"Senior Sir, our Air Force Section does not include the following airports, radar stations, oil depots, maintenance, etc., there are currently sixteen people, there are not many people, but there are a lot of things in charge, more than a dozen airport radar station oil depots, there are currently eleven aircraft, five Hawker II training aircraft, two bombers, one transport aircraft, to be honest, dozens of pilots, everyone is rushing to drive, there is no way, but that's good, everyone knows that there are not enough planes, but now it's good, everyone knows that there are going to be fifty planes, and those rabbit cubs ran to me to ask, It annoys me, but they don't want to think about it, the plane hasn't arrived yet, and I'm still looking forward to it. Full/Ben/Small/Say/Net [Chinese. _com]" As soon as Gao Zhihang sat down, Xue Muhua chattered and began to complain.

Gao Zhihang's eyebrows jumped and asked, "The plane hasn't arrived yet?" What's going on? And Director Xue, these things are all mine, what are you doing? ”

"Of course I'm listening to you," Xue Muhua said nonchalantly, "Colonel Gao, you're going to be promoted." ”

"Oh, how do you know?" Gao Zhihang said.

"I guess," Xue Muhua threw a document to Li Guidan: "After purchasing the plane, Deputy Director Zhuang once talked to me, my Air Force Section will be upgraded to the Southwest Air Force Command, the command is at the military level, and now the people who can form this command are here, the commander of this command must be you, otherwise the deputy director just let me hand over the post of section chief, but you are only a colonel, this rank is definitely not enough, at least a major general, you look at this document." ”

Xue Muhua said and handed Gao Zhihang a document. Gao Zhihang took it and frowned and asked, "When will P40 arrive?" ”

This question is what he is most concerned about, what kind of air force is the Air Force if it does not have aircraft. Xue Muhua said: "Twenty planes will come in the middle of next month, eighteen planes will arrive at the end of the month, and the rest will arrive in early June." ”

Speaking of this, Xue Muhua hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn't help but say, "Sir." I want to get off the army, this office is not for me. ”

Gao Zhihang looked at the documents and said casually: "Okay, get out of the army." We'll all go, as long as the chief approves it. ”

Li Guidan squeezed his eyes at Le Yiqin and said, "The commander can't get out of the troops. We'll drive the plane for the sir. ”

Gao Zhihang did not pay attention to their words, he was attracted by this document, which detailed the jurisdiction, organization, membership and equipment of the Southwest Air Force Command, according to this document, the Southwest Air Force will form six destroyer groups. Five bomber brigades, four transport aircraft brigades. There is a comprehensive command headquarters and three command subdivisions, under which it has 500 fighters, 200 bombers, and 120 transport planes, as well as two flight training schools, two aircraft factories, including the Sichuan Aircraft Factory, which has already been put into operation, and the Yunnan Aircraft Factory, which is under construction, and 32 radar stations, including 24 that have been built and 8 that are under construction. Six communication stations. //

"Five hundred P40s? But now there is not a single one. The planning is not insignificant. Gao Zhihang sighed. There is no one but 500 are being planned, and the gap is a bit big: "To be realized." I don't know when. ”

"Yes, there is not enough time," Xue Muhua also sighed: "I suggested to the deputy director to buy 300 P40 and 200 BF109 immediately, but the deputy director vetoed it, he said that we can get up to 100 of 300, it is better to build it ourselves, and we will be able to mass-produce P40 in a year at most." It's just that the B17 we can't make yet. ”

“BF109？ And not the newest fighter of the Germans? Are they willing to sell? Gao Zhihang raised his eyebrows and was very surprised, this kind of fighter was in the limelight in the Spanish Civil War, and the Luftwaffe was also preaching it all over the world, declaring that this was the best fighter in the world, Gao Zhihang didn't expect Xue Muhua to actually suggest to Zhuang Jihua to buy this kind of aircraft, and his tone was quite big, and he opened his mouth to be a hundred.

"Of course, there are so many in Spain, what do you have to sell us some of them," Xue Muhua said: "Before I returned to China, one of Goering's cronies came to me, and he offered to buy their planes, but their price was quite high, $30,000 per unit. ”

As soon as Gao Zhihang heard this, he knew that there was no hope, and that the air force's ground funds were very tight, but in fact, it was not only the air force's funds that were tight, but also the funds for that branch of the armed forces in the whole country were not tight, and the unit price of $30,000 was indeed not something that China could afford. /

Xue Muhua looked left and right, and suddenly lowered his voice and said: "Actually, we bought twenty-four planes, and they will arrive in half a month, but this matter must be kept secret, otherwise the Nanjing gang will take half of it again, but the deputy director refuses to buy more, and I don't know what he thinks." ”

"What do you think? This is not yet understood, stupid. Before Gao Zhihang could express his surprise, Zhuang Jihuadi's voice came from afar: "Goering's bastard refuses to transfer technology, once China and Japan go to war, he will cut off the parts, these planes are just decorations on the ground, and they can't fly if they want to." ”

An airplane is actually a consumables, especially an engine, the service life of an aircraft engine is only a few hundred hours, plus combat damage, so without the support of spare parts, an aircraft will have to lie on the ground in less than a year. What's more, Zhuang Jihua knows that China's allies in the future are Europe and the United States, and the main aircraft of the Chinese Air Force in the future will be Europe and the United States.

