Chapter 59
Although Wu Guozhi's tone when he spoke was not polite, Wang Xuexin still felt awe.
He did not bind his subordinates to himself, but chose a better and more promising path for his subordinates... Wu Guozhi had never considered the Eighth Route Army before because the Eighth Route Army had no planes and these pilots were useless.
But now, if the Eighth Route Army had planes, the situation would be completely different.
Wang Xuexin understood the reason why Wu Guozhi could not surrender, so he did not continue to persuade him.
It would be useless to continue persuading. For a smart person like Wu Guozhi, he actually thought clearly in his mind. He had already had an idea of what to do, and others could not control his ideas.
Therefore, Wang Xuexin did not even impose imprisonment or house arrest on Wu Guozhi and his party... Wang Xuexin believed that there was no need for this. Wu Guozhi not only did not say bad things about the Eighth Route Army, but would instead help the Eighth Route Army persuade his subordinates.
Sure enough, Wu Guozhi did this after he returned.
The pilot stayed at a small foreign building on East Street. This small foreign building was originally a property of Yan Laoxi's brother-in-law. At this time, the building was empty and turned into a guesthouse for the Eighth Route Army.
However, this guesthouse does not entertain ordinary people, because the Eighth Route Army emphasizes equality of officers and soldiers and is hard and simple. Living in such a small foreign building is special, so it is always empty.
Until the pilot and his group arrived, Li Yunlong was worried that these pilots would not be accustomed to living in the small house, so he hurriedly asked the guards to clean the small western-style building and arrange for them to live there.
From this we can see that Li Yunlong still attaches great importance to these pilots, because he was afraid that they would be dissatisfied with the life of the Eighth Route Army. He even said to Wang Xuexin: "Tell them, if you are willing to surrender and fly the plane for us, we will carry this small foreign building wherever they go! If it really doesn't work, it will be enough to build a building for them!"
Wang Xuexin was a little unhappy: "Captain, aren't you doing specialization?"
"How can this be considered a specialization?" Li Yunlong glared: "We are... we can't bear to let the child go and can't trap the wolf, do you understand?"
Of course Wang Xuexin understood, but the problem is... if these pilots were willing to surrender, they would be a member of the Eighth Route Army. If they were a member of the Eighth Route Army, wouldn't living in a small Western-style building be a special one?
However, other soldiers would not have any objections to this specialization! Everyone was counting on something flying into the sky to beat the Japanese!
What's the point of living in a small western-style building? The Hawksauce pilots hired by the stubborn army are dozens or even hundreds of dollars a month!
Wu Guozhi and his crew were very satisfied with the residence of the small western-style building. In fact, they did not have such a house when they were stationed in Yuncheng. They also lived in the military camp and treated the same as other soldiers... There was no way, who made the Jinsui Army have no planes? Because there was no planes and it would be difficult to have them in the future, so they were no longer important.
The subordinates gathered together and immediately discussed it:
"It's sure it's the Japanese Tachikawa Type 99 transport plane!"
"The condition is good, I observed it and there was no problem except for some damage to the rise and fall!"
"I'm sure to drive it up, platoon leader, let's try it!"
...
As he said that, the crowd turned their attention to Wu Guozhi.
Wu Guozhi, who was full of worries, looked at his subordinate who didn't know the key point, but just smiled and took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it.
The smoke is the "Three Balls" that the stubborn army and warlords often suck. The cover is the Three Heroes Fighting Lu Bu. The left side says "The Hero of Liu, Guan and Zhang Gu" and the right side says "The Three Balls are the Name of Smoke".
When his subordinates saw Wu Guozhi's move, they knew there was something wrong.
At this time, the Jinsui Army had lost Yuncheng and escaped into the mountainous areas. It was a time when resources were scarce... In fact, Yan Laoxi lost the money tree and became stingy. He used to send cigarettes to his subordinates, but now it has completely disappeared.
Smoke with strong stamina like the Three Forts is usually left to temporarily relieve the pain in the Jinsui army for wounded without anesthetics.
But now, Wu Guozhi, as the platoon leader, actually lit one casually.
Not only did it ignite it, but it also threw it to the subordinates one by one...
The subordinates were stunned and did not dare to lit it. One of the squad leaders was Nie Haishu, who was Wu Guozhi's right-hand assistant. So he raised the cigarette in his hand and went forward and asked, "Platform Commander, what's going on? Is it the festival today?"
Wu Guozhi didn't talk nonsense to them and asked directly: "Have you ever thought about surrendering to the Eighth Route Army?"
Nie Haishu was stunned when he heard this, then looked at his subordinates around him and laughed: "Submitted to the Eighth Route Army? Just for those two transport planes?"
The subordinates also laughed.
In their opinion, this is an impossible option. What are the conditions for the Eighth Route Army? What can these pilots do in the Eighth Route Army that cannot even pay military salaries?
Only Wu Guozhi did not laugh, and he asked coldly: "What if the Eighth Route Army had Hawk 81?"
The laughter stopped abruptly, and after a moment of silence, Nie Haishu said: "Impossible, how could the Eighth Route Army have Hawk 81..."
"The Eighth Route Army has T34!" Wu Guozhi interrupted Nie Haishu's words: "Did you believe that the Eighth Route Army can have T34? Do you believe that the Eighth Route Army can capture Yuncheng? Do you believe that we are now on the Eighth Route Army?"
When he said this, Wu Guozhi pointed his fingers hard at his feet.
Nie Haishu was stunned when he heard this.
If they had to put it a few months ago, they really couldn't imagine what Wu Guozhi said.
But a few months later... the situation changed so quickly that they couldn't believe it was true.
After a while, a squad leader asked: "Platform leader, the Eighth Route Army... Is there really Hawke 81?"
Wu Guozhi nodded and said, "Otherwise, why do you think Li Yunlong is lying to us for this?"
The subordinates became confused with a "coaxing" sound. They only realized now that they were deceived by Li Yunlong.
Then everyone quickly figured out a truth: if the Eighth Route Army did not need pilots in urgent need of Hawke 81, it would be necessary to do so, because in this way, these pilots would have no value to the Eighth Route Army, and they were even inferior to guerrillas in infantry warfare.
Nie Haishu asked again: "Platform Commander, how many Hawk 81s will there be in the Eighth Route Army?"
"100 aircraft!" Wu Guozhi replied.
This sentence once again caused a stir among the pilots, and many people even showed an excited look in their eyes... because it means that they finally had a plane flying, and it was an advanced Hawke 81.
But Nie Haishu asked Wu Guozhi quietly: "Platform Commander, what are your plans?"
Wu Guozhi threw the cigarette butt on the ground, stepped on it with his feet, and then hugged it with both hands, saying, "Brothers, my family is all in Chongqing. Wu Guozhi cannot surrender with his brothers to continue to kill the enemy!"
Chapter completed!