After Khostnikov put down the phone, his face was filled with a smile. He took the initiative to reach out to Laisha and said friendly: "Comrade Lieutenant, I just learned from the commander that the results you have achieved are real, and you are so amazing."
Laisha held the hand that Khostnikov reached out and asked with some wonder: "We just returned shortly, why did the headquarters know so quickly?"
"I heard from the commander that it was the brigade commander of the 73rd Infantry Brigade who sent a telegram to the Front Command to report your results." Khostnikov explained: "It is said that the brigade commander of the brigade has also met Lilya and the others."
"They?!" Laisha was stunned when she heard the name used by Khostnikov, then she showed a surprise expression on her face: "So, Kajia is still alive?"
"Yes, it should be alive." Khhorstnikov nodded and said with a smile: "If Lilia was the only one, when the superior told me the news, he would say 'she' instead of 'them'."
"Kaja is still alive, it's great, it's great." After confirming the news that Kaja is still alive, Raisha asked Khhorstnikov excitedly: "Comrade Colonel, do you know what the brigade commander is called? I want to express my gratitude to Kaja for his rescue."
Although Sokov is a brigade commander or a brigade commander who often wins battles, since he does not belong to the air force system, Khostnikov really can't remember his name. He heard this question from Laisha, and he scratched the back of his head and said in embarrassment: "Comrade Lieutenant, I really don't know what his name is. Otherwise, when Lieutenant Lillia comes back, ask her? Maybe she knows the name of the brigade commander."
Seeing that Khostnikov could not speak the other person's name, Laisha couldn't help feeling a little disappointed and could only say helplessly: "Okay, I'll ask her again when Lilya comes back."
Khostnikov picked up the phone on the table and said to the microphone: "Notify the captain of the first squadron, the second squadron will come to me for a meeting... the deputy captain will come too." After he put down the phone, Chunfeng said to Laisha with a full face, "Comrade Lieutenant, the results you have achieved today belong not only to you, but also to our entire regiment. Therefore, I called other squadron leaders to come over and let them hear the impressive achievements you have achieved."
Lai Sha accepted Khostnikov's kindness, and she was still thinking in her heart: "You looked down on us female pilots two days ago. Now you know how powerful we are, right? If you ask your superiors to not accept us, maybe other fighter flight groups will rush to ask us."
The four chief and deputy squadron leaders of the first squadron and the second squadron soon arrived at the regiment command post. When they entered the door, they saw the regiment commander who had always been a little arrogant, standing in front of Laisha with a smile on their face. Their first reaction was that they were dazzled. Khostnikov had always looked down on the female pilot, so why did he become abnormal today and show his attention to the female pilot?
Unexpectedly, when Khostnikov saw their arrival, he immediately stood up straight and said to them with a stern face: "A few commanders, I will introduce to you the squadron leader of the Third Squadron - Lieutenant Laisha."
When the four chief and deputy squadron leaders looked at each other and thought to themselves: Lieutenant Laisha has been in the regiment for several days, and everyone knows her, do you still need to introduce her to us specifically? Could the regiment leader take the wrong medicine today?
After Khostnikov finished speaking, he saw that his old subordinates were standing there without moving. He felt a little embarrassed, so he glared at him and said unhappily: "What are you still standing there? Why don't you come over quickly and say hello to Lieutenant Laisha."
"Comrade Commander, we met Lieutenant Laisha a few days ago." The captain of the first squadron said first: "You don't need to introduce it to us anymore."
"A few days ago, a few days ago, now is now." Seeing that the captain of a squadron did not say hello to Laisha as he wanted, Khostnikov said very dissatisfiedly: "They had just arrived at that time, and we didn't know them enough, so we couldn't help but feel a little neglected. Today, we got to know her again and said that she and her squadron had officially become part of our 437th Flying Regiment."
"Comrade Commander," Alexei felt something was strange. With Colonel Khostnikov's character, unless something big happened, his attitude towards the women's squadron would never be able to make a 180-degree turn, so he asked tentatively: "Is something wrong today?"
