(...I hope that after the war there will be a space for those veterans to adapt and survive with dignity, so I told Brother Jianfeng that day that day; maybe I knew that one day I would be completely tired of war and completely stay away from everything related to war and politics... Excerpted from "My Memories of the War of Resistance - Cao Xiaomin")

The motor of the transport plane roared very loudly, but it could not disturb Cao Xiaomin's rest. He fell asleep as soon as he got on the plane, as if he could not even wake him up with the nervousness that took off the plane.

Chiang Ching-kuo's ears were filled with motor sounds, but Chiang Kai-shek's voice seemed to be louder than motor sounds, and kept ringing in his ears: "Jingguo, I am not worried about Cao Xiaomin's rebellion, I believe his loyalty; but there are four words you must remember that you must guard against any subordinate with superpower who have superpowers and great power. "Put on the yellow robe"! Liehou's loyalty does not mean that his subordinates will be loyal, especially when his faction becomes larger and his subordinates can also dominate the side; they will support him and push him to the position of totalitarianism, which is the most terrifying thing! In ancient times, many loyal ministers and righteous men later usurped the power, but they may not be their true intentions... Look at his subordinates

, Li Tianhao, Xing Long, Cai Tingkai, Wang Jinzai, who was newly relocated, Zhang Fakui and Chen Jitang, who regarded him as the Allied Army... Which of these people is not a great man? This time I am going to ask you to resign from the position of commander-in-chief of the Fourth Administrative Region of Jiangxi and be responsible for being a senior officer of the General Staff Department, so that you can follow him and learn more; more importantly, go to various war zones with him to get the recognition of his generals - although Liehou has a high prestige in the army, everyone will naturally accept your leadership, as long as you do have extraordinary talents! I am very pleased with this; I believe that when you go to the generals in various places with your special status, you can win their respect, do it well!"

Is this hero who has the supreme reputation among the military and civilians of the War of Resistance All over the country still looking like a heroic halo after getting on the plane? He is just a soldier who is so ordinary that he can still visit many places to care about logistics work in one day and then return to the war zone that night? He was still having a fever while a series of work was going on... Jiang Jingguo couldn't help but burst into various thoughts when he looked at Cao Xiaomin, and suddenly he smiled a little embarrassedly in the dark - Cao Xiaomin and the guards and others around him were sleeping. It seemed that he was still too far from a soldier who had been tested for life and death, and he couldn't sleep!

"Now, rely on them. Once these wooden planes start to test flights, I must notify me anyway..." Cao Xiaomin's words rang in Chiang Ching-kuo's ears. In the afternoon, Cao Xiaomin took Chiang Ching-kuo to inspect the Military Industry Bureau, especially to the working group that cooperated with the British to prepare the aircraft factory project.

Wang Zhu is currently the Chinese representative in charge of this project. As the deputy director of the Chengdu Aeronautics Research Institute and the head of the aircraft crew, he is not only responsible for the cooperation projects with De Havilland Company, but also shoulders the important task of cooperating with Boeing in China to build airports and b17 bomber bases in China. He can be said to be a person who is so busy that he smokes.

Knowing that Cao Xiaomin was going to inspect in person, Wang Zhu immediately flew back from Xi'an, where the Boeing base was building, to report his work in person. From Wang Zhu's report, Jiang Jingguo also felt extremely excited: Havilland has always regarded this wooden aircraft as a preparation for war for the British Air Force, so most of the designs started before and achieved very satisfactory results; at present, this aircraft of De Havilland has begun to enter the engine test flight stage.

After listening to the report, Cao Xiaomin put forward a number of work requirements to Wang Zhu: this fighter is light, fast, has strong ammunition capacity and is extremely burdened. Cao Xiaomin actually hopes that it can become a universal aircraft, and at the same time undertakes all-round air force missions such as camera reconnaissance aircraft, bombers, fighter bombers, night fighters, bomb guides, day patrol aircraft, mine-braking aircraft, trainers, special transport aircraft, etc.!

Cao Xiaomin didn't know that it could really take on so many tasks in history, but because he found that he had no other way except to hope for the amazing performance of this aircraft: the Air Force lost all his bloodshed, and the British aid had basically been spent. It was unlikely that he would buy a "hurricane" again, unless the British loaned China again. Now he had no choice but to this aircraft named "dh-98" by De Havilland!

