I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

Zhou Zhirou looked solemn: "Zhirou will definitely live up to the respect and expectations of the chairman, wife, and second son! Build a powerful Chinese air force for the party and the country as soon as possible!"

Song Meiling smiled slightly: "Baifu, the chairman has absolute trust in you!" (Zhou Zhirou, also known as Zhou Baifu)

Zhou Zhirou nodded again and again: "Zhirou knows that Zhirou Air Force will be dedicated and loyal, serve the party and the country, and repay the Chairman!"

Several people were discussing that the plane had entered the southern territory of Anhui Province and arrived at an air force field airport in the suburbs of Anqing.

This airport is located in a sparsely populated suburb, and it is in disrepair. It is estimated that it will be abandoned, but it has been reopened by the Air Force and Zhou Zhirou. The purpose is to hide the new aircraft that the Chinese Air Force has obtained.

A lot of wooden warehouses have been set up beside the airport to temporarily store the planes donated by Germany. Several of them are parked at the airport, surrounded by a large number of pilots, ground crew, military officers and some blond Germans.

Section 059 Pilots (2)

After getting off the plane, Huang Guangrui, deputy commander-in-chief of the Air Force, Wang Shuming, deputy chief of the general staff, and a group of senior military officers greeted them beamingly.

"Hello Madam! Hello Second Young Master!" Huang Guangrui, Wang Shuming and others saluted.

"Everyone has worked hard!" Song Meiling nodded back with a smile on her face.

靠着蒋纬国的三寸不烂之舌，德国赠送给中国的这50架飞机包括20架ju-52运输机以及30架bf-109战斗机。

One of them, a ju-52 and a bf-109, was parked on the runway of the airport, surrounded by a few ambitious and eager Chinese pilots who were about to launch a test flight, and beside them were more than 100 German air force personnel, who were instructors, consultants, and technicians. He is explaining the performance of the aircraft, driving precautions, how to maintain and so on to the Chinese personnel through an interpreter.

"Jianhao, according to your instructions, the best pilots of our Air Force who are about to try out and use these new aircraft!" Zhou Zhirou enthusiastically introduced the pilots of the Chinese Air Force to Jiang Weiguo, "Gao Zhihang, Liu Cuigang , Li Guidan, and Le Yiqin are the four leaders with the best skills in our air force. In addition, these are Liu Zhesheng, Zheng Shaoyu, Shen Chonghui, Yan Haiwen, Dong Mingde, Huang Xinrui... They are also top-notch experts! "

Jiang Weiguo laughed. He looked at Gao Zhihang and other elites of the Chinese Air Force: "Everyone, work hard! In the future, it will be up to you to fight against the Japanese planes and defend China's airspace!"

Gao Zhihang smiled: "We definitely will, because..." His expression darkened, "I'm from the Northeast!"

Liu Cuigang looked at Jiang Weiguo: "I am also from the Northeast!"

Li Guidan sighed, and continued: "I am also from the Northeast!"

Yan Haiwen and other four or five pilots had tears in their eyes: "We are all from the Northeast!"

Jiang Weiguo looked at Gao Zhihang and the others with empathy: "We will definitely fight back to the Northeast, believe me, and sooner or later we will drop bombs on the Japanese islands! So, you all have to work hard!" He sighed in his heart, Zhang Xueliang, Zhang Xueliang, during the Anti-Japanese War, the Chinese Air Force's "Four Kings" pilots, three out of four were from your Northeast, and many of the rest of the elite pilots were from your Northeast. Damn lost!Forget about the prodigal, you are a prodigal!

The gloomy expression on Gao Zhihang's face was fleeting, replaced by a high-spirited fighting spirit: "Second son, is this German bf-109 fighter really good? Why is it... a single wing?"

Jiang Weiguo smiled, and he looked at Gao Zhihang and other pilots: "Please believe me, I tell you without exaggeration, this bf-109 will be the world's first-class aircraft in five years, and it will be the world's first-class aircraft in five years. It will still be one of the strongest fighter jets in the world in five years, and it will not be obsolete in ten years!"

"Really?" Gao Zhihang and other pilots were all pleasantly surprised and excited.

Jiang Weiguo understands the suspicion of Gao Zhihang and other pilots on the bf-109, because before getting the German aircraft, the Hawker-3 owned by the Chinese Air Force was a relatively good fighter, so many people generally think that "the aircraft should have two wings." "Of course two pairs of wings are better than one pair of wings." In fact, at this time in 1936, biplanes were still the mainstream aircraft in the world. Although monoplanes had risen, the concept of aircraft design was still in a transition period at this time. .

