In addition to the army, the Air Force's exhibition was not satisfactory. Sichuan Aircraft Manufacturing Factory was exhibited from the Mawei Engineering Department. Before the relocation, it was a factory that could not be even small, or even called a factory. What is more suitable should be a workshop. But this workshop produced coastal patrol aircraft and torpedo attack aircraft, which gave China a group of valuable talents.

When Zhuang Jihua heard that they had produced torpedo attack aircraft, his eyes almost fell off. He was deeply grateful for himself and China, and he felt sorry for him because there were too few such talents and many key technologies were not in their hands. For example, the motivation could only be bought from abroad.

After Boeing's cooperation, the aircraft factory exhibited very quickly. In two years, everything from motors to electronic instruments has been made in China. This is what Zhuang Jihua asked. Things from abroad must be localized. This is a concern that after being blocked, parts will not be in. Moreover, in two years, Zhuang Jihua did not make production requirements for them, but only proposed one to train technical workers. The order to Wang Zhu also changed last year, requiring him to design a single-wing flexible high-speed fighter as soon as possible.\

After receiving the order, Wang Zhu did a very simple thing, investigated the current combat producers of the United States, and finally chose North American and Curtis Company and bought them. These two companies were originally one company, namely North American Airlines, which is a holding company that holds a long list of famous aircraft manufacturing and shipping companies, including Curtis Aircraft and Motive Company, Curtis Robert Aircraft Manufacturing Company, Curtis Caproni Company, Wright Aviation Industries. Travel Shipping. Northern Aircraft and Giston Aircraft. Later, he bought Sperry in the low stock price during the Great Depression, Pitkern Shipping Company (renamed Oriental Airways in 1930), Berliner Joyce Aircraft Company, Ford Instruments, Global Shipping Company, Intercontinental Shipping Company, and even owns a large number of shares of Douglas Aircraft Company.

However, the Great Depression put the company in trouble. The Roosevelt Air Postal Act made it illegal to hold both aircraft manufacturing and airlines, and North American Airlines had to be broken down and cut. The founder of the company Clement Keess was as disheartened as William Boeing, but he still persisted for more than a year and finally sold the stocks in his hands. The Curtis company therefore came out. The North American company had only a lot of business compressed aircraft manufacturing, and the company's operations were in trouble. Wang Zhu's acquisition came at the right time.

Wang Zhu chose these two companies because he was a technician. He admired the saying "The design team is the lifeblood of the aircraft company". New North American Airlines has a group of outstanding designers. After Wang Zhu communicated with them, he was very satisfied with them. He once wanted to dig these people to Boeing, but he was rejected by these people because they were all the old North American company Ceo Bridge digging the ground with his own hands. So Wang Zhu simply bought the North American company. Later, it was because the Hawk 3 fighter jets (biplane fighter jets) they produced were the main fighter jets of the Chinese Air Force. After Wang Zhu acquired these two companies, he did not merge them. Instead, he remained the same and let them compete with each other.

After the acquisition, Curtis' designers quickly came up with a new aircraft Tomahawk (p40 fighter), while North American designers proposed a new aircraft concept, but this was just a concept. Wang Zhu supported their concept and decided to introduce the p40 into China.

The introduction of p40 into China is a risky move, and the US side will never interfere. So Mr. Mei discussed a complex process with Wang Zhu. First, in the name of Sino-US joint venture to build an aircraft manufacturing plant, the US Department of Commerce released it, and then sent American engineers (mainly Chinese, followed by Americans) to Sichuan to help build the factory. After more than a year of hard work, the aircraft manufacturing plant in Gong has already had all the capabilities of production motivation, aviation cannons, rapid-fire machine guns, aircraft communication equipment, etc.

But the most critical thing is how to get P40 to China. If you just take the drawings like this, Wang Zhu will undoubtedly face a trial of espionage in the United States. But if you don’t take them over, Wang Zhuang and Zhuang Jihua’s money invested in the United States will become meaningless.

Next, it was the National Government's turn to come forward. In February, Chiang Kai-shek asked Yu Dawei and Wang Geng to lead a delegation to the United States to order fifty P40 fighter jets and twenty-four B17 air fortresses from the United States.\At the same time, it proposed to the US government to transfer the P40 manufacturing technology. Of course, the US Department of War did not want to approve it, but Roosevelt intervened. He approved the transfer of this technology on the condition that he could only be equipped with the Chinese Air Force and could not be exported. In addition, the purchase of P40 must be increased to 100. This condition was naturally accepted.