"B17 can be manufactured in two years at most," Zhuang Jihua's voice contains a layer of silence, the time is too short, only two months from the 77 incident, at this time to rush to form the air force is a big mistake in his decision-making, he always thinks about building his own aircraft, but he didn't expect the aircraft factory to be so difficult, the result is to delay the formation of the air force, and now this time has to be made up by Gao Zhihang: "Boeing has sent a group of technicians, Sichuan aircraft factory is also expanding, Professor Qian Changzuo is in charge of this. Zhihang, you should devote your main energies to training and forming a command center, integrate ground and air technology and equipment, and work out a new command and combat system and corresponding tactics. ”

Zhuang Jihua stood up and walked in front of them. Gao Zhihang and the three of them wanted to stand up, but Zhuang Jihua waved his hand and motioned for him to sit down, but Xue Muhua did not move at all.

"This document was developed with the help of German consultants, and to be honest, it was a very painful plan. Because he was based on the fact that after the outbreak of war, we had to retreat to the west. Zhihang, the commander-in-chief of the Southwest Air Force is you, and everything in the Air Force is under your control. But I suggest you get a few helpers. Especially logistics, you can't build the Air Force command alone. ”

Gao Zhihang smiled bitterly. It's not clear how many people he has on his hands now, and such a big burden is on the table. Zhuang Jihua didn't give him a chance to complain, he raised his hand and looked at his watch: "I have to drive you away, what to do, you go down to discuss." Then report to me that I have to go out. The palace secretary prepares the car. Let's go to the new archway Guo Xunqi to have a look, and inform Commander Sun Jun. ”

After going out, Gao Zhihang was still a little puzzled, feeling like he was floating in a fog, he was about to be the commander of the Southwest Air Force Command just after he arrived today, responsible for realizing a huge construction plan.

"The deputy director has always been like this, he doesn't leave his feet in the house every day, and he can't even take care of his wife's pregnancy." Xue Muhua saw that Gao Zhihang's face was in a trance, and he was worried that he would be dissatisfied, so he hurriedly explained and took Zhuang Jihua to distinguish. Liu Yinshu is pregnant again. But Zhuang Jihua was busier than when he was pregnant, and he didn't even have much time at the base. Running in Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan every day, when he returned to Chongqing, he set up in the barracks, supervised the training of all armies, and even had little time to sleep at home, so he had to invite Zhuang Li back and take care of the family with his second aunt: "And his style of doing things is like this, set up a command center, and we will find the personnel ourselves, anyway, in a word, everything will be found by us, and then report to him." ”

After Xue Muhua finished speaking, Li Guidan smiled, he was originally a lively and free character, he had been holding back just now, but now it was easy to get free, he screamed: "Heh, this deputy director is still a hands-off shopkeeper, sir, now it's okay, you can do it." ”

"You can do it with your hands, but the deputy director is not the shopkeeper," Xue Muhua shook his head and said, "Major Li, if you think so, you will definitely suffer a big loss in the future." ”

"Why, didn't he say he didn't care what we do?" Le Yiqin asked puzzled.

"He won't interfere with what we do, but he cares about the progress," Xue Muhua explained: "I have to submit a report every month, the content of the report is very detailed, let's go, I'll show you the report format when you go to the office, you can't hide this report at all, everyone has to hand it over, one level at the same time, and the chief who is mainly responsible for handing it over to him, but he also has to spot check the reports of his subordinates, not much, two or three copies, he points according to the roster, the palace secretary will face you in person, you can't fake it at all." In the report, you not only have to have a summary of this month's work, but also the work plan for the next month, anyway, you will know when the time comes, the work plan for each month is set very high, he is a workaholic, and we have to follow him as a workaholic. Anyway, if you want to be idle, don't do it in the development team, and you won't be able to do it for long. ”

Asking for leisure, since the day he joined the army, Gao Zhihang has never thought about asking for leisure, and after 918, he doesn't want to be idle anymore; In addition to him, Li Guidan and Le Yiqin, young soldiers who joined the army after 918 and experienced the baptism of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Movement, did not want to be idle.

After Gao Zhihang understood the grim task he was facing, he immediately revised the Nanjing Aviation Committee, asking the Aviation Committee to send another group of personnel over, and at the same time began to set up a command headquarters, and in early May, the Air Force Command of the Southwest Military Region was established.

The Southwest Air Force Command consists of nine sections: training, operations, logistics, air defense, manager, meteorology, finance, transportation, and guard, of which the manager section is responsible for aircraft manufacturing and procurement of parts and raw materials; Logistics is responsible for maintenance, oil depot management, medical support, etc., the guard is responsible for the guard unit of the airport radar station, and the training includes the development of training syllabus, flight school; Operations include the formulation of battle plans, management of combat units, etc., while transportation includes water transportation, trains, automobiles, etc.

Zhuang Jihua reported to Chiang Kai-shek that he nominated Gao Zhihang as the commander of the Southwest Air Force Command, but he did not expect that this position attracted the attention of many people in the Air Force, and the competition was extremely fierce, Chiang Kai-shek hesitated about Zhuang Jihua's nomination, Zhuang Jihua learned about the situation through Yang Yongtai, and Gao Zhihang was afraid that he would not be able to take this position, so he immediately consulted him and asked him to recommend a candidate, Gao Zhihang recommended Wang Shuming, who was proficient in flight, as the commander-in-chief, Zhuang Jihua also vetoed Zhou Zhirou and Mao Bangchu when Chiang Kai-shek consulted him. Wang Shuming was recommended as commander-in-chief, and Chiang Kai-shek accepted the recommendation.

At the end of May, Wang Shuming was promoted from colonel to major general and became the commander of the Southwest Air Force, and Gao Zhihang was appointed deputy commander-in-chief and concurrently chief of the operations section and captain of the destroyer brigade.

When Wang Shuming arrived, Gao Zhihang had already set up a command organization that had begun to take shape and began to sort out the tactics of coordinating radar and aircraft, while Li Guidan and Le Yiqin began to urge the pilots to strengthen training. This squeezed the group of pilots who thought about airplanes crazy and trembled, and trained every day, for fear of being brushed down.

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