General Arnold gave Ron a special authorization, allowing him to select pilots from the entire Army Air Forces fighter force to form this professional "enemy force." Because of the urgent task, Ron had to give up a large number of public appearances.

Having the opportunity to show his face in front of others, to be cheered by the American crowd, he hurriedly attended the Medal of Honor award ceremony, received the Medal of Honor from President Roosevelt, and then addressed the crowd.

In fact, Ron's speech was super short, because Mr. Lin Yutang said, "A gentleman's speech should be like a lady's skirt, the shorter the better." If by this standard, Ron's speech is probably a bikini. The full text is as follows:

"Ladies and gentlemen, the war we are facing today is a war against the devil. Our enemies are extremely cunning and cruel! They do not have any qualities that humans should have. I have witnessed them shooting parachutes and massacring prisoners of war.

, and my comrades also witnessed them cooking humans. But the devil can never win, because the Almighty Lord is on our side. We are moving towards victory step by step. The United States will win! As for me, I have nothing

Let me tell you heroic stories. I am not a hero, I just fought with heroes."

Such a short speech also received thunderous applause. In fact, most Americans don't care what they say, as long as they know that their soldiers are "killing the little Japanese, killing the little Japanese, and killing the little Japanese."

Enough.

After the grand meeting, it was time to get down to business. General Arnold provided Ron with several staff members to help him form this "enemy" force.

These people all came from majors, and to be honest, they were no better than Ron in handling affairs. One of them, Major Matthews, was especially recommended by General Arnold. So Ron

I left him in charge of the initial selection of pilots in the new team. As for the requirements for selection, in addition to being technically proficient and having excellent actual combat performance, the most important thing is to be able to strictly abide by discipline, be calm in dealing with things, and have personal heroism.

Don't do it too strongly.

Many times, in movies and television works, ace pilots are always portrayed as a bunch of people who do not abide by military disciplines, are loose-minded, like to be heroes, and like to take unnecessary risks (such as flying airplanes through bridge holes, wires), and do nothing but fight in the sky all day long.

The guy who had sex with the waitress in the wine. In the 1970s, the United States also filmed a TV series about World War II called "Black Sheep". In it, the Marine Corps' top ace G. Boynton was included in Black Sheep.

Everyone in the squadron was portrayed as a bohemian western cowboy. Everyone was either an alcoholic or had a criminal case. Almost everyone had been court-martialed and was eventually assigned to the Black Sheep Squadron to fight with

Ri himself worked hard (does the United States also have punishment camps?).

This TV series that met people's expectations was a hit and had great economic benefits. However, it had to stop broadcasting after only the first episode. Because some old black sheep who were still alive quit:

"How dare you slander us like this! We strongly demand that you immediately stop all slanderous activities, apologize publicly, and eliminate the impact! Otherwise, we will meet you in court!"

The strong protest from these old guys is not like the kind of strong protest from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of a large East Asian country that can basically be ignored. "See you in court" is not a threat. If there is a real lawsuit, the TV station will definitely lose. The reason is simple:

That TV series is indeed - basically nonsense. During the Qiu period, the Qin army attacked the state of Zheng and passed through Wang Ye (the territory directly under the jurisdiction of Emperor Zhou). Wang Sunman, who was still a child at the time, saw the soldiers of the Qin army "Three Super Riders".

"Hundred Cheng" (the so-called "super chariot" refers to jumping on the chariot, which is not in line with military etiquette), predicted that the Qin army will be defeated. The reason is that "if it is light, it will be reckless, and if it is rude, it will be escaped." It means

If you despise the enemy, you will lack strategy, and if you do not abide by discipline, you will be disorganized. How can you be undefeated? To use another Western saying: "Participating in a war is the most irrational thing you will do in your life.

If it is successful, you will not be able to engage in any irrational behavior in the future."

Just as Matthews and his people began to screen the Continental Airlines personnel, another group of people under Ron were running around the United States. Most of these people were scholars in geography and climate. They would help

Ron chose the most suitable location as his base.

As for Ron himself, he was definitely not idle. After allocating tasks, he was ready to leave North America and go to the United Kingdom to learn about the situation there for himself.

However, things don't always go according to plan. A woman visiting the United States suddenly disrupted his schedule.

This woman was Chang Kaishen's wife, Song Meiling. She was visiting the United States at the time, trying to gain more support from the United States.

Since China became an ally of the United States during World War II, the infamous "Chinese Exclusion Act" was completely repealed. Hailan and the family behind her no longer need to rely on others to control the Anaconda Company. So in

At the company's last shareholders' meeting, the big boss who had been hiding behind the scenes, Hailan's gangster dad nicknamed "Hai Batian", finally stood up and became the chairman of the board in an upright manner.

