Although he is the commander-in-chief of the Air Force, Huang Changsheng's subordinates plus ground crews are less than two regiments! It was the troops of the Central Plains Military Region who assisted in guarding the airfield.

Huang Changsheng had already given an order to the guards, if Du Yuming came, he would just bring him to the headquarters without asking for instructions!

Because he was drunk by Old Man Huang yesterday, Du Yuming knew that he had made a mistake! But it doesn't hurt, after all, this is at home, not in the army, and alcohol is banned in the army, but there is no such order at home.

Du Yuming had already been to the air base once, and there were only a few fighter planes in the huge air base, all of which were training planes, and the other planes were parked in the hangar in the distance.

If you look at it from a distance, the whole airport looks like a big platter, and the hangars and barracks seem to be placed on top of it, very neat and orderly.

Occasionally, a few trucks pass by on the runway of the airport, and it is the ground crew refueling the aircraft or checking the aircraft for malfunction.

The airbase is not like where other troops are stationed, there is no training in full swing, only step-by-step, and if you walk alone on the airport, sometimes it will be like you are the only one left in the world.

"There can't be any trees, a sparrow, or a pebble around the airport that can affect the normal take-off of the plane!" The one who brought Du Yuming over was a soldier from the air base, and he belonged to the ground crew.

"Did today's training start? Why aren't there many people here? ”

"The first batch of pilots has already gone out, and it is estimated that they will be able to come back in half an hour, and the place where they landed is the airport in Baoding!"

"I remember that your Commander Huang's headquarters is in the south, why should we go from here?"

After walking for a while, Du Yuming found that something seemed wrong, he had been here once before, and he clearly remembered that Huang Changsheng's headquarters was on the south side of the entire base.

"Commander Huang is at the tower at this time every day, and several important officers in the air force are also waiting at the tower for the plane's return, and during the time of the plane's departure, we must ensure that the tower can communicate with each plane at any time."

"But ......"

Du Yuming recalled that the last time he came to the air base for an assessment on Liao Fan's order, Huang Changsheng had not spent a day in the tower in those days, and you must know that the plane was also training at that time.

"It's about whether the Air Force can fight this battle, and our commander is naturally more concerned, and I believe that Commander Du also has a deep understanding now!"

Whether the Air Force can fight or not is in the report that Du Yuming reported to Liao Fan, and Huang Changsheng was really worried in those days! Now Du Yuming is also the same, always worried about whether their four airborne divisions will be able to be sent behind enemy lines and complete the plan.

Du Yuming didn't speak, he knew that his report was not just making Huang Changsheng suffer in his heart, but all the officers and soldiers in the entire air base were suffering.

In the eyes of many, the Air Force is the treasure of the country, a glorious gem that is afraid of breaking! But in the eyes of the Air Force soldiers, their purpose as soldiers is very simple, that is, to defend the whole country with their own aircraft, and in the eyes of the Air Force soldiers, they own planes like infantry have guns, ammunition and medicine.

Now that they have guns and have undergone enough training, in the end, they can't go to the battlefield to kill the enemy to fulfill their wishes because of an assessment, and I don't know whether these soldiers should regret or be annoyed.

"We'll go into battle with you!"

Before entering the tower, Du Yuming said the last words to the soldiers who led the way! This is not just for the soldiers, but also for himself, because their Airborne Forces are facing the same situation as the entire Air Force, which is that they are not well trained.

Entering the tower, Du Yuming heard the quarrel in the tower! From the conversation, Du Yuming seemed to hear the reason for the incident clearly, a plane broke down after takeoff, Huang Changsheng asked the pilot to parachute, but the captain asked the pilot to bring the plane back.

The two had an argument, and the captain resolutely disobeyed the order, and said to Huang Changsheng with the responsibility of being shot: "I am his captain, except that I am responsible for the matter, I must carry out my order." ”

It's not that the captain cares about the lives of his subordinates, and the first plane that the captain drove in China was this plane! He was familiar with the plane, and he knew what to do to get it back to normal.

The captain's rich experience saved the pilot and the plane, and they landed safely at Baoding Airport. This incident made Huang Changsheng very angry, lost his temper, and threatened to shoot the captain.

Although he said so, Huang Changsheng would not do this! In the Air Force, this is the most capable captain under him, and he is no less familiar with the plane than he is with his own kang, and it is precisely because of this that he just dared to take a dangerous move to give orders to the pilot, which is his own self-confidence.

