Chapter 555: The Rise of the Air Force

And the biggest point of contention is: whether Yang Ziren wants to stay.

This kind of discussion is undoubtedly extremely cruel! Those who remain will face an army of millions of Nanjing government and local warlords!

The attack, which even the main forces cannot resist, will be borne by them. The danger can be imagined!

But there was no way, the battle had been going on to such an extent that the whole team could not withdraw if no one stayed. And the list of those who remained became the focus of controversy.

At first, Qin Xian tied up, Otto. Braun and others tried to keep in the Central Soviet District those whom they considered to be "right-leaning" and who did not follow their line.

According to the meaning of Qin Xiantie and others, Yang Ziren wants to stay. But the rest of the people disagreed, they thought that Yang Ziren had a high prestige in the army! If you just stay, you won't be able to.

Especially Wu Hao, Zhang Pu, Wang Kai and others, fiercely opposed this decision! Qin Xiantie and the others had no choice but to agree to let Yang Ziren also participate in the big transfer.

But the rest of the pro-Yang Ziren people were not so lucky, and they were basically left in the Soviet area like those who had opposed Qin Xian's kidnapping.

Everyone knows that this is the path of death and life. But no one objected, and they all endured it in silence.

But this is just an intention now, and Qin Xian still hopes to withstand the impact of the Nanjing government.

But the reality still disappointed him, in April, the government launched a general attack on the city of Guangchang, and captured the city at dusk, with more than 5,500 red casualties; Under the cover of night, the rest withdrew southwest to Guangchang.

In June, the three-man regiment decided to divide its troops into 6 routes to resist the attack of **. In August 1934, 9 divisions of the ** Northern Route Army were supported by the Air Force and artillery. Attack the area north of the post front; and capture all the positions north of the post.

In late September 1934, only small areas of Ruijin, Huichang, Yandu (now Yudu), Xingguo, Ningdu, Shicheng, Ninghua, Changting and other counties remained in the Soviet area.

At this point, the time had come when the Soviet district had to be evacuated. And at this time, the red radio station in Shanghai was cracked by the national government! The Soviet zone was completely cut off from the Comintern.

This is a godsend and a great opportunity for Red to take control of herself!

In October 1934, after the Soviet zone lost most of its base areas. In the end, it was decided to abandon the Central Soviet District and carry out a military transfer.

Before leaving, the hearts of many Soviet fighters were filled with tragedy: they did not know, how far would this road go? Where does it lead? They didn't know, and even now no one knew where they were going.

Yang Ziren was before leaving. I came to the Yunshi Temple on the top of the Yunshi Mountain and said goodbye to the monk Le Neng there.

Counting up, Monk Le Neng has been practicing in Yunshi Temple for 16 years.

One day in 1934, a Red Army couple lived in the temple, the man was burly and keen-eyed, and the woman was beautiful and stubborn. The people who came were Yang Ziren and Wen Yun.

Monk Le Neng got along well with this high-ranking official in the Soviet District, and occasionally had a conversation. When there is silence. Monk Le Neng found that Yang Ziren often read books under the big camphor tree behind the temple, full of thoughts.

And this time, Le Neng found that the young gentleman seemed even more melancholy. He still smiled, but very reluctantly.

"When will the gentleman be able to come back?!" Before going down. Le Neng asked Yang Ziren. The latter smiled reluctantly when he heard this: "Perhaps...... Three or five years......"

The day they chose to set off was the National Day of the Republic of China. The 47-year-old Jiang Zhongzheng supervised the battle in Nanchang, not far from the front line of the Red Army. 41-year-old Yang Ziren is depressed.

The battle along the way was arduous, especially under the siege and interception of the national government. In the early days of the breakout, more than 50,000 people suffered heavy losses!

