New World War II Eagle Strikes the Sky

General Arnold gave Ron a special mandate to select pilots from the entire Army Air Force fighter unit to form this professional "enemy force."Because of the urgency of the task, Ron had to give up a lot of opportunities to show his face in front of the public, accept the opportunity to cheer from the American crowd, and hurriedly participated in the award ceremony of the Medal of Honor, and received the Medal of Honor from President Roosevelt. crowd speaking.

In fact, Ron's speech was super short, because Mr. Lin Yutang said, "A gentleman's speech should be like a lady's skirt, the shorter the better."According to this standard, Ron's speech is probably a bikini.The full text is as follows:

"Ladies and gentlemen, the war we are facing today is a war against the devil. Our enemies are incomparably cunning and brutal! They have no human qualities. I have witnessed them shoot down parachutes and slaughter prisoners of war , and my comrades in arms also saw them cook human beings with their own eyes. But the devil will never win, because the Almighty Lord is on our side. We are moving towards victory step by step. America must win! As for me, I have nothing Tell everyone the heroic story, I am not a hero, I just once fought with the heroes."

Such a short speech also received thunderous applause.In fact, most Americans don't care what they say, as long as they know that their fighters are "killing Japan, killing Japan, and killing Japan non-stop".

After the event, it's time to get busy with business.General Arnold provided Ron with several staff officers to help him form this "enemy" force.

These people are all from a professional background. To be honest, they are not one or two points better than Ron in dealing with affairs.In particular, Major Matthews was specially recommended by General Arnold.So Ron left it to him to be in charge of the initial selection of pilots for the new team.Regarding the selection requirements, in addition to superb skills and excellent actual combat performance, the most important thing is to be able to strictly abide by discipline, handle things calmly, and resolutely reject those who are too strong in personal heroism.

Many times, movies and TV works always like to describe ace pilots as a bunch of disobedient military discipline, free and undisciplined, like to be heroes, like to take unnecessary adventures (such as driving a plane to drill bridge holes, wires), all day long except fighting in the sky The guy who fucked with the waitress at the booze.In the 70s, the United States also filmed a TV series about World War II called "Baa Baa Black Sheep".It portrays everyone in the Black Sheep Squadron, where the top ace of the Marine Corps, G. Boynton, is a wild western cowboy who is either a drunk or has a criminal case. Almost everyone has been court-martialed, and finally sent to the Black Sheep Squadron to fight with Ri himself (is there a punishment camp in the United States?).

This TV series is very in line with people's expectations, and its economic benefits are super good.But only after the first episode was broadcast, the broadcast had to be stopped.Because some old black sheep who are not dead quit:

"How dare you slander us like this! We strongly urge you to immediately stop all slanderous activities, make a public apology, and eliminate the impact! Otherwise, we will see you in court!"

The strong protests of these old guys are not like the strong protests of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of a major East Asian country that can basically be ignored. "See you in court" is not a scare.If there is a real lawsuit, the TV station will definitely lose.The reason is simple: The show was—basically—bad. <In the autumn period, the Qin army attacked the state of Zheng and passed through Wangye (the territory directly under Zhou Tianzi). Wang Sunman, who was still a child at that time, saw the soldiers of the Qin army "super multipliers three hundred times" (the so-called "super multiplier" refers to The most important thing is to jump on the chariot, which is not in line with military etiquette), and he predicted that the Qin army would be defeated.The reason is that "if you are light, you will be scheming, and if you are rude, you will be off."It means that if you despise the enemy, you will lack strategy, and if you don't observe discipline, you will be disorganized. How can you be undefeated?To use another Western saying: "Participating in a war is the most irrational thing you do in your life, and if you want to do it successfully, you must not have any more irrational behavior in the days to come."

Just as Matthews led his people to fill the screening personnel of the Army Airline, another group of Ron's men was running around the United States.Most of these people are scholars of geography and climate.They will help Ron choose the most suitable location to use as a base.

As for Ron himself, he is definitely not idle. After assigning tasks for a while, he is going to leave North America and go to England to learn about the situation there himself.

But things don't always go according to plan. A woman visiting the United States disrupts his itinerary.

This woman is Chang Kaishen's wife Song Meiling.She was visiting the United States at the time, trying to get more support from the United States.

Since China became an ally of the United States during World War II, the infamous "Chinese Exclusion Act" was completely abolished.Hailan and the family behind her no longer need to use others to control the Boa Constrictor Company.So at the company's last shareholder meeting, the big boss who had been hiding behind the scenes, Hailan's gangster father nicknamed "Haibatian" finally stepped forward and became the chairman of the board.

