The new Air Force Captain took his guard company commander Teng Chao to Chaohu Air Force Base to take up his post. He specially requested Teng Chao from the commander-in-chief. He admired Teng Chao's carefulness and meticulousness. He believed that a qualified guard That's what an officer should be like.
On the train, Wang Hui had read the information of the Fifth Battalion in detail, and also learned that the Fifth Battalion was actually an unknown brigade, which meant that their brigade did not exist in the order of battle of the national army. This was for any group. The biggest punishment for an army is also a shame for everyone in this army.
During a mission to intercept Japanese bombers bombing Nanjing on October 21, the Fifth Battalion dispatched 20 newly imported Hawker fighter jets personally commanded by the battalion leader, Major ***. The frontline observation post reported that the Japanese aircraft were 20 one-type land-based fighter jets. Attack aircraft (hereinafter referred to as Type 1 Land Attack), when the Hawker fleet discovered that the Japanese bomber group was preparing to attack, it was attacked by 16 Japanese Nakajima K82 fighter jets ambushed at high altitude. 12 Chinese aircraft were shot down on the spot, and another 8 Three of the aircraft crashed when landing at the airport. The Fifth Group lost 15 aircraft in this battle, and 13 pilots under Captain Xie were killed. After paying such a high price, the result was only three Japanese one-type land attack aircraft and one Japanese fighter jet. Not shot down either. What's even more tragic is that the Aviation Commission promptly replenished the Fifth Group with 15 brand-new Hawkers. The deputy captain Wang Zhuo commanded the transfer from Guangzhou to Chaohu. When they arrived only 20 kilometers away from Hengyang Airport, they encountered Hou Hou. The clouds were in the sky, and as if by mistake, Wang Zhuo piloted the plane to turn east. The unidentified team members followed him and turned. In fact, the airport was in front of them before they turned. The airport radar had already discovered their traces, but because they did not know the fifth The channel of the group aircraft cannot call the fighter group. After they were hit by a cumulonimbus cloud, the Fifth Group was completely disoriented. Due to running out of fuel, all 15 fighters crashed and 7 pilots were killed.
Having lost 15 valuable fighter jets without a single battle, the Commander-in-Chief was almost driven mad. In anger, he made a punishment that no military commander in the world had ever done, canceling the designation of the Fifth Group.
I think canceling the designation of a unit is the most severe punishment except that Hitler canceled the armbands of the SS in the late World War II. The purpose of the commander-in-chief appointing Wang Hui to this unit is to hope that Wang Hui will make this unit The army was reborn as a phoenix and rejuvenated.
(The following is written in the first person)
I shook hands cordially with Captain Guo Chenghai, the deputy captain who came to greet me. Guo Chenghai is from the Northeast. He was born in Beizhen County, Liaoning Province in early 1916. He suffered from the invasion of foreign enemies since he was a child, and during the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, he witnessed The indiscriminate bombing by Japanese planes made them deeply aware that in modern warfare, without a strong air force, there would be no victory in the war, but they have never been given the opportunity to exert themselves.
On the way to the base, Guo Chenghai passed by a restaurant and actually stopped the car and went in to buy a lot of sesame cakes and fried dough sticks and moved them into the car. Seeing my confusion, he explained to me: "The base equipment is extremely rudimentary and there is no kitchen. Our team members basically send vehicles into the city every day to purchase, and the team's funds are also insufficient. We have applied to the superiors several times, but they have not been approved. Now, several key cadres and I have put our own savings first, and there is nothing we can do. Let the soldiers go hungry."
I nodded. I generally understood the dilemma of the fifth brigade. The current fifth brigade is not loved by grandma and unloved by uncle. Military expenditures were also not released in a timely manner. Even the weapons and fighter jets of the flying brigade, the fifth brigade did not have even one that could fly. I understand the cold reception given to the Fifth Brigade above, but I will never allow my troops to fight the Japanese with empty stomachs and empty hands.
"Open," I told Lieutenant Teng. Lieutenant Teng carried out my order to the letter. He opened one of the five large rattan leather boxes we brought with us. Inside, there was a box of sparkling round objects. I was shocked. I picked up the captain and the guard who carried me all the way. They were all full of silver coins. I grabbed a handful of silver coins and stuffed them into the guard's hands. I pointed at the restaurant next to the restaurant and said, "Go and buy me whatever is delicious."
The car blew its whistle and passed by a few ground crew members playing basketball at the end of the runway like a gust of wind. The shrill whistle disrupted their pace, and several pilots also poked their heads out of their dormitories.
Guo Chenghai, Teng Chao, and the guards ran into the cafeteria carrying a lot of food. Although I was mentally prepared, the dilapidated condition of the cafeteria still made me take a breath. Trash could be seen everywhere, on the table. Covered with dirt, a few dilapidated benches and the same crumbling dining cabinet match perfectly. The broken top window constantly brings the cold wind in front of us, and although there are no traces of spiders in the large spider webs, they are still there. Drifting in the wind. I put the food on the table, although I was worried that they would crush the table.
Teng Chao and I walked into the training room again. Sure enough, the situation here was almost the same as next door. A tattered desk on the podium made me think I was in Poland, and the remaining half of the small blackboard was smiling at me. Dozens of chairs were facing different directions with their teeth chipped, and papers were scattered all over the floor, as if the place had been raided by an enemy. I bent down and picked up a few pieces of paper, which were the intelligence briefings from the last sortie. It can be seen that there has been no combat mission here since the sortie on the 21st.
Morale, there is no morale here.
