July in the mountain city is extremely hot!

Tang Dao is now sitting in the small hot pot restaurant where he met Wang Zhu a few days ago. The Jialing River is under his feet. The setting sun is already gently stroking the wind, but it is still hot. Even Tang Dao, who is not in a military uniform, is already wearing a short jacket like a local residents, and is still sweating profusely.

No matter how prosperous a hotel is, there is no air conditioning in this era, but the rich will never have the fear of the weather by the poor.

The hotel provides ice cubes to cool down, enough to reduce the room temperature below 30 degrees, which is already very cool for the mountain city where the temperature is close to 40 degrees during the day.

However, Tang Dao was not willing to stay in the magnificent room like these well-dressed rich people, and was more willing to sit in the small shop by the riverside where people were coming and going, which made the plainclothes of the detective team very upset.

After Tang Dao went to the Ministry of Military Affairs to report his duties a week ago, it took less than a long time for the top military commander to issue orders to upgrade the protection level of Tang Dao, but the surveillance was greatly reduced. It only requires reporting that Tang Dao had seen those people. As for the content, it is not something that the detective team must know.

So these days, Tang Dao could clearly feel that although he was still wearing plainclothes when he was traveling, he never went anywhere. There must be plainclothes ten meters away.

It seems that the suggestion he made to Minister He last time has been approved by that person, and in return, his actions in the mountain city are obviously much more free.

However, this obviously did not relieve Tang Dao's inner anxiety.

After sitting for less than half an hour, Tang Dao, who usually doesn't smoke much, has smoked five or six cigarettes in a row, and he is also talking to Wang Zhu.

"Captain Tang, do you think Minister He and the others will agree with your suggestion? It's been a week, why haven't a letter been sent yet!"

Wang Zhu, who had been drinking sour plum soup for a long time, was also very anxious. Tang Dao introduced foreign capital and American technology and equipment suggestions to make him happy that he didn't sleep well for several nights, but he was happy, but he never received information from senior management, and this excitement turned into extreme anxiety.

It’s not that he and his research and technical personnel have sufficient financial support after introducing foreign investment, but that he may finally realize the ambition of the passionate young man who resolutely gave up his high salary and returned to China 23 years ago.

Wang Zhu's biggest dream is to allow China to have the ability to manufacture advanced aircraft, rather than just staying in the purchase and assembly stage.

Unfortunately, when the young man returned, he turned into a middle-aged man with bright hair. After a long 23 years, China's aviation manufacturing industry still has not changed much.

Seeing that the ideal of the past is close but seems to be far away from the world, even middle-aged people who are almost at the age of knowing destiny cannot help but fall into anxiety.

At this moment, when Tang Dao was smoking a cigarette without saying a word, he looked at the surging river with tragic tragic eyes, how could he bear it?

"Oh! Director Wang is sorry. I just remembered some old things and was a little rude. You don't have to worry about the joint venture aircraft manufacturing plant. When I went to see General Stilwell who was about to leave China two days ago, he had promised me that as long as our Chinese government agreed to the joint venture plan, he would convince the senior American military leaders.

He believes that once the United States is involved in the war, the Far East battlefield will inevitably be prevented, and China will become their most solid and reliable ally. He even believes that it is necessary to not only invest in aircraft manufacturing plants, but also to build airports that can provide airports where large bombers can take off and land.

General Stilwell is an old man with enough wisdom. After so many years in China, he is well aware that people will have immediate worries without long-term plans.

I believe that as long as those big men’s minds are not broken, they will not reject the good intentions of the United States.” Tang Dao gave this person apologetically.

"Then I'll be relieved!" Wang Zhu finally let go of his heart.

Wang Zhu and Tang Dao have only met several times, but this aviation master who is quite experienced is also very strange. He actually has an extraordinary trust in the young man in front of him. No matter what Tang Dao said, even if he had contact with American generals like Stilwell, who could only be contacted by the top Chinese government, and even discussed with others the incredible topic of war situation around the world, he actually believed it.

