Chapter 217: Huangping Flying Base
June 20, 1912, Jiuzhou Town, Huangping, Guizhou.
This is an ordinary day, the weather is sunny, the wind is beautiful, and the people of Jiuzhou are living as always. However, since half a month ago, the original peaceful life in the old state has changed a little.
The streets of Jiuzhou, which usually did not have many people, had not yet dawned when the sound of dense and compact horses' hooves sounded. On the streets, tall horses and stacks of materials marched towards the three wide natural dams in the west of the old state town. Wave after wave, batch after batch of construction materials, food and materials passed in front of the eyes of the people of Jiuzhou, endlessly, shockingly.
This kind of scene was just at the beginning, and the people of Jiuzhou were still a little surprised, but when the mayor told them that there was a big project in the province that was about to be built outside the town of Jiuzhou, they were suddenly surprised. Then, as they watched the convoys deliver supplies, they became accustomed to it, and their curiosity shifted to what kind of big project was going to be built outside their old state town.
However, their curiosity was not satisfied, and on the first day of the project, an army was stationed outside, and no one was allowed to enter except for the engineering team.
As Guizhou's first air base and a transit address for material airlift, this place not only has Guizhou's future air force, but also has a kind of griffin species cultivation that will surprise people, after the news spreads, it is not only possible to scare these civilians, but also may leak the news of the secret army.
The selection of air bases and aviation bases originally required quite complicated processes, and the reason why Huangping's old state was chosen in such a short period of time was that Chen Liqing picked up the advantage of Lao Jiang.
The reason is that in the previous historical time and space, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the national political axe built an airport in Huangping.
In October 1938, the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression entered a phase of stalemate, and in order to effectively resist the Japanese invaders, the Central Aviation Committee of the Kuomintang decided to build a more ideal air force airfield in the southwest. One was built in Qingzhen first, but the terrain was unfavorable, the military value was not great, Yunnan was easy to expose, Sichuan was too far away from the battlefield, and the Zhijiang airfield in Hunan played a great role in striking at the enemy, but it had been discovered by the army. In the autumn of 1939 and the spring of 1940, Cao Baochen, director of the 30th Air Station of the Kuomintang Central Aviation Commission, led technicians to Jiuzhou twice to conduct field surveys. With the changes in the situation of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the military needs, in October 1944, construction and expansion began.
From the survey and design in the autumn of 1939 to the completion of the project in the spring of 1945, the huge military project of Jiuzhou Airport lasted six years, invested more than 100,000 manpower in more than 10 counties, and cost more than 580 million yuan of the old national currency. The Kuomintang Central Military Commission was satisfied that the airport was completed on schedule and with good quality, and even the American engineer Sebo and the pilot of the US plane both claimed that they were good.
After its completion, the airport quickly became an important military base of the Chinese and American air forces during the Anti-Japanese War, with more than 800 people stationed in the famous American "Flying Tigers" and the 14th Air Force of the United States, and more than 100 take-off and landing aircraft, which once developed into a central airport in the southwest region. The "Flying Tigers" fighters frequently took off and landed at Jiuzhou Airport, and successively participated in famous battles such as the Battle of Xiangxi and the Battle of Hengyang, and made considerable contributions to the War of Resistance against Japan.
With such a ready-made base site, Chen Liqing naturally used it first in order to save time. Although the current domestic construction technology may not be as good as after 1938, the airfield established with griffin as a flight unit at this time is naturally different from the general airport, and it does not need much technical content to be built.
As a result, the people of the old state were fortunate enough to know the news first.
Of course, at this time, the construction of the airport and the air force was still in the stage of secrecy, and no one knew that the airport was being built here except for the construction personnel of the airport and the core personnel of the Chen family.
In the early morning of the 20th, Liang Shi, a soldier of the first battalion of the Qianxi Army, and his party finished explaining and came with orders.
In the center of the base, in front of a newly built griffin farm, Liang Shi and the first battalion of people such as Lian Fang looked at Chen Lijun with curiosity and the griffin farm that made strange noises.
"Comrades, needless to say, this time your mission will be beyond your expectations, but don't be surprised, if this task is successfully completed, after three years, I guarantee that each and every one of you will become the pride of our whole Guizhou. Alright, come on, bring the griffons up. After some encouraging introductions, Chen Lijun led the griffons out under the curious eyes of a battalion of 500 people.
"Griffon, what is this?" Liang Shi's eyes invariably fell on the soldier who heard the order and held an animal in his arms, and saw the soldier holding a griffin like a cat in his arms.
"This is a griffin, a very amazing species, and my task for you is to raise this griffon for the next three years!" Chen Lijun immediately took the griffin and held the cat-like griffin high.
"Raise a griffin, ah, look, that cat has wings on its back!" Originally, after hearing Chen Lijun reveal the task, Liang Shi, Xifang and the others were a little surprised that such a mysterious task was actually to ask them to raise flower cats, but after carefully looking at the overall structure of the griffin, they looked at the wings on the griffin's back and made surprised sounds.
No one has ever seen this novel species of griffin, and anyone who sees this kind of flower cat with wings on its body will be surprised and shocked. Chen Lijun and the others were also shocked when they saw this animal, so when they saw these people showing surprised and shocked expressions, he didn't get angry, but held up the griffin for everyone to discuss.
After the discussion was almost complete, he said again: "No matter how surprised you are, since you entered this base, your next task is to cultivate this animal. ”
"It will be a great weapon for our Guizhou legion, I won't talk about the important surname, and you will know its important surname when you get along with the griffin in the future." Next, I'm going to tell you how you get along with these griffins. ”
"Each person has a griffin, whether it is eating, sleeping, going to the toilet, and then after you receive your own griffin, you will be responsible for its cultivation and communication, until they are taught to really fly......" Chen Lijun began to explain some precautions for griffin cultivation according to Chen Liqing's arrangement.
Although the griffin is an animal, it is still slightly more advanced than these ordinary animals, and it will recognize its master.
Once it confesses its Lord, it listens only to its Lord.
That's why Chen Lijun chose a reliable, trustworthy, and loyal soldier so carefully to train the first batch of griffons and let them become the first batch of griffon pilots. Otherwise, just choose some people to cultivate, in case you want to rebel, it will not only be a loss for Guizhou.
Liang Shi, Lian Fang and the others quietly listened to Chen Lijun's introduction, and their shocked hearts slowly began to calm down because they heard the task. After calming down, they also realized the importance of the appearance of the griffin to the Guizhou army, and after everyone looked at the griffin again, their eyes were a little different.
Looking at each other and their companions, they also saw the faint excitement and excitement in the depths of their eyes from their respective eyes, no wonder the commander had to be so cautious and secretive, it turned out that they had really received a great task.
Does their life really seem to be changing?
In fact, after receiving their respective griffins, Liang Shi and they lived here in Jiuzhou, and their daily task was to concentrate on cultivating griffins, communicating with griffins, growing up with griffins, and growing silently with the Air Force until the real day of the Guizhou Air Force.