Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Wang Zhenyu did not intend to become a sole proprietorship. The work he did was relatively simple. First, he invested 400 million US dollars in four companies, and then he only held 25% of the shares, but he asked to share relevant technical data.

Air Force Minister Yang Yixian, who accompanied Wang Zhenyu to inspect Base 301, was originally a Chinese American, and was transferred to the Air Force system through Sun Wen's relationship. However, because of Wang Zhenyu's trust, he worked very hard.

Although the Air Force is currently small, it is an independent system, so it has sufficient funds.It's just that Yang Yixian didn't understand why Wang Zhenyu didn't agree with the suggestion of forming a bomber brigade, but he blindly emphasized the need to focus on the research and development of new aircraft.

"Commissioned seat, low position or which suggestion, I hope the air force can form a combat capability as soon as possible, so that we can surprise our army in the future battles." Yang Yixian put forward his suggestion again, neither humble nor overbearing.

Wang Zhenyu still admired Yang Xianyi very much. Among the generals transferred from Sun Wen's alliance, only three were reused by Wang Zhenyu, Li Liejun, Dai Jitao, and Yang Yixian.Among them, Li Liejun himself, like Xiong Kewu and Cheng Qian, belonged to Huang Xing's old department, while Dai Jitao was a literati who was in charge of political work.Only Yang Yixian, Wang Zhenyu entrusted him with the most important weight of the strength of the entire Chinese national defense force, and he got it because of his seriousness and perseverance.

"Yixian, the development of an army should not only look at the present, but try to focus on the future. Your air force is different from the army. In my eyes, you are a strategic force, so I still hope that you will focus on the aircraft. R&D and training of pilots."

Yang Yixian was very dissatisfied with this answer: "Commissioner, you want us to focus our research and development on the monoplane, but the structure of the monoplane is thin, the safety and stability are not as good as the biplane, and it is more difficult to drive. If this continues When will our air force take shape?"

Wang Zhenyu was not angry at Yang Yixian's disrespect. He shook his head with a smile and said, "We soldiers must learn to look at problems from the perspective of development, otherwise we will be eliminated by history. I also know that biplanes are easy to fly, but Do you know how much future this aircraft has in the future? I can tell you that there are almost none. Its shortcomings are too obvious. One is that the structure is complex, which brings great difficulties to manufacture; the other is that the resistance is very large and consumes extra power ; The third is that the speed is difficult to improve."

Seeing that Yang Yixian was still going to say something, Wang Zhenyu waved his hand and said: "Okay, this issue has been clarified by the Military Commission, we will not discuss it here, you should talk to me about your air force's future development plan, I remember The Military Commission will allocate a lot of money to you in the next four years."

Yang Yixian sighed and said: "Yes, Commissioner, our Air Force is currently divided into three departments, the R&D Department, the Operations Department and the Engineering Department. The Engineering Department is the main executive department for the future development of the Air Force. According to the order of the Military Commission , our airports are divided into permanent airports and field airports according to facilities and support conditions; according to the type of aircraft that can be supported by the runway, they are divided into special-level, first-level, second-level and third-level airports; according to their strategic locations, they are divided into first-line and second-line airports And deep airports. The runways and support facilities of permanent airports are mostly permanent, used by aviation troops all year round; field airports are generally laid with prefabricated metal plates or other simple pavement runways. Equipped with movable support equipment for temporary use by aviation troops Special-level airports are mainly used by bombers and transport aircraft, with a runway length of 3-0 meters; first-class airports are mainly used by medium-sized bombers and medium-sized transport aircraft, with a runway length of 4500-2600 meters; second-level airports are mainly used by fighters, attack aircraft and light bombers Use, the runway length is 3000-00 meters; the third-level airport is mainly used for primary trainer aircraft and small transport aircraft, the runway length is 2400-1 meters, or a soil circular site with a diameter of about 0 meters. Usually the first and second-level airports Deploy fighter aviation and assault aviation, and deploy bomber aviation and transport aviation at the deep airport. But, I don’t even have planes now, so there are types of classification?” Yang Yixian still couldn’t help complaining about what, what bomber , Fighter planes, transport planes, these air forces have never started to classify, and I don’t know that the master of the Military Commission is so advanced to classify them.

This great god was none other than Wang Zhenyu himself, but he didn't dare to explain to Yang Yixian, he just signaled him to continue talking.

Yang Yixian complained a few words, but still said very respectfully: "At present, it is planned to build fifteen first-level permanent airports in provincial capitals, and 32 second-level permanent airports in strategic key cities. In four aviation bases, Four third-level permanent airports. Twelve field airports are set up at twelve strategic points along the coast. I have another opinion here. Since we don’t form such a large-scale air force, why do we have to build so many airports? What’s more, according to the order given to me by the Military Commission, the purpose of setting up field airfields at strategic points along the coast is to cooperate with the navy in combat, but our planes have no way to fight against the navy’s warships, so how can we coordinate in combat?”

