"What... one plane for one pilot? What good thing is he thinking of?" Gao Hongming, who was still on his way, was almost angry when he heard the proposal from the Air Force.
The P47 equipped by the Liantai Flying Group costs NT$220,000. Those people are just trying to make a fool of themselves and want to buy another plane. What a waste.
He said to the communications soldier without thinking: "When you call them back, let them get away as far as your thoughts go. Don't think that others are being taken advantage of and will not be brought down."
Gao Hongming's call back was quickly sent to Chongqing, which stunned Zhou Zhirou, who was originally full of confidence.
That's not right... isn't this Gao Hongming in short supply of pilots? Why doesn't he agree?
Somewhat dumbfounded, Zhou Zhirou quickly called He Yingqin to discuss the matter with him.
After hearing this, He Yingqin was so excited that he almost blurted out a national curse. Are those people in the Air Force just pretending to be stupid? If you give up a plane for one person, don't they know that we are begging for others now, not others for us?
But he acted like he was waiting for a price, and he really thought he was a fool.
I wanted to ignore it, but now the battle situation in Zhongtiao Mountain is critical. Although the Japanese army lost more than fifty aircraft in yesterday's air battle, the Japanese army is strong after all and will soon make a comeback. Without air support, the national army soon fell into
Dilemma.
So the Air Force can bargain slowly, but they can't. Every extra day they wait for Zhongtiao Mountain increases the risk of it falling.
As a last resort, He Yingqin could only suppress his anger and send a long message to Zhou Zhirou.
In the message, he first clarified that the Chairman of the Generalissimo is currently paying attention to this war. Once Zhongtiao Mountain is lost, the Air Force will definitely not be able to escape the relationship. He told him half-threateningly and half-indulgently that if he wanted to get some benefits, he could
, but don’t regard the other party as someone who is taken advantage of, otherwise no one will be able to make things better if they break up.
After sending a message to Zhou Zhirou, He Yingqin sent another message to Gao Hongming, telling him the Air Force's difficulties, and finally told him that if he wanted the Air Force to happily release him, it would be unreasonable not to give him some benefits. As for giving him
How much is up to him to consider.
After receiving the telegram, Gao Hongming thought for a long time before sending another telegram to Zhou Zhirou. In this way, during the day, the two parties exchanged at least ten telegrams.
In the end, the two sides reached a consensus. The Liantai Flying Militia donated 25 P40 fighters and a batch of spare parts to the Air Force, while the Air Force allocated 50 pilots to the Liantai Flying Group.
Of course, there are a series of detailed clauses that I will not describe one by one.
At this critical moment, the efficiency of the national army, which had always been procrastinating, rapidly improved. In the evening of that day, Huang Huaimin boarded a C-47 transport plane and flew to Dazhongba Airport under the escort of four P47 fighter jets.
Seeing Huang Huaimin getting off the plane, Chu Yuan, who came to greet him, was shocked and secretly complaining in his heart.
Originally, his plan was crackling. Aren't you going to trade planes for pilots?
Okay, I'll give you those rookies with the worst flying skills, or even those who have just graduated from aviation school. As for how you use them, that's your business. Anyway, time is so tight, you can't possibly assess these pilots one by one.
Well, if we do this, by the time the assessment is over, the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain will have been over long ago.
But now it seems that the other party has clearly been guarding against his move.
Who is Huang Huaimin? He is an old comrade. He was born in the Fourth Brigade and his understanding of the Fourth Brigade is no worse than his own. If he wants to use those rookies to fool him, there is no way.
"Brother Chu Yuan, long time no see!"
As soon as the two met, Huang Huaimin gave Chu Yuan a warm hug.
"Why are you here?" If Chu Yuan looked in the mirror at this moment, he would definitely find that his face would be full of astonishment.
Huang Huaimin smiled and said: "Why can't I come? By the way, I forgot to tell you that I am now the captain of the Liantai Flying Brigade, and this time I came to select people under the order of our regiment."
"I...%￥#@!"
Chu Yuan only wanted to curse people. Although Huang Huaimin's leg was lame, his vision had not weakened at all, and he had even become more sophisticated. With this guy around, his ideas would probably come to nothing.
Although I was feeling jealous in my heart, I couldn't show it on my face, so I could only say in a low voice: "Brother Huaimin, you have to be merciful. Our Fourth Brigade only has a few good talents, so you can't transfer them all.
"
"Just bullshit." Huang Huaimin sneered: "Based on my understanding of those bureaucrats, you will accept twenty-five planes at once this time. It's strange that the people of the 1st, 23rd and 3rd Brigade would let this opportunity pass. I guess there must be something wrong here."
There must be people from the other three brigades involved, right?"
"It seems that nothing can be hidden from Brother Huaimin's discernment."
Chu Yuan smiled bitterly. There are no secrets in the national army.
The news that the Air Force was getting twenty-five new monoplanes spread throughout the entire Air Force in less than half a day.
There is a common phenomenon in the Chinese Air Force today, that is, there are a large number of idle pilots but no aircraft, so that there is a strange phenomenon of one aircraft equipped with four or five pilots. Now I heard that the Air Force is getting twenty-five new aircraft.
How could the rest of the flying group be able to hold back?
In just two hours, the captains of the other three brigades directly found Zhou Zhirou and fought hard until even Zhou Zhirou, the commander, had to make concessions.
In the end, it was decided to allocate the number of aircraft in proportion to the pilots who were selected, so as to appease the remaining three groups.
During the war, everything was simple and fast.
As a veteran pilot who had been in the Chinese Air Force for many years, Huang Huaimin didn't know too many people. He knew who's skills were good, and he had a sharp eye and was very good at judging people. He didn't know many people.
Fifty pilots were selected within hours. That evening, he took these pilots on a C-47 transport plane and rushed back to Liantai County under the escort of four P47 fighters.
That night, Gao Hongming received a telegram from Huang Huaimin.
After receiving the telegram, he ordered Huang Huaimin to let those pilots become familiar with the P47 in the shortest time and form combat effectiveness as soon as possible.
While finishing sending the telegram, Gao Hongming looked at the dark night sky, and there seemed to be a faint smell of gunpowder smoke in his nose.
Today, the Liantai militia has entered the outskirts of Zhongtiao Mountain and may come into contact with the Japanese army at any time. Moreover, he has a premonition that this trip to Zhongtiao Mountain will never go smoothly. Once the Japanese know that he is coming to Zhongtiao Mountain,
Mountains will definitely pounce on him like a shark that smells blood.