Sword of Death Camp

Chapter 252 How to Repair the Airplane
James Brown and Andre didn't have any ugly looks on their faces. They went to the battlefield, and their life and death were unpredictable.

Maybe you can't even see the sun tomorrow, so what is a mere airplane?
What's more, among those who came in the same batch as them, 4 transport planes and 8 fighter pilots disappeared.

They are still alive, standing on the ground, it is the god of luck who has come to protect them.

They also knew that their car would definitely not be able to fly, and even if they could fly, they would not dare to fly, and they might accidentally fall down somewhere.

So he nodded: "We will go back on a transport plane that is intact. As for these fighter jets, it is estimated that the results of the processing will be placed here first.

Let's see how the command handles it! "

Chen Shanhe asked: "Don't you say you want to send someone to fix the plane, and you drive it back?"

James Brown knew that the miraculous Mr. Commander in front of him might not understand what is needed to maintain the aircraft, so he said directly: "Mr. Commander, the maintenance of such a fighter jet requires a special aircraft repair shop and repairers who are familiar with aircraft maintenance.

But here you have only one parking pad, not even an airport.

They don't even have qualified ground support and aircraft fuel replenishment functions.

Therefore, it is even more difficult to maintain the aircraft.

It is very likely that these planes will not be needed! "

Now, the U.S. military is more nervous about pilots than about planes.

A P40 fighter jet is only $5, but training a fighter pilot does take a lot of time, and these time and investment cannot be exchanged for money.

It is impossible for them to let a few pilots drive back desperately for these fighter jets that are about to fall apart.

Pilots are more expensive than airplanes, this is a common rule of any era.

Unless it is a test flight aircraft that has just been put into production and has not yet collected accurate data.

So the few fighter jets in front of me, maybe not just a few fighter jets, but the two seriously damaged transport planes, probably don't need to fly back.

"No more!" Chen Shanhe was thoughtful.

Andre disagreed with this statement: "Generally, the damaged ones that cannot be repaired will be discarded.

An aircraft like this that can barely be forced to land and has maintenance value may send people to deliver parts and maintenance technicians to repair it after the war tends to ease.

After all, a fighter jet is $5, and a transport plane is more expensive than a fighter jet, while the salary of a worker in the United States is only $50-80 a month.

Command isn't going to sit back and watch hundreds of thousands of dollars just sit here. "

But James Brown was a little pessimistic about the prospects of the war. They are not optimistic about the offensive of Japanese troops now, especially in terms of air force.

In front of Zero fighters, they are just lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

Just today, their 10 fighters, plus the transport planes are not without combat effectiveness, and 20 planes can't beat a Zero fighter.

After seven fighters were destroyed and three fighters were injured, only two other old Japanese fighters were killed. The only loss of the Zero fighter was caused by the ground air defense tower.

So James Brown is a little pessimistic about the prospects for war.

"After the war tends to ease, I don't know when it will take. Maybe at that time, the Japanese army has sent a troop carrier to transport the infantry to the mainland of the United States!"

This is what James is feeling right now.

This kind of mentality is rarely mentioned in the history books of later generations, but this is the mentality after the United States suffered great setbacks in the fight with Japan at the beginning.

Especially in Southeast Asia, after tens of thousands of American troops and 10,000+ British troops surrendered to the Japanese army.

In 1942 and before 1942, the US military in the entire Asian theater had a very pessimistic and Japanese-phobic mentality.

That's why the American heavy machine gun shooter who claimed to have wiped out more than 3000 Japanese troops appeared in the United States. This is the prototype of Captain America.

Of course, no one knows whether there is actually such an American soldier who can use a heavy machine gun to wipe out 3000 or [-] Japanese soldiers.

But in this day and age, Americans need a shot in the arm, because they are really afraid of the sun!
Of course, it is not impossible to kill two to three thousand people with a heavy machine gun.

After all, there is another German who was prosecuted. When he landed in Normandy, he alone wiped out more than 4000 U.S. troops, the Beast of Omaha Beach Hein Severo.