There is not a single person like the captain who is familiar with the aircraft in the entire country, let alone shooting, Huang Changsheng will not lock him up, even if he disobeys his orders.

"What's going on?"

Du Yuming saw Huang Changsheng, and the quarrel just now happened in front of him, obviously Huang Changsheng's anger was not very smooth at this time. In fact, he was not angry that the captain disobeyed his orders, Huang Changsheng was angry that he didn't have this ability, if he was as experienced as the captain, maybe he wouldn't have given the order to let the pilot jump directly, but tried to communicate with the pilot.

"Stopped in the air for half a minute, and the pilot said it was an old problem!"

"What then?" Du Yuming asked.

"Let people go to Baoding to check!"

In fact, Huang Changsheng knew the final result, this plane had already asked technicians to solve the problem twice, but in the end it was the same result, not that they didn't want to throw away the broken plane, but the number of planes in their hands was limited, and what they could do was to reduce losses.

"Back then, I also met a young pilot, only 19 years old, at that time our planes were all old-fashioned planes, but he still flew such planes to fight against Japanese planes, three battles and three times on the way back to the plane failure, three parachutes, three planes dropped!"

Du Yuming remembered an incident that happened in the Guozitou Air Force in the past, and he had also seen the pilot with his own eyes.

"And then?" Huang Changsheng asked.

"Everyone thought he wouldn't have such bad luck again, even himself, but the fourth battle still had such a problem! The captain who returned with him ordered him to parachute, but he did not obey the order, and before the plane crashed, he told his captain that this was the last time he would drop the plane! ”

No one loves their own planes more than the pilots of the Air Force, even if there is an order, but until the last moment, they will not easily give up the plane, the reason is very simple, an airplane is not only the result of scientific researchers, let alone the life of their pilots, but also the plane that the people of the whole country have saved by frugality.

"Pilot planes are all important at this time, and it's hard to choose!"

If they can produce thousands of planes a year, even if they drop seven or eight planes, Huang Changsheng is not distressed, but the current productivity, the output of the aircraft cannot keep up with the demand, and if they drop one plane, they have to get back all the intact aircraft parts.

"yes, the planes now are the same as we used to have cannons!"

"Let's go, this is not the place to talk, go to my headquarters!"

In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, although China had a large number of aircraft, there were only 300 aircraft capable of fighting, and they were old aircraft eliminated by various countries, and some of them were even used in World War I.

But their pilots never hated the bad use of the planes, on the contrary, they used these backward planes to fight the Japanese army bravely and defend the country's sky.

Now Huang Changsheng and they have inherited the legacy of the Air Force during the Guozi period, and they continue to defend the country's airspace.

"Are you going to go back today?"

"I can't go back until things are settled, I wanted to tell you last night, but I really didn't expect to drink too much!"

In Huang Changsheng's headquarters, Du Yuming apologized to Huang Changsheng.

"I also want to thank you, it's been a long time since anyone has been drinking with the old man, and I should be very happy to see him yesterday!"

"Let's not talk about that, let's get down to business!" Du Yuming wanted to finish what he wanted to do as soon as possible, "Our airborne troops can't do without airplanes, so we can't wait like this all the time, according to my calculations, we will have to fight this battle after Brother Fan's wedding, so we must pay close attention to the training of our airborne troops." ”

"This is natural, but the number of planes that the Air Force can send to you is really limited, and it is impossible to meet all the requirements of your four divisions!"

When cooking last night, Huang Changsheng had already talked to Du Yuming about the current situation of the Air Force, not only were there not enough planes, but also their pilots were not enough.

"Of course I know this, so I'm thinking about how much you have to spare, and we'll use as much as you have!"

"Okay, I'll discuss this matter with the captain below, and try to let all the troops have another airborne training on the eve of the battle!" Huang Changsheng said.

"One time is not enough!" Du Yuming said.

"One time is not enough? I also want you to do a few more trainings, I promise, but pilots also need to rest, and you have just seen the condition of the planes, I dare not guarantee that all planes will be able to land safely after flying into the sky, you must know that there are not only pilots on the plane! ”

Airborne training, there are dozens of people in the plane at a time, and if they cannot land safely, dozens of people will never come back.

"In the next two days, I plan to go back to Luoyang to talk to Liao Fan about the problem of this operation, and strive to have a targeted training for the airborne troops on the eve of the battle!"

In normal times, their airborne training was carried out within the specified time and at the specified place, but this time they were fighting in an enemy-occupied area, and there were no favorable conditions, and they were greeted only by the cold muzzles of the enemy's guns.