As soon as the agreement was announced, it immediately aroused strong protests from Japan, believing that the United States is arming China, and the United States favored China on the Sino-Japanese issue. The US government refused to protest in Japan, believing that this was just normal trade. Last year, Japan also sent a large number of weapons and ammunition to Chen Jitang, Guangdong and Li Zongren from Guangxi. How to explain this? Faced with the US questioning, the Japanese ambassador was speechless.

Another voice of opposition came within Boeing. This voice was relatively small and limited to Boeing. He believed that the p40 was sold to China so easily and sold so thoroughly that he could never make money from China again.\Wang Shu did not dare to neglect and personally summoned middle-level cadres and technicians with opinions to explain the tension between China and Japan in detail to them, pointing out that war would soon break out between the two countries. If the US government declared neutrality at that time and prohibited the export of weapons to the two countries, then Boeing would no longer be able to make money in this war. Sichuan Aircraft Manufacturing Company has shares in Boeing and used it to produce p40s. Boeing will not only not lose money, but on the contrary can make money. This reason convinced the opposition within Boeing, and Wang Shu took the opportunity to send more than 100 engineers to China to guide the production and manufacturing of p40s.

One hundred p40s and twenty-four aerial fortresses excited the National Government Air Force, but in the end they only had half of it, and the other half was handed over to the Southwest Pacification Office.\

The Sichuan Air Force School was established as early as 34 years ago. The school was divided into flight, ground handling and maintenance. It has trained nearly 100 flight and ground handling personnel. In addition, more than 200 overseas Chinese have returned from the United States. These overseas Chinese have received flight training, but they are all conducted in private flight clubs and have not received formal air combat training.

In recent years, twelve airports have been built in Liangping, Changshou, Qijiang, Longchang, Jiangjin and other places around Chongqing. However, the trouble is that there is no large bomber such as B17. After receiving the telegram, Zhuang Jihua immediately ordered the expansion of the airport in Longchang, Qijiang.\

The plane is a tiger who eats oil, but fortunately, in the past two years, the Southwest team has reserved some aviation gasoline, automotive gasoline and diesel. However, in the idea of ​​the long-term war, Zhuang Jihua still asked Hong Junqi to purchase stored gasoline, and all kinds of gasoline had to be purchased in large quantities. Hong Junqi was so anxious that he had to build a large number of warehouses again.

There are also planes in the southwest. Liu Xiang has an air force. When all the planes are old-fashioned planes and there are no bombs, there were interesting stories about still stalking stones from the planes during the Sichuan Civil War. This time, Zhuang Jihua took advantage of the situation to incorporate his small flying team.

But with the plane and the pilot, but the experienced air force commander did not. Zhuang Jihua had to turn his attention to the central government and ask Chiang Kai-shek for help.\Cheng Kai-shek was confused and asked Wang Shuming for help, and Wang Shuming recommended Gao Zhihang.

Gao Zhihang was from Northeast China. He entered the pass after 918 and transferred to the central government. He studied flight and deportation aircraft tactics in France. He is one of the few professional talents in the Chinese Air Force. In 1934, he went to Italy for a year to study and inspect. After returning to China in 1935, he was responsible for training all deportation aircraft pilots in Nanchang. Wang Shuming could recommend him because of the fifty P40s and twelve B17s.

At the end of April, Gao Zhihang brought Li Guidan and Le Yiqin to Chongqing and served as the newly established Sixth Flight Brigade, with the 2nd and 27th Squadrons under the jurisdiction of the 2nd and 27th Squadrons. Li Guidan Le Yiqin was appointed as the squadron leader, with 24 aircraft in each squadron.

Zhuang Jihua was very happy with Gao Zhihang's arrival. He rushed back from Changshou Yangsen's army and received Gao Zhihang and the other two.

"College, I have heard of you for a long time. If you can calm Mussolini down, you will give the Chinese a face." Zhuang Jihua.

Gao Zhihang participated in an Italian flight performance while in Italy. At that time, Italian Prime Minister Mussolini was present to watch, which surprised him. However, he could not take back his previous words, so he had to take back the medal he prepared and only praised him a few words. However, the matter was still passed on by the on-site memorials, and the more he spread it, the more he became more and more amazing, and Gao Zhihang's reputation in China became more and more famous.

"The deputy director is too honored, I would rather not participate in that performance." Gao Zhihang replied in a humble and arrogant manner. Mussolini took back the medal. Zhuang Jihua was looking at him, and he was also looking at Zhuang Jihua.
Chapter completed!