As the instigator, Wang Zhenyu naturally knew what Yang Yixian was asking.But he didn't intend to explain, because Yang Yixian's way of thinking is the most in line with ordinary people's way of thinking.This is how the air force should be tuned according to the serious development, but he, Wang Zhenyu, is a time traveler, and there is no reason not to do this well, so he was domineering for a while.To be honest, the development of monoplanes is a plan to take the lead in aircraft research and development. In order to achieve this, he even sent more than 400 aviation technicians to the four major companies in the United States to work and study, and specially approved the establishment of a special engine research project group.As for the construction of 63 military airports in one go, one is to digest the excess labor force, and the other is that land acquisition is cheap at this time, and the cost of building airports is low. It is ok to level the land and pave the cement. Anyway, now I have it in my hands. Everything else is still developing, except that the annual output of cement has successfully exceeded 500 million tons, er, it is a bit ahead of schedule, and there is a risk of overcapacity.

These principles are all in Wang Zhenyu's heart, but they are not enough to explain to outsiders.So Wang Zhenyu thought over and over again and said to Yang Yixian: "This plan must be resolutely implemented, and you don't have to worry about this or that. The work of the Air Force's training department must be seized. The size of the entire flight team is at the third level of the four bases. After the completion of the airport, it will be expanded to four flight groups, and the number of aircraft will reach 0. The number of pilot students will be expanded to 800 per year, and the semester will be three years. My request is to let these children learn as much as possible. Flying. Flying skills do not depend on any genius, but on the pilot's flying experience. In the final analysis, this experience still needs to be learned and practiced, and practice makes perfect, so the pilot's flying time must set a standard. One more thing to add is that air force pilots are all given favorable treatment in accordance with Army officer standards, and they are the future of the National Defense Forces."

In addition to the air force system, Wang Zhenyu also went to Wuhan University, Hunan Normal University and other colleges and universities for inspections and impromptu speeches.

Wang Zhenyu now feels that he is already a natural provocateur and speaker.Opening the mouth is: "The country belongs to you, and you are the sun at seven or eight o'clock in the morning." Closing the mouth is: "Strive for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation."

In short, in the summer of 1917, Wang Zhenyu's political reputation among young people in the southern region was rising through grassroots activities one after another.In the Wuhan area, Wang Zhenyu has even replaced Sun Yat-sen as the new revolutionary leader and mentor in the eyes of young people.

On the afternoon of August 8, Wang Zhenyu visited Wuhan Army University according to the activity plan, and played a friendly football match with the teachers and students of the school.According to Wang Zhenyu's opinion, the Chinese Football Association is already under preparation. It is planned to hold a national meeting in January next year, and then hold the first national championship in the summer of 4.

After finishing this inspection, Wang Zhenyu was going to the next stop, Wuhan Naval University, for an inspection, but then something terrible happened. . .

It was at the gate of Wuhan Army University. When Wang Zhenyu, the principal of Lu University, the teaching director responsible for school affairs, Xu Yuanquan, and other officers shook hands and said goodbye and were about to board the car, they suddenly heard someone shout: "Wang Zhenyu."

Wang Zhenyu stopped out of habit and looked back, only to see a young man ten meters away took out a pistol and pointed it at him.It was too late to say it, but Wang Chenhao, the personal guard, reacted very quickly and pushed Wang Zhenyu into the car, while other guards also took actions one after another.But because it is rare to encounter such an obvious assassination, everyone's movements are somewhat slower.The young man fired and yelled, "You pay back my uncle's life."

This young man is called Mei Yunping, the nephew of Mei Xin, the former commander of the Fifth Division of the Hunan Army. In order to assassinate Wang Zhenyu, he sneaked into the vicinity of Wuhan Army University in the chaos, and managed to avoid being searched by the security personnel for some unknown reason. examine.

It's a pity that although Mei Yunping has an uncle as a general, his marksmanship is not good, he missed two shots and knocked down two guards.As soon as the gunshot rang out, the scene was in chaos. The instructors reflexively moved towards the space between Wang Zhenyu and the assassin, and most of the students had received years of education and were asked to defend the commander, and most of them had participated in the war With a lot of experience, he didn't panic at the critical moment, so before the third shot was fired, Mei Yunping was beaten to the ground by the students from the Army University.

Wang Zhenyu wanted to see what was going on, but was urged to leave by Wang Chenhao repeatedly. Wang Chenhao didn't dare to let Wang Zhenyu stay here for a long time. What if the killer wasn't this one?

"Martial law immediately, I want to see which bastard dares to take my life?" Wang Zhenyu gritted his teeth before the car started, and said to the panicked Chen Bulei. . .