Su Yi heard Zhou Botao, Chief of the General Staff of the Ministry of National Defense, say that he would send back the request he had just made back to Jinzhou City, Su Yi nodded slightly and continued: "Then trouble Chief of General Staff Zhou and Minister Zhao, as long as the Ministry of Defense can help send the families of those generals under my command to escort them to Yueyang City, I, Su Yi, will definitely defend Yueyang City to the death!" ”

Zhou Botao then asked: "In addition to this, I wonder if there are any other aspects that General Su needs to do from the Ministry of Defense?" ”

Su Yi pondered for a while and said: "I also hope that the Ministry of Defense can allow the temporary First Army, the Provisional Second Army and the Provisional Third Army to recruit troops in the surrounding areas that have not yet fallen, after all, relying only on the population of Yueyang City and the five counties of Yuhong, Zhutian, Lanping, Danyan and Huining cannot fight with the army of the Ice Lion Country for a long time." ”

For Su Yi's request, Zhou Botao, Chief of the General Staff of the Ministry of National Defense, and Zhao Zeling, Vice Minister of National Defense, frowned again, and Zhao Zeling asked: "General Su, the provisional First Army, the provisional Second Army, the provisional Third Army, plus the troops directly under the Urban Defense Command, after a new round of expansion, the total strength has approached 1.7 million, I don't know how General Su is going to solve the problem of logistics and supply of so many troops, if General Su continues to recruit troops in the surrounding areas that have not yet fallen, Isn't the logistical pressure on Yueyang City even greater? Previously, General Su refused the dozen or so armies sent by the Ministry of Defense to Yueyang City for reinforcements, and one of the reasons was that these dozen armies would increase the logistical pressure on Yueyang City. ”

Su Yi immediately said: "Minister Zhao, refusing the Ministry of Defense to reinforce more than a dozen armies in Yueyang City, the logistical pressure is only one aspect, General Sun Guodong has said just now, due to weapons and equipment, the combat methods of the temporary First Army, the Provisional Second Army and the Provisional Third Army are not the same as other units of our Great Qin Army, and the entry of those dozen armies into Yueyang City is likely to affect the defense plan formulated by our Yueyang City City Defense Command, and the troops directly under the City Defense Command and the three temporary armies have completed a new round of reorganization, The total strength will be close to 1.7 million, and there is really no need for other troops to support Yueyang City for the time being. ”

After a pause, Su Yi continued: "As for the three temporary armies preparing to recruit troops in the surrounding areas that have not fallen, it is also considering that our defenders of Yueyang City are likely to fall into a long war of attrition with the army of the Ice Lion Kingdom in Yueyang City, and I will try my best to solve the problem of logistics supply without causing trouble to the Ministry of Defense." ”

After Zhao Zeling and Zhou Botao exchanged glances, Zhao Zeling immediately said: "General Su, Chief of General Staff Zhou and I will also send your request back to the Ministry of Defense in Jinzhou City, I don't know if General Su has any other requirements for the Ministry of Defense?" ”

Su Yi glanced at Wu Youliang, the commander of the Second Army, and then said with a smile to Zhao Zeling: "Minister Zhao, there is one more thing that I need your help with. ”

Zhao Zeling was slightly stunned, "General Su needs to speak." ”

Su Yi pointed his finger at Wu Youliang, the commander of the provisional Second Army, "Minister Zhao, Commander Wu Youliang used to belong to the generals of the Zhao family's faction, and I attach great importance to Commander Wu Youliang, and I hope that Minister Zhao can cut his love, from now on, Commander Wu Youliang has nothing to do with the Zhao family's faction, but is just the commander of the provisional Second Army under my command." ”

Zhao Zeling hesitated, turned his head to Wu Youliang, the commander of the provisional Second Army, and asked, "What does Commander Wu think?" ”

Wu Youliang said loudly: "I, Wu Youliang, came from the faction of the Zhao family, if the Zhao family needs me, I am willing to immediately resign from the position of commander of the provisional Second Army and obey the arrangements of the Zhao family, but if Minister Zhao asks me Wu Youliang to continue to stay under Commander Su, then I, Wu Youliang, will only listen to Commander Su in the future." ”

Zhao Zeling's face showed a trace of helplessness, Wu Youliang's statement was obviously to prevent the Zhao family from secretly wooing him in the future, but Zhao Zeling couldn't really let Wu Youliang resign as the commander of the temporary Second Army at this time, "I think Commander Wu should stay under General Su!" ”

In the middle of the night of April 23, 2538, at the temporary residence of the Ministry of National Defense in Jinju City, the capital of Nanjiang Province of the Great Qin State, Minister of Defense Liu Fuchen urgently summoned ten other senior officials of the Ministry of National Defense.