The first aircraft that appeared was the monoplane (all the combat aircraft in World War I were monoplanes), because the engine power of the aircraft at that time was not very high, and the aircraft had to have two pairs of wings to fly, but at this time, high-power Advanced aircraft engines have been developed with each passing day, and monoplanes can also fly into the sky.

Among the aircraft designers and high-level air forces in various countries, some people think that biplanes should continue to be improved, and some people think that the previous shortcomings of monoplanes have disappeared with technological progress, and monoplanes should be used instead of biplanes. The obtuseness of this idea.

When the Soviet-German War broke out, the aircraft of the Soviet Air Force was still dominated by biplanes; the Luftwaffe developed the first main fighter, and the he-51 developed was also biplane, but with the advancement of aviation technology, monoplanes existed before The disadvantages and defects of the aircraft no longer exist, and even have stronger advantages. The overall performance of the biplane is obviously not as good as that of the new monoplane, but some people still think that the aircraft is worse than the biplane.

This is a mindset of inertia.

As we all know, German tanks during World War II used gasoline engines, but tanks should actually use diesel engines. It is a historical trend to use diesel engines for tanks. Why would the Germans do stupid things?Because when the Germans developed tanks, gasoline engine technology was already very mature, and diesel engine technology still had many drawbacks and defects. Therefore, the first batch of German tanks used gasoline engines, and all future tanks also used gasoline engines in a regular manner, which led to the later Leopard The mobility of tanks and Tiger tanks is seriously insufficient, but the Soviet t-34 tank, which has been resolutely using diesel engines after continuous improvement, can run like lightning in the ice and snow, and has unparalleled mobility.

Once the ideology falls behind, everything will fall behind.

"Believe me!" Jiang Weiguo looked at the pilots with piercing eyes, "Do you know how difficult these planes are to get? These planes are the first batch of planes that just left the factory in Germany. It took all my tongue to get us to China.

This bf-109 is awesome!Very very good!My rule is, either buy the best, or don't buy at all!Am I going to send our pilots to their deaths in old-fashioned scrap metal?If the plane doesn't work, not only will you not be able to kill the enemy, but it will also put you in great danger. Isn't this irresponsible for your lives?If you are determined to kill the enemy and serve the country, the country should give you the best aircraft!For at least three or four years in the future, the main fighter of our air force will be bf-109!It's either that or it's not!It's better to be short than bad!So, don't drive any Hawk-3 in the future!You specially practice bf-109 for me!As you all know, my country's aviation industry is extremely weak. In terms of the number of aircraft, we are far inferior to the Japanese, so we can only compete for quality!If the number of planes is not as good as the number of people, and the quality of the planes is not as good as people, wouldn't your blood be wasted?Now, I gave you the best plane, you also have to work hard, you are now the best pilots, but this is not enough, you have to become world-class pilots!In this way, the combination of world-class aircraft and world-class pilots can win many with few enemies!Otherwise, our air battle with the Japanese will really be defeated!You must be one against ten! "

"We understand!" "We will definitely work ten times and a hundred times harder!" Gao Zhihang and other pilots all looked awe-inspiring, with moist eyes and warm hearts, because every word of Jiang Weiguo's words moved them.

Jiang Weiguo looked at Gao Zhihang and other pilots, and smiled slightly: "When the bf-109 was born in Germany, some of the best pilots in Germany said that if such a good plane was piloted by the best pilots, it would at least get 50 points. One or even 100 battle results.

why?Because this aircraft is really, really good!And those few German pilots are also very confident in their air combat skills.

Ladies and gentlemen, we Chinese are no worse than foreigners, and I hope you can do the same!" He looked at Zhou Zhirou beside him, "Mr. For shooting down an enemy plane, the pilot will be rewarded with 300 yuan (equivalent to 15-20 yuan in later generations). After the war, the statistics of the results will be carried out every month. The two will be rewarded with an additional 3000 yuan, and the third party will be rewarded with an additional 2000 yuan!"

Zhou Zhirou was overjoyed: "Good! Very good! This method is good!" He understood that this method will greatly stimulate the morale and fighting will of the pilots. Of course, it needs money, but with the "friendly sponsorship" of Jiang Weiguo, the little God of Wealth, no problem.

