Although he had no good feelings for the National Government, which was plagued by the disease, and from the great anti-Japanese cause of China and even the Asian people, Xia Shu decisively ordered the Irish government to quickly negotiate with the Soviet Union to establish air and land transfer channels. The signing of the armistice agreement with Japan caused the Soviet Union to be strongly criticized, criticized and even sanctioned by European and American countries. However, the two sides were not yet to break up, and the Russians still had to pay back the arms debt. Since the Irish people made a request, they rented large military airports in southern Kazakhstan to the Irish military at a high price of 4 million yuan per month, and allowed Irish vehicles to travel to China through the Soviet border, on the condition that relevant personnel must rent Russian transportation facilities and trains for transportation within the Soviet Union. The cost required was deducted from the arrears, and 40% of the cash payment was paid by the Irish government.

Xia Shu was not surprised at the Russians' robbery. He left a week for the Irish diplomatic officials to bargain with the Soviet government in various ways, and then asked the Irish military to mobilize relevant personnel and equipment during this week. During this period, the Irish government and the National Government negotiated several times and finalized the corresponding rights and obligations and various constraints of Ireland's help to transfer the Chinese military and civilians through diplomatic agreements. In addition to making modification suggestions for several details, the poor national government accepted all the requirements put forward by Ireland without any hesitation.

On September 12, 1945, as the first batch of Irish military aircraft arrived at the Soviet Union's Red October Air Force Base in southern Kazakhstan, the cross-border transfer operation code-named "Star" officially kicked off.

Two days later, at dusk, Chengdu South and Xinjin Military Airport. Under the anticipation of everyone's attention, three He-28 dual-transport aircraft sprayed with clover logo appeared in their field of view. As advance teams of the official aid operations of Western Allies, their mission is to survey the air routes and evaluate the technical risks throughout the journey. In addition, the accompanying Irish technicians will also comprehensively evaluate the hardware facilities of the Chinese airport to determine whether the existing airport runway can provide safe landing of the huge iK-40b.

This time and space Xinjin Airport was also opened up by local warlords in the early days to form an air force. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, it gradually became an important aviation base in the rear of the National Government. During the Sino-Japanese Armistice, it briefly became a busy commercial airport. After the Chinese government moved its capital to Chongqing, a considerable number of European and American aviation troops participating in the War of Resistance Against Japan were stationed here to resist the Japanese bombing of Chongqing and Chengdu. Over the past three years, hundreds of European and American pilots have sprinkled blood on the battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War. With the changes in the international situation, the number of European and American volunteers staying in China has decreased from the maximum of more than 20,000 to the current 4,000, of which less than 150 pilots, and the current number of fighter jets available to the Chinese government is less than 100...

Before nightfall, Irish technicians and European and American volunteers stationed here in advance conducted technical inspections on the airport runway accompanied by China. The preliminary conclusion was that under normal weather conditions, with China's existing support capabilities, the ik-40b can complete take-off and landing, but can only take-off and land at most 20 times a day. Based on the passenger capacity of 50-60 people, the daily upper limit is to transfer 1,000-1,200 people. This refers to the situation where the airport has not been air strikes by Japanese bombers. Currently, Chengdu is within the range of activities of Japanese bombers. Once saturated bombing, the airport may completely lose its take-off and landing function for a period of time.

After completing the technical test, an officer from the German volunteer team of China Aid to inquire with Irish colleagues, would the Irish really want to use the most expensive and powerful bomber in the world to serve as a transport aircraft?

The Irish officer answered him in proficient German, waiting for the Russians to prepare according to the requirements of the Irish military. At least two squadrons of the Ik-40 will be quickly deployed to the Red October Air Force Base. They have been modified, and it is said that there are two modification plans: one is to change some bullet bays into temporary cabins, which can maximize the air protection capabilities, and the other is to load personnel with cockpit passages and combat cabins. The bullet bays are used to load various materials. At that time, they can only avoid Japanese fighter jets by flying high altitudes.

The German whispered that the cost of dispatching an ik-40 is equivalent to that of a squadron's ju-30, and it is a luxury to use such a cutting-edge aircraft to transfer refugees.

The Irish officer said that he and his colleagues also had this feeling. You should know that the cost of an ik-40 is equivalent to a lightweight warship, and a squadron is equivalent to a squadron. But then again, using medium-range transport aircraft such as the He-28 seems to be more cost-effective, but due to the fuel range, they must replenish fuel when they fly from the Red October base to the site. The ik-40 can easily travel back and forth, and after landing, the carrier leaves, reducing the time to stay here and reducing the risk of being destroyed by the Japanese army on the ground.

