Chapter Eighty-Four: Transfer Test Flight The first battle of the aircraft

"What the hell is going on? Say it! Zhang Zhimu was really a little anxious. Now planes and pilots are treasures, and they really can't afford to lose.

After Li Wei's plane arrived in Baotou, they took to the air again for a shooting test, and they beat the Mongolian yurts and killed many sheep. Now the Mongols are gathering to make trouble. Liu Yun said and handed the telegram to Chen Yufeng, who stretched out his hand.

Chen Yufeng took the telegram and said while reading: "Li Wei, this bastard, when will he grow up?" The sky is wide over there, what are you doing beating other people's sheep? ”

Ouyang He said: "Don't worry, Mr. Chen, there must be a misunderstanding here." Li Wei was stunned, but not muddy! ”

"This is a telegram from Zhou Yuji," Chen Yufeng said, "and there are some Mongols there who are already dissatisfied with our development there, and now they have found an excuse for them to make trouble!" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Send a telegram to Zhou Yuji and ask him not to intensify the conflict. Let him contact Prince Tori at once, and the Mongols there will still be useful for him to convince. ”

"Some of the Tumuts should give them a little bit of power, and they should give them a little bit of power! We are always accommodating to them, and it is easy to get them used to it! Chen Yufeng said.

"Not yet!" Ouyang He said, "Let's talk about it after this year's battle is over!" We still have to be patient now. ”

"Anyway, today's incident is that we provoked people first. Fortunately, no one was killed, otherwise it would have been more troublesome! Try to give as much money as you can! Zhang Zhimu said.

The matter here in Baotou is really a misunderstanding.

Li Wei and the others made full preparations in order to let the plane fly from Yaogang to Baotou. Zhou Yuji and the others chose a flat place in the north of Baotou, built a runway, built a few houses before the freeze, and a simple tower to build the road to this airstrip. Li Wei sent people to bring in gasoline and radio communication and navigation equipment, and an airport was basically formed.

According to the map, the distance from Yaogang Airport to Baotou was calculated, and the plane took off and flew in circles according to this distance, ensuring that the flight distance was far greater than this straight-line distance, and Li Wei and they were relieved. Because you have to leave some leeway, once you can't find Baotou Airport all of a sudden, you can also turn around a few times to look for it. This was the first time that I had no experience in the transition flight, and I was very nervous.

The navigation frequency they determined was Baotou Airport and Yaogang Airport, which were different, so that different airport directions could be determined according to different frequencies. Of course, when preparing on the ground, they had already calculated what the angle between the direction of Baotou Airport and the north was, according to the compass and navigator, the plane tried to fly a few times, and if the weather was good, the pilot could also fly along the Yellow River, so that the landmarks were more obvious, but it was necessary to fly a little more distance. For the last time, the test flight aircraft flew in the direction of Baotou, and soon the plane received the navigation signal from Baotou Airport. In this way, not only the pilots but also Li Wei have confidence. The day before flying to Baotou, Li Wei and his party followed Zhou Yuji and his wife to Baotou in advance. On the day of the test flight, Zhou Yuji and his wife accompanied Li Wei and they came to Baotou Airport early. Li Wei used the radio to talk to Heyaogang Airport, and although the weather on both sides was very cold, it was cloudless, which was very suitable for flying.

The plane on the Yaogang side, this time it was a double takeoff, one was a navigator, the other was a pilot, and soon after takeoff, they used the navigation equipment on the plane to lock the frequency of Baotou Airport and fly according to the navigator. The pilot constantly reported the flight situation, and the ground topography was very clear, and the pilot said that he could fly with reference to the terrain without navigation equipment. But in order to be sure, this time they flew strictly according to the navigator. According to the command of the Baotou Airport Tower, the plane landed very smoothly at Baotou Airport.