How much Cao Xiaomin cares about the Air Force? During the inspection of the 21st Factory at the next stop, Chiang Ching-kuo felt even more personally: the Gatlin multi-manufactured artillery that he personally made the plan was actually tailor-made for the Air Force!

Li Chenggan was personally responsible for the research and development and manufacturing of this weapon. The progress was also good; the Americans had easily changed this weapon to an electric type as required, but the power supply system had to wait for the aircraft engine to be matched. Factory No. 21 has done a lot of work on this weapon, but it can only be produced with imported raw materials; not only the weapon itself, but also the armor-piercing incendiary bombs customized according to Cao Xiaomin's requirements also basically rely on foreign materials to meet the quality standards; this made Li Chenggan lose his former pride when reporting on work, and he looked a little lowered his head.

"Take it slow, it doesn't matter. I think we can still make it at least in terms of ammunition..." Cao Xiaomin gave more encouragement to the technical backbones of the arsenal. At present, domestic production equipment has been put on the British production line. The quality of workers has not been able to fully keep up. More importantly, China cannot produce alloy warhead materials suitable for these ammunitions!

"In fact, these are not very difficult. If the smelting equipment in Germany can also operate normally in half a year, we should be able to produce materials that can produce these ammunitions... Of course, it will take longer to increase the quantity..." From Li Chenggan's helplessness, Jiang Jingguo also deeply understood how thin the domestic industrial foundation is - even ammunition cannot be made!

The test shot surprised Chiang Ching-kuo: There are such violent firearms in this world!?... Just can ** afford it?

"These things cannot be used in conventional battles. If we use them casually, we will probably use our production in one or two years in a battle. But we specially use this DH-98 and some older biplane aircraft, but we can sweep the Japanese tank troops... Brother Jianfeng should have heard of how our officers and soldiers rely on to fight against Japanese tanks? I myself have acted as a blasting hand on the battlefield, and they are all exchanging their lives for the return of their lives.

Come... and. Every time we have to attack the enemy's position, the casualties we have paid are unacceptable; if we have this weapon, we can just send four or five backward biplanes to easily destroy the enemy's firepower point..." If Cao Xiaomin hadn't known everything on the battlefield, could he think of this? After hearing this passage, Jiang Jingguo could vaguely feel how many times Cao Xiaomin had revolved back from the gates of hell...

"There is no need for veterans after the war, but we have so many veterans..." Cao Xiaomin's words on the way back after inspecting some important organs with Chiang Ching-kuo also moved Chiang Ching-kuo: "Whenever I see those long queues moving towards the line of fire, there will be long strings of blind soldiers who are evacuating from the position with a rope in front of me; when I see the fields and ponds filled with water on the position, I will think of the large group of officers and soldiers lying on the hospital bed and moaning, with their feet withering and shaking their ankles in the water battle..."

Cao Xiaomin told Chiang Ching-kuo one after another that the tragic story on the battlefield was true. From Zheng Chenggang's wife to his stepmother to the large group of white-haired beggars on the streets of Guangzhou who crowded in front of the military camp every day to call them to replace others on the battlefield... No one had ever told Chiang Ching-kuo about this. Although he had seen some situations with his own eyes, he never thought that there would be so many people who were harmed by the war!

"I hate those corruption in the rear. They are sucking the flesh and blood of these poor brave people and tarnishing their glory... I have always been worried about one thing. If we lose our rule one day, how will the people in the opposite camp portray our martyrs? Veterans are not afraid of death, they are afraid of being forgotten; I am afraid that one day these people who have sacrificed their lives for this country will even be insulted, let alone their glory..." (A off-topic: There are many forgotten veterans in China. The combat hero I know who has only received a subsidy of 600 yuan a year to fight on the line of survival... Is our society worthy of the generations of veterans who have fought for this nation!?)

"And after the war, those veterans who had been fighting for many years might have lost their ability to make a living except for guns; and many of them were carrying old injuries, both physically and spiritually. These all need us to comfort them, give them a way to live, and have a dignified way to live..." Cao Xiaomin's words were told a lot to Jiang Jingguo in just half a day.

During the entire flight, Jiang Jingguo's mind was filled with scenes about Cao Xiaomin's words; he understood why Cao Xiaomin could have such high prestige in the army: he understood war, understood soldiers, and cared for them sincerely!

Suddenly, my ears stinged, and the plane began to land. They arrived at the place where Cao Xiaomin felt all this - the front line... (To be continued)
Chapter completed!