() In the evening of that day, Ron took a C-47 transport plane and landed at an airport code-named "Crow's Nest" near Portsmouth. This is an airport with two main runways.

There is also a backup dirt runway on both sides of the airport. In emergencies, aircraft can also take off and land from these dirt runways.

There is another airport under construction near a forest about four or five kilometers away from the "Crow's Nest", which is almost exactly the same as the "Crow's Nest". Originally, that airport should be completed at the same time as this one, but there is an expectation

However, other circumstances delayed the construction period. A large group of hares lived there. They often dug holes on the ground, especially on the spare dirt runway, and wandered around on the runway. As a result, the project had to be temporarily suspended.

came down, and then asked the workers to start erecting a rabbit-proof net around the entire construction site to prevent other rabbits from entering; on the other hand, the brutal humans launched a bloody massacre against the rabbits that had entered the construction area.

Use hunting dogs, bullets, and even cross the line to attack defenseless hares with chemical weapons.

After a week-long bloody massacre, the hare problem was finally solved temporarily. However, later, when the airport was in use, hare troubles still occurred from time to time, so that the mission support department had to prepare special preparations.

We had a small team of hounds. But that’s a story for another day.

When Ron landed, it was already sunset over the mountains. The C-47 taxied to the apron. There were already many P-81 fighter jets parked on the apron. Ron got off the C-47, and a convertible

The jeep was already waiting here. Ron walked over.

"General Ron, welcome!" A familiar voice rang.

Ron took a closer look and found that the guy sitting in the driver's seat was actually Boyington.

"Hey, Dad!" Ron sat down in the passenger seat, stretched out his fist and lightly punched his shoulder, "When did you come back to England?"

"Two days earlier than you!" Boynton paused, and then said in a deliberately showy tone, "I flew back directly across the European continent in a P-81, and killed another unlucky German plane on the way.

Haha, I have already shot down forty-six enemy planes... Moreover, the war is not over yet, I still have the opportunity to shoot down more enemy planes. It won't be long before I can get twice as many shots down as you.

Already."

"Ah, Dad, I don't want to dampen your mood, but..." Ron deliberately lengthened his voice.

"But what?" Boynton said with a smile.

"I'll let you show off in front of me!" Ron put on a vicious look, "Believe it or not, I'll let you fly a B-25 in the future!"

"We don't have B-25s in our wing." Boynton looked unconcerned.

"There will be in the future, and even now, I can arrange for you to be the tail gunner of the PA-38!"

"Ron! You are so nakedly jealous!" Boynton immediately put on a serious expression and stared at Ron with wide eyes. Unfortunately, Ron remained unmoved and even imitated Boynton.

His eyes widened.

"Oh, sir, you can't do this! You can't treat a loyal old friend like this!" Boynton immediately changed his face and put on a pitiful look, "Sir, have mercy on me! You are like this

With such kindness, can you bear to deprive me of my last joy in this world?"

"Stop being so disgusting!" Ron scolded with a smile, "A guy with a big beard and acting like a girl makes me want to puke. Don't worry, I won't let you touch b-25. b-25

It’s much more expensive than the P-81. If a guy like you goes up and messes around with it, the maintenance team will fight me hard... and you won’t even start the car!"

Boynton chuckled, started the car, and drove along the tarmac toward the tower. After driving less than twenty meters, Boynton suddenly stopped the car, pointed at a P-81 fighter jet, and headed towards Luo

En said: "Ron, did you see that? That plane is my plane."

Ron looked in the direction pointed by Boynton. He saw a P-81 parked not far away. The sunlight illuminated it red. Ron could clearly see the densely packed trees under the cockpit of the plane.

The painting is full of skulls wearing German steel helmets. The painting is quite delicate.

"Harry painted this for you? Did this guy shoot down 42 aircraft?" Ron smiled. (River Crab) Palace."

"We might have a chance to go to Tokyo in the future. By then, he can paint hard."

…

In the office at the base, Ron met again with Lieutenant Colonel Thomson Baker, who would serve as the captain of the wing's maintenance group. And Kuit, the captain of the medical group. Ron knew from the information that Lieutenant Colonel Thomson Baker had already passed the test this year.