Everything went so smoothly that at noon Zhou Yuji held a celebratory banquet at the airport. The pilot said, "It's still early, we want to do a target test." You can't fly after drinking at noon. ”

It was still early, and Li Wei said, "Then try it!" ”

Because the shooting range in Yaogang is too small for an airplane, they are afraid of hitting others, so they dare not shoot at high altitudes, and only by getting close to the ground can they hurriedly shoot a string of bullets when they pass the shooting range. Now they see the endless fields around the airport and want to hit the air with pleasure.

Zhou Yuji also wanted to see what the effect of shooting from the air was? I agreed.

Because it was covered in snow all around and there was no obvious target, they designated some bushes on the shore of an impact ditch outside the airport.

Refill the plane, load the bullets, and the plane started with a "boom" and roared into the blue sky. The plane circled around and aimed at the bushes, swooped over, and then the heavy machine guns on the plane spewed fire and fired bullets at the bushes. The bushes were immediately shattered by bullets, and puffs of green smoke rose from the bushes. The plane was pulled up to the cheers of the crowd. But before everyone's cheers fell, they found that in the place where the shot had just begun, several people came out, waving their hands, pointing to the plane in the sky as if to say something.

Zhou Yuji and Li Wei immediately broke out in a cold sweat. Immediately use the radio to inform the pilot that he should not fight again, there is someone down there. The pilot hurriedly dropped the plane down.

Zhou Yuji and Li Wei drove a few cars towards Fang Cai's shooting range, where people were now standing.

As soon as their car stopped, some Mongols came over waving knives, and Zhou Yuji and Li Wei's guards held them back with guns. Mrs. Zhou got out of the car, asked them in Mongolian why they were here.

The Mongolians pointed to the low-lying shelter behind the bushes, and Li Wei saw that there were several yurts there, but because the ground was low-lying and the yurts were covered with snow, they could not be seen in the distance. The Mongols say they are sheltering from the wind here. It's here every winter. As a result, what are you in the sky, and somehow they have killed a lot of their sheep!

At this time, a few more Mongols came with bloody sheep.

Li Wei hurriedly asked Mrs. Zhou to tell them that we were doing an experiment, and we couldn't see them from the sky, and it was a misunderstanding that killed their sheep. We can double the compensation for them.

But the Mongols didn't agree with anything. Mrs. Zhou Yuji asked them, what do they want to do?

As a result, they demanded that the people who killed their sheep be handed over to them, and that the airfield be removed and that they be compensated for their losses, which they said were breeding sheep for the winter, and the price was very high.

At this time, Li Wei and the others found that this was a Mongolian wintering ground, and there were constantly Mongols surrounding them, and they also found that there were Mongols running around on horseback. Zhou Yuji understood that he was asking for help.

Zhou Yuji said to Li Wei: "The situation is not good, what I am worried about is that they will take the opportunity to make trouble." Originally, they were dissatisfied with our coming to the Hetao, but this time they found an opportunity. ”

"Hurry up and transfer the troops and fence off the airfield, we can't afford to lose!" Li Wei said, "If you can't shoot, I don't believe they can be more powerful than bullets!" ”

There was no way, Zhou Yuji and Li Wei had to rush back to the airport, and while sending a telegram to their home, they transferred a cavalry regiment to the airport.

According to the instructions from the house, they also sent a telegram to Prince Torrey.

Prince Tori telegraphed back: "He will leave for Baotou at once and take the train!" ”

The railway from Baotou to naturalization has not yet been tracked. But Prince Tori could ride to the place where the tracks were laid and let the locomotive take him to Baotou.

However, the situation here is very dangerous, and many Mongolians have gathered around the airport.

Several Mongols came to ask for their leave, demanding that Zhou Yuji and them evacuate, and threatening to settle them by force if they did not agree to the conditions. Zhou Yuji said to them: "Your prince Tori has telegraphed back that he will leave here to settle this matter immediately, please don't be impatient." ”

One of the Mongols said: "Prince Tory was bought by you, and we will not listen to him!" ”

Another Mongol, apparently aware of the man's slippery words, immediately waved his hand to stop him. Then he said to Zhou Yuji: "No matter who comes, you attack us and encroach on our land, you must punish the perpetrators and withdraw from our land." If you don't, as you can see, our brothers won't agree. ”

"Can't you just wait for Prince Torrey?" Zhou Yuji still didn't want to make a big deal out of it.

