The weather in May changes like a child's face. It was a cloudless sky this morning, but it started to become gloomy in the afternoon.
On the back mountain of Yangping Town, there is a small piece of wasteland, covering an area of about thirty to forty acres. Normally, this piece of wasteland is a gathering place for the town residents and nearby villagers to go to the market. However, today this piece of land was occupied by the Liantai Vigilante Group.
It was requisitioned.
Today, Gao Hongming and Chi Yaohui are here.
Looking at the cloudy sky and the pitifully short runway in front of him, Chi Yaohui couldn't help but ask Gao Hongming: "Tour members, is this runway too short? What if something goes wrong?
Big."
No wonder Chi Yaohui asked. Although he was a layman on the Air Force, he still understood some basic common sense.
Although the runway required for propeller aircraft to take off and land today is not as often as one or two kilometers like that of later jet aircraft, it is still three to four hundred meters no matter how short it is.
As for the runway in front of us, the entire length of the runway is only about 100 meters, which cannot meet the take-off and landing conditions of aircraft at all.
Gao Hongming looked at the newly promoted chief of staff and said with a smile: "Zijie, you have just joined our militia not long ago, so some things may not be clear to you. Our flying brigade has just been equipped with a front-line support light reconnaissance aircraft. It is useful for
The requirements for takeoff and landing are very small, and this runway is enough for it to take off and land.
Just wait and see, you see... they say Cao Cao Cao Cao is here, they are here."
Along with Gao Hongming's voice, two small black spots began to appear in the sky not far away, and soon appeared in everyone's sight.
Seeing the black spots appearing, the soldiers from the baggage camp who had been waiting beside the runway quickly lit four fires. Soon the fires, which were composed of licorice and animal dung, began to emit thick smoke.
Yunxiao.
The plane in the sky immediately noticed the thick smoke. After circling twice around the runway, it quickly lowered its nose and rushed down the crude runway. In Chi Yaohui's fear, the two planes landed lightly.
It ran up and then slid to a stop after just a few dozen meters.
Only then did Chi Yaohui realize that this was a very small aircraft, and it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as small and exquisite.
Its wings are located above the fuselage, and the entire aircraft looks small and exquisite, like a flying dragonfly.
Soon, the two pilots jumped out of the plane, and led by the soldiers from the guard battalion who had been waiting aside, they came to Gao Hongming and Chi Yaohui and saluted them with a bang.
"Liantai Flying Brigade Reconnaissance Squadron, Bian Daling and Bian Xiaoling report to the commander."
At this time, Gao Hongming and Chi Yaohui were already stunned, because standing in front of them were two pilots, young girls who exuded valiant and heroic demeanor, and judging from their appearance and names, the two should be sisters.
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Chi Yaohui pointed at the two of them, even stammering a bit, "You...you..."
It wasn't that Chi Yaohui was making a fuss, but the impact this scene had on him was too great.
Since ancient times, war has always been the preserve of men. For this reason, in the 1980s, China released a movie called "War Makes Women Go Away".
Of course, there are no absolutes.
It is not uncommon for women to participate in wars, such as the well-known heroines such as Hua Mulan, Mu Guiying, and Liang Hongyu.
But the author believes that the reason why these people can remain famous in history is largely because there are too few such facts, so they are widely circulated.
In fact, even now, with the social status of women having been greatly improved, most women who join the army are engaged in medical, logistics, communications and other positions. As for directly holding a gun and going to the front line to fight with the enemy,
There are almost no face-to-face fights, let alone flying high-tech weapons like fighter planes.
In the end, it was Gao Hongming who reacted first. After all, he came from a later generation and had seen female astronauts, let alone female pilots.
After returning the gift, Gao Hongming took the lead and asked: "How did you join the flying brigade?"
Seeing that Gao Hongming seemed a little unhappy, Daling on the side quickly said: "Sir, the thing is like this, we..."
After Bian Daling's explanation, Gao Hongming realized that although fifty pilots had just been hired from the Central Air Force a few days ago, with the expansion of the flying group, there was still a huge gap in the flying group.
Just some time ago, Huang Huaimin was troubled by the lack of personnel in the newly established reconnaissance squadron.
For this reason, he set his sights on the Central Air Force, but this time it was not a male pilot, but a female pilot.
