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Chapter 1126 What is the Great Way?

At 8 o'clock in the morning on New Year's Day 1936, Chiang Kai-shek delivered a speech to the people of the whole country on "The Way for the People to Save Themselves and the Country" through the Central Radio, hoping that the people would continue to carry out the New Life Movement and make 100-fold efforts to revitalize the national economy and enhance the country's strength. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

At 9 o'clock in the morning, Chiang Kai-shek, together with 17 central leaders, including President Lin Sen, Feng Yuxiang, newly appointed vice chairman of the Military Commission, Song Ziwen, president of the Fifth Academy and chairman of the Economic Committee, and a large number of attachés, arrived at Nanjing Airport by car.

General An Yi, member of the Standing Committee, member of the Central Executive Committee, director of the Syrian Provincial Pacification Office, and commander-in-chief of the Second Route Army, Lieutenant General Yang Bin, deputy commander of the Second Route Army and director of the Southern Yunnan Pacification Office, Lieutenant General Ye Cheng, chief of staff of the Second Route Army, and Mr. Jiang Yunshan, secretary general of the Syrian Provincial Pacification Office, and more than 10 other military and political chiefs in southern Sichuan have stood neatly in front of the five large military transport planes.

Behind the five large transport planes, more than 10 high-altitude reconnaissance planes and new-type attack planes of the 1st Regiment of the Southwest Air Force, which had just been refueled, had already taken off before the convoy entered the airfield, and they had risen to a high altitude to take on patrol vigilance and the heavy escort task that was about to begin.

After the brief salute, the central officials and their attachés, accompanied by the generals of An Jiajun, boarded four transport planes, while Chiang Kai-shek, Soong Meiling, Feng Yuxiang, Kong Xiangxi, Song Ziwen, Zhou Zhirou, and others boarded An Yi's special plane under An Yi's guidance.

In less than five minutes, the doors were closed.

Under the greetings and prompts of the pilot, the plane started smoothly and soon took off one after another. The five large transport planes circled a large circle over the southeast of Nanjing, skillfully formed a three-two formation, and flew westward.

"The afterlife is terrible, the afterlife is terrible! It is rumored that General An is rich and rivals the country, but now it is true that it is true, just with the style of this special plane, I am afraid that no one in China can match it! ”

Feng Yuxiang, who was sitting opposite Chiang Kai-shek, had not yet unfastened the seat belt on his waist, looked at the exquisite furnishings in the spacious cabin, and loudly expressed his feelings, making An Yi sitting next to him uncomfortable, no matter how red his eyes were, he couldn't say it in front of Chiang Kai-shek, didn't he make himself unhappy? Fortunately, Chiang Kai-shek was full of smiles and couldn't see anything wrong.

The plane flew smoothly, and a young man in a brown flight suit walked briskly from the front cabin, first put down the movable table in the middle of the seats of Song Meiling, Zhou Zhirou, Song Ziwen and others on the right, and turned around to put down the table for Chiang Kai-shek and An Yi and others.

Chiang Kai-shek looked at the young pilot who straightened up with interest: "General Lin Fei, how did you, the chief of staff of the Southwest Air Force, become an orderly?" ”

Lin Fei replied respectfully: "It is Lin Fei's honor to serve the commission and the chiefs!" ”

Feng Yuxiang was stunned for a moment, and then raised his head in surprise: "You are Lin Fei, the ace pilot who successively drove a plane to destroy and damage more than ten Japanese fighters in the Songhu Anti-Japanese War and the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War?" ”

"Report to the vice chairman, Lin Fei was lucky for a while, and it was all thanks to the close cooperation of his comrades-in-arms that he achieved little results, and he deserved the title of trump card." Lin Fei replied humbly.

Kong Xiangxi, who was sitting next to Chiang Kai-shek, laughed: "General Lin is too modest!" The people of China, who does not praise the great achievements of the general? It's just that I've always only heard of his name and not seen his person! Over the years, Chinese and foreign newspapers and magazines have reported a lot on the Southwest Air Force, but I have never seen a single photo of the pilot, if it weren't for the fact that I had taken the plane piloted by General Lin twice before, I guess I wouldn't have known General Lin when I saw him, haha! How? Are you flying in person today? ”

Lin Fei shook his head and smiled slightly: "No, the subordinate is the co-pilot of the plane, the pilot is Colonel Peng Zuliang, the commander of the 1st Air Regiment, the one on our left is the No. 5033 plane that takes Chairman Lin and the president of the Fifth Academy, the pilot is Colonel Fan Zigang, the deputy commander of the 1st Air Regiment, the co-pilot is General Huang Yuyi, the commander of the headquarters, and the pilots of the other three special planes are all the chief officers of various departments of our army. Being able to fly an airplane for the commissioner and the commanders is the honor of all the officers and men of our Southwest Air Force. Commissioners, chiefs, my subordinates have retired first! ”

Lin Fei saluted, turned around and walked to the front cabin.