"Today, the Army Command called me and said that the Red October tractor factory was air strike by German troops and asked me to send a squadron to drive away the enemy bombers." When Khostnikov said this, his eyes were always staring at Laisha next to him: "So I handed over this glorious and arduous task to Lieutenant Laisha's squadron."
When Alexei heard this, he suddenly remembered when he came. He saw only two Jacques-1 fighters parked next to the runway. Maria was accompanying the mechanics to check the plane. However, Lilia, Kaja and the plane they were flying were gone. He couldn't help but worry: Could it be that the planes of these two girls were shot down by enemy planes during the battle?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask anxiously: "Comrade Commander, when I first came, I only saw two Jacques-1 fighters, Lilia and her wingman? Why didn't I see them? Was they shot down by enemy planes?"
"Kaja's plane was shot down by enemy planes, but she should have been rescued by our ground." Before Khostnikov could answer, Laisha said first: "As for Lilia, she said she wanted to find Kaja herself, so she landed in the open space in the factory."
"Comrades Commanders, it is an important thing to call you here today, and I want to inform you." Khostnikov said proudly: "In today's air battle, the women's flight squadron shot down eight German aircraft, including seven bombers and one fighter..."
Before Khostnikov finished his words, several squadron leaders exclaimed: "What, shot down eight enemy planes? They only have four fighter planes. Shooting down more than twice their enemy planes means that each person will shoot down two..."
Although Colonel Khostnikov said this in person, the squadron leaders were still half-believing and half-doubted. The squadron leader glanced at Lai Sha and asked his leader cautiously: "Comrade Commander, are the results of what you said true?"
"Of course it's true." Khostnikov nodded and replied affirmatively: "I have checked this result with the commander. Among them, Lieutenant Laisha shot down two bombers, her wingman shot down one, and the remaining four bombers and one fighter were shot down by Deputy Squadron Captain Lillia."
When he learned that the results he had heard were true, the captain of the first squadron said in surprise: "Our first squadron has twelve fighter jets, and each attack can shoot down three to five German aircraft, which is already a very good result. Unexpectedly, the women's squadron has only four fighter jets, and can achieve such amazing results. This is simply incredible."
"Lt. Laisha," Alexei stepped forward two steps, came to Laisha, took the initiative to extend his hand to her, and said sincerely: "I congratulate you on your great achievements in the air battle."
"Thank you, Captain Alexe!" Laisha and the others started to come to this field airport. The friendliest person to them was Captain Alexe. Now that he saw the other party taking the initiative to congratulate him, he reached out and shook the other party, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your care for us during this period."
As a new army that gradually developed after World War I, the Air Force has never been a unit that does not care about qualifications but only strength. As long as you can capture more enemy planes than others, you will be respected by everyone. Seeing Alexei step forward to show his kindness to Lai Sha, the other three chief and deputy squadron leaders also surrounded him and extended their hands to Lai Sha and expressed their respect to her.
Alexei asked Khostnikov: "Comrade Commander, what did the superior say about Lieutenant Lillia shooting down so many enemy planes?"
"I decided to award her the title of 'Ace Pilot'," Khostnikov said thoughtfully: "There may be another medal with a heavier weight."
"Comrade Commander," Khostnikov was talking to Alexei, and the sentry standing guard at the door suddenly broke in and shouted loudly at him: "A Jacques-1 is flying towards us."
I heard that a Jacques-1 fighter was flying towards the airport. Laisha suddenly jumped from her seat and ran out of the door, because she knew very well that except for the squadron she commanded, no other squadron was equipped with Jacques-1 fighter.
When the rest of the people saw Laisha rushing out of the command post with a whistle, they were stunned at first, and then they thought that the plane they came back must have been driven by Lilya. Before Khostnikov gave the order, everyone ran out along.
