Chapter 128 Air Force

When the Red Army launched the Wuhan Raid, the biggest thorn in its side was the foreign fleet on the Yangtze River and the Yangtze River Fleet of the Artillery Party. However, the Jiangxi Campaign in the early stage successfully achieved the strategic purpose of luring the enemy, not only mobilizing a large number of defenders of Wuhan to Jiujiang, but also luring several of my uncle's broken warships of the Yangtze River Fleet originally stationed in Wuhan to Jiujiang.

And the Red Army wanted to eat three fats the most: one was the Hanyang Arsenal, the second was the Hanyang Iron Works, and the third was the Hanyang Artillery Party Air Force stationed on the outskirts of Hanyang City.

Historically, a large number of Northeast workers joined the Eighth Route Army in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Base Arsenal, some of which were absorbed by Yan Xishan in Shanxi, and a small part were taken over by the Nanjing Nationalist Government.

However, the Nanjing Nationalist Government of the Artillery Party was a comprador regime that advocated "making is better than buying", a strange storage of ironworks that had gone bankrupt during the Anti-Japanese War, and the number of workers they could accept in Northeast China was really limited, and the ability of the rest of the warlords to "digest" was also limited. Therefore, more than half of the workers who fled from the factories in Northeast China were displaced at that time, and their livelihood was unsupported.

Fortunately, Lin Han, who rescued them from the Northeast, knew the preciousness of these experienced workers, so he simply spent money to raise them, and this maintenance was nearly a year. In this process of "raising," the underground party of the Red Army in Jiangxi constantly sent people to do the ideological work of these workers and recruited people from them to join the Jiangxi Soviet District. These workers, who had many years of experience working in the arsenal, soon became the backbone of the rudimentary arsenal of the Red Army.

Half a year after the fall of the Northeast, to September 1932. The Jiangxi Red Army won great victories in two major battles in the summer and autumn, annihilating nearly 20 divisions of the artillery party before and after, controlling most of Jiangxi and half of Hunan in one fell swoop, shaking the whole country and forcing Song Ziwen to take the initiative to sue for peace. The improvement of the strategic shape of the Red Army also relieved the scruples of the exiled workers in Northeast China, and more workers from Northeast China joined the Red Army in large numbers after 1933.

In 1934, under the impact of the economic crisis and the impact of the Treaty of London, the Nanjing Nationalist Government received a $5,000 arms loan from Britain and the United States to "save the emergency". German, British, and American weapons poured into China. The Nanjing Nationalist Government, a comprador regime, is under the strange idea of "it is better to buy than to build". It is located in several arsenals such as the Ordnance Institute in the control area. In this era, however, the number of arms orders it received from the government was greatly reduced, and the impact of the "currency war" and the soaring prices in the market made life difficult for the workers at the bottom of the arsenal. And because of this. It is much easier for the underground party lurking in the arsenal to carry out the ideological work of the workers.

At the time of the Battle of Hanyang. Gunshots. The workers of the Hanyang Arsenal, under the leadership of the underground party, launched an armed uprising at the same time, and easily took control of the entire arsenal. It was handed over to the Red Army in its entirety.

Before 1932, the strongest air force in China was the Northeast Air Force under Zhang Xueliang. Although Zhang Xueliang was militarily incompetent, he worked very hard to build the air force. After all, he was a warlord of the younger generation, and he was quick to accept the advanced things of Western capitalism, and he did not hesitate to spend huge sums of money to buy new planes from these countries.

In 1925, more than 10 planes were purchased from France, each at 100,000 yuan. In 1929, another 26 were purchased from France. In the same year, it spent 1.2 million yuan from Japan to buy 4 planes. In 1930, another 40 were purchased from the Czech Republic. Together with those obtained through other means, the Northeast Air Force has about 100 aircraft. Later generations estimated that during the heyday of the Northeast Air Force, there were about 250 to 300 aircraft. This was second to none in China at the time. After the outbreak of the Northeast Incident, Shenyang fell in one day, and the Japanese captured more than 200 planes in Shenyang.

