"On August 14, 26th year of the Republic of China, the Fourth Flight Brigade of our Air Force encountered the Japanese Air Force for the first time over Wuhu. Gao Zhihang, the captain of the Fourth Brigade, led his troops to fight fiercely with the most famous Navy Tatsuya Air Force in the Japanese army. After the battle, Gao Zhihang's troops shot down six enemy aircraft, but no losses were made. On the fifteenth, more than 60 aircraft of the Quiya Air Force came to take revenge. After the battle, 17 were shot down by our brave air force soldiers. The Quiya Air Force commander and Navy Colonel Ishii Yoshi committed suicide after the war!"

"On April 29, 27th year of the Republic of China, we should all remember that it was the birthday of Japanese Emperor Hirohito. Japanese aviation forces were preparing to attack Wuhan on a large scale on this day to celebrate the birthday of the emperor. The enemy's conspiracy had long been mastered by us. The aviation forces quickly assembled around Wuhan and stood for the fight. At 2:30 pm on April 29, dozens of Japanese fighter jets took off from Anhui and secretly attacked Wuhan. Our aviation team was on high alert and dispatched dozens of fighter jets to take off. During this battle, the Fourth Air Force Group of the Air Force was in full swing.

The second lieutenant pilot Chen Huaimin did not choose to parachute when he was seriously injured and the fuel tank was on fire. Instead, he crashed into the enemy plane that rushed from behind and died with the enemy... Chen Huaimin's collision of the sky that sacrificed his life made our soldiers more courageous and made the enemy feel scared. He was defeated in just half an hour. In this battle, our army shot down 21 sunshine planes in one fell swoop, including 11 fighter jets and 10 bombers. The Chinese Air Force lost 12 fighter jets and suffered 5 casualties. The '4.29' air battle was also the most brilliant air battle victory since the War of Resistance... "

"...If you count carefully, our air force fought fiercely with the Japanese army many times. Although they retreated again and again for various reasons, they did not fall at a disadvantage. But I don't understand why the Japanese can now pour bombs over our accompanying capital so rampantly? Is it because those pilots as brave as Gao Zhihang and Chen Huaimin died in battle, or because I, the commander-in-chief, were incompetent?"

...

Air Force meeting.

The Air Force Commander-in-Chief Soong Mei-ling spoke first. She first reviewed the Air Force's outstanding achievements, and then looked at the Air Force generals present with a cold face.

"Commander-in-chief," Zhou Zhirou lowered her head. He could understand Soong Mei-ling's anger. In fact, today he was under much more than the pressure from Soong Mei-ling alone... Most urban areas in Chongqing were bombed by enemy planes, and the first thing people think of was their Air Force. If the Air Force was not strong, how could the Japanese planes dare to be so arrogant in the Chinese people's heads? Last night, the residences of many senior officials in the state government were bombed. Not to mention anything else, the residences of the Chen brothers were bombed. Fortunately, it was not serious, but the walls were blown open.

Dadong. But the problem is that although the Chen brothers are powerful, they are relatively honest. The two of them live quite frugal among the many members of the Kuomintang, and they never occupy public funds... Therefore, this wall is difficult to repair. In addition, the liaison office on the Eighth Route Army Computer Room Street was also blown up... Zhou Enlai knew that his position in Chongqing was awkward and was still easy to talk to, so he also called and sent a lot of complaints... In addition to these, many members of the Party and the State called to ask the Air Force what was wrong and why they did not block the enemy planes.

But don't he want to stop it? The Japanese went around in a big circle silently, avoiding their observation posts, and came quickly and much faster. When they discovered it, when the Air Force quickly took off the air to fight, they were almost in Chongqing... After all, it should be a problem with the intelligence department. But Zhou Zhirou knew very well that he was now in front of everyone. If he shirked the responsibility, it would only make Soong Mei-ling even more angry. Therefore, no matter how much responsibility he was, he had to take it down first. When Soong Mei-ling's anger faded, he would naturally think of his good deeds... The original Mao Bangchu relied on his nephew of the chairman, who had made great contributions and secretly manipulated power, and wanted to turn the Air Force into his own private property, but he was swept out all at once, and he was now a colonel. This lesson of the past is naturally clear.

"Commander-in-chief, I am the commander of the Air Force and I am willing to take full responsibility for the failure of this air battle!"

"I'm not here to find someone to take responsibility, but to find the reason! I just want to ask why this time the loss is so great? Chongqing is the capital, and the sky here is still the sky of our party and country!" Soong Mei-ling was very angry. She could see Zhou Zhirou's thoughts at a glance. But although she wanted to get angry, she couldn't. After all, after dealing with Zhou Zhirou, where did she find such a useful and obedient commander-in-chief of the Air Force? Mao Bangchu? Please, how much effort did she have to convince Chiang Kai-shek to drive away that bastard? How could she let the tiger go back to the mountain again?

"Madam, the most fundamental reason for Chongqing to be bombed by the enemy is that we have too few planes and too few pilots... Although Japan does not have a fully organized air force, their army aviation and naval aviation combined have thousands of aircraft. Although we have the help of the Soviet aviation volunteer team, compared to the Japanese, we can hardly even keep up with a fraction of the time. In this case, no matter how brave our pilots are, they cannot cope with the bombing and attacks of the Japanese. In fact, our pilots are already very tired. They have been flying desperately. Just as Lieutenant Chen Huaimin, who died vigorously in Wuhan, said, every flight is regarded as the last time they are flying..."