Jiang Weiguo looked at Gao Zhihang and other pilots with intense eyes: "In the last world war, a German pilot named Manfred von Richthofen set a record of 80 enemy planes. I believe that we Chinese pilots can also do it.

I really, really, really hope that there will be us Chinese among the top ten ace pilots in the world.

So, please!I'll get you the best plane in the world, I can give you whatever you need, and I'll depend on you for the rest! "

"Second son..." Gao Zhihang and the other pilots were so excited that tears filled their eyes, "We must not fail the country and you!"

"By the way! There is one more thing that needs to be explained!" Jiang Weiguo's expression became extremely serious, "You, Air Force pilots, unless you are about to be captured, no matter what the reason is, whether it is grief, hatred, guilt or anger, despair Suicide attacks are absolutely not allowed! After the plane is damaged, it is not allowed to crash with the plane! It is not allowed to drive the plane into the enemy target! It is not allowed to fly the plane to die with the enemy plane! Each of you is the country's most Precious treasure, each of you, each pilot, is worth a hundred of the best planes! If you engage in suicide attacks, you are heroic in spirit, but your behavior is tantamount to crime! Because you have ruined your own life , wasting the most precious wealth of the country! It is not easy for the country to train you! Airplanes are difficult to obtain, but it is not impossible to obtain them. Talents can be cultivated!" He looked at Zhou Zhirou, "Mr. Zhou, I hope you will issue a strict regulation within the Air Force, absolutely not allowing death attacks or suicide attacks!" With grief, anger, hatred and other emotions, he drove the plane into the Japanese ground target or warship, or the plane crashed into the Japanese army and died together.

Zhou Zhirou became more and more moved: "The second son's concern for our Air Force soldiers is really touching! I understand!"

"I thought of a good idea!" Song Meiling said with a smile, "Isn't the Air Force short of funds? Weiguo, your father's birthday is still more than a month away (Chiang Kai-shek was born on October 1887, 10, October 31, 1936) Today is his fiftieth birthday), we can take this opportunity to organize a fundraising campaign for the Air Force to buy planes across the country!"

"Well, mother, your idea is very good!" Jiang Weiguo nodded repeatedly.

"Thank you Ma'am, thank you Second Young Master!" Zhou Zhirou kept thanking her.

After inspecting the air force, Jiang Weiguo and Song Meiling returned to Nanjing by plane. As soon as they arrived in Nanjing, Liao Yaoxiang came to Jiang Weiguo with several telegrams. He sent two letters, while Ouyang Ge, the deputy commander in chief of the navy, sent him five letters in a row.

The Navy urgently "invited" Jiang Weiguo to Fuzhou, firstly to inspect the latest naval construction achievements, and secondly to "judgment", because Chen Shaokuan and Ouyang Ge almost fought each other in the naval headquarters, a powerful and popular In the direction, a backstage is solid and strong, so they refuse to give in to each other.

Originally, Chen Shaokuan and Ouyang Ge wanted Chiang Kai-shek to "hold justice". Chen Shaokuan sued Ouyang Ge in front of Chiang Kai-shek, claiming that "Ouyang Ge was arrogant and did not obey orders", and Ouyang Ge also sued Chen Shaokuan in front of Chiang Kai-shek. , claiming that "Chen Shaokuan relies on the old to sell the old, and has no one in his eyes." The two said that the public is right and the wife is right. Designer", so Chiang Kai-shek simply kicked the ball to Jiang Weiguo and let him handle it.

Section 060 New Navy

"Damn! What the hell is the navy doing?" Jiang Weiguo had a terrible headache. After sending Song Meiling off the plane, he had to put his butt on the seat in the plane again. The plane refueled and then flew directly to Fuzhou.

After arriving in Fuzhou, Jiang Weiguo rushed to the gate of the Navy General Headquarters, which had only been established for a week. Before he entered, he heard a fierce dispute inside, which could be called a verbal sword, or a quarrel is more appropriate.

"Senior Ouyang! Are you going too far? The second son supported our navy with 100 million US dollars last time, and you forcibly took 60! The 500 million (French currency) naval funds allocated by the Military Commission this time, you You actually want 400 million from me? What on earth do you mean? Is the commander-in-chief of the navy you or me?" This was Chen Shaokuan's voice, and his tone was full of unbearable anger and annoyance.

"Mr. Chen! Don't use your official hat to suppress me! I just want to build up the navy better and faster!" This is Ouyang Ge's voice, which seems to be confident and plausible.

