Because of the tension of the fighters of the national army, and the fact that there are no Japanese aircraft activities in North China.

So this time the 4th Air Group flew to Taiyuan to exchange tactical experience, and did not arrange fighter escorts.

"This is, the plane of the Eighth Route Army?"

The pilots of the national army, who closed their eyes and recuperated, heard the roar of the plane outside the window, and opened their eyes one after another, looking out the window through the plexiglass, with curious expressions.

Some pilots of the national army squinted.

The planes of the Eighth Route Army quietly appeared to escort them, and if it was an enemy plane, they would definitely have been shot down at this time.

"When did it appear, and we didn't even find out?"

A national army pilot said in a surprised tone.

"Captain, why doesn't this fighter of the Eighth Route Army have a propeller?"

The other pilot's eyes were wide open and his face was full of incredulity.

Although the United States has provided some fighters and bombers to the national army, most of them are old goods, such as Hawker and P26 fighters.

In addition, there are advanced ones, such as P40 fighters and B25 bombers, but there are not many of them.

"I have to say that this fighter of the Eighth Route Army is much more handsome than our fighter!"

Another national army pilot said with emotion.

"This should be the jet fighter of the Eighth Route Army."

As the captain of the 4th Air Brigade, Zheng Shaoqiang obviously knew more about the air force units of the Eighth Route Army.

However, he only knew that there was such a fighter, and he had not seen it, and this was the first time he had seen a real aircraft.

Zheng Shaoqiang's expression was calm and wise, but his heart was excited, not only was he happy that his troops were equipped with such advanced fighters, but he also felt like he was going home to Taiyuan this time.

At this time, Zheng Shaoqiang didn't know that the organization was actually preparing to let him return.

His current identity is that he is a major captain of the National Air Force who is loyal to the party-state and President Chang.

This time, in addition to Zheng Shaoqiang and the 4th Air Brigade, there is also one person, Colonel Mao Yingchu, the chief fighter captain of the National Air Force, who is responsible for leading the team.

This person is also an ace pilot of the National Army, who once served as the captain of the 4th Air Group, but at this time he was on another transport plane.

"Jet fighters."

The eyes of the pilots of the national army lit up.

Under the escort of four Sabre fighters, two national transport planes continued to fly towards Taiyuan.

Although facilities such as the tower of Takejuku Airport are under construction.

However, the radar near the airport has already been repaired, and once an aircraft enters a 300-kilometer radius of Taiyuan, it will be monitored.

I learned that the transport plane of the national army was coming at noon today.

4 Sabre fighters of the new fighter squadron of the regiment have long since taken off.

After the national transport plane entered a radius of 300 kilometers from Taiyuan, it immediately went to escort the escort.

On another transport plane, looking at the fighters of the Eighth Route Army escorting on both sides of the plane, Mao Yingchu's face was a little not good-looking, and he snorted coldly in his heart.

……

More than half an hour later.

Two transport planes were the first to land at Taiyuan Wusu Airport.

4 Sabre fighters followed.

The cabin door was opened, the pilots of the National Army stepped off the transport plane, and the reception personnel sent by the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army were already waiting at the airport.

When the pilots of the Nationalist Army stepped off the plane, they looked at the 20 Sabre fighters and 20 attack planes, as well as five reconnaissance planes and five transport planes on the runway of the airport.

For the sake of secrecy in the bombing operation, 50 bombers have been transferred to the Heyuan airfield.

After all, after the formation of 50 bomber groups, it is necessary to intensify training.

Every day, 50 bombers fly training over Taiyuan, and they will definitely be seen by the surrounding civilians, and even enemy spies and agents.

Although the Eighth Route Army has used telecommunications vehicles to find out some devil spies and agents lurking in Taiyuan City, no one can guarantee that there are no devil spies and agents in Taiyuan City.

After all, the devil has occupied Taiyuan for four or five years, and it is normal for some spies and agents to lurk before leaving.

And Boss Chen's telecommunications detection vehicle needs the enemy to send a telegram to detect, and the enemy is lurking without sending a telegram, which is impossible to guess.

And the devil spies and agents in the northwest of Jin have all been uprooted by the new regiment, which is very suitable for training.

At present, the Eighth Route Army Aviation School has been established, with its headquarters in Yan'an, and three branches in the northwest of Shanxi, Taiyuan and southeast of Shanxi.

The next step is to wait for the training plane, training bombs, fuel, flight instructors, training equipment, and training materials in place, and the selected flight cadets can start training.

At present, the airport tower of Wushu Airport has not been repaired.

After meeting with the pilots of the National Army, the reception personnel sent by the headquarters were accompanied by Wang Hexin, an instructor of the new regiment flight group, to introduce the planes of the Eighth Route Army.

Then he invited the pilots of the national army to the armored car and went to the reception office in Taiyuan.

The convoy headed towards the city of Taiyuan.

"Captain, this air force unit of the Eighth Route Army, with 50 aircraft, should be the size of a flying regiment."

Zheng Shaoqiang and Mao Yingchu sat in the same armored car, and said to Mao Yingchu in a low voice:

"The fighters of the Eighth Route Army can easily find our position 200 kilometers away, which shows that they must be equipped with advanced radar equipment."

"It's really strange, where did the Eighth Route Army get so many advanced aircraft? How are their pilots trained? Where did you get the radar? ”

Although Comrade Zheng Shaoqiang is concerned about the organization, on the surface, he still wants to look towards the national army.

The 4th Flying Group of the National Army has three flying squadrons, which is about the size of a flying regiment.

"It's a terrible thing!"

Mao Ying snorted coldly on his face at first, but he was extremely envious and jealous in his heart.

