Liu Yu was imprisoned and knew nothing about the outside world. Only Lao Song came here, discussed something with Liu Yu, and then left in a hurry.
At this time, public opinion had been quarreling around Liu Yu for many days.
Several newspapers such as the National Government Central Daily and Xinmin Daily in Chongqing vigorously criticized Liu Yu's actions. At the same time, the China Daily in the hands of the Wang puppet regime in Shanghai also stood with Chongqing and "fired" against Liu Yu, and Call Liu Yu the butcher.
Fortunately, Xinhua News Agency has a strong fighting force. After a few days of silence, it fought back, one company against more than a dozen.
In the end, Xinhua News Agency felt a bit overwhelmed and flipped the table. They first asked China Daily to confirm whether their master was Chinese or Japanese, and then criticized our anti-Japanese heroes.
Then they launched soul torture against Chongqing Central Daily.
Just one sentence: "May I ask the Chongqing authorities, when they abandoned the 300,000 compatriots in Nanjing, did they ever think about their fate?"
There have always been unspoken rules for the confrontation between mainstream public opinion, and the Xinhua News Agency's scolding of ancestral graves is obviously forced.
But this trick worked really well, both sides were stunned speechless.
Just when both sides reacted and were ready to dig into the ancestral graves of Xinhua News Agency, the Shanxi-Hebei Border Military Region jumped out to show its presence.
Lao Song made a clear message to Chongqing, saying that he planned to exchange penicillin for a group of pilots there.
Let’s look at the list reported by Lao Song:
Liu Zhesheng, Wang Teqian, Liu Zhihan, Wang Guangfu, Huang Xinrui, Zhou Zhikai, Zang Xilan, Luo Yingde, Zou Genxu, Li Xiangyang...
Note that this Li Xiangyang is not the double-gun Li Xiangyang, but the instructor of the National Air Force, the one who wrote in the diary: "My students are all dead, and it is my turn to be the teacher", and then drove a Hawker -3 took off, singled out 32 Japanese planes, and was the hero who finally sacrificed his life.
Whether this is true or not is uncertain, but Li Xiangyang, the National Air Force instructor, is real and can teach so many aces. How can he be any less capable?
There are almost 20 more at the end of the list.
Liu Yu thinks this way. Seeing that World War II is about to break out completely, the United States will increase its assistance to Chongqing. It will be difficult to spend money to poach those ace pilots.
Especially Liu Zhesheng, a legendary ace no less than Gao Zhihang, and Zhou Zhikai, the aerial Zhao Zilong who would later single-handedly rush into the Japanese fleet and shoot down several aircraft before escaping unharmed. Liu Yu just looked at two people. His name makes his mouth water.
Now that there are many people and few planes in Chongqing, it shouldn't be a problem to recruit a few pilots.
It would be really painful if these aces accidentally died in battle. Although most of these people survived until the war, during the war, no one can guarantee that accidents will happen. Besides, "Brother Zilong" Zhou Zhikai was sacrificed in the 43rd year of the original time and space, so he must be saved!
Therefore, it is better to "buy" them as soon as possible.
What's more, the Lend-Lease Act is about to be born. By then, the National Army will gradually obtain more than 300 P40s. When those pilots have good aircraft to fly, they may not be willing to come even if the superiors want to "sell" them.
Don't mention it. As soon as they heard about this, Chongqing immediately asked newspapers to stop attacking Liu Yu so as not to affect their "business."
As Liu Yu expected, Chongqing is now so poor that it relies on financial aid from the United States. Before the financial aid of 200 million US dollars was received, 80 million had gone into the accounts of the four major families. .
In this situation, where can I still have money to buy a plane?
The current air force under the Chongqing government is not half as big as the one in Liu Yu's hands, and the aircraft performance is still poor.
At first, Kai Shengong was still worried. After all, the Eighth Route Army was so strong now. Wouldn't it be even more powerful to give them a group of ace pilots?
So Executive President Kong Xiangxi said: "Now we have many pilots, but few airplanes! Exchanging pilots for penicillin, and after getting the penicillin, you can buy airplanes from the United States. It is equivalent to using excess pilots to exchange for airplanes. It is like those who The pilot said he believed they would also like to go."
Finally, Kong Xiangxi mentioned the government's embarrassing account, and the man had no choice but to agree.
So, on April 3, Kong Xiangxi personally flew to Yangquan and had a fierce negotiation with Lao Song.
At first, Kong Xiangxi offered an ace pilot for 100 boxes of penicillin.
If the person negotiating was Liu Yu's prodigal thing, he would definitely agree immediately. He now has 20,000 boxes of penicillin piled up in the system warehouse...
