Chapter 236: The Boiling Pilots
“Captain! Good news! Great news! Commander Zhou just said that Zhou Wenhua’s big boss has donated a batch of 20 P-36 fighter jets to us, which are even more advanced than the Hawk-3 fighter jets!”
“They are now being transported here for assembly and test flights for us!”
After Commander Zhou received the 20 P-36 fighter jet parts donated by Zhou Wenhua, he immediately notified this good news to the National Revolutionary Army pilots at various airports.
Upon learning this news, Company Commander Mao Yingchu of the 23rd Company of Lanqiao pilots was also delighted, rushing toward Captain Gao while gasping for breath from afar, reporting the good news.
His loud shouting voice also attracted the attention of all the pilots who had finished training,
especially those pilots gathered around Captain Gao, who heard the content of his shouting first thing.
“What! Company Commander, you’re not fooling us, are you? That big boss Zhou Wenhua from Shanghai has donated a batch of 20 P-36 fighter jets to us, more advanced than the Hawk-3 fighter jets? Isn’t that said to be the latest fighter jet from the United States? Where did he get them to donate to us? Isn’t it said to be non-saleable?”
“Yeah! Instructor Chennault also said it’s non-saleable! How come 20 are donated to us all of a sudden? Did you hear the donated model wrong?”
“Who heard the model wrong? Wait and see for yourselves, verify the actual fighter jets after those P-36 fighter jet parts are assembled, and it’ll be crystal clear. I heard that by afternoon, they can be transported to our airport here. I heard we can get 12 such new fighter jets here for test flights and operational use, while the remaining 8 will be allocated to two other airports! Moreover, our Commander Zhou will personally come here shortly!”
“Great! If they are really the latest U.S. P-36 fighter jets that we’ve never piloted before, then in the future when we face the Japanese people’s latest Type 96 fighter jets, we can easily shoot them down! I heard this fighter jet is one of the latest in the world now, not sure if it’s true or fake! Really looking forward to piloting it for a test flight soon!”
“Hahaha! It must be real! Don’t forget our Instructor Chennault keeps praising how good this new fighter jet is! And no matter what, it’s safer and better performing than those Italian junk aircraft we used before! It’s also stronger than the Hawk-3 fighter jets we’re piloting now! I’m increasingly eager to see what this new fighter jet we’ve heard about for so long is really like!”
“Once they arrive, have those technical backbone personnel assemble them, and we’ll know, right?”
“Yeah! Luckily this time our Fourth Air Group gets 12 such new fighter jets, so we won’t have to compete so fiercely, and we can do test flight experiences!”
Soon, all these National Revolutionary Army pilots were boiling over, buzzing noisily, chattering heatedly with the 23rd Company Company Commander Mao Yingchu who came to report the good news.
Captain Gao was also delighted by this surprising news.
He was also expecting what the operational experience would be like after test flying these new fighter jets.
And he also remembered Zhou Wenhua’s name in his heart, thanking him for donating such a new fleet of fighter jets to their air force. They all knew that their air force now lacked the most were new fighter jets to counter the Japanese Army’s new fighter jets.
As long as they had new fighter jets, their air combat capability would greatly increase, allowing them to defend the airspace over the homeland and protect citizens from the Japanese aircraft group’s air strike bombing and heavy casualties.
Just like this, under these pilots’ eager expectation,
after midnight,
Commander Zhou personally brought the assembled P-36 fighter jet fleet, had the troops transport it to Lanqiao Airport, so that those pilots could conduct takeoff training the next morning to test the operational performance of these P-36 fighter jet fleet.
In response, all the Lanqiao pilots were enthusiastic, almost all suffering from insomnia.
Many pilots were fantasizing about owning a P-36 fighter jet as their operational mount for battling Japanese aircraft groups in the future, so suddenly many little schemes and thoughts heated up.
Even Captain Gao wanted to have such a new fighter jet as his own operational mount.
Because no pilot dislikes a new fighter jet with superior operational performance, as it not only allows them to shoot down more Japanese aircraft but also helps them survive.
So this night was destined to be a sleepless one for many Lanqiao Airport pilots.
