"Comrade Andrey, do you have anything to explain about the news conveyed by Comrade Chicherin?"

The Mentor looked at Li Xiaofeng angrily, and this morning the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, Chicherin, conveyed to the Central Committee the strong protest of the German government, accusing the Russian Air Force of shamelessly attacking their fleet on the high seas, shooting down and damaging one fighter each, and seriously destroying the tail rudder and propeller of the Stuttgart. The Russian Government is required to immediately apologize and compensate for this, and to punish the perpetrators severely.

"It's useless to pretend to be deaf and dumb." The Mentor accentuated his tone, "I know you did it!" ”

That's right, with the signing of the Brest Pact, Ilya, which was originally intended to bomb the German army. Murometz has largely lost its role. Except for a small number that was destroyed by the White Army, most of them were mothballed. Just now two border police units were allocated to someone, and the Germans who happened to be bombed, you say, who else could be the culprit besides someone?

Li Xiaofeng actually didn't think about denying it, he couldn't hide this matter, and there was no need to hide it, he submitted the detailed report yesterday, and it is estimated that it had not yet reached Lenin's hands.

"There's this!" Someone generously admitted, "The aviation unit attached to the border police force was suddenly strafed by German fighters during routine military training and had to be forced to return fire!" ”

Lenin glared at him and asked, "That's your explanation?" ”

Li Xiaofeng nodded and said, "This is the truth!" ”

Lenin smiled and asked: "The place of the incident is on the high seas south of Helsinki and north of Tallinn, what kind of military training did you go there for?" ”

Li Xiaofeng naturally opened his eyes and said nonsense: "The purpose of routinely conducting maritime reconnaissance and anti-smuggling training is to ....... ”

"Shut up!" Lenin glared at him again. Asked: "Do you need to bring live ammunition for military training?" ”

Li Xiaofeng said facelessly: "Our training has always been based on actual combat. Bringing live ammunition is to get closer to ......"

"That's it!" Lenin waved his hand angrily. The lesson said: "You keep this nonsense and tell the Germans, and now, you tell me the truth, what is going on!" ”

That's right, Lenin didn't really care about this kind of friction, who is right and who is wrong is not too important, and this kind of is left to the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs. And I didn't suffer a loss yesterday, and even took a small advantage. This made the tutor even less interested in thinking about anything. What he cares about is, is this really a fortuitous accident, is it really military training? And not someone's premeditated surprise attack?

He was afraid that someone would relieve the pressure on Finland for the Russian volunteers, so he rushed to hit the German convoy first.

Although the safety of the northern gate and the channels for importing grain are important, it is even more important to make peace with the Germans for the time being.

Li Xiaofeng hurriedly explained: "I really didn't lie to you. Yesterday was really a routine flight training, with live ammunition to attack the shooting range on the island of Mosine. At that time, the pilots saw that the attack was not effective. The attack was stopped, and he was about to return home with bombs, but who knew that he ran into a group of brain-dead Germans. ”

"What an accident?" Lenin asked uneasily.

Li Xiaofeng hurriedly emphasized again: "It's definitely an accident!" ”

Lenin carefully observed someone's expression, it didn't look like a fake, and then he was reassured, and he said: "It's not impossible to attack the Germans, the Germans on Finnish land are attacking as you like, and even if you want to attack the German fleet, it's not impossible, but next time, after shoveling off the red star on the wing, then go and poke the hornet's nest, understand?" ”

What's not to understand about this, fools know what the mentor means, he's actually an old fox, playing around the bush with the Germans.

"Yesterday's pilot's watch was very good!" The mentor even praised it for the first time, "Fighting more with less and defeating the strong with the weak, let the Germans suffer, very good!" The more such combat heroes in the Red Army, the better, although for diplomatic reasons it is not possible to issue them medals, but you can give them rewards in other names! ”

Li Xiaofeng said with a smile in his heart, the reward is easy to do, Sukhoi's bag is very happy as long as there is Darjeeling's black tea, as for the old man, just give him a box of whiskey.

"Is the loss big?" Lenin asked suddenly.

Li Xiaofeng waited for this sentence, and the goods pretended to be sad and said: "The loss is still very large, Ilya. Muromets is too backward in performance and is no longer able to cope with the enemy's increasingly advanced fighters. Of the seven pilots who attacked this time, four were killed and one was seriously injured, and the loss was heart-wrenching! ”

The Mentor also showed a solemn expression, thought for a moment and said: "You are right, the air force is very important to the Soviets, and the Red Army should have a real air force!" ”

This undoubtedly said that Li Xiaofeng was in his heart, and it was a great thing that the tutor attached importance to the Air Force, lest he let the Army become a monopoly in the 20s and 30s in the future, and almost turned the Air Force into an artillery unit with wings for the big brother of the Army.

Seeing that a certain immortal seemed to want to say something, Lenin hurriedly added: "However, the conditions for vigorously developing the air force are still very immature, and our top priority is to eliminate the White Bandit Army, and military work will only be carried out around this core!" ”

Okay, Li Xiaofeng can only pout, the mentor is nothing more than trying to dispel his unrealistic ideas, is to tell him that he is temporarily unable to develop the air force, and he has to wait until the end of the war.

