"Colonel Chen, what's the matter, there is one less plane coming back." Chen Honglu just got off the plane, and Wang Kun greeted him with a concerned face. Another person in charge of the airport also greeted Jiang Xingcheng at the same time.

"What else could it be like, it was shot down by the Japanese army, but we didn't lose anything, and killed three Japanese planes." Chen Honglu said this, but his face still couldn't help but be gloomy, the acquaintances who had trained and grown up together at the Northeast Aviation School left one by one, and the acquaintances around him were getting fewer and fewer.

"These people can be regarded as donating for the country and deserving their deaths. Colonel Chen's condolences. Wang Kunyi also sighed and said, "The pilots on the Nanjing side also suffered heavy losses." More than a dozen of them have been killed in battle, and now our planes are fighting one less plane, and if we continue to play according to this method, I am afraid that it will last less than three months, and our planes and pilots will almost beat them. The Japanese planes were still coming in a steady stream of reinforcements, knocking out one and replacing the other. If this continues, the little aviation foundation that our Republic of China has accumulated with great difficulty may not be long before it will be exhausted. ”

"What can be done about this, Japan is an industrial power, Japan wants to fight, can we still avoid war?" Chen Honglu shrugged his shoulders, and quickly recovered from the death of his comrades, fighting with the Japanese army requires training a steely heart, because there will be comrades leaving anytime and anywhere, including himself, and men who fight for the country do not have so much time to grieve. Chen Honglu took off his leather jacket and walked forward, and after each air battle, he and other pilots had to recover their strength as quickly as possible, so that they could return to the battlefield in the shortest possible time.

That's not what I mean. My idea is that it is not easy for the Republic of China to accumulate a little aviation elite. It can't be wiped out in a single war of attrition. It is necessary to leave a little seed to prepare for the long-term war of resistance in the future. Wang Kunyi corrected and said.

"That's the reason, but the situation is not up to me, I believe that there will be countermeasures from above, what we have to do now is to go to the front line and fight the Japanese devils." Chen Honglu thought about it, Jiang Li was now accumulating strength for the aviation in the northwest, otherwise he would not have sent Gao Zhihang, the most powerful pilot, to Europe to buy fighters, and he was still in Lanzhou. Tianshui, Yinchuan and other places respectively built forward airfields, which were clearly preparing for the future war of resistance and the expansion of the air force. As the core figure of the 15th Route Army Aviation, Chen Honglu also knows about Jiang Li's plan, but Wang Kunyi is an outsider, so it is naturally inconvenient to say anything to him.

"I wonder what Colonel Chen's plans are in the future? Are you going to stay in that impoverished place in the Northwest all the time? Wang Kun has been holding back for so many days, and his relationship with Chen Honglu is relatively close, and he has something to say when they meet each other, and finally talks to Chen Honglu on time.

"What does Colonel Wang mean by this?" Chen Honglu asked with squinted eyes.

"It's because Colonel Chen is not worth it. Colonel Chen is one of the few air combat aces in the Republic of China now, and the northwest is a bit remote after all. There is still room for the 15th Route Army to be fed, but how can it have enough energy to vigorously build the air force, on the contrary, Nanjing is different, after the first battle between Shanghai and the Japanese invaders, the chairman of the committee has fully realized the importance of the air force, and after the war, it is bound to purchase a large number of various types of aircraft. With Colonel Chen's talent, he must be useful, he will not bury his life's strengths, and he will be able to compete with the Japanese army on the battlefield happily, what does Colonel Chen think? Wang Kunyi said very intently.

"You want me to go to Nanjing?" Chen Honglu had a playful smile on his face.

"Exactly, with Colonel Chen's ability, it is safe and appropriate to go to Nanjing as a major general, and be respected by the chairman." Wang Kunyi nodded very seriously and said.

"I'm sorry, I'm doing well in Lanzhou, and I'm not interested in going to Nanjing." Chen Honglu showed an uninteresting expression.

"Coming to Japan, Colonel Chen might as well think about one or two more, whether it is an official position or treatment, Nanjing is much stronger than the 15th Route Army. As long as Colonel Chen nodded, the allowance of a thousand oceans was immediately sent to Colonel Chen's room." After the high-ranking officials, there is Houlu, although the thousand oceans of this era are not huge sums of money, but they are also the salary of a normal soldier for decades. Of course, in times of war, except for the Central Army, it would be good for other armies to receive seven or eight months a year. Even for a colonel, it can never be said to be a small number. However, to Wang Kunyi's disappointment, Chen Honglu left without looking back.

Wang Kun watched Chen Honglu leave with a gloomy face. Turning around and leaving, when he entered his room, a thin and slender middle-aged man in a navy blue tunic was already sitting on the chair that was supposed to be him. Wang Kun's face was startled at first, and then he nodded respectfully and said, "President!" ”

The man in the tunic snorted, "How are you doing with these pilots under Jiang Li?" ”

"These pilots have already been contacted, and one of them is a little hesitant to develop further. Everyone else firmly rejected the central government's good intentions. President, do you want to do something on the plane and let them sacrifice their lives for the country with honor? Speaking of this, Wang Kun said ruthlessly on his face, although the 15th Route Army's own ground staff has come over, but after all, this is Nanjing's territory, and it is still possible to do something if you want to.

"No need, it's still the Anti-Japanese War period, Jiang Li's reputation as a person who must be repaid has already spread, and if it gets big at that time, not only you, even I can't eat and walk around." After a little consideration, the president shook his head and vetoed Wang Kunyi's suggestion.

Thinking of Jiang Li's courage to directly lead the troops to destroy a brigade of Chang Jingwu for the sake of a few soldiers, and then directly meet Tang Yulin in the army in Rehe, Wang Kun was also shocked by a layer of cold sweat on his back, and hurriedly said complimentally, "It's still the president who thinks long-term, and the student almost made a big mistake." ”

"Well, at present, the airport is still mainly guarding against the Japanese, and we have to maintain this war in Shanghai first, and the planning work will be lined up at hand, and I will have more things to do later, so you can do it yourself." The president gave a few words of instruction and got up and walked outside.

"All members, get on board now!" The president walked to the door, and Chen Honglu, who had just gone to rest for a short time, ran with a cold face and put a leather jacket on his body. The other pilots from Lanzhou also looked indignant and rushed to the plane in a rage.

The ground staff from Lanzhou were also busy at this time.

"Colonel Chen, what's going on?" As if nothing had happened before, Wang Kun asked urgently after going out.

"I don't have time to solve it with you now, I'll tell you when I get back." Chen Honglu didn't have a good face for Wang Kunyi, who had just had crooked thoughts, and he was not in the mood to explain so much at this time.

Seeing that Chen Honglu was directly on the plane, Wang Kunyi saw the president's inquiring eyes again, and knew that Chen Honglu and others were in such a hurry, and there must have been some major changes in the war on the front line. So I hurriedly asked the other side who answered the phone.

"What's going on?" The president looked at Wang Kunyi, who was running in a hurry, and said.

"It's not a big deal, Li Chunhua, the chief of staff of the 15th Route Army mixed into the 4th Brigade, died in battle, and now the mixed 4th Brigade is shouting to avenge Li Chunhua, and the 11th Division is crazy in Liuhe, 7 of the 12 tanks reinforced by the Japanese army were destroyed on the spot, and 5 of them retreated, and the other 24 Brigade also sent a unit back to Tianjiazhuang, and collided with the troops of the 4th Brigade, and the battle was a sea of corpses and blood. However, the casualties of the mixed 4th Brigade were not small, and now Chen Honglu is leading the air formation to provide air support. (To be continued.) )