Chapter 76 General Staff

A month later, Zhang Feng came to the Lockheed aircraft production plant. Just the day before yesterday, he finally received good news. After more than a year of research and development, he designed a qualified fighter jet based on the original technology.

Zhang Feng walked into the factory, followed by the company's head and several design engineers. There was an airplane on a workbench not far away.

The structure of this fighter plane is a single-wing semi-metal structure, as some parts are made of wood. It is equipped with machine guns and aviation cannons, and radio communication equipment inside. The whole fighter plane seems very simple to Zhang Feng, and is far from the impression of later fighter planes, but it is considered good in this era.

You have to know that during World War I, most fighter planes were biplane wooden structures, equipped with piston engines, and their main weapons were machine guns.

While Zhang Feng was observing, the design engineer explained to him the design ideas and structure of the aircraft.

Zhang Feng approached the fighter plane, gently stroked its wings, and circled it. At this moment, he had an urge to sit in the driving seat and drive it into the sky.

But in the end, Zhang Feng gave up. He didn't trust the aircraft of this era very much. He decided to wait a few years until the aircraft became more mature.

"How much does this fighter jet cost? Can it be mass-produced now?" Zhang Feng asked the Lockheed official next to him.

"Boss, if we produce more than 20 aircraft at a time, the cost can be reduced to US$20000. As long as you agree, mass production can be achieved in one month." The person in charge replied.

"Okay, then let's start production. You can now let the export company promote this product in the Far East. As for the selling price, let's set it at US$3 to US$3.5." Finally, Zhang Feng named it the L33 fighter, and its main sales target was China.

The P-1941 Mustang fighter produced by the United States in 51 was initially sold at US$51 per aircraft. When the Grumman factory was ready, the price dropped to US$000 per aircraft.

"In addition to military fighters, bombers, and transport aircraft, we are also designing a civilian transport aircraft. If we don't have enough people, we will start recruiting."

Zhang Feng plans to start an airline in a few years. It will take at least two to three years from design to mass production. By then, Lockheed will have developed sufficiently and can be used as an important bargaining chip to introduce several powerful shareholders.

"Yes, Boss, I'll arrange it right away."

Madagascar, outside the pristine jungle.

In the sky, two fighter planes were soaring high above the ground, and the pilots were two white men.

"Calling the ground, I found the indigenous guerrillas. They are located near Qingshan Farm east of the jungle." Tim reported to the ground command via radio.

"Ground command received, you can kill directly." A voice came from the radio.

"No. 1 received the order." Tim was very excited when he heard it. He turned off the radio and yelled: "Ouch!"

He then aimed at several terrorists in front of him, pressed the machine gun switch, and dived over.

"Da da da!" After a burst of gunfire, the fighter plane flew into the sky again.

The enemies on the ground took advantage of this gap and quickly fled into the jungle to hide, leaving three corpses on the open ground.

"Buck, I just killed three guerrillas, hahaha!" Tim turned on the radio and showed off to another pilot.

"You are so lucky. I haven't encountered them once in the past few days. These native guerrillas are as good at hiding as rats." Buck said enviously.

A month ago, Lockheed produced two L33 fighter jets. Zhang Feng directly asked Meihua Company to buy them and ship them to Madagascar to use them as trainer aircraft for pilot training and to allow them to test whether there are any areas that need improvement.

Madagascar is also currently building an aircraft manufacturing plant, but since the facilities are not as complete as those in the United States, it will take a long time. However, the airport has been built.

He bought several planes from other places to use as training pilots in Germany, but Zhang Feng did not buy too many. Of course, it would be more appropriate for him to earn the money himself.

So he waited until Lockheed was able to produce them in large quantities before he began purchasing large quantities of training aircraft.

When German pilots were training, the military of the Meihua Company also asked it to help train a group of them, and gave many benefits to the officers in charge of this matter.

The reconnaissance mission carried out today is a practical training for German pilots. Chinese pilots will not be seen in the sky for a short time, because they still have a lot of knowledge to learn. "Report to the ground command, three guerrillas were killed, and the remaining more than 10 enemies have fled into the jungle. Please give instructions." Tim opened the wireless communication to the ground and reported.

