in2ebook Chapter 255: Literary and Military Courage
Chapter 255: Literary and Military Courage
Dussel stayed there for five minutes, then shuddered all over, dragged his heavy feet, and walked to William, Wang Meng and Chennault in a daze.
He forced an awkward smile from his face and tried his best to relax his body.
"Mr. William, I have confirmed with the Chief of Staff, the situation is true. It's all a misunderstanding, retreat!"
Dussel handed over William's ID, then left the airport in disgrace with Captain Tom.
The Kuomintang military police at the scene looked at each other in confusion and stood there stupidly.
The guard company commander walked up to their team leader with disdain.
"The master has left, why are you still hanging around here?"
The military police looked at the guard company with a murderous aura and immediately realized that they were just there to cooperate with the operation. Now that the operation was terminated, why were they still staying here?
Immediately, he turned and left.
Wang Meng waved his hand, and the guard company stepped up its alert this time, surrounding the independent column aviation division's apron to ensure that nothing could go wrong.
After being tested by mechanics, all aircraft meet the airworthiness conditions and are ready to take off at any time.
Chennault personally boarded an F6F Hellcat fighter.
"Chief of Staff, the Flying Tigers are ready to take off at any time!"
"You can take off!"
Chennault started the engine and the plane slowly glided towards the runway.
"Flying Tigers, target Pingshun Military Airport, transfer flight, take off!"
One after another, the F6F Hellcats took off, followed by the B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers and the C-54 Skyking transport planes.
A formation of more than a hundred fighter planes flew towards the Pingshun Military Airport.
After several hours of flying, the fighter formation finally arrived at Pingshun Airport.
According to the plan, Qingyang Airport will carry out combat readiness duty and training missions in Pingshun, and Lu Tianlong's aviation division will be transferred to Qingyang.
The reason why Li Yunlong and Wang Meng made such arrangements was that they took into consideration that the Flying Tigers had just arrived and many aspects needed to be adjusted, so it was more reassuring to keep them under their own supervision.
Moreover, Qingyang is not too far from Pingshun, so support can be provided at any time in case of special situations.
"Mengzi, isn't this airport a bit crowded now? Should we expand it?"
"Old Li, I was just about to report to you that I suggest building another runway so that our operating capacity can be doubled. In the event of special circumstances, we won't have to make emergency landings at the field airport."
"Okay, let's do this. During this period, you will be in charge of the Flying Tigers, and Shubing will be in charge of the foreigners at the Aviation Academy."
Wang Meng nodded. Among the senior leaders of the Independent Column, only they two understood English. They were responsible for connecting the Flying Tigers and the foreigners at the Aviation Academy, and it was their duty.
而从M国弄过来的两百名维修人员（C-54和B-17一共100名，F6F地狱猫一共100名），也分别被安排到三个地方：
Aviation College, major in maintenance.
Qingyang Military Airport.
Changshun Military Airport.
Wang Mengke has already greeted the maintenance teams of the two airports as well as the teachers and students of the Aviation College. He is determined to master all the relevant aircraft model knowledge within one year!
Because he was not sure how long the cooperation with Country M could last.
In the blink of an eye, it was the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month. As the New Year was approaching, southern Shanxi was also filled with joy.
The Independent Column fought several battles this year. Although they won every time, the soldiers were also very busy.
As the year draws to a close, I finally have some time to rest.
"Old Zhao, this year shouldn't be too sad, right?"
"It's OK. Our independent column's factories are starting to make money, and we still have a lot of surplus. I asked the Logistics Support Department to buy a lot of pigs, cattle and sheep from the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region in advance, and also got a lot of flour from other places. It has been distributed to various troops."
After listening to what Zhao Gang said, Li Yunlong felt relieved.
During the Chinese New Year, ensuring that the soldiers and civilians have enough food and clothing is better than anything else!
"How much money do we have on our account?"
Zhao Gang opened the account book and started calculating each item one by one.
When doing business with Country M, although Wang Meng was in contact, Zhao Gang was still in charge of all the outgoing and incoming payments. The same went for Chen Boai's business.
Therefore, Zhao Gang is now the absolute God of Wealth of the Independent Column.
"Lao Li, we still have more than two million US dollars in our account, more than half a million dollars in silver, gold and other hard currencies, so let's not count them!"
If it were a year or two ago, Li Yunlong would have jumped for joy when he heard that he was so rich.
But now it’s different. His vision has been opened up, and he really doesn’t care about a few million.
"How is Jia Gui? He is now the governor of Yuncheng, Changzhi, Jincheng and Pingshun. We exempted those factories from taxes for three years, but they have no fiscal revenue!"
Zhao Gang closed the account book.
"Old Li, I forgot to tell you about this. A few days ago, the Federation of Industry and Commerce took the initiative to ask for tax payment, saying that it was equivalent to donating money to our war of resistance!"
Li Yunlong was a little surprised at first, but after thinking about it, it made sense.
The business community received full support from the government and the Independent Column, made money in southern Shanxi, and now they are in the same boat with Li Yunlong.
Only by protecting southern Shanxi can their family property be guaranteed.
Otherwise, when the Japanese devils and Yan Xishan come, no matter how much money they make, wouldn't it be just helping others?
"Then collect it, but don't collect taxes from farmers for now!"
"Yes, I have explained it to Jia Guier. This year, the deficit was about three million silver dollars, but once the business community paid taxes, it basically broke even."
"That's right! It seems that we still need to do economic construction! If we don't have money, we can't repair our roads, and the people will have no work to do, and if they have no work to do, they will have no food to eat!"
Zhao Gang nodded. The past two years have been an eye-opener for him.
Southern Shanxi, which originally relied on the so-called support of overseas Chinese, has developed into a prosperous place that is basically self-sufficient.
The greatest contributors were the penicillin factory and the arsenal, which were Wang Meng's masterpieces.
"Hey, after talking for so long, where is Mengzi?"
"Oh, he and Shubing went to the Academy of Sciences to hang out! He said that all the things they researched could be the next 'penicillin', and that they would make money from those things in the future."
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang both admired Wang Meng who appeared out of nowhere.
He is an expert in both tactical strategy and economic development.
The key point is that this guy is very humble, very pragmatic, and gets along very well with both of them.
Although Lin Shubing is a little serious, his knowledge reserves are so great that even Zhao Gang, who dropped out of Yenching University, feels inferior to him.
Whether at the National Defense University, Pingshun University or the Academy of Sciences, he can always solve everyone's doubts or problems with just a few words.
Although there may not be a specific method, the plans or suggestions he puts forward are extremely valuable.
The transport captain has his literary and military courage, and so does the independent column!