Zhou Zhirou's lower head, a white man with sharp eyes and two deep nasolabial folds on his face suddenly stood up excitedly, dancing,

"You can't blame these brave soldiers. They have tried their best. This time Chongqing was bombed, and the ones who should be responsible for the most are those of us present, not those soldiers."

"Col. I have never blamed those soldiers." Soong Mei-ling looked serious, "Never. I am just angry. We have the best and bravest pilots, but we cannot cope with the evil Japanese invaders... Do you know the pain of watching our soldiers face several times the number of enemies? But I have been tortured by this pain for two years. I used to treat this air force as a treasure and would not let them go to fight. But they told me with their record that they do not need my protection, they want to protect their people and fulfill their duties as a soldier... But now, this is beyond their ability. The people are blaming them, even though they know they have done their best, they are still blaming them. That's why I called you for a meeting. What should we do to change this situation. This is for our people and for those soldiers!"

"Cough cough..." A dry cough suddenly sounded.

"General Qin. Do you have anything to say?" The white colonel quickly put his face in front of Qin Wei, "Do you know? I've been waiting for your speech!"

"Col. Chennard, what you said really shocked me." Qin Wei laughed dryly, "I just joined. I don't know anything. Why are you waiting for me to speak?"

"I know everyone here very well. To be honest, I don't like the way you Chinese speak, so I said it straight..." Chennard stared at Qin Wei: "The reason I will wait for you to speak is because I know that everyone here has no way to solve the problems we are facing now, including myself. And based on my understanding of working with Mrs. Jiang over the past few years, if you have no choice about the current situation, she will not be able to invite you to the meeting and appointed you as the deputy chief of staff of the Air Force... She has placed great expectations for you.

"Then what does this have to do with you?" Qin Wei asked again. When he learned that the person in front of him was Chennard, he paid special attention to this American. Speaking of which, based on his understanding of the history of World War II, he also liked two of the generals of the United States, one was Marshall and the other was Eisenhower; the others, such as MacArthur, did not think that there was anything extraordinary at all. Because in his opinion, with the strong industrial strength of the United States, he replaced the person with the other, instead of the other, such as MacArthur.

These people may have achieved the same record. MacArthur was almost captured by the Japanese, and finally lost 80,000 US troops and his deputy commander. Later, he was beaten by Lao Peng in North Korea and was defeated again and again, which was obviously the kind of thing that could not be remembered to eat or beat him. The famous General Patton was also too irritable and easily created confrontations and did not like him. After all, modern warfare is no longer a matter of one or two generals, and what is needed is overall cooperation.

In addition to these big names, he has always kept the help of "Flying Tiger General" Chennard to China during the War of Resistance. You must know that this guy stayed in China for eight years until the end of the War of Resistance. If it weren't for the "Flying Tigers" he led, China would have been even more difficult during the most difficult period of the War of Resistance.

"General Qin. It doesn't matter whether it has anything to do with me. I just want to know what you want to say, or is your throat just a simple itchy?" Chennard ignored Qin Wei's question and still stared at him and asked.

"My throat is not itchy!" Qin Wei said with a wry smile.

"Then you have something to say! Then let's say it. I believe that in addition to me, many of the people here also want to hear your suggestions." Chennard said again.

"Actually, I don't know anything about the Air Force," Qin Wei smiled bitterly again. He understood what a straight-tube is. This Chennard is obviously. No wonder this guy dared to fight with the general when he was just a captain, and was forced to retire. But then again, if the US army had no eyes, Chennard wouldn't have been picked up by China. This would be a big advantage.

"I believe others don't understand the Air Force, but you, Chief Qin, don't understand the Air Force, I don't believe this!" Soong Mei-ling took the conversation and directly denied everything Qin Wei said just now, "Don't use such words to excuse me. I'm asking you to come this time just because I want you to help find a solution."

"Let me help find a solution, then I will ask you to send Colonel Chennard to the United States. Why have you not given orders until now?" Qin Wei suddenly asked back.

"What?" Chennard screamed before everyone, "Send me back to the United States? Why? Did I do something wrong? General Qin, you must give me a reasonable explanation."

"Col. Chennard, I don't need to explain it to you." Qin Wei shrugged: "In the United States, there are many pilots with a high-speed rail, and they are so idle at the moment. I heard that there are still many who are not enough for living expenses! And what about us? We just made a small fortune, and we can hire them if we have money... Let you, the American, invite them. What's the explanation? Of course, it would be even better if you can bring the ape machine here by the way."

"What do you mean... let me go back to the United States to recruit volunteers?" Chennard was not slow and immediately thought of Qin Wei's meaning.

"You should be a general, colonel!" Qin Wei smiled, then changed his expression to a serious expression: "But the American pilot is only far away! The far away water cannot quench near thirst. Therefore, if we want to deal with the Japanese bombing, we must first find another way."

"What's the solution?"

Not only Soong Mei-ling, but others were also nervous by Qin Wei's sudden serious expression. Is this guy really a way?
Chapter completed!