During the fall of Northeast China, he ordered people to transfer talents from Northeast China at any cost: workers from the Northeast Arsenal, cadet instructors from the Northeast Aviation School, and college students from Northeast University were the primary targets. It was also because the scope of the matter was too large that the traces were exposed, and finally Japan suspected that the Mukden Bank incident was related to him and the Germans behind him.

Zhang Xueliang and the Northeast Army Pig-like Cousin, after the loss of the Northeast, the Northeast Air Force, which he had painstakingly managed, was also scattered. Some of the air force pilots and ground crews were taken over by the Nanjing Nationalist Government and local warlords, and the other part was taken over by Lin Han. After 1932, the army of the Nanjing Nationalist Government was defeated in the civil war one after another, and its strength was greatly damaged.

After receiving them, Lin Han directly sent these young people around 20 years old to Germany, where they were retrained by the German aviation school. And of those pilots on active duty, only a very small number of them were willing to join the Red Army, which at that time did not have an air force.

For the rest of his life, he joined the Jiangxi Red Army after the fall of Northeast China, when Lin Han rescued him and his family from the Japanese. His mother was suffering from Yanzhòng's lung disease at the time, and had been working in the underground party of the Northeast Air Force, and after receiving the news, he bought penicillin, which was more expensive than gold at that time, to treat his illness, and he finally joined the Red Army in June 32, and later went abroad to Germany in 1933 and entered the German aviation school for retraining. In March 1934, he became a full member of the Chinese Communist Party in Germany.

Some of the pilots Lin Han sent to Germany for training were cadets from the Northeast Aviation School, and because of their good foundation, they all graduated at the end of 1933. By this time they had all become his "believers" and "partial" Bolsheviks yearning for communism. After graduating, these cadets returned to China to "look for relatives," and with the help of the "Northeast people," they quickly got in touch with the former Northeast pilots of the Nanjing Nationalist Government's Air Force, and under their introduction, coupled with their own "foreign signboards" of "graduation from the French Aviation School," they easily joined the Nanjing Nationalist Government's Air Force, and all of them were assigned to Hanyang Airport.

The main reason why he graduated from a French aviation school instead of a German aviation school is to dissociate himself from Germany. According to Linhan's plan, this group of students will sooner or later "ride the plane to revolt" after returning to China, and now Hitler (Hannah) has always played the role of an extremely "anti-communist vanguard" in the international community, if all the Chinese students he trained become communists, wouldn't it become a big joke?

Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Air Force was originally formed with the help of the French aviation community, with strong French blood. In order to hide people's eyes, after this group of Northeast students succeeded in their studies, they also went to the French aviation school to "go around" and easily obtained an aviation driver's license in France. As for the proof of studying in France, the German side has its own experts to forgery the relevant certificates. How could the artillery regime in this era have the ability to go to France to investigate their old bottoms.

This group of Northeast students who returned to China and studied abroad in Germany. Due to more systematic and rigorous flight training. Good flying skills. In terms of dealing with people, the first batch of pilots who returned to China to join the Artillery Air Force were selected, a total of 18 people, and they were all peaceful in character. Someone who can get along well with the people around him. Just in case. Lin Han specially invited professional intelligence officers from Germany to conduct strict "life" training for these students. Coupled with the education of the "political commissars", it has simply worn away the pride of "having drunk foreign ink and being superior" that has just grown in their hearts.

This returned cadet joined the Artillery Party Air Force after that. Treat people friendly, be generous and righteous, and soon get up and down into one.

Hanyang Airport is the largest air base of the Nationalist Government in Nanjing, and most of it was purchased after the $50 million arms loan provided by Britain and the United States to the Nationalist Government in Nanjing under the "Treaty of London" in the past two years. In addition to the two Junkers transport planes, which were imported from Germany just this year, there are still 24 Hawker II fighters imported from the end of last year on the airfield in Hanyang. With the addition of training planes imported from France and older Italian planes, there were 41 planes at the airport on 5 September.

The so-called time comes and earth are all the same, and the heroes are not free. Because of Lin Han's Hu Lai, the traveler, the Nanjing Nationalist Government entered a period of decay in 1934 ahead of schedule. The successive defeats on the battlefield of the Red Army intensified the twilight of the organization. Although Song Ziwen was desperately training the German mechanics to counterattack, the spirit, energy, and spirit of the entire organization team were in a declining stage.