"I brought everyone here late at night because Chief of General Staff Zhou Botao and Vice Minister Zhao just sent back a telegram from Yueyang City, and on the table in front of everyone is a copy of this telegram, let's take a look at it first, and then we will discuss whether we should agree to Su Yi's request." Defense Minister Liu Fuchen said in a deep voice to the other 10 senior officials of the Ministry of National Defense.

After reading the copy of the telegram, Vice Minister He Binghui said with a wry smile: "It seems that our Ministry of Defense can only agree to these two requirements put forward by Su Yi, if Su Yi really leads his troops to evacuate Yueyang City in a fit of anger, the other troops of our Great Qin Army will not have the ability to stop the million-strong army of the Ice Lion Country in Yueyang City." ”

Deputy Chief of General Staff Yan Degang sighed and said: "Fortunately, Su Yi's two requests are not too much, but this also indicates the birth of a new faction represented by Su Yi, and for the time being, the power in Su Yi's hands has surpassed other factions." ”

Early the next morning, Defense Minister Liu Fuchen sent a telegram back to Zhou Botao, chief of the General Staff in Yueyang City, and Zhao Zeling, vice minister of the Ministry of National Defense, saying that the Ministry of National Defense basically agreed to Su Yi's two demands.

On the morning of the second day after the Ministry of National Defense observer group arrived in Yueyang City, Air Force Lieutenant General Sun Peng met with Su Yi alone and expressed the request of the Daqin Air Force to obtain individual air defense missile technology.

Sun Peng said to Su Yi in a deep voice: "Commander Su, those young pilots of our Daqin Air Force are all good, even if they fly fighters with backward performance, they will fight with the Ice Lion Air Force until the last moment without hesitation, but the performance of several fighters equipped by our Daqin Army is really too different from the fighters of the Ice Lion Air Force, so that in every air battle, our Daqin Air Force has suffered defeat, so our Air Force is eager to improve the performance of the remaining fighters." ”

Su Yi shook his head slightly and said: "At present, the individual air defense missiles equipped by the army under my command are not suitable for modification to the top of the fighter, after all, it is actually a surface-to-air missile, and the fighter needs to be equipped with an air-to-air missile. ”

Sun Peng's eyes lit up, "Commander Su, could it be that you still have air-to-air missiles in your hands?" ”

Su Yi shook his head and said, "I don't have air-to-air missiles in my hand for the time being, by the way, General Sun, how many fighters do we have left in the Great Qin Air Force now?" ”

Sun Peng didn't hear what Su Yi meant by the word "temporary", and when he heard that Su Yi didn't have an air-to-air missile in his hand that could be equipped with a fighter jet, Sun Peng's face showed a slight gloom, "Commander Su, since the three aircraft factories that produce fighters and bombers in our Great Qin Kingdom have been blown into ruins by the Air Force of the Ice Lion Country, we can only rely on the machinery and equipment rescued from the three aircraft factories to manufacture some fighters and bombers in small quantities, but the fighters and bombers that are manufactured, Far from being able to catch up with the amount consumed in the war, our Daqin Air Force now has only more than 160 fighters and more than 50 bombers, as well as more than a dozen transport planes and a few reconnaissance planes. ”

Su Yi then asked, "Then I don't know how many pilots our Daqin Air Force currently has?" ”

Sun Peng sighed and said: "The number of pilots is enough, not counting the more than 700 flight cadets who are studying at the Aviation Military Academy, there are more than 1,800 pilots in our Daqin Air Force, but unfortunately the number of fighters in our Daqin Air Force is too small, and the performance is too backward, so we can only watch the Air Force of the Ice Lion Country show off its power in the sky of our Great Qin Country." ”

Su Yi's next words made Sun Peng stand up excitedly, "General Sun, I now have twenty fighters and ten bombers in my hands, but I don't have pilots, and this fighter and this bomber in my hand even surpass several fighters and bombers equipped by the Ice Lion Air Force in terms of performance." ”

It turned out that Su Yi asked an aircraft factory in the Tang Empire that could imitate the Messerschmitt Bf109 fighter and the Junkers-88 dive bomber, and divided the two fighters into multiple parts, and then transported them to the world of the Great Qin Kingdom through the Star Gate, and then assembled them by the workers of Yueyang City.

However, because Su Yi did not have pilots under his command, Su Yi only transported the parts of twenty Messerschmitt Bf109 fighters and ten Junkers-88 dive bombers to Yueyang City through the Stargate.

