Chapter 40: Plaques
The alarm really stopped after a while, Long Yun and the others breathed a sigh of relief, but Jiang Jian couldn't help but mock: "Why did your air force become a frightened bird just after returning home?" How will there be a war in the future? ”
"Please. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info "Chen Wenlin just didn't hear it, the smile on his face did not decrease, and he smiled and invited Zhou Zhirou and others to enter. Long Yun snorted on the side, "It's not a big mistake to be careful." When the air force has just returned home, it is always necessary to familiarize itself with the wartime atmosphere first. ”
"yes." Zhou Zhirou also said, "The United States is no better than China, we have been fighting with the Japanese for three years, our nerves are thicker than our legs, and our faces have long been unchanged in the face of Japanese air raids." You have just returned to familiarize yourself with the atmosphere of the battlefield at home. In addition to condolences, the Aviation Committee wants to evaluate the flight skills of the pilots of the air force as soon as possible, and then to have appropriate exchanges between the two sides, so that the flight team can cooperate with the Air Force in future operations. ”
The reception room was on the first floor, and the group quickly sat down. In response to Zhou Zhirou's question, Chen Wenlin said: "Aviation pilots are not used to (outsiders) evaluation, and we also hope to fight alone, and air coordination is more complicated, so I don't think it's necessary." ”
"Presumptuous!" Jiang Jian stood up stolenly, as a party-state cadre and a relative of the Jiang family, he had long looked at the navy unpleasantly. He wanted to go crazy just now, but unfortunately Zhou Zhirou played a round. Now it's okay, Chen Wenlin didn't give Zhou Zhirou face, and he immediately broke out. "How old are you? Tell you, no matter what your origins are, since you are here, you must listen to the orders of the aviation committee. ”
"Why should General Chiang be angry?" Shen Dexie immediately played a round, and then he looked at Chen Wenlin anxiously, hoping that he would not be hard topped. I didn't want Chen Wenlin to say: "Since the words are open, let's open the skylight and say something." According to the agreement, the air force is under the jurisdiction of the Aviation Commission only during the time of operation, and not at other times. Even if the air force is under the jurisdiction of the Aviation Commission during the operation, the air force has the right to refuse to fight. At present, the air force has no intention of cooperating with the air force, so there is no need to communicate, and the sea water does not interfere with the river water. ”
It is indeed a loss of face, Zhou Zhirou was gentle and angry, and he glared: "What does Colonel Chen mean?" ”
"Director Zhou, what I mean is actually very simple, that is, the air force only conducts independent operations and does not cooperate with any flight units." Chen Wenlin met his gaze, not afraid at all.
Any flying troops? There is no such thing as any flight unit, and the flight unit is the Air Force. Mao Bangchu was also unhappy, he raised his thick eyebrows and picked them again, and hummed: "You look down on the Air Force?!" ”
"I didn't say that." Chen Wenlin's gaze swept towards him, "The air force is only willing to fight independently, does not want to cooperate with other units, and refuses to dismantle and use it, I think these are all written in that agreement." ”
The private agreement between the Navy and Chongqing was drawn up in New York, and it mainly stipulated three things: first, the air force would return to China to fight, second, the Sichuan oil field would be exchanged for naval officers and men, and third, the Ministry of Finance would borrow money. Kong Xiangxi did not pay attention to the return of the air force to fight in China, he paid attention to the latter two things. Chen Wenlin pondered the terms of the air force returning to China to fight, and he was first worried about the serious losses of the air force, second, he was worried about the annexation of the troops, and third, he was worried that the navy would be infected by the air force
-- The range of the Japanese navy and army fighters was insufficient, and the domestic air force was only faced with unescorted bombers during the bombing. Fighters fighting bombers, especially Japan's thin-skinned and weak-firepower bombers, should be a matter of handy. However, the reality was diametrically opposite, and fighters were often shot down by bombers instead of being able to move the bombers. They are all aviation machine guns of about 7mm caliber, and they do not have thick bulletproof armor and self-sealing fuel tanks, and in the opinion of Colonel Chen Wenlin, this result is completely caused by the incompetence of the Air Force, and this incompetence is likely to be caused by three reasons.
One of them is the Air Force Dependents' Village. The wife and children all live next to the airport, blowing the pillow wind every day, and over time, no matter how strong the man is, he will be afraid of death. When flying ceased to be a combat but just a job, the air force was ruined. At Chen Wenlin's suggestion, the naval aviation was strictly forbidden to bring family members, and marriage was also forbidden during the war (in private, he was also very opposed to the naval aircraft carrier movie, believing that the aviation would definitely bring bad to the movie). As compensation, pilots allowed prostitution and paid special allowances. As for how the ** came about, in order not to bear joint and several legal responsibility, the navy did not sign the entrustment contract, and did not explicitly say that anyone said that the navy was in urgent need of ****** second reason for the incompetence of the air force, in Chen Wenlin's view, was that there were too many fighter pilots. Too many fighter pilots will blindly pursue technology and ignore personal courage, fighter fighting fighter technology is useful, fighter fighting bomber courage first. In the face of dozens of machine guns in the bomber formation, it is impossible to defeat the formation without breaking up the formation, and this kind of combat courage is always more important than technology.