"The Dragon Warrior Commandos have surrounded you in the jungle. Now I order you to conduct reconnaissance above the jungle. If you find any trace of the enemy, please report it in time." The ground commander ordered.

"No. 1 received, executed immediately." Tim would respond.

The ground command was a staff department set up by the American-Chinese Company's army after the German officers came over, in accordance with Zhang Feng's instructions. It was composed of several senior German military and Chinese military officials.

Zhang Feng wanted the Chinese army to learn the German Army General Staff's ideas on commanding operations, and to completely transform the Chinese-American Company's army from a makeshift team to a regular one. This general staff is also a place for further training for all senior Chinese military officers.

This period was the first military plan implemented since the establishment of the General Staff Headquarters, which was a campaign to encircle and suppress the indigenous guerrillas in the jungle.

The mission consists of the Dragon Warrior Commandos entering the jungle for the main battle, assisted by 5 training fighter jets, and some ordinary soldiers conducting interception outside the jungle.

In fact, the Meihua Company knew that these guerrillas had the support of indigenous people behind the scenes, and perhaps also the unwilling Frenchman Ed Sean. However, Zhang Feng did not let the Meihua Company expose it directly. They have occupied other people's territory, so why not let them vent a little?

Besides, these people are also used as whetstones for training troops, so that the army of the Meihua Company can be always ready and wait for the full-scale war in a few years.

At this time, 3 kilometers away from Tim's fighter jet, a team of soldiers wearing green camouflage uniforms, green mesh hats, and black and green paint on their faces were holding semi-automatic rifles and moving quickly into the depths of the jungle.

At the same time, on the other side of the jungle, an identical team was heading in the same direction.

Half an hour later, one of the teams came to a relatively open place with a row of wooden houses. Judging from their size, they could accommodate more than 50 people. It should be just a stronghold of the indigenous guerrillas.

The captain of the Dragon Warrior Commando gestured, signaling his team members to stop advancing, then disperse and surround the enemy from all sides.

There were 15 people in their group and their weapons were very advanced, so they were quite confident that they could deal with less than 50 natives.

A few minutes later, the commandos began to move slowly towards the wooden house from all sides. One of them sneaked up quietly and killed a vigilant guard with a dagger before everyone continued to move forward.

Once they entered the open space, they could no longer conceal their tracks and launched an attack on the unsuspecting indigenous guerrillas.

"Da da da!" After a burst of gunfire, all the enemies outside the house fell to the ground. The Dragon Warrior commandos rushed towards the wooden house without hesitation, leaned against the wall, and approached the window and door.

At this time, they could vaguely hear the sound of the enemy inside the house pulling the bolt. The Dragon Warriors made gestures to each other and cooperated in groups of three. One person opened the door, and two people aimed directly at the house and pulled the trigger. After a burst of shooting, they changed bullets and rushed in again.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the battle was completely resolved, all the enemies were killed, and only three of our own people suffered minor gunshot wounds.

At this time, another dragon warrior commando team also arrived here. The leader of the team said with a grim expression: "You guys actually got there first. If we hadn't encountered a few enemies on the road just now and wasted time, we would definitely be faster."

The team just now encountered more than a dozen indigenous guerrillas who were beaten back by fighter planes outside. They rushed over after wiping out all the enemies. However, they were not so lucky. Since it was an encounter battle, both sides were caught off guard, so one member of the Dragon Warrior Assault Team was killed and another was seriously injured.

"We were lucky this time. We'll compete again next time." The captain of another dragon warrior assault team comforted.

At the beginning of the mission, the two teams made a bet on who would find the guerrilla stronghold first, and now the winner has been decided.

"Where are Zhu Xian and Xiao Qi?" Only then did he realize that the other team was missing two people.

"Zhu Xian was seriously injured and Xiao Qi was killed." The team leader said in a heavy tone.

"Let's go, the mission is completed, it's time to go back." Seeing that everyone was silent, another team leader immediately said.

This kind of thing has become commonplace. In the first year, the Dragon Warriors were not so powerful, and the casualty rate was higher. Everyone was numb, but now those who are left are comrades who have been together for a long time, so it is inevitable that they feel a little sad.

(End of this chapter)