Han Xing pretended to be confused and asked, "What should I do?" Did I ask you about returning to the army, and when your injuries were healed, I would send you back. However, now that Fengxin County is occupied by devils, your 49th Army has withdrawn to the area of Huibu and Guxian, and the roads are not very passable. ”

Wang Dawu said with annoyance: "I'm afraid that others can go back, and I can't go back." ”

"Why?" Han Xing asked knowingly, and he also knew that Wang Dawu was not going back.

"Do you need to say it," Wang Dawu said with a frown, "There are only one hundred and ten people left in one regiment." As for the artillery, all of them were lost, even if the Supreme Military Court didn't shoot me, then Commander Liu Duoquan couldn't spare me. Where do I have the face to go back! ”

Squad Leader Li is Wang Dawu's sworn friend, and then Wang Dawu's words said: "Captain Wang, if you don't go back, we won't go back." Anyway, if you want to go back, you can't go back. ”

Squad Leader Li is quite popular, and those who are soldiers follow him: "We still follow Captain Wang." "Whoever Team Leader Li follows, we will follow!"

Squad Leader Li glanced at Wang Dawu's envoy vigorously, which meant that Han Xing was in front of him, and it was better to follow the Southern Expeditionary Army. What did Wang Dawu do, how could he not see what squad leader Li meant, so he said to Han Xing: "Han Xing, do you want people from the Southern Expeditionary Army?" Can we stay and follow you? ”

Han Xing smacked his lips, sighed and said, "This matter, it's really not easy to handle, you are from the 49th Army, if I leave you, I'm afraid that Commander Liu will have an opinion." I see, you better find a way to go back! ”

Here's the thing, the more you don't want to keep them, the more they want to stay. The more you agree to them, the more suspicious they will become.

Wang Dawu said sincerely: "Commander Han, I and my brothers, thank you for saving your lives in the Southern Expeditionary Army. Save people to the end, send the Buddha to the west, Commander Han, we really have nowhere to go now, you can accept us! When we arrive in the Southern Expeditionary Army, we must do a good job and never embarrass you. ”

Han Xing pretended to think for a while, and said to himself: "If I don't accept you, I look at the Chinese, I'm sorry for you." If I accept you, I'm afraid that the 49th Army will trouble me. So be it," he said to Wang Dawu, "no matter how difficult it is, you can stay with me for the time being." I have said first, if the 49th Army comes to ask for someone, you have to go back. Another thing is, Commander Hou, these brothers are going to come to your group, and you know each other, whether you can accept them or not, you have the final say? ”

Hou Dashan is the head of the regiment, he can't see anything, he has already seen through Han Xing's play. At this time, he also said quite cooperatively: "In my mechanized regiment, first, don't be a bad seed, and those who are afraid of death are resolutely not." Second, don't eat, just eat, nothing, what are you doing in my group, raising you for nothing? ”

As soon as he heard this, squad leader Li was not happy, and said with a red face: "Who do you say is the eater!" I can't get used to your stubbornness. It's not that the two of us haven't tried, compared to you, that is, it's so much worse, and if you work hard, you can catch up. Our regimental commander is a graduate of the artillery academy and an artillery expert. All of us brethren are experts at aiming and shooting, and other small jobs are no worse. If you look down on us like that, you're looking at people through the cracks in the door -- you're flattening people. ”

As soon as he heard that squad leader Li was energetic, Hou Dashan stimulated him again: "The cowhide is not blown, Mount Tai is not based, and the train is not pushed." We can't just move our mouths, okay or not, just try it all and know it all. ”

When the words came to this, squad leader Li was even more energetic, and called out to their brothers: "Brothers, this head Hou looks down on us like this, where to put our faces!" Let's go, get on the cannon -- just let them see if they are powerful or we are powerful. ”

These wounded soldiers had already recuperated their spirits, and their injuries were almost healed, so they called these two hot-tempered people, which of them were not a little bloody, and shouted in unison: "Let's go, go up, and let them see the Southern Expeditionary Army." "Don't think we're made of mud, and we only see the mud on our legs when we get out of the water." "When it comes to the sky, it's also blind, and if you shoot a shot, they will know."

Han Xing shouted from behind, "You are still wounded, and the injuries are not yet good!" Even if you are discharged from the hospital, you will have to go through the procedures! ”

At this time, no one listened to Han Xing's orders anymore.

Leaving the matter of this artillery talent behind, Han Xing's heart finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Han Xing's next goal was to greet the Soviet Air Force volunteers. In fact, the Soviet Air Force volunteers lived not far away, on the Nanchang tarmac, the first apron lived the Soviet Air Force Volunteers, the second apron lived the National Air Force, and the third apron lived the Air Force of the Southern Expeditionary Army.

Rows of planes, each parked on its own tarmac.

It's really a confidant of the sea, and a good neighbor lives. Although they are all neighbors, each guard guards their own territory tightly and never lets the other get involved. Because this involves some top-secret military equipment of their respective air forces.

