Xie Tian led Tiedan and Guo Qiang to fly back to Taiyuan Caizhuang Airport to replenish fuel and ammunition. Guo Qiang was a newly promoted pilot. Xie Tian also trained more than a dozen pilots like Guo Qiang.
Sansheng was more stable than Tiedan, and was assigned by Xie Tian to fly the B-17 bomber as the captain. He was also assigned a co-pilot with outstanding flying skills.
Sansheng became the captain of this bomber that required ten people to operate. He was so envious that Tiedan's eyes glowed green. He grumbled in front of Xie Tian for several days, but in the end he was beaten and ran to Tang Haoer to complain.
The aircraft was in replenishment mode. At this time, the bomber formation that went to Jingxing for combat had not returned yet. Xie Tian quickly walked into the radio war room of the airport and personally sent a telegram to the Jingxing front line to inquire.
Before Xie Tian received a reply from the 51st Army, Sansheng and his bomber formation had already appeared over the airport and were requesting the tower to land.
The bomber formation led by Sansheng was much more powerful than the formation composed of Xie Tian and his three Zero fighters. One B-17 bomber and six P-40 fighter jets flown by the Flying Tigers escorted it. of a fleet.
The Flying Tigers' flying brigade in the 10th theater consists of nine P-40 fighter jets in total. Every three are organized into a squadron. At least one squadron must be kept ready for combat missions, and not all of them will be sent out.
By the way, Xie Tian is really good at the twenty-seven foreign guys sent by the Flying Tigers. In addition to giving women whatever they want, no matter what the purpose of these foreign guys coming to China to fight, they must make them feel that they are worth it. After all, these foreign guys are here to work hard, and Xie Tian directly uses them as mercenaries, even giving a clear price for each mission.
If you fucking guys can KO the Emperor of Japan for me, I can give you so many gold bricks that you won’t be able to spend them all in eight lifetimes. It’s up to you to earn this money with your own lives.
Seeing the bomber formation flying back intact through the window, Xie Tianyixiao stood up, took off his earphones and handed them to the telegraph operator beside him, saying, "Please call Jingxing and bring it to me directly."
After that, Xie Tian walked out of the radio war room and walked to the runway to personally greet the returning bomber formation.
Not only Xie Tian, but those Flying Tigers who were not on mission also ran out of the dormitory to greet him. Seeing Xie Tian, the Flying Tigers also came over. They immediately became energetic and surrounded Xie Tian with laughter and almost flirted with him. .
Big benefactor, what this boss pays most attention to is benefits. This is exactly what these American guys want. In their eyes, Xie Tian is much better than those vain bureaucrats in Chongqing.
While they were joking, the bomber formations landed one after another. Sansheng trotted over and stood at attention to salute Xie Tian: "Report to the Commander-in-Chief, we are back."
Xie Tian nodded and said, "Tell me about the battle situation in Jingxing."
"Yes", Sansheng stood at attention and said: "From my perspective, there were no large-scale battles in Jingxing. Most of them were sporadic battles on the company scale. It looked more like a sparrow war or a harassment war. The Japanese army did not take the initiative to attack. . Fortunately, we only carried ordinary aerial bombs according to the commander-in-chief's instructions, otherwise we would not have found the opportunity to drop bombs. After communicating with Commander Li of the 301st Division, we bombed two Japanese strongholds outside Jingxing."
Xie Tian asked: "Did the Japanese's 22nd Aviation Group support Jingxing?"
Sansheng shook his head: "I haven't met him."
Xie Tian nodded, glanced at the telegraph operator who ran over and patted Sansheng on the shoulder: "Hurry up and inspect the aircraft. We only have your bomber. You need to fly more times. Tell the crew members that everyone needs to be more careful." Work harder.”
Sansheng responded loudly and saw Xie Tian reaching out to take the telegram from the telegraph operator without any other instructions. He saluted and turned around and trotted back to the plane.
Now this guy has just moved his bedding to the B-17. Apart from pooping and sleeping, he spends almost the whole day with this precious plane. If anyone accidentally bumps into the plane, this guy's eyes will look like this. Can kill you.
Xie Tian frowned slightly after reading the telegram, folded the telegram, put it in his pocket and said to the Flying Tigers around him: "Everyone has no combat missions today. Let's go to the city and relax."
The members of the Flying Tigers screamed. Going to the city to relax means that you can drink, dance and find women. There are still some entertainment venues in Taiyuan City, some from the Yan Xishan period and some during the Japanese occupation. There will always be some social butterflies. hang out in these places.
Xie Tian turned around and saw Hu Zhiyong behind the crowd, and ordered: "Let's go back to Dayanglou."
The situation in the battle at Jingxing has not developed to the optimal situation that Xie Tian had preset, and I am afraid that this battle will turn into a sticky and protracted battle.
Seeing Xie Tian about to leave, Richard, the captain of the 10th Theater Command of the Flying Tigers, grabbed Xie Tian's arm and said with a smile: "Thank you, the simulated bombs have been delivered today. You said you would play with me when you are free one day. Just for fun, there are no combat missions today anyway, how about we have some fun today?"
This Richard challenged Xie Tian at the welcome dinner held on the first day after arriving in Taiyuan. I don’t know what this guy’s mentality is. Even if you defeat Xie Tian in an air battle, will it show that you have superb flying skills? Already?
Perhaps it was Xie Tian's glorious record that stimulated this buddy, and he wanted to frustrate Xie Tian's majesty.
Americans are so arrogant that they will only give in to strength.
Xie Tian found an excuse to delay, thinking that maybe after being treated coldly, Richard would give up on this boring and painful idea.
As a result, the day after Richard challenged Xie Tian, Tiedan aggressively approached Richard and challenged him. The two fought in the air with the Zero and P-40 for half an hour, and Tiedan lost. .
Xie Tian didn't know about this. If he found out, he would probably give Tiedan a beating.
You're making damn trouble over nothing. You deserve to be beaten whether you win or lose, and even more so when you lose.
You must know that the performance of the Japanese Zero fighter is much higher than that of the P-40, especially in terms of speed and response sensitivity.
The Zero fighter has a powerful engine and thin armor. However, due to the thin armor, the empty weight of the fuselage is only 1807 kilograms, which is much lighter than the P-40 fighter with an empty weight of 2636 kilograms. The speed and sensitivity naturally have advantages.
In the end, this guy still lost?
Hearing that Richard challenged Xie Tian again, the Flying Tigers who were watching the excitement and not taking it too seriously started to boo. Tiedan Sansheng and others also ran over, wishing that Xie Tian would give Richard a good beating. A meal.
Thanks to these pilots who have spent more time with the Flying Tigers, they naturally understand each other better after spending time together. These guys have long looked at Richard, the 10th Theater Flying Group of the Flying Tigers. The captain is displeased. This guy is too arrogant. In short, he is doing all kinds of things, and he almost thinks of himself as the God who saves China.
