"Yes!" Su Hanyun answered, turned around and went out.

After about 20 minutes, Gao Zhihang, who was dressed in a flight suit, strode to the division headquarters.

"Report!"

"Come in."

"Brother Ziheng, you're here." Zhang Xinghan stood up to greet him.

"Master, do you have something to do with me?" Gao Zhihang asked.

"I just learned that this air raid did not achieve any real effect?" Zhang Xinghan asked while beckoning Gao Zhihang to sit.

"Yes, I am obviously prepared, and we have not been able to search for any worthy targets." Gao Zhihang nodded and said: "I guess that I must have moved the assembly operation to the night, and as soon as dawn came, they left the port with warships and the docks were dispersed, and they all hid in air defense bunkers, so as not to give us a chance to succeed in the air raid." ”

"Well, it's quite possible." Zhang Xinghan nodded in agreement with Gao Zhihang's analysis, and then said: "I came to you to see if I can think of a way to carry out continuous strategic bombing of Lushun as much as possible, delay my own assembly speed, and buy time for us to recruit new soldiers and expand our troops." ”

"The best thing to do is to strike at night, but our fighters don't have the ability to fly at night right now." Gao Zhihang hit the nail on the head.

"Brother Ziheng, do you know how to fly at night?" Zhang Xinghan was a little surprised, originally he thought that Gao Zhihang only knew how to fly during the day, and he didn't know much about flying at night, and he planned to use his knowledge of being ahead of the world for seventy or eighty years to communicate with him, but he didn't expect Gao Zhihang to be as backward as he said.

"I know, when I was learning to fly in Europe, I took a lesson in this area, so I know a little bit about it." Gao Zhihang nodded modestly.

"So tell me what is the reason why our planes are not capable of flying at night?" Zhang Xinghan really didn't know whether the Zero fighter, which was more than ten years more advanced than this era, had the ability to fly at night.

"In fact, fundamentally speaking, airplanes should be able to fly both day and night, except for irreversible disturbances caused by nature such as thunderstorms and heavy snow.

The point is that the pilots' vision will be affected in the dark, and the take-off and landing will be better, and our airport can provide accurate starting directions and light indications.

Crucially, flying in the dark, we can't accurately grasp the direction and the exact direction of the target.

It is easy to deviate from the flight and not be able to complete the mission or return home. Gao Zhihang explained.

Zhang Xinghan nodded, he understood that the difficulty Gao Zhihang said was that the current aircraft was not equipped with radar radio wave detection and infrared detection.

"Division, in fact, there is no night flight fighter is not a big problem, the main reason is that we have too few pilots now, we lack enough pilots as a reserve source, once the battle is damaged, our air force strength will be greatly damaged, therefore, we must ensure the success of every air attack, as far as possible to ensure that the pilots who fly out can return safely.

Therefore, flying during the day is the safest for me, but flying at night is extremely risky, and the number of pilots is weak, so we do not have the strength to take the risk of trying to fly and bomb at night. Gao Zhihang said this:

Therefore, I suggest that we should recruit as soon as possible a group of knowledgeable and educated patriotic and enthusiastic young people and conduct emergency flight training for them; as long as they have mastered the basic flying skills and can be used for daytime sky raids, bombing, and operations, we experienced pilots can take the risk of bombing at night.

In this way, the night flight units suffered heavy losses in time, and our new pilots were able to fly their fighters into the air and go on duty during the day to complete the bombing mission, so that we would not lose the ability to fight in the air. ”

"Well, this proposal is good, I will ask the chief of staff to give priority to the selection of high-quality soldiers for your flight team as much as possible, you have to train more pilots in the shortest possible time, in terms of fighters, you don't have to worry at all, I will do everything possible to buy enough fighters for you."

Later, I will have people contact foreign aircraft dealers to see if they can buy night fighters to strengthen the night combat capability of our flight group. Zhang Xinghan nodded.

"Then I'll take my leave." Gao Zhihang stood up and saluted, and after Zhang Xinghan nodded, he turned around and left.

As soon as Gao Zhihang left, Chief of Staff Zhao Zhenfan rushed over.

"Chief of Staff, you're just in time, I'm looking for you." Zhang Xinghan beckoned.

"Master, what's the matter with me?" Zhao Zhenfan walked over and put a document in front of Zhang Xing and said.

"An order will be drawn up immediately and issued to all regiments and battalions of the division, and all soldiers who have studied and gone to school can enter the pilot test, and if they pass, they can stay in the flight group to receive training and become a pilot." Zhang Xinghan instructed.

"Yes." Zhao Zhenfan stood up and responded: "I'll do it right away." ”

…………………… Qinglong Mountain, the first company of the 2nd battalion of the 702nd Regiment of the Reading Division.

Due to the successful completion of the task of repairing the airfield, the complete retreat of the Shenyang Air Force was ensured.

Liu Zhenhu, the former commander of the first company of the second battalion of the third regiment of the garrison brigade, was promoted to the commander of the second battalion after this reorganization, and Zhang Xinghua, who was brave in combat, was promoted to two levels and became the captain and first company commander of the second battalion of the 702nd regiment.

Zhang Xinghua, who was already a captain, was holding a division headquarters order that had just been issued by the regimental headquarters at the moment.

