A day ago.

The Eighth Route Army's Secret Aviation Base Research Laboratory of the First Anti-Japanese Independent Detachment in the Northwest of Shanxi.

Kong Jie rushed to inspect the transformation of the combat planes of the aviation unit, and Dong San, director of the logistics department of the detachment, director of various scientific research offices, and agent of various factories, as well as Doolittle, who is currently the commander of the aviation flight team, accompanied the briefing.

"Old regiment leader, this is the Type 97 fighter we captured from the various airports of the devil, and the problems on the plane, we have basically repaired them, and they can be directly put into battle.

In addition, we have made some special modifications to these fighters.

Considering that these fighters had trouble communicating with each other during combat, we installed a radio station inside the plane, using the aircraft radio station used by Lieutenant Colonel Du and his US military, and the effect was not comparable to that of the little devils.

In addition, we have installed a certain amount of bulletproof steel plates in important parts, and replaced purified aviation fuel and high-quality lubricating oil. ”

"This is the fuel tank of the plane, and the closed fuel tank of the devil is often easily hit by fire, and once hit, it often means that the plane crashes.

So we replaced it and added it with the automatic fire extinguishing device used in the tank, which can reduce the crash rate of the aircraft to a certain extent.

In addition, we replaced the 7.7 aviation machine gun with the 12.7 aviation machine gun and loaded it with armor-piercing incendiary bombs, which can be much more powerful when used in anti-aircraft combat. ”

Dong San introduced on the side, "With the use of high-quality aviation fuel and lubricants, our aircraft is faster than the devil's aircraft, which is also our advantage."

Coupled with the improvement of our defense and firepower.

The performance of our modified fighter is to crush the little devils! ”

Doolittle smiled and nodded on the side, these Chinese who should be called military talents are indeed smart, although they do not have enough industrial level to independently produce aircraft, but they can flexibly apply and exert special wisdom when transforming, which he particularly admires.

This is probably the wisdom of the Chinese.

Talking about the upcoming formal confrontation between the first aviation unit of the Eighth Route Army and the aviation unit that may arrive at any time in the Licheng area.

Doolittle's face was filled with absolute field, confident and at the same time mixed with excitement that was hard to hide.

He swore solemnly, "Kong, I will let these damn Japanese soldiers deeply appreciate the awesomeness of our Eighth Route Army Aviation Unit!" ”

Kong Jie was pleased, and he was even happier that Doolittle used the word "we."

What does this mean?

This shows that Brother Du is in the process of assimilation, hehe.

Doolittle then introduced the general situation of the construction of the aviation unit of the next detachment:

"At present, our air force is mainly three Type II Zhong Kui fighters, plus twelve Type 97 fighters captured from the Japanese army, and six Type 1 Falcon fighters."

Among them, these two types of Zhong Kui fighters can be said to be the most advanced fighters in the Japanese army at present, with the best performance and the most powerful combat effectiveness.

It was Duan Peng and the members of the commando team who secretly hijacked the fighter plane from the devil's temporary airport during the battle of Zhejiang and Jiangxi.

The fighter squadron composed of these three Type II Zhong Kui fighters as the core can be said to be the most elite flying team in a secret aviation unit so far.

Naturally, the best fighters should be handed over to the most awesome pilots, so these Type II Zhong Kui fighters were basically handed over to Doolittle and the elite pilots of the US military led by him.

On the part of the team, there were also several excellent pilots who also participated in the battle.

Kong Jie is based on the principle of doubting people, not using people.

Since Doolittle is willing to stay and help, and others have this talent, Kong Jie will naturally give the corresponding stage.

In addition, for the two types of Zhong Kui fighters, the processing plant of the first team has also made some special modifications, in addition to the use of newly developed lubricating oil, as well as the previous Dong San said that the fuel tank is equipped with automatic fire extinguishing devices, and some bulletproof steel plates and other changes.

Compared with the original Type II Zhong Kui fighter of the devil.

The biggest difference between the modified Zhong Kui fighters of the Eighth Route Army is that the four aviation machine guns have been replaced by four 20-mm aviation cannons.