Of course, he himself does not admit this charge. He only admits that he killed about 1500 to 2000 US troops, and absolutely does not admit the crime of killing 4184 US troops on the beach.

He said in court that this was a slander against him, but in the end it seemed that the court did not recognize this number, nor did it recognize the number of 4184. The judge and jury guessed that there were more than 3000.

……

After listening to James Brown and Andre's words, Chen Shanhe had a trace of regret on his face: "That's a pity, I believe that victory in the war will come eventually, but I believe it will not be so soon.

However, the US industry is strong, so there is no need to worry about so few aircraft. As long as people are fine, fighter pilots with rich combat experience are much more valuable than aircraft.

Go back, I believe you can drive a new plane. "

Sentiment and reluctance are actually far away from the people on the battlefield.

Whether it's against the comrades who died, or against the plane he was flying.

Those who go to the battlefield are faced with parting every day, and reunion that may not come again.

Everyone who has been on the battlefield a few times will not be as reluctant as recruits, they are very open.

Maybe.

Those who can't see it, may be more likely to die in battle!
Every veteran on the battlefield does not have too much affection for the new recruits. This is a problem shared by almost all the veterans of the warring countries in the world.

Because recruits are the easiest to die on the battlefield, because they will panic, be afraid, be reluctant, and have too many emotional fluctuations, which will lead to various mistakes on the battlefield.

Only after the new recruits have gone through a few battles, will the remaining veterans be regarded as the same kind by the veterans.

The same goes for pilots.

and so.

James Brown and Andre, after seeing the surviving transport plane pilot, bid farewell to the American soldier who died in battle after the rescue failed.

Er... this one died in battle.

It's up for debate.

The U.S. military has a very strange rule. The death of the U.S. military is not counted as a death on the ground. If it happens to die on the battlefield, it is counted as dying in the middle of the battle. Not counted as killed.

For example, if the pilot is shot dead in the air, the plane explodes, and no one is counted as a death in battle.

If you parachute and fall to the ground and die, it doesn't seem to be called death in battle.

So Chen Shanhe didn't know, the pilot they rescued didn't come back and died on the operating table. For the U.S. military, whether it was a death in battle or not.

Because the U.S. military's death benefits and non-death benefits are very different.

So in this aspect, the card is more strict.

Or weird.

Of course, I don't know if this kind of strange regulation has been implemented now. Chen Shanhe is very curious, he has heard of this kind of regulation before.

But it is not known whether such regulations were implemented during World War II.

Although the equipment delivered by 4 transport planes was lost, there were still a lot of equipment delivered by the remaining 6 transport planes.

Besides, none of them were delivered to me, so the deal doesn't count.

This is what Chen Shanhe thinks.

In order to thank these pilots for their hard work in delivering these equipment, and to understand that they sacrificed so many comrades, the welcome banquet arranged for the pilots was extremely rich.

Of course, there is also good wine, and the future does not originate in Orleans, but in the Orleans roast chicken in the northwest of our country.

Among these pilots, the highest rank is not James Brown, who is about to break his heart, or Andre, who is a little stronger, but the captain pilot who died in front of him, even if he had colleagues, he still ate and drank very happily.

"My name is Kim, sir!"

The captain pilot was the highest-ranked pilot in this operation, and his name was Kim Hallwalk.

Originally, the pilot of the transport plane had the head of a transport pilot, and the fighter pilot had the head of a fighter pilot, but when there were only two fighter pilots left, the chief of the transport pilot took over as a matter of course, and the remaining two fighter pilots Command.

"Jin, when are you going to leave?"

Chen Shanhe asked, he didn't know much about air combat, not to mention that the American pilots were not his soldiers, and he couldn't arrange them.

Just ask and then cooperate.

"Today is a day off, and tomorrow before dawn, we will take off and leave.

I also need you to signal with a fire at the border of the airport.

If we wait until dawn before taking off, we will not be able to escape the pursuit of the Japanese Zero fighter jets.

The Zero fighter is too fast.

Once they leave the airport range, the whole army may be wiped out. "

Chen Shanhe nodded and said yes.

