After returning to Chongqing after a year abroad, Zhou Hexuan found that things had changed drastically. Especially in the Shangqing Temple, Niujiaituo, and Liziba areas, government buildings and garden houses were built one after another. Today, the restaurant where Zhou Zhirou hosts the Fengfeng Banquet is newly opened.
When Zhou Hexuan and the others arrived at the restaurant, four people were already sitting in the private room, namely Zhou Zhirou, his adjutant, secretary, and ace pilot Dong Mingde.
The four great kings of the Chinese Air Force, Le Yiqin, used to be Dong Mingde’s subordinate.
When the Japanese army attacked Nanjing, the Chinese Air Force had only two aircraft left.
Le Yiqin took the lead in taking off and faced off against a Japanese squadron alone, and then Dong Mingde also flew up. The two cooperated tacitly in the air and actually shot down two enemy planes and injured one. However, due to being outnumbered, Le Yiqin parachuted.
He sacrificed his life, while Dong Mingde successfully broke out in the plane with a damaged lubricator.
The next day, Dong Mingde replaced the lubricator and flew into the blue sky with determination to die. At this time, only Dong Mingde was left in the Chinese Air Force on the battlefield. He found a moving aircraft between Xuancheng and Guangde.
The Japanese troops immediately swooped down to fight.
In this way, Dong Mingde flew a plane alone and blocked an entire Japanese motorized force for most of the day, causing great damage to the enemy while also providing a breathing space for the Chinese defenders.
In the Wuhan air battle that Zhou Hexuan saw last year, Dong Mingde pursued the Japanese Air Force and killed two enemy planes one on two. His own plane also ran out of gas and was injured and made an emergency landing in a rice field. Fortunately, neither the man nor the plane survived.
Serious problem.
When Liang Tiancheng saw the two of them, he immediately saluted: "Director, Captain!"
(ps: Correction, the captain of the Fourth Brigade is Dong Mingde, and Liang Tiancheng is just an ordinary member. In addition, there are only 15 fighter planes left in Chongqing at this time, and there are no flying military planes over Jiulongpo.)
"Don't be formal in private situations," Zhou Zhirou smiled slightly at Liang Tiancheng, and then shook hands with Zhou Hexuan and Feng Yong, "the two gentlemen brought the plane back to China, brother, I am very grateful. If the Japanese plane dares to come to Chongqing, I will let them
There’s no coming back!”
"I believe in the heroes of the Air Force." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.
Zhou Hexuan really believed it, because the Chinese Air Force performed very well in the War of Resistance. Take the Four Heavenly Kings of the Air Force as an example. Both sides have their own Four Heavenly Kings. Which of the Four Heavenly Kings on the Chinese side has not achieved numerous victories, while the Japanese
Where are the Four Heavenly Kings?
Let’s talk about Japan’s “King of Destroyers” Mikan Kuan first. He led 8 fighter jets to cover 14 bombers and fought against 7 Chinese fighter jets. Not long after the fight, he was hit in the tail. Miwa Kuan was forced to parachute into a wheat field.
, was beaten to death by local farmers with hoes.
Next is the Chinese King Gao Zhihang versus the Japanese King Shichiro Yamashita. The two sides fought fiercely for several rounds. Yamashita Shichiro's plane was hit and he was caught after making an emergency landing. This guy did not want to repent, and actually colluded with other prisoners of war to collect military intelligence and
Escape and be shot if caught again.
The third king of Japan was Shiota Ryohei, nicknamed the "Eastern Red Samurai". When this man was covering a Japanese bombing, he was directly killed by the Chinese Air Force in the sky, without even a chance to parachute.
The last Japanese king was named Nango Shigeaki. After his death, Emperor Hirohito posthumously named him the "God of War" of the Air Force. He threatened to avenge the other three kings. Less than a month after saying this, he died in the air battle in Nanchang.
Chinese and Soviet pilots worked together to kill him.
The Four Heavenly Kings of the Air Force, so much publicized by the Japanese invaders, were all sent to see Amaterasu one by one in less than half a year after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War.