In this way, the Devil's Type 2 Zhong Kui fighter, firepower, protection, speed, reliability, etc., have been comprehensively improved, and it can be used as a sharp knife for the Eighth Route Army Air Force.

When the next time the two sides compete in the air, the Japanese army will most likely find in shock that Zhong Kui's fighter jet, which is also his empire, has increased its combat effectiveness by a large percentage after being captured by the Eighth Route Army!

Of course, the specific effect of this modified fighter can only be confirmed after it is officially put into operation.

Kong Jie is very confident in this.

This is just like the modification carried out by a detachment after capturing the Japanese tank, and later in the battle with the Japanese armored troops in the Mengxi area, the advantages of the modified tank were brought into full play.

This is where the wisdom of the Eighth Route Army lies.

In addition to the most elite aviation knife - the second type Zhong Kui fighter team, there is also a falcon team composed of six type one falcon fighters.

The modification of the fighter is basically the same as that of the Type II Zhong Kui fighter.

This is the second elite aviation unit in addition to the Type 2 Zhong Kui fighter squad.

Then there is the flying squadron of 12 Type 97 fighters.

The establishment of the three flight groups is the basic force of the aviation unit being built at present, and together with some light bombers, there are also nearly 30 aircraft.

As for some classic and vintage aircraft, they will not participate in this operation.

In Kong Jie's words, "That's purely a fighter plane that we have worked so hard to train to send to death!" ”

Therefore, the old-fashioned planes captured by the detachment were basically sent to Yan'an, and that's it, and the leaders of Yan'an were so happy that they couldn't close their mouths.

Speaking of which, although the devil has absolute air supremacy when fighting the Eighth Route Army, the strength of the little devil's air force is only relative to the Chinese army.

One of the devil's flying squadrons has three flying squadrons, and the number of fighters is between 24 and 36 aircraft.

In this way, the number of fighters owned by an aviation unit can basically be equal to that of a flying team of devils.

Of course, it is unrealistic for a single flying team to compete with the formidable aviation units of the Japanese army.

Therefore, when sending a detachment of aviation units to participate in the war this time, Kong Jie clearly proposed in the military meeting:

"The aviation unit that our Eighth Route Army has worked so hard to build cannot be lost in a single battle, so you remember, you are allowed to participate in the war this time, but the premise is that we still focus on infantry to air combat.

As for our aviation team, we must be well timed when we make a move.

We have to wait until the ammunition loaded by the devil is almost used up, and the fighters have been destroyed a lot by our air defense forces, and then take the opportunity to take action.

In other words, it is to fight a wave of harvesting, kill the devil's fighters, and at the same time promote the military might of our Eighth Route Army aviation unit! ”

Doolittle smiled, he didn't expect Kong Jie's request to be so easy.

Such a battle, in the opinion of such a good pilot as him, there is no pressure at all.

The pilots and soldiers of the team participating in the meeting were unusually solemn.

Soon after, something happened.

Doolittle, who has always been well-educated, humorous, and able to mingle with the soldiers, actually found Kong Jie angrily with his eyes spitting fire, and complained as soon as he met: "Kong, please restrain your subordinates, they don't take their lives seriously!" ”

Kong Jie looked puzzled, "Brother Du, what's going on?" Don't be in a hurry, speak slowly! ”

Doolittle immediately informed him of the situation.

It turned out that some pilots of the first detachment refused to carry parachutes and other escape equipment when they entered the war.

This made Doolittle angry, and he thought that the pilots did not value their lives at all.

Kong Jie listened, this is worth it.

In his opinion, all pilots are treasures, and he even called the commander in charge of the pilot training of a team - Dai Minsheng.

Dai Minsheng came from Yan'an, and as early as many years ago, he was in charge of aviation research and training of reserve pilots in Yan'an.

Although due to the poor conditions, the pilots of the Eighth Route Army who studied in Yan'an had never flown an airplane at all, and many of them had never even seen or touched an airplane, and could only be known through pictures and perceived through imagination.

It was under such simple, arduous, and unbelievable conditions that Dai Minsheng relied on his early flying experience and solid knowledge of flying to reserve a group of pilot talents for the Eighth Route Army in advance.

