Heavy Metal Takeoff: I Build Fighter Jets by Hand in the Southwest

I woke up to find myself back in 1937! Our patchwork fleet of aircraft was flying to its doom. With no industrial base, even ace pilots were expendable! Fortunately, I’m the chief aviation engineer of Zhonghua, with a head full of sci-fi technology a century ahead of its time! They say, “Buying is better than building”? Then I’ll start with a single screw here on China’s southwestern frontier and build an aviation empire of our own! They block our access to technology, so I’ll establish a secret base on the Yunnan-Burma border. They cut off our supply of parts, so I’ll work miracles from a heap of scrap! I’ll put our pilots in war eagles I built with my own hands, and have them tear the enemy’s arrogance to shreds at an altitude of ten thousand meters! When my aircraft roar into the sky and astonish the world, I’ll proclaim: The skies over our homeland are not to be violated! Anyone who invades our airspace will be hunted down, no matter how far away they flee!