"Report to the Commander-in-Chief: The 1st Fighter Squadron sent back a message that 190 kilometers west of Jeju Island, a fleet flying the American flag was spotted, sailing at a speed of 25 knots, heading due north, and no other ships were found in the nearby waters."

At about half past seven in the morning of June 25, 1938, Bai Shujie finally received a message, and his heart suddenly lifted. Now that the fleet is full of little devils on all sides, there must not be the slightest carelessness.

Bai Shujie grabbed the special line phone of the aviation division and shouted loudly: "Order: The first and second formations of fighters will return after escorting for half an hour, and the first formation of bombers will continue to stay behind to escort." ”

"The second formation of bombers and the third and fourth formations of fighters immediately took off to take over the escort mission; The third formation of bombers and the fifth and sixth formations of fighters took off an hour later. Then it turned to a half-hour take off in turns, ensuring that the escort fighters and bombers had enough fuel and were ready to fight at any time. ”

From the sea area 200 kilometers west of Jeju Island to Jiaodo Island at the mouth of the Daedong River, there are 630 kilometers, or 340 nautical miles. At the flotilla's speed of 25 knots, it would take another 12 hours to return.

During this 12-hour voyage, the most dangerous was the Qingdao Little Devil Fourth Fleet. There is an aircraft carrier formation there, on which carrier-based aircraft can be used.

Although South Korea has a 20th Division with little devils, they do not have decent fighters, and the problem is not very strict.

However, as time went by, Bai Shujie slowly figured it out. On Jeju Island, there is the Fifth Fleet of little devils, and they did not come forward to intercept it, which means that the American flag hoisted by the fleet has played a role.

The little devils are not ready to engage in a war with the United States at the moment, and it is not wise to intercept the American fleet.

Of course, Bai Shujie believes that the base camp of the little devil must have received the news. This is because when the fleet passes through Okinawa, it should be discovered.

Two days have passed since the flotilla passed through Okinawa, and it is estimated that the foreign minister of the little devil is already summoning the US ambassador to protest.

Now it's just not certain that what happened on Bansai Island, the admiralty and the base camp of the little devils know about it. If the little devil knew that his ship on Bansai Island had been destroyed, it is estimated that a conflict would have been inevitable.

As the minutes passed, it was six o'clock in the afternoon. The flotilla had already crossed the sea east of Qingdao and was moving at full speed towards the mouth of the Datong River, and the aircraft carrier formation of the little devils did not come out.

At half past six in the afternoon, just when Bai Shujie thought that it was getting late and that he should be fine today, the communicator suddenly came over and reported: "Commander-in-Chief: The fleet sent a message that three submarines had been found about 30 kilometers behind them!" Didn't dive, but followed on the surface of the sea. ”

Bai Shujie was shocked in his heart, and then said: "Order Zhang Jingfu to let 5 destroyers cover the fleet to continue north, 2 cruisers in the center, and 3 destroyers to slow down." The whole ship is ready for battle, and if the enemy's submarine continues to approach, drop a depth charge to warn! ”

The communicator turned to leave, and Bai Shujie grabbed the Air Force special line again: "All bomber formations and fighter formations have taken off, as long as the little devils dare to provoke, they will raid the Qingdao Fourth Fleet, the Shanghai Third Fleet, and the Jeju Island Fifth Fleet!" ”

At 7:30 p.m., Bai Shujie ordered Zhang Bingyang, commander of the detachment fleet, to lead the Flying Dragon 201 cruiser and the Chunfeng destroyer to set sail and guide the fleet into the waters of the Datong River Estuary. All the shallow-water gunboats responsible for towing immediately set off and prepared to tow the freighter into the Datong River.

At about 8:30 p.m., the messenger came and reported: "The 3 submarines of the little devils have left and are heading for Incheon Port to the east. ”

"Order: The three destroyers in the rear of the palace should speed up to the cruiser in front. Be sure to be highly vigilant and beware of little devils! ”

At around 9:50 p.m., the first freighter appeared in everyone's sight.

Bai Shujie finally breathed a sigh of relief, and also grabbed the phone and issued another order: "Order: The first and second freighters will sail to the Cangyunli military wharf, and the other freighters will sail to Pyongyang!" The newly returned warships will all be anchored at the Cangyunli Military Port! ”

"The coastal defense units on both sides of the Datong River estuary, the air defense units around the Cangyunli Military Port and Pyongyang, and the Flying Tiger Squadron at the Jiangnan Airport are all on 24-hour combat duty, and they will be the first to open fire when they discover the enemy's situation, and then report back!"

At this moment, the Cangyunli Military Port was busy. By one o'clock in the morning, 10 large warships and two 30,000-ton ocean-going freighters had been added.

In addition to the internal guard battalion of the internal guard regiment of the headquarters, more than 900 people from 4 companies were dispatched to serve as guards, and the women's battalion of the internal guard regiment dispatched more than 400 people from 2 companies to serve as receptions, anyway, there were people everywhere.

Although all 12 searchlights were turned on, and hundreds of lights in the shipyard and military port were all turned on, it was the middle of the night after all, and no one could see anyone clearly.

Zhang Nianzu, the commander of the aviation division, had already rushed here to report to Bai Shujie, and also saw Zhang Jingfu. The brothers haven't seen each other for more than half a year, and now they don't talk much.

