Chapter 126 From Nanjing to Tokyo (second update, please follow up)
Li Yian not only has transport planes, but also fighter jets.
Hundreds of several types of German and Italian fighter jets including BF109 fighter jets.
They were the trophies of the Allied forces on the North African battlefield. Due to insufficient parts and other reasons, those aircraft were not shipped back to the country, but were parked at the airport in North Africa. Originally, they were supposed to be transformed into A pile of scrap metal.
But at Li Yian's request, all the aircraft were repaired.
Now hundreds of renovated aircraft are parked at the Tunisian airport.
What Li Yian lacked was a pilot, so he specially trained pilots in Tunisia.
After all, Borneo will need an air force in the future.
Now, facing the first Chinese woman to obtain a pilot license, Li Yian sincerely admires her, not for anything else but because of her love for the motherland - after the "September 18th" incident broke out , the overseas Chinese were filled with righteous indignation and held protest marches across the United States and mobilized charity donations to support the motherland's anti-Japanese war. Aviation schools were set up in San Francisco, Portland, New York, Los Angeles and other places to encourage young people to learn to fly so that they could return to China to participate in the anti-Japanese war.
Li Yueying was among the first batch of students at Portland Aviation School. Among the thirty-two students, she was the only female. After graduating with a pilot license in 2034, she returned to China because the Air Force did not recruit The female pilot only returned disappointed. But this does not prevent her from trying her best in this war in another way.
"...I just flew the plane to Montana."
Because she has lived in China for two years, Li Yueying speaks Mandarin fluently, but her pronunciation is typical Guangpu.
“P39, P40, P63, C47, B25, we flew almost all the aircraft. I flew 1,000 aircraft. In terms of flight hours, it is almost more than 7,000 hours. You know, I am very I like flying. When we were transporting planes, we would also engage in aerial dogfights every day, and we even defeated the pilots of the fighter wing many times..."
After that, Li Yueying said with some helplessness.
“But we will never have the chance to go to the battlefield. It seems that women cannot go to the battlefield.”
After thinking for a while, she said again.
"It's not right to say that, Russian female pilots can go to the battlefield."
Looking at the lady in front of her who was upset because she couldn't go to the battlefield, Li Yi'an said.
“You can come to our place. I have my own aviation fleet and fighter jets. Although the aircraft is a German BF109, its performance is also very good. Although I cannot necessarily guarantee that you will have the opportunity to go to the battlefield to fight the Japanese. , But, Ms. Li, I hope you can accept my invitation as the first Chinese female fighter pilot!"
Faced with the sudden invitation, Li Yueying thought for a while and then said.
"Mr. Li, in fact, there is an overseas Chinese pilot in the service team. She is also a woman. If possible, I think she would be willing to go. Her flying skills are also very good."
Also. Such a good thing!
Of course Li Yian would not refuse such a good thing. After all, what he lacks most now is such talents.
Sometimes, unexpected encounters always change the fate of many people. One month after Li Yian issued the invitation, two pilots, Li Yueying and Zhu Meijiao, joined North Borneo Airlines and became the first batch of pilots. fighter pilot, thereby averting that mid-air accident.
A few hours later, Li Yian once again took DC4 and headed straight to Amchitka Island. The plane flew for almost ten hours before landing on Amchitka Island. Both sides of the runway were lined with B29 supercars. Flying Fortress, in addition to B29, there are also a large number of B24.
"Those are C109 fuel transport aircraft. There are 8 oil tanks installed in the cabin. They can load up to 2,900 gallons of aviation gasoline at a time. In the past, we used them to transport gasoline to China through the hump route." Major Cage explained,
< br>"But now, these C109s are aerial tankers, and a tanker refuels a Super Sky Fortress..."
Although it was already past eight o'clock in the evening, but The airport was still brightly lit. The fuel trucks surrounding the B29 were loading fuel into the aircraft, and trucks of bombs were being hoisted into the bomb bay.
Taking a car to a B29, looking at the 500-pound bomb in front of him, Li Yian picked up a writing pen and wrote a few words on the bomb with paint.
"For Nanjing!"
The reason why I came here is to write this sentence. Maybe Li Yi'an can't personally fly the B29 bomber and drop bombs on Tokyo, but it does not prevent him from coming here with some kind of wish. Leaving a sentence on the bomb at this airport is the simplest wish of a Chinese.
From Nanjing to Tokyo.
Not far.
But for this short distance, we walked for eight years and paid the price of tens of millions of military and civilian casualties.
For this not-so-far distance, we sacrifice, we fight, we are betrayed, we endure humiliation...
For this not-so-far distance...
We do whatever it takes.
We even put the entire nation on this unknown journey. It was on this journey full of sacrifices and blood and tears that we completed a radical change in the soul of the nation.
No matter what, we reached the other shore.
From Nanjing to Tokyo...
Now, Li Yian is just adding bricks and tiles to this process, and these bricks and mortar are just the beginning, and they will add fuel to the fire in the future.
A few hours later, as the huge fleet roared to take off, watching the B29 bombers flying into the night sky one after another, and watching the night sky full of red and green wing lights flashing, this moment In an instant, Li Yian seemed to understand why hundreds of thousands of people could provide their own rations to build large airports. He also understood why the Chinese people still gritted their teeth even when the Americans defaulted on advances for various reasons, even using the currency collapse as an excuse. The airport must also be built at a cost.
For no other reason than for the deepest desire in my heart - to bomb Tokyo!
For the compatriots who died in Nanjing, and to avenge the millions of compatriots who died in the Anti-Japanese War!
"Today, our wish is six months ahead of schedule!"
The corners of Li Yian's mouth raised, and the brightest smile bloomed on his face at this time. The same was probably true of the people around him, even the photographer The same is true, even when he left a message with the bomb earlier, the cinematographer captured that scene.
Soon, the film will be developed, copied and released as a news film about the "Bombing of Tokyo". At that time, the whole world will see the images of the bombing of Tokyo.
While Li Yian was watching the retreating bombers in the sky, a man walked up to him and said.
"Mr. Li, thank you for your company's aerial refueling technology, which allows us to bomb Tokyo in advance. Hello, I am Curtis LeMay."
(End of this chapter)