Among them, the number of people who crossed the first blockade line was reduced by 3,700, the number of people who crossed the second blockade line was reduced by more than 9,700, the number of people who broke through the third blockade line was reduced by more than 8,600 people, and the number of people who rushed to cross the Xiangjiang River was sharply reduced by more than 30,500 people. So that the 86,000 troops at the time of departure only had more than 30,000 people left after crossing the Xiangjiang River!

Under such circumstances, the entire unit had to stop and repair. Everyone is already aware of it. If this continues, then the only thing waiting for the transfer of troops is a dead end.

Everyone was silent, Otto. Braun advocated that the troops move north from the county town of Tongdao to join up with the 2nd and 6th Army Corps in western Hunan. But the line was guarded by nearly 200,000 **, and going north would undoubtedly have to pay a heavy price!

Yang Ziren proposed to the "three-man regiment" that the main force of the Red Army should march west into Guizhou, where the army was a "double-spear soldier" with both steel guns and opium smoking guns, and its strength was relatively weak.

for this offer. Yang Ziren made full preparations. Before the meeting, he persuaded Zhang Lie and Zhang Pu. Get support.

When he was in the Soviet area, Yang Ziren and Zhang Pu worked together, lived in Shazhouba and Yunshi Mountain, exchanged a lot, and had the same understanding of the failure of the anti-"encirclement and suppression" and the "leftist error". The two of them also had a frank communication in Yunshi Temple.

There have been some subtle changes in the number of people attending the meeting.

All along, major decisions have been limited to "three-person team decisions". In this meeting, Yang Ziren, Zhang Lie and Zhang Pu were invited to participate, and it was Wood who sent the invitation. After a fierce confrontation! In the end, the collective decision vetoed Qin Xiantie, Otto. Braun's opinion.

For Yang Ziren, this is the first time he has participated in a high-level military conference after his "frustration", and his military ability has been recognized again!

But the road that lay ahead of him was even more difficult......

At the same time, the Wehrmacht's fighter unit was finally gradually equipped with a fighter named "Tiger Shark I"!

On this day, rows of newly assembled Tiger Shark I fighters lined up at the secret flight base of the Wehrmacht! Together with several commanders of the Wehrmacht and Tu Qianjun, they sat solemnly on the rostrum.

And sitting with Tu Qianjun were several instructors from Germany! On the airfield, these German generals could not understand why these generals of the Wehrmacht were so serious!

All the generals of the Wehrmacht have put on their own uniforms and their own military medals! They didn't even sit in chairs, they stood up and looked at the fighter jet that made a "buzz~buzz...... sound!

Finally, these fighters are under the command of ground crews! "Woo~". One by one, the racks suddenly pulled up! Spread your wings and soar into the sky!

Subsequently, several fighters took off together! With the roar of motors, they broke away from gravity and soared into the sky! In the sky, they skillfully formed formations to carry out various tactical drills again and again!

or alone. Or formation! At this moment, the performance of Tiger Shark I is fully revealed! The German generals below looked at the tiger shark soaring in the sky with satisfaction! This is an absolutely modern fighter, at least so far this fighter is definitely not behind any new fighter in the world!

Then, unlike them, Tu Qianjun, as the commander-in-chief, suddenly lowered his head and left the viewing platform quickly.

Escorted by Chandinan and others, he rushed into the office and cried heartbreakingly!

And the same action as him. And the commander of the Air Force of the National Defense Forces, Chen Haihua! When Chen Haihua saw his love for Gao Zhihang soaring in the sky with his proud son, the old general's eyes became hot and humid!

He forcibly pressed his eye socket and ran towards the conference room in the base!

In the conference room, Chen Haihua looked at the fighter jet soaring in the sky and muttered, "This is our plane...... This is our Chinese plane......"

As he spoke, the tears in his eyes couldn't stop staying!

Once upon a time, our Air Force was nothing more than an ornament! Our airspace is simply not guarded! As long as it is an airplane, it can fly in our airspace with impunity!

However. Tu Qianjun, who was crying and crying, was even more shocked than Chen Haihua! He finally accomplished something with his own hands, and finally made the country take such a small step forward!

