"Li Hang, where is this place? It seems that their people wear different military uniforms than you!"
"That's the Eighth Route Army's office in Lanzhou!"
"Eighth Route Army? Is it the Red Army?"
"A few months ago it was the Red Army, but now it has been renamed. It is now the 18th Army Group under the national government."
"Then why is it called the Eighth Route Army?"
"It was called the Eighth Route Army for a while, but the name was changed later."
"Some of my classmates seem to have a good impression of the Eighth Route Army. What are they like?"
"I don't know much. But considering your family situation, it's best to keep a distance. The two parties have only temporarily eased the relationship, but they are not really of the same mind."
It wasn't that Li Hang meant to say this, but there were military commanders near the Eighth Route Army's Lanzhou office.
The two of them were just passing by on horseback, so there was no need to cause trouble, right?
Even if you want to contact Yan'an, you can just go to Zheng Shaoyu, why bother to take the initiative to expose him. The military commanders were ruthless towards the Japanese, and they were equally merciless towards the people in Yan'an.
The two of them had just returned from a stroll outside the city on horseback and happened to pass by No. 54 Nantan Street.
As for the four people who suddenly appeared, the military commanders who were watching nearby also saw them, but someone recognized Li Hang.
After all, this is now a well-known national hero and is deeply appreciated by Chongqing. He is just passing by, so the military commanders will naturally not look for trouble.
Li Hang took a day off specifically to spend time with Chen Lu.
In the morning, I rode horseback outside the city, but I didn’t go too far. I went to Wuquan Mountain, Baita Mountain and the Yellow River Iron Bridge, and took some photos.
By the way, Chen Lu brought a camera specially.
The single photos were taken by the two of them, while the bodyguard Ah Wei was responsible for the group photos.
In the afternoon, I went shopping and bought a plane ticket.
Lanzhou is rich in melons and fruits in summer, and leather goods in winter. When the Shanghai-Lanzhou Line was open before, melons, fruits and fur goods were often transported to Shanghai by plane, and then became 'luxury goods' that wealthy people rushed to buy.
Of course, buying these locally in Lanzhou is very cheap.
Li Hang now had a lot of money, so he naturally bought some leather goods and other local specialties as gifts for Chen Lu's family.
Back at Jincheng Hotel, Chen Lu, who was tired after a long day, opened her arms and lay heavily on the bed, "I'm so tired. The wind and sand here are really strong, and I feel like my skin is a little dry." "
"You have to come here yourself. Just let Awei and the others take these things you bought. Also, here are the tickets for the three of you tomorrow. I will give them to Awei later... What are you doing?"
Just when Li Hang was giving instructions, who knew that Chen Lu came behind him and hugged him gently.
"Can you not leave tonight?"
As a man, Li Hang actually didn't want to refuse.
Li Hang turned around and shook his head, "If I don't go back tonight, the people in the team will laugh to death. Besides, it's not appropriate for us to be alone together."
"What's inappropriate? We are in love. Is there anything inappropriate?"
"Miss Chen, when did we fall in love?"
It is said that "a woman chases a man, but there is a veil between them". Chen Lu herself is beautiful, has a good family background, and has similar outlook on life. Li Hang said that it is impossible that he doesn't feel anything in his heart.
But in his heart, he was still unwilling to accept the other party, or in other words, he didn't want to harm the other party.
The first date turned out to be like that, who knows what will happen next.
He was the only one who was deep in Lanzhou, an inland city in the northwest, otherwise the little devil's intelligence officers would have found him long ago.
"What? I took the initiative to come to your door, and you still don't want to accept me?" Chen Lu looked at Li Hang unhappily.
"I'm a nuisance. Have you forgotten what happened at the cafe last time? Follow me..."
Before Li Hang could finish speaking, a pair of soft lips blocked his mouth that wanted to speak.
Feeling the other party's clumsy kissing skills, Li Hang naturally had to give him some guidance.
After ten minutes of passionate kissing, Chen Lu's clothes became messy and wrinkled, her face was red, and she looked at Li Hang with a hint of shyness.
"You really can't stay?" Chen Lu held Li Hang's hand, feeling a little reluctant.
"It's really not possible." Li Hang shook his head.
"Are you afraid that other people will laugh at you?"
"That was just a joke. I am now the deputy squadron leader, and I have become a hero established by the government. I must set an example and cannot take the lead in breaking discipline."
Seeing Li Hang's serious face, Chen Lu nodded in agreement.
But before leaving, he had another passionate kiss with Li Hang. In the end, Li Hang made his face turn red before letting him go.
. . . . . .
Happy times are always short-lived. Early the next morning, Li Hang saw Chen Lu off at the airport and boarded the plane.
The following days returned to the previous regular content, training, designing aircraft, and resting, but the calm was soon broken by a piece of news.
"Li Hang, something happened!"
January 24th is the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, which is the Little New Year in the north.
Because of the Little New Year, there will be no training on this day, but preparations for a good Little New Year.
The airport has already prepared the materials needed to make dumplings. Considering that many of the pilots are from the south, the materials needed for glutinous rice balls have also been prepared.
Li Hang stayed in his dormitory and drew drawings.
His drawings of the aircraft were basically taken shape.
Because it is mainly based on Chujiao Liu, it retains a lot of features of Chujiao Liu.
It is a single-seat, low-wing, tricycle landing gear design. The fuselage, wings and tail stabilizers are designed to adopt an all-metal structure, and the ailerons and rudder surfaces are designed to use a metal skeleton mask structure.
It’s hard to say yet about the engine.
Whether or not radio communications are equipped should also be considered.
For the engine, we are temporarily considering the M-25 engine of the Su-style I-16 fighter jet. The power of this engine is 775 horsepower.
It would be better if we could get a suitable radial engine from the United States.
As for building a self-made engine, Li Hang had never thought about it. He couldn't do it, and there was no such technology in China.
If the engine is outsourced and other parts are produced domestically, there is still a certain possibility.
Hearing Lu Jichun's shout, Li Hang immediately raised his head and looked at the other person who was running towards him in a hurry, "Old Lu, what's wrong?"
"Something happened! The Japanese air raided Nanchang yesterday. The air force stationed in Nanchang suffered heavy losses. 5 fighter planes were destroyed, 3 of ours and 2 of the China Aid Air Force."
Hearing this, Li Hang immediately lost his composure.
"Why is it so sudden? The Japanese army lost so many ships in the 96-ship battle some time ago. How could it be possible to assemble escort fighters in less than a month?"
Even if it was an emergency production by the Japanese army, it would be too late to produce, assemble and transport it to the Chinese battlefield in such a short time.
Before that, he had always thought that the Japanese army would launch larger retaliatory air strikes only after the year.
But now it’s ahead of schedule!