Chairman of the Standing Committee also has a profound underworld background. He and many leaders of the Shanghai underworld were once brothers. The Tongmenghui, the predecessor of the Kuomintang, has close relations with overseas Chinese party organizations. Mr. Sun Yat-sen once joined Hongmen

(That is, the Tiandihui often mentioned in martial arts novels). During the Revolution of 1911, various Hongmen gangs also contributed a lot. Especially the Hongmen Zhigongtang in the United States made outstanding contributions.

Now that Mrs. Chang has come to the United States, of course she has to contact the Chinese groups in the United States. She can also get some money from them to "support the Anti-Japanese War." As a Hongmen organization with huge influence among the Chinese, it is also a key public relations target.

During the conversation with Situ Meitang, the boss of Hongmen, she learned that a certain brother from Hongmen actually owns a prosperous arms company in the United States. This made her even more overjoyed: There is nothing more powerful than arms nowadays.

Something important?

So Mrs. Chang immediately decided to visit the company in person. Soong Meiling was being favored by the media at that time, and her willingness to visit the company was also an excellent publicity opportunity for the company.

As an important shareholder of the company, Ron cannot get away with such activities.

However, Ron didn't have a particularly good impression of this popular Mrs. Chang. Ron knew that just when the war of resistance was about to break out, and when the Japanese people's wolfish ambitions were already known to everyone, this Mrs. Chang

, misappropriated the money used by the Chinese Air Force to purchase aircraft, and took it to Wall Street to make money by speculating in stocks (perhaps speculating in futures, Ron can’t remember anyway). Mrs. Chang later explained that as long as she could make more money, she could

Bought more newer airplanes. Mrs. Chang's business talent is pretty good, and she made some money. But Mrs. Chang probably didn't know that airplanes are not rifles. She just went to the countryside to catch a young man, and then put the rifle

Just put it into his hand and it will count. Even if there are enough pilots, it will not be a short time for a newly acquired aircraft to perfectly form combat effectiveness. What's more, after the war really starts, God knows how many aircraft and other aircraft will be available.

The money is not coming in. Anyway, the fact is that for a long time after the war, the money was not turned into Chinese Air Force aircraft.

However, business is business. For the sake of business, what does personal opinion mean? Besides, in any case, Mrs. Chang is an elegant and charming beauty. It is always a pleasure to deal with beautiful women. Even Einstein agreed with this.

A point of view (when Einstein was explaining the stretching and compressing of time to others, he cited the fact that time passed very fast when chatting with a beautiful woman to support his point of view.) If this beautiful woman still carries a lot of money, then she

Even cuter. Obviously, Mrs. Chang is, at least now, such a lovely beauty.

In order to welcome this distinguished guest, Big Viper made careful preparations. The factory was cleaned up overnight, and every machine was wiped spotless. A big red banner was hung at the door of the company's headquarters.

"Welcome Mrs. Chang" was written in both Chinese and English. They also paid for a group of Chinese children to hold various flowers and wait at the entrance of the company, ready to wave the bouquets when Mrs. Chang got off the car.

Shouting something like "Welcome, welcome, warm welcome". Well, in general, it was similar to Ron's previous life when he welcomed leader Zhong Yang for inspection.

But it was hard to wait for Mrs. Chang’s car. Everyone waited from breakfast to lunch, and then waited until around 3 o’clock in the afternoon before Mrs. Chang’s motorcade arrived. At this time, the flowers in the children’s hands were almost wilting.

Ron, who couldn't stand the wait anymore, ran directly to the sofa in the office and took a nap. Then when he was dizzy from sleep, he was pulled up, wiped his face randomly, and came out.

By the time Ron met Soong Meiling, she was already visiting the company's products.

Ron had seen photos of Soong Meiling on the Internet in his previous life, but the person he saw now was obviously more beautiful than the photos. And every move he made had an elegant dance-like rhythm. So much so that Ron even

Turning back to Hailan, she said, "You see, that person's magnanimity is much stronger than yours." This sentence also confirmed the correctness of the wise saying "Don't praise one woman in front of another." Although it hindered the occasion.

, Hai Lan said nothing, but every time he looked at Ron, something was obviously wrong.

Mrs. Chang is cute, but when it comes to weapons, she is far less knowledgeable and interested than female bandits like Hai Lan. However, he is very interested in fighting heroes like Ron, and asked Ron

There were a lot of questions about air combat. Most of these questions were relatively basic, but occasionally there were a few questions that were quite in-depth. Sometimes, after Ron answered, she would nod and say, "This is a bit similar to what General Chennault said."

"Like" or said with doubts, "General Chennault's statement seems to be somewhat different." However, Ron wanted to know where Chennault, the legendary general, disagreed with his own views on air combat, but Ms. Song Meiling said

I don’t quite understand. After all, this is not her major. In fact, as a non-professional, she now has a very good understanding of the Air Force.
Chapter completed!