The one who could negotiate was Lao Song. He directly sprayed Kong Xiangxi in the face, then picked up the dragon-slaying knife and slashed it down, turning into a pilot in exchange for a box of penicillin.
According to the current international market price of penicillin, which averages US$300 a tube, a box of penicillin costs US$150,000, equivalent to an ocean of 300,000, which can buy seven of the most advanced P40 fighter jets currently in service in the United States. Of course, this is the price purchased by the US Air Force, and it will definitely be more expensive for others to buy it.
Logically speaking, Kong Xiangxi was very satisfied with this price, but out of the perspective of trying to get as much as possible, he still hesitated to raise the price to 10 boxes of penicillin, and expressed his willingness to release the New Fourth Army prisoners captured in the Southern Anhui Incident last year.
This time Lao Song also "squandered his family" for a time and agreed directly.
In the end, the Eighth Route Army's Shanxi-Hebei Border Military Region used 500 boxes of penicillin in exchange for 30 ace pilots and instructors such as Liu Zhesheng and Zhou Zhikai, as well as 20 students from the flight academy. These students were just make-up, and their level is now as good as Liu Yu's The students under his command are pretty much the same.
Speaking of the last air battle between Xiyang and Pingyao, all the participants were American pilots. If the apprentices they taught were allowed to come, it would be impossible to achieve such great results.
This is why Liu Yu is eager to get these trump cards. Let those Americans participate in the battle, but they have to pay extra, which is 100 US dollars a time. According to the price of penicillin here in Yangquan, that is 2 pills...
Those Americans are eager to pay them with penicillin. When they resell it, the price difference will be several times higher.
But Liu Yu is not happy anymore. After the system points are rewarded this time, he plans to expand the aviation force and establish a real air force. If his own pilot students can't take the lead, they will have to use American pilots. Well, if it happened too many times, Liu Yu wouldn't be able to withstand doing it like this.
Suppose Liu Yu uses 300 planes in an air battle, and the pilots are all Americans, that is 600 penicillins, and one box is enough for a fight...
Huh? It doesn’t seem too expensive?
But no matter what, there must be local pilots who can stand up and take the lead, even if they serve as instructors.
Those Americans were perfunctory when teaching people, probably because they were afraid that it would affect their income after the apprentices learned well!
In addition, there were more than 1,000 veterans of the New Fourth Army. These people had no share in the Eighth Route Army and returned to the New Fourth Army. This actually made Commander Chen over there laugh heartily and praised Lao Song for a job well done.
. . . . . .
At the same time, Chongqing Baishiyi.
Pilot dormitory and basketball court next to the airport.
Two young people in their 20s are playing basketball.
The slightly older one was attacking with the ball, and then he took advantage of his physical strength to force his way past his opponent and broke in for a layup.
These two people are the ace pilot Liu Zhesheng, and Zhou Zhikai, who is still a member of the flying team and will be the "Zhao Zilong in the air" in the future.
The two of them have one thing in common, they are handsome.
Especially Zhou Zhikai, if Liu Zhesheng is a bit creamy, Zhou Zhikai is really handsome with sharp edges and corners.
How else to say that he is Zhao Zilong in the air, not Li Kui in the air?
After Liu Zhesheng scored, Zhou Zhikai picked up the basketball, but did not rush to give it to Liu Zhesheng. Instead, he said, "Have you heard? They spent a lot of money there and they want to buy some of us."
Liu Zhesheng put his hands on his hips and asked while resting, "What do you think?"
Zhou Zhikai: "Are you going or not?"
Liu Zhesheng smiled: "I heard that the main fighter they are using now is the P40. This is a new aircraft that the US Air Force has just equipped. I don't know what channel they bought it through."
Zhou Zhikai also laughed: "Yes, we are backed by the government, and we only fly P26s, and there are not many of them. The rest are Hawker 3s."
Then he asked Liu Zhesheng: "Do you want to go?"
Liu Zhesheng shook his head: "For $1.5 million in exchange for one of us, it's no longer a question of whether we want to go or not. It all depends on whether the superiors can withstand such temptation!"
Zhou Zhikai curled his lips: "If you want to go, just say so. After all the twists and turns, I just want to go! When I stay here, even training depends on whether there is enough fuel reserve. Every time I go to heaven, I feel like a death squad! No! I’m afraid of death, but I really dream about pressing down the enemy’s plane and hitting him hard!”
Liu Zhesheng stepped forward and grabbed the basketball from Zhou Zhikai's hand. He dribbled the ball and said with a smile: "Then let's go. Let's go together. We can continue bullfighting in the future!"
Zhou Zhikai also smiled and opened his arms to defend himself.
