In fact, the loss of two warships was nothing to Ikeda.

His Third Fleet has a number of aircraft carriers and more than 100 ships of various types.

At present, the most important task of the naval forces is to cooperate well with the army, hold the Madang fortress, and prevent the national army from counterattacking.

Keno Ikeda thought quickly in his mind for a while, and ordered: "Ministry of Communications, immediately send a telegram to the commander of the Third Battle Fleet, and order the Third Battle Fleet to set off immediately, move closer to the First Battle Fleet anchored in Madang River Bay, and support the army units that cooperate with the Madang Defense Line!" ”

"Hayi, Commander!"

The devil messenger nodded, and hurried to send the telegram.

After giving the order, Keno Ikeda's expression became a little gloomy, and he smiled coldly with a sad face.

"Damn Shina pilots, you think that destroying two warships will threaten our mighty Third Fleet, you Shina soldiers are so naïve, hahaha......"

In Ikeda's mind, he believed that the destruction of two warships of the First Battle Fleet should only be the negligence of the fleet commander, so that the Shina fighters could take advantage of the situation and make a successful surprise attack.

According to the intelligence information detected by the intelligence department, the Chinese army does not have any decent aircraft at all, and the Chinese air force has nothing to worry about.

Soon, the devil's third fleet received an order from the commander Keno Ikeda, and a group of seven or eight warships sailed in the direction of Madang Fortress.

……

Half an hour later, Li Hong flew the plane to the Jiangbei Town Military Airport.

Jiangbei Town is the station of the security regiment troops, and the airport was temporarily built by the security regiment engineers.

Before Li Hong's plane landed, he noticed that under the runway of the airport, more than a dozen officers and generals of the national army were standing in the wind.

On both sides of the runway of the airport, there are also many soldiers of the Central Army guarding with guns.

Li Hong returned to the garrison by plane, and because his return was too sudden, the officers of the various battalions of the security regiment did not receive a notice and could not have come to the airport to greet him so quickly.

None of the officers and men of the security regiment received the news of his return, how did these central officers and soldiers receive the news to greet him?

"Buzz ......"

The Wuling Shenji lowered its flight altitude and successfully landed on the runway for buffering.

The plane cushioned a few hundred meters on the runway, and soon, the plane came to a steady stop.

Li Hong uncovered the safety buckle of the seat, pushed open the hatch of the Wuling Shenji, and jumped off the wing with a sharp movement.

"Ho, what a big formation, so many people came to greet me, Lao Tzu still has a lot of face?!"

Li Hong muttered a few words in surprise, and then glanced at the many senior officers waiting at the airport, as well as the guards of the Central Army.

Among these people, there is not a single familiar face.

The officers and generals at the airport also noticed Li Hong who had just gotten off the plane, but they did not show too much enthusiasm for Li Hong, and simply regarded Li Hong as air.

Gradually, Li Hong understood that these people were not here to greet him at all.

", Lao Tzu is really self-inflicted, I thought they were welcoming me, but it turned out to be welcoming others!"

With a casual sweep just now, Li Hong paid attention to the rank of the officer and general.

Seven or eight colonel-level officers, three major general officers, and one lieutenant general of the national army. 360 Literature Network

Less than five minutes later, a transport plane stopped at the airport.

Glancing at the transport plane that had landed, Li Hong thought of something, he needed officers and generals to pick up the plane in person, so there must be some big man in the army on this transport plane.

Of course, speculation is just speculation, and he doesn't know exactly who is sitting on the plane.

The docked transport plane slowly opened the hatch, and immediately, a general of the National Army wearing the uniform of the Central Army slowly walked down the ramp of the plane.

Li Hong's eyesight is different from ordinary people, even if he is a hundred meters away, he can clearly see the face of the general of the national army.

The general of the national army is not very old, only about forty years old, tall and thin.

Although he had not met this general of the national army before, he had seen him in the newspaper, and this general was General Chen Xiuping, the current commander of the 9th Theater of Operations.

"Commander Chen is good, Chief Chen is good !!"

The officers and generals who received the plane saluted and greeted Chen Xiuping one after another.

Chen Xiuping's expression was serious, his expression didn't look very good, and there seemed to be a little anger on his face.

When I saw General Chen Xiuping, in fact, he and Li Hong were a little related.

Originally, the two were inseparable from each other, but after Li Hong married Chen Shujun, they could be regarded as close friends.

Chen Tingxiao and Chen Xiuping are cousins of the same generation, both of them belong to the senior generals of the Central Army, and they are both descendants of President Jiang, and they have a lot of contacts in peacetime.

Chen Tingxiao and Li Hong chatted about Chen Xiuping's person before, originally Chen Xiuping's military rank and position were not as good as Chen Tingxiao, but Chen Xiuping was very loyal to Principal Jiang, but the principal was the first to look forward, even if the above was wrong, he would not hesitate to carry it out.

Chen Xiuping's loyalty was very appreciated by President Chiang, so in just a few years, he rose all the way to the top, promoted to division commander, army commander, until today, he became an army general in his line at the age of forty.

Chen Tingxiao commented on his cousin of the same sect like this, Chen Xiuping is a relatively talented general among the senior generals of the national army.

However, in recent years, Chen Xiuping's combat thinking has been very solidified, and he has put his thoughts on how to please President Jiang and how to be promoted.

Chen Tingxiao has both praise and disapproval of Chen Xiuping, and has made his own evaluation very considerably.

Chen Xiuping is the commander of the 9th War Zone, and Yu Gong is the commander of the war zone, Li Hong should go up to say hello, Yu Privately, Chen Xiuping is now Li Hong's dignified uncle, no matter how you say it, Li Hong should take the initiative to go up and say hello.

Chen Xiuping walked over surrounded by officers and generals, Li Hong straightened the flight suit on his body, and saluted Chen Xiuping who came over.

"Hello Chief Chen!"

Li Hong raised his hand and saluted the other party respectfully.

The officers and generals present, including Chen Xiuping himself, had never seen Li Hong, and Chen Xiuping just nodded politely to Li Hong in return.

Chen Xiuping didn't pay much attention to the sudden appearance of a colonel, and the group of them walked directly in front of Li Hong.

The other party will ignore himself, Li Hong has long expected it, of course, he will not lick his face to pat with other relatives.

Besides, with Li Hong's current strength, does he need to climb the relationship?

Li Hong put down his hand, turned around and prepared to leave.

At this time, the secretary who followed Chen Xiuping seemed to notice Li Hong, and he whispered a few times in Chen Xiuping's ear.

After listening to the report of his subordinates, Chen Xiuping, who was walking straight forward, suddenly stopped.