Dozens of transport planes flew over at the same time. It could be said that they covered the sky. Standing on the airport and watching the transport planes land one by one, Zhou Heng could not help but swallow his saliva. If he had such a large air transport team, it would be much more convenient to do many things.
"Wow, there are so many planes. We're going to take this plane to northern Myanmar. Do you think we can see the Dragon King and the immortal's residence in the sky?”The Enchanted Dragon asked as he looked at the plane descending from the sky.
"What? I asked the pilots who flew the fighter jets. They said that there were only clouds in the sky and there were no immortals.”Yao Ma said with some disdain. At this moment, he felt that the Mystic Dragon was too ignorant and did not have as much knowledge as him.
Other than the remaining troops, the rest of the regiment had already gathered near the airport, waiting to board the plane. At this time, the people of Chan Da also knew that the 3rd Regiment was going to set off, so they came to send them off.
In the past few months, the 3rd Regiment had been very disciplined in Chan Da, and there were no incidents of them disturbing the people. They paid money when they bought things and did not collect land tax. They even paid money when they hired them to do things. In these few months, the lives of the people in Chan Da were actually much better than before.
Now that they were about to leave, there were naturally people who were reluctant to part with them. They all knew the danger of facing the Japanese. Many people wanted to send their hearts, food, drinks, and even cloth shoes made by the girls. However, they were all stopped outside the airport because the plane was landing. It would be very dangerous for them to go over.
After the plane landed, Zhou Heng came to see the people who were sending them off. He jumped onto a sandbag fortification and shouted," Villagers, thank you for coming to send us off. We won't take the things now. When we come back after fighting the Japanese, you can come and welcome us. At that time, we will have a drink with you."”
After saying that, Zhou Heng jumped down from the sandbag and walked towards his soldiers, leaving behind the dumbfounded commoners.
"Comrades, brothers, let's go!”Zhou Heng shouted without any motivational words. He knew that his soldiers were ready.
"Let's go!"
"Let's go!"
Morale was high, and everyone began to board the plane according to their pre-booked seats. Only now did Zhou Heng have the time to interact with the American pilots. He brought Meng Fan with him. Although his English wasn't bad in his previous life, it was better to bring someone with good English with him.
The American pilot shook Zhou Heng's hand. He was extremely excited. He grabbed Zhou Heng's hand and started to say," God, thank you for saving us. Otherwise, who knows how many of my teammates would have been killed by the Japanese monkeys. Also, your army is great. They are the best Chinese soldiers I have ever seen. Before I came, I thought I was going to transport a group of farmers to war again.”
He spoke very quickly, but Zhou Heng could still roughly understand him." Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, this is what we should do. We are allies. By the way, please tell me honestly, what's the situation at the airport we landed at? Has the Japanese army occupied it?”
"No, Colonel. The Japanese vanguard has already arrived at the periphery of the airport, but they haven't occupied it yet. However, our ally, the British, is very chaotic. Now, they are thinking about how to quickly go to India, not stay and fight.”Frank said sincerely.
That was good. The Japanese had not attacked the airport yet, so they would not be in too much danger when they landed. They would go to the airport and guard it for a few days to rescue some of the expeditionary soldiers who were left behind.
"In that case, let's set off. I'll take Mr. Lieutenant Colonel's plane. Don't worry, there will be ten fighter jets escorting us later. We won't let the Japanese monkeys do whatever they want.”Zhou Heng said confidently.
Frank's eyes lit up and he asked," Oh, that's great. Colonel, can you let your aviation team provide cover for us? You know that the Flying Tigers have too few people. The British aviation team is finished. It's too dangerous for us to fly like this. We need to be escorted."”
After thinking for a while, Zhou Heng knew that he had to build a good relationship with these American soldiers at this time. Then, many things would be much more convenient in the future. However, he had too few pilots. If he lost one, it would make him feel pain.
However, if he let them escort, then his pilots would definitely grow very quickly, especially those rookie pilots who had only been trained for a few months. It was definitely not possible to let them directly go to aerial combat. Escorting might be possible to increase their experience.
"Alright, I can promise you that I will provide an escort formation of four fighter jets at a time, but I don't have enough pilots. How about asking the lieutenant colonel to help us get some American flight instructors to train our pilots when we go back?”Zhou Heng began to trade. There was no other way. He only had eleven pilots with him now. They had to fight and teach people. It was simply not enough.
"No problem, of course no problem. It's decided.”Frank readily agreed.
The dozens of transport planes were quickly filled up. They could only transport half a regiment at a time because the equipment took up a lot of space, especially things like mortars and heavy machine guns. The other half of the regiment had to wait for the next transport. Zhou Heng boarded the first batch of planes and headed to the airport in northern Myanmar.
The war was about to begin, and Zhou Heng was actually a little excited.
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