And so, the Eighth Route Army's first "aviation training class" began under extremely primitive conditions. During the day, the students studied basic theory; at night, Wang Diren worked with several key personnel to plan the construction of a secret airfield.
Two days later, Wang Diren took Commander Li and Duan Peng over three mountain ridges to a hidden valley behind Qinglong Mountain.
"How is this place?" Wang Diren asked, gesturing to the relatively flat valley floor.
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