The last reason Chen Wenlin summed up is that half of the ground crew will be shot, especially the chief. Bombers have always attacked in large formations, but the domestic air force has never had a numerical superiority in numbers, and each sortie does not exceed 40 planes. Is there not enough airplanes? No, there are enough planes, but the attendance rate is only a pitiful 30 or 40 percent. If the attendance rate can be increased to 80 percent and the number of fighters attacking is doubled, the battle situation will be different.
'Don't get on the Air Force's urine!' This is something that Chen Wenlin repeatedly talked about before returning to China, and now Zhou Zhirou proposes what exchanges and cooperation, and his response to this is only one: the sea water does not interfere with the river water. It's just that his faceless attitude made Zhou Zhirou and others very unhappy, an agreement is an agreement, things on paper can't be taken seriously, and actual operation is always another matter. Before Long Yun could ease the atmosphere, Zhou Zhirou smiled dryly, and he said, "Yes, agreement." I've read the agreement, but I've forgotten that if the air force wants to fight, it's better to follow the arrangements of the aviation commission. ”
"I'm sorry Director Zhou, every word on the agreement is engraved in my heart. If the agreement is not followed, the air force would rather not fight. Chen Wenlin was-for-tat and did not back down at all.
"Don't fight? If you don't fight, then what are you coming back for? Mao Bangchu was even more displeased, and his voice was low. After he finished speaking, Zhang Yanmeng, commander of the First Air Force, said: "Colonel Chen, are you here to fight or to show off when you travel thousands of miles to return to China?" Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains have fallen, and tens of thousands of compatriots have become slaves of the country. Still want to engage in independent operations? You are ignoring the great cause of the party and the state! ”
"Staff Officer Zheng!" Chen Wenlin stood up suddenly, and this action startled everyone. But with his words, Lieutenant Zheng Liandeng, a naval staff officer, ran over, and Chen Wenlin said to himself, "I remember asking you to make a plaque a few days ago, is it done?" ”
As soon as Chen Wenlin asked Zheng Liandeng, his face changed greatly, but Chen Wenlin was the chief, so he had to say: "Report to the chief, do it, do it." ”
"Then take it out. It just so happens that the Air Force is there, so we don't have to send it to the door. Chen Wenlin said angrily, Zheng Liandeng didn't dare to disobey, and Zhou Zhirou stared at him coldly when he heard the plaque, everyone knew that it was not a good thing. Only Shen Dexie was worried that something would happen and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him, but Chen Wenlin was unmoved.
The plaque in Chen Wenlin's mouth was quickly carried out by two soldiers of the Yunnan Army, the plaque was nearly two meters long and more than half a meter wide, covered with a red cloth, and a big red flower, and no one could see what was written on it. Seeing the plaque raised in front of him, Chen Wenlin said: "Although my brother has not participated in any air battle, I have read a lot of war reports, and the commander has also taught me a lot of knowledge about air combat, which has benefited my brother a lot. Once, when I was talking about the domestic air force in New York, I asked the commander what he wanted to say about the domestic air force, and the commander said four words without thinking about it, and said, 'If you bring the navy like this, I will kill you myself!'" I didn't believe it at first, but then ...... it became more and more reasonable. Now that my brother has returned to China, he wants to make a plaque for this comment and send it to the Air Force. ”
Chen Wenlin finished speaking with a half-smile, then turned his head to look at Zheng Liandeng, who was very uncomfortable, and said, "Open it." ”
"I ......" Zheng Liandeng didn't dare to tear off the red cloth, but Chen Wenlin glared, he had to tear it off, and in just a moment, everyone changed color.
"Chen Wenlin!!" Zhou Zhirou's face was already dark, "Your navy is amazing, aren't you?!" ”
"No, no." The good old man Shen Dexie's voice trembled a little, he hurriedly rushed over to pick up the red cloth and cover the plaque, then turned around and smiled: "This must be a mistake, this must be a mistake." Wenlin, you ...... You have something to say! ”
"No mistake." Chen Wenlin did not feel the slightest discomfort, "This is the ...... I specially made to give to the Air Force."
"Chen Wenlin!" Shen Dexie hurriedly didn't cover it, and Mao Bangchu, who didn't see it clearly just now, also saw it clearly at this time - 'cowardly coward', and there were these four gilded characters in the plaque. He immediately rushed to Chen Wenlin and pointed at his eyebrows, wanting to hit him but was forced to look at him by Chen Wenlin. "Mother, Xipi! There is a thick one! He scolded.
