At the same time that Chairman Chiang was listening to his own information, due to Japan's recent frequent moves, the northwest also felt the tense atmosphere of the mountains and rains coming and the wind was full of buildings, and the northwest was also making final preparations for war at this time.

"So far, a total of 103 airports have been built, 47 percent more than originally planned, laying a solid foundation for pilot training and further study. At present, after preliminary training, there are about 4,370 people with flying skills, more than 1,800 more than originally planned, and most of these people are now engaged in civil aviation and have received some military training. Among them, there are 170 elite pilots in Hainan Airlines. The quality of the Army Airlines is slightly inferior to that of the Hainan Airlines, with 1,527 pilots in reserve ready to be used in the war at any time. ”

"Now the Northwest Air Force has 103 Eagle fighters, 126 Eagle 2 fighters, and 17 Wyvern 109 fighters improved from the BF1A. A total of 266 fighters. It has 46 large Vime imitation bombers, 12 Stuka A bombers, and 55 Westwind 1 dive bombers improved and produced by the Northwest on the Stuka Ju87A, with a total of 111 bombers. ”

Although the original plan was not reached, the quality of the aircraft had increased significantly, especially the combat half aircraft, whose performance had improved rapidly, and they had basic self-defense strength in fighting the Japanese army. However, the bomber has always been the weak point of the Northwest, the dive bomber project in cooperation with the German army, and then the purchase of twelve Stuka bombers, on this basis developed the Zephyr 1, although the use of Rolls-Royce's engine, the performance has been improved to a certain extent, but because the improvement work takes a long time, resulting in a reduction in production speed. But to a certain extent, it made up for the dilemma of the shortcomings of the Northwest Army. However, after several exercises and a summary of the development trend of future wars, the General Staff Office found that although the Zephyr 1 dive bomber had a high bombing accuracy. However, the weakness of short range and small bomb load makes the Northwest Air Force far from lacking long-range attack capabilities. It is impossible to carry out strategic bombing by the enemy. The original Verme and its imitation models were too old and backward in performance to bear the heavy task of strategic bombing. ”

Gao Zhihang reported the general situation of the Northwest Air Force to Jiang Li. Since the General Staff Headquarters believes that the Japanese army is likely to start in the next two years, it has already kept up with the pace of the times in terms of fighters. All that was lacking was capacity, so the desire for bombers was intense. If it weren't for the previous project with Germany, although Germany had fully evacuated personnel, the previous order of 12 Stuka would still be delivered on schedule, otherwise the Northwest would probably only be able to use those old Veeme.

"Although Germany withdrew the heavy bomber project, the project continued, and the United States was also concentrating on the bomber project. I believe that there will be a breakthrough in this area in the near future. In this regard, you urge the R&D department to put a little pressure on them. Jiang Li said.

Gao Zhihang nodded, in just a few years. It is commendable that the Northwest Air Force can develop to such a point, not to mention that at this time, the aircraft in the Northwest are basically manufactured by themselves, and they have initially got rid of the situation of relying on foreign powers. Jiang Litou's energy in the air force is not small, originally planned to develop the aircraft to about 500, but because of the end of cooperation with Germany, and the northwest on the one hand in the engine to accept German technology, but the main object of cooperation has been the British Rolls-Royce engine, so from BF109A. When the Stuka was improved, it took a long time to replace the engine. The production of the original German engine has not been high, but it has not been smooth because of the switch to Rolls-Royce engine. As a result, the production of German aircraft had to be continued, so that now there seem to be hundreds of various aircraft in the Northwest, but in fact, there are two engines at the same time, which makes the maintenance people have a lot of trouble. But this is not a way to do it, after all, the Northwest has come to such a point in such a short period of time, which is almost a miracle in the eyes of outsiders. In fact, if Jiang Li hadn't opened the traverser's vest, even if he had money, the Northwest might not have been able to have its own brand-new single-wing fighter so quickly, and at the same time, it had also introduced the production technology of Rolls-Royce engines. There is still a lot of room for improvement in the performance of the Feilong 1 fighter, which is enough to protect the airspace of the Northwest Army from too much threat from the Japanese army. Even the attainment of a certain air combat superiority may not be known.

"In terms of conventional forces, the army now has 21 standard army divisions in the northwest. 4 infantry brigades, 3 cavalry brigades. ”

"In terms of technical arms, the army now has 2 airborne regiments, 4 independent heavy artillery regiments, and 1 heavy artillery brigade. In the armored forces, there are 3 mechanized brigades. In total, there are about 126 Wickers, Avenger 1, and Avenger 2 tanks. There are 21 separate air defense battalions. It has jurisdiction over 61 88mm anti-aircraft guns and 132 20mm machine guns. ”

"The total combat strength of the Northwest Army has exceeded 400,000, far exceeding expectations. According to the current pace of military expansion, even if the Japanese army does not find trouble in the northwest, the northwest must take the initiative to attack, seize a larger territory, and include more resources for the coming day. "Every time I see the summary of these data, Feng Zhanshao, Li Du, Wang Tiehan and others are always extraordinarily energetic. After many joint exercises of air-ground integration, especially Wang Tiehan, these generals have more experience in fighting the Japanese army, and know that the combat power of these technical arms is not a level stronger than that of ordinary local armies.

"Well, the air defense should be especially strengthened, we have built so many power plants, so many factories. It is easy to destroy and difficult to build, but the Japanese army cannot be bulldozed by casually dropping a few aerial bombs. Jiang Li said.

"The key is to look at the replenishment of anti-aircraft artillery, and the troops at hand must be fortified everywhere, which is indeed a little stretched." Li Du smiled bitterly.

"Take your time, now the plate in the northwest is so big, and there is only so much in the plate, everyone reaches out to ask for it. It is impossible to meet everyone's requirements. Jiang Li shook his head helplessly, but now the Japanese army could not threaten the hinterland of Gansu for a while.

"According to the recommendations of the Army General Staff, the current corps-level establishment of the Northwest Army is too bloated. One army has jurisdiction over three or four, or even more division-level troops. The inferior people have referred to the establishment of the German army, and the Soviet Union has also made certain references. The Northwest is now beginning to take shape, and the creation of a group army can be considered. In the future, the operational needs can even establish a front army to adapt to the operation of large corps. ”

"Army group? You come up with a plan first. With the current scale of the Northwest Army, it is appropriate to build several group armies. Jiang Li nodded, if the military system can't keep up, it will have a great impact on the combat effectiveness of the army. At present, the army level in central Sichuan and Xinjiang is indeed a little bloated, and there is also a certain inconvenience to the command, after all, it is indeed too cumbersome for the affairs of three or four divisions to be piled up in one army. At this time, there is not much problem in Sichuan, and I am afraid that this model will go wrong if I fight the Japanese later. (To be continued.) )