Unfortunately, China has too few aircraft. In the early days, the number of aircraft compared with Japan was a terrible 1:8. Later, China flew fewer and fewer aircraft, while Japan flew more and more aircraft. This is a huge gap in the industrial strength of the two countries.
Everyone sat down one by one, Zhou Zhirou enthusiastically poured wine for Zhou Hexuan and Feng Yong, and talked about the situation of the Air Force with no regrets: "President Jiang transferred me back to Chongqing this time to reorganize the Air Force. China now has more than 100 military aircraft at full capacity.
Many of them are training aircraft, and they are distributed on various fronts and cannot be twisted into a rope. Brother Zhou and Brother Feng, how many aircraft did you bring back this time?"
Feng Yong said: "Six Iron Gooses, four mother planes, two Boeing biplanes, and three Spades. These aircraft are relatively old and may not be able to carry out combat missions. What Mingcheng and I mean is to use these aircraft
They were all donated to the aviation school for the daily training of the students. In addition, we also brought back 10 P-26, 38 Yi-15, 10 Yt-1, and 22 SB bombers."
Soviet products are really cheap. The unit price of the Yi-15 is only over 30,000 US dollars, and the unit price of the yt-1 is less than 20,000 US dollars. However, the yt-1 does not seem to be very useful. Zhou Hexuan did not want to buy it at first, so the Soviets took the initiative to change the price.
It dropped from US$20,000 to US$13,000, and Zhou Hexuan reluctantly ordered 10 of them.
Zhou Hexuan actually wanted to buy more Yi-15s, but the stock in the Far East was not enough, so he could only temporarily get 38. In addition, although the name of the SB bomber was ugly, it was the main force of Chinese bombers on the anti-Japanese battlefield and participated in almost every battle.
During the field bombing campaign against Japan, at least hundreds of Japanese aircraft were blown up by SB bombers, and many Japanese ships were also killed.
These planes and freight cost a total of US$1.65 million, and the profit from selling Chicken Soup Chenggong School in the first three months was barely enough.
Zhou Zhirou thought about it for a while and was immediately overjoyed. The planes Zhou Hexuan brought back were enough to form two and a half combat squadrons and a bombing squad. You must know that although there was an aviation brigade in Chongqing at this time, there were only 15 flying fighters.
, the strength increased several times in an instant.
It is also sad to say that although Zhou Zhirou is the commander of the Chinese Air Force and is nominally responsible for purchasing fighter planes, the top leader of the Air Force is Chiang Kai-shek, and the person who actually purchased the planes is Soong Meiling. The two old Buddhas standing behind him make
Zhou Zhirou really wanted to hit her to death.
At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, Kong Xiangxi purchased more than 60 aircraft from Britain and France. The price was more than double that of the Soviet Union, and even after paying the money, they were not shipped back. As of April 1938, Soong Meiling and Kong Xiangxi had ordered a total of 60 aircraft from European and American countries.
Of the 363 aircraft, only 85 arrived successfully, and 13 of them were not assembled.
In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, except for those aided by the Soviet Union, most of the main fighters of the Chinese Air Force were assembled from imported parts by the aviation factories in Hangzhou and Shaoguan. 100 Eagle 3 fighters alone were assembled. I really have to wait for Soong Meiling and Kong Xiangxi to buy them.
When the plane comes back, don't even think about engaging in air combat. Let's use grenades to knock down the Japanese plane.
Zhou Zhirou soon asked about the situation of pilots and technicians. After learning that Feng Yong had brought back a large number of professional talents, he seemed to have a ball of fire in his heart. As long as he was given two months to complete the reorganization and personnel deployment of the Air Force, that is,
You can have a big fight with little Japan.
The only worry is, how should Feng Yong deal with it?
Both the plane and the people were brought back by Feng Yong. They had to be assigned an appropriate position, and the position should not be too small, nor should it have no real power at all. However, Feng Yong was Zhang Xueliang's subordinate brother. If the position was given to him, he would probably offend Chiang Kai-shek.
So happy.
Zhou Zhirou felt mixed emotions after eating this meal, feeling happy and worried at the same time. After the meal, she immediately ran to see Chiang Kai-shek.