Don't underestimate these "early educations".

Just as after the aviation unit was officially built, Dai Minsheng arrived with a group of pilots he had trained.

After actually getting their hands on these planes, they quickly integrated the knowledge that was almost deep in their hearts.

So much so that the speed of progress in flight shocked Doolittle and his party.

"Report!"

Soon, Dai Minsheng arrived, and when he entered the headquarters, he saw Doolittle glaring at him at a glance.

Dai Minsheng had a wry smile on his face, he didn't expect this Yankee to be so stubborn that he would sue the detachment leader.

Kong Jie asked directly: "Lao Dai, tell me, what's going on?"

Brother Du said that you refuse to wear escape equipment when you go to war.

Can this be like it?

In the event that the plane is damaged or about to crash during the battle, will you have to wait for your death on the plane? ”

Doolittle snorted twice and did not speak.

Dai Minsheng smiled, and then his words became deep, and he explained: "Detachment leader, the specific situation is like this, aren't our Eighth Route Army poor and afraid?" Not to mention what kind of fighter it was, bombers, not even a decent cannon, not a single tank.

Now we finally have our own aviation unit and our own fighters.

When our soldiers train day and night, they even regard fighter planes as their own lives.

Our soldiers said that the fighter plane is our closest comrade-in-arms and partners, if the fighter plane is damaged and crashes in the battle one day, do we want to abandon our comrades and escape alone?

No, everybody says, it's impossible!

To die, we pilots should also die with our own fighters.

Where is there an immortal on the battlefield, and how can there be no sacrifice that is not sacrificed?

If you prepare escape equipment in advance when you get on the plane, can you really treat death as if you were at home and fight with the little devil? ”

The iron-clad words, the backbone of the Chinese soldiers, and the national feelings and patriotic feelings are vividly expressed at this moment.

Doolittle finally understood what these Chinese soldiers were thinking.

At this moment, he couldn't help but be in awe.

If it is said that he Doolittle and the American pilots he led at the beginning, they drove planes to bomb Tokyo and did it as if they were dead, and they can be called heroes.

In Doolittle's view, perhaps in such a magical place as the base of the Eighth Route Army, heroes like theirs abound.

These crazy brave Chinese!

It's not that they don't cherish their lives, it's that they would rather leave their lives far behind for the sake of national independence and the prosperity of the country!

"Confused!"

Kong Jie scolded: "Old Dai, you are also an old comrade, why are you so axial?"

What is the same as the situation before you?

The escape equipment equipped on the plane is to improve the survival rate of pilots, let's train a pilot, how much effort and how many resources it takes!

If our fighter plane is destroyed by the enemy in battle, it will already be a heavy loss for us, and if we put you precious pilots in it, then our loss will even be doubled.

Let me tell you, in my team, the principle of all times is based on our soldiers.

You go back and tell the other comrades to me.

It's okay to have ambition, it's a good thing, why don't I turn around and applaud them again?

- If anyone has the ambition and is unwilling to equip escape equipment, then the qualification to participate in the battle this time can be cancelled.

What I Kong Jie needs, what we need for our revolutionary road, and what we need in China is not only a soldier who can win a battle, but a soldier who can ensure that he can survive after winning a battle! ”

Dai Mingsheng was scolded, but he didn't refute anything.

Kong Jie has absolute prestige in the team, and the same is true for Dai Minsheng and his party.

If you say that for other front-line combat generals, everyone has respect.

As for Kong Jie, a general who can not only engage in economics but also fight wars, and also understands technology, and can even put forward many theoretical views in the field of aviation from time to time that have amazed Doolittle and Du Daimin.

Dai Minsheng is particularly admired, and he simply admires and worships.

In the end, Dai Minsheng honestly went back with Kong Jie's order, and with him as a leader as a lobbyist, Kong Jie believed that the rest of the pilots would not be unable to turn a corner.

Then he comforted Doolittle.

Doolittle returned satisfied, and actively prepared for the battle.

Kong Jie's gaze retracted and relocated it to the Licheng area on the map.

(End of chapter)