"Huh! I want to wait, but we brothers don't want to wait! "This man is arrogant.

Li Wei suppressed his anger and said: "Don't forget, we helped you defeat the Chahar and Manchus, don't be ungrateful!" ”

"Please don't threaten the Mongols, some people are afraid of you, but we are not afraid. It was the cowards who were scared when they saw Chahar that asked you to help fight the war. This person's words made Li Wei's heart light up. It can be heard that they and Prince Tori don't seem to be in the same family, and the cowards they are talking about seem to be referring to Prince Tori and them.

Zhou Yuji said to Li Wei: "They and Prince Tori are both Tumuts, but they are not from the same tribe, so we can't give them some color today." They haven't suffered our losses, and they have not been convinced, so it's okay to rub their sharpness today. Wait for Prince Tori to come and talk about peace. ”

Li Wei whispered: "One of our cavalry regiments is rich against thousands of them!" ”

"In a moment, let's take the plane to the actual combat test." Zhou Yuji is even more ruthless.

"Okay, you deal with it earlier, I'll arrange it." Li Wei finished speaking and left.

Several Mongolians saw Zhou Yuji and Li Wei muttering and leaving, and thought that the Han people were a little scared. Seeing that Zhou Yuji didn't speak, a Mongolian shouted: "Are you going or not?" Do you want to pay someone? ”

Zhou Yuji still said: "We can compensate for the loss of your sheep, and we can't agree to anything else!" Otherwise, I think you'd better wait until Prince Tori comes! ”

A Mongolian popular horseman rushed over with a knife and wanted to kill Zhou Yuji with a knife, but Mrs. Zhou behind Zhou Yuji waved her hand and shot the guy's head. The horses dragged the dead bodies back with them. The Mongols turned their horses and ran back.

Zhou Yuji and the others also got in the car and walked back, and when they came to the cavalry commander, they said to him: "They can't listen to good words." Teach them a lesson. ”

The cavalry commander smiled and said, "General Zhou, don't worry about this matter. They all came out of the mountains, and they are not yet civilized! ”

The airfield built by Zhou Yuji only has a runway and a tower building, and it is open on all sides, so it is easy for cavalry to rush into the airfield if they are allowed to rush up. The commander of this cavalry regiment laid out a defensive line to the west of the Mongol assembly. These Mongols were obviously not very well-organized armies, and they had assembled thousands of them on an improvised basis. Because Zhou Yuji has always adopted a soft policy towards them, there are some skirmishes, and Zhou Yuji restricts his own people, which makes these Mongols think that the Han people are afraid of them Mongols. As a result, the Mongols also continued to harass the reclamation area. There have even been cases of Mongols driving cattle and sheep into the fields of reclamation to graze. This time, the Mongols found an excuse to make a big fuss with the Han people, and the Mongols gathered were all very excited, eager to rush into the airport immediately. When they saw the war horse dragging the dead body of a Mongol back, they were even more indignant. After a simple group, they rode their horses together and rushed in the direction of the airfield, these Mongols had never fought with the Yaogang people, and always thought that they were much stronger than the Han Chinese, so this time they wanted to make a charge, rushed into the airfield, and cut down the Han people.

