After completing the recovery of Bengbu City, Hu Biao immediately sent a telegram to Zhao Chengwu. On the Guzhen side, only one main force was left to defend, and the rest of the troops were all transferred to Bengbu according to Hu Biao's suggestion and began to carry out defensive deployment.

In order to slow down the march of the Japanese army's follow-up reinforcements, Hu Biao sent a telegram to the Independent Regiment and the New Fourth Army, urging the destruction of all roads and railways passing through Bengbu. Even some bridges, Hu Biao suggested blowing them up.

Although this was a bit of a sabotage, Hu Biao felt that only by doing so could he delay the time for the Japanese army to reinforce and give the anti-Japanese troops in the Fifth Theater and northern Anhui more time to prepare for the counterattack launched by the Japanese army.

While sending telegrams from time to time, Hu Biao did not forget to give Bai Chongxi an explanation, asking him to tidy up the temporary airfield and prepare to receive the fighters that might fly back early in the morning. Receiving this telegram, Bai Chongxi couldn't help but cheer.

smiled and said, "Beautiful! I really didn't expect that General Flying Fox would really take down the little devil's airport, and even the fighter planes would be served in one pot! ”

Earlier, when officers who had learned to fly airplanes were recruited, many generals felt that their efforts were in vain. In the eyes of these generals, the airports built by the little devils are all heavily guarded without exception, and how can it be possible to grab the planes of the little devils!

But now seeing the telegram sent by Hu Biao, many generals can't admire it. With these fighters, the Fifth War Zone is believed to be famous in the first war. Everyone knows that the current reconquest campaign in northern Anhui is nominally commanded and deployed by Bai Chongxi.

Not to mention the benefits of Bai De, he can still get such huge benefits, and the generals of the Fifth War Zone are also envious of Bai Chongxi. Correspondingly, people who doubted Hu Biao's ability before felt that they had the opportunity to cooperate with Hu Biao a lot.

As excited as Bai Chongxi was, Dai Li, who was far away in the mountain city. After receiving the telegram from Hu Biao, Dai Li did not forget to report to Lao Jiang. Hearing this news, Lao Jiang was also extremely emotional, feeling that he still underestimated Hu Biao's ability.

After thinking about it, he said, "It seems that I still underestimate this guy!" Although this kid is a bit unruly, after all, he has played national and military prestige, and we can't be too stingy. If you give him another promotion, General Flying Fox will also live up to his name! ”

If according to military merits, Hu Biao is afraid that he will have the qualifications to be promoted to major general long ago. It's just that Lao Jiang felt that Hu Biao was somewhat disgraceful to him, so that after he was promoted to major, he was unwilling to give Hu Biao too many nominal rewards.

Even if Lao Jiang knew that Hu Biao didn't really care much about his rank and position. But at present, Hu Biao has won consecutive battles in northern Anhui, and in Lu'an and other places earlier, he also severely damaged a division of the Japanese army, and it is really unreasonable not to give some rewards.

Since he could not get Hu Biao to be loyal, Lao Jiang decided to give Hu Biao the title of major general of the national army. In that case, at least let Hu Biao feel sincerity, and let other forces know that Hu Biao is the general of the national army camp.

Hearing Lao Jiang's decision, Dai Li also smiled and said, "Commission, you really value this kid!" He believed that if he was given a little more time, he would understand who he should be most loyal to! ”

Xiao patted the sycophants, and Dai Li also sent the telegram of the promotion back to Hu Biao. In addition, Dai Li also asked Hu Biao to seal the promotion list, so that the ranks and positions of his subordinates were promoted accordingly.

Hu Biao didn't care much about the telegram sent by Dai Li, but he had the name of a major general, and he believed that it would be of great use when he cooperated with other anti-Japanese war forces in the future. Anyway, that's a major general of the National Government!

Considering that he would go to the southwest in the future, if there was a major general, Hu Biao would be able to expand more troops. As for the promotion list of his subordinates, Hu Biao felt that giving Dai Li a copy was actually not a big problem. Who doesn't like promotion?

After receiving the secret telegram from the military commander, Bai Chongxi also knew the intention behind this promotion order. But Bai Chongxi knew very well that he wanted to recruit Hu Biao with just a promotion and commendation order, but he was afraid that Lao Jiang would make a mistake in this calculation.

What's more, Bai Chongxi knows very well that Hu Biao's future development focus will only be placed on the southwest. The south is still the Central Plains or the north, but I am afraid that Hu Biao is not very interested. It's just this kind of thing, Bai Chongxi won't report it.

As far as the current situation of the Anti-Japanese War is concerned, the Gui Army has been integrated into the combat sequence of the National Army, and it is almost impossible to draw troops back to the southwest in a short period of time. Having Hu Biao as an ally is not a good thing.

At least in terms of the current cooperation, Gui Jun has gained a lot of benefits. In fact, the other anti-Japanese forces that cooperated with Hu Biao have all gained a lot of benefits without exception. In the final analysis, Hu Biao seems to have no other shortcomings except for being a little greedy for money.

The calculations and thoughts of the bigwigs, for Hu Biao at the moment, he really didn't care much. Knowing that Wuhan was about to be lost, Hu Biao knew that the war here was almost over, and he should find a way to go to Zaozhuang.

