The wind was howling from the northwest. Hanging under the eaves of the cannonball, the helmets swayed violently in the wind, and the dull crashing sound of collision with each other, although these anti-aircraft steel helmets were of different shapes, there was no doubt that at some point these steel helmets could save the lives of soldiers.

Wearing an old Chinese-made army steel helmet, Zhao Qiwen sat leisurely on a tattered old French sofa, crossed his legs, holding a French magazine in his hand, and a cup of coffee still steaming at his feet, as for the coffee table where the coffee cup should have been placed, there was a flower cat squatting, enjoying its lunch, it was a roasted praying fish, but only half of it, and the other half had become Lieutenant Colonel Zhao Qiwen's lunch.

The sofa is set up under the eaves, and here, if you look up, you can see the airstrip not far away, and the neatly arranged fighter jets and bombers, and the ground crew are gathered around several fighter planes to do routine maintenance work.

The wind is still blowing, the weather is still very bad, and under such meteorological conditions, it is difficult for fighters to take off and fight.

Although it is a French magazine in hand, but the content on it is very little news about France, but the news of the Spanish Civil War occupies a large part of the magazine, followed by the report and analysis of German rearmament, there is no doubt that in this era, the French and the French government are particularly concerned about every move of the country, which may also explain why the French government is implementing the "policy of non-interference" At the same time, it has turned a blind eye to the actions of the left-wing forces to smuggle military equipment into the Spanish Republican government, and even transported some of the latest French-made fighter jets to Spain to equip the Spanish Republican army to resist, "the national army." Equipped with those new German, Italian-made combat aircraft.

This is the national strategy, although the French government followed in the footsteps of the British government, in the face of German rearmament to adopt the "détente doctrine", but the sober people in France still see the current crisis, if the Spanish rebels are allowed to capture Madrid, it may not be long before a new fascist state will rise on the southern border of France, although the head of the rebels has always vigorously denied that they are carrying out fascism, but the French left and the Soviet government do not see it that way, in their opinion, The shadow of fascism is everywhere, even the "madman of the Far East." The Far Eastern power under its rule also had the possibility of fascism.

Although Zhao Qiwen insisted that his father would never engage in any fascism, he also believed that his father still had some "feudal patriarchal consciousness" in his mind. "Interfering in the affairs of the children is also because of the disgust with this "feudal paternalistic style." Zhao Qiwen traveled thousands of miles to the Spanish battlefield, where he was looking for his freedom and ideals.

Although he was not very optimistic about the strategic prospects of the Spanish republican government army, Zhao Qiwen resolutely joined the "international column." "Fight for the Spanish Republican government, resist the" fascist bandits "this, "fascist bandits. included not only the Spanish rebels, but also those in Italy and Germany, "volunteers." "Those outsiders were in fact active soldiers of Germany and Italy, and the Spanish Civil War had developed into an intricate international rivalry. Now, Zhao Qiwen is already the captain of the first fighter group of the "International Column" in Spain, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, and still has more than 50 fighters and bombers from all over the world under his command. And some of the extreme policies of Spain's republican left-wing government are pushing more and more potential allies to the enemy's side, but for Zhao Qiwen, as long as Madrid does not fall for a day, he will hold out here for a day until all the planes are gone, and if street fighting breaks out at that time, he is also a little eager to try.

Zhao Qiwen's identity is too special, he is the eldest son of Mr. President of China, if his identity is revealed, it will not only make Mr. President fall into the focus of public opinion disputes, but may even cause diplomatic disputes, after all, China is also a member of this "International Committee on Non-Interference", and like the United States, it is still implementing a "non-interference policy".

Therefore, for the sake of identity secrecy, from the day the French column that followed the "International Column" into Spain, Zhao Qiwen gave himself a resounding foreign word: Gargamel.

"Gargamel" is the evil protagonist in the fairy tale that his father told him when Zhao Qiwen was a child, although Zhao Qiwen still insists that he is fighting for justice, but he does not blame the name of this evil protagonist at all, on the contrary, he likes this slightly evil feeling, especially when he uses the radio station to listen to the German pilots in the air in German to shout in horror in German, "Gargamel!" Gargamel in the air! Be careful! Be careful! The pleasure of evil is even stronger.

Of course, this also confirms the famous words of the head of the Spanish rebels: In the city of Madrid, there is also our fifth column.

There is no doubt that there are rebel spies in the republican government, and they leaked the identity of this mysterious Chinese volunteer fighter to the rebel side, and the enemy now knows who is causing their air forces to suffer heavy losses, for Italian pilots and German pilots, the name "Gargamel" has become popular, and even Zhao Qiwen's father has heard of this legendary "Katu Spoon Gong Ace" and, too, knows this. "Gargamel" is Zhao Qiwen.

