The two soldiers immediately raised their Han Yangzoo warily to face the sudden appearance of the person.
"My lord, be careful of fire." A man in his thirties in a long gown quickly raised his hands and nodded.
"Who are you? Why are you hanging around here?" A soldier raised his gun without putting it down, staring at the person in front of him with a wary expression.
"Master, I'm here to deliver supplies to the officials. If you haven't heard of any airplanes, come here and learn about them. I've never been on a plane in my life."
"If you want to see airplanes, go outside and look. There are so many airplanes on the airport tarmac. There is just a wooden airplane here, nothing interesting to see."
"Wooden airplane? Can wood be used as an airplane?" The man in a long gown was a little surprised.
"Is there anything strange? Don't run around. Bullets don't have eyesight." The two soldiers immediately put away their guns and put them on their shoulders, and their expressions became less alert.
"Okay, sir, I'll leave now." The man in the long gown nodded quickly and left.
However, after leaving, the man in the long gown looked back at the warehouse from time to time.
If it were really a wooden plane, how could it be possible to send someone to guard it? There must be new weapons inside that could threaten the empire. It seems that someone would have to find a way to sneak in and take a look.
However, he is not in a hurry. Now that he has finally recovered the information about the airport, he cannot act rashly to avoid affecting the overall situation.
Just when he followed the supply convoy to the door, he saw a plane flying over in the distance, and there seemed to be a passenger plane.
airliner?
Is it an escort?
Who was on that passenger plane?
However, the security at the airport has obviously become tighter, and it is impossible for him to return to the airport to inquire.
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, eleven planes landed at Hankou Airport one after another.
After the big shot left, a group of pilots gathered around and were curious when they saw Zhou Zhikai's plane.
"Zhikai, what happened to your plane? Did it encounter a Japanese plane while escorting it?"
"The plane is like this and it's actually coming back. Are the big shots on the plane okay?"
"It's different from what you think. You didn't go. It was so cool today. Over Taierzhuang, I shot down two Japanese planes alone at the beginning..."
Zhou Zhikai was originally a son of a powerful person, and he wanted to be a star before. This time I encountered something so exciting, so naturally I couldn’t hold it back.
Of course, he was only talking about air combat, and he didn't say much about other things like escort.
However, other pilots learned that the four men of the 23rd Squadron actually shot down 14 Japanese planes, and they were extremely envious. On average, each of them could score 3.5 planes. Who wouldn't be envious?
Dong Mingde was also a little confused and called Wang Yuanbo aside, "What's going on? Why didn't you guys participate?"
Wang Yuanbo was already depressed about this matter, but when he heard Dong Mingde's words, he immediately complained.
After listening to Wang Yuanbo's words, Dong Mingde was also speechless. There are also some complaints against Mao Yingchu. Just target Li Hang and don't give away the credit for the 21st Squadron.
In his opinion, if there were people from the 21st Squadron at that time, they would definitely have gained a lot.
But he also knew Mao Yingchu's mood.
With a subordinate who was capable, thoughtful, and valued by his superiors, the captain Mao Yingchu was actually somewhat overshadowed.
Dong Mingde is now the deputy captain. Even if Li Hang shows his talents, it will have little impact on him, and the other party will not be able to take away his position as deputy captain.
Lao Dong didn't take this matter to heart.
Li Hang didn't think much about it and focused on modifying his new aircraft.
After a while, the aircraft will be ready for test flight in full condition. This time it will be equipped with weapons and the engine will be replaced. Even important parts of the wooden structure are being reinforced to prevent the board from falling off again.
But on March 25, the day after Li Hang and others returned, they learned a piece of news from Xuzhou.
The Japanese army dispatched a large number of fighter jets and bombers to raid Xuzhou that day, blowing up many buildings and causing some casualties among soldiers and civilians.
Li Hang and others realized that this was probably the enemy's revenge.
Generally speaking, Japan has strong military industrial capabilities and can quickly replenish its aircraft if it is lost. China also loses one aircraft every time it loses one.
After all, buying an airplane is different from building one yourself.
Li Hang thought of one thing, and that was the Japanese Army's Type 97 fighter, known as the ultimate light fighter.
Thinking of this, he explained the situation to the pilots.
"Chief Li, you said the Japanese Army will also have a new aircraft similar to the Type 96 carrier-based fighter? I've never heard of it." Someone asked in class.
"This is inevitable. The contradiction between the Japanese army and navy is huge. What the army has, the navy must also have, and vice versa."
"Now that the Japanese Navy has such an advanced fighter aircraft, the Army will definitely not sit idly by and ignore it. Its new aircraft may have been successfully developed and even equipped."
"What about performance?"
"I wish I knew. You can ask the little devils and let them tell you the performance."
"Hahaha!" Everyone couldn't help laughing.
"Okay." Mao Yingchu said with a straight face.
Everyone immediately fell silent.
"Captain Li, since you said so, there must be a way to deal with it, right?" Mao Yingchu looked at Li Hang.
"It's hard to say how to deal with it. After all, we haven't seen any new aircraft of the Japanese Army. However, we can refer to the Type 96 carrier-based fighter. It is estimated that the performance is not bad, and it may be better to deal with Japanese aircraft. Because our Yi-16 is the latest The model is fast and can hit and run.
If it is an I-15, you have to be careful, especially when circling and fighting with Japanese aircraft. "
The performance difference is so big that it is difficult to find a reliable method. It depends on the ability of the pilots of the weaker side.
"So, the situation of the third brigade is probably not going to be good." Mao Yingchu frowned slightly.
The fighters of the Third Group are all biplanes, either I-15s or Hawker IIIs. It is okay to fight against the Japanese Type 95 fighter jets, but it is a bit difficult to fight against the more advanced Japanese aircraft.
"Captain, you can report to Chief Zhou and Chief Mao and ask them to remind the Third Brigade to be mentally prepared early, so as not to be caught off guard if we encounter it." Dong Mingde suggested.
Mao Yingchu nodded, and he would definitely remind him. After all, they were all colleagues.
Li Hang then talked about some fighting skills, which are all in the same brigade. If you master these, your chances of survival in an air battle will be much greater.
On the 26th, Commander Zhou told him good news. Wang Zhu, who was negotiating with the Soviet Union on matters such as the purchase of aircraft, was coming back and said he had arrived in Dihua.
After hearing about the aircraft built by Li Hang, the aircraft designer was very interested and planned to rush to Wuhan to see the aircraft with his own eyes.
Li Hang was undoubtedly happy to hear the news.
