"Lilia," Seeing that Lilia was unaware of the matter, Laisha explained to her: "The infantry brigade commander who was standing in the factory reported the results we have achieved today to the Front Command via telegram."
"Infantry Brigade Commander?" Lilia couldn't help but raise her eyebrows when she heard this and asked Laisha tentatively: "Comrade Lieutenant, are you talking about Lieutenant Colonel Sokov?"
"I don't know the name of the brigade commander, but if he led the troops to stick to the factory, the person who reported the results to his superiors should be him." Lai Sha continued: "Commander General Heliujin was very happy when he learned the number of enemy planes you shot down. He said that by shooting down five enemy planes, you can become the standard for ace pilot. You are now an ace pilot in the regiment."
"Lieutenant Lillia," Alexei squeezed into Lillia, reached out to her, and said with a smile: "Please accept my congratulations and congratulations on becoming the first Queen Pilot."
"Thank you!" Lilia's heartbeat suddenly accelerated inexplicably as she held Alexei's hand. She hurriedly said a polite sentence: "Thank you, Captain Alexei, thank you for letting the ground crew fill our plane with oil and ammunition."
"Comrades, Lieutenant Lillia is the honor of our 437th Fighter Flight Regiment." After the conversation between Alexei and Lillia was over, Khostnikov turned to his subordinates and said loudly: "You guys say, how should we welcome our heroine?"
After Khostnikov finished speaking, everyone was stunned at first, but then rushed towards Lilia, raised her up with all her strength, threw her into the air, caught it, and threw it again...
Alexei and Khostnikov walked aside, listened to Lilia's screams, and the soldiers laughed excitedly, and said to their regiment commander with emotion: "Comrade Commander, we are really lucky, we can get such a good pilot."
"Yes, Alexei." Khostnikov nodded and said, "I didn't expect that the four female pilots sent by our superiors would achieve such great results on the first time they went to the battlefield alone."
As the two were talking, a soldier came over panting and reported to Khostnikov: "Comrade Commander, phone number, your phone number, division commander will talk to you."
"Teacher's phone number?" After listening to the warrior's report, Khostnikov raised his hand and slapped his forehead suddenly, and said in annoyance: "Hey, why did I forget to report such an important thing to the division commander?"
Khostnikov ran back to the regiment command post, picked up the microphone on the table, and put it in his ear and said, "Hello, comrade in the division commander, I am Colonel Khostnikov. What instructions do you have?"
"Colin," the dissatisfaction voice of division commander Major General Boris Elson came from the receiver: "A female pilot who had just arrived in our division has become ace pilot because of the first battle. Why don't you report it to me?"
"Comrade Commander!" Faced with Boris' accusations, Khostnikov replied awkwardly: "I just got the news from the commander that the plane driven by Lieutenant Lillia was back. I was in a hurry to bring someone to welcome her, but for a moment I forgot to report such an important thing to you."
Fortunately, an ace pilot had just been released from his troops. Although Boris was criticizing Khostnikov, he was still happy. He deliberately said with a stern face: "Comrade Colonel, if I remember correctly, you would rather be willing to assign them to your regiment a few days ago. I think they must have had enough of your sarcasm these days, right?"
"Comrade Commander, who made a report to you, no, absolutely no." Although the division commander's guess was correct, Khostnikov still denied with shamelessness: "They just arrived two days ago. In order to familiarize them with the environment, I did not arrange combat tasks for them for the time being. Whenever there is a suitable combat task today, I ordered them to attack, but I didn't expect such results."
"Okay, comrade Colonel, stop talking nonsense." Boris interrupted Khostnikov's bragging words behind him and said bluntly: "A fighter plane in the women's squadron was shot down today. After consultation with his superiors, the commander will replenish them a Jacques-1 fighter as soon as possible. The new plane may arrive tomorrow morning, and you can arrange for someone to accept it at that time."
"Comrade Commander," Khostnikov couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise when he heard Boris say this: "In the past, did the superiors have to wait half a month at the fastest? Why can the replenished plane arrive so quickly this time?"
"Col. Khostnikov," Boris said in a stern tone: "If every squadron in your regiment can achieve such a victory as the women's squadron, then the speed of the superiors replenishing the planes will be as fast as you can." He paused for a moment and continued, "Don't let the women's squadron attack alone next time. Their number of planes is too small. Even if the girls are brave, they are still unable to do so when facing an enemy plane that is more than ten or twenty times more than them. If possible, draw forces from the other two squadrons to cooperate with them. I think Captain Alexei, the captain of the second squadron, is very good."
"I understand, comrade of the division commander." Khostnikov turned his head and looked at Alexei who followed him into the command post, and replied: "Next time I let the women's squadron attack, I will definitely let the male pilot cooperate with their actions."
Khostnikov put down the phone and said to Alexei: "Captain, the division commander just said on the phone that his superiors added a Jacques-1 fighter jet to the women's squadron, which will be delivered tomorrow morning. Please send someone to accept it. I will leave this matter to you."
When Alexei heard this, the same thoughts as Khostnikov appeared in his mind: "Comrade Commander, why did the plane be refilled so quickly last time?"
Hearing Alexei's question, Khostnikov snorted and said in the tone of the division commander: "If your squadron can achieve the same results as the women's squadron every time he attacks, then the speed of the superiors replenishing the plane for you will be as fast as you can."
Alexei smiled embarrassedly, and then said, "Comrade Commander, I guess the record set by Lieutenant Lillia can be broken through in a short period of time."
