my bright sword career

Chapter 246 The Flying Squadron in My Hand

Gao Hongming did not pay too much attention to the arrival of Mueller and his party, nor did he bother to pay attention.

It's not that Gao Hongming is so arrogant that he no longer takes the Germans who are now in full swing, but that Germany is too far away from China. I was worried, so in the following days he still focused on the training of the troops. After all, in this troubled world, only strength is the most important thing.

"What...Gao Hongming actually formed a flying brigade with dozens of the latest fighters?"

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Several bigwigs were shocked when they heard the news, especially Zhou Zhirou, commander of the air force, was shocked and surprised. Now it is the most difficult time of the War of Resistance, and the fighter planes of the Huaxia Air Force have already been exhausted. Today, the entire air force There are less than [-] planes that can go into the air, and the number of planes that can be used for air combat can be counted with a single slap.

Now I heard that a certain militia group in Shanxi has an air force with dozens of planes. This also made Zhou Zhirou, whose hair was almost gray due to lack of planes for more than a year, overjoyed like a long drought and rain. Chen Chengdao, who was the deputy minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs at the time, made it clear.

After hearing about Zhou Zhirou's intentions, Chen Cheng smiled wryly and said, "Brother Baifu (Zhou Zhirou), it's not that I don't help, but that this Gao Hongming is not a soldier registered by the government at all. Ah, and why should the planes they have worked so hard to hand over to the central government?
And you are not an outsider, the Air Force is no better than infantry, even if we can force these planes to be requisitioned, let me ask you... what about the spare parts of the planes?Can't we just lie on the ground like those bombers imported from Germany? "

Hearing this, Zhou Zhirou's face became a little ugly.

In the early 30s, the Chinese government purchased 8 He111 medium-sized bombers from Germany. This bomber could be said to be one of the most advanced bombers in the world at that time. The Germans are really interested in China.

But it’s not the same thing. The Chinese government exchanged precious tungsten mines with the Germans for these eight planes. Of course, it’s okay if one is willing to buy and the other is willing to sell, but the Germans refused to sell the worn parts of the planes. For China, German Air Force Commander Goering even said arrogantly to the Chinese delegation in the same tone as he used to treat turkeys: Do you Chinese people like to buy it or not? If you want to buy it, you can only buy the whole plane.

Facing Goering's haughty face, Zhou Zhirou, then head of the delegation, almost gnawed his steel teeth, but in the end he could only grit his teeth and swallow the bitter fruit.

In the end, as expected, these planes were damaged one after another due to the need for training and combat after they were bought back, but they suffered from the lack of spare parts for maintenance. In the end, the Air Force could only disassemble two of the bombers as replacement parts, and the remaining six were used for Fighting, this incident has become an indelible pain in Zhou Zhirou's heart.

Now hearing Chen Cheng bring up the past, Zhou Zhirou's heart ached, and he let out a long sigh.

He knew that what Chen Cheng said was right. If the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs really disregarded their shame and forcibly requisitioned the other party's planes, not to mention whether they could succeed or not, even if they managed to succeed, these planes would soon be lying down due to lack of spare parts.

Seeing Zhou Zhirou's ugly expression, Chen Cheng patted him on the shoulder, "Baifu, freezing three feet is not a day's cold, the international has been weak for a long time, it is useless to be sad, what we have to do now is how to make Japan The aggressors are driven out, whatever the cost."

"well said!"

Zhou Zhirou also laughed, "Brother Cixiu is right, as long as the plane is used to fight devils, it doesn't matter if it's in our hands or someone else's."

The two looked at each other and laughed, at this time Chen Cheng poured Zhou Zhirou a cup of tea himself.

After Zhou Zhirou took a sip of tea, he thought for a while and said, "Although that's what I said, but our battlefield in China is so big now, and there are so many places where we need to use planes, we still have to communicate with Brother Baichuan (Yan Xishan) If you are angry, let him come forward and say hello to that leader Gao."

Chen Cheng laughed loudly: "Brother Baifu, you are so smart and confused for a while, don't you think about it, such an air force is placed on his territory, can he bear it? I'm afraid I can't wait for it? "

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The fact is indeed as Chen Cheng said, the addition of new aircraft to the flight brigade cannot be concealed for long.

On the afternoon of the sixth day of March, Sun Chu came to Liantai County to look for Gao Hongming again, but this time Sun Chu looked anxious and even had a bandage on his left shoulder.

"Brother Sun, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing Sun Chu's appearance, Gao Hongming was not only taken aback, but knowing that Sun Chu was the commanding officer of the Sixth Army, he was also injured.

"Brother Gao, you have to save our Sixth Army this time!"

As soon as they met, Sun Chu pulled Gao Hongming back, with an anxious expression on his face: "Just yesterday morning, the Japanese army suddenly assembled the Ninth and Tenth Brigades to attack Kenanpo under the cover of planes and tanks, stationed along the way. The No.19 Army resisted desperately, but the Japanese offensive was very fierce, and the No.19 Army suffered heavy losses. Fortunately, the 358th Regiment stationed in Dagushan resisted desperately. The Japanese army did not break through the Dagushan defense line, but now the casualties of the 358th regiment It has reached 2000 people, and there is a danger of collapse at any time, you must help us this time!"

"What... the Japanese army launched a surprise attack on Kenanpo?"

Gao Hongming was stunned for a moment. In his impression, the Japanese didn't seem to have launched this attack on Ke Nanpo in history. What's going on?Also, such a big thing happened, why didn't he hear the news?
However, he was only stunned for a while, and then asked again: "Mr. Sun, the Japanese army only dispatched two brigades. Couldn't Mr. Yan deploy other troops? I remember that there were at least dozens of troops in the World War II area." Wan, you won’t be asking for help from my little militia, will you?”

Sun Chu knew that Gao Hongming had misunderstood, so he quickly explained: "Brother Gao doesn't know something. Although there are not many troops in the World War II zone, it is not a problem to send two or three divisions to support Ke Nanpo, but the key to the problem now is to deploy troops. It takes time, and the Japanese planes stare at the ground every day. Once they find that ground troops are mobilized, they rush down to bomb without saying a word. Can't rush to Dagushan for reinforcements."

"I said, Chief Yan is interested in the flying brigade in my hand." Gao Hongming understood immediately.

(End of this chapter)