When they arrived outside, everyone looked up at the air and saw a Jacques-1 fighter jet flying towards them in the distance. Khhorstnikov waved his hand and said loudly: "Let's go, let's greet our Queen Pilot!"
When Lilia lowered the altitude in mid-air, she accidentally found that the sides of the airport runway were full of people. She couldn't help but be shocked. She thought to herself: "Hey, why are there so many people on both sides of the runway?"
Not only Lilia saw it, but Kajia, who was sitting on her lap, also saw it. Because the cabin was too narrow, Kajia could not turn around. She could only stare forward and said, "Lilia, there are so many people on both sides of the runway. I don't know where they came out."
"No matter what they are," Lilia was feeling very nervous at the moment. The two of them squeezed into such a narrow space, which made the plane landing a lot of difficulty. She didn't care about what the people on both sides of the runway were doing, but stared at the runway that was getting closer and closer to her, trying to land safely. "Let's land first."
The altitude of the plane was getting lower and lower. Lai Sha, who was standing next to the runway, accidentally found two people crowding in the cabin, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Oh, no!"
"Comrade Lieutenant, what's wrong?" Alexei stood not far from her. Hearing her scream, he quickly asked with concern: "Is something wrong?"
"Captain," Laisha grabbed Alexei's arm and said nervously: "Did you see it? There are two people sitting in the cockpit."
"What, two people?" Alexei hurriedly looked into the cockpit and found that there were indeed two people inside. The expression on his face suddenly became nervous: "It's really two people. Can they land safely in such a narrow space?"
"Can't she asks the infantry brothers to find a way to send Kajia back, and insist on taking such a dangerous way." Laisha was so anxious that she stamped her feet: "This Lilia is so angry."
Whether Laisha and Alexei saw two people sitting in the cockpit, the other pilots, ground crews and the guards guarding the airport, everyone saw Lilia and Kajia sitting in the cockpit, and they couldn't help but feel a cold sweat for the two of them.
The ji people have their own nature, and what they were worried about did not happen. The plane Lilia drove steadily landed on the airport runway, and then scattered forward for a few hundred meters, and finally stopped. As soon as the plane stopped, the people on both sides of the runway surrounded him. Laisha was worried about the safety of Lilia and Kajia, so she rushed to the front.
When Laisha rushed to the plane, the ground crew who had already taken the lead had already set up a ladder for the plane and helped Kajia and Lilia come out of the cockpit. When Laisha saw the two girls under her back safely, before she could speak, her eyes turned red and tears flowed down. She stepped forward and hugged Lilia and Kajia, and said excitedly: "You are finally back, I have been worried about your safety."
"I'm sorry, comrade squadron leader." Kajia said with a sob: "It's all my fault that I'm too stupid. The plane was shot down by the Germans, which made you worry about me."
"It's fine, it's fine." Laisha took a step back and raised her hand to pat Kajia's shoulder a few times. She said: "As long as people are still alive, there is still a chance to take revenge. When the superiors add new planes to us, you can shoot down a few more enemy planes, and you will be ashamed of today."
But Laisha turned to face Lilia's affairs, and the expression on her face became serious. She pointed at Lilia's nose with her finger and said sternly: "Since you know that Kajia is still alive, you can let the infantry brothers send her back to the base, why do you have to take the risk of bringing her back with a plane? Don't you know that once the plane crashes, you will both die?"
"I'm sorry, Laisha." Lilia's face turned red when she heard Laisha's criticism of herself. Instead of arguing with the other party, she lowered her head and admitted her mistake: "I was wrong! I promise you that I will never make similar mistakes again in the future."
"What, you still want to have a future..."
Before Laisha could finish her words, she was interrupted by Khostnikov who came over. He smiled and said to Laisha, "Lt. Laisha, what's wrong with you? Seeing our Queen Pilot coming back, not only did not congratulate her, but instead got furious at her. Look, she was frightened by you and didn't dare to look directly at you."
Chapter completed!