"Are you building a navy? I'm living for nothing? You need money, but I don't? Why don't you go to the chairman and I'll abdicate! I'll give you the position of commander-in-chief of the navy! Are you satisfied?"

"Boss, you're here again! If you're not happy, quit! This is not the demeanor of a dignified commander-in-chief!"

"With a deputy commander in chief like you who keeps me in trouble all day long, how can I care about my demeanor!"

"Boss, your words are too harsh! Why did I bother you? The torpedo boat unit, the submarine unit, the mine-laying unit, the aviation unit, and the marine unit, which one doesn't need money?"

"Wait! What do you mean? I will manage a surface fleet? I am the commander-in-chief of the navy! You are under my command in terms of organization! Also, your torpedo boat needs money, but my fleet doesn't?"

"Anyway, after the war, your surface fleet is doomed to be completely annihilated! If the war lasts for five years, your surface fleet will last only one month, and for the next four years and eleven months, torpedo boats will be the main force of the navy! Since the surface fleet It is destined to sink after the war, so what are you wasting so much money for now? Isn’t this a waste of money? No matter whether the surface fleet is in disrepair or well-maintained, it will sink in the end! What are you spending so much money for? ? Torpedo boats are the real main force of the navy in the long-term war of resistance, and now I must hand over most of the funds to me!"

"You...you...you don't make sense! Good! Your torpedo boat is the main force, right? I'll sell all the naval surface ships now! Sell them to shipping companies as cargo ships! Or sell them as scrap iron to steel factories! In exchange for All the funds will be handed over to you, so that you can build the world's most powerful torpedo boat force! In the end, I will resign and you will be the commander-in-chief of the navy! Okay?"

"Mr. Chen, you are here again! Anyway, you are the commander-in-chief of the navy, and I am your subordinate. I just hope that you can allocate more funds to me!"

"You've almost used up all the funds! Last time, you were given [-]% of the money, but this time it's even worse, and you're asking for [-]% from me!"

Chen Shaokuan and Ouyang Ge quarreled fiercely. It was obvious that Chen Shaokuan was out of breath, while Ouyang Ge was calm and relaxed.

Jiang Weiguo had no choice but to quicken his pace and strode in.

In the hall on the first floor of the General Command Building, Chen Shaokuan was full of anger, Ouyang Ge was full of pride, and there were more than a dozen naval generals at the scene, and their positions were clearly separated. Five or six people stood behind Chen Shaokuan, and three or four stood behind Ouyang Behind Ge, there is a faint smell of the Chu River and the Han Dynasty, and the taste of the division of courts, showing the discord within the navy.

"Second son, you're here!" Lieutenant General Chen Ce, the deputy chief of the Navy's general staff, rushed forward as if seeing a savior, "The chief and deputy have quarreled almost every time they met since the establishment of the Navy's general headquarters. There is a lot of noise every day, come and help solve it!"

Ouyang Sihai also had a bitter face: "Brother Weiguo, you're here! We're about to be quarreled to death by the two of them!"

Jiang Weiguo didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He looked at Chen Shaokuan and Ouyang Ge helplessly: "Mr. Chen and Mr. Ouyang, you are the pillars of our Chinese navy. How can you quarrel with each other? Unity is strength!"

"It's not because of him!" Chen Shaokuan was still angry, "Keeping an inch! Insatiable greed! It's too much!"

"Where did I go too far?" Ouyangge was not to be outdone, "Mr. Chen, I think you are clearly acting out of selfishness!"

"Am I acting out of selfishness?" Chen Shaokuan was almost annoyed. "Okay, tell me, where did I act out of selfishness? Which one of the things I did was not for the country or the navy?"

"Seniors, please calm down!" Jiang Weiguo couldn't bear it any longer, he looked at Chen Ce, "Vice Chen, please tell me what's going on!"

The matter is actually not complicated, but it is very acute. It is nothing more than robbing funds and troops. When it comes to the root cause, it is still a factional dispute.

The Chinese navy currently consists of four major factions, the first is the Fujian Navy faction, the second is the Northeast Navy faction, the third is the Guangdong Navy faction, and the fourth is the Central Navy faction.

The Fujian navy is strong and talented, and it is the mainstay of the navy. During the September [-]th Incident, the Northeast Navy did not fall into the hands of the Japanese army like the Northeast Air Force because its fleet was stationed in Qingdao Port, Shandong Province. The funds of the Northeast Navy had to rely on the National Government, so people had to bow their heads under the eaves; the Guangdong Navy was taken over by the National Government after the Guangdong-Guangdong Incident, and it was in the same situation as the Northeast Navy; Lei school teachers and students as the core faction.