The reason why Zhao Qiwen was able to become an air combat ace who shot down 19 enemy combat planes was not only his superb combat skills, but also because of the Chinese-made "Falcon" fighter he piloted, which was a single-seat, single-engine, and monoplane fighter whose comprehensive performance was comparable to that of Germany's latest fighter Messerschmitt Fierce Fighter, and was superior in circling performance, and was often able to easily beat the concave into the air in close combat.

Although the "Falcon" fighter is a few years ago, there are only six countries in the world equipped with this kind of fighter, "among them, the Chinese Air Force is equipped with the largest number of equipment, followed by the Far Eastern Republic Air Force and the Lanfang Air Force, and the remaining "Falcon" is equipped with the air force of several small Central Asian countries that are extremely pro-China, so this kind of fighter can actually appear on the air battlefield of the Spanish Civil War, which is indeed enough to make people surprised, in fact, when the Spanish rebel government confirmed that the "Falcon" appeared in the air, I have always doubted whether the central government of China took the same position as the Soviet Union in this Spanish civil war, ostensibly "non-interference" but at the same time sent new weapons to the Spanish republican government through secret channels or third countries, you know, for the "Falcon" fighter, the Spanish rebels are salivating, after all, the performance of this fighter is indeed quite outstanding, its prototype is the international air competition speed champion of the year, can fully suppress the British "Hurricane" and German ship concave fighters in air combat, But China's central government refused to provide such fighters to the warring parties on the grounds of "non-interference".

There was once a claim that these Chinese-made "Falcon" fighters that appeared on the battlefield in Spain should have been purchased by the Soviet government from the Far Eastern republics or a few small countries in Central Asia at a high price for research, but this claim was firmly denied by those countries, so in the end, no one was able to figure out where these planes came from and whether they were directly related to the central government of China.

Only a few people know the inside story, Zhao Qiwen is one of them, these "Falcon" fighters are actually Zhao Qiwen's father Zhao Bei specially instructed the logistics department to open the back door for his son to send to the Spanish battlefield, this purpose is also very simple, is to let his son fly the most advanced fighter in this era to improve the probability of survival on the battlefield, after all, Zhao Bei is still very protective of calves.

The number of Falcon fighters supported by Zhao Bei was small, a total of fifty, and they were delivered in two batches, and not directly, nor through the Soviet Union, which was not very reliable, but through a channel that the rebels did not dare to imagine: Germany. Mr. Croon, the first born "close friend" of the German Patriarch, played a key role in this secret arms deal, and it was he who used his steamship company to deliver the two batches of Falcon fighters to the ports of northern Spain, of course, in loose boxes and transported, and no one except Mr. and his cronies knew what the wooden crates contained.

During the years of his service in the Air Force, Captain Zhao Qiwen had been flying "Falcon" fighters, and more than 20 Chinese Air Force reserve officers and non-commissioned officers had joined him in the "international column" on the Spanish battlefield. And immediately put into the battle of Madrid, under the piloting of a group of air elites from all over the world, with the latest fighters and bombers of Germany and Italy to compete for air supremacy in Madrid, and achieved impressive results, the results of the air battle are often gratifying.

However, not all "Falcon" pilots are qualified air fighters, in the battle, the "Falcon" also has losses, some were shot down in air combat, others were lost on the ground, now, still in the hands of the Spanish republican army "Falcon" only more than 20 planes, and Zhao Qiwen's fighter brigade only has five left, and lack of parts and fuel, in this difficult situation, these "Falcons" are still insisting on fighting, fighting side by side with those from the Soviet Union, the old French.

It is now the spring of the 7th year of the A.D., and the defense of Madrid has entered its most difficult period, this Spanish Civil War, which was generally considered a quick decisive battle, has evolved into a long tug-of-war, in the city, artillery can be heard almost every day, and every few days, fascist bombers and fighters appear in the sky, and Zhao Qiwen and his comrades' task is to thwart their plot to destroy the city in the air, and defend this city that symbolizes the strong and indomitable spirit.

After lunch today, the weather has not improved, and this is not good news for the air force units on both sides of the enemy, but in contrast, Zhao Qiwen is relieved, the troops have been fighting for several days, and the troops are very tired, and they really need to rest, so after lunch, all the pilots who are not on duty have been given vacation by the captain of the "Gargamel" group, and now, there are only more than 20 pilots on duty at the airport and more ground crews, who will be responsible for taking off to meet the enemy air force in an emergency.

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