Yes, don't be surprised, she is a female pilot.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, in response to calls from all walks of life and under pressure from his wife, Chairman Chiang ordered the Central Aviation School to recruit thirty female pilot students, although there was only one batch and these female pilot students had only studied for two years.
They started their careers and returned home at the end of the year, but the foundation of these people is still there.
In desperation, Huang Huaimin found an old acquaintance, Chu Yuan, the current captain of the Fourth Brigade of the Central Air Force, and asked about the situation of these female flight academies, but only a few of them were found. The others either lost contact or were married. Finally,
There are only six people willing to serve in the flying group.
Huang Huaimin organized all these people into the reconnaissance squadron, and sisters Bian Daling and Bian Xiaoling were two of them.
After listening to Bian Daling's explanation, Gao Hongming stared into her eyes and asked: "Although you have entered the reconnaissance squadron, the tasks you undertake are no easier than those of the combat squadron. You will encounter Japanese aircraft at any time, and your lives may even be in danger.
Aren't you afraid?"
Bian Daling was silent for a while and whispered: "It would be a lie to say that I am not afraid, but now that the country is facing a crisis, although we are women, as children of China, how can we stay out of it?
I remember that when my sister and I entered the Central Aviation School, we heard the sad news of the death of Commander Shen Chonghai. At that time, my sister and I made up our minds to learn flying skills well, and in the future we would fly airplanes to avenge Commander Shen Chonghai and others, so
After Chief Huang Huaimin found us a few days ago, my sister and I immediately followed him to Liantai County."
Having said this, Bian Daling raised her head and looked directly at Gao Hongming, with a determined expression on her face, and raised her voice: "My sister and I have nothing to ask for, but only one thing from you. If my two sisters are unfortunate in the future,
Sacrifice, can you bury the two of us in the Wangjiawan Public Collection at Beilu, and let us be buried together with our seniors, so that we can die in peace."
Hearing this, Gao Hongming felt a little wet at the corners of his eyes.
Where is Beilu Wangjiawan Public Fundraising?
It is located in Purple Mountain outside Taipingmen, Xuanwu District, Nanjing. Huang Yuquan, Wu Minghui, Liu Cuigang and other aviation martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country are buried there. There is also an "Anti-Japanese Aviation Monument" on which are inscribed the anti-Japanese aviation martyrs of China, the Soviet Union, the United States and North Korea.
The names of 3305 people.
Gao Hongming also recalled a shocking photo seen by later generations. This photo was the graduation photo of the first generation of Chinese pilots. Among the 47 people in the photo, except for an old instructor, all the other 46 died in the battle.
The death rate is as high as 100%.
It can be said that during the entire Anti-Japanese War, the Air Force had the highest sacrifice rate and the youngest average age of sacrifice in the entire Anti-Japanese War.
For example, Lin Heng, the younger brother of Lin Huiyin, a famous talented woman in the Republic of China, and the youngest son of Zhang Boling, the president of Nankai University, are also among them.
Moreover, during the entire Anti-Japanese War, no one in the Chinese Air Force surrendered. Such a thing is unique throughout the entire history of World War II.
Taking a deep breath, Gao Hongming nodded heavily: "Okay... I promise you!"
"Thank you, sir!" Sister Bian Daling showed a happy smile when she heard Gao Hongming agreed.
Gao Hongming felt even more guilty, "You're welcome, I'm sorry for you."
"Sir, if there's nothing wrong, we'll go down first."
"Go, eat something and have a good rest. There will be a new mission for you soon."
"yes!"
Looking at the two people leaving, Chi Yaohui sighed with emotion: "Women are not inferior to men, they are all good girls."
Gao Hongming was silent for a long time and suddenly asked: "Yaohui, do you think I am too cruel for pushing an innocent girl to the battlefield?"
Chi Yaohui said sternly: "Sir, you are wrong. The Chairman also said that once the war breaks out, the land will be divided into north and south, old and young. Everyone has the responsibility to defend the land and resist the war.
At this moment when the country is in danger, the two Lieutenants Bian resolutely gave up their writing and joined the army to serve the country. You just fulfilled their desire to serve the country with fists and fists, what's wrong with them?"
Gao Hongming didn't speak, he just looked at the backs of the two people and remained silent for a long time...