At Taiyue Base Headquarters, Commander Chen was awakened from his sleep by the staff on duty.
"Report to Commander, the Deputy Commander-in-Chief has an urgent call. It's extremely urgent. Please call us back immediately."
Commander Chen quickly opened his eyes and looked at the message. After only a few seconds, he smiled: "That kid Huang Yu is really impatient..."
"As soon as we got the armored troops out, we started to take a liking to the little Japanese planes again..."
"Hurry up and call Staff Tang from the headquarters. I have something urgent to call him. Please hurry up."
As soon as Commander Chen stepped into the headquarters, Staff Officer Tang followed him in. Just as he was about to speak, Commander Chen stared at him and asked, "Staff Tang."
"As far as I know, you seemed to have been a pilot before joining our Eighth Route Army..."
"Because of his education, he became a staff officer at the headquarters and battalion level within two years of joining the Eighth Route Army."
"I have been applying to be decentralized to the army during this period. Do you want to be a battalion commander in the front-line army and kill Japanese soldiers?"
Staff Tang thought that his application was approved by the headquarters, so he quickly replied: "Report to the commander..."
"Before joining the Eighth Route Army, I did serve in the Air Force, and I also fought in air combat with Japanese planes..."
"As a result, the air force planes were severely damaged and could not be replaced. Hundreds of our pilots left and scattered. Some of them joined the army to continue fighting the Japanese."
"My hometown is in Shanxi, and I just wanted to fight the Japanese in my hometown. It happened that the Eighth Route Army was recruiting troops, so I joined the Eighth Route Army and went to the headquarters."
"Commander..."
"Is my application report to go to the frontline army approved..."
"Which army will I go to?"
"As long as the commander gives the order, I can leave now."
Commander Chen shook his head and replied: "Don't worry yet. I called you here in a hurry to tell you that your application to join the army has been rejected."
"Why?" Staff Tang was anxious.
"Several battalion-level staff officers who were with me have left the army. Why can't I go down?"
"Is it because I was a pilot in Chongqing and the commander doesn't believe me..."
"If it doesn't work out, you can just let me go down and become a company commander."
"I'm worried about guarding the headquarters every day and watching others fight the Japanese."
Commander Chen calmly asked, "You really want to fight the Japanese."
"Of course..." Staff Tang replied without any doubt.
"When I was a pilot in the Air Force and fought against the Japanese, it was like fighting with a bayonet in the army. It was really satisfying to see the Japanese plane being blown up by myself."
"What's the point of guarding the headquarters every day? It's better to go to the front line and fight head-on with the little devils."
"Even if I die, I am still a hero."
After finishing speaking, he applied to Commander Chen again: "Commander..."
"You just agree that I will leave the army to fight the Japanese."
"Even though I am a pilot, my marksmanship is very good."
"There are few soldiers in the headquarters guard camp who can match my marksmanship."
"As long as you let me leave the army, I promise not to embarrass you and kill more Japanese."
Commander Chen's face suddenly became very serious, and he said with a stern face: "Originally, I had approved your deployment to the army, but the telegram I just received forced me to reject the application."
"The reason is that the organization has more important tasks assigned to you."
"If your superiors gave you a chance to be a pilot again, would you still want to continue flying airplanes..."
"Of course I want to..." Staff Tang replied blurtly.
"I am a pilot by training, so of course I want to go back to flying airplanes."
"But I remember our Eighth Route Army doesn't seem to have planes?"
"Is it possible that the commander wants to send me back to Chongqing?"
"If that's the case, I firmly disagree."
"I am now in the Eighth Route Army. I am a member of the Eighth Route Army in life and a ghost of the Eighth Route Army in death. I will never go back to that ghost place in Chongqing."
"And I am now a probationary party member. I can join the party after the inspection period. I cannot leave our Eighth Route Army at this time."
Commander Chen immediately interrupted: "Where are you thinking?"
"Our Eighth Route Army finally got a pilot like you, and we will definitely not give it up and send you back to Chongqing."
"Our Eighth Route Army did not have aircraft before, but that doesn't mean we won't have them in the future."
"I have some good news for you."
"A unit of our army successfully raided Taiyuan Airport and seized more than 20 of the country's most advanced aircraft."
"The headquarters asked us to search for pilots in the base area and send them to Taiyuan at all costs. They took off from Taiyuan Airport and drove the plane to Yi Zhong, where we established the first flying unit of the Eighth Route Army."
"You have been a pilot and have combat experience. If you join the flying force, you can at least become a squad leader."
"Then we'll be able to fly our own plane to fight the little devils."
"In the entire Taiyue base, I knew you were a pilot."
"Time is limited, I will give you one hour to prepare, and then send a cavalry to send you to Taiyuan."
Counselor Tang was overjoyed. He was obviously shocked by the good news. He was silent for a while before reacting.
Looking at Commander Chen's face full of disbelief, he asked: "Commander...does our Eighth Route Army really have its own aircraft?"
Commander Chen smiled and asked, "Do you think I would joke with you about this kind of thing?"
"Hurry back and pack your things...we'll leave in an hour..."
"The sooner we get to Taiyuan, the safer it will be, and the planes we seized at Taiyuan Airport will have more opportunities to fly back to the Yizhong base..."
Staff Tang did not move. He looked at Commander Chen as if he had made a big decision. He thought about it for a while before speaking: "Commander..."
"We actually have a pilot at our base..."
"Worked with me in the Chongqing Air Force... and successively joined the Eighth Route Army."
"He likes fighting the Japanese on the front line more than I do. After joining the Eighth Route Army, he started as an ordinary soldier, and now he has become a company commander..."
"If the superiors are still short of pilots, they can call him."
"He has more flying experience than me... Not only has he killed Japanese planes, but he has also blown up Japanese warships. He can do everything!"
"Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing earlier..." Commander Chen was so angry that he couldn't help cursing.
"Do you know how valuable pilots are in China?"
"Such a powerful person actually went to the front line to fight the Japanese from the ground up as a soldier. It's so incompetent. What if an accident happens..."
"You...you almost missed something big!"
Staff Tang was embarrassed to answer: "I also want to report, but he doesn't allow me to report..."
"He also said that as soon as the commander knows his identity, he will be transferred to the headquarters and serve as a staff officer like me. He will not be able to go to the front line to fight the Japanese..."
"It's better to stay on the front line and kill the Japanese..."
Now is not the time to hold people accountable, and Staff Tang has not made any mistakes. Commander Chen cannot continue to scold him, so he can only chase Staff Tang and ask: "Where is he now..."
"I will send someone to look for you now. Come to the headquarters to meet you immediately, and then we will go to Taiyuan Airport together."
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