Chapter 209: Sichuan Air Force

Liu Xiang learned from the pain, and appointed Liu Yun on the spot, as the commander of the air force in Sichuan, Commander Liu is an official fan, but fortunately, he still knows how many catties and taels he has, and at present, as far as all kinds of projects are concerned, he has been overwhelmed, where do he dare to take orders randomly, and hurriedly resigned from this fashionable appointment.

Liu Yun was also afraid of attracting people to hold grudges, so he immediately offered advice to Liu Xiang, believing that the air force in Sichuan could be divided into three steps: one was to establish the Sichuan Military Aviation School to train pilots and auxiliary personnel, the second was to build a standard air force wing, and the third was to set up a number of wings in Sichuan in an all-round way.

Chairman Liu naturally agreed, and seeing that he resolutely resigned from the post of commander, he had no choice but to personally serve as the commander of the Air Force, and Liu Yun was reappointed as the chief of staff of the Air Force, and at the same time concurrently served as the president of the Sichuan Military Aviation Academy.

However, as a person, you must know how to lift, otherwise everyone will be ugly, Liu Yun pondered for a while, and then replied to Liu Xiang cautiously, thinking that the Sichuan army is being reorganized, and all kinds of contradictions have a tendency to intensify.

However, the specific responsibilities and names need to be slightly adjusted, such as changing to deputy chief of staff, so that you can also do some practical things, and let a respected person serve as chief of staff, and the aviation school is very important, and the Whampoa Military Academy can learn from the past, and it is most suitable for him to be the chief of education.

To put it simply, a big man such as Chiang Kai-shek or Liu Xiang personally served as the principal of a famous school, but they had a lot of opportunities and were too busy to appoint the acting principal, but the word "acting" could not be properly summarized.

Therefore, the position of the chief of education is not only the leader among the teachers, but also the position of the acting principal, but in the Republic of China, the feudal ideology is still very strong, due to thousands of years of Confucian cultural influence, resulting in the concept of "one day as a teacher, a lifetime as a father", has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Of course, not any teacher can be the word "master", since ancient times, only the principals of each school have this qualification, and other teachers are teaching assistants invited by the principal, in the 21st century of another time and space, on the graduation certificates of major famous schools, the names of the principals of the schools are signed.

What really made Liu Xiang's heart furious, or "the past can be learned", Sun Yat-sen was originally the principal of the Whampoa Military Academy, and later Premier Sun had some health problems, so Chiang Kai-shek served as it, and since then, this guy has soared into the sky, and his protégés and former officials are all over the world, and he has truly become the first person in the military and political affairs of the GUO Kuomintang Party.

Well, "name and instrument, not fake hands on others", Chairman Liu is as good as a stream, or decided to personally serve as the principal of the Sichuan Military Aviation Academy, with Liu Yun as the chief of education, but the post of chief of staff of the Air Force did not allow someone to resign, and Commander Liu had no choice but to accept the appointment with half a push.

Liu Yun, the new chief of staff, immediately peddled his idea of army building to Liu Xiang, first of all, the specific location of the Sichuan Military Aviation School, which he believed should be located near the city, such as Dujiangyan, Xindu, or Shuangliu, and so on, and should pay special attention to the secrecy and security of the airport.

Liu Yun hopes to wait for the West Sichuan Air Force cadets to graduate, and then establish the Sichuan Army Aviation School and Flying Wing, because many of the cadets themselves are from the Sichuan Army, and it is most suitable for them to serve as instructors and flight backbones.

Liu Xiang is not completely ignorant of the Air Force, after all, he has personally formed the Air Force, and he also knows that some things are in a hurry, so he only asks two questions, one is the Air Force cadets, when will they graduate, and the other is the success rate, and how many qualified flight cadets there are in the West Sichuan Academy.

This will stop Liu Yun, it is said that it will take at least two years to train an ordinary non-commissioned officer, pilots and auxiliary personnel, but they are all senior non-commissioned officers or junior officers, and the time required is longer, but time does not wait for anyone, it is only about a year from the 77 Incident, if you strictly follow the training standards, it will be the outbreak of the all-out War of Resistance against Japan, and the students will not be able to finish their studies.

However, most of these trainees have military experience, and even some of them still have flight experience, so they can offset half a year's training time, and the role of the training aircraft, as well as the abundant flight time, can offset another half a year, so at least one year of training is required.

If you really want to make up enough time for a year, you will not be able to graduate until September 1936, but time is running out, and July 1937 is only a year and a half, so you must shorten the training time as much as possible.

Then ten months of training is Liu Yun's final bottom line, so he made it clear to Liu Xiang, "In July this year, the first class of air force cadets in western Sichuan will be able to graduate, and it is also the time when the Sichuan Military Aviation School and the Flight Wing are officially established, and Chairman Liu is also requested to prepare for enrollment in advance."

"In addition, there is a question of the success rate. At present, the training period is still short, and we do not dare to make assumptions for a while, but judging from the current training results, the pass rate of 20 or 30 percent is still guaranteed, and it will be enough to form two air force wings and a Sichuan military aviation school at that time."

The answer is really unexpected, for Liu Yun's educational ability, Liu Xiang expressed great appreciation, he thought that only fifty or sixty people could graduate, but the result was so much, he was really overjoyed, and at the same time he was a little ashamed of himself to take advantage of the oil crisis to blackmail Liu Yun's arms.

However, things have happened, I have to think about how to compensate, Chairman Liu secretly made up his mind that he must try his best to help the oil problem in western Sichuan, Liu Yun is also affectionate and righteous, and he trains the Sichuan army trainees to work hard, never stingy with oil, if he still has a small belly, he is still Liu Xiang.