Mao Bangchu flicked his sleeves and left, and as soon as he left, Jiang Jianren and Zhang Yanmeng, who were full of anger, also followed, but he was really angry, Zhang Yanmeng walked a few steps and retreated, he said angrily: "Don't be fucking proud, whoever is cowardly will coax us and see!" ”
"Always available. But since I have done my best, brother, please take this plaque with you, lest I give it to you personally. In the future, if I coax me, I will take it back myself! Chen Wenlin smiled, his gaze swept over Zhang Yanmeng, lingering on Zhou Zhirou's face.
"You!" Zhang Yanmeng's eyebrows beat wildly, but Zhou Zhirou calmed down at this time, he first laughed like a singing play, and then said: "Since Colonel Chen has done his best, then Commander Zhang, you can accept it, and we will see who is the 'coward' in the future." ”
'Cowardly cowardice' is Li Kongrong's overall evaluation of the Chinese Air Force during the War of Resistance, but this only said to Chen Wenlin, and now Chen Wenlin has made these four words into a plaque and sent them to the Air Force, which is really more effective than the four words of 'East Asian sick man'. Zhang Yanmeng is a subordinate, Zhou Zhirou asked him to take the plaque away, he took it away, the car couldn't be stuffed, and the car wouldn't close. As soon as these people slipped through the smoke, they rushed out of the Navy's Kunming airfield, and the guards did not stop when they wanted to register, but accelerated and knocked the gear pole into the air.
Standing in front of the window and watching Chennault's car go away, Long Yun, who didn't speak just now, sighed: "Brother Wenlin, what's the matter? ”
"If you don't want to deal with anyone, the best thing you can do is to offend him to the death." Chen Wenlin said with a smile, Long Yun is his own person, and he has something to say. "Besides, the Air Force is this virtue, and if you don't laugh at them, maybe the Navy will become like that."
"That's right." From the landlord's point of view, Long Yun thought that Chen Wenlin should not offend the Air Force and the important people of the Aviation Committee, but thinking of his own air force, Long Yun nodded frequently. Fighters are proud of their battles, and the air force's unbridled virtues should indeed be ridiculed. "Okay, Brother Wenlin, I'm here to save the scene, but it's not wrong for you to do this, you have to be careful in the future."
"Thank you, Chairman Long." Chen Wenlin saluted Long Yun, he understood Long Yun's kindness.
"It's all my own people, thank you. I'll go back first, and these people from the Aviation Committee will still be entertained. Long Yun said, "If you have anything in the future, you can directly find me, and you can also find Rope Zeng." ”
"Chairman Long, it wasn't a false alarm just now." Seeing that Long Yun wanted to leave, Chen Wenlin had to tell the truth.
"What?!" Long Yun was shocked, he held his glasses and looked at the sky outside the window, and asked urgently: "Is the Japanese plane coming?" ”
"I've had the plane intercept it, and they've just entered Yunnan Province." Chen Wenlin said. "If no one finds out, please find someone to clean up the remains of those Japanese planes afterwards and block the news as much as possible."
"Why?!" Long Yun and Long Cheng were in unison, they didn't know why the navy was acting the way they did.
"About fifteen Japanese planes came, and thirteen of our planes met the fight, and my plan was to shoot down all of them and not let go of one. Blocking the news is beneficial for future operations. Chen Wenlin explained, "We don't say where they shot it down, or who shot it down, so the Japanese don't know where the enemy is, and they know which city to fly next time." The chairman doesn't want Japanese planes to come to Kunming all the time, does he? ”
"I don't want to, of course I don't." Long Yun nodded, and he said, "Where is the Japanese machine now, I will call immediately." ”
"Mengzi. It's time to meet over Wenshan. Chen Wenlin said, pointing to the map on the wall and looking at his watch again.
Just now, when the plaque was delivered, the attack planes in the nest took off one after another. The location previously notified by the radar officer was Funing, which is at the junction of Yunnan, Guangxi, and Vietnam, but the Japanese planes never bombed Funing, they only bombed Mengzi, an important town on the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, and may also bomb Kunming, but the number of bombings of Kunming is very rare, once in 38 years and once in 39 years, so this bombing should be Mengzi.
More than 200 kilometers in a straight line from Funing to Mengzi, the Japanese bombers and planes should have taken off from Hainan, and Hainan is the forbidden territory of the Japanese Navy, that is to say, it should be the Japanese Navy's 96 land attack, with a cruising speed of 220 kilometers per hour, and it takes an hour for them to fly to Mongolia to drop bombs, while the saboteur attack planes can reach a top speed of more than 570 kilometers per hour without carrying bombs, and they can calmly seize a high position over Wenshan and wait for the Japanese planes that come from afar.
And what if there are no fighters? The navy is bombers fighting bombers, thirteen against fifteen, and it is necessary to let the Japanese planes have no return and the corpses will be broken into the sky. Looking at Long Yun, who was trembling and making a call, Chen Wenlin thought so.