bookrebus Chapter 708 Aircraft Instructor
Chapter 708 Aircraft Instructor
“Buy a plane?!”
"How much will that cost!?"
Everyone looked at Yuan Shuai in astonishment, their hearts bleeding.
They all know that flights are expensive!
We had previously traded arms with the US and British armies and used a lot of their gold.
And now he wants to buy planes. If he keeps buying like this, even a gold mine will not be enough for Yuan Shuai to squander!
"What are you looking at? Look at the look in your eyes. You are a bunch of misers! Do you know what the greatest sorrow in life is?"
Everyone shook their heads.
Yuan Shuai snorted coldly.
"The greatest sorrow in life is that one dies before all the money is spent!"
"Pfft!"
Everyone laughed.
Yuan Shuai continued.
"The planes aren't that expensive. A P40C is estimated to cost around 4 US dollars. Buying 90 of them would only cost 46 US dollars. A C22.5 transport plane is only 50 US dollars. Two of them would cost less than 40 US dollars! Add a P trainer plane, and it would only cost more than million US dollars."
Everyone was immediately dumbfounded.
This is a US dollar!
That adds up to nearly 150 million US dollars.
So much money, but in Yuan Shuai's eyes, it seems like paper.
"Boss, this is US dollars. More than 1.5 million US dollars!"
"Besides, we don't have any pilots, and it would cost money to train them!"
"Fuel, training fees, maintenance fees, that's all money!"
Fu Yidao and others were so anxious that they were sweating coldly.
Yuan Shuai couldn't help but roll his eyes at them.
"Money is meant to be spent. The more you spend, the more you earn. And it's used to fight the Japanese. If we don't have enough air superiority, we can only passively defend! Our territory will definitely increase, and we can't deploy anti-aircraft guns on every hill!"
"Besides, I'm making plans for the future. Once we have trained our air force, I will fly directly to our arsenal and transport the equipment over. Then we can produce our own weapons and ammunition. That will save a lot of money. We can earn back all the money we spent in one year!"
Hearing this, everyone was stunned.
Only now did they understand why Yuan Shuai wanted to buy a plane.
It turns out that they were preparing for future transportation equipment.
"Boss really has foresight!"
"Are you just worried about whether we can learn to fly?"
After Fu Yidao and others became excited, they began to worry.
"What are you afraid of? We can learn everything from tanks to cannons and anti-aircraft guns, so why can't we learn how to fly airplanes? Don't worry, even if those guys don't teach seriously, I can still teach you!"
"Now I'm going to take you to fly the Type 96 Land Bomb!"
Yuan Shuai bought a lot of fuel last time.
The brothers have always wanted to learn how to fly an airplane, but Yuan Shuai has been busy these days and has no time.
And now, we have recaptured the Feicui River base, stabilized the two county towns, and intimidated the Japanese.
Yuan Shuai asked someone to contact the US military to purchase the plane, and then he took several brothers on the plane.
Although the Type 96 Land Bomb is not a trainer aircraft.
But the plane is big.
When Yuan Shuai is flying the plane, not only can the co-pilot learn something, but the people on the plane can also run to the cockpit, open the door, and watch Yuan Shuai operate and explain.
Of course, not everyone is suited to flying a plane.
That requires going to school, reading some books, and having a certain amount of knowledge.
Unfortunately, there were actually twenty or thirty soldiers in the National Army who had attended middle school.
Not to mention Fu Yidao and Tie Xiaogang.
However, Little Digu, Little Sichuan and Shanmao had never been to school, so they were so angry that they ran to the county town to find a teacher and asked the teacher to go directly to the camp to teach the soldiers.
the other side.
When the US military heard that General Yuan was going to buy planes, they were extremely happy.
Because they all know that airplanes are not tanks or cannons on the ground, and they can learn if they want to.
Moreover, aircraft maintenance is expensive, and it consumes a lot of fuel.
As long as the aircraft is sold, not only can the supporting maintenance machines, equipment, spare parts, and fuel be sold, but more money can also be earned by providing trainers and pilots.
The US military agreed to the other party's request without hesitation.
However, it will take seven or eight days for all the planes to be transported to the airport.
Yuan Shuai has already begun teaching the academy how to fly a plane, while also expanding the cabin, building hangars, anti-aircraft artillery positions, logistics, etc.
After all, the US military has already provided them with some technical talents, and the construction of these hardware facilities is being carried out overtime.
Three days later, Yuan Shuai let Fu Yidao sit in the driver's seat.
"Boss, how about, wait a few more days, wait for the trainer plane to arrive, then I can fly, okay?"
Fu Yidao was shaking all over, with cold sweat covering his forehead and face.
"Look at you, you look so scary. We've fought so many tough battles against the Japanese before, but I've never seen you scared. How can you be so scared when I ask you to fly? Besides, don't we all have parachutes? We already had a real parachute jump yesterday, and you jumped the best. Even if something happens, you can still parachute! Also, I'm the co-pilot, so what are you afraid of? If there's a problem, I'll solve it!"
"Well, that's more like it!"
Fu Yidao wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
"OK, close your eyes and take a deep breath. Think about the times when we killed the devils. We have seen all kinds of storms and waves. At most, we will be heroes again in 20 years!"
"Yes, at worst, in twenty years, I can be a brave man again. I'll fight!"
Fu Yidao gritted his teeth, closed his eyes and adjusted his mentality.
Under Yuan Shuai's instructions, Fu Yidao started the plane, and the plane slowly moved on the runway.
"Move, move!"
"It's Brother Dao who's flying the plane!"
"Damn it, it's only been a few days, how come Brother Dao got the upper hand already!"
"Brother Dao, can you do it?"
"Of course it will work!"
"You don't know, this plane is consuming a lot of fuel. The boss has no choice but to do this!"
"We are almost out of the runway, why haven't we taken off yet? Hurry up and increase your altitude!"
"Fly quickly!"
Seeing that the plane was about to run off the runway and hadn't even taken off yet, everyone's heart was in their mouths.
Those American military technicians shook their heads and sneered.
"A bunch of lunatics. It's only been three days and they want to fly. They are really not afraid of death!"
"It's over, look carefully, I can't fly anymore!"
"What a pity, such a good Type 96 Land Bomb was destroyed in their hands!"
"Oh my god, it's flying!"
“It actually flew up!”
However, finally, when it was about to run off the runway, the plane lifted its head off the ground and flew into the air.
All the American military technicians opened their eyes and mouths wide.
No one could believe it, it was true.
After all, we only trained for three days, just three days!
This is simply a miracle!
"it is good!"
"Get up, fly!"
"Brother Dao is so awesome!"
Everyone at the airport cheered.
However, no one has let go yet.
After all, taking off is only the first step, followed by flying in the air, turning, and landing!