In fact, Li Yunlong also had the mentality of giving it a try the third time and had no intention of succeeding, but why not give it a try? Anyway, there was no loss.
At this time, there were more than 60 pilots deceived from the Jinsui Army. The two plus the previous 40 or so people already exceeded the requirement of 100 pilots, so Li Yunlong didn't care.
Of course, it would be better if there were more replacements and substitutes, especially for ground staff like Mu Ting. It would be better to have a few more.
On Chu Yunfei's side, after realizing that he had been deceived, he also called Li Yunlong with the mentality of giving it a try: "Brother Yunlong, I'm really sorry. The commander's plane recently had some trouble and needs someone. Look.
...Send a team of pilots back?”
Li Yunlong replied awkwardly: "Brother Chu, this is your fault! I have handed over more than 900 rockets to you one after another, and you want to evacuate people before things are done? This is not appropriate.
Right? Besides, your Jin-Sui army is full of talents, why would you send my team away? Stay for two more days!"
When he mentioned rockets, Chu Yunfei felt angry. He asked, "But brother Yunlong, we agreed that those people would receive 10 rockets per person per day, and you haven't given them to them these two days!"
"Hey, why are you so anxious?" Li Yunlong patted his chest generously: "You can't trust others, but you can't trust me, Li Yunlong? I can't live without you! 600 pieces a day, remember it first, and give it to you later! I'll ship dozens of them to you together.
Let’s go! How about you send forty more pilots to make up the total, 1,000 pieces a day, so we can remember it easily, you say..."
Before he finished speaking, Chu Yunfei hung up the phone.
Li Yunlong said "Hey, hey" twice, but when no one answered, he cursed into the microphone: "You are uneducated, why are you so anxious?"
Chu Yunfei was so angry that his face turned purple and he couldn't help but spit out sweet things. It wasn't enough for him to deceive 60 people. He also wanted to ask me to send 40 more people to complete the task. Am I sick?
But now that the matter has come to an end, people have arrived at Li Yunlong's place, and Chu Yunfei has no choice but to report the matter to Yan Laoxi in detail.
Fortunately, the 900 rockets obtained were real and fake silver, which was a bit of comfort to Chu Yunfei.
In fact, from the perspective of the Jinsui Army, it is not a big loss. These pilots were of little use in the Jinsui Army. They can be replaced with 10 rockets that the Jinsui Army is in urgent need of.
But from the perspective of the Eighth Route Army, it is a huge profit... You must know that these are pilots. They are talents poached from home and abroad with real money by people like Yan Laoxi in order to establish an independent aviation system. Even in the most difficult period, Yan
Lao Xi would rather use money to keep them in the hope that they can still be useful in the future, but now he only uses ten rockets in exchange for them, which is a reasonable price.
And this is just the beginning...
The Shanxi-Sui Army pilots only had one company, 83 people to be exact, plus ground staff, a total of 157 people. At this time, Li Yunlong deceived 62 people, nearly half of them, in one breath.
In particular, the vast majority of these 62 people are pilots, so there are only 23 pilots in the Jinsui Army.
This has an unparalleled impact on the pilots' psychology and morale.
The remaining pilots immediately felt like they were alone, and all of them were complaining:
"There are no planes and most of the people are gone. Is it still necessary for the aviation force to exist?"
"I heard that the Eighth Route Army has planes? Aren't we cooperating in the war of resistance? Go fly their planes!"
"Shh, keep your voice down! Do you want to die?!"
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At this time, the news that the Eighth Route Army would have aircraft had spread throughout the Shanxi-Sui Army.
This was not a rumor made by Chu Yunfei, but deliberately made by Li Yunlong.
Li Yunlong reported it to the chief, thinking that he could not hide the matter even if he wanted to, so he might as well spread the word and let more people hear about it.
The chief discussed this issue with the chief of staff.
"What Li Yunlong said is not unreasonable." The chief said: "Yingjiang, if you fly the plane in our direction and refuel at the stubborn army airport along the way, it will be almost impossible to keep it secret. The Japanese will soon get it.
The sound of the wind."
The chief of staff also nodded: "Secrecy is a double-edged sword! As far as I know, there are many overseas students or Chinese with flying skills who want to serve the country. They cannot consider joining because our army does not have aircraft, but the situation is different now.
Well, if we spread the word, it is likely that more people we don’t know will join!”
"You're right!" The chief clenched his fist and said, "That's it. Not only do we need to spread the news, but we also need to spread it as widely as possible at home and abroad, letting the whole world know that we need pilots!"
As a result, the news quickly spread throughout the country and abroad by intelligence personnel.
Soon after, it really had a miraculous effect. One after another, pilots came to surrender, including those from the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the recalcitrant army, ground crews, pilots, and foreign students who heard the news.
What surprised Wang Xuexin even more was that there was also a group of volunteers from Yingjiang.
That was the moment when the first 10 fighter jets of Eagle Sauce were delivered.
At this time, the Hump Route has been opened, but the Japanese have arranged "Zero" fighter planes to try to cut off the Hump Route.
As we all know, the Hawker 81 is difficult to deal with advanced fighters like the Japanese, so it can only fly over the hump at night by moonlight.
Needless to say, there were dangers involved. Three of the planes even got lost. Fortunately, they finally managed to enter China without any danger and then flew back to the base area.
The plane landed as planned at Wanxian Airport, more than 100 kilometers west of Yuncheng.
This airport is located on the west bank of the Yellow River and is surrounded by mountains.
Being located on the west bank of the Yellow River means that it is almost impossible for Japanese infantry to penetrate quickly.
To penetrate here, the Japs must cross the Yellow River westward, and the Yellow River port is a place strictly guarded by the Chinese army. It is difficult for the Japs, whether they are regular troops or special forces, to get through.
Surrounded by mountains, it can serve as a cover for the airport, and more importantly, it can provide warning... When there is no radar, people will be sent to keep sentries on the surrounding peaks and keep in touch with the airport by phone. One day, if there is a call from Yingjiang
With the purchased radar, you can build the radar station on the mountain to increase the early warning range.
On this day, Wang Xuexin and Li Yunlong also rushed to the airport to greet the Eagle Sauce flight.
After all, this matter was led by Wang Xuexin and Li Yunlong, so of course they were indispensable for the landing of the first batch of planes.
At ten o'clock in the morning, ten Hawker 81s roared in the sky from a distance and landed at the airport one after another. The soldiers at the airport immediately cheered. The Eighth Route Army finally welcomed its first batch of fighter jets.
But what surprised everyone was that when the first Hawker 81 came to a stop, the person who poked her head out of the cabin and waved to the soldiers was actually a woman...a female pilot, and she was also Chinese.