Everything that could be done was done, Li Junhao took his mind back and began to focus on the work of the headquarters. At present, the work in other areas is going smoothly, and he has devoted his energies mainly to the construction of the army aviation detachment.

At present, the pilots of the two batches of training have all been qualified to leave the division, and the four instructors have already transferred to Hong Kong Island a few days ago and returned to China by flight, but the current planes are not enough.

Li Junhao has already reported to China that he will need six more P-38s and six F4Fs to expand the two flight squadrons to the standard size of 12 aircraft.

With his current status, it is not a big problem to ask for 12 more aircraft, especially now that the air battle of Britain has ended, the British side wants planes much less, and there is enough domestic production capacity to supply; But transportation is still troublesome, and it will take another twenty days for the new plane to arrive, so everyone can only take turns boarding and training.

After this period of familiarity, Li Junhao found that the current flight tactics of various countries are still in the initial stage, and although the basic theory of air combat has been formed, and the main wingman mode has also begun to be adopted in battle, it is a relatively backward three-plane formation. Although this method achieves the purpose of covering the flanks in actual combat, the actual combat efficiency is not good because the space between the main wingmen is occupied by each other.

Although Li Junhao was not a flight professional in his previous life, he knew that in his later life, the basic mode of fighter planes of various countries in actual combat was a two-plane formation, with one main and one wing, and they could switch at any time according to the actual situation during the battle, so as to achieve the purpose of making full use of space, covering each other, and flexible air combat.

Therefore, he personally got on the plane and took the pilots to practice the two-plane formation, which consumed a lot of fuel every day!

A rather interesting phenomenon is that when the army aviation detachment was first established, the Japanese naval air force stationed at Hongqiao Airport and the army air force at Jiangwan Airport would send planes to take off in the same way to maintain vigilance or surveillance, but it did not take long for them to stop moving.

Li Junhao estimated that it should be the Japanese who found it pointless and too fuel-intensive, and they couldn't hold on.

However, the moral character of little Japan will not change, since the two new types of fighters were stationed in Shanghai, they have constantly sent agents and traitors to try to get close to Jiaozhou Park, and the officers and soldiers of the 327th Regiment responsible for defending the barracks will catch a few every few days; In addition, the police department has from time to time found out that there are "unknown persons" who tried to infiltrate the concession during the checks of various road cards, and it is believed that a large part of them also came for airplanes.

Coupled with the observation and follow-up of the Japanese planes during the training flight of the two fighters, I believe they have a lot of understanding of the basic performance of the two aircraft.

Li Junhao was not worried about this at all, because in the Pacific War, it was not these two aircraft that were responsible for dealing with Japan, but the F4U pirates.

Previously, because of his involvement, NOVA Industrial Investment Company acquired a lot of shares of various aircraft manufacturing companies, including the design manufacturer of F4U Walter Company of the United States, he specifically listed some mature designs of F4U, as part of the investment to provide the company, so that its research and development progress has been greatly accelerated, it is expected that the second generation of real flight prototype will be available early next year, one year ahead of the history of the finalization, then it will be up to its hanging zero type!

In addition, for the P-38 and F4F, Li Junhao has actually made corresponding upgrade designs, and there are now 12 improved fighters in his carry-on space, and the performance has not been improved too much, but they are all specially improved for the Japanese Zero War.

When the 12 new planes that have been replenished in China arrive, he will arrange for his pilots to gradually get their hands on the modified fighters, and when there is a real air battle, he will surprise the Japanese. But now, against the 96 naval attack and 97 land battles of the Japanese army in Shanghai, the original P-38 and F4F are enough to crush them.

In fact, in the early days of the war, because of the long-term isolationism in the United States, the production capacity of military industrial enterprises was greatly suppressed, and a number of advanced fighters had already completed their design and finalization, but they did not get orders and production could not keep up, which led to the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, the main fighters of the defense base were still F2A Buffalo and Catalina seaplanes, and the number of F4Fs was insufficient, and most of them were destroyed in the first wave of air raids, which caused a big loss in the air battle.

With the increase in the number of times he went to heaven, Li Junhao now has more and more of a desire to fight, not because it has to be an air battle, but because he feels that such a quiet life is too long, especially when he knows the time when the future war will break out, he has been counting down his life, and he feels more and more anxious.

He wasn't a psychologist, but he knew that this kind of restlessness was something to be discouraged, so he decided to find something exciting or challenging to do, and the first thing to do was to go head-to-head with the Philippines, which he hated would be a good stress relief experience.

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In order to facilitate travel, Li Junhao pretended to be a private servant and transferred the modified version of the Xia Wei B-24 currently stationed at the Honolulu base, and the crew of Captain Dick was still in charge of driving, an old acquaintance, but it was easy to communicate.

On December 17, the Xia Wei arrived in Shanghai, and Li Junhao arranged for the crew to rest and prepare to leave for Manila two days later, but unexpectedly received a telegram from Ambassador Jensen on the 18th, saying that Chairman Chiang of the Kuomintang government wanted to see him and asked him to go to Chongqing.

Originally, he didn't want to go, but after the telegram asked Ayers' opinion, he was encouraged, asking him to meet him, to exercise his diplomatic skills, remember not to promise, don't scold his mother directly, don't say that he is dead if he is sure, say that he wants to ask for instructions if he is not sure, and divert the topic if he does not want to answer, and ask for resignation when he can't bear it...... Diplomatic language is all about politeness and lying, and whether or not to get down to business depends on the needs of one's own side.

Well, Li Junhao admits that this is indeed a basic quality that politicians need, but he doesn't know if he can master this skill! But one thing Ayres is right, it's nothing to see this famous figure in history, it should be "admired", after all, this kind of character is not a person who can be seen at any time.

Although the other party was in a hurry to see him, Li Junhao was not in a hurry, he still let the crew rest well according to the plan, and also prepared a new batch of goods, which was to trade with Dai Li, although this guy smuggled for profit and gained a lot of benefits for himself, but in general, most of his profits were still used for military command, which was a little stronger than other officials, businessmen, politicians and military leaders!

(End of chapter)