However, Li Xiaofeng did not give up on this, and finally resonated with his mentor, so he had to make some gains.

"Yes, I understand the harshness of the current situation," the cargo said in a matter-of-fact manner, "but the development of the aviation industry is also imminent, and you made a statement in January of this year that 'aviation is one of the most important cultures of this century', and in the current difficult situation, although it is not possible to develop the aviation industry in an all-round way, it is still possible to do something within your ability!" ”

Lenin raised his eyebrows, what kind of virtue someone is. He knows too well. To put it mildly, when someone pouts his ass, he knows what shit to poop on! This product just wants to talk about conditions. It's going to be good.

After pondering for a moment, Lenin sighed: "What do you want to do again?" ”

Li Xiaofeng hurriedly said: "I think the aviation industry can still develop at present, but the first thing is to make changes and make changes!" ”

Lenin became a little interested and asked: "How can it be changed?" ”

"The foundation of China's aviation industry is too thin, and compared with the United Kingdom and the United States and other countries, the scale of storage is scattered and the technology is low. The problem of unsystematic theoretical research...... First of all, we should reorganize the scattered workshop-style aviation industry and enterprises and establish a centralized modern enterprise! Second, theoretical research must be strengthened, and it is very necessary to set up a special department to take the lead......"

Lenin used to think that a certain immortal was preparing to give some benefits, but now it seems that these statements of a certain person are very close to reality and very meaningful!

Suddenly, Lenin was a little happy and urged: "Very good, keep talking!" ”

Li Xiaofeng cleared his throat. "I think that with the current industrial conditions and environment, only Moscow and Petrograd are the best. There is an option to set up new factories in these two cities, and then to concentrate all the technical experts and workers from all over the country who have been engaged in aviation production to concentrate on the development of one or two new types of aircraft...... As for theoretical research, a special research institute could be set up by concentrating specialists in aviation technology in a similar way...... Of course, the most important thing is that the People's Commissars must create a new special department for aviation and carry out overall planning...... I believe that if we do these three things, we will be able to achieve great things even under difficult conditions! ”

Lenin was delighted and complimented: "Very well, I can see that you have made great progress lately, keep it up!" ”

A certain immortal: "......"

"The qiē you mentioned can be carried out immediately, and I will personally go to Comrade Yakov and ask him to take immediate action and set up the team as much as possible. Well, as for the specialized department, this one doesn't need to be set up again. Didn't we already set up an All-Russian Aviation Management Committee last year, and they can't just be content with the rags, they can manage the work! ”

The All-Russian Aviation Management Committee mentioned by Lenin was founded in 1917, but for more than half a year since its establishment, its main work has been to "collect the rags" everywhere, busy receiving and utilizing the aviation heritage of the Tsarist era, and collecting hundreds of "aviation equipment", including Ilya. Muromets bomber.

And now, Lenin was no longer satisfied with collecting the rags, he was eager to see the development of the aviation industry, especially when he learned that in February this year, the Mars factory had built an 80-horsepower M-1 piston engine, although it was not advanced, but it was not easy to get off to a good start under such difficult conditions!

"We can achieve more in the aviation industry!" This is the speech of the Mentor at the Politburo meeting, and at his request, the proposal of a certain immortal has been resolutely and thoroughly implemented.

The well-known Dukes plant and Petrograd aircraft factory were established in Moscow and Petrograd, respectively. The Central Institute of Fluid Sciences, which was supposed to be established in December 1918, was also born ahead of schedule, so that a large number of later masters, including Tupolev, finally had the place and opportunity to display their talents.

Even under Sverdlov's orders, all men, women, and children who had worked in aviation units for more than half a year were demobilized (even including painters), and they were required to develop and produce new aircraft at full capacity at any cost.

It should be said that a certain immortal has done another good deed, of course, in addition to doing good things, he has not forgotten to make benefits for his own family, he was stunned and grinded 10 Ilya from the mentor. Muromets and 12 French-made Spard-7 and Newport 11 fighters, as well as four British-made Avro 504s, were used to form the Air Force of the Russian People's Volunteers.

And the commander of this nascent air force is none other than Sukhoi mustache, who showed his face before, and he used a crazy but effective attack to make a lot of political capital for someone, so someone who is very kind also reciprocated.