"Commander Su, where are those twenty fighters and ten bombers? How do they perform? Sun Peng asked Su Yi eagerly.

"That fighter has a maximum speed of 686 kilometers per hour, an ascent limit of 10,000 meters, a range of 700 kilometers, and is equipped with a 30-mm cannon and two 13-mm machine guns, and that bomber has a maximum speed of 470 kilometers per hour, an ascent limit of 8,200 meters, a range of 2,000 kilometers, a bomb load of 2.5 tons, and is equipped with two 13-millimeter machine guns and three 7.9-millimeter machine guns, which can carry out dive bombing." Su Yi is well aware of the technical parameters of the Messerschmitt Bf109 fighter and the Junkers-88 dive bomber.

Sun Peng suddenly said excitedly: "If according to such technical parameters, the performance is definitely more advanced than the fighters and bombers equipped by the Air Force of the Ice Lion Country, I don't know where Commander Su got these fighters and bombers?" ”

Su Yi smiled slightly, "General Sun, I can only tell you that there will be more of these two fighters arriving in Yueyang City in the future, so I hope that General Sun can stay and help me form an air force belonging to Yueyang City, of course, the pilot needs General Sun to find a way, and I don't even have a pilot under my hands." ”

When Sun Peng heard what Su Yi meant, he actually wanted to recruit him, and he couldn't help but hesitate, but soon Sun Peng spoke: "Commander Su, can I go and take a look at that fighter and that bomber first, if possible, can you let me test fly?" ”

Su Yi smiled and said, "No problem, I'll let General Sun take him to the airport in our Yueyang City." ”

In the evening of the same day, Sun Peng, who was excited, returned to Su Yi's city defense headquarters, and after seeing Su Yi, Sun Peng couldn't wait to say: "Commander Su, my Sun Peng will not return to Jinzhou City, and in the future, my Sun Peng will be a soldier under you, as long as the commander provides me with a sufficient number of those two fighters, my Sun Peng will definitely create an air eagle for you that will make the Ice Lion Air Force fearful!" ”

Su Yi nodded with satisfaction and said, "General Sun, don't worry, I can provide you with another eighty fighters and forty bombers within seven days, but the pilot's matter can only rely on General Sun to figure out a way." ”

Sun Peng said confidently: "I may not be able to do anything else, but if I want to talk about pilots, I can summon at least seven or eight hundred experienced pilots with a single telegram." ”

Su Yi immediately said: "As long as General Sun can summon a sufficient number of pilots, I can provide General Sun with enough fighters and bombers." ”

"Commander, what is the name of this fighter and this bomber?"

"Show Bird Fighters, Goshawk Dive Bombers!"

Xiuniao and Goshawk are the names of the Messerschmitt Bf109 fighter and the Junkers-88 dive bomber in the Tang Empire, and Su Yi decided that these two fighters are still called these two names in the world of the Great Qin Kingdom.

"What? You want to stay in Yueyang City? Help Su Yi form an air force! Zhou Botao, chief of the General Staff of the Ministry of National Defense, asked Sun Peng in shock.

Sun Peng nodded affirmatively and said: "Commander Su already has twenty fighters and ten bombers in his hands, and the performance of these fighters is very good, not to mention the several fighters equipped by our Daqin Air Force, that is, the fighters and bombers equipped by the Ice Lion Air Force, they cannot be compared with them in terms of performance." ”

Zhao Zeling, vice minister of defense next to him, couldn't help but ask: "Where did Su Yi get these fighters in his hand?" ”

Sun Peng shook his head and said: "I asked, but Commander Su didn't say, but Commander Su promised me that as long as I can recruit a sufficient number of pilots, Commander Su will provide me with more Xiuniao fighters and goshawk dive bombers, Xiuniao and Goshawk are the names of those two fighters." ”

Zhou Botao frowned, "In this way, Su Yi asked General Sun to stay and form an air force, the purpose is to let General Sun recruit some pilots from our Great Qin Air Force." ”

Sun Peng hesitated for a moment and said: "Chief of General Staff Zhou, Minister Zhao, our Great Qin Air Force is in a very embarrassing situation now, there are only more than 160 fighters and more than 50 bombers left, and we don't dare to engage in a large-scale frontal battle with the Air Force of the Ice Lion Country. ”

Zhou Botao sighed and said: "We also have to report this matter to the Ministry of Defense, but according to the current situation, even if Su Yi directly asks the Ministry of Defense for a group of pilots, the Ministry of Defense will not refuse." ”