Devil's Army

Due to production restrictions, the development and growth of the First Anti-Japanese Army Air Force has been relatively slow.

The first thing Leng Feng did was to negotiate with the Nanjing leaders about which aircraft manufacturing plant to acquire.

Leng Feng's first choice target was the Central Leiyun Aircraft Manufacturing Factory.

This was the Central Hangzhou Aircraft Manufacturing Factory that moved from Hangzhou Jianqiao in 1938. Some of the senior engineers and technicians of the aircraft manufacturing factory of the First Anti-Japanese Army were poached from the Jianqiao Aircraft Manufacturing Factory.

However, this is an old aircraft manufacturing plant, and the Nanjing leaders did not agree to its acquisition by the First Anti-Japanese Army.

Next is the First Aircraft Manufacturing Plant of the Aviation Commission, which was relocated from the Shaoguan Aircraft Manufacturing Plant in Guangdong last year and has not yet officially started production.

There are also Yunnan Haoxiang Aircraft R&D Base and Yunnan Yuanwei Aircraft Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

After much consideration, the leader decided to give Leng Feng the First Aircraft Manufacturing Plant of the Aviation Committee. However, he also made two requests:

1. Change the name of the First Aircraft Manufacturing Plant of the Aviation Committee.

2. The First Aircraft Manufacturing Plant of the Aviation Commission was purchased by the First Anti-Japanese Army Air Force. However, it was not purchased in cash, but at the estimated price of the Huaxia II fighter plane.

Leng Feng did not agree, because he knew that they would have a war with the Nanjing government sooner or later.

If the Nanjing government had its own fleet of Hua Xia II fighter jets, they would have a powerful opponent.

Moreover, he was also worried that the Nanjing government would reverse-engineer and produce the Hua Xia II fighter.

He politely rejected the Nanjing leader's request:

"Our Huaxia II fighter and H-1 bomber have many independent intellectual property rights, which are priceless and cannot be estimated. It is better to settle in cash. There is no delay or debt."

The Nanjing leader couldn't convince Leng Feng, so he had to agree.

After the acquisition of the aircraft manufacturing plant was negotiated, Leng Feng immediately took the senior engineers of the Anti-Japanese First Army Air Force Aircraft Manufacturing Plant to visit the First Aircraft Manufacturing Plant of the Aviation Commission.

Leng Feng and a senior engineer from the aircraft manufacturing factory visited the First Aircraft Manufacturing Factory of the Yunnan Aviation Commission. Safety issues should not be underestimated.

Captain Xu arranged a squadron of Hua Xia II fighters to escort the aircraft together with six Hua Xia III fighters that had just rolled off the production line.

Leng Feng did not agree.

The Kwantung Army in the Northeast has been purchasing Zero fighters from China. As long as they are large enough, they will go to war with their air force at any time to regain air supremacy in the Northeast.

At this time, the fighter jets of their First Air Force Squadron could not be easily transferred out.

Finally, Captain Xu compromised and left the Huaxia II fighter squadron in Jinzhou to prepare for battle, and only arranged the six Huaxia III fighters for escort.

Jackal went to the newly formed Fourth Army Gui-Yunnan Front Army as the army commander, and Leng Feng was going to visit the First Aircraft Manufacturing Factory of the Yunnan Aviation Committee. The old base was without a leader.

Leng Feng sent a telegram to Huilang, asking him to return to the old base temporarily to take charge of the overall situation. The affairs of the Tangshan base were handed over to the second brigade commander Wulang.

Gray Wolf was surprised and happy when he received Leng Feng's telegram.

What shocked Leng Feng was that he was going to visit the First Aircraft Manufacturing Plant of the Yunnan Aviation Committee, which was thousands of miles away. It was a Kuomintang-controlled area with a large number of Japanese spies active there, so safety was difficult to guarantee.

The good news was that they soon had a complete aircraft manufacturing plant and aviation school.

Not only can the production of aircraft be greatly increased, but also with a large number of skilled workers, aviation instructors and pilots, the air force of the First Anti-Japanese Army will make great strides forward.

In order to protect Leng Feng, Gray Wolf sent a telegram to Jackal, asking him to discuss with General Long of the Yunnan Army and arrange for the First Battalion of the Third Division of the New Fourth Army in Yunnan to be responsible for the security of the aircraft factory.

The contribution made by the original First Anti-Japanese Army Independent Brigade to Yunnan's anti-Japanese war was obvious to all. General Long and the senior generals of the Yunnan Army.

General Long does not have a strong desire to occupy a mountain and become a local lord. He just wants to protect the safety of the people of Yunnan.

Now there is a powerful troop stationed there, and they will also have a powerful air force, so they will no longer be afraid of the Japanese aircraft bombing.

He quickly agreed and designated a large area around the First Aircraft Manufacturing Plant of the Yunnan Aviation Commission to be garrisoned by this battalion of the newly formed Fourth Army's Gui-Yunnan Front.

Two days later, Leng Feng's fleet landed at Yanglin Airport near the First Aircraft Manufacturing Plant of the Aviation Commission.

Leng Feng got off the plane and found that Jackal, along with the soldiers of the Gui-Yunnan Front Army and the main leaders of the aircraft manufacturing plant, had been waiting on the tarmac for a long time.

Except for Jackal, the soldiers of the Gui-Yunnan Front Army had never seen Leng Feng before, and they saluted him excitedly.

The main person in charge of the aircraft factory had already heard about the advanced aircraft of the First Anti-Japanese Army and had long wanted to see them.

I didn't expect that their aircraft factory could now produce these advanced supersonic fighters. He walked towards Leng Feng and the senior engineers excitedly.