However, Sukhoi, who was newly appointed as a new official, was not happy, and kept muttering like a fly in the ear of a certain immortal: "I don't want Ilya. Muromets, I want a torpedo machine! I just need a torpedo machine! ”

"Bear with me, I'll use Ilya first. Muromets made do with it, and if he couldn't attack the water target, he attacked the road target first. Cuusinin's troops were in dire need of fire support. I want your troops to go to Vyborg as soon as possible! ”

But Sukhoi didn't listen to anyone at all. Still muttering: "Torpedo machine, I want torpedo machine!" ”

Li Xiaofeng was so annoyed that he could only say: "There is no torpedo machine for you to use for the time being, but I have already built a plan with the All-Russian Aviation Management Committee and the Central Institute of Fluid Science to focus on developing an advanced torpedo machine...... But it will take time! ”

Sukhoi pouted, "Can't you just think of a way again?" ”

Li Xiaofeng sighed and said, "I'm looking for a channel to see if I can get a little Thorpway 'Cuckoo'." Seeing that someone was about to raise his arms and cheer, he quickly added: "But don't get your hopes up too much......"

Sukhoi: "@#¥%......"

With new fighters and bombers. Sukhoi can finally start work, the first thing to do is to gather enough pilots, after all, there are still very few people who can play with airplanes in these days, especially in Russia, where the aviation industry is backward, professional pilots are extremely valuable. Most of the pilots of the Tsarist era fled with the outbreak of the civil war, that is, Sukhoi had good connections in this area, and it took a patchwork to find enough pilots.

On May 15, as the Russian volunteers on the ground crossed the border into Finland with great vigour, a flock of large birds was turning in the sky.

In the city of Vyborg, there was a makeshift field airfield, which was actually a flat ground that was pressed several times with stone grinds. Then build a few wooden houses. This is where Sukhoi and his boys fought and lived henceforth.

The next morning, when the Volunteer Army was still on the way forward. Under the leadership of Sukhoi, the Air Force was ready to conduct the first combat operation.

Sukhoi pointed to the map board and said: "Our mission is to conduct an aerial reconnaissance to find out the specific disposition of the Finnish White Army...... This mission is led by me personally, you have to pay attention, there are likely to be German fighters! ”

For this mission, the most excited is not Sukhoi, but Hemsstra, after the last flight and combat experience, the old man has completely fallen in love with this "sport". In his opinion, airplanes are faster than horses, and the battle is more enjoyable and exciting, and the old man is now eager to start learning flying skills, and is very eager to start the next battle.

The two Avro 504s flew slowly westward escorted by two Newport 11 fighters, and Sukhoi preferred to fly the fighters, as Sukhoi had intended, because it would be more enjoyable, and there would be no chattering old man sitting in the back cabin to annoy you.

"GOGOGO, OH LIE OH LIE OH LIE!"

From the moment of takeoff, the old man kept yelling, and the open-top piloted Avro 504 was undoubtedly better than Ilya. Muromets is closer to the sky and cooler. Anyway, the old man is already excited!

Let's take our eyes off these two goods for a moment, and east of Kouvola, the Finnish White Army, with Mannerheim as commander-in-chief, is massing. Following Mannerheim's instructions, they were to pursue the victory and wipe out Kuusinen's Red Guards in one fell swoop.

However, compared to his confident and combative subordinates, Mannerheim was not very happy. Looking at the map, he was carefully studying the terrain, whether it was a circle drawing, and his expression was extremely strict.

Mannerheim's tense state made the staff officers very incomprehensible, after the battle of Helsinki, Kuusinen's Red Guards had been crippled, most of the main force was annihilated, and only one or two thousand fish escaped from the encirclement. Compared with their strong soldiers and high morale, the Red Guards are simply a group of turtles.

The staff officers had no doubt that as soon as they charged, Kuusinin's troops would collapse, and the next thing that might be more to think about what to do with the prisoners was already secondary.

Mannerheim is very worried about this kind of paralyzing thinking of underestimating the enemy, and there are countless lessons in history that show that the arrogant army will be defeated, not to mention that the next opponent to face is probably not the Red Guards, but the Red Eagle Regiment, which is very strong in combat and very well-equipped.

As the former chief instructor and commander-in-chief of the Red Eagle Regiment, Mannerheim knew that unit too well, was well trained, and the Chinese were very hard-working. At first, he was very puzzled, the Chinese soldiers in the battles in recent decades are very bad, or very clumsy, but how is this Red Eagle Regiment composed of Chinese not at all?

Not only is the will to fight and the level of technology and tactics, but the equipment of the Red Eagle Regiment has greatly surpassed this era, except for the lack of artillery, it can almost be said that it is the most powerful light infantry in this era.

Compared to the patchwork Finnish White Army, which lacked training and combat experience, the Red Eagles could be said to be superior. On more than one occasion when Mannerheim heard that this unit had been sent to Finland, he wondered if his troops had a chance of winning against the Red Eagles.

The only thing that can make him feel a little more at ease is that the Red Eagle Regiment has too few troops, and it is more than 3,000 people when it is fully counted, which seems to be not enough in front of his 100,000 army!

Of course, he did not relax because of this, but repeatedly warned his subordinates: "Don't underestimate the enemy at any time, underestimating the enemy will pay the price of blood on the battlefield!" And our enemies are not only the Red Guards, I told you before, I trained a very strong army in Russia, and now they are very likely to appear before you! They are very powerful, extraordinarily powerful, and you cannot have even the slightest idea of underestimating the enemy! (To be continued......)

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