Li Yunxiang, being forthright, summoned his main officers that evening—some were with him returning from the Sea Air Force. They set up two tables at the frontline and combined the welcoming feast and farewell banquet into one event. Early the next day, Bai Zhizhan left Jeju Island on the transport plane that had brought him.
Mid-flight, they encountered several fighter jets.
They weren't enemy planes, but escort fighters from Buju.
Compared to the Navy's ship-borne fighters, these fighters' most distinct feature was a conical fairing on the nose, using a water-cooled engine.
Indeed, these were two new models of fighters.
Before the outbreak of the great war, the Empire's Army, like the Empire's Navy, also preferred air-cooled engines.
This is not to say that air-cooled engines were better, but rather that several engine companies focused on developing the more versatile air-cooled engines.
