Smedley left with a large number of photos. The plane he left by plane was still the Douglas III transport plane transferred from Dameishan. In order to fill the transport plane's fuel tank, Xu Rui robbed the transport plane back from Nanyuan Airport. The fuel tanks of the fourteen fighter jets were all emptied, and I bought some more from Fu Zuoyi before I finally got enough.
The transport plane was still driven by Song Guoning and another pilot from the flight company.
Song Guoning was worried that Jiang Nan's tire was inflated, so he decided to personally fly the transport plane that Jiang Nan and his family members were traveling on in order to make the transport plane fly as smoothly as possible. The other pilot turned out to be the only two people left in the flight company.
At this moment, Song Guoning and the two were shouldering an arduous task and flew directly to Chongqing.
Watching the huge fuselage of the transport plane disappear into the night sky, Wang Husheng asked quietly: "Old Xu, you took such a big risk this time to snatch back fourteen fighter jets from Nanyuan Airport. I know you want to form a team. We support the air force to protect Baotou from Japanese bombings, but now that we have planes, what will the pilots do?"
After a pause, Wang Husheng said again: "We can't let the Langya team members fly, right?"
"This is definitely not possible." Xu Rui shook his head decisively and said, "There are specialties in the art industry. The mission of the Langya team members is special operations. Letting them be pilots is overqualified and underutilized. What's more, the veteran Langya team members are only proficient in aircraft driving. This I was lucky this time and met a Japanese rookie pilot, so nothing happened, but I may not have such good luck next time. If I encounter a veteran Japanese pilot, I might face disaster."
"So." Wang Husheng said, "I just asked you, what should the pilot do?"
Xu Rui spread his hands and said, "I didn't think much about it at the time. I could only think about it slowly."
To be honest, when Xu Rui decided to take revenge on the Japs, he only wanted to destroy Datong Airport and Nanyuan Airport, and at the same time destroy as many Japs planes as possible. It was not until he easily captured Datong Airport that Xu Rui came up with the idea of a surprise attack on Nanyuan. At the airport, I had the idea to rob the Japanese plane, but until the end I never thought that I would be able to rob so many fighter jets.
Xu Rui originally thought that if he could grab three or five fighter jets, he would be able to conquer the sky. If that were the case, he would be able to form a flying team by specially selecting three or five members from the Langya Brigade, plus Song Guoning and the others. It can almost support Baotou's air defense. At least it will be no problem to harass the Japanese bombers who lack fighter escort.
But I didn't expect that during this trip to Nanyuan Airport, one guy would snatch back fourteen fighter jets!
Now the pilot gap is huge. If the principle of two pilots per fighter is followed, twenty-eight pilots will need to be equipped. Then the question arises, is it right to transfer so many team members from the Langya Brigade to serve as pilots? Possibly, not only is it overkill, but the effect may not be good either.
Xu Rui and Wang Husheng didn't know that the pilot's problem would be solved soon.
After a while, Wang Husheng took the initiative to break the silence and said, "Old Xu, why don't you go and see the industrial zone?"
"Sure." Xu Rui said happily, "I have nothing to do anyway, so I just happened to go see how the preparations for the industrial zone are going."
At that moment, Wang Husheng asked the guards to bring the war horses, and Xu Rui asked Digua to bring the soldiers. The two got on their horses and went straight to the industrial zone in the east of Baotou City.
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After riding for half an hour, the group of four arrived at the industrial area in the east of the city.
At this time, it was already past two o'clock in the morning, but several construction sites in the industrial area were still lit with torches. Through the dim light of the fire, one could vaguely see groups of topless Japanese prisoners of war working on the construction sites. They worked hard, mainly carrying baskets of soil from underground caves.
This time, the prisoners of war captured during the Battle of Wuyuan were the main force in the construction of the industrial zone.
For this reason, Xu Rui even spent some money to buy prisoners of war from the Sui Army.
Xu Rui observed carefully. Except for the guards on the periphery of the entire industrial zone, there were basically no guards on the construction sites inside. However, these Japanese prisoners of war hardly saw any slackers. They all worked very hard. In this cold winter, Even with my bare upper body, I could still get sweat stains.
Digua immediately said: "Political commissar, why don't you send someone to keep an eye on it?"
"It's not necessary." Wang Husheng shook his head and said, "The little devil is really strange. Before he was captured, he was really vicious. But once he became a prisoner, he immediately turned into a group of sheep, whether he was working, eating or resting. , everything is in order, there is no need to keep an eye on it.”
"That's the kind of virtue Little Japan has." Xu Rui said cheerfully, "Before you subdued him, he was more ferocious than a wolf, but once he was subdued by you, he became docile than a dog! These devils were obviously manipulated by us I was convinced, so everyone became docile than a dog, but I still can’t be careless, and I still have to be vigilant.”
Wang Husheng snorted lightly and said, "Don't worry, Old Xu. There are militiamen patrolling the perimeter of the construction site 24 hours a day. It's not that easy for the devils to escape."
