Of course, Yu Ping couldn't tell the names of the thirty bear pilots. In fact, there was no need to tell them. Wang Xuexin only needed to know Vladelov.
Because Captain Mao Xiong stood in front of him and asked: "Are you the Chinese battalion commander?"
Wang Xuexin was speechless when he heard the nickname "Chinese Battalion Commander". It seems that the title has been spread to Mao Xiong!
But after thinking about it, Wang Xuexin felt that this was not strange. Although Mao Xiong and Yingjiang were competing with each other openly and secretly, there was a lot of cooperation on the surface. For example, Mao Xiong had many tanks, fighter planes, cars and other military supplies.
With the help of Yingjiang, there were more visits, and the nickname "Chinese Battalion Commander" naturally spread.
But the reality is not what Wang Xuexin thought.
It doesn't take Yingjiang to spread the name Wang Xuexin among Mao Xiong. Ever since Wang Xuexin used a rocket launcher to trade with Mao Xiong, the nickname "Chinese Battalion Commander" has spread throughout the streets and alleys of Mao Xiong... This mainly depends on
Thanks to the large quantities of bazooka equipment, once the Mao Xiong soldiers use the bazooka to achieve results, they will always think that this cheap and easy-to-use equipment was invented by a Chinese battalion commander.
Wang Xuexin nodded, politely stretched out his hand to shake Vladelov's hand, and said, "Welcome, Comrade Vladelov!"
"It's an honor, Comrade Battalion Commander!" Feradlov replied, then looked at the "La 5" fighter behind him, and said with a puzzled face: "Comrade Battalion Commander, it seems that you also have research on fighter jets?"
No wonder Vladelov asked this question.
Captain Vladelov was actually not a qualified pilot. He climbed into the plane and learned to fly for only two months, and then he was sent to China as a consultant.
This is not to say that Mao Xiong has a small weapon, but that Mao Xiong is short of pilots at this time... Quite a few of Mao Xiong's experienced pilots died heroically at the beginning of the war before they had time to play their role.
This is the fault of Mao Xiong's rigid tactics and organization. Mao Xiong actually dispersed the fighter planes into the infantry, just like the organization of tanks.
As a result, a certain air force fought Hans to a bloody head, but another nearby air force was not under the same command framework because it belonged to different forces, and there were a large number of aircraft at the airport unable to take off for reinforcements.
This is the most taboo thing about fighter planes.
The reason is that the infantry's combat range is narrow and its marching speed is slow. There is no problem in dividing the infantry into defense zones and commanding them separately. Even infantry has to do this because it is difficult for infantry to reach hundreds of kilometers away in a short time to fight.
But fighter planes are different. A few hundred kilometers is only about half an hour for a fighter plane. They are framed in a limited area with infantry formations and fight independently... It can only be said that Mao Xiong is completely organized by imagination.
own air force.
The result of this was that a large number of elite pilots and fighter planes were shot down or blown up by Hans, and died at the airport. Mao Xiong's aviation fleet was almost completely wiped out, not even a scrap was left... If there were any left.
What, that is to preserve some old fighters with lagging performance.
However, it was precisely these old fighters with backward performance that played a role in the Caucasus Mountains that prevented Hans from successfully occupying the Baku oil fields.
All the elite pilots of Mao Xiong were lost, and the pilot students who had not yet graduated from the flight academy were rushed to the battlefield to become "elite pilots".
Since these can be considered "elite pilots" who were kept by Mao Xiong for his own use, then the pilots "thrown" to China can only be those who became monks halfway.
For example, Vladelov was originally a ground crew member at the airport and a serious mechanic. He worked for seven years and became a second lieutenant. After the war started, his rank was promoted to lieutenant and then to lieutenant like a rocket.
As a captain... As long as he is alive, his military rank will rise very quickly.
Even though I was promoted to captain, I soon found out that the gap in pilots was too big... This was decided by Mao Xiong to resume industrial production and increase the production of fighter jets, especially the "La 5", which was cheap and easy to produce and had a short production cycle.
, these planes are coming out one after another, and someone has to fly them.
There is really no choice but to simply train the ground crew to become pilots. At least they are familiar with the structure of fighter aircraft and can master flying skills faster.
Vladelov is this kind of pilot who was transformed in an emergency.
Wang Xuexin was a little confused after learning this. Are such pilots sent to China as consultants? Not all pilots like Mao Xiong are at this level, right? If so, how can they teach Eighth Route Army pilots?
Later, Wang Xuexin discovered that he had guessed correctly. Many Bear pilots and even instructors had inferior flying knowledge and combat skills to those of the Eighth Route Army Air Force.
But having said that, the Eighth Route Army Air Force can already be regarded as elite troops. Not only do they have a long flight time, they have also received professional training from Yingjiang pilots and have experienced "zero combat" with the Japanese. Compared with the Mao Xiong who became a monk halfway and came to work urgently
Pilots don't know how much stronger it is.
But despite the fact that Vladelov is a novice as a pilot, he is a professional as a mechanic.
He handed Wang Xuexin a cigarette, which was the Camel brand of Yingjiang... This cigarette was not something ordinary soldiers could afford in Mao Xiong, because it was a supply provided to Mao Xiong by the Yingjiang Lend-Lease Act. Ordinary Mao Xiong
What Soldier Xiong smokes is "Mahe tobacco", which is the kind of chopped tobacco stems that you find on your own cigarette paper.
Vladlov explained while ordering the two people: "Comrade Battalion Commander, I'm sorry for being rude to you before."
Wang Xuexin knew that what Vladelov was talking about was what he had laughed at Wang Xuexin before.
But of course Wang Xuexin won't care, it's just a talk, and he won't lose any meat.
Vladelov then explained: "Maybe you don't know, this fighter..."
As he spoke, Vladlov raised his head towards the fighter plane behind him: "It is our latest fighter plane. We have not even sent it to the battlefield yet. Many pilots do not know the existence of this fighter plane. Therefore, we
That’s why I thought you were pretending…”
Wang Xuexin understood what Vladelov meant.
The fighter jet has just been produced and has not yet been made public. No one else understands its basic data, let alone its performance.
So, when Wang Xuexin saw this fighter plane and circled it like an expert, what else is that if it's not just pretentious?
"You're right, Captain!" Wang Xuexin did not deny this: "I am indeed an amateur, but I am not pretending to go around it, but I like it from the bottom of my heart! It is great, isn't it?"
Vladlov does not deny it, but he does not admit it either.
Because it believes that this wooden aircraft is outdated and is just a product of insufficient resources for fur bears.
However, what Wang Xuexin said next surprised him...