May 29, 1940.
East of Bentley Abbey, along the road, about three miles, in a large farm.
Zhou Zhihan, who was sleeping soundly, woke up when he heard his stomach growling. He lay down on the comfortable big bed and stretched out.
Um!
I still have to stick to the bed for a while.
It’s been almost two and a half years, and I finally had a lazy sleep where I could think about nothing for two days and two nights, and didn’t have to worry about anything.
The clothes brought from China can no longer be worn. On his bedside, there are several sets of brand-new Royal Air Force officer uniforms, including leather shoes, socks, underwear, and shirts, all of which have been freshly washed and ironed. .
Leather shoes can be used to identify people.
Zhou Zhihan was a specially invited instructor from the Royal Air Force, so the treatment he received was naturally very good.
Clean and free, Chi Guoguo feels so comfortable lying on the bed and sleeping. In the past two years in China, I slept on the bed or in the cabin with my clothes on every day. It has never been like this before. Relaxed.
Putting on fitted cotton underwear, Zhou Zhihan stood up, walked barefoot on the wooden floor, came to the window, and opened the curtains.
The sun is shining brightly outside the window.
It's almost noon.
The weather in the UK at the end of May was already very pleasant. The grass on the lawn was lush and green, and there were many beautiful flowers blooming on the farm that he had never seen before.
Not far away, there were several British female doctors and nurses in white coats who looked hot and had hot hair. They walked out of a small building carrying medicine boxes and various instruments. , covering her mouth and snickering while walking, looking back from time to time, lowering her head and whispering about something interesting.
very beautiful!
Good shape!
Zhou Zhihan suddenly felt an inexplicable impulse.
After returning to China to fight the war for more than two years, I have almost forgotten what a beautiful woman looks like.
The domestic air force is all made up of old men. In order to avoid the Japanese bombings, the planes often transfer to places, and most of the transfer places are in the wilderness and uninhabited places.
In the air where the enemy is strong and we are outnumbered and we can lose our lives at any time, no one is in the mood to think about the love between children, and only the empty feelings around them are in their eyes.
This farm is actually used by the Royal Air Force to receive pilots like him who come to the UK from other countries.
To be honest, when a woman wears a doctor or nurse uniform, her back looks good.
Watching several beautiful female doctors and nurses disappear around the corner of a building, Zhou Zhihan licked his astringent lips and walked to the bathroom to brush his teeth and wash his face, preparing to have a big meal to reward his stomach.
After flying from China to England, Zhou Zhihan was taken here as soon as he got off the plane. After taking a shower, he fell on the bed and fell into a deep sleep. He didn't know how many foreign pilots like him were in this manor.
When Zhou Zhihan returned to Shanghai from the Randolph Air Force Academy, it took him more than ten days to reach his destination. This time when he came to the UK, he was tortured along the way.
In early April 1940, the British Cabinet had already seen that France's defeat was certain due to the German attack, so the British Cabinet began to prepare for a rainy day. They judged that it would not be long before the Germans who were about to conquer France would set their next target. , targeting the British Empire in northern Europe.
Faced with the aggressive momentum of the Germans, the wartime cabinet headed by Churchill decided to expand the domestic aircraft production line first so as to protect the skies over the British Empire during the war.
At the same time, the War Cabinet directed the Royal Air Force to expand recruitment and form combat training units. It established many flight training schools across the country, vigorously promoted the recruitment of pilots, and trained a large number of ground crews, air crews, and aircraft mechanics.
Facing the call of the country, many young people in the UK enthusiastically signed up to join the Royal Air Force. As a result, flight instructors were immediately stretched.
The training of flight instructors cannot be completed overnight, and facing the aggressive German Air Force, the Royal Air Force did not have so much time to train flight instructors, so it could only seek assistance from other countries.
At this time, the relationship between the Nationalist Government and the British Government gradually began to melt and warm up from the freezing point before 1939.
China urgently needs to reopen the Yunnan-Burma transportation line that has been blocked by the British for a long time and introduce anti-war materials accumulated outside the Yunnan-Burma transportation line.
The British army also urgently needs China's assistance and support, and the British Empire's colonies in the Far East.
Therefore, after the Chinese government made several requests to open the Yunnan-Burma transportation line, the British Empire, which felt the pressure from Germany and Japan, finally decided to open the Yunnan-Burma transportation artery that was originally closed to please the Japanese.
As a result, the relationship between China and the United States has rapidly warmed, and it has gradually evolved into an alliance.
While at Sihang Warehouse, Lieutenant General Charles, who was amazed by Zhou Zhihan's superb air combat ability, strongly recommended Zhou Zhihan, the chief instructor of the Chinese Air Force, to General Hugh Dowding, the British Empire's fighter commander.
Upon receiving the invitation letter from the Royal Air Force, Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Air Force Zhou Zhirou immediately reported it to the principal.
The principal immediately nodded and let him go, and commended Air Force Chief Instructor Zhou Zhihan for his role in the anti-Japanese sky in the past two years, which was like a needle in the sea.
The principal believes that the warming of relations between China and Britain will have a profound impact on China's anti-Japanese cause. Sending chief instructors of the Air Force to teach in the UK not only respects the UK, increases the relationship between the two countries, but also enhances the country's prestige.
It's a win-win decision.
In fact, Zhou Zhihan was opposed to coming to Britain to fight against Germany, but this was in the interests of the country and related to the overall situation of the War of Resistance, so he could only come under orders.
At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, Germany provided a lot of assistance to China. The Teaching Corps, the Central Army, the 87th Division, which played a key role in the Battle of Songhu, and the 88th Division, which guarded the Sihang Warehouse, were all equipped with German equipment.
Before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, there were many German flight instructors in the Chinese Air Force. The Germans had a positive and rigorous work attitude and were very helpful to the construction and development of the Chinese Air Force.
However, Zhou Zhihan quickly figured out that Germany and Japan had formed an alliance at this time. After all, the friends of the enemy were enemies, and the enemies of the enemy were friends.
Helping the UK is actually equivalent to helping yourself!
The relationship between countries is just about interests.
While brushing his teeth and washing his face, Zhou Zhihan looked at himself in the mirror and felt a little dazed.
After going through the Battle of Songhu, the defense of Sihang Warehouse, the defense of Jiangyin, and the defense of Nanjing, he felt that his heart was much older and his face had changed a lot. He was no longer the handsome young man who had just returned to China in 1937.
Watching the young and immature faces around you gradually become familiar from strangers, and then watching them disappear into the air one by one and become permanent memories. This repeated blow will make a young heart age rapidly.
After receiving a secret invitation letter from the Royal Air Force in mid-April, Zhou Zhihan stepped down from his position as chief instructor of the Chinese Air Force and returned to his home, which he had not been to for more than two years. After staying at home for a few days, he Rushing around the country.
Ever since Chen Shusheng and others handed him their suicide notes in the Sixings Warehouse, in future battles, many pilots would like to hand over their suicide notes or clothing to him before taking to the skies.
He promised that every suicide note or relic would be delivered to everyone's home, but his promise has never been fulfilled.
So before leaving for England, he decided to make good on those promises.
Helping a deceased person deliver suicide notes or relics to the living is probably the most difficult job in the world.
