Rebirth of the Military Industry Power of the Anti-Japanese War

In addition to money and supplies, the 15th Red Army also had greater gains after capturing Hangzhou. Long before the army captured Hangzhou, a main regiment of more than 3,000 people in the 15th Red Army moved with lightning speed under the guidance and help of the special forces.

With unprecedented speed, they raided and occupied the Jianqiao Airport outside Hangzhou, the Central Hangzhou Jianqiao Aircraft Manufacturing Company (which can only assemble and repair aircraft, and almost all the required parts need to be imported, and the speed is far from comparable to that of advanced countries) and now.

China's largest aviation school, Jianqiao Central Aviation School, captured more than 100 pilots and trainees, and seized more than 50 aircraft of various types.

What makes Hu Weidong even more happy is that before liberation, the best aircraft designer in the country, Daniel Wangzhu, who was the first chief engineer of Boeing Company, was captured. Due to repeated disappointments in the past ten years after returning to China, Hu Weidong advanced the aircraft.

Impressed by the concept of design and manufacturing, he quickly agreed to work for the Red Army, but he also made two demands. First, it should not be made public to avoid harming his family. Second, Hu Weidong must fulfill his promise and build a real building within five years.

The aircraft manufacturer, Hu Weidong readily agreed.

There are also many talented people among the captured pilots and trainees, including three of the "Four King Kong" of the Chinese Air Force during the Anti-Japanese War - instructors Gao Zhihang, Li Guidan and graduating student Le Yiqin, as well as historical military personnel during the Anti-Japanese War.

Ryu Cheol-sang and Zheng Shaoyu, who shot down the most Japanese aircraft, were among many future outstanding pilots.

The aviation force of the National Army is generally opposed to the civil war (pilots generally have a high level of education, and the government's slanderous remarks such as "communists and wives" cannot deceive them). In addition, the attack speed of the 15th Red Army is too fast. In order to avoid being too late,

A large number of aircraft taking off were destroyed by the Red Army's artillery. Gao Zhihang asked the Red Army not to confiscate the pilots' self-defense weapons, not to completely restrict their freedom of movement (as long as they did not leave the aviation school), and not to force them to fight against the national army.

The 15th Red Army surrendered. Gao Zhihang thought that the Red Army had no air force, so it would naturally not be interested in those aircraft. Unexpectedly, Hu Weidong's first words after seeing Gao Zhihang and other national army pilots were to ask them to fly to the Soviet area immediately.

"Without an airport, how can this plane land? Even if it makes a safe landing, it will be difficult to fly again. Don't pretend to understand!" Gao Zhihang, who was pushed out by the pilots as a negotiator, said displeased.

"Who said we don't have an airport? Although it's just a field airport, for the biplanes here, it's no problem to park dozens of biplanes. Moreover, we have also built an underground hangar, so we are not afraid even if the enemy discovers us.",

Hu Weidong laughed and said, in fact, he originally asked people to build a field airport in Chong'an County, Fujian Province just to reserve technology and talents for the future construction of the airport. Who would have expected that a batch of aircraft would be seized so quickly? Naturally, he would not let them go. Hu Weidong's only

Unfortunately, the airport was built too small, so the larger transport planes had to be abandoned, and the few civilian passenger planes had to be kept. But who knew beforehand that the Red Army could actually move the center of the Jian Bridge without using artillery?

The aviation school was destroyed in one fell swoop, thereby capturing almost all the aircraft? What’s more, there was no time, and the construction of large airports was much slower than field airports...

"Are you serious?" Although Gao Zhihang doubted it, he already believed Hu Weidong's words in his heart. Even the underground hangar knew that building an airport was not impossible. But a group of "chaos" were there.

When he was still very weak, he had already begun to build his own air force (note 1). Gao Zhihang couldn't help but be moved by his ambition. He also thought that although the Nanjing government also valued the air force, it regarded it more as a window dressing and a civil war.

Moreover, corruption and factions are rampant within the national army, which has also damaged the atmosphere of the air force. Most pilots cannot even complete basic training in full. After all, he is only the deputy of the teaching team, and it is impossible for him to do it alone.

To solve the problem fundamentally and compare the two, Gao Zhihang had the urge to join the Red Army for a moment, but after all, he was no longer a hotheaded green man, and he quickly controlled his emotions...

"I want you to train pilots for our Red Army. I will let you go after a hundred people are dispatched. Of course, if anyone is willing to join the Red Army, we will certainly welcome you." Hu Weidong didn't want to waste any more time and told Gao Zhihang straight to the point.

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"This is impossible. The fuel stocks in aviation schools and airports are simply not enough. A dozen new pilots will use up the stocks after they are qualified! Unless you still have a way to continue to obtain a large amount of aviation gasoline." Gao Zhihang shook his head.

, he couldn't help but feel a little confused again. Does the other party understand the aviation force?

"You misunderstood. What I mean by "qualified" is that you can safely fly a plane up and down, and you only need to know how to fire." Hu Weidong explained.

"That's fine. As long as the students are not too stupid, they should be able to do it in a month. But what's the use of training such pilots who have almost no combat effectiveness?" Gao Zhihang was relieved and had new doubts.

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Hu Weidong pondered for a while, and finally said truthfully, "Okay, it doesn't hurt to tell you. The initial mission of our pilots was not to fly planes to fight the enemy, but to fly planes to transfer. This was to protect the environment.

The planes captured here, on the other hand, will occupy the Japanese airport in the future, so we can fly back the Japanese planes without having to painfully blow them all up."

"How can the plane be captured easily? Do you think you can always be so lucky?" Gao Zhihang couldn't help but sneered, but he reacted immediately, widened his eyes and shouted, "You said you want to fight the Japanese?"

"It's not that we want to fight, but we are already fighting. The Japanese concession has now been taken, and the Japanese assets are being searched. In fact, we declared war on Japan as early as 1932, but unfortunately the declaration was banned by Chiang Kai-shek.

Basically no one outside knows about it, and the Soviet area has been heavily besieged by the National Army. Even if you want to fight against Japan, you have to have a chance to encounter it..." Hu Weidong shrugged and smiled. He knew very well that Gao Zhihang was against

Those who hate Japan so deeply will definitely play the "anti-Japanese" card.

Gao Zhihang almost took the bait, but Hu Weidong's superfluous sentence "the Japanese assets are being searched" made him suspect that the Red Army's anti-Japanese attack on the Japanese might be just out of greed, so he decided to observe for a while before making a choice.

But Hu Weidong immediately threw out a bigger bait, "I heard that your previous wife was a Belarusian. Later, because of the Central Aviation Administration's regulations, officers were not allowed to marry foreign women, and they were forced to break up. Our Air Force will not be like this.

There is no humanity.”

Although Gao Zhihang remarried in 1932, due to their inconsistent temperaments, they are now inseparable. This made him miss his ex-wife even more. The psychological impact of Hu Weidong's words on him can be imagined. Gao Zhihang almost blurted out and agreed to join the Red Army, but

Suddenly he thought about whether the aircraft captured by the Red Army could be preserved, and whether the Red Army would really go to war with the Japanese army in the future. These were still uncertain, so Gao Zhihang finally suppressed his excitement and decided to take a look first.

Note 1: In fact, as early as the early 1930s, the Red Party had sent people to the Soviet Union to learn aircraft driving and aircraft manufacturing. However, due to domestic conditions, it was not until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War that they returned to China to establish their first aviation school.

That is the old Northeast Aviation School.

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