"Dear Lee, my name is Natasha, can I dance with you?"
At this moment, a tall female Soviet officer came over and actively invited Li Hang to dance.
Looking at the fair-skinned and beautiful Soviet female captain in front of him, Li Hang was also surprised by the boldness of these old women.
Not disciplined?
Well, the West really doesn’t seem to pay much attention to the matter of men and women, even Lao Maozi.
Because Li Hang was not the first pilot invited by a female Soviet officer, it did not cause much of a sensation.
The only difference may be that this Soviet female captain has the highest military rank in the field.
In Lanzhou, there are very few female officers in China. Except for a small number of medical staff, there are also those in the telecommunications class.
However, most of the female officers in the telecommunications class in this era have some relationship with the military commander, but I don’t know if it started now.
As for the Soviet army in Lanzhou, in addition to the pilots of the Chinese Air Force, there were also some ground crew, maintenance, medical staff, etc. Naturally, the presence of female officers and soldiers was unavoidable.
Fortunately, Lao Maozi has not yet fought Germany, and the proportion of female officers and soldiers is very small.
By the middle and late stages of World War II, this proportion had become much larger.
Because of the heavy losses on the front line, the number of female roles continues to increase, whether in the army or in factories.
In fact, the same was true for the old Americans during World War II.
During World War II, the United States had a population of just over 100 million, but it armed more than 10 million troops, all of whom were young and strong. In addition, the United States was the most industrially powerful country in the world at that time, and factories also needed many workers, and many young men went to serve as soldiers, so more women began to enter factories.
During World War II, many aircraft factories had a large number of female workers.
In fact, this situation is more serious here.
"no problem."
Facing the invitation of a young and beautiful female Soviet officer, Li Hang had no reason to refuse.
"I heard that you are the most powerful pilot in China."
"In terms of the number of Japanese aircraft destroyed, I am indeed number one, but I am not the most powerful pilot."
"I have seen your aerial combat. Even a proud man like Alyosha admires you."
"Captain Natasha is overrated, and Alyosha is also very good. Besides, your Chinese is really good."
"That's necessary. I was chosen because my Chinese is good. But your Russian still needs work."
"It can't be helped. I have never learned Russian before, but I do know English and Japanese."
"Do you also know English and Japanese? It seems that your language talent is very good."
“I just lived in these countries for a while, so I learned a little bit.”
The two were dancing ballroom and interacting with each other there.
However, one used broken Chinese and the other used broken Russian, but they were able to communicate clearly, which was surprising.
Li Hang was also learning Russian during this time. After all, in the long run, learning Russian is necessary.
"Li Hang, you are not satisfied with Miss Chen, and you are still thinking about a Soviet female officer?" After Li Hang and the female captain came back from dancing, Lu Jichun couldn't help but joke.
"I don't know who was dancing there just now and was more engaged than me." Li Hang glanced at a female nurse not far away and began to tease Lu Jichun.
"I was just dancing." Lu Jichun explained anxiously.
"I just dance too."
The two of them teased each other, but that was it.
Just dancing, not doing anything, nor breaking the rules or anything.
They won't be able to stay here long, and they won't cause trouble for themselves.
However, he underestimated his personality charm. Who knew that Natasha would take the initiative to come to him the next day. Although he made an excuse, everyone could tell that he had a crush on Li Hang.
The old female officer is also really brave.
Li Hang sent the other party away directly. He didn't have time to have a short love here now.
"Li Hang, a captain officer came to see you, and you rejected him?" Lu Jichun was also a little surprised when he saw Li Hang rejecting him directly.
"Lao Lu, let's get down to business. What do you think about machine guns? Which one do you think is better, 7.62mm or 7.92mm?" Li Hang didn't have time to joke with each other. He was now taking the time to talk to all the pilots. Called to discuss and complete the first draft of his design for a new fighter jet.
"I think it's 7.62mm. It just so happens that the Soviet Union is also assisting us. We can take the opportunity to get this kind of aviation machine gun from them."
"No, the caliber of 7.62mm is too small and not powerful enough. Penetrating the protection of Japanese aircraft requires more bullets. I still think the 12.7mm machine gun is better."
"Whether it is 7.62 caliber or 12.7 caliber, we cannot produce it ourselves. I think it is better to use 7.92mm caliber aviation machine guns. At least we can be self-sufficient."
"Do we have a 7.92mm aviation machine gun?"
"It should be possible to modify the Czech-style light machine gun, right?"
"Is it possible? Can our arsenal change this?"
Although everyone has different opinions, they still cannot solve the problem of the caliber of the machine gun.
The reason why we ask them is because these pilots have rich combat experience with Japanese aircraft and know what caliber of aviation machine guns is most suitable.
"If we consider actual combat, I think the 12.7mm caliber is the most suitable. It will definitely be effective when hitting Japanese aircraft. However, we cannot produce our own 12.7mm machine guns, which is a problem.
I think you can still use the 7.92mm machine gun first, and then use the 12.7mm machine gun if the situation permits. "
Hearing Lu Jichun's words, Li Hang made a decision in his mind, "Lao Lu, your suggestion is good. Just use the 7.92mm machine gun first. If you really can't change it, you can find a way to introduce the Soviet-style 7.62mm aviation machine gun."
"Li Hang, do you really want to build your own plane? This is no small matter."
"I want to give it a try."
"At present, the best aircraft designer in the country is Commander Wang Zhu, but I heard that he was transferred to the Soviet Union to discuss cooperation matters. Now you have a great reputation. If possible, you can go to Commander Zhou or even his wife. If you can The Aeronautical Research Institute helps make prototypes, and your aircraft may be produced."
Lu Jichun naturally wanted to fly a fighter plane produced by his country to fight the Japanese army, but he also knew that it would not be easy, so he could only find ways to help Li Hang realize his dream.
"Okay, I'll find a way to mention it to the superiors next time I make a big contribution." Li Hang thought about it and could only do this.
All the pilots are also looking forward to it.
They didn't believe it before, but when they saw the drawings drawn by Li Hang, although they didn't understand it, they knew that Li Hang was really designing it carefully, and it might not be impossible to actually build it.
But everyone soon forgot about this, because the Aviation Commission issued a transfer order for the 23rd Squadron to arrive in Wuhan as soon as possible.
Obviously, everyone's idea of celebrating the New Year in Lanzhou was ruined.
