Jianqiao Airport has a short history.

It was only put into use in the 20th year of the Republic of China (1931).

Before, it was a training camp for the Qing Dynasty infantry. The area was not large. Later it was expanded into an airport and the area was larger.

Because of its short history, all equipment and facilities are imperfect.

If Chennault hadn't come here, I guess it wouldn't have been taken seriously.

"Captain Gao..."

"you say."

"Why did the mountain eagle choose this place?"

"Because there are Soviets over there at the university campus."

"clear."

Zhang Yong nodded thoughtfully.

In the history of the Anti-Japanese War, our textbooks seem to rarely mention Soviet assistance.

In fact, before the outbreak of the all-out Anti-Japanese War and after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Soviets still provided a lot of assistance to China. From aircraft to guns, everything.

There are also a large number of advisory groups.

Rokossovsky, who later became famous, and Chuikov and others all stayed in China for at least three months.

After the supply of German-style equipment was cut off, many of the main forces of the national army were replaced by Soviet weapons. Among them, the famous 74th Army was included.

However, international public opinion at the time was not very friendly to the Soviet Union.

An American like Chennault would definitely not want to work with the Soviets on a university campus.

The national government fully considered this problem and arranged for Jianqiao Airport to be opened.

It will be fine if the two groups of people separate.

"Ouch!"

"Ouch!"

There was a constant sound of trumpets.

There were a large number of civilian workers doing the work of consolidating the runway.

There were a lot of people. It was a bit chaotic. It was obviously a rush hour. Chinese characteristics.

I didn't expect Chennault to arrive so quickly, so the progress of the project was slow. As a result, someone made a sneak attack.

We have no choice but to work day and night, recruit a large number of civilians, and work hard.

It turns out that Jianqiao Airport only has an aviation school, which is used for training. There are only some very old airplanes that Zhang Yong cannot name.

Now Chennault is coming, so Gao Yuanhang brought some Hawker 2s here.

As the number of aircraft increases, various equipment and facilities must also be updated.

Although the performance of the Hawker Type 2 is outdated, some key maintenance has to be done by Americans themselves. Therefore, some American technicians are stationed.

As the number of aircraft increases, ground handling, security, logistics support, etc. will naturally also have to increase.

Originally, the aviation school had only one guard company that was not fully staffed. Now it has been increased to a fully staffed guard battalion. The number of people has increased sharply, and the barracks are not enough. They have to build their own barracks.

Therefore, the entire Jianqiao Airport is in chaos.

Zhang Yong raised his telescope and looked around, and saw a row of airplanes in the distance.

At that time, the government's aircraft did not have hangars or hangars, so they were placed in the open air. They were exposed to wind, rain, sun and rain.

There are about twenty aircraft. Among them, there may be ten Hawker 2s.

The others are old airplanes used by aviation schools. Being able to fly into the sky is already very satisfying.

"When will the new plane arrive?"

"I have no idea."

"oh."

Zhang Yong asked no more questions.

He believed that Gao Yuanhang really didn't know.

The new aircraft may not have been selected yet. I am still not satisfied with the Hawker 3. Its performance is too poor.

However, apart from the Hawker 3, looking at the international aviation market at that time, there seemed to be no more outstanding aircraft. Unless it was the BF109 that the Germans had just tested...

However, the Germans themselves have not yet installed the bf109, so it is indeed difficult to export it.

All I can say is that it’s up to people to plan things and leave the rest to God.

"Sorry, the accommodation arranged for you may be a bit crude..."

"Don't bother. We live in the city."

"I am sorry……"

"Our main responsibility is to eliminate spies in the entire Hangzhou city. Living at the airport is not convenient."

"That's good. That's good. The expenses will be reimbursed by the free fund department."

Gao Yuanhang breathed a sigh of relief.

Chennault arrived too quickly and was caught off guard in every aspect.

"Espionage reimbursement."

"What?"

"I said, we will pay for the expenses of our trip ourselves. You don't have to bear it."

"That……"

"Spies are rich. If you catch a few spies, you will be rich."

"good!"

Gao Yuanhang was not polite either.

Because of Chennault's raid, they were really short of funds for a while.

There are too many things to do.

There are too many funds to spend.

Fortunately, Zhang Yong had seized so many assets in Tianjin Wei before. Otherwise, my wife might have to reach out to the committee.

It's actually okay now. The empty financing department can solve it by itself.

The goods that Chen Shanben continuously transported back from Peking Nanyuan Airport are worth at least more than 10 million silver dollars, which can temporarily support him for a period of time.

"Go find a hotel!" Zhang Yong turned to tell Yang Lichu.

My own woman cannot be wronged anymore.

Living in a simple airport without even a separate toilet is definitely not possible.

Although she is not pampered, she really can't endure hardship. Every time she goes on a business trip, she is so haggard that she has to stay in a hotel to make up for it.

"Okay!" Yang Lichu did not refuse and went with a few people.

"Work!" Zhang Yong cheered up.

They are all men.

Men are here to work, not to enjoy themselves.

The mission is to catch Japanese spies.

Inside and outside the airport, there are so many civilians, so many personnel, and I don’t know how many spies there are...

Huh?

No?

No way……

Zhang Yong was a little unbelievable.

The map shows that there are indeed no red dots within the airport.

In other words, there are no Japanese invaders hiding there.

As for whether any of them were bribed by the Japanese invaders, I don't know. The map won't identify this.

Okay. First of all, you can rest assured.

There are currently no spies in the airport.

Outside the airport...

have.
To be continued...