"How can I get some planes?"
Wei Wu looked at the map and pondered.
In Japan, there is no independent air force.
All flying units are built separately by the Army and Navy.
As of now, the Army has a total of 46 flying teams.
According to the establishment, each team has about 40 aircraft including spare aircraft.
A total of more than 1,800 aircraft.
Among these aircraft, there are a total of 19 fighter fleets, a total of 20 bomber fleets, and a total of 7 reconnaissance aircraft fleets.
Distributed on all battlefields of the Army.
In the southeast theater, there are a total of 5 fighter fleets, 5 bomber fleets, plus a reconnaissance aircraft fleet.
There are more than 400 aircraft in total.
That's all Wei Wu could make up his mind.
However, these aircraft are all deployed on the front line in Wuhan, ready to support the front line at any time.
It cannot be called at will without the dual orders of the theater commander and the base camp.
"How can we get these planes back?"
Wei Wu thought for a while and came up with an idea.
He sent a telegram to base camp.
The content of the telegram was that after Ishii and his team arrived in the magic city, they were anxious to conduct scientific research. After finding a guide, they went directly into the mountains, taking only a squadron of soldiers to protect them.
Ask the base camp if they want to add more guards.
The staff officers at the base camp just looked at it and threw the telegram aside.
Ishii brought a squadron of people with him. It was not like he was going to a war zone, so he was sending troops.
So ignore it.
This is exactly what Wei Wu wants.
A day later, Wei Wu continued to send reports.
The content of the telegram was that Ishii's team had not responded to the telegram beyond the fixed time. They were worried about encountering an accident and had sent out a search team.
The staff officers at the base camp looked at it and threw the telegram aside.
It's just a temporary loss of contact.
Today's telegraph machines are not sophisticated enough, and signal interruptions are normal in mountainous areas.
Failure to contact us within a time limit is understandable.
In their view, Wei Wu was making a fuss out of a molehill.
It was just shelved.
Another day later, Wei Wu sent another telegram.
The content of the telegram this time changed to: The car left by Ishii and others was found. No traces of fighting were found at the scene, but Ishii and others were not found.
Extra manpower has been sent into the mountain to search.
After seeing this telegram, the staff officer at the base camp still didn't care much.
Isn't this just Ishii leading people into the mountains to find miasma?
What's the big deal.
Still on hold.
Wei Wu followed this frequency and sent a telegram to the base camp every day.
The content of the telegram has always been that no trace of Ishii and others has been found, and a squadron of manpower will be added to continue the search.
The search continued for seven days, and the number of people searching had increased to a regiment.
More than five thousand people.
Still found nothing.
Wei Wu also focused on marking and searching near the original miasma area. Still no trace of Ishii and others was found. They were judged missing and requested to dispatch a reconnaissance plane into the mountains to search.
The base camp could no longer sit still.
Important personnel cannot be contacted for ten consecutive days, and it can be concluded that they are missing.
Moreover, Wei Wu even sent a team of people to search nearby.
This is definitely missing.
Ishii has a lot of important information and must not disappear.
Especially not falling into the hands of the communist army.
Otherwise, if what they have done is disclosed, it will harm their international reputation.
Although, they don't attach much importance to this thing.
However, at this time, we still need to deceive those European countries.
"Dispatch reconnaissance planes to search immediately."
The base camp issued the transfer order through the independent flying division.
Dispatch a reconnaissance team directly under the headquarters to search.
Because the place where the incident happened is relatively close to the Magic City.
The transfer airport for the reconnaissance fleet was determined to be the Magic City Airport.
"It's finally done."
Wei Wu was very happy.
He personally took people to the airport to pick him up.
A squadron of reconnaissance planes (12 aircraft) landed slowly at Modu Airport.
Wei Wu nodded.
It seems that the base camp still attaches great importance to Ishii.
Actually, one-third of the reconnaissance aircraft in the southeast theater were directly deployed to conduct search missions.
Wei Wu looked at these reconnaissance planes with a smile.
These are all type 100 reconnaissance aircraft.
The performance of the Baishi reconnaissance aircraft is very superior, with a longer cruising range, a higher ceiling, and even faster speed than fighter jets.
Later in the war, the Japanese converted a large number of such fighters into fighter jets to intercept the Allied B29 Flying Fortress.
Some even participated in special attack operations.
This highly capable reconnaissance aircraft once caused a great headache to the Allies.
Give it a name, Hell's Angels.
It can be said that this is a very good basic aircraft.
If we can study it thoroughly, we will have a good foundation on propeller aircraft, and the various modified models alone will be enough to support the jet fighter era.
The leader of the team was a major. After seeing Wei Wu's rank, his eyes widened in shock.
"General, I didn't expect you to arrive."
"Don't be nervous. We all serve the empire. The most important thing is to complete the mission first. This is where Ishii is going. Use this as the center of the circle to search. Don't worry if you see a large number of people wearing white hats. They are all us. search crews.”
Wei Wu warned.
"Understood."
The leader of the reconnaissance squadron took the map and immediately led the team to take off, starting the first search.
Of course, they were unlikely to discover anything.
Only people wearing white hats can be seen all over the mountains and plains.
"So many people were actually sent to search for Captain Ishii. General Higashino is interested."
The squadron leader looked at the people below and sighed inwardly.
However, what he didn't know was.
Now, it happens to be the season for picking mushrooms.
The mountains and plains are filled with fellow mushroom pickers.
It has nothing to do with Ishii at all.
After searching for two sorties, the squadron leader could only lead his men back in despair.
"I'm sorry, General, we couldn't find Captain Ishii."
The squadron leader blamed himself very much.
"Don't worry, this is not your responsibility. It's hard work coming all the way. Have a good rest and continue tomorrow."
Wei Wu said and waved his hand.
Immediately, dozens of kabuki came out, and two people served a pilot and entered the room.
Wherever these pilots passed by, they froze when they were manipulated by the two kabuki.
Completely caught up in each other's rhythm.
Drinking sake one glass at a time, I soon became drunk.
Seeing that all the pilots were asleep, Wei Wu waved his hand.
A group of engineers sent from the base area rushed out.
These people immediately rushed forward and cut open part of the skin on the aircraft, revealing the riveted frame inside.
Then, the two wings and the engine were directly disassembled.
The entire aircraft is divided into three parts.
The three parts were then loaded onto trucks equipped with specially extended trailers.
He was transported quietly under the cover of night.
These drunken pilots did not slowly wake up until the next day.
The squadron leader walked out of the dormitory and came to the airport looking at the empty runway in a daze.
"Where's my plane? Where's my big plane?"