While the two were talking, they had already entered one of the construction sites.
Wang Husheng introduced as he walked: "This is the planned power plant. Compared with other factories such as bullet factories, oil refineries, and steel plants, the power plant has a tall chimney and cannot be disguised at all, so it is simply built in On the surface, we can only rely on the density of firepower from anti-aircraft heavy machine guns to strengthen our defense."
Xu Rui frowned and said, "Is this what you think, or is it what the Soviet experts said?"
"Of course this is the opinion of Soviet experts." Wang Husheng said, "How dare I make this decision."
Xu Rui turned around and told Digua: "Dugu, go and find the Soviet experts responsible for planning the construction of the thermal power plant."
Just as Di Gua was about to leave, Wang Husheng stopped him and said, "Old Xu, it's already so late. The Soviet expert may have fallen asleep. Wouldn't it be better to wake him up again?"
"There's nothing wrong with it. They come to Baotou not for vacation, but for work." Xu Rui snorted and said to Digua, "Why are you still standing there?"
Digua hurriedly ran to find someone.
Soon, Digua came over with two foreigners, followed by a student in a suit.
As early as more than half a month ago, not long after Xu Rui and the others returned from Kulun, a team of experts sent by the Soviet government arrived in Xi'an via the Northwest Highway. Then they divided into two groups and went all the way to the Yan'an County Oil Field to take charge of Yanchang Oil Field. To expand production, another route went directly to Baotou to help establish an industrial zone.
Since the machinery and equipment have not yet arrived in Baotou, we can only do some infrastructure work for the time being.
The Soviet experts who assisted in the construction of the thermal power plant were two old men in their fifties. One of them had a fierce look on his face, and it was obvious that he was not easy to get along with. As expected, as soon as they arrived, they started whispering, but what they said was just right. It was in Russian, and it was spoken very fast, so even Xu Rui couldn't understand it, let alone Wang Husheng.
Fortunately, there was a Russian translator, and the student translated: "Mr. Daliumi said that it is getting so late, and they will get up early tomorrow morning to guide the work, so if you have any questions, please hurry up and ask. Mr. Daliumi also He said that they came to Baotou to help us build the factory, not to serve as consultants to leading cadres like you."
Wang Husheng's brows immediately tightened, and what he said was a bit unpleasant.
Xu Rui's expression immediately dropped, and he said coldly: "Did he really say that?"
The student felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by Xu Rui. He hurriedly looked away and said, "That's what he said."
"Then tell this expert Daliumi now." Xu Rui said coldly, "He has been fired. Let him go back to where he came from!"
"What do you mean?" The student looked at Xu Rui nervously, obviously not expecting Xu Rui to be so tough.
In the past few days, it has become normal for Soviet experts to act arrogantly in the industrial zone. One of them even made extremely excessive demands, asking Wang Husheng to find him a female companion. Of course, Wang Husheng refused sternly. For this reason, the Soviet expert lost his temper and beat all the translators assigned to him.
For the sake of work, Wang Husheng finally chose to endure.
Wang Husheng's forbearance is the tragedy of this era, because China in this era has lagged far behind the West. If you fall behind, you will be beaten. If you fall behind, you will have no dignity, so you can only endure! This is the law of the jungle in human society. It has always been like this. There is not much to say about it. Just keep a low profile and bide your time. That’s all!
But Xu Rui lives in another era, an era in which China has risen.
In Xu Rui, or in Xu Rui's generation, there is no such thing as the forbearance of ancestors.
Therefore, it was okay if Xu Rui didn't know about this before, but now that he knows about it, he immediately gets angry.
Ignoring Wang Husheng's dissuasion, Xu Rui said coldly to the student translator: "Translate to him exactly what I just said. Translate it now!"
The student translator didn't dare not listen, and hesitantly translated.
After hearing this, the Soviet expert immediately flew into a rage. He was just angry, but he actually dared to hit someone, waving his hand and slapping the student in the face.
But Xu Rui is right next to him, so how can the Soviet experts do what they want
With a slight stretch of his hand, Xu Rui grasped the Soviet expert's hand, and with a slight push, the Soviet expert immediately screamed like a pig, his face instantly turned pale, and his forehead was even bigger. of cold sweat.
Xu Rui said to the student again: "Tell him again, we Chinese were not bullied by others before, we are not bullied by others now, and we will never be bullied by others in the future. The Japanese can't do it, the Americans can't do it, and you Soviets can't do it either!" Anyone who dares to sit on our Chinese people’s heads and shit and urinate on us will be in trouble!”
The student translator was more forceful this time, and immediately started to translate in a gibbering voice.
The captured Soviet expert was in so much pain that he could not speak. Another Soviet expert who looked kinder hurried forward and spoke to Xu Rui in a sincere tone. At this time, even Wang Husheng, who knew nothing about Russian, , it can also be heard that the attitude of Soviet experts has softened.