time, they actually already have quite a few
Everyone already knows that the cluster of fighter planes in the sky belongs to the military, so they can cheer and encourage them and call them "our planes." Compared with the civilian attitude, the military's attitude is much more complicated.
Because the government deliberately blocks information related to the Xuebing Army, only the core members of the Central Army have their own internal channels to obtain this information. However, the lower levels and even some high-level officials know little about the Xuebing Army, so when they see
By the time nearly a hundred fighter planes passed overhead, they were more shocked than the French and Japanese. This was because the Japanese army had actually taken control of the northwest area of Jiangxi, and Guangxi was returned by the Xingui Clan.
There is the Xuebing Army, which is divided and controlled by the Central Army. Therefore, to them, the Xuebing Army is just a warlord armed force that lives in a corner of the southeast and survives under the Japanese cavalry.
"Is this really a fighter plane from the Xuebing Army? Darling, so many?"
"When did the Xuebing Army develop such a large-scale aviation force?"
"Grandma, you are a bear. This is even worse than our Central Army. If we still have so many fighter planes, why are we afraid of the little devils coming to attack us?"
"People are really angry at each other. Is this still a warlord armed with a committee?"
...The discussions among the lower-level officers were more or less focused on talking about things, but the high-ranking officers were very excited - so someone suggested to Lao Jiang: "Committee, why not use the military officers to learn from the military affairs?"
Should all this aviation force be left behind? The capital's air defense force is weak, and they are needed to be loyal to the country..."
Lao Jiang had never thought about this, but he just considered that the student army was not what it used to be, so he firmly suppressed the idea. After hearing the suggestions from his subordinates, the old man was quite excited and thought it might not be a bad idea to give it a try, so
Chief of Staff Calais asked him if there was any possibility of operation.
Chief of Staff He's answer was straightforward: "It's definitely worth a try, just leave it to me!"
"The Xuebing Army is led by a major general named Wang Hai this time. Have you had direct contact with him, but Mu Jiandie must not let Mu Jiandie know about this."
"I know."
When Old Chiang Kai-shek and Chief of Staff He were talking about Wang Hai, the latter was leading 24 Baiji Dolphins and 12 Aerial Fortresses in circles around Xiaolongkan.
The twenty-four Baijis escorted, plus the twenty-four traded, plus the twelve flying fortresses that transported parts and the thirty-eight I-5s and Hawkers, a total of ninety-eight fighters.
It has far exceeded the reception capacity of Xiaolongkan Military Airport, so something embarrassing for the national government occurred. When the thirty-eight I-5s and Hawkers plus the twenty-four Whitebacks used for the transaction landed in sequence, the person in charge
Zhou Zhirou, who was working at the reception desk, was embarrassed to find that the runway could not be vacated so that the Xuebing Army fighter planes still hovering in the sky could land.
The maximum sortie distance of the Baiji is about 1,500 kilometers, but this refers to the cruising condition with auxiliary fuel tanks. In previous air battles, many Baiji abandoned their auxiliary fuel tanks and also made a series of maneuvers. This
This increased their fuel consumption, so although the straight-line distance between Xiaolongkan Airport and Baiyunshan Airport was only about a thousand kilometers, they were unable to return to Guangzhou safely without refueling.
When there were no fighter planes, he tried every means to find fighter planes. There were more fighter planes, but the airport was too small. Zhou Zhirou couldn't help but sweat profusely. At this time, one of his subordinates made a suggestion: Since the airport can't accommodate them, why not move some fighter planes there?
Drag them to the street. Zhou Zhirou thought this made sense, so he quickly organized people to drag those Yi Shi and Hawke Shishi to the street.
Xiaolongkan Airport lacks enough tractors, and if it is pulled manually, the workload is really not small, so it took more than half an hour for the airport staff to clear a runway.
Twelve aerial fortresses landed first. Their maximum range is nearly 6,000 kilometers, and they can return to Guangzhou safely without refueling. And because their fuselages are so large, Xiaolongkan Airport simply does not have enough apron for them to land.
So the only way is to land one to load and unload one.
When the airport staff were dragging the small Iraqi and Hawker fighter planes outside, a group of young people wearing student uniforms who participated in helping were very eye-catching. They were the group who were going to take the Aerial Fortress to Guangzhou.
Students from various aviation schools affiliated to the Central Military Commission.
There are a total of 549 cadets in this batch of aviation school, 217 sophomores are about to graduate, and the rest are all first-year students. Among them, there are 25 female cadets.
Because he was responsible for completing the handover procedures with Mu Jiandie and Zhou Zhirou, the aerial fortress driven by Wang Hai was the first to land. At this time, the outside of the airport cordon was already crowded with reporters and onlookers. When the aerial fortress began to fly on the runway,
While gliding on the mountain, Mujiandie said to Zhou Zhirou: "Master Wang is on this elevated fortress. Let's go and greet him!"
Zhou Zhirou nodded, remembering the call he had just received from Chief of Staff He, he turned around and shouted to the reporters behind him: "Aren't you going to interview? Today's protagonist is on this fighter plane, and each newspaper office will send one
Please come with me, please."
"Okay!" "I'll go, I'll go!"...
Zhou Zhirou attached great importance to this pick-up work. In order to express his gratitude to the student pilots who sent them over, he specially arranged a group of boys and girls to send flowers to the student pilots. Every student pilot before
When he got to the ground, he was always given a bouquet of flowers, and Wang Hai, as the commander of this send-off operation, was no exception. As soon as he got to the ground, a girl held a bouquet of flowers and handed it over with a sweet smile.
He said sweetly: "General Wang, welcome to Chongqing."
Wang Hai took the flowers with a smile: "Thank you!" and then turned to the rows of cameras over there.