As we all know, Mr. Sun Yat-sen liked firing cannons and once threatened to repair 200,000 kilometers of railways within ten years.
Well, this somewhat fantasy goal was not achieved until Zhou Hexuan traveled through time (in 2017).
But it is undeniable that China’s national aviation industry originated from the hands of Dr. Sun Yat-sen.
In early 1913, overseas Chinese in the United States established the China Aircraft Manufacturing Company in the United States. The first aircraft was built and successfully tested by Tan Gen. Sun Yat-sen immediately called Tan Gen and related personnel to return to China to work. Subsequently, Sun Yat-sen ordered people to set up an aircraft factory.
Guangzhou designed and built its own aircraft and immediately opened an aviation school to train talents.
Although the Beiyang government also established an aviation bureau at that time, it purchased aircraft from foreign countries. Only Sun Yat-sen pioneered the Chinese design and construction of aircraft by themselves, and the Chinese national aviation industry was born.
Since 1921, China has opened a number of civil routes, and you can basically fly to all major cities in the country. For example, if Zhou Hexuan wants to go from Tianjin to Chongqing, he can first take a train to Peiping, and then fly from Peking to the (Harmony) Capital.
, and then take a bus to Chongqing.
However, Zhou Hexuan felt that airplanes in this era were unreliable and he was afraid of falling from the sky mid-flight, so he would rather take a leisurely train every time he went out.
After the "December 28th Incident" broke out, Japan dispatched planes to bomb Shanghai indiscriminately, causing China to lose tens of millions of yuan. The Zhabei area was even bombed into ruins. The Chinese government and people finally felt the pain, so they launched a massive campaign
"Aviation National Salvation Movement".
The "China Aviation Association" mentioned by Zhang Xueliang was formed during that movement. Its original name was "China Aviation Salvation Association". It is not a government organization, but a non-governmental patriotic organization jointly initiated by the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce and representatives from all walks of life.
organize.
The relevant government agency is called the "National Aviation Construction Association", which was proposed and approved by Song Ziwen at the Central Political Conference. From then on, China's aviation industry began to be vigorously constructed.
Well, the word "vigorously" needs to be put in quotation marks. All the money was used by Chiang Kai-shek to expand the army. To develop aviation, we can only ask ordinary people for money and donations!
For example, the education circle in Hunan called on "primary school students in the province to donate 10 cents, middle school students to donate 50 cents, and college students to donate one yuan," to purchase an airplane "Xiang Student Number". The Guangzhou Women's Congress held a conference and raised funds to purchase an airplane and named it "Guangzhou Women Number".
.The Medical and Lawyers Associations in Hangzhou each donated money and raised funds to purchase an airplane...
The names of aircraft are various. For example, planes in Zhejiang include "Zhejiang National Salvation Number", "Zhejiang Number", and "Zhejiang School Number". Planes in Shanghai include "Shanghai Number", "Shanghai Tong Number", "Shanghai School Number", and "Shanghai Number".
You can tell where these planes came from just by hearing their names. The planes named after local places belong to donations from the people, the planes named "Xue", "School", and "Tong" belong to students' donations, and the planes named "Political" belong to civil servants.
Donate, and so on.
Anyway, from 1932 to the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, it was very popular among the Chinese people to donate money to buy airplanes. Moreover, these donations were mainly controlled by various industry associations, who directly bought the airplanes and then donated them, which prevented government officials from using them for corruption.
While China is calling for donations to build an air force, it also hires German experts to help build an air defense system. Chiang Kai-shek is really not stupid. He has been promoting air defense in major cities such as Shanghai, Peking, Tianjin, Wuhan, Nanjing, Guangzhou, and Changsha in recent years.
, are already digging air-raid shelters, and the government is organizing people to learn how to take refuge in air-raid shelters.
The pressure Japan puts on China is too great!
Since the September 18th Incident, Japan has also launched a large-scale national fund-raising campaign, including workers, prostitutes, and prisoners, who actively donated money. Within one year, the Japanese government purchased 64 aircraft and organized them into the "Patriotic Flying Wing."
To say that Japanese civilians are innocent, just look at their private donations, including warships, planes, tanks... I don’t know how much Japanese people have donated.
Although China and Japan have not yet gone into full-scale war, the people of the two countries have already launched a fundraising war!
In early June, Zhou Hexuan arrived in Nanjing.
The Nanjing Air Defense Exhibition opened in a public stadium and had three venues, namely the First Park, a public stadium and a public education center.
"Mr. Zhou please!"
At 7:30 in the morning, a special car came to the hotel to greet him. Zhou Hexuan now also enjoys the treatment of a government official.
Meng Xiaodong held Zhou Hexuan's arm and got into the car with great splendor. Since Zhou Hexuan's private life was revealed last year, Meng Xiaodong and the others no longer have to hide anything and show themselves as Mrs. Zhou wherever they go.