Among the four major factions, Fujian is the strongest, followed by the Northeast, Guangdong is third, and the Central Committee is at the bottom. However, both the Northeast and Guangdong factions are involuntary, so they dare not oppose the Fujian faction that dominates the navy, nor do they dare to defy The central faction of the central direct line, so the internal battles in the navy are mainly between the Fujian faction and the central faction.

The Fujian faction is the strongest, and the Central faction is the weakest, but they have pure blood, strong backing, and the backing of Chiang Kai-shek. Of course, Ouyang Ge is not afraid of Chen Shaokuan, and he doesn't even look down on Chen Shaokuan at all.

The navy recently received two funds, one was given by Jiang Weiguo, and the other was given by the Second Military and Political Department. Ouyangge had to go to most of them, and Chen Shaokuan was naturally extremely dissatisfied; The torpedo boat force, the submarine force, the minelaying force, the naval aviation force, and the marine force are composed of six major parts. Originally, the surface fleet was in the hands of Chen Shaokuan, and the torpedo boat force was in the hands of Ouyang Ge, but Ouyang Ge was not satisfied with this. Trying to capture the submarine force, mine-laying force, naval aviation force, and marine corps in his hands, and want to completely control the navy, of course Chen Shaokuan couldn't stand it.

"I can't stand you!" Jiang Weiguo said helplessly, "You should tell me about the current situation of the navy first!"

The Chinese Navy currently has more than 50 ships and ships with a total tonnage of 4.4 tons. They are basically old ships or small-tonnage ships. There are 15 combat warships with relatively large tonnage, including:

Ninghai cruiser, 2526 tons, No. 1 ship of the Ninghai class, ordered by the National Government from Japan;

Cruiser Pinghai, 2383 tons, No. 2 ship of the Ninghai class, self-built by Jiangnan Shipyard with the design drawings of Ninghai;

Cruiser Yixian, 1560 tons, built by Jiangnan Shipyard;

Haiqi cruiser, 4300 tons, ordered from Britain in the late Qing Dynasty;

Hairong, Haichou, and Haichen cruisers, each 2700 tons, were ordered from Germany in the late Qing Dynasty;

The cruisers Zhaohe and Yingrui, each 2600 tons, were ordered from Britain in the late Qing Dynasty;

The gunboats Ziqiang and Datong, each 1050 tons, were rebuilt by the Jiangnan Shipyard with the waste ships Jian'an and Jianwei in the late Qing Dynasty;

Zhenhai and Weihai seaplane carriers, each 2700 tons, were transformed from merchant ships;

Desheng and Weisheng seaplane carriers, each 930 tons, were converted from merchant ships.

The surface fleet of the Chinese Navy at this time is divided into five fleets:

1st Fleet (Battle Fleet), Commander Rear Admiral Chen Jiliang (the fleet belongs to the Fujian faction);

2nd Fleet (Battle Fleet), Commanded by Rear Admiral Zeng Yiding (the fleet belongs to the Fujian faction);

3rd Fleet (Battle Fleet), Commander Rear Admiral Xie Gangzhe (the fleet belongs to the Northeast faction);

4th Fleet (Battle Fleet), Commanded by Rear Admiral Zhang Zhiying (the fleet belongs to the Guangdong faction);

5th Fleet (Training Fleet), Commander Rear Admiral Wang Shouting (the fleet belongs to the Fujian faction).

Undoubtedly, according to China's national conditions, objective reality, and Jiang Weiguo's "important guidance from a far-sighted perspective", the Chinese navy's surface fleet will no longer expand, and these five fleets and existing surface ships will be maintained. In fact, China's current Jiangnan Shipyard has the ability to self-build thousands of tons of warships and independently design thousands of tons of warships. Before Jiang Weiguo reorganized the navy, Jiangnan Shipyard was building a cruiser for the Chinese Navy, which was the Yixian (the third ship in the above table) However, at this time, work has stopped and part of the built hull has begun to be dismantled; the Chinese Navy’s surface fleet will maintain the status quo, and the next focus will be on the development of torpedo boats, submarines, mine-laying troops, naval aviation, and marine warfare. The army, naturally, Chen Shaokuan and Ouyang Ge confronted each other in order to grab military funds and troops.