Confidence, even less confidence here.
The fifth brigade became the unknown brigade.
I want to turn the Nameless Brigade back into the Fifth Brigade.
"Assemble the troops." I gave Guo Chenghai the first task.
Ten minutes later, the twenty-eight pilots assembled.
I straightened my back and was lazing around here. I walked back and forth twice in front of the lifeless pilot, and I felt like something was swelling in my stomach.
I cleared my throat, "I just took a look in the cafeteria and the training room, and now I see you again. I wonder if I went to the wrong place. Are you all ordinary people? As a soldier, a The enemy is still massacring your relatives’ soldiers, but you are not Chinese soldiers like this.”
"When I came here, I already knew that you were fighting very hard, but your military pay was stopped. I want to ask why you came here and put on your flight suits." I stopped. He came down and pointed at a short pilot in the front row who tilted his head and looked at the sky, "What is your name? You answer it."
The pilot stood at attention and said, "Captain, my name is Gao Tianhu, and I am here to kill the Japanese."
"Okay, let me ask you, you can kill Japanese even with your looks."
"Report to the captain, but what did you want me to use to kill the Japanese? A shovel?"
As if agreed, these pilots burst out laughing loudly.
Guo Chenghai stared at them angrily, but I remained calm. Soon, the laughter became smaller and smaller, became less and less, and finally fell silent, and the air seemed to solidify.
"Okay," I broke the silence, "You are absolutely right. You cannot use a shovel to shoot down a Japanese plane. But if I gave you a plane, would you still be able to shoot down a Japanese plane?"
Gao Tianhu slowly lowered his head and stopped talking.
"I know that each of you is here to destroy the Japanese Japs, not for money or the limelight. Looking at your current state, even if I give you the latest fighter jets, will you be able to destroy the Japs? "
The pilots all lowered their heads, and no one answered me.
"There is a pile of roast chicken, ham and bacon on the table in the cafeteria. I ask you to treat them as little devils and deal with them within 20 minutes. Can you do it?"
"Yes." A sparse voice replied.
"If you eliminate them and clean up the cafeteria, training room and your dormitories before dinner, I promise to give each of you a fighter jet tomorrow morning. Can you do it?"
They exchanged glances and yelled with all the force in their lungs: "Yes, sir."
'I hope you understand why we put on this military uniform. We are fighting for the independence of the country and the dignity of the nation, and we are fighting to protect the people. "
"Never waver, never retreat, pay with blood."
"Never waver, never retreat, pay with blood." All pilots raised their right fists.
Guo Chenghai and I laughed happily.
Half of the souls of the fifth brigade are back.
In the middle of the night, countless heavy transport vehicles rumbled into the base. The pilots who were awakened opened their sleepy eyes and looked for something behind the dazzling main lights of the cars. One by one, the burly soldiers jumped out of the cars and shouted at each other. Start unloading the truck downwards.
I stood at the door of the pilot's dormitory.
"My orders are very simple. Give me a good rest. That's not a good condition. Don't even think about touching my plane tomorrow."
"Plane." These pilots exchanged glances with excitement and climbed into their beds obediently. In fact, I also knew that they would not fall asleep today.
A new day has arrived, and the sun can't wait to kick the moon back into the sea, gently spreading the sunshine to the windows of the dormitory at Chaohu Base. The pilots who fell asleep just before dawn were woken up one after another. They put on their clothes and ran out of the dormitory quickly and ran to the runway.
"Oh my god, it's really a fighter jet." Several pilots shouted excitedly, and other pilots also held their breaths and stopped to watch. In the hangars on both sides of the airport runway, brand-new aircraft were standing steadily. They are parked inside, as if to show their appearance to their future owners.
On both sides of the runway, there are many 37mm anti-aircraft gun barrels and heroic soldiers standing with their heads raised to look at the sky.
“Our new captain is great, he really delivers.”
"With airplanes, we can compete with the little devils."
These aircraft were assembled by the ground crew and the transport soldiers who worked all night. After the last transfer accident, I decided to use this method to transport the batch of Hawker III fighter jets allocated by the Aviation Commission to the base. Since I left Nanjing, these planes have been shipped non-stop from the south, and they just arrived last night.
The 20 Hawker III fighter-bombers are 50 kilometers faster than the original Hawker, the turning radius is also reduced by one second, and the climb rate is increased by 30%. More importantly, the weapons are replaced with 2 12.7 mm machine guns and 4 7.92mm machine gun, the firepower group has been doubled, and one 250kg bomb and two 50kg bombs can be attached when attacking the ground.
Gao Tianhu was short but had sharp eyes. He saw a cooking cart at the entrance of the canteen. The cooking cart was steaming. The pilots cheered and all gathered around, and they could eat hot breakfast. This was really a great reward for the pilots of the Fifth Group. What was even more exciting was coming later, when they walked in with steaming breakfast. When I was preparing to have a feast in the canteen, I was surprised to find a lot of silver coins piled on the clean dining table. The silver coins seemed to be happily greeting the pilots.
In the next few days, fuel and parts were shipped to the Chaohu base one after another. The Chaohu base immediately came to life, and all the soldiers started working enthusiastically.
The ground crew is nervously debugging the weapon system and power system of the fighter jets, trying to provide the pilots with the best-maintained fighter jets. The pilots are also nervously learning the skills to deal with the new Japanese fighter jets, but there is not much time left for the pilots. .
The severe situation of the Anti-Japanese War does not allow any unit to be separated from the war for too long, and the frontline soldiers need the Fifth Battalion.