Feng Yuxiang sighed with emotion, subconsciously looked to the left through the window, and soon found that high in the air outside the plane on which Chairman Lin Sen was riding, two silver fighters were flying at the same speed and in the same direction, and hurriedly motioned to Chiang Kai-shek to look out.

Chiang Kai-shek looked sideways for a while, nodded with satisfaction, and told Feng Yuxiang in a low voice: It was a new type of attack aircraft escorted, and it was the latest fighter jointly developed by the Syrian Aircraft Factory and German and American designers and experts.

An Yi introduced with a smile: "In front, on the right, above and below our two transport aircraft formations, there are a total of twelve reconnaissance aircraft and attack aircraft escorting, and in the area of about 100 kilometers in front of us, there is also a squadron of reconnaissance aircraft and a squadron of attack aircraft patrolling and alert, and there is absolutely no problem in terms of safety." ”

After talking about the air security measures, An Yi smiled and said that the value of any senior on several planes is not under a hundred fighters, and there is no negligence in the slightest, which immediately attracted a burst of laughter.

Song Ziwen, who was sitting on the other side, squinted at An Yi, turned to Song Meiling opposite, and slandered in a low voice: "Hmph, An Yi, this kid's work on sycophants is almost reaching the level of perfection!" It made Song Meiling and Zhou Zhirou beside her laugh.

Feng Yuxiang asked An Yi with interest: "General An, how does your air force compare with the Kwantung Army Aviation Regiment?" ”

Chiang Kai-shek and Kong Xiangxi immediately looked at An Yi, and the two of them also wanted to figure out this problem very much, and Song Meiling and Zhou Zhirou on the other side also looked over with concern.

An Yi pondered for a moment and replied cautiously: "In terms of the number of fighters and combat experience, the aviation units of the Kwantung Army are far superior to us, and in terms of fighter performance and weapon system configuration, we are slightly superior.

"Air combat is not only about the level and capability of air operations, but also about logistics support, command system, wartime maintenance, ground fire support, and intelligence assistance. Fortunately, we already have actual combat experience in the Songhu operation and the Great Wall operation, and in the past two years under the guidance of German, American, British, and French flight instructors, we have made continuous progress.

"No matter what others think, I always believe that our air force is capable of competing head-on with the Japanese air corps, and the gap is not as big as we imagined!

"The only worrying thing is that the number of our fighters is limited, and it is difficult to maintain the basic number requirements in long-term continuous operations, after all, in comparison, the industrial base of the country is much stronger, although in recent years we have been catching up in southern Sichuan, but compared to the accumulation of decades after the maintenance of the people, we are still a lot behind.

"According to the latest issue of the American Magazine, if the war is mobilized, its strong manufacturing capacity will be reflected, and it will be able to reach the level of 80 to 150 fighters per month in the early stage of the war, and its output will rise steadily in the middle of the war, and we can't compare with this alone."

Feng Yuxiang sighed slightly when he heard this, and Chiang Kai-shek's face also showed a solemn expression.

After a moment of silence, Feng Yuxiang asked again: "It is rumored in the military that the best aviation school in China is the Syrian Aviation School, if General An doesn't mind, I want to ask, since the establishment of the Syrian Aviation School five years ago, how many pilots have been trained?" How many qualified pilots does your Southwest Air Force currently have? ”

An Yi quietly looked at Chiang Kai-shek, and when he saw Chiang Kai-shek nodding slightly, he truthfully introduced to Feng Yuxiang:

"It has been five years since the establishment of the aviation school, and at the beginning of the flight major was a two-year education, and from the third year onwards, a three-year education was implemented, and other majors such as ground support and air defense still implemented two-year education. In the past five years, there have been two batches of graduates of the flight major, the first batch of graduates of the flight major was only 180, plus the 84 people recruited from overseas and domestic armies in the early days of its establishment, the total number is 264 people, 37 people died in the Songhu and Great Wall War of Resistance, 78 people were injured and retired or transferred to the logistics and civil aviation departments, 22 people have died in routine training over the past few years, and 127 pilots are left in the first batch so far, and these people have basically become the commanders of various brigades and squadrons. It is a priceless treasure of the Southwest Air Force.

