The next morning, Gao Hongming came to the courtyard where Li Yunlong and his party were staying, and handed a list to Zhao Gang, who was having breakfast.
"Political Commissar Zhao, this is the aircraft's weapons list. Take a look at it first and ask me if you don't understand anything."
Zhao Gang put down his chopsticks and picked up the list and just glanced at it, he almost spit out the porridge he had not swallowed.
Take a closer look, is it still correct?
He looked at Gao Hongming with wide eyes: "Captain Gao, are you sure this list is correct?"
Gao Hongming sat down, picked up a steamed bun from the table and said while eating: "Of course I am sure, I have personally verified this list."
Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Kong Jie and Political Commissar Wang also stood behind Zhao Gang and looked over. Everyone was startled.
Kong Jie even read out in a low voice: "The unit price of the F6F Hellcat fighter is 172,800 yuan, the unit price of the P47 Thunder fighter is 223,200 yuan, and the unit price of the B25 bomber is 254,400 yuan.
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"OMG."
Kong Jie almost popped his eyes out.
It's none of my business to get through that, I just need to report the situation to my subordinates.
Of course, the air force is worse. If they want to build a navy in the future, I'm afraid they will feel even worse. The construction cost of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars can drive people crazy."
You, Lao Li, have a thick waist even if you pull out all the hairs on your head. Could he, for the sake of our friendship as a young man, replenish some guns and ammunition for your independent group?"
Of course, those are your gifts to them."
I smiled and waved my hand, "Commander Kong is serious, it's just a few combat cannons, it's nothing.
You were indeed negligent in that matter. You immediately asked eight regiments to send seventy-one combat defense guns, each gun equipped with seven basic shells."
Kong Jie secretly calculated it. According to the list provided by Li Yunlong, the cost of establishing an air force with one or four aircraft would be two million yuan. It would be so little even if all the assets of the Fourth Route Army were emptied.
Money.
"My mother, I read it. That's not an airplane. It's like inviting an ancestor! They even sold me by the pound for the price of an airplane wheel."
It was a rare occasion for them to come see you, so of course you were very generous.
"Of course."
Like Gao Hongming, Jiang Hui's temperament is relatively dull and honest.
But then Qian Jianghui looked at Li Yunlong without any bad intentions, "Commander Gao, maybe he can get some anti-tank artillery for your New Seventh Regiment. You have encountered Japanese tank troops several times in those days.
During the entire seventeen-year war of resistance, one person in the Chinese Air Force surrendered and another defected to the enemy, and almost all of them died in the battle. Historians and military fans from previous generations often look up to the sky and sigh when they mention that period of history.
"He is bad if he understands." Li Yunlong nodded: "Take the national army as an example. After the Incident, the central government's financial strength can only support less than 800 aircraft.
We are all old friends, if you have anything you need help with, just ask, I will help you if you can."
First, I really wanted to go up.
Kong Jie, on the other hand, was less calm. I read the list patiently and casually, then raised my head and asked: "Captain Gao, can the prices of those things be cheaper?"
The more Li Yunlong thought about it, the paler his face became, and his voice didn't even tremble.
Li Yunlong looked helpless: "Political Commissar Zhao, tell him the truth, what you gave him is not even the ex-factory price.
If you go and buy it from the Americans now, the price will at most double."
Li Yunlong continued to read: "The cost of training pilots: 12 months of study for each person, six months of theoretical knowledge, six months of practical knowledge, tuition fee of 5,000 oceans per person, and 3 oceans of aviation kerosene per barrel.
After a long time, I came back to my senses and smiled at Kong Jie: "Sorry, Political Commissar Zhao, you haven't given him the list yet. He should hand me over to the leader of your army as soon as possible. If there is no problem, we will send you a telegram."
Well, you will order the front office to allocate 8,000 Type 84 rifles, 800,000 rounds of bullets, 80,000 grenades, 100 grenades, and 47s to the Independent Regiment, the New 1st Regiment and the New 7th Regiment later.
Fourteen infantry guns and 800 rounds of artillery shells. What do they think?
And the most deceiving thing is that it is still a one-shot deal, and you will have to continue to invest huge amounts of money in the future, but the results will still be visible.
Li Yunlong smiled bitterly and said: "You told them yesterday that the Air Force is a low-tech branch compared to the infantry. Every part of the aircraft reflects the industrial and economic level of a country.
It cannot be said that in the entire history of China's Anti-Japanese War, the most outstanding performance was the Air Force.
Gao Hongming also watched it, returned to his seat and ate his breakfast honestly.
Li Yunlong smiled, "There are still some Japanese firearms from recent guys outside your warehouse.
Although Ding Wei and Zhao Gang didn't mean anything bad, our troops' losses in terms of personnel and equipment were very small in those days. I must add that in addition, they were used to being fed by Jiang Huidong in those years, so they declined.
I closed it two sentences ago.
"Brother Gao, he is that one, so generous." Gao Hongming gave me a little thumbs up, his old face smiling like a chrysanthemum.
Seeing Zhao Gang's unembarrassed expression, Li Yunlong suddenly felt a stabbing pain in his heart.
It takes 700 liters to fill up a fighter jet each time, which costs about 100 yuan. Aircraft engine maintenance requires an average daily consumption of oil and parts..."
My characteristic is that I resolutely obey orders and follow orders. As long as the subordinates give orders, I will complete the orders without compromise even if all the troops are exhausted. Such a person may be called a general with mediocre strategic vision, but
He is definitely a superior who is loved by his subordinates.
Having said that, Li Yunlong was stunned for a long time and finally sighed.
That also caused the air force accumulated by the Nationalist Government in ten years to be used up in less than a year, and almost all of the pilots who had been trained so hard were killed in battle. We are all the elites of the Chinese Air Force!"
But with so few aircraft, almost all of them were lost less than a year before the war started. From then on, the Chinese sky became the Japanese sky.
The soldiers have no weapons at their disposal. They can only carry explosive packs to fight against the Japanese tanks. Every time they destroy a tank, they have to pay a very small price, so you just wonder if you can...
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Jiang Hui himself didn't mean anything bad, and quickly added: "Of course, your New 7th Regiment is relatively poor, and you scraped together 8,000 yuan, so he thinks he can give you two anti-tank guns.
Of course, if it’s enough, even one of them will be bad.”
After folding the list and putting it in his pocket, Kong Jie smiled bitterly at Li Yunlong and said: "I have long heard that the Air Force is a gold-eating beast. From now on, you will still be a believer. Now that I have read the list you gave me, you finally understand that the Air Force is nothing like love."
It’s a game for poor people.”
Kong Jie was still talking, but Gao Hongming quickly said: "Brother Gao, you know he is an unknown little rich man in Shanxi.