The origin of the Soviet Air Force Volunteer Army has a relatively complex background and process.

After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Chinese Air Force had more than 300 planes of various types, but because these planes bought back from France, Germany, and other countries were of varying quality and performance, their combat capability was extremely limited. Therefore, in the air battles of Songhu and Nanjing, the Chinese air force was almost completely lost, and after the fall of Nanjing, there were only 12 aircraft that could still be repaired.

The heavy losses suffered by the Chinese Air Force made the Japanese Air Force even more arrogant, and they recklessly bombed the Chinese anti-Japanese troops and people everywhere. At a time when China's War of Resistance against Japan was in extreme difficulty, Stalin decided to provide economic loans and military assistance to China, and to send military experts and volunteer pilots to participate in China's War of Resistance against Japan.

The Soviet Air Force Volunteer Corps for Aiding China was an important part of the Soviet Union's assistance to China in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. In view of the increasing tension of the war in China, Stalin appointed Zhiganov as a senior adviser to the Soviet Air Force Volunteer Corps for the Chinese Aid Corps, specifically responsible for the formation of the Soviet Air Force Volunteer Corps.

After accepting the task, Zhiganov immediately got in touch with various parties and planned to discuss the formation of a volunteer team. The efforts of the Soviet Air Force in a short period of time were fruitful, and the Soviet Air Force agreed to transfer a group of personnel and equipment.

In mid-to-late November 1937, the Soviet Air Force Volunteer Corps for Aiding China was formally established, with a total of five air squadrons, namely two destroyer squadrons, two light bomber squadrons, and one heavy bomber squadron, and the main aircraft types were the I-15, I-16, CB-2, CB-3, and AB-3. These were the most advanced fighters and bombers of their time.

At the end of November, Stalin ordered the volunteer detachment to immediately fly to China. Since the Soviet Air Force's Volunteer Corps for Aiding China was a secret agreement between China and the Soviet Union, in order not to attract the attention of the Japanese army, the first batch of more than 200 planes of the Soviet Union to aid China were all piloted by the Soviet air crew, or took off from Almaty and flew to Lanzhou in Gansu via Dihua (now Urumqi) and Hami in Xinjiang along a difficult route that lacked airfields and navigation facilities. Or take off from Irkutsk and fly to Lanzhou via the Mongolian People's Republic.

The destroyers arrived in China by a more secretive approach, first dismantling them in the Soviet Union, transporting them to Xinjiang by a car transport team, where they were reassembled by mechanics and then piloted by Chinese and Soviet pilots to Lanzhou.

Random arrivals included the best Soviet aircraft mechanics and pilots, whose first mission was to train Chinese pilots in Lanzhou and help them master the performance and piloting techniques of Soviet aircraft.

With the patient help of Soviet mechanics and flight personnel, the Chinese pilots mastered the performance and flight techniques of these advanced aircraft in a very short time. Subsequently, these planes successively flew to Nanjing, Nanchang, Hankou and other places to participate in the Anti-Japanese War.

On January 5, 1938, the Soviet Union sent four brigades of air force volunteers to expel and bomb to China. By the end of February, the total number of Chinese planes had increased to 217, which was almost one per person according to the quota of the Chinese Air Force at that time.

In May, Chiang Kai-shek personally sent a secret telegram to Stalin and Voroshilov that China's war was becoming increasingly tense and that all kinds of materials were very scarce.

After receiving Chiang Kai-shek's urgent telegram, Stalin and Voroshilov immediately replied with guarantees: "With regard to the section on assistance from the Soviet side, there is no need to have any doubts, the Soviet Union should do everything possible to assist the great Chinese people in the heroic liberation struggle against the invaders," and "the requested planes will be delivered immediately."

On the other hand, immediately as promised, aircraft will be organized to be sent to China.

These destroyers and bombers did play a huge role in the Battle of Wuhan.

Han Xing wanted to go to the first apron to take a look at the planes of the Soviet Air Force Volunteers, but before he reached the first apron, on the third apron, that is, on Xu Da's territory, he heard a "fight" there. Han Xing had to change direction and walked towards the third tarmac, while Zhang Xiaosan and a few guards also subconsciously touched the gun on their waists.

I really haven't heard a gunshot for two days, so I wonder about it. Unexpectedly, the little devil didn't come to attack, and his own home "fought".

When Han walked closer, it turned out to be several Soviet officers, and he had to go to the third apron of Xuda to see the plane. As for Xu Da's security troops, of course, they were not allowed to enter.

These Soviet officers were all dressed in the air force uniforms of the Nationalist army. This is because the Soviet Union and Japan had not yet declared war at that time, and the Soviet Union wore the air force uniforms of the national army in order to facilitate camouflage. The discipline of the Soviet army at that time was that not to mention a living pilot, even a corpse sacrificed on the battlefield, could not be captured by the Japanese army, so as not to cause international trouble.