"The number of pilots recruited for the second batch of graduates is more than 500, and the final number of graduates is 366, of which 83 are trained personnel commissioned by the Yunnan Army, the Sichuan Army, and the Jin Sui Army, and they all went back, and the remaining 283 people have all entered the Southwest Air Force, and 21 of them have died or been disabled in training and performing tasks for more than a year. So far, including Air Force Commander Huang Yuyi and myself, the Southwest Air Force actually has 389 pilots, which is roughly the same as the air force units directly under the Central Military Commission, but the number of fighters has decreased by more than half. ”

Feng Yuxiang nodded thoughtfully, and then asked an extremely sensitive question: "Speaking of which, the third batch of flight students of the Syrian Aviation School should graduate, right?" How many qualified pilots are there in the third phase? ”

"681 people, tomorrow will be held graduation ceremony, juniors, general Huang Yuyi, chief of education of the aviation school, and general Tu Zhirong, chief instructor of the air defense major of the aviation school, implored President Jiang to personally teach the sword, after the ceremony, nearly 200 graduates returned to the Yunnan army, the Sichuan army, the Jin Sui army and other subordinate units entrusted with training, and the remaining 400 people all entered the southwest air force. These graduates still need at least one year of training before they can become qualified pilots of various types of fighters. An Yi didn't hide it from Feng Yuxiang.

Feng Yuxiang's face was filled with a hint of joy, and even said that it was gratifying to congratulate him, and Chiang Kai-shek also nodded with satisfaction: "I have spent a lot of money on you in the past five years, right?" ”

"Principal, by the end of last year, the aviation school had spent a total of more than 27 million! This is only the cost of education and training, not counting the money on school construction, the purchase of training fighters, training consumption, etc.! ”

An Yi looked extremely painful, and suddenly pointed to Song Ziwen, who was looking over, and avenged Chiang Kai-shek and Feng Yuxiang:

"Director Song adheres to the principle and has the world in mind, but he has always ignored our huge efforts, and when he saw his subordinates secretly smuggling a few aircraft engines from Annan, he gritted his teeth and asked his subordinates to pay taxes, and his subordinates heard that after he returned to Nanjing from Syria last autumn, he immediately complained to the principal, and we had to truthfully declare the amount of imports and pay customs duties, so that the students did not dare to go to Nanjing to see you for several months!"

Kong Xiangxi leaned forward and leaned back with laughter, Song Meiling and Zhou Zhirou were also very happy, and Chiang Kai-shek scolded a "flamboyant tongue", so he covered his mouth with laughter.

Only Feng Yuxiang was surprised, looked at Song Ziwen, who was too lazy to pay attention to An Yi, and then looked at An Yi with a sad face, and then laughed heartily after a while.

At this moment, Feng Yuxiang finally saw An Yi's cunning and scoundrel, and also saw the extraordinary relationship between An Yi and Song Ziwen.

Feng Yuxiang admired An Yi's great dedication, and in front of Chiang Kai-shek, Song Meiling and others, he exclaimed: "General An has worked hard for several years, not only to build a strong army, but also to repeatedly donate generously to the disaster areas in the north and south, and to resettle tens of millions of victims. ”

An Yi felt a little uneasy in his heart, and said modestly: "An Yi is grateful to his predecessors for their love, but he deserves such praise. Everything An Yi and like-minded soldiers have done is nothing more than fulfilling the duties of a soldier, and in a beautiful sentence, the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband and should be.

"I remember that An Yi broke his wings in the Northern Expedition eight years ago, returned to Nanchang with bruises, and An Yi respected General Lao Shoudao, who was his father and brother, said something to the disheartened An Yi and the generals, he said, 'As long as you face it calmly, you are worthy of your heart, although you are defeated, you are still glorious; If it is a pearl, it must be compared, and the road is unknown, and it is better to win than to lose. Life in the eternal world, like a white horse passing through the gap, decades of flicking a finger, even if there are thousands of fertile fields, thousands of mansions, after death to inhabit the five-foot land, only the great righteousness of the shimmering eternal immortal, life is short, the avenue lasts forever, how can you be persistent in personal success or failure'.

An Yi thought hard about these words, and only now did he gradually figure out what to do. To tell the truth, so far, everything An Yi has done, I don't know whether it is right or wrong, the more I go forward, the more I feel that the responsibility on my shoulders is heavy, and I feel overwhelmed and walking on thin ice. ”

After everyone was stunned, they all fell silent, and it was incomprehensible for a while, how could the young An Yi have such an old mentality?

Only Shen Fengdao, who was sitting in the back row, sighed secretly, he understood that every word An Yi said was heartfelt, and at the same time, he was secretly happy that An Yi gradually spied into "what is the avenue".