The German officer posed with his hands on his hips. He told the Irish that the newcomers could not imagine how fierce and crazy the Japanese were. In the past month, as long as it did not rain, Japanese fighter jets visited here at least three times a day. At most, they came 17 times a day, and they bombed the airport runway everywhere. The Chinese army no longer had enough fighter jets to drive them out. The anti-aircraft artillery company guarding the airport was replenishing recruits every day. The weapons were short of them, and some companies only had two anti-aircraft artillery guns and five or six machine guns.

Although I had not had time to carefully observe the defense situation of the airport and witness the violent Japanese aviation forces with my own eyes, the Irish officers did not know the situation here at all, but were almost fully aware of the information provided by China and the reports of Irish volunteers, which provided as detailed as possible.

He told the German officers that even if the situation here is worse than expected, as long as the Irish king makes a decision, they will implement it without hesitation.

The German officer was silent for a moment. He told his fellow Ireland that His Majesty Joachim I was not only a supreme and wise existence in the minds of the Irish military and civilians, but also the German soldiers also respected him. Therefore, I hope that his decision was correct as usual and that he could save these kind and hardworking civilians here.

After nightfall, only a few lights were seen at the huge Xinjin Airport. Although the Japanese aviation troops, which firmly grasped the battlefield air supremacy, did not bother to carry out night bombing on Chinese targets, their fighter planes would still fly at night, reconnaissance, surveillance, and harass the military facilities of Chinese cities. In addition, a large number of Japanese agents and traitors who surrendered to the Japanese army sneaked into Sichuan and Sichuan to carry out major damage, which also made the National Government take extremely strict day and night security measures for important military facilities, including airports.

The sight turned from the east to the west. Ireland, more than 9,000 kilometers apart, was in the daytime. On the shore of Lake Mov in the northwest, there was a town called Jinluo, where there was a special unit without a number. In the confidential information of the Irish military, it was called the "Chinese Brigade", and in the official records of the National Government, its name was "National Revolutionary Army Guerrilla Training Corps". The eight thousand Chinese athletes trained here did not follow the inherent organizational model of the National Revolutionary Army, nor did they imitate the organization of the Irish Army field troops, but adopted a unique organizational method. The largest organizational unit was battalion, which was trained in companies, platoons, and squads on a daily basis. Here, they not only learned the most basic combat techniques, but also learned the tactical skills of guerrilla warfare from the instructors, and learned to identify the Japanese army's arms, ranks, post marks, and even learned common Japanese.

What is amazing is that these Chinese soldiers trained in Ireland are not equipped with standard equipment from the Chinese army or the weapons from the Western Allies, but the Type 38 rifles, Taisho 11 light machine guns and the 6.5mm caliber version of the Aihubert-iii semi-automatic rifles. These three guns are standard ammunition with Type 38 rifles as standard ammunition, which is easier to find supplies on the battlefield against Japan. Then there is the Irish imitation Mauser C-96 semi-automatic pistol with a caliber of 7.63 mm, which can obtain ammunition and parts through various channels in China. As for the grenade launchers they used, they were completely Japanese goods. This thing was seized by the Soviet army on the Far East battlefield, and basically compensated the arms they owed to Ireland with scrap iron...

Once the agreement to jointly establish air and land transfer channels with Ireland and the Soviet Union was reached, the "Chinese Brigade" received a secret telegram order from the Chinese government. Three battalions, which had completed all training courses, boarded the ship with basic equipment to Murmansk, and then drove to the Red October Air Force Base via Soviet Russia's railways and highways, and then returned from there on Irish planes. The Chongqing government stated in the telegram that all departments must abide by the customs and disciplines on the way across the Russian border and strictly prevent Russian infiltration and collusion.

More than 2,000 Chinese soldiers set off from Jinluo Town and sailed to the seaport Gerfler via inland rivers. Thousands of Chinese expatriates arrived and saw off the troops who returned to war along the way. The scene almost made people forget that this place was a foreign land far away from the land of China. In fact, since the 1920s, Ireland's relatively relaxed immigration policies and vigorous economic situation have attracted immigrants from all over the world. The Japanese invasion of China and later swept across the South China Sea, causing tens of thousands of Chinese people to leave their hometowns and travel across the ocean to come here.
Chapter completed!