At four o'clock in the afternoon of November 12, a huge silver-gray fighter plane flew over the Shanghai Sea, the heavy fuselage was obviously made of all-metal, and no less than seven or eight large-caliber machine guns could be seen just as far as the appearance could see, looking like an aerial tank.

The two F4F fighters of the Shanghai Navy and Army Aviation Detachment had already taken off and were waiting, and they immediately stepped forward to lead them and indicate the landing place for them. In the air in the distance, the two Japanese 96 ships subconsciously flew farther away, for fear of being blown away by one of their wings!

After one large and two small planes entered the city, the citizens below looked up and pointed in surprise, many people have seen the plane, but such a large plane is the first time to see!

Ten minutes later, the large plane landed smoothly on the wartime airport in Jiaozhou Park, and the 750-meter runway was enough to use. The officers and soldiers in the barracks had also seen such a large plane for the first time, but they did not come forward to watch under the discipline constraints, but it was nothing to look at from a distance.

Li Junhao personally greeted the crew at the airport, after all, this was a "special plane" specially to pick him up, and it was very hard for the pilots to fly so far, and he had to know.

The captain, Captain Dick, an experienced old pilot, saw a colonel coming to greet them, and immediately saluted first, and then knew that this was the target of their trip, Commander Panson, and was a little moved.

Subsequently, Captain Dick introduced the latest modified version of the B-24 (Navy PB4Y) bomber, with a length of 20.22 meters, a height of 5.46 meters, a wingspan of 33.53 meters, and a maximum take-off weight of 28 tons;

Equipped with four Pratt & Whitney R-1830-35 engines, each with a power of 890kW; cruising speed 300 km / h, maximum speed 500 km / h, maximum flight altitude 8500 meters, maximum range 6500 km;

The crew consists of 8 people, equipped with 10 12.7 mm machine guns, 5,000 rounds of ammunition, the built-in magazine has been canceled, and it has been converted into an armored crew compartment, which can carry 4-5 passengers.

During this visit to Shanghai, the B-24, named "Shawei", departed from San Francisco and flew for 12 hours to reach Honolulu, 4,000 kilometers away; After a night's rest, take off again, then land on Wake Island to refuel and fly nearly 9,000 kilometres in 20 hours to get here.

Li Junhao nodded, the crew was really hard enough, encouraged them, and asked them to take them to rest. He was going to let the crew rest for two days before setting off, but he couldn't drive tired!

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In the next two days, Li Junhao arranged the affairs of Huhai, handed over the main matters to Yang Shixiong, the chief of staff, and made a simple handover with Hobbs.

During this period, in order to ensure that there would be no problems after he left, he did not hesitate to invite Lao Huo and Gary to drink red wine! In this way, even if someone gave them an order to take away his "inheritance", it would not be possible to achieve the goal.

This is not his villainous heart, but this situation is not uncommon in the army, and when the chief officer is not available, he sends someone to take over his troops, which is a common method used by politicians and has to be guarded against.

This time he went to Washington, Li Junhao originally wanted to go by himself, but the people around him did not agree, Xiaoyu, Xiaohu, Yuri and others had to follow, and in the end he had to agree to bring the guard team leader Nick, but everyone felt that it was not enough, and selected the best and most clever female escort Avne Marse from the Angel squadron of the Golden Shield Brigade, so that he could not only be a guard, but also take care of his life.

Originally, he didn't agree, after all, it was inconvenient to bring an extra female escort on a long-distance trip, but he couldn't resist the persuasion of everyone, so he could only agree.

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On the morning of November 15th, under the send-off of everyone, Li Junhao took Nick and Avne to board the Harvie, and the six-person crew that had rested for two days was now in good spirits, and took off smoothly under the command of the improvised control tower, and flew in the direction of the sea under the escort of four P-38s who were already waiting in the air......

Although it is not absolutely certain, it is inferred from common sense that if the Japanese know that Li Junhao is traveling by plane, they will have the opportunity to shoot him down, and although he will be investigated by the United States afterwards, it is impossible to think that it will directly cause a war between the two countries.

Of course, this is only an inference, provided that the Japanese hate him personally more than reason, it is possible, but it is not very likely, it is just that he cannot be unguarded.

After an hour of flight, in the open sea, more than 400 kilometers from the Shanghai Sea, the four escorted P-38s turned and left, and the B-24 went on the road alone......

In this era when there were no satellites, even if the Japanese had an idea, it was basically impossible to find another plane in the vast sea, and the Xia Wei was now safe.

The Harvey landed at the U.S. military base on Wake Island halfway through the refueling, and took off again without resting......

After leaving Shanghai, after a 22-hour flight, the Harvey arrived at the U.S. military base in Honolulu.

Because of the 18-hour time difference, when they arrived, it was still noon on the 15th, and the people who had not rested for nearly a day and a night were very tired, and the crew hurriedly finished eating and went to rest; Li Junhao and the three of them were picked up by the people of the Naval Intelligence Bureau, and they finally came to visit, and there were some things to communicate face-to-face.

However, Colonel Mellins Norfolk, the head of the Far Eastern Division, who had come to pick him up, was very considerate of his hardship, and only took him to report to the director, Lieutenant General Grant Brynn, and, after a brief chat, sent them to a nearby hotel to rest, and made an appointment for dinner in the evening.

At seven o'clock that night, in the banquet hall of the hotel, the Naval Intelligence Bureau chartered a banquet for Li Junhao, and in addition to the personnel of the Bureau, it also invited officers of the Pacific Fleet and the Marine Corps stationed here, and there were quite a few people who came, even brigadier generals and major generals, but there was only one lieutenant general, that is, Vice Admiral Bulin, director of the Intelligence Bureau.

The reason why everyone gave face was, of course, that they had heard the rumors from Washington, and although they were not yet clear about the specific appointment, they all knew that this Colonel Panson, who came from the Far East, should be reused, and this time he went to Washington to report on his duties because President Roosevelt wanted to meet him.

Although Li Junhao felt that he was being taken too seriously on this point, he did not think of the reason, only that the face of the Naval Intelligence Bureau was big enough, and these generals and colonels were very concerned about the situation in the Far East.

The banquet did not last long, it ended at nine o'clock, and Director Brin and Director Norfolk had a formal conversation with him to learn more about the situation in the Lower Far East......

At eleven o'clock, Li Junhao went back to his room to rest, and he will set off again tomorrow morning, and there is still nearly half of the way to fly.

(End of chapter)