After thinking about it, I asked again: "What about the two injured transport planes and three fighter jets?"

Without even thinking about it, Jin said directly: "The two transport planes are on the verge of collapse, and there is no possibility of the three fighter jets flying again.

Just go back and report the battle damage directly! "

This is good, and Andre still thinks to put it here first, and after the war is over, the Americans will send maintenance technicians to repair the plane and drive it back.

However, a non-commissioned officer is a non-commissioned officer after all, and his vision is not high enough. You can see that a captain directly decides to report the battle damage.

Sure enough, the old saying that the ass determines the head is true.

For this captain officer named Jin, it took so much trouble to send someone to repair it after the war. Wouldn't it be good to take the damage directly?
the most important is.

It takes a lot of money to repair the aircraft in this kind of place. It is necessary to ship parts to use machines, and then use all kinds of messy things to repair the aircraft.

no need.

Chen Shanhe suddenly asked: "Do you think it is feasible for me to buy these planes that are no longer worth repairing?"

The captain named Jin was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Chen Shanhe seriously and said: "Sir, this plane is no longer capable of flying into the sky.

Unless you have a complete maintenance system and replaceable parts here.

For now, these planes have no maintenance value for you.

The supporting system for maintaining aircraft is not so easy and simple.

Even, for us, dismantling the plane into parts and shipping it back is much easier than repairing it here.

It's so easy! "

Chen Shanhe knew that what the other party said was correct, he really dismantled these planes, put them in the transport plane, transported them back bit by bit, and then repaired them again. When they were assembled, it was better than transporting the entire maintenance system and parts from other places. , it is much, many times easier to repair the plane and fly it again.

That's why the other party told him that even if you really paid for real money, it would be useless to buy it.

This aircraft is not something you can repair if you want to, nor can you fly it if you want to.

If it wasn't for the fact that the legend about Chen Shanhe in their U.S. military camp was a little different from ordinary people, he would have the idea of ​​laughing at Chen Shanhe's old hat in his heart now.

Chen Shanhe didn't give up, he continued to ask: "Are you sure, these planes are no longer worth maintaining?
Or is there no way to repair it here in the short term? "

Jin nodded: "Yes, sir!

I'm telling you seriously, the two transport planes are okay, but the three fighter jets are almost on the verge of fragmentation.

Fortunately, the fuel tank was not hit. If the fuel tank was hit, it would not be possible to make a forced landing.

So my suggestion, sir, please take back the idea of ​​buying these broken planes.

There is no use! "

Chen Shanhe smiled: "But I still want to buy it, please contact your superior and report your loss.

Then I will contact General Stilwell to see how much it will cost to buy these almost scrapped fighters. "

Seeing that Chen Shanhe really wanted these planes that were about to be scrapped, the officer named Jin had no choice but to contact the headquarters and report the damage to the fighter jets. It is no longer possible to fly an aircraft that has been repaired.

After he finished his report, Chen Shanhe directly contacted Stilwell. Of course, it was impossible for him to contact him personally. Chicken reporter George Manderson is very qualified for this job.

When Stilwell heard that Chen Shanhe wanted to buy these broken planes, he agreed very proudly, and after discussion, he came up with a price that was basically equal to a gift, and settled with penicillin tablets.

Anyway, he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Chen Shanhe's gourd, but he firmly believed that Chen Shanhe didn't have the ability to repair the plane.

because.

He has inspected all the industrial bases of Chen Shanhe's Second Independent Regiment base area, including George Manderson, who is still raising chickens here.

There is no industrial system capable of repairing aircraft on Chen Shanhe's territory.

Moreover.

Do you think that maintenance of aircraft is just an aircraft?
There are many companies involved in one plane, such a large industrial supply chain.

It takes the full support of a country to handle such a large supply chain from scratch.

Whether it is the aircraft itself, or the equipment on the aircraft, as well as weapons and ammunition, Lin Lin has a lot of things.

Of course, Chen Shanhe knew all this well. After he got these five planes, he had already started to plan for the aircraft maintenance factory.

(End of this chapter)