Chapter 525: A New Beginning

Yao Beiwu and the pilots under his command, that air battle caused the airship team to suffer the most serious losses in history, although the final result can be said to be their victory, but they are the pride of the entire Yunzhou, this little setback makes them feel disgraced, feel greatly wronged. Due to the increasing maturity of the technology, even the cost of these military-standard airships they use has dropped significantly compared to before. The cost of the airship is probably enough to arm a hundred to one hundred and fifty light infantry in Yunzhou at best, and ensure their salaries and supplies for one year. Many people are relieved for such a cost, with the current wealth of Yunzhou and Dongping, such a cost will not cause too much economic pressure. In contrast, the impact of airships on the economy and people's livelihood of Northern Liao is much greater, and the Northern Liao airship team established with Ye Tao's intentional connivance caused less losses to their own side in the air battle than many insiders expected, and after getting the battle report, Ye Tao did not take this matter too seriously. However, when Ye Tao heard that there was something wrong with the mood of the airship team, he realized that he still needed to care about this matter. After all, leading the soldiers under his command to fight is not a game of war chess, and simple calculation cannot cover everything.

But Yao Beiwu's subsequent series of proposals made him somewhat relieved. Although this momentary setback made the air guardians of Yunzhou depressed, they did not lose heart, but faced the fact that the enemy army also had airships. Yao Beiwu was right, there is an airship in Northern Liao, and there is also an airship in Chunnan, since we all think that there must be a battle between the Northeast and Chunnan, it is not harmful to encounter an air battle earlier and prepare early. After Yao Beiwu contacted several other captains of the airship team, they all agreed to start adjusting the training method and strengthening the training of air combat. Yao Beiwu also directly proposed to the Yunzhou Command and the Ye's Workshop Research Institute to build a model of airship with more air superiority. It is definitely impossible to fully change the outfit, but at least equip each airship team with two or three such airships, then when they face those airships that fly very high in Northern Liao, their tactics can be much more flexible and rich, and they don't have to rely entirely on their own extreme use of airship performance. They knew very well that although the airship crews of Northern Liao were immature, these enemies would grow up sooner or later, and they couldn't count on this forever. Although he knew that there were things like airships with faster speeds, higher ceilings, and extremely easy airships, Yao Beiwu did not make much fuss in this regard, he knew that the current planes were the same as the original airships, which were so expensive that they could only be tried on a small scale, and although the airships needed to be moored, and a large number of ground crews and supplies were needed, in fact, the requirements for the airship for the take-off and landing sites were not high, and there was no need to prepare the site. It is especially suitable for the continuous deployment of large armies in the middle of the march, and the aircraft ...... Yao Beiwu didn't know the lower limit of the take-off and landing distance of the current aircraft, but he had seen it at the research institute of Ye's Workshop, and the runway that was more than three miles long left a deep impression on him.

Since the enemy army also has airships, Yao Beiwu simply proposed that they can no longer fly as recklessly as before in the sky over the battlefield, Yao Beiwu proposed a theater air patrol plan, planning to set up two air patrol lines on the front line to ensure that the enemy's airships can be found in the main combat direction. With the current means of communication, it is not possible to urgently call your airship for support, but it is perfectly fine to engage in a dogfight and stop the enemy. In addition to this patrol plan, Yao Beiwu also first proposed the concept of air supremacy in the theater, which made Ye Tao overjoyed.

"General Yao, Ye Shuai will inspect your department at noon tomorrow. In addition, a confidential document will be delivered to you later, so please check it yourself. The communication code for receiving the paperwork is: Sky, 5541. When Zhongjunzhen informed Yao Beiwu through a brief telephone, Yao Beiwu realized that Ye Tao would definitely not come to his base just to blame him, let alone hand over an important document that needed to be delivered by someone to an officer he did not trust. Then, Ye Tao's intention was very clear, he felt that the things he had submitted earlier were still of some value, and their battle was not meaningless. And Ye Shuai's presence in such a thing is enough to boost the gloomy morale in the take-off boat mooring.

Ye Tao didn't need to move the set of the original time and space that should deal with the inspection of the officials, in this time and space, this set of things was also produced automatically and spontaneously, even in Dongping, which is the least particular about virtual tricks, and under the rule of Dongping's Northern Xinjiang Economic Strategy Mansion, which is the least important about virtual tricks, military and political officials at all levels are just as skillful in playing this set. After the hurried notice, Yao Beiwu immediately assigned the task, and the sergeants who sincerely respected and admired Ye Tao immediately got busy, although they felt that they had lost the battle, but they still wanted to show the best side to Ye Shuai, they knew that Ye Tao was not to see them who were depressed.