But as soon as they approached, the light and heavy machine guns of the kiln men rang out unceremoniously. The torrent of flesh and blood of the Mongol cavalry was immediately blown away by the metal storm. The Yaogang people have long been accustomed to such a scene, but the Mongols can't, they are the first time, and they found that the situation is not right, and the cavalry charging in front of them can't contain the war horses at all. The cavalry behind finally stopped the war horse, and the cavalry of Yaogang had already rushed over on a prancing horse. None of the cavalry of the kiln gang people wielded a saber with a rifle. Although the Mongols were brave, they were too stupid to see the situation clearly, and they fled but ordinary people could not catch up. At this time, the Yaogang plane took off. The Yaogang cavalry stopped the pursuit. The pilots in the sky, seeing that there were piles of people running on the ground, dived down, threw a string of bullets at them, and then pulled them up, and fought cavalry on the grassland, the plane is the best weapon. It's more enjoyable than hunting on land, where one swoop down and one or more horses fall. The Mongols were really chased by heaven, and there was no way to enter the earth.

Later, the Mongols found out that as long as they ran on horseback, planes would come and hit them. The wise ones dismounted.

Zhou Yuji and Li Wei stood on the top of the tower with binoculars, looking at this scene regardless of the cold wind, they were simply overjoyed.

Zhou Yuji said to Li Wei: "General Li, after you go back, you will get that plane right away!" If we could have two planes, we'd have fun going north this time! ”

"Don't worry! Not only that one, Li Yunhe and they are now assembling two new planes. When we went north, we could have at least four planes in battle. If only possible, there would be two! I'll go back and force Li Yunhe to fight for two more! Li Wei said uncontrollably.

They went down to the top of the tower, came to the house to drink some hot water, warmed up, Zhou Yuji said to Mrs. Zhou: "You take people to those tents in a while, they have all run away, you go and comfort them." If that doesn't work, send something over! ”

Mrs. Zhou said dissatisfiedly: "These fools are really disgraceful to the Mongols. I don't want to see who is going to do it. ”

"They are all used to us, and from today onwards, we will change the rules for them. If you don't obey, you can do what you want. Zhou Yuji said to Li Wei, "These people, they make trouble after drinking, we don't want to care about them, they slowly think that we don't dare to care about them." Not anymore! Do business well, no problem, don't follow the rules, go to prison if you deserve it. Kill what you deserve! ”

After a while, the plane landed, and after the pilot came in, he said to Li Wei with a smile: "General Li, this plane is like hunting for cavalry, it's too enjoyable." From the ground, I watched the cavalry run fast, but from the plane, it looked like it was not moving. ”

Zhou Yuji said: "Your role is not to kill a few cavalrymen, but the entire cavalry team is frightened by you. Seeing the plane swooping towards them, there was no one who dared not run. In the future, one of your planes will be able to scatter a group of cavalry. ”

The commander of the cavalry regiment came in and reported: "More than four hundred Mongols were captured alive." More than a hundred of them were injured. More than 700 Mongols were killed! ”

Zhou Yuji was a little sad and said, "The injured one should be bandaged quickly!" Collect all the dead and wait for Prince Tori to come over! ”

Li Wei glanced at Zhou Yuji and said, "What's the matter, you've been kind in the past few years?" ”

"Alas! This side is originally vast and sparsely populated, and these Mongolians are all piling together for the winter, and there are so many fewer people at once, it is too cruel to them! ”

Li Wei said: "Also, otherwise, they can't gather so many people so quickly!" ”

"Alas! Let's hope they learn their lesson! Zhou Yuji said, "I'm afraid that they will retaliate against other reclamation areas." I'd also like to tell everyone to be careful. ”

"No, just exterminate them before going north!" Li Wei said.

"It's better not to do this, wait until Prince Tori comes!" Zhou Yuji said. I also have to send a message to my family about this.

"Anyway, today the Mongols helped, and our planes have been tested in actual combat, which shows that the planes are very useful against cavalry." Li Wei said.

When the command center got the report from Li Wei and Zhou Yuji, of course it was relieved. Li Mao said: "We are going north at the beginning of spring, isn't it okay to provoke the Tumuts?" ”

Ouyang He smiled and said, "Hehe! Zhou Yuji's reclamation area plus the steel mill workers over there in Baiyun are several times more than the Tumut people, and they can't afford to do anything! ”

Chen Yufeng said: "It's okay to do this, we should also give them some color, otherwise, those Mongols think that we don't dare to do anything to them, and we have to inch in." ”

"It's also that we didn't do a good job at the beginning, and when we first arrived there, we were afraid of upsetting the Mongols, so we accommodated them everywhere. As a result, there are many problems, and the Mongols there just feel that they are superior to us Han Chinese, and from now on, we must let them know that their face is what we gave them, and now they can take it back. Ouyang He said.