With the help of the International Advisory Group, tens of thousands of engineers were mobilized to build four airports in Fenghuangshan, Shuangliu, Dujiangyan, and Beibei District of Chongqing as soon as possible, and these large airports can accommodate hundreds of fighters to take off and land.

As for the enrollment matters, Liu Xiang kept it in mind, not only issued an official enrollment brochure to the counties and cities under his jurisdiction, but also issued a reward and punishment method, sending five students to be qualified, no reward or punishment, one more reward 200 oceans, one less fine 500, if not enough three directly dismissed.

Since Liu Wenhui is also a member of the old Liu family, Liu Xiang also sent him a copy of the enrollment brochure, hoping that Xikang would also send some flight cadets, and relatives in Sichuan from other provinces were also notified that they could participate in the screening of cadets, and after being selected, they would be treated as non-commissioned officers, and those who passed the training were treated as officers.

This vigorous enrollment action has impacted the entire land of China, and then everyone really realized that the Sichuan Army is no longer the Sichuan Army of the past, but a modern army with a large-scale air force.

However, what is surprising is that the Japanese devils, who should have been pointing fingers and talking endlessly, remained silent, and even the puppet Manchukuo, which had always been clamoring, was silent at this time, and even the devil garrisons in Shanghai, Tianjin, and Hankou seemed to keep a low profile by several decibels.

However, the Sichuan army's ambition really embarrassed the warlords in various localities, and as a result, Li Zongren in Guangxi, Lao Jiang in Nanjing, Long Yun in Yunnan, and Yan Xishan in Shanxi all revised their armament development plans for recent years, and the size of the army tended to be reduced, and the air force was expanded as much as possible.

Liu Yun didn't care about this, after discussing it with Liu Xiang, he was about to go to Jintang County to see this so-called small oil field, and before he left the city, he met an old man who came to visit, saying that he was from the Sichuan Railway Headquarters, and he was also about to ask about the situation of the Chengdu Railway, and he came just in time.

This old man is about sixty years old, dignified, neat and neat clothes, not angry and mighty between his eyebrows, he feels that he should have been an old soldier before, after seeing Liu Yun, his feet were stunned, and with a snap, he gave him a military salute, "Subordinate, Yin Changheng, I have seen Director Liu of War Preparedness."

Yin Changheng, who is he, Liu Yun was also stunned, due to a short circuit in his head, he only felt very familiar with it, but he couldn't remember it for a long time, Yin Qinlan, by the way, it was Yin Qinlan's grandfather, the first hero of the Xinhai Revolution, oops, Yin Dudu of Sichuan, his legs were weak, and he immediately knelt down.

Yin Changheng was also stupid, this Director Liu was too polite, he saluted a military salute, Liu Yun actually knelt down for him, what kind of etiquette is this, even if it was the former Qing Dynasty, it was only half kneeling, beating thousands, and hurriedly helped Commander Liu up, and said that he didn't dare to be.

Liu Yun was also embarrassed, this old man's eyes were too bad, he was just weak legs, but now, only the wrong is wrong, and he hurriedly changed his name, "Grandson-in-law, Liu Yun of Western Sichuan, meet my grandfather, may my grandfather enjoy eternal happiness, good health, and always healthy."

Yin Changheng was also stunned, and said with some embarrassment, "Lord Liu, don't be like this, the grandchildren of your subordinates are only eleven or twelve years old, where is there such a grandson-in-law as a chief."

Liu Yun was relieved in his heart, and secretly touched a cold sweat, fortunately, this old man is not here to find trouble, his body is straight, his legs are not weak, and he has a firm foothold under Yin Changheng's careful support, so he asked in surprise, "Old Yin, isn't Yin Qinlan your granddaughter."

Yin Changheng looked surprised, couldn't help touching his hair, and said with some sudden realization, "Chief Liu, the age of his subordinates is actually not very old, but he was injured during the war, and later ate a few years in prison in Beiping, so he is a little old, and he is fifty-two years old this year."

Liu Yun suddenly understood, early marriage was popular in the Republic of China, most of them got married at the age of fourteen or fifteen, and they were in the same house for four generations in their fifties, but Yin Changheng himself was a little anxious, so he had to tell the truth, "Qinlan's life experience is a bit tortuous, her mother is my wife's dowry girl, and later-."

Mr. Yin also let go, and said with a wry smile, "On the spur of the moment, Ge killed Zhao Erfeng, became the governor of Sichuan, and was later escorted to Beiping, and the family thought that they would be beheaded all over the house, so they had to disperse and flee, and Qinlan's mother was also married to the side branch of the Yin family at this time."

Everyone is a smart person, and there is no need to say it clearly in the following words, Yin Changheng's meaning is very simple, he himself can't figure out whether Yin Qinlan is his daughter or not, but he can't give it up, so he has to make a mistake and recognize Qinlan as his godgranddaughter, whether it is true or not, he is not sorry.

Liu Yun suddenly had an idea, he wanted to test the relationship between Yin Lao and Qinlan, in fact, it was not very difficult, the brain had Yin Qinlan's data, and Yin Changheng was in front of him, so he said that the test was tested, and the analysis results were quickly obtained, as expected, these two people are really a proper father-daughter relationship.

Commander Liu immediately knelt down again and kowtowed to Yin Lao, claiming that his father-in-law made Yin Changheng also surprised, and asked with some surprise, "Yicheng Xian, you really don't dislike the little girl."