Through this war in northern Anhui, Hu Biao also greatly weakened the strength of the Japanese army in northern Anhui. In the later period, if the Japanese army wanted to recapture these occupied areas, it would inevitably draw more troops from the territory of Su Province, which gave Hu Biao more opportunities to take advantage of.

After spending the middle of the night, the trainee pilots who accompanied them were already familiar with the plane that was about to take off tomorrow. Even if they were still worried in their hearts, these pilots knew that this opportunity was extremely rare for them.

As long as these captured fighters are successfully driven back to the rear, they can become real air force pilots. The merit of capturing a fighter plane is also enough for each of them to be promoted to one level and get better development in the army.

While arranging for personnel to rest and transfer supplies, Hu Biao sent a telegram to the Malingshan assault battalion lurking in the border area between Xuzhou and Suzhou. Let the assault battalion operate overnight to sabotage the railroad connecting the two places.

As a result, it was obvious that the Japanese army, who had been focusing on Bengbu, suddenly learned that many sections of the railway in Xusu had been destroyed, and naturally they were a little angry. Correspondingly, the Japanese troops who arrived in Suzhou soon shrank back.

The reason is very simple, the Japanese troops who arrived in Suzhou suspected that the anti-Japanese troops operating in northern Anhui earlier were likely to infiltrate Xuzhou. Previously, Xuzhou dispatched an infantry brigade to reinforce Suzhou, and at this moment Xuzhou can be described as empty of troops!

The commander of the infantry brigade who arrived in Suzhou quickly ordered: "Send a report to the Xuzhou side, let the defenders from all over the country pay close attention to the situation in the territory, and report the situation immediately once the Zhina troops are found." The defenders of each city must strengthen their vigilance and defense.

At the same time, a telegram was sent to the Central China Front, requesting that a division be sent to reinforce our department. If we don't wipe out these damn Chinese troops, I'm afraid that this railway under our control will be damaged even more. In that case, it will be extremely detrimental to our army! ”

The importance of the Beijing-Shanghai railway was well known to any Japanese general. The Battle of Xuzhou was launched earlier, more to occupy the railway. And now, the railroad is almost on the verge of being destroyed.

Although the Japanese cursed the attackers for sabotaging the railway, they did not worry about the protests and dissatisfaction of the railway stakeholders. But in fact, only the Japanese army knew that the most profitable side of the railway at the moment was them, who completely controlled the railway.

The Nationalist government, which had retreated to the mountain city, felt that the act of blowing up the railroad was a bit of a failure. But after the two battles, the Nationalist Government already knew that keeping the railroad would do more harm and would make it easier for the Japanese army to invade.

As for the protests of the rest of the railway interests, the Japanese army did not care, so why did the Nationalist Government care? Isn't it normal for this to happen in war? If other stakeholders really cared, it would be more reasonable to protest against the Japanese troops who controlled the railway!

When Zhao Chengwu rushed from Guzhen to Bengbu overnight with a main force regiment, he watched the rain that had been falling all day finally stop in the middle of the night. Hu Biao, who had only rested for two hours, also began to organize personnel to refuel the plane and replenish ammunition.

Looking at the sky that was about to light up and the pilots who were ready to take off, Hu Biao said extremely seriously: "In order to ensure safety, you must lift the plane into the air immediately after dawn and drive the fighter back to the rear before the arrival of the Japanese fighters."

On the way back, I hope you can return in formation. If you encounter an enemy plane, you can only desperately break through. If all goes well, land carefully. If you can return safely, Chief Bai will personally celebrate your achievements at that time! ”

"Thank you, sir!"

Simply driving the plane back to the rear, many pilots feel confident. But these pilots knew that once they were intercepted by Japanese fighters on the way back, then their fate could be imagined. In terms of the level of air combat, they are definitely inferior to the Japanese army.

Only the temporary airfield built by driving the fighters to the rear before the Japanese fighters take off and intercept them may still have a glimmer of life. It is precisely because of this truth that none of the pilots refused the order to take off early in the morning.

"Get on board! The fighters take off first, escort the whole team after liftoff, and wait for the follow-up fighters to take off. After completing the formation, follow the pilot aircraft back to the rear airfield. Reconnaissance aircraft, pay attention to expanding the reconnaissance radius, beware of enemy aircraft interception and sneak attacks! ”

"Understood!"

With Hu Biao's order, the airport where the runway had been cleared soon came from the roar of a large number of fighters. Under the guidance and guidance of the combat team members, one fighter plane after another began to aim at the runway and slowly accelerated to take off.

The pilot who served as the pilot plane piloted a Japanese fighter plane, and after successfully driving the fighter into the sky, the pilot also seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. Give up the airspace and wait quietly for the follow-up fighters to take off.

Fortunately for Hu Biao and everyone, all the fighters parked at the airport finally took off safely. Looking at the formation of fighters lined up in the sky, even if it looked a little chaotic, at least they all flew safely into the sky.

When Hu Biao asked people to shoot a signal flare, the formation of fighters in the sky slowly flew towards the rear. The originally bustling airport soon became deserted. And Hu Biao also knew that it was time to prepare to leave.

Hu Biao did not forget to fish away the fuel stored at the airport and the anti-aircraft weapons installed when he left. As soon as Zhao Chengwu's troops arrive, Hu Biao and his task force will embark on the road back to Zaozhuang!