Although the fighter wing of the Song Zhewu Air Force Corps now only has one squadron of Newburg-28 fighters sent by Zhang Xueliang, the corps has three squadrons and a total of nine squadron pilots under the establishment of their wing. The pilots of the nine squadrons rotated with the only twelve Newburg-28s for flight and tactical training.

In fact, the fighter pilots of these nine squadrons are not all, and this does not count the 200 people sent to the Northeast Army Air Force for training.

This phenomenon of more people and fewer planes is not only the existence of their fighter wings, but also the fact that they now have 116 fighter wings modified from DH-10s and 54 DH-10 bomber wings, and their actual number of pilots is far greater than the actual number of aircraft.

In addition, in the aviation school under the jurisdiction of the corps, there are more than 1,000 young people who are undergoing study and training.

The reason for recruiting far more pilots than the actual number of planes is, in the words of Song Zhewu, relayed by Wu Jin, commander of their corps, that is, "we can only let people wait for planes, and we must never let planes wait for people; to become an excellent pilot, this requires a relatively long process, and the training of pilots must be carried out in advance." ”

In order to encourage pilots to master flying skills as soon as possible, the corps stipulated that all pilots who passed the examination would be promoted to captain, and Song Zhewu also stipulated that the military salary of pilots should be increased by two levels on the basis of their actual military ranks, and those who ranked in the top three for three consecutive months in the confrontation training assessment could also be promoted to major without exception.

Stimulated by these measures, the pilots' enthusiasm for training was very high, and in their wing, except for Zhong Jihan, Wang Fuheng, and his three squadron leaders, nine squadron leaders in the three brigades were promoted in this way.

Suddenly, in the lower position in the direction of 2 o'clock, a black dot appeared.

"There is an unknown target in the direction of 2 o'clock, I am going to pass, pay attention to keep the formation with me."

Through the relatively mature wireless communication device, Feng Baolun reminded his wingman, and then pushed the longitudinal rod, and the side of the fuselage of the Newburg-28 was aimed at the target and dived over.

However, Feng Baolun quickly pulled up the nose again, because as the distance narrowed, he quickly discovered that the black dot would never be an airplane, whether it was from its flight speed, or from the perspective of flight mode and size, it was a bird, and it was large, and it could fly to such a high altitude, it should be a goshawk.

The commander of the corps, Wu Jin, gave the order to their wing: "In the airspace where you are cruising, shoot down all planes that are not marked by the Central Army and the Northeast Army, and do not make a forced landing on the other side without warning." ”

For this reason, in the past three days, the only 12 Newburgh-28s in their wing have been divided into six groups to form two squads, and every day they have been continuously patrolling and searching in the 200-kilometer-long airspace from Fuping in the north to Handan in the south, each of which is responsible for 100 kilometers.

However, the results of the search were very disheartening, and for three days, not a single plane was found, and even birds were rarely seen.

After searching for a while, Feng Baolun looked at the watch on his wrist, it was already six o'clock in the evening, and it was time for them to return, Feng Baolun said hello to his wingman, deflected the fuselage, and flew towards the Wusu base.

When Feng Baolun's plane flew over the Wutai Mountains, he couldn't help but lower the nose of the plane and searched for the location of Shizui Village in the northeast of Wutai County.

A week ago, the Jin Suijun, which no longer had a single plane, suddenly began to build a simple small airfield outside Shizui Village in the Wutai Mountains and Changzhi City in southern Jinnan.

According to their tasks, Feng Baolun, Zhong Jihan, and Wang Fuheng privately calculated, and this time it must be aimed at Jin Suijun.

However, the three of them did not feel any uneasiness in their hearts.

Although they were born in the Jin Sui Army, now whether it is the Jin Sui Army or Song Zhewu's Fourth Route Army, they are all in the National Revolutionary Army, and it is the same for them everywhere. Especially after they joined the Fourth Route Army, they learned that the generals at all levels of the Fourth Route Army were not very interested in fighting a civil war, especially their commanders, who were even more enthusiastic about building a strong army to defend national defense. This made the three people, who were tired of the civil war, feel that they had found their true home.

Although this mission is likely to be aimed at the Jin Sui Army, since the planes that are coming are not from the Central Army and the Northeast Army, it means that there is a problem here, because in North China, in addition to the Northeast Army, there are planes in addition to Song Zhewu's planes.

Wusu Airport is now very large-scale, not only has built a tall reinforced concrete structure of the control tower, a pilot dormitory building, an aviation training building, an aircraft repair plant, but also built eight spacious and sturdy cave hangars, and four larger cave hangars, fuel depots, and ammunition depots are under construction. In particular, the four 1,000-meter-long, wide and straight cement runways are even more magnificent.

According to Mike, this is the best airport runway he has ever seen, and even the UK does not have such a long runway.

Mike, who has always spoken very straightforwardly, even said in a very regretful tone that it is completely unnecessary for Song Zhewu to insist on building such a long runway, because there is no kind of aircraft in the world that needs such a long runway for take-off and landing, and such a runway is enough to take off and land two planes at the same time.

Feng Baolun, who was hovering over Wusu Airport to adjust the angle of entry, saw that there were already two Newburgh-28s in front of him and taxied to the runway before them, and knew that this was another group of companions on a mission.

Under the instructions of the airport tower, Feng Baolun aimed the nose of the plane at runway 3 and piloted the plane skillfully to the runway.

After a slight tremor, Feng Baolun's plane began to taxi along the runway, and after taxiing for more than 200 meters, his Newburg-28 quietly stopped in the middle of the runway to a tired bird returning to its nest.

With the help of the ground crew who rushed over, Feng Baolun jumped off the plane neatly, glanced at his wingman, which had also been stopped, and then set his eyes on Runway 1, where two people were waving to him.

The two people waiting on the No. 1 runway were Wang Fuheng, the captain of the Second Brigade who had just gotten off the plane, and the other was a staff officer of the headquarters headquarters.

Feng Baolun, who walked over, simply greeted Wang Fuheng with gestures, and looked at the staff officer.

This staff officer is a student from Anhui, he is not very old, he is very optimistic, he always looks like he is smiling, and he often jokes, but today his mood is a little special, and he told them with a rare and serious expression, "He was ordered to wait for them here, and Commander Wu ordered them to go to the headquarters as soon as they landed."

In Wu Jin's headquarters, Zhong Jihan, the captain of the first brigade, had already arrived before them, and in the headquarters, in addition to Wu Jin, Mike, Gao Zhihang, chief of staff of the corps and company leader of the fighter wing, and Zhong Jihan, there was also Song Zhewu, as if he was waiting for them, which made the two very strange.

(To be continued)