After these pilots with a red background returned to China and settled at Hanyang Airport, the tentacles of the CCP's underground party grew rapidly like mushrooms after rain for half a year. Within half a year, several pilots from the Northeast were recruited to join the CCP.

On the evening of 5 September, the pilot from Northeast China used the same means as Zhang Lizheng, under the pretext of a "gathering of fellow villagers," to drag the officials guarding the airport into Hanyang City to sing and drink, while Lin Han, a filthy fellow, had sent instructions from Germany beforehand to build a village, and he himself paid a lot of money to invite some well-known "fans" and "famous actors" from Shanghai to sing small songs at the banquet to cheer up, and he fooled around until two o'clock in the middle of the night before resting. Many of the airport's senior officials in charge of airport security even stayed overnight in Hanyang City that night and did not return to their barracks. As a result, the Red Army's surprise attack on Hanyang was successful, and most of these people were pulled out of the "beauty's" bed and taken prisoner.

Due to the rebellion caused by "internal thieves", the process of the Red Army seizing the Hanyang airport was much smoother than the capture of Hanyang City. The elite commandos of the Red Army, dressed in the uniforms of the artillery party army, under the leadership of Nei Ying, swaggered into the airport at six o'clock in the morning in several trucks prepared in advance. The garrison at the airport originally had a battalion, but at this time, most of the officers and soldiers of the battalion were asleep, and the battalion commander was holding the beautiful dream of Zhou Gong in Hanyang City, and as a result, the whole battalion became prisoners collectively in their sleep.

After taking control of the airfield, the pilots who had already joined the Red Army pushed out the Hawker II fighter planes that the artillery party had just purchased from the hangar, replenished fuel, and hung bombs. At this time, the sky was already bright, and the battle in Hanyang not far away had begun, and with the sound of guns and cannons in Hanyang, eight fighter planes with bombs began to take off from the runway of the airport in the morning light.

The Hawker II was a 1930s U.S. Navy biplane fighter. It was one of the less successful models of the Curtiss-Wright series of fixed-wing aircraft built for the U.S. military - it was born at a time of transition from biplanes to monoplanes, and was already outdated in terms of design concept at the time of development. During the Anti-Japanese War, Japan's 96 carrier-based fighters were not able to perform well and struggled.

The power system is a 600 hp R-1510-98 star engine, and the single-leg cantilever of the main landing gear unit has a slight increase in the spacing between the wings. The control system has replaced the textile skin with more metal skin, two 0.3in (7.62mm) machine guns, and a hardpoint under the fuselage for a 474-pound (215kg) bomb or fuel tank.

Historically, the Hawker II fighter constituted the main force of the Chinese Air Force in the early days, and it was also the main aircraft of the Chinese Air Force in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War. As a result of the appearance of Lin Han, which led to the signing of the Treaty of London, the Nationalist Government of Nanjing, which had received a $5,000 arms loan, acquired these planes earlier than in history.

Hawker II fighters sold to China At the request of the Nationalist Government in Nanjing, China, all aircraft were modified and equipped with a hardpoint that could carry two 200-kilogram bombs at the same time.

September

The Hawker II was a 1930s U.S. Navy biplane fighter. It was one of the less successful models of the Curtiss-Wright series of fixed-wing aircraft built for the U.S. military - it was born at a time of transition from biplanes to monoplanes, and was already outdated in terms of design concept at the time of development. During the Anti-Japanese War, Japan's 96 carrier-based fighters were not able to perform well and struggled.

The power system is a 600 hp R-1510-98 star engine, and the single-leg cantilever of the main landing gear unit has a slight increase in the spacing between the wings. The use of more metal skins on the manipulation system has replaced the original textile skins. Armed with two 0.3in (7.62mm) machine guns, and a hardpoint under the fuselage for a 474-pound (215kg) bomb or fuel tank.

Historically, the Hawker II fighter constituted the main force of the Chinese Air Force in the early days, and it was also the main aircraft of the Chinese Air Force in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War. As a result of the appearance of Lin Han, which led to the signing of the Treaty of London, the Nationalist Government of Nanjing, which had received a $5,000 arms loan, acquired these planes earlier than in history.