Once upon a time, we looked at the world's advanced fighter jets and sighed! When will we be able to synchronize with the world in the air?! Not to mention the posterity, it's just that World War II is about to begin, and we have all been hit by the weakness of the Air Force!

In 1940, the national air force fought against the Japanese army! Within half an hour. 13 were shot down, 11 were forced to land, and the remaining 10 were evacuated to Suining Airport in central Sichuan!

Deputy Captain Liu Zongwu reported to Jiang Zhongzheng angrily: "Our planes were originally inferior to Japan in terms of quantity and quality, and now they have come up with new planes to fight our old goods, and we don't even have a chance to fight back!" What's the point of such a sacrifice?! I report!! You later, for obedience orders. I'm going to die for you!! ”

In April 1941, the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact with Japan for its own national interests. The USSR began to withdraw the Volunteer Air Corps. When the Soviet-German war broke out in June, all the Soviet aviation volunteers were evacuated from China, and the Chinese side could no longer receive any assistance. At that time, the United States and Britain sat idly by and turned a deaf ear to the war in the Far East and maintained so-called "neutrality", China was extremely shocked and isolated.

Without any support, we are alone! Those years and months. It was the warriors who used their blood to defend against the invasion!

When the so-called "friendship" was withdrawn, the weakness of the ability to manufacture at all was suddenly exposed! And compared to our helplessness. However, Japan can have the ability to produce fighters, torpedo planes, dive bombers, and long-range bombers, and have the industrial capacity to produce at least 500 or more planes per month!

In 1941, Japanese planes conducted air raids, with a total of 47 air raids and 2,567 sorties, with an average of more than 50 sorties each time. During the year, only 2 enemy aircraft were shot down and 4 were damaged by anti-aircraft guns. Faced with the dark clouds of enemy planes and plaster flags in the sky, people asked sadly and indignantly: "Where has our air force gone?"

Yes, we have the Air Force. But fighters, no! You can't produce it yourself! Not even many replacement parts! The most important thing the pilot thinks about is not fighting, but desperately protecting the plane!

If you are injured or give up parachuting when your landline fails, you will drive back to base in an attempt to repair it. Many pilots died just escorting planes!

Mo Zhongrong died in a plane crash at Longwang Temple on the way to Ankang in Liangshan. Liang Hongyun, deputy squadron leader of the Fifth Brigade, Huang Wenmo, Gao Mo, pilots of the Sixth Brigade, and others were all forced to land or return to the plane while seriously injured.

Among them, the lonely hero Gao Mo was sober up for a while, and the first thing he did was to report the battle! The most tragic is the ace pilot Yuan Baokang, who shot down eight enemy planes, who insisted on making a forced landing even though the landing gear was damaged by the enemy, and as a result, the plane was destroyed and people died!

Even though they see death as home. Even though they didn't flinch! Even as long as it is not shot down on the first day, it will go to the sky the next day! However, this grief and indignation did not help to change the tide of the war.

In the sky, there is still a plaster flag fluttering!

Chiang confronted Lattimore, a political adviser sent by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

"China fought a war of resistance against Japan for four years, only to find itself in isolation! Although the United States has always generously extended sympathy and friendship to China. And like Britain and the Soviet Union, they provided us with material assistance, but China entered the fifth year of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and there was no ally! ”

"When the war ends, can it be guaranteed that other democracies will not alienate China and treat her equally?!"

Yes. We can't win respect without the ability to win! came to this era, Tu Qianjun never howled and cried! But this time, he didn't hold back.

From the Republic of China to the rise of later generations, we have lagged behind the world's major powers for decades! We are grieved and indignant, but we are helpless.

Tu Qianjun once accompanied a domestic delegation to France to do a secret investigation, but that time was an extremely thorough shock to him, a person who did not understand the Air Force!