The Chairman of the Standing Committee also has a deep background in the underworld. He and many leaders of the Shanghai underworld were once sworn brothers.The Tongmenghui, the predecessor of the Kuomintang, is even more closely related to overseas Chinese associations and organizations.Mr. Sun Yat-sen once joined the Hongmen (that is, the Tiandihui often mentioned in martial arts novels), and the various gangs of the Hongmen also contributed a lot during the Revolution of [-].Especially the Hongmen Zhigongtang in the United States has made outstanding contributions.

Madam Chang came to the United States now, of course she must contact the Chinese groups in the United States.It is also good to get some money from them to "support the war of resistance."As a Hongmen organization with huge influence among the Chinese, it is also a key public relations target.During the conversation with Situ Meitang, the boss of the Hongmen, she learned that a certain brother of the Hongmen now owns a thriving arms company in the United States.This made her even more overjoyed: Is there anything more important than arms now?

So Mrs. Chang immediately decided to visit the Big Boa Constrictor Company in person.At that time, Song Meiling was being favored by the media, and she was willing to visit the boa constrictor, which was also an excellent publicity opportunity for the boa constrictor.

As an important shareholder of the company, Ron can't get away with such activities.

However, Ron didn't have a particularly good impression of this smashing Mrs. Chang.Ron knew that just when the War of Resistance was about to break out, and when Ri's wolfish ambitions were already known to everyone, this Mrs. Chang embezzled the money used by the Chinese Air Force to buy planes and took it to Wall Street to speculate in stocks to make money , (maybe it’s speculation, Ron can’t remember anyway) Mrs. Chang later explained that as long as she can make more money, she can buy more newer planes.It should be said that Mrs. Chang's business talent is not bad, and she has made some money.It's just that Mrs. Chang probably doesn't know very well that an airplane is not a rifle. Just go to the countryside to catch a strong man, and then put the rifle in his hand, and it will count.Even if there are enough pilots, it will not take a short time for a newly acquired aircraft to perfectly form combat effectiveness.What's more, after the fight really starts, God knows if the planes will still be transported in.Anyway, the fact is that for quite a long time after the start of the war, that sum of money was not turned into aircraft for the Chinese Air Force.

But, business is business.For business, what is personal opinion?Besides, in any case, Mrs. Chang is an elegant and charming beauty, and dealing with beautiful women is always a pleasure, even Einstein agrees with this point of view (Einstein once explained the lengthening of time to people. And when compressing, time flies when chatting with a beauty to prove her point.) If the beauty is also carrying a lot of money, then she is even cuter.Obviously, Mrs. Chang is, at least for now, such a lovely beauty.

In order to welcome this distinguished guest, the big poisonous snake made meticulous preparations.The factory was cleaned up overnight, and every machine was wiped spotless.A big red banner was also put up at the entrance of the company's headquarters, with the words "Welcome Mrs. Chang" written in both Chinese and English.They also spent money to invite a group of Chinese children, holding various flowers, and waiting at the entrance of the company. When Mrs. Chang got off the car, they waved the bouquets and shouted "Welcome, welcome, warmly welcome" or something like that.Well, generally speaking, it is similar to Ron's posture of welcoming the leaders of Zhong Yang to inspect in his previous life.

But it was difficult to wait for Mrs. Chang's driver. Everyone waited from breakfast to lunch, and then waited until around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when Mrs. Chang's motorcade came slowly.At this time, the flowers in the children's hands were almost wilting, and Ron, who couldn't stand the wait, went directly to the sofa in the office to take a nap.Then when he was dizzy from sleep, he was pulled up, rubbed his face indiscriminately, and came out to meet him.

By the time Ron met Song Meiling, she was already visiting the company's products.

It should be said that Ron had also seen photos of Song Meiling on the Internet in his previous life, but the person he saw now was obviously prettier than the photos.And every move has an elegant dance-like sense of rhythm.So much so that Ron even turned around and said to Hailan: "I see, she is much more tolerant than you." And this sentence also confirmed the correctness of the famous saying "Don't praise another woman in front of a woman" .Although due to the occasion, Hai Lan didn't say much, but every time he looked at Ron, his eyes were obviously wrong.

Mrs. Chang is cute, but when it comes to weapons, she is far less knowledgeable and interested than a female bandit like Hailan.However, he was very interested in a combat hero like Ron, and asked Ron a lot of questions about air combat.Most of these questions are relatively elementary, but occasionally there are a few questions that are quite in-depth.Sometimes, after Ron answered, she would nod and say, "This is a bit similar to General Chennault's statement" or said with doubts, "General Chennault's statement seems to be somewhat different", but Ron would like to know, Chennault Where did this legendary general disagree with her in terms of air combat, but Ms. Song Meiling did not quite understand.After all, this is not her profession.In fact, as a non-professional, she now has a good understanding of the Air Force.

Due to the tight itinerary, Mrs. Chang only stayed in the company for about half an hour before leaving.But the company is still very happy, because her arrival itself means an order.