The car quickly arrived at the Nanjing Stadium. The place was already crowded with people, and many citizens were queuing up to check in. Zhou Hexuan and the others naturally did not have to line up. The car drove directly in through the special passage and did not stop until it reached the parking spot on the side of the rostrum.
This Nanjing Air Defense Exhibition was a big one, with representatives from 13 provinces and cities across the country participating, as well as representatives from various military academies, government agencies, schools, and civil society groups coming to watch. After the Nanjing event is completed, other exhibitions will be held.
Large provinces and cities should also continue to do this. Anyway, we need to popularize air defense knowledge across the country and call on the public to raise funds to buy aircraft.
As soon as Zhou Hexuan walked to the podium, someone came over and shook hands warmly: "Hello, Mr. Zhou, I am Yang Jie, director of the National Air Defense Commission!"
"Hello, Director Yang." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.
Yang Jie took the initiative to shake Meng Xiaodong's hand again, and said with a smile: "Mrs. Zhou's old student sings really well, and I am your loyal theater fan."
"No, no, Director Yang is so polite." Meng Xiaodong smiled.
Yang Jie is no ordinary passerby. He has served as Chiang Kai-shek's chief of general staff since the Central Plains War. He was also the chief of staff of the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War and the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Army of North China.
The "Great Victory of Xifengkou" was fought under the command of Yang Jie. At that time, he planned to abandon the front-line positions, lure the enemy to penetrate deeper, and encircle and annihilate the Japanese army. However, this plan was rejected by He Yingqin. Not only that, He Yingqin also used the excuse of lying about military information.
, removed Yang Jie from his post, which resulted in the subsequent stage of the Great Wall War of Resistance being fought in a mess.
Until He Yingqin signed the traitorous treaty "Ho-Mei Agreement", Yang Jie was so angry that he slammed the table and cursed: "You are simply a traitorous person. You are so incompetent that you can't even sell it (can't sell it at a good price)!"
It can be seen that Yang Jie is a staunch "warrior". And Zhou Hexuan is madly promoting the inevitable war between China and Japan. Therefore, Yang Jie has a good impression of Zhou Hexuan and even treats Meng Xiaodong with great courtesy.
Zhou Hexuan asked: "Director Yang, I heard that you are responsible for dispatching the planes purchased with donations now?"
"I am responsible." Yang Jie smiled bitterly and added in his mind: Soon it won't be me anymore.
Yang Jie now has a very high position. He is the deputy chief of staff of the Nanjing headquarters and acting chief of staff. He is also in charge of the country's fortifications and air defense affairs. Yang Jie has already planned to resign from the position of director of the National Air Defense Commission because he has a relationship with some people.
It was very unpleasant.
The situation was like this. When Yang Jie inspected several newly purchased aircraft, he found that they were modified from scrapped aircraft, so he ran to Chang Kaishen to complain. It happened that these aircraft were bought by Song Meiling and Kong Xiangxi, and Chang Kaishen
Yang Jie was so angry that he planned to resign.
That was a plane bought by ordinary people with donated money!
Historically, Yang Jie offended Soong Meiling and Kong Xiangxi, and provoked retaliation from each other. Soon after, Soong Meiling hinted at the Chen Guofu brothers and He Yingqin, and accused Yang Jie of embezzling public funds for national defense. Chiang Kai-shek then made the director and deputy director of the military supplies department of the city fortress
Yang Jie was shot, and Yang Jie was removed from his posts as leader of the fortress team and acting chief of staff.
Yang Jie was one of the rare generals of the Nanjing National Government, but he never recovered and could no longer be reused.
During the Anti-Japanese War, Yang Jie was ordered to visit the Soviet Union and obtain 100 million rubles in arms to form 20 Soviet weapon divisions, which were accompanied by a Soviet aviation fleet to aid China. Immediately afterwards, he obtained another 250 million US dollars in supplies and loans, which can be regarded as
He made great contributions to the Anti-Japanese War.
In 1940, Yang Jie returned to China and proposed to Chiang Kai-shek the suggestions and specific combat tactics for the Soviet Union's war of resistance. However, Chiang Kai-shek gave him a copy of "The Complete Works of Zeng Wenzhenggong" for him to read. Yang Jie was so angry that he fought for three months in a row.
Mahjong, and then randomly wrote a post-reading review for submission, which made Lao Jiang lose his temper and completely idled Yang Jie.
By the time of the Liberation War, Yang Jie had become the leader of the "Republic of China" in the southwestern region, specializing in planning uprisings in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Kangshu provinces. For this reason, he was assassinated by someone sent by Chiang Kai-shek.
Chang Kaishen could force his long-time chief of staff to finally choose to surrender to the Communist Party. He really didn't know what to say.