"Hurry up, take Lao Tzu to the freighter and have a look!" Although Bai Shujie hadn't eaten or drunk all day, he was now full of energy: "Damn, Lao Tzu has heard of the Flying Fortress, and I've seen the photos, but I've never seen a real guy!" ”

"Boss, you don't have a fever, do you?" Zhang Jingfu asked in surprise: "As far as I know, this heavy bomber, there is not a single photo, and it is still in top secret, why did you see the photo?" However, when you talk about the Flying Fortress, that's very vivid. ”

Only then did Bai Shujie realize that he had gotten carried away for a while, and made a "time and space logic error" again! So I hurriedly made up a set of nonsense: "You fucking look like a girl, you said that you have seen it on the drawings, Lao Tzu made a mistake for a while, and said that it was a photo, what is the fuss!" ”

Bai Shujie just wanted to turn around and walk towards the cargo terminal, when he suddenly remembered something, and turned his head and shouted, "Is Gao Changjin, the commander of the internal guard battalion, here?" Did the special train come over? ”

"Report to the Commander-in-Chief: Gao Changjin is here! The special train is already in place on the railway gantry crane, waiting to be unloaded. Along the railway, all the way to the Jiufengshan Airport, more than 5,000 people from two regiments of the DPRK People's Liberation Army stood guard on both sides of the railway, and outsiders were forbidden to approach within 300 meters. 746 people from our battalion were responsible for escorting the vehicles. Debriefing is over! ”

The current B-17, the future FLH37 heavy bomber, has indeed just rolled off the assembly line, without painting, and all are silver-gray white iron skin. The rivet thread is like the stitches left behind by a sewing machine, and one thread after another is intertwined.

The fuselage of the aircraft was laid horizontally, the deck of the freighter was equipped with fixed seats, and the landing gear of each aircraft was fixed on all three wheels.

"Commander-in-Chief: There are three of them on each ship, and in the cargo hold below deck, there are 12 engines for three planes, and two complete sets of spare parts."

Zhang Jingfu introduced to Bai Shujie on the side: "That is to say, there are 3 complete engines and 2 bulk parts on each ship, but there is only 1 engine. At the beginning, Master Lan didn't hesitate at the slightest time to buy these parts at three times the price, and I still don't understand what it means. Why not use that money to buy a whole machine? ”

"Haha, you're wrong!" Bai Shujie shook his head: "Basket Caiqin is right, her strategic vision, you have to learn more!" Deputy Division Commander Xu, do you understand Division Commander Lan's intentions? ”

"Report to the Commander-in-Chief: FLH37 heavy bombers, one is four engines. If the next four are in place in this configuration, we will have 10 FLH37s and 40 spare engines. 10 FLH37s, with a bomb load of 80 tons at a time, the commander of the blue division is not satisfied. ”

"I think what Commander Lan means is to leave a few engines as a replacement backup, and another engine to produce a twin-engine light bomber with a bomb load of about 3.5 tons, and 10 aerial bombs with a 350-kilogram load. Of course, it is also possible to produce single-engine fighters, and two squadrons of long-range fighters can be added with a combat radius of more than 3000 km. ”

"If we can come up with 30 engines and produce our own twin-engine bombers, then we can add 15 aircraft. With all sorties at once, with a load of 52 tons of bombs, this is a huge combat cluster. I estimate that if all of them are attacked at once, one of the aircraft carrier formations of the little devils will be blown up to scrap metal. ”

"In this way, it adds more uncertainty to future wars, makes the combat design of each unit more flexible and changeable, and also provides more options for the command to design the future development direction of the troops."

"Well said, have a vision!" Bai Shujie looked at Zhang Jingfu and smiled: "Do you fucking understand, that's what basket Caiqin means!" We naturally don't have the ability to produce now, but that doesn't mean we will never have the ability to produce. Being able to see the possibilities in the coming period is strategic vision! ”

Six bombers, 12 parts, and 24 engines were unloaded overnight, and it was not until 6 a.m. the next day that all of them were loaded onto the special train, and then covered tightly with canvas, and the train drove to Jiufengshan Airport at the smoothest speed.

Bai Shujie personally supervised the formation, and moved the large box containing 24 engines into a huge cave and sealed it.

For others, this is nothing more than spare parts. But for Bai Shujie, what is in stock here is the foundation of the future aviation industry, and it is the rarest technical reserve. It doesn't take long, it's all good stuff that you can't buy for any amount of money!

In the future, with the technical strength, as long as we draw inferences from this kind of engine, it will be possible to develop more advanced engines, so as to realize the replacement of all aircraft, and then form our own series.

"Zhang Nianzu, Xu Shijie, from now on, your chief and deputy division commanders will immediately organize a team with excellent technology and begin to study this heavy bomber according to the manual."

Bai Shujie has not closed his eyes or eaten for two days and two nights, but he is still in good spirits: "I can't bear the child to catch the wolf, Lao Tzu specially approved an engine, a complete machine, and a complete set of parts for you, and began to ponder the performance of the aircraft, strive to fly into the sky as soon as possible, and give the little devil a good-looking one!" ”

"First of all, you have to be able to fly, you have to be able to land, and then you have to gradually figure out all kinds of hidden properties. As for the installation and optimization of airborne radars, fire control systems, communication systems, weapons systems, that's the next step. We don't need to be ambitious, we must take one step at a time. ”

"We still have time, at least a year and a half. Therefore, I hope that your flight group, ground crew, and cadet group, in addition to normal cruises, will all concentrate on studying new aircraft. To tell you the truth, in the coming time, new equipment will continue to come in. ”

Bai Shujie finally said: "Damn, you used to say that there were not enough planes. To tell you the truth, you hurried to recruit flight cadets, and in a short period of time, there were more planes than you are now! ”

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.