Chapter 148: Red Air Force
"If you don't study for three days, you can't keep up with Liu Yicheng." Zheng Yuanxing sighed for a while, but the speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional, which made Liu Yun smile bitterly, it seems that time and space are really disordered, this is the future 60s, Chairman Li Desheng praised Vice Chairman Liu's praise.
Ignoring Zhen Wenhe's strange vision, Liu Yun hurriedly changed the topic, "Two big brothers, I want to take West Sichuan County as a starting point, first form a large triangle railway network from West Sichuan County to Fucheng to Chengdu, and then extend to Chongqing in the east, Baoji and Xi'an in the north, and Kunming, Myanmar and other places in the south."
Ochre Zheng and the others smiled bitterly, couldn't help but glance at each other, and immediately knew that they had fallen for Liu Yun's house, and if it didn't seem to have a little blood, most of them would not be able to leave, so they asked in unison, "Hurry up, what do you think, let's just say it."
Liu Yun rolled his eyes, and quickly thought of a solution, so he said with a smile, "Otherwise, you will stay here, you will be the chief and deputy leaders of West Sichuan County, and I will be an errand runner for you, so that West Sichuan County will be liberated in disguise and return to the arms of the people."
The two of them have been engaged in the workers' movement and revolutionary struggle for a long time, but they don't know anything about the construction of steel mills and railways, even if they lead the Red Army to occupy this place, sooner or later they will have to give up to the GUO Kuomintang Party, and the current thriving momentum will return to the pre-liberation period.
Zheng Yuanxing's brain turned fast, and he quickly knew what Liu Yun was thinking, so he smiled slightly and asked directly, "Boss Liu, you have a good abacus, you want the two of us to work for you for free, and even save your salary, how can there be such a good thing in the world."
Zhen Wenhe also understands it at one point, and immediately understands, yes, Liu Yun said it well, what should he be an errand runner, even if he is an errand runner, and he doesn't understand steel mills and railways, in the end, he didn't want Liu Yun, an errand runner, to take care of it, they were busy for a long time.
Liu Yun didn't intend to let them work in vain, seeing that they all understood, he also smiled slightly, and said very easily, "Don't say that, I don't dare to do it, but it's still very easy to do things for me for a few months and pay for the equipment of a regiment, I don't know-."
Although Liu Yun's voice dragged on for a long time and looked very annoying, Ochre and Zheng didn't feel harsh, but looked at each other, and were surprised for a while, they couldn't believe that if they helped Liu Dacai work for a few months, they could get the equipment of a regiment, where to find such a good thing.
Seeing Liu Yun, who was confident, Zhen Wenhe suddenly moved in his heart, since this guy is engaged in a steel plant, and even the railway is ready to be repaired, it is said that to build guns and cannons, it is just a piece of paper, maybe it can really provide a regimental equipment, and suddenly it suddenly brightened, so his face was full of smiles.
Zheng Yuanxing frowned slightly, the advantage is to put it in front of him, but there is an intuition that this benefit is probably not so easy to eat, but I don't know how big the price is, so he quickly adjusted his mentality, looked at Liu Yun with a smile, and waited for this guy to say it himself.
However, before Liu Yun could speak, Zhen Wenhe had already begun to think about him, and said with a very embarrassed look, "Brother Liu, if you really give us weapons, aren't you afraid that Liu Xiang will turn his face against you, and after we leave, send an army of 100,000 to encircle and suppress your western Sichuan County."
From the care of the senior brother Huangpu, Liu Yun was also greatly moved, in order to dispel the concerns of Ochre Zheng and the others, he decided to show his hole cards, "When you come to Sichuan West Town, you should have seen the nearby terrain, which is a typical easy to defend and difficult to attack, in addition, I went to Wuhan yesterday."
Zhen Wenhe was a little stunned, and he didn't understand what Liu Yun meant for a while, where is this, go to Wuhan, it's so great, even Liu Xiang can't clean him up, but Zheng Yuanxing understood it, and sighed lightly, "You still flew the plane yourself, right?" ”
"Airplane", Zhen Wenhe was also stunned, a little surprised, he still didn't understand the dumb riddle between Liu Yun and Zheng Yuanxing, but Liu Daguan didn't want to say more, Chief Zheng had to explain in person, "Brother Liu, since you can send the Germans back to Wuhan, you can also send the bomb to Chongqing."
Liu Yun knew that it was time for him to make his own supplements, so he said in a timely manner, "My Flying Bear fighter can carry 1.4 tons of ammunition, and if the enemy is not prepared, he can defeat one regiment at a time, and once the war requires it, I can build dozens or hundreds of planes."
Zhen Zheng and the others couldn't help but gasp, the ammunition turned out to be calculated by tons, you must know that a first-class division, there are only about ten regiments in the sky, if there are hundreds of this thing, if the enemy is not prepared, he can defeat 10 first-class divisions at a time, that is more than 100,000 people.
Zhen Wenhe also smiled bitterly, fortunately, Liu Yun's gang is pro-Red Army, if he is like other reactionaries, he will do everything to get promoted and make a fortune, it is only a matter of time before Zhang Guotao's troops are destroyed, and he still takes the lead in engaging in a workers' riot, which is really not enough.