"The division commander also said that the women's squadrons should not be allowed to attack alone. Their number of aircraft is too small. If they encounter this situation today, they will suffer a great loss." Khostnikov knew very well that when the women's squadron arrived, the German bomber formation in the bombing factory had almost exhausted its ammunition. Otherwise, it would be very difficult to achieve today's results. If you encounter the German flight formation next time, let alone achieve any results, it would be good to escape unscathed. Therefore, he reminded Alexei: "From now on, every time the women's squadron takes on a mission, your squadron will draw out four fighter jets and act with them. Do you understand?"
Alexei was unable to say anything about Khostnikov's order. He thought that the regiment was full of all the Lag 3 fighters, which were not as good as the Jacques-1 fighters. If there was a real air combat, I was afraid that his four fighters would drag the girls back. However, since the order had been issued, it would be impossible to oppose it again, so he could only grit his teeth and answer: "I understand, Comrade Commander. In the future, when the women's squadron attacks, I will personally lead the team to cooperate with them in the battle."
If Alexei asked the deputy squadron leader or someone else to lead the team to assist the women's squadron in combat, maybe Khostnikov was not at ease. At this moment, seeing Alexei take the initiative to lead the team to cooperate with the women's squadron every time he personally, he nodded and said with satisfaction: "Comrade Captain, with your full cooperation, I think the women's squadron will achieve greater results."
Alexe left the regiment command post and went straight back to the pilot dormitory. When passing by the room where the women's squadron lived, he saw the four girls all there, so he stopped at the door and raised his hand to knock on the open door. When everyone in the room was focused on him, Alexe asked politely: "Can I come in?"
"Please come in, comrade Captain." Because Alexei used to help the women's squadron, he is now the most popular among girls. Laisha quickly stood up and said to Alexei with a smile: "We just made black tea with honey added, please come in and have a drink."
Alexei entered the house, sat down on a chair near the door, and asked with a smile: "Lieutenant Laisha, we are all comrades. If you have any help, you can tell me, I will find a way to help you."
"Comrade Captain, you have helped us so much. I'm so embarrassed to bother you." Laisha said, taking a cup of hot tea handed over by Maria and handing it to Alexei: "Please have tea, Comrade Captain."
"Captain," Kajia, who had not spoken before when he saw Alexei pick up the tea cup and was about to drink tea, asked timidly: "I want to ask you for a favor, okay?"
Alexei quickly placed the teacup on the table beside him, sat upright and looked at Kajia and said, "Kajia, if you have anything, just speak. As long as I can do it, I will do my best to help."
"That's great." Hearing Alexei say this, Kajia's expression suddenly became relaxed: "I want to ask you to help me ask when can we replenish the lost plane?..."
"Kajia!" Before Kajia could finish her words, Laisha stopped her sternly, and then said to Alexa apologetically: "I'm sorry, comrade Captain, Kajia was unable to take off the air to fight in a short time because his plane was shot down by the enemy. He was a little anxious and made such a presumptuous request to you. I hope you don't mind her recklessness."
"Lt. Laisha, don't blame Kajia. If any of us were replaced by any of us, we would be very anxious to see our comrades fighting against enemy planes in the air, but we had to stay on the ground because of the loss of the plane." After saying this, Alexei expressed his purpose for this trip: "I am here today to inform you about something."
When he said this, he deliberately paused for a moment to observe the expressions of everyone. Seeing that everyone was staring at him intently, he continued to say: "The superior informed us that there would be a Jacques-1 fighter plane that would land in the airport and ordered me to be responsible for receiving the plane."
After Alexa finished speaking, Laisha asked carefully: "Captain, I want to ask, who will this new Jacques-1 fighter be assigned to after the arrival of this new Jacques-1 fighter jet?"
Alexei grinned and did not answer directly, but asked back: "Lt. Laisha, you have been in the regiment for several days. It should be clear that the entire regiment except you are equipped with Lager 3 fighters. You think the superiors will never equip a Jacques-1 fighter with a squadron equipped with Lager 3 fighters, right?"
Although Alexei did not clearly state who the fighter was handed over to, several girls understood that after the fighter arrived at the airport, the person who could fly the plane was Kajia.
"Ula!" Kajia cheered happily when she learned that she would get a new plane right away. She turned around and hugged Lilia standing behind her and said excitedly: "Lilia, did you hear it? The new plane equipped by my superiors will be delivered tomorrow morning. In this way, I can still serve as your wingman tomorrow and compete with the German army together."
Lilia raised her hand and patted Kajia on the back a few times, feeling happy for her wingman pilot: "Kajia, when you have a new plane tomorrow, we can fight side by side again."
Kaja broke free from Lilia's arms, stood up straight, and said with a serious expression: "Lilia, I promise you that from tomorrow, I will never let the German planes shoot me down again. If they shot me down once, I will shoot down their cross planes, so that they can understand that the people in our women's squadron are not so easy to bully."
"Kajia, you are right!" After hearing Kajia's words, Laisha stepped forward and put her shoulders on her and said, "When you have a new plane, we will drive more German planes from the sky, so that they will be frightened when they hear our names in the future."
"Okay, lieutenant." Alexei stood up from his seat, walked to the face of several people, and said, "You have left a deep impression on the Germans in today's battle. I think as long as you achieve a few more similar results, you can make the enemy frightened. When they hear your name, they will be frightened."
Chapter completed!