Of course, Mao Yingchu knew those A20 attack planes on the runway, and they were all treasures in the hands of Lao Mei, and Lao Mei was unwilling to give them to the national army.

However, Mao Yingchu took a general look, and the A20 attack aircraft of the Eighth Route Army was obviously larger than that of Lao Mei, and the firepower was stronger.

As the captain of the fighter squadron of the National Air Force, the flight class of the US Air Force Staff College, and the fourth phase of the National Defense Research Institute, Mao Yingchu naturally has a good vision, and can even judge that those jet fighters are definitely from the top technology on the earth, and he was a little red for a while.

Could it be that the A20 attack aircraft was quietly given by the Yankees to the Eighth Route Army?

And these jet fighters, but not even the Yankees!

But the Eighth Route Army...

Actually equipped with such an advanced fighter.

It hurts him to see that this is a top-level fighter, and the Eighth Route Army must rely on these fighters to defeat the devil aviation unit in North China.

Mao Yingchu did have some skills, and later became the deputy commander of the National Air Force and the principal of the military academy.

"Shaoqiang, look at the infantry of the Eighth Route Army."

However, at this time, Mao Yingchu looked through the observation hole of the armored car and looked at the dozens of soldiers of the Eighth Route Army patrolling the side of the road, especially the weapons and equipment they were carrying, and his tone was amazed:

"Not only are the Air Force equipped with advanced fighters, but even their soldiers are equipped with weapons that we have never seen before."

When Mao Yingchu was the captain of the 4th Aviation Group, Zheng Shaoqiang served as the captain of the 22nd Squadron, and the two had a good relationship.

Zheng Shaoqiang nodded, and he naturally noticed.

"There is also the artillery unit of the Eighth Route Army, just when the plane was about to land, I saw at least a few hundred cannons, and all of them were heavy artillery."

Zheng Shaoqiang's expression and tone were extremely dignified.

But he was secretly happy in his heart, he really didn't expect that his own troops would be so rich now.

Since the heavy artillery business of the Eighth Route Army had just completed the receipt, the 500 heavy guns belonging to the headquarters and the 500 heavy guns of the new regiment were still placed near the airport to be expanded.

For these heavy artillery, the Eighth Route Army did not hide it from the pilots of the National Army.

Properly brightening the muscles can have a deterrent effect on people with ulterior motives, and it will also have a greater attraction to people who want to join the organization.

"It seems that the richness of the Eighth Route Army is beyond our imagination."

Mao Yingchu's eyes narrowed.

For a long time, most of the national army had the impression that the Eighth Route Army's weapons and equipment were scarce and extremely poor, and the troops were equipped with old and colored weapons, with five rounds of ammunition per capita, and they were good at swimming but not shooting.

With the rise of the Eighth Route Army in the past two years, the high-level of the National Army has changed their impression of the Eighth Route Army, and even learned some information about the assistance received by the Eighth Route Army, but most of the low-level soldiers of the National Army still have the stereotype of the Eighth Route Army before.

The Nationalist Government had long stopped the payment of military salaries to the Eighth Route Army, but I didn't expect the Eighth Route Army to become so rich.

Much richer than the national army.

In the entire national army, there are only a few dozen 150-mm howitzers, and there are no heavier guns of larger caliber at all.

Some high-ranking officers of the Nationalist Army still refer to the Eighth Route Army as the Eighth Route Army.

In this way, the well-equipped Eighth Route Army was called the Eighth Route Army.

So what is the national army?

Called Hanako Troop?

"Where did they get so many advanced fighters and heavy artillery?"

Seeing that Mao Yingchu's face showed a strong look of envy, Zheng Shaoqiang also cooperated and glanced at the plane at the rear airport, and his tone was full of envy.

The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army have advanced weapons, and even the heavy weapons are top-notch.

Zheng Shaoqiang could even imagine the scene of the battle between his Eighth Route Army and the Japanese devils: the sky was roaring, the heavy artillery on the ground was roaring, and aerial bombs and large-caliber shells blew up the Japanese positions into a sea of fire, and the Japanese army's bushido spirit and body were mercilessly blown to pieces.

"I don't know."

"This is the purpose of our trip, in addition to exchanging and learning the tactical experience of the Air Force, we also have to find out the source of weapons and ammunition of the Eighth Route Army."

Mao Yingchu lowered his voice and whispered to Zheng Shaoqiang:

"That's what the Chairman meant..."

Zheng Shaoqiang's eyes froze, with a resolute expression on his face, and he secretly said in his heart that this was indeed the case.

"When I get rid of the Japanese devils in the future, I'm afraid..."

Zheng Shaoqiang's face was solemn, and he was ready to test Mao Yingchu.

The implication is that the strength of the Eighth Route Army is so strong, in the eyes of the group of people in the national army, it must be a serious trouble even more terrible than the devils, after all, this group of people is too rich now, and the national army does not know the source of weapons of the Eighth Route Army.

When the civil war breaks out, the national army is afraid that it will suffer a big loss.

"The Eighth Route Army has assistance channels, and our national army has the United States behind it, it depends on whose backstage is harder!"

"But now..."

"We are still allies, we have a common enemy, everything will be talked about after defeating the devils."

Mao Yingchu shook his head and continued to look out of the car, observing the troops of the Eighth Route Army.

……

(The prototype character of Zheng Shaoqiang in the book is Zheng Shaoyu, the captain of the 4th Air Group of the National Air Force, a comrade of our party lurking in the National Air Force, but unfortunately in April 1942, he piloted a P-43 fighter jet, and on the way from India to China, the plane suddenly caught fire in the air and fell to the ground, and unfortunately died.) He was only 31 years old. ）

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