Zheng Yuanxing is not afraid, because as far as he knows, Liu Yun is currently only an airplane, which shows that most of this kind of high-tech is limited, otherwise the plane would have flown all over the sky, so he asked very kindly, "I don't know, how much time does it take to train a qualified pilot?" ”
Liu Yun was also stunned, he didn't expect Zheng Yuanxing to be so powerful, he found the shortcomings of the plane in an instant, and he couldn't hide it from anyone anyway, so he told the truth, "If it's fast, it will take half a year, and if it's slow, it won't be effective for a year or two.
Zhen Zheng and the others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, glanced at each other, and as soon as Zhen Wenhe's heart turned, he immediately thought of an idea, so he asked tentatively, "Rich man Liu, we want to ask you to help train pilots, I don't know if there is a problem, and how many people are suitable for training according to you?" ”
Liu Yun was also stunned, these old revolutionaries are really good, the equipment of a regiment is not yet eye-catching, and they even started the idea of airplanes, according to the military combat strength of the Soviet Union, a new fighter is equivalent to the combat power of a company, and if it is actually consumed with a company, it is about the same.
Therefore, a qualified pilot, his own value is exceeded, and his body is equal to the weight of gold, the whole World War II is the most bizarre Japanese devil, the plane has always been more important than the pilot, often rather sacrifice the pilot, but also to keep the plane, as a result, after 1944, the old pilot of the devil basically died, and the newly baked rookies have become the experience gift package of the US military.
Liu Yun, who is familiar with history, knows even more that even if he does not help the Red Army train pilots, the Red Army itself will find a way, and I remember that after the end of the Long March, Chairman Li Desheng sent people to Xinjiang to cooperate with the Xinjiang warlord Sheng Shicai to train their own pilots.
It is a pity that Sheng Shicai was brutal and untrustworthy, and this group of pilots from the Red Army, not only did not learn any flying skills, but in 1942 they were arrested and killed on the grounds of attempting to start a riot, and the Red Army's air force dream was destroyed in one fell swoop, and it was not until 1949 that it was truly realized.
Liu Yun couldn't help but be greatly moved, it is not impossible to help the Red Army realize the dream of the air force as soon as possible, in the future, in the vast land of North China, if there are still planes to help the war, the Japanese devils may not be so arrogant, slaughtering villages and towns at every turn, or launching large-scale encirclement and suppression.
There is a characteristic of modern warfare, once there is no absolute air supremacy, if you want to masse forces on a large scale, fighting a decisive battle is simply suicide, and the most typical example is the Korean War; if we only talk about the art of command and the combat effectiveness of the army, the Chinese Volunteers are actually stronger than the US army.
However, even if China sent a million troops, it could not annihilate any division of the US army, and the key lies in air supremacy, and if the number of people is small, it will not be able to eat a division of the US army, and if there are too many people, the enemy's aircraft group will inevitably roar, not to mention the heavy casualties, even all kinds of materials will be blown up, and it is a tragedy in itself to rely on pistols, rifles, and grenades to destroy the integrated division of the US army.
Liu Yun pondered for a while, looked at the two of them seriously, and said very cautiously, "Pilot training is not a one-time thing, and in addition to the people who can fly the plane, ground staff, maintenance personnel and medical personnel are also needed, and so on, for now, I am still exploring."
The two of them were also stunned, and they were also skeptical of Liu Yun's words, looking at their questioning eyes, Liu Yun had no choice but to elaborate in another way, "One of the things I talked about with General Falkenhausen this time was how to form a joint air force."
"I want to invite German experts", Ochre and Zheng were also moved in their hearts, believing Liu Yun's words, and at the same time realizing a problem, it seems that the Red Army's air force dream is really a long way to go, even if Liu Yun agrees to cooperate, it will not be possible to achieve it within a year and a half.
Zheng Yuanxing pondered for a moment, and said loudly in his heart, "The red army cannot do without the air force, even if it smashes the pot and sells iron, it must also build an air force, without the air force, it is not a real modern army, an army without an air force, and an army without a future."
In a nutshell, Liu Yun greatly admired the importance of the Air Force, and decided to roughly talk about the composition of the Air Force and its unique combat methods, taking the British and American Air Forces as an example, the most basic independent tactical unit is the Air Force Wing, and each wing has four brigades, namely the Flying Group, the Ground Support Group, the Maintenance Group, and the Medical Care Group.
Among the four brigades, the flying squadron is the mainstay, under the jurisdiction of four flying squadrons, each squadron has four squadrons, each small detachment, usually composed of two two-plane formations, while the German army and the British and American armies, slightly different, is a three-plane formation composed of a small detachment.
Therefore, a standard air force group has 4×16 fighters, or 4×12 fighters, of which the flight squadron is equivalent to a battalion-level unit, the squadron leader is a major rank, the flight group is equivalent to a regiment-level unit, and the captain is a colonel, and the air force wing commander is in Britain and the United States, and the military rank is also colonel, but the authority and position are higher than the captain, and some countries simply hold the position of brigadier general.
Although Zhen Wenhe graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, he is still from the army, and he is really unfamiliar with the modern air force.
Liu Yun expounded to the end and summed it up in one sentence: "Modern airplanes are not actually airplanes, but the epitome of modern industrial science and technology, and have the reputation of the flower of industry, so the air force is the embodiment of a country's comprehensive strength and is built on all kinds of scientific and technological talents."