"Tell Zhou Yuji that we have to double the compensation for the sheep lost by others, but the dead people deserve it, no matter what!" Chen Yufeng said.

Lu Bingyi said: "Today is a memorable day! ”

Everyone didn't understand what was going on, and looked at Lu Bingyi.

Lu Bingyi said with a smile: "Today is the day when our Air Force officially enters the war!" ”

"That's right!"

"Yes, yes!"

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Chen Yufeng finally smiled and said, "We should have a drink tonight!" ”

"Inform Li Wei to celebrate too!" Zhang Zhimu said.

Several giants of Yaogang took advantage of this reason to get together and drink wine. Of course, he also called Li Yunhe, Li Jing, and Yang Jing over.

Li Yunhe also learned that the plane had participated in the actual battle today when he arrived at the wine table, and he was also very happy, "Li Wei, this guy, his luck is simply boundless." Without the Mongols as a live target, we wouldn't be able to test it. ”

Li Jing said: "This guy has always been lucky, let's just say that in Jinzhou, if it weren't for the help of the Mongols, how could they experiment with the effect of rocket artillery!" ”

Yang Jing asked Li Yunhe curiously: "When you go north, how many planes can you participate in the battle!" ”

"Four is no problem!" Li Yunhe said, "Now there is one plane that is flying test." Two are still being assembled! ”

"Why don't you produce more planes?" Li Jing asked a little anxiously.

"What are you doing with so many broken planes like this?" Li Yunhe said, "The people we have freed up are studying the kind of new planes, the kind that can be recycled in the landing gear." Such an airplane is built, and now the plane is designated that no one will fly? ”

"Okay!" Li Jing asked again, "When will the new plane come out?" ”

"Look at your urgency, it's still on the drawings! It will be next year at the earliest. Li Yunhe said: "However, we have also studied a kind of aircraft that can launch two attacks. The wind tunnel has not yet been built, so I am waiting for Li Di to help debug it. With the wind tunnel, we can at least see that the ratio of front and rear wing size is appropriate? How about the balance issue. It's better than building an airplane and changing it. ”

Yang Jing was interested in the twin-engine plane and asked, "Is your twin-engine plane capable of transporting goods?" ”

"Of course!" Li Yunhe said, "It can not only transport goods, but also people." Such an aircraft can last for a while as long as it has a good engine, and at least it can glide and land with the aircraft. If the reliability is good, just transport the guests! ”

"How fast can a twin-engine plane fly?" Yang Jing asked.

"At least 200 kilometers per hour!" Li Yunhe replied, "The passenger plane does not need to be too fast, it needs to be stable, and the load capacity must be large!" ”

"Even if it is 200 kilometers, then from Yaogang to Baotou, it will take more than an hour and a half. It's about the same to Beijing. It takes less than three hours to get to Xi'an. It takes more than two hours to get to Tongguan. Yang Jing said while calculating.

"Huh!" Looking at Yang Jing's serious appearance, Li Yunhe and Li Jing both smiled.

Li Yunhe said to Li Jing: "Mr. Zhang said that if your special forces can parachute, they can use planes to airdrop you anywhere in the future." ”

Li Jing nodded and said, "It seems that I really have to pick some people and let you train." Actually, we can airdrop a person with a delta wing. ”

Li Yunhe put Li Jing and said, "Do you dare to practice parachuting?" ”

"Of course I dare!" Li Jing said, "After the battle of the north, I will lead them to practice when I come back!" ”

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New progress in "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty": the Battle of Yashan, the defeat of the Yuan army, the counterattack of the Song army, and the landing in Fuzhou.