Perhaps, this is the legendary fate between people! Aviation masters can only use this reason to explain that strange sense of trust.

Trust is actually mutual. Wang Zhu may not realize that when Tang Dao knew his true identity, he believed him without reservation.

Not only did he make reasonable suggestions to save the marginalized Aviation Research Institute, but he also invested $30 million in an aviation manufacturing company that had not yet been established on behalf of an overseas company. That was not a verbal statement. The money had been transferred to Rockefeller through Citibank.

By then, the Chinese government will hold 30% of the shares, the overseas Chinese company will hold 30% of the shares, and Rockefeller will hold 40% of the shares.

Although Rockefeller is the largest shareholder, as long as the overseas Chinese company is biased towards that party, that party has the right to speak. This is the best structure that Tangdao has made on the equity structure, which is enough to ensure that the other two parties do not do anything contrary to the interests of China's national interests.

It is precisely this trust that transcends ordinary friendship that has won the heart of this aviation expert who has never truly realized his ideal in his life.

"Then Captain Tang, why do I think of you with a worried look on your face?" Wang Zhu asked with some concern.

Tang Dao's face showed a hint of bitterness.

The 22 days after Tang Dao arrived in Shancheng, Japanese planes had bombed twice on a small scale. Perhaps because the fog was everywhere over Shancheng in the early summer, the Japanese army did not launch too large-scale bombing.

But the little butterfly from the future knew very clearly that the mountain city was about to usher in a catastrophe in more than a month.

On August 19, the Japanese Navy invested more than 140 bombers, and more than 2,000 houses in the mountain city were destroyed and thousands of people died in bombing.

And this is just a loss of people's livelihood. A bigger blow to the Chinese Air Force, which has just recovered some vitality, will be in early autumn two months later.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! In the famous Bishan Air Battle, China was shot down with 13 fighter jets and 11 fighter jets for emergency landings, a total of 24 fighter jets were damaged, and one Japanese plane was injured!

This is not the biggest loss of the Chinese Air Force since the beginning of the Sino-Japanese War, but it was a battle that shamed the Chinese Air Force.

The biggest reason for its defeat is not that the Chinese Air Force is not brave enough...

"Director Wang, I have a question and want to consult you. What do you think of the performance of the fighter aircraft currently equipped by the main equipment of our Chinese Air Force?" Tang Dao asked.

"At present, our Air Force is equipped with fighter jets?" Wang Zhu frowned slightly, and he replied after a while.

"Our Chinese Air Force is currently mainly equipped with the Iranian 15, Iranian 16 and Hawk III fighter jets aided by the Maoxiong Kingdom. These three fighters, if they were placed a few years ago, were all considered advanced fighter jets.

In particular, the Yi 16 fighter is the world's first low single-wing hard shell structure fighter, and it is the first to use a retractable landing gear and variable pitch propeller, which has both the characteristics of new and old models.

It can be equipped with 4 7.62mm machine guns or 2 20mm machine guns or even rockets to make its firepower powerful. It is also equipped with a 9-cylinder air-cooled engine with 700 horsepower and a maximum speed of 400 kilometers per hour. This makes this fighter achieve excellent results in both the Bullfighter Empire Civil War and the Battle of Nomenkan 4 years ago!

Their single-wing characteristics make it less flight resistance when traveling at high speed. For example, during the Civil War of the Bullfighter Empire, when the I-16 was bitten by the He 51 biplane fighter, the I-16's pilot could leave the He 51's machine gun attack range in time by just opening the throttle and diving down, which made the He 51's pilot helpless.

At least for now, the Iran 16 is considered an advanced aircraft on this battlefield and can be comparable to the 96 land warfare currently equipped by the Japanese army. The Iran 15 and Hawk III are a little different because of their wings."

Wang Zhu is worthy of being an aviation engineering expert, and he can clearly explain the characteristics of China's current fighter jets in just a few words.