He was 45 years old, but when Ron saw him, he found that he looked very old. He seemed not much younger than Colonel Clark Speer. Kuyt was an old man in his sixties.

He looked very serious and didn't seem to talk much. Looking at his tense face, Ron couldn't help but wonder if he had facial paralysis like Li Mei (Li Mei had facial nerve necrosis, so it was difficult to make expressions).

In this way, the new wing captain and the three captains met together. Everyone introduced each other, and then Ron began to understand the status of each unit in the wing.

"General, 12 pilots and 12 P-81s from the United States and Soviet Union Air Force are already in place." Boynton said, "There are also another 20 brand-new P-81s in place, but with new pilots.

They are not yet fully in place. There are only 7 new fighter pilots reporting now, all of whom have just graduated from the "Reverse Cross". The rest will arrive within the next two days. In addition, one of the two attack aircraft squadrons has

The pilots are already in place, but damn! The planes are still waiting to be loaded on the other side of the ocean. It is said that these PA-38s will take at least a week to arrive." Boynton first informed Ron about the situation of the flying group.

Made a report.

"Dad, how do you think the training of attack aircraft pilots should be arranged now?" Ron asked.

"For the time being, we can only arrange for them to conduct some basic training." Boynton said, "Fortunately, these facilities are still available. In addition, we also have 6 F4-A (photoreconnaissance model of P-38), which can also be obtained

It is used for training. Of course, the flight performance of this thing is definitely very different from that of the PA-38, but considering that the new aircraft will be arriving in another week, I think this is enough."

"Not bad!" Ron nodded, agreeing with Boyington's arrangement.

"So how is the situation in the maintenance team?" Ron continued to ask.

"General, all the equipment of the maintenance brigade is in place, and only one-third of the personnel are in place now. The personnel from the two foreign countries are still familiar with the maintenance of the new aircraft at home. They will arrive with those new aircraft. However, the existing personnel

, there is no problem in maintaining the normal intensity flight of existing aircraft. Of course, if General, you plan to launch a large-scale offensive operation this week, we will be under great pressure." Lieutenant Colonel Thomson Baker replied

explain.

"I have no such plan for the time being, you can rest assured." Ron replied with a smile.

"As for the ground support," Colonel Clark Speer took the initiative to speak, "Like Ron, I just arrived today, so I can't tell you what happened today. From what I know before, the Mission Support Group

The personnel and equipment should be the most complete among the three brigades. But the specific situation cannot be explained until I know more about it tomorrow."

"I have the least number of people. Now the equipment of the medical brigade is basically in place, but the installation and debugging of some equipment has not been completed, which will take about three to five days. As for the personnel, the doctors are all there, but the nurses are not in place yet, so we can't go out."

Surprisingly, after three days, all personnel were in place."

"Can anyone tell me about the situation in the base?" Ron asked.

"General, let me tell you this." An engineer major named Tru replied, "The base has two airports, and the straight-line distance between the airports is five kilometers. Now the airport we are at has been completed.

Well, this airport has two main runways, the lengths are 2000 meters and 2500 meters respectively, and the width is 35 meters. The main runway is paved with large rocks, with gravel in the middle, and then paved with reinforced concrete. The thickness of the concrete layer

It is 40 centimeters, which can allow all our fighter jets and attack aircraft to take off and land with full load. The longer runway can allow all heavy bombers to take off and land under light load conditions. There are four strips next to the main runway with the same length and width.

The 25-meter earth runway can ensure that all fighter jets and attack aircraft can take off and land with a full load, and can also ensure that medium-sized transport aircraft such as the C-47 can take off with a full load and land with a light load.

There is a tower at the airport, which is 25 meters high. The equipment in the tower has been fully installed. It can ensure contact with five aircraft groups at the same time. There is also a pilot dormitory, which has been renovated. In addition, the canteen, rest standby room, hangar,

The warehouses have also been put into use. If necessary, this airport can now support combat activities." Tru paused and continued:

"As for the airport over there, the project has been delayed due to some reasons. I'm afraid it will take another week to complete, and it will not be fully put into use until at least half a month. I hope this delay will not cause too much trouble to you, General.
Chapter completed!