"Even before I came to France, I knew that our aviation industry was far behind the rest of the world. But everything here made me, an old guy who has been flying for more than 20 years, feel incredible! ”

The air force general who led the time said to Tu Qianjun self-deprecatingly, the corners of his mouth were all bitter: "Just after Fei Ji landed, I touched the brake pads of Fei Ji's tires......

"What's going on?" Tu Qianjun is also very strange, could it be that the French Fei Ji has any special method?!

"That's right, they use carbon alloy brake pads. It is not easy to overheat, and the brakes of Chinese aircraft are made of ceramic alloy brake pads, which are easy to heat. The old pilot sighed.

"It turns out that we are far behind the world even one brake pad!"

Tu Qianjun was silent, his eyes converged on the French plane in the distance that was spreading its wings and leaping into the sky, can we really have her? Obviously, there is no need to answer, the answer has long existed in Tu Qianjun's heart, although there is hope in his heart for what happens. But sensibly speaking, China cannot buy Mirage aircraft!

That's because - planes are too expensive, or rather, we are too poor! A Mirage 2000 fighter costs at least $30 million. And now the country is in ruins, and it needs money everywhere, and how many 30 million can it come up with?!

In those years, all the people who went out to investigate actually felt some guilt about their families in their hearts, these days of inspection in France. They didn't buy a single gift for their family, all the foreign exchange subsidies. All bought French aviation books and materials!

The Air Force officers who participated in the test flight, he even bought books for meal subsidies. As for their own meals, when the French are not treated, a large bag of instant noodles and free bread in the restaurant are the best food, cheap and hot soup......

Why are you so bitter about yourself?! Why are you so persistent?! It's just because, in those years, the commander of the Far East Air Force of a certain country frantically shouted: "Our Tu-22M can carry out surgical air strikes on targets north of the Yellow River in the entire Chinese country without escort aircraft in complex weather!" And the Chinese aviation forces do not have any effective means to stop us!! ”

And only because - that ancient, quiet blue sky can no longer be bullied! The old soldier told Tu Qianjun that this was it.

Although they did not have it, all the soldiers who participated in the trip to France have an expectation and a goal in their hearts, waiting, working hard, and paying!

Finally one day, when Chinese-made Su-27 and J-15 fighters appeared in the sky of China, and in that glorious moment, how many people remember these silent dedication?!

In the blur of tears, Tu Qianjun vaguely remembered that the old soldier looked at him, and said seriously,

"Remember, little one! There is no absolute strong in the world, and there is no eternal weak. As long as we all have a strong sense of adversity and a professional spirit of working hard, our country will be a country that cannot be destroyed, cannot be defeated, and will never give up!! ”

I can't do much, but I hope to leave a complete industrial base to my homeland after me! Wiping away his tears, Tu Qianjun stood up, looked out the window at the tiger shark flying in the sky, and thought silently.

Chen Haihua, this old Air Force burst into tears! He once asked himself countless times, when will China be able to have a world-class air force?! From the time he graduated from the aviation school to the time of 918, the answer to all this is: I don't know!

When will we make our own planes ?! The Bong system has been completed, but the main parts and even the engines of the aircraft are imported from other countries! Moreover, the high cost is afraid of people!

When will we be able to design and build a world-class fighter on our own?! Chen Haihua has never dared to think about this question. Even, the entire Wehrmacht Air Force did not dare to think!

Why did this old man have to mothball the P-26?! The old man is worried, he always hopes that advanced fighters can be used on the most cutting edge! From him to everyone in the entire Air Force, they didn't expect that this day would come so quickly!

We...... Have your own fighter ?! Is it a fighter that we were able to design and build?! Holding on to the window, Chen Haihua's hands were trembling! This...... This is our own fighter Chinese......

"Woo~~" With the roar of the engine, the plane landed on the airport with a beautiful dive! Everyone immediately stood up, and the applause of "...... lala" became one!

Opening the cabin cover, Gao Zhihang stood up from the plane! The ground crew beside him saw that the Wehrmacht Air Force seed pilot had his eyes blurred with tears......