But Tang Dao can still hear this person's concern about the current performance of the fighter aircraft.

Being advanced a few years ago does not mean that it is still advanced now, but the Japanese are constantly improving.

"If the Japanese developed a newer monoplane, using super aluminum alloy harder than steel as the body, the aircraft's weight will be greatly reduced while ensuring the strength of the fighter. The 14-cylinder air-cooled star piston engine exploded with traction force of up to 950 horsepower, making its maximum speed reach 500 kilometers per hour. Moreover, it uses a closed cockpit, which gives the pilot a better field of vision. Due to the fuselage mechanism, it has a smaller turning radius and a good climbing rate. Do you think the models currently equipped by our Air Force still have the ability to compete with it!" Tang Dao said quietly.

"This is a complete two generations of differences, and I can't fight!" Wang Zhu's eyes suddenly widened and he made a quick judgment. "But do Japanese people have one?"

"They really have it. If I didn't make a mistake, they had arrived at Jianghan Airport. This new type of fighter will appear on the battlefield next." Tang Dao sighed.

"This..." Wang Zhu was speechless and wanted to refute Tang Dao.

Based on his understanding of the aviation industry, Western aviation industry is now the top presence in the world. When even the Germanic Empire, which had already been in war, had not yet invested in this performance fighter jet, how could Japan, which was still imitating and learning about the Western world, take the lead in putting this kind of fighter jet that can be called epoch-making on the battlefield?

But based on Wang Zhu's understanding of Tang Dao, he knew that this general was never an exaggeration, but if this was true, what would the consequences be? Cold sweat was pouring down his forehead for a moment.

"What should I do? Even if we report this news to the Air Force, we don't have the use of higher-performance fighter jets!" Wang Zhu stood up in an anxious manner and paced back and forth on the small terrace.

"The matter of replacing the fighter plane is not urgent. The important thing is to know that the Japanese secretly transported the new fighter plane. We should be prepared and not be caught off guard. No matter how good the fighter plane performs, it has its shortcomings. It is possible to fight with our advantages and attack the opponent's shortcomings." Tang Dao looked at the river with a bright look.

In time and space, 24 fighters in Bishan were either shot down or forced landing were damaged, and only one Japanese plane was injured. The air combat record, which was advertised as '27-0' by the Japanese invaders, seriously damaged the morale of the anti-Japanese military and civilians. In the air battles in the following months, China was shot down a total of 99 fighters, all because of its unfamiliarity with the performance characteristics of the Zero fighter.

Not to mention that China's intelligence agencies are not familiar with it, even the United States and Mao Xiong Kingdom are also blinded.

At that time, Western countries generally did not believe that the performance of fighter jets built by an Eastern country could reach a very high level. General Chennard, a retired officer of the US Army Air Force, noticed the new Japanese fighter jets released on the battlefield in China and immediately reported them to the US, but the report did not attract the attention of the authorities.

When the United States was stabbed by Japan and Pearl Harbor was blown up, it was finally started to pay attention to the new type of fighter equipped by the Japanese Navy. However, about a year after the Zero fighter was first put into the main battlefield in Asia, it was unable to obtain a Zero or even wreckage from the battlefield, so it was impossible to understand its characteristics.

In the Philippines Strategic Warfare and other battles, the mysterious Zero fighter jets in the West were more maneuverable than those of F2A fighters, F4F fighters, CW-21B, Hawk 75A, P-40 fighters, etc., and in addition, the allies were not prepared enough and lacked correct analysis of the zero characteristics. The use of wrong World War I system air combat tactics resulted in the loss of about two-thirds of the fighter troops in the Pacific region in the few months after the war started.

Arrogance comes at all, and the Americans never accept the lessons given by history, so they will be beaten up ten years later.

"Yes! Yes! Commander Tang, you must know the weaknesses of Japanese aircraft. You said, I remember, I will rush back to Rongcheng tomorrow. My Aviation Research Institute has a maintenance station at Shuangguisi Airport, and I am familiar with Captain Zheng." Wang Zhu nodded repeatedly.

