"Oh ho - that's great." After the plane sailed happily in the air for a while, it began to return to the ground along the runway, and Nie Yuheng still cheered unsatisfied.

"Hurry up and get down, it's just ahead of me, what's so complacent, the pilots in the Northwest have already flown this kind of plane long before you." Ge Shimin pursed his lips and said.

"Hey, you're jealous and don't react as fast as I do." Nie Yuheng said proudly, "You guy doesn't want to admit that he is slow to do anything." ”

", make mistakes first, and you don't want to admit that the number of your reckless mistakes is always higher than mine." Ge Shimin scolded with a smile.

"Good guy, after becoming the chief of staff, I have to be embarrassed, the Northwest can produce such an advanced fighter, which is better than the imported Fokker D16, and the fighter that is better than the Italian-made Ca.30 is actually produced by the Northwest itself, this news is really more shocking than winning the battle of Luowenyu, your mouth is quite tight." The active Nie Yuheng slapped Gao Zhihang's chest. How could the former pilots of the Northeast Army, who came to the northwest with him, think that the northwest would be able to design and produce an advanced fighter that is comparable to the great powers before he came to the northwest.

"Even if I say I haven't seen it with my own eyes, will you believe it?" Gao Zhihang, who usually doesn't smile, also showed a rare smile on his face at this time. Not to mention Nie Yuheng and Ge Shimin, even if he looked at the Eagle 1 fighter in front of him, he inevitably had some unreal feelings, everything was difficult at the beginning, and the training aircraft used to be. Bomber. Fighter jets are all dependent on imports. And at this time in addition to the bomber side, in the original Hawk. With a slight improvement in the style, the Eagle 1 fighter, which embodies the painstaking efforts of Zhu Jiaren and German designers, is enough to meet the needs of the front-line battlefield, and is not inferior to the fighters of the great powers. The difference is only the increase in production. But this is of unprecedented significance to the entire Republic of China. The Twin Eagle advanced trainer aircraft, which was converted from the Eagle 1, also began to enter the test flight stage half a month ago. The air force of the Republic of China has begun to sprout in the northwest land, and he and other pilots will use their lives to protect the development and growth of this young shoot.

"That's true, I don't believe it if I didn't see it killed with my own eyes." Nie Yuheng scratched his head and said, all the pilots present were overflowing with joy.

"How are the Eagle 1 fighters being produced now. Our pilots here are all thinking that they can have an Eagle of their own one day.1 The old Zhuang dignified Ge Shimin asked. The 5 Eagle 1s placed in front of you are far from enough for people.

"Now with a monthly output of 2 aircraft, the aircraft factory is working hard to speed up the production progress, compared with us, the burden on their shoulders is not light, from the almost blank production line to the current initial mass production of standard fighters, Professor Zhu Their energy consumption is not inferior to our fight in the sky." Chen Honglu said beside him.

"That's right, if you have the opportunity, you must go and meet Professor Zhu, Professor Wang, they are the founders of the Northwest Air Force." Ge Shimin said with emotion.

"To be precise, the commander is the founder of the Northwest Air Force. I'll tell you the good news, after a batch of machinery was replenished last month. Now the monthly production of the Eagle 1 has doubled to 4 aircraft. The scale of production will be expanded next year. Chen Shiying strode from a distance.

"Chief of Staff!" Nie Yuheng. Ge Shimin and other pilots who had recently arrived from the Northeast Army saluted Chen Shiying one after another.

"Now Zhihang is your chief of staff, and I am now the director of the aviation department, whose main task is to coordinate aircraft manufacturing and production, as well as help Zhihang supervise the progress of the aviation school." Chen Shiying smiled, "In addition, I will tell you another good news, this time I brought two of the most advanced bombers in the world, B10 bombers produced in the United States, in order to buy these two planes and some spare parts, the northwest spent 320,000 yuan." These funds are only about one-tenth of what is invested in aviation every year. To be precise, in the field of aviation manufacturing, because aviation schools, airports in the northwest, and the air force in the establishment, the expenditure on fighter consumption is directly classified in the military expenditure, and it is separated from the aircraft manufacturing plants. ”

Hey, all the pilots present gasped, and this money was enough to form an aviation formation every year that was no less large than that of the Northeast Air Force in its heyday. At present, the number of aircraft in the Northwest Air Force has not exceeded that of the Northeast Military Air Force in its heyday, but the cost is more than several times, and these efforts have been spent on a large number of R&D and aircraft factories to add equipment and introduce personnel. And the Eagle 1 fighter in front of you has fully illustrated the results of these investments.

"Good fighters have no outstanding achievements, this is probably the case, Professor Zhu, Professor Wang's efforts are more important than the role of our pilots, but Professor Zhu and Professor Wang did not do much in Nanjing before, and the commander can only show his strengths after he comes to the northwest. In any case, the air force of the Republic of China is now really starting. In the past, we suffered a lot of difficulties from foreigners in the process of purchasing aircraft, and in the future, we can fly our own aircraft with confidence. As long as our aircraft factory is still there, the Air Force will continue to expand its strength. Gao Zhihang affirmed Chen Shiying's words, and not long after, he received a notice from a soldier that Gao Zhihang asked Chen Honglu to communicate with the pilots present and left the airport in a hurry.

"There are no restrictions on the expansion of the Air Force for the time being, including the continuous strengthening of pilot training. Those who need to be sent to Western Europe for further study must be arranged. Jiang stood in a bungalow not far away, looked at the excited pilots at the airport through the window, and said to Gao Zhihang, who came to his side. Although the investment in aviation is not small, the training cycle of pilots is longer than that of ordinary infantry, and the requirements are more stringent. If we don't take advantage of the fact that this air battle is not yet fierce to reserve more aviation talents, if we really wait for the outbreak of a full-scale war, under the massive consumption, even if we use money to buy back precious time.

"Now we are in the stage of cooperation with German pilots, and the quality of those pilots in Germany is also very good, and their flight instructors have also entered our aviation school, so in order to save money, there is no need to expand the number of international students in flight for the time being." Gao Zhihang hesitated for a moment and said, in comparison, the cost of going abroad may be more effective in increasing the number of pilot recruits.

"You have a point, so you can do it. In addition, the ideological work of pilots should be strengthened, and there are many newcomers here this time, and it doesn't matter if someone wants to leave, but I don't want Nanjing to plant nails in it, and you should pay more attention to this. Cooperate with the intelligence services. ”

"The lowly will take the words of the commander to heart." Gao Zhihang nodded, and then said, "In addition, the flight officers on the German side suggested that we continue to deepen the aviation academy at the current scale, not to meet the needs of training pilots, but also to train higher-level air combat officers. In order to meet the needs of various aviation groups for commanding air battles in the future. ”

"You come up with a plan." Jiang Li nodded, Jiang Li was always extra relieved about Gao Zhihang, who never said good things. (To be continued.) )