After reading the content of the order, Zhang Xinghua had an impulse in his heart.

A few minutes later, he took the order to the battalion headquarters, which was secretly built in the col.

"Yingza, I'm going to join the Flying Group." Zhang Xinghua spoke amazingly, and Liu Zhenhu, who was already a lieutenant colonel and battalion commander, said.

"What? You're going to be a pilot? Liu Zhenhu asked in surprise because he didn't believe his ears.

"Yes." Zhang Xinghua nodded.

"You are crazy, you are now a captain company commander, what kind of pilot did you run, I heard that some time ago, the air raid of the flight group on Lushun, the bomber piloted by several pilots was hit and fell into the sea on the spot, and there are no bones." Liu Zhenhu liked Zhang Xinghua's subordinate more and more, not only did he dare to fight, but he also did not have the bad habits of a gentleman, so of course he did not want him to join the Air Force.

Zhang Xinghua handed the order of the division headquarters to Liu Zhenhu and said: "Battalion, this has been clearly stated above, our reading division is in urgent need of pilots now, and you and I are very clear about the role of the air force in modern warfare, if there is no air force, we will be in an extremely difficult situation."

So, I had to report to the flying brigade. ”

"You are my company commander, Lao Tzu is not allowed." Liu Zhenhu was a little angry.

Zhang Xinghua just wanted to argue, but after thinking about it, he said in a calm tone: "Yingzao, I understand your feelings, you brought me up single-handedly, I am very grateful, it's just that we soldiers carry guns and fight for?" Isn't it just to protect the family and defend the country?

At present, our troops are in dire need of pilots, and because of the limitations of the level of knowledge, a large number of pilots are not qualified for this branch of the army.

So, I have to go, and I ask for your understanding. ”

Seeing that Liu Zhenhu's attitude was a little hesitant, Zhang Xinghua said half-jokingly: "Yingzao, even if I become a pilot, we can fight side by side, in the future, you will lead our brothers from the old company to attack on the ground, and I will fly a fighter plane to provide you with fire assistance." ”

"You have a special identity, can you be a pilot, this is what I said to the regimental seat, you better tell the division seat directly." Liu Zhenhu knew that he couldn't stop it, and said a little reluctantly.

"Okay, I'll apply to the division." Zhang Xinghua thought for a while and said, "Yingzao, go, I'll invite you to drink." ”

said, without waiting for Liu Zhenhu to agree, he hugged him and walked out.

………………………… Three days later, the coal mined from the Huolinhe coal mine had been transported to various towns in Tongliao by truck.

It was distributed free of charge to hundreds of thousands of people to keep them warm for the winter.

At the same time, a large amount of grain raised by Li Du and Xing Zhanqing was also transported to the Tongliao base area.

In return, Zhang Xinghan gave them 8,000 38 rifles, 100 light machine guns, 10 heavy machine guns, and three base ammunition.

So far, the basic daily necessities such as grain and coal in the Tongliao base area have no worries for the time being.

In the small courtyard of Zhang's family in Tongliao Town, Zhang Xinghan was secretly talking with his father in a study.

"Xinghan, Shanxi and Chahar have been contacted, they are very interested in the weapons we sell, when do you think we can trade with them?" Zhang Yuxi lowered his voice and said to Zhang Xinghan.

"The sooner the better, Dad, I bother you to help arrange this matter, and I will send Chief of Staff Zhao to escort the troops to escort weapons and ammunition to them, and I want to tell them that we only need the ocean, gold, silver and jewelry, and no legal currency." Zhang Xinghan said.

"Then what do you think is the right place to choose?" Zhang Yuxi said.

"Let them choose the location, we are only responsible for escorting to the transaction location, of course, the location cannot cross the Rehe, otherwise the transaction will be cancelled." Zhang Xinghan has already made an analysis based on the actual situation in Rehe, Chahar and other places.

Now Rehe is under the jurisdiction of Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army Tang Yulin.

The Qianli Plain of Rehe is very conducive to the movement of its own cavalry and armored troops.

Therefore, trading in the Rehe area, there is no need to worry about someone daring to eat black.

"Okay, I'll arrange it as soon as possible." Zhang Yuxi nodded in agreement.

At this moment, Zhang Xinghua's voice suddenly sounded in the courtyard: "Dad, mother, I'm back." ”

Zhang Yuxi and Zhang Xinghan hurriedly walked out of the study when they heard this.

"Xinghua, you're back." Zhang Yuxi shouted.

"Daddy." Zhang Xinghua looked at Zhang Xinghan behind his father in some surprise, and said, "Hey, big brother, are you back too?" ”

"Well, there's something to do when you come back to Daddy." Zhang Xinghan nodded and replied, and asked again: "Isn't your 702nd Regiment in Qinglong Mountain?" Why are you back today? ”

"I asked for leave to come back to visit my father, and I also plan to find your eldest brother to do something, it just so happens that you are at home, and I will go to the division headquarters to find you." Zhang Xinghua followed Zhang Yuxi and Zhang Xinghan into the hall while talking.

"What are you looking for me?" Zhang Xinghan asked with a smile.

"Big brother, I'm going to join the flying group, and our regimental seat and battalion commander don't dare to call the shots, saying that we need your consent." Zhang Xinghua made his intentions clear.

(To be continued)