"Huh? Director Wang and the Air Force have this relationship?" Tang Dao was stunned.

"Is this also forced by life?" Wang Zhu's face turned bitter.

It turned out that the Aviation Research Institute has allocated too little funds, let alone developing aircraft, even the engineers, technicians and workers in the institute have no food to eat. As the saying goes, if you are poor, you will change. Director Wang Da can only put down his posture and run around.

What can aviation do? Isn’t it just an aircraft? It’s impossible to build aircraft and maintain aircraft! Several airports located in Sichuan Province cannot become customers of their aviation institutes. With this skill and no shortage of funds, the flight brigade is naturally willing to subcontract some of the maintenance and repair of fighter jets to them.

Without this source of funds, I'm afraid Director Wang, the down-and-out aviation research institute, had long been cut by officials, and it was not his turn to travel through mountains and rivers to the mountain city, the Ministry of Military Affairs came to ask his grandfather for funds.

"Does Director Wang know Shen Chonghai?" Tang Dao didn't have many acquaintances in the Air Force, and he still had a good impression of Shen Chonghai and other young pilots. However, the Air Force was at any time and had broken contact over the past year.

If I hadn't remembered the Bishan Air Battle just now, Shen Chonghai, the name that fell deep in my memory, wouldn't have appeared.

"Captain Shen! Of course I know that young man is very powerful and brave in combat. Not to mention the bombing mission of the Japanese base several times, there are still 4 stars on the tail of his landline." Wang Zhu nodded.

"Okay, please ask Director Wang to help me pass the message to him. I will find time to meet him soon." Tang Dao nodded.

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"This new fighter named Zero by the Japanese army is weaker. If the armor-piercing incendiary bomb is used to strike better. The zero fighter's dive capability is not strong. The tactic of escorting the Zero fighter to avoid being intercepted by it, or using this weakness to dive at high speed to escape the battlefield to avoid being shot down..." Wang Zhu carefully recorded Tang Dao's analysis of the shortcomings of the Zero fighter and tactical use of the Zero fighter.

Tang Dao turned his attention to the mountain city that was gradually darkening. August 19th is approaching, and Bishan air battle is approaching. This alone is not enough. He must do something for his hometown and the heroic Chinese Air Force.

Even if you know the shortcomings of the Zero fighter, Yin 16 still cannot compete. Those young Air Force pilots can sacrifice, but they cannot sacrifice in vain.

Major Chen Qiguang, who had three rounds of "King of Exit" with the sunset in 1937, fought against the Kato Ace Fighter Squadron of the Japanese Army Air Force with only five aircraft on the battlefield of Jin Province, and was not showing weakness. However, after landing in the Bishan air battle, he couldn't help but burst into tears: "The aircraft is too different, and he has no mobile phone to fight back!"

Major Zheng Shaoyu, the captain of the Fourth Brigade, who was the highest commander of the Air Force in the Mountain City, not only had to face the pain of his comrade's sacrifice, but also faced the blame from the person who felt embarrassed. He told the truth with passion: "I am the third phase of the aviation school. Your student, today in order to save the country and the compatriots, I will never refuse, willingly and move forward bravely.

But it also needs to make the Japanese pay a certain price. Our planes are not as good as them in terms of quantity and quality, but now they have taken out new planes this year to catch our old goods ten years ago.

We don’t even have the chance to fight back. What’s the point of such sacrifice? After I report to you, in order to obey the order, I will definitely die to show you!”

Death is not terrible! What is most afraid of for this brave Chinese Air Force is the strong powerlessness!

Even if he was willing to sacrifice, he was unable to aim at the bullets shot from the gun chamber of the Japanese invaders.

The Japanese severely condemned the Chinese Air Force, but in this time and space, Tang Dao must not sit idly by and watch this situation happen. He not only wants the Chinese Air Force to know the situation of the opponent in advance, but also has the power to fight.
Chapter completed!