"Captain Li, hello. I am the station manager of Yushan Branch of Quzhou Terminal under the Aviation Committee. Please excuse me for your surname: Wu."
"Stationmaster Wu, I might have to trouble you to hide the plane so that it won't be discovered by the Japs' reconnaissance plane." Li Hang saluted the major in front of him and warned him.
"Captain Li, don't worry, we have been prepared here for a long time." Stationmaster Chen, who is in his thirties, is obviously not panicking.
This is also related to the situation at Yushan Airport.
Yushan, located in the northeastern part of Jiangxi Province, is an important transportation artery at the junction of Jiangxi, Fujian and Zhejiang provinces. It is known as "the key to two rivers and the thoroughfare of eight provinces".
Yushan, with its important water and land transportation routes south of the Yangtze River, naturally became a battleground for military strategists.
After the "128" Battle of Songhu broke out in 1932, the Nationalist Government began to realize the importance of air power, so starting in 1933, it began to build airports in Lishui, Quzhou, Yushan, Jiangxi and other places in western Zhejiang to prepare for the war.
Yushan Airport is located in Wuliyang, 3 kilometers northeast of Yushan County, with a total area of more than 300 acres.
In 1937, the Anti-Japanese War broke out in full force. In November of that year, Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport fell, and the Hangzhou Air Force Terminal was changed to Quzhou Air Force Terminal, which also took charge of Jiangxi Yushan Airport.
At this time, the Kuomintang's Third War Zone Commander's Headquarters moved from Tunxi, Wannan, Anhui, to Shangrao, Jiangxi. Yushan naturally became the wartime command center for the five southeastern provinces (Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, and Fujian) at that time. Its strategic location was very significant. Quzhou and Yushan Airports, which were located at the forefront of the Anti-Japanese War, also became the center of gravity of the southeastern war.
Under this circumstance, Yushan Airport was expanded at the beginning of this year, with the total area expanded to 2,450 acres, and a hidden runway was opened.
However, because it is too close to the front line, Yushan Airport is mainly responsible for tasks such as gasoline replenishment, bomb storage and emergency landing.
As Yushan's strategic status gradually improved, the Japanese army also intensified its air raids on Yushan, especially the Yushan Airport.
This is why hidden runways are created.
Li Hang and Zhou Zhikai's planes were hidden after landing, and no planes could be seen from the sky.
"Captain Li, this is Captain Hu from the airport garrison. He is a local. Wherever you want to go, just look for him." Station Commander Wu immediately called for a captain.
"Captain Hu, this is Captain and Deputy Squadron Leader Li Hang of the 23rd Squadron of the Air Force. He is the fifth king of the Air Force. He has shot down almost twenty Japanese aircraft. He is very impressive.
He came to Yushan this time to find someone. You are responsible for acting as a guide and protecting Captain Li's safety. "
Yushan Airport is not an air force station airport, and naturally there are not many defenders. A company of troops plus ground staff is enough.
"Hello, Company Commander Hu, I may have to trouble you this time." Li Hang said seriously with a salute.
"Are you Li Hang? You are so young. I have heard of your reputation a long time ago." Company Commander Hu was also surprised to see that the young man in front of him was actually the Li Hang reported in the newspaper.
"Captain Hu's words are serious. We are all fighting against the little devils. Without you, we might not even have an airport for takeoff and landing." Li Hang smiled, but was not arrogant.
"Who is Captain Li looking for? Do you remember that person's address? I'm from Wuyuan in the north, but I'm very familiar with places like Kaihua and Yushan counties around Wuyuan." Captain Hu smiled, and he was quite satisfied with this. confident.
"My name is Hu Xuechang. He lives in Hujia Village, Yushan County. He is a senior soldier in the teaching corps."
"Xuechang? Are you looking for him? He is already dead!" Company Commander Hu was a little surprised.
"Captain Hu knows him?" Li Hang was a little surprised, but thinking that they both had the same surname, he couldn't help but wonder, "Captain Hu and Hu Xuechang are from the same place?"
"That's not true, but they can be considered distant relatives. Many people with the Hu surname in Wuyuan, Yushan, Kaihua and other places come from the same clan. They were first in Wuyuan, and later spread everywhere. Xuechang and I It comes from the Ming Jing Hu family, but it was separated by many generations."
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"Ming Jing Hu's family? Ming Jing is related to the 'Ming Jing' in the ancient imperial examination?"
Knowing that Hujiacun, where Hu Xuechang's hometown is located, is only a dozen kilometers away from the airport, Li Hang immediately decided to set off and try to reach Hu Xuechang's hometown before dark.
Company Commander Hu also attached great importance to this matter and took a squad of people with him.
Now that the Red Army guerrillas in the eight southern provinces have been transformed into the New Fourth Army, there are no other armed forces in these mountains. As for the bandits, it was difficult to survive during the many previous encirclement and counter-encirclement campaigns.
However, there are quite a lot of local armed forces, and wealthy landlords who have some money will buy a few guns for self-defense.
Company Commander Hu is not worried. He knows several nearby counties very well and has dealt with powerful local armed forces. He is not worried about those who are blind to provoking him.
Since there were no cars, mules, horses, or bicycles, the group walked.
More than ten kilometers, only two or three hours away, is not that far.
Bored on the road, Li Hang naturally asked about the origin of the Ming Jing Hu family.
"Captain Li is right, it is indeed the Ming Jing. The ancestor of our Ming Jing Hu family was admitted to Ming Jing in the post-Tang Dynasty of the Five Dynasties, and since then we founded our Ming Jing Hu family.
There has always been a Ming Jing Academy in Wuyuan, and it still exists today. "
"Not to mention, Captain Li and I are still members of the same family."
Perhaps out of boredom, or perhaps for other reasons, Captain Hu also began to talk.
"Okay, the company commander has started again."
"We're all tired of hearing it."
Zhou Zhikai on the side heard the complaints from the accompanying soldiers and was a little confused, "Captain Hu, your surname is Hu, our commander's surname is Li, how can you be from the same family?"
Li Hang was also confused, but he didn't know this.
Company Commander Hu smiled and explained, "Others may find it a little confusing, but within the Mingjing Hu family there has always been a saying that 'Li and Hu are the same family'."
"It seems there is a reason." Walking was boring anyway, so Li Hang was curious to hear the origin.
"This can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty more than a thousand years ago. The ancestor of our Ming Dynasty Hu family was originally a prince of the Tang Dynasty. Later, he lived in the Ming Dynasty because he was raised by an old man named Hu Sangong. , so the surname has always been Hu.
However, by the time the founder of my surname Hu knew his identity, the Tang Dynasty had already perished. In memory of his righteous ancestor Hu Sangong who raised him, he always took his surname as Hu.
It is also left that "the righteous ancestor is greater than the first ancestor, and the descendants cannot return to the ancestral line". "
Seeing Company Commander Hu talking eloquently, Li Hang could feel the pride in his words.
After all, he was a descendant of the Tang Dynasty royal family. Although the Tang Dynasty had been destroyed for more than a thousand years, he was still quite respectable when bragging in front of others.
Li Hang felt that this incident was somewhat artistic, but he later learned that it was actually true. It's just that times have changed, and the "Ming Jing Hu family" has lasted for thousands of years. In addition, the founder Youxun and the Tang Dynasty have long since disappeared, so no one has mentioned the idea of changing the surname to Li.
