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Chapter 1224 Sending charcoal