Chapter 351: I Want to Fly Higher

March 15, 1940, Yichun. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

The weather in Yichun is much warmer than that in the Great Khing'an Mountains, and these days it is sunny and windless, and the snow on the sunny slopes has begun to melt. The melted snow water, dyed yellow by the blades of grass, flows over the rocks, flows over the stream, and flows into the river.

Yichun East, after crossing the Tangwang River, along a small tributary valley to the east less than ten miles, arrived at Yichun Airport. The airfield has two runways, one of which is built with cement, which is extremely extravagant, in this era, most of the airfields are rammed earth, and cement runways are too expensive.

Far south of the airfield, under the root of the mountain, are one hangar after another, most of which were newly renovated last fall.

Today, Yichun has fifteen aircraft, two bombers, thirteen fighters. In addition, there are a large number of parts in the warehouse next to it, as well as a broken plane that crashed to the ground. These damaged planes were transported back step by step by fighters of several units. This winter, artillery units, armored units, and equipment units basically transported these supplies in the field.

There were two routes to transport the supplies, Haraha and the east bank from Arshan, and most of them to the newly built repair shops in the mountains of the Great Khing'an Mountains. The second channel was to transport supplies from the west bank of the Harakha River to the Soviet Union, and then along the railway back to Yichun.

After the supplies left the railway, in order to save gasoline and diesel, the soldiers preferred to rely on horse-drawn carriages and manpower rather than let cars transport them. By early March, all the broken tanks, good tanks, broken artillery, and broken planes were transported to Yichun and to the Daxinganling Repair Plant.

In order to form an air force, the Northeast Democratic Alliance selects air force pilots from all over the army, regardless of gender, as long as they meet the conditions. The conditions are, first, politically reliable, a combat hero, brave and persevering, and able to endure hardships. Second, the body should be absolutely healthy, and the eyes should be good. Third, people are smart, have a certain level of education, and can learn.

One winter was chosen, and more than 500 people were selected.

The special operations team captured more than thirty pilots in the Battle of Nomenkan, all of whom were appointed instructors.

The Air Force Flight School was officially established, and Koji himself served as the principal.

After the other leaders finished speaking, Xiao Lu spoke: "Everyone, I believe everyone is very excited and happy. Because you will be the first members of the Air Force. I'm going to pour cold water on it, first, only a small percentage of them can become pilots. Second, there is no shame in not being a pilot, because there are a large number of positions in our air force, all of which are very important. Third, respect the instructors!

I repeat, this is the most important point! Last month, there was a combat hero who, when he saw the instructor, scolded and scolded, and came up and beat him. In the future, if this situation occurs, all warnings and demerits will be given! Serious expulsion! ”

Then, Xiaolu turned around, and the most instructors said: "Instructors, no matter who you are, as long as you are disrespectful, please tell me, I will definitely enforce the law impartially." ”

Mayor Feng, who presided over the meeting, said: "Okay, let's interview and fly the plane we made." ”

Xiaolu said: "We made it ourselves, and the level is the same as that of thirty years ago. That's how it was when airplanes were first born. Nowadays, the development of aircraft is thriving today, and our flying career will also be thriving! ”

The crowd cheered.

Yichun's first airplane was a double-winged airplane, and the wings were made of iron skeleton covered canvas. For many days, Koji and the mechanic Japanese pilots were together. They were very impressed with the drawings that Xiaolu came up with, and they only made two prototypes and succeeded.

The Wright brothers' first aircraft flew successfully on December 17, 1903. The location is Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, United States. It was cold and windy. The younger brother Orville boarded the plane first. After flying in the air for 12 seconds for the first time and flying a distance of only 36.5 meters, it landed on the beach.

They then took turns flying three more times. On his last flight of the day, Wilbur flew 260 meters in 59 seconds at a wind speed of 30 kilometers. A few minutes later, a sudden gust of wind overturned the Flyer 1 and severely damaged the aircraft.

There were some doubts about their flight, because they determined that their plane could not fly based on its performance.

Japan's first flyer was Tokugawa Yoshitoshi. On December 19, 1910, the Henry Falman multi-wing aircraft piloted by Japanese Army Captain Yoshitoshi Tokugawa flew for one minute in Sasaki Park in Tokyo. He was the first person in Japan to fly, and there is a statue of him in Sasaki Park Park in Tokyo.

Among the Chinese, the first person to fly was Feng Ru. On September 21, 1909, Feng Ru, the earliest aircraft designer and pilot among the Chinese, piloted an aircraft designed and built by himself to test fly on Patmont Hill near Oakland, USA, and made a successful first flight. Later, he flew several times, reaching an altitude of 210 meters, a speed of 105 kilometers per hour, and a coastal bay of 32 kilometers. This is the first time that the Chinese have flown a homemade plane into the blue sky.

However, Feng Ru flew in the United States and became one of the pioneers of the aviation industry in the United States. Later, he was ostracized in the United States because he was Chinese.

In China, the earliest aircraft manufacturer was Liu Zuocheng. In March 1911, Li Baoyan and Liu cooperated in the successful trial production of an airplane, which was the first aircraft made in China in China, but it fell during a test flight due to engine damage, and Liu Zuocheng was seriously injured and never flew again. Li Baoyan died of illness in 1912. Since then, Liu Zuocheng has been serving in the Air Force, and he has been associated with aviation all his life.

Because of the weak national strength, China's aircraft manufacturing industry did not exist at all, and during World War II, the aircraft were either Soviet or American.

That history changed.

This time Xiaolu personally tested, put on a flight suit, put on goggles, the mechanic had already started the machine, Xiaolu started the plane according to the regulations, the plane moved slowly, after aiming at the runway, it began to start, and after a while, the speed was increased to a very high level, and the plane slowly flew up.

The crowd cheered.

In fact, this is no longer Xiao Lu piloting this plane into the air, the last time was two days ago, Xiao Lu flew for more than ten minutes, did not fly high, and only circled over the airport a few times before coming down. This time, the aircraft has made some improvements, and the performance should be greatly improved.

Xiaolu had flown before, and he hadn't even flown twice, but this time he had a good time. He didn't even think that he still had this quality and could be a pilot.

His plane was getting taller and colder, and when he looked underground, the path fell into a trance again, and what he saw on the ground was like an electronic map. It turned out that the Wright brothers saw something very ahead of their time.

This distraction did not matter, and the plane shook and dived downward.

When the people on the ground saw him rushing down, they began to exclaim, but when they saw the plane pulled up more than ten meters above the ground, they thought that Xiaolu was performing, and cheered again.

Xiaolu found it very enjoyable. It's been a long time since I've experienced what it's like to drive. In the past, I used to use a small motorcycle to get around the city, and I also drove a car by chance. Once I went to Inner Mongolia to inspect the battlefield, I drove a rented jeep, and that time, on the vast prairie, I let go of the speed and ran around, and now, that feeling has been found again.

I wanted to turn it on again, but the red light on the fuel gauge turned on, so I had to go back.

After staggering to the runway, the crowd rushed up, cheering for the first plane they had built.

Back at the headquarters, there is a large accumulation of official telegrams today, and among the most important telegrams are those west of the Great Khing'an Mountains.

One of the most frightening news was that the Japanese army in Hailar had begun to eat people.