Sold to China Hawker II fighters at the request of the Nationalist Government in Nanjing, China. All aircraft were retrofitted. A hardpoint was added. Up to two 200-kilogram bombs can be mounted at the same time.

In the early morning of September 6, eight Hawker II fighters, which had just been sold to China by the Americans, had reduced their fuel. Two 15-kilogram bombs were hung on the left and right checkpoints, and they took off from Hanyang Airport to bomb the nearby Hankou military camp.

The Han Party had only one regiment in the barracks in Hankow, and eight planes were bombed for more than once, and this was the first time that the Red Army Air Force appeared on the battlefield in China, although the planes still had the mark of the blue sky and the white sun.

Wang Qinian is the head of the major regiment stationed in the Hankou military camp, and he rubbed mahjong with his subordinates all night last night.

At half past six o'clock in the morning, Wang Qinian touched a good hand of cards, and was about to end the night's gambling game with a big hand, when there was a sudden dense sound of gunfire and explosion (crab) explosion in the direction of Hanyang.

"His grandmother's, at first glance?"

A good hand of cards, but suddenly come to this kind of thing, no one will be in a good mood. Wang Qinian scolded and put on his coat, and stepped out of the door with the deputy regiment commander, staff officer, and battalion commander who had gambled with him all night, and outside the door he heard the sound of gunfire more clearly.

"Loud! Could it be that the red bandits have come over? ”

When the cold wind blew outside, he didn't sleep all night, and Wang Qinian, who was in a daze, had a clear mind and ordered in shock.

"Urgently assemble, call brother to get up, guy!"

The sound of whistles, knocking on doors, and calling (people to get up) soon resounded throughout the barracks, and more than 800 people under Wang Qinian's command barely got dressed and assembled in the barracks compound with guns and disheveled clothes.

In the process of the army assembly, Wang Qinian kept making phone calls to get in touch with Hanyang, but the telephone line had already been cut off by the Red Army, and where could he get in touch.

"Could it be that the red bandits from Honghu have come over?"

Wang Qinian faintly felt bad in his heart.

"Huh? …… What is this sound? ”

At this moment, standing on the playground, Wang Qinian suddenly heard a faint roar from the air in the distance, so he looked up at the air in the distance.

Eight Hawker II fighters, familiar to him, appeared in the air in the direction of Hanyang. After receiving these American planes at Hanyang Airport, they have been conducting flight training for several months, and the Hankou garrison, which is close to Hanyang, is no stranger to this.

"Whew, it turned out to be our own plane."

Wang Qinian breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly laughed that he was too nervous and suspicious.

"Those planes are going to blow up the Red Bandits, right?"

Wang Qinian thought comfortingly.

The roar in the air became louder and louder, and after a few seconds, Wang Qinian felt that something was wrong.

"No, the sound of guns came from Hanyang, they should be red bandits going to Hanyang, Hankou is east instead of west."

More than 800 people under Wang Qinian's command gathered in the square, watching the black dots flying closer and closer in the distance, and then they also raised their eyes to the sky, and as the plane approached, the sharp-eyed people could even see the blue sky and white sun marks painted on the wings.

"Wait, isn't that going to be

At this time, the entire training ground was crowded with people, and even the officers who were originally eating in the house ran out to see what was going on with the sudden sound of airplanes in the early morning!

Eight planes flying over the barracks began to dive, and the Hawker II fighter was the first aircraft in the world to be designed with dive bombing in mind, although its air combat performance was mediocre. With so many people concentrated in a relatively narrow playground, it is simply the best bombing target.

Listening to the sound of the plane diving, watching the black whirring things falling from above, no matter how stupid Wang Qinian was, he knew what would happen.

"I'm cāo!"

"Lie down!"

"Boom...... Boom ......"

Sixteen bombs fell on the ground of the playground like hens laying eggs, and in an instant sixteen clouds of red smoke and loud noises erupted.

When his body was lifted into the air by the explosion of air, Wang Qinian still didn't understand what was going on, he just scolded with his last thoughts:

"These grandsons of the Air Force, you bombed the wrong person!" (To be continued......)