The airship mooring ground was originally the most disciplined and procedural place in various types of military camps, the mooring ground, the surrounding buffer area, the workshop used to overhaul the airship, and the sergeants' camping camp were all tossed around by everyone as quickly as possible, and the originally clean and tidy camp, although it was not spotless, was completely new, and almost every detail was nitpicked. At noon, except for those fixed sentry posts, all the sergeants gathered on the empty mooring ground, waiting for the arrival of Yunzhou No. 1.

Ye Tao has always been punctual, and just when the soldiers began to line up, the lookout post waved a flag to signal to the soldiers assembled on the mooring ground: Yunzhou No. 1 has appeared in the sky. Along with its appearance, there are escort airships that look like snow owl airships, but seem to be a little different.

Ye Tao didn't put up any shelf, after the airship stopped, he stepped off the airship first, and the spirits of the soldiers present were good, which also made him feel quite satisfied. "Don't put on this show, it's just a routine inspection." Ye Tao said to Yao Beiwu with a smile.

Now, Ye Tao's trip does not have the name of "routine inspection", everyone knows that Ye Tao must have come for the war a while ago, so to make everyone feel relieved. Yao Beiwu said with a smile: "If you don't put up flowers, the camp can be cleaned, but if you want all the soldiers to satisfy Ye Shuai within one day, I don't have the ability." Ye Shuai, since you're here, are you ......?"

Ye Tao nodded and said, "Okay, I was originally going to gather everyone to talk about it, so let's do it now, there are still many things to talk to you about later." ”

Ye Tao turned around, stepped on the gangway again, walked up a few steps, and put himself in a position where everyone could see, but he didn't feel a sense of distance at all, and said loudly: "Soldiers, I came here to hear you tell the story of the first air battle in history, you fought bravely, and your bravery will always be remembered in the annals of history." And from the day you fought bravely, the war began to take a new direction, and our battles spread from the ground and the sea to the air. And I firmly believe that from now on, the sky belongs to you. Before, I heard that you were depressed because you had suffered some losses, but these losses were no greater than those of the enemy, and you drove out the enemy and won the whole sky...... So, in any case, I think it's a win. And I have come here to bring you rewards and honors as well. Starting today, it is still quite important that the downed enemy aircraft will begin to be included in the military merit assessment categories of Yunzhou and Dongping. ……”

Ye Tao simply explained on the mooring ground the military merit assessment standards and rewards of the flight team that had been piloted first within the jurisdiction of the Northern Xinjiang Economic Strategy Prefecture. The sergeants of Yunzhou have always been wealthy, and the pilots are a military branch that needs a considerable level of education, to be able to become pilots, even if the soldiers here are not from the wealthy generations of military families, at least the family can have the money to support them and study civil and military, the pilot's salary is second to none in the army of the entire Northern Xinjiang Jingluo Prefecture, this time, although the monetary reward is rich, but everyone does not feel how excited, but the next few terms make everyone eager. Every time you shoot down an enemy airship, you can draw an airship mark on the tail of the airship, and a airship flight group, if you shoot down more than ten airships, you can get the title of "Ace of the Air", and a specific group mark will be drawn on the head of the airship. Shoot down more than 20 ships, the airship team will be able to fully customize the overall livery of the airship, and you can paint the airship in whatever way you want, as long as all the necessary numbers and troop numbers are there, and this kind of airship and its crew will enjoy many "privileges" within the jurisdiction of the entire Northern Xinjiang Economic Strategy Government, such as the priority of the new airship that the airship crew will undoubtedly be very keen on, the priority of supplies on the battlefield, etc......

For the army under the rule of the Northern Xinjiang Jinglufu, which values honor more than anything else, this kind of honor achieved by painting is very, very attractive. You must know that they are flying troops, and when they think that they are flying in the air, whether they are enemies or friendly troops, they can see their great achievements, and those jerky airships of Northern Liao will be terrified when they see their great military exploits, and their hearts will surge with longing. But to achieve this, it is not easy, in this operation, even the most powerful group of pilots among them, only ** downed two airships, and two airship marks were drawn on the tail, except for making their hearts more itchy, there is really not much other effect.

And after Ye Tao's explanation, the original depression was swept away, and all that was left was to hurry up and go to the air to constantly shoot down the enemy's airship for battle**...... Half of Ye Tao's goal has been reached

Later, when Ye Tao met alone, Yao Beiwu reported to Ye Tao the combat situation in more detail than the report submitted, and what he got from Ye Tao was a new appointment: the commander-in-chief of the air crew in the theater. He who already has a very clear impression of air combat will begin to be responsible for coordinating the actions of all airship teams, organizing special training plans for air targets, and being responsible for accepting and accepting the results, organizing airship teams to carry out reconnaissance, discovery, and clearance of the enemy's air forces.

Yao Beiwu had a headache, this was indeed the promotion he had longed for, and he would get a new starting point to prove that many of the ideas in his head were correct or the opposite. But he will also leave combat posts on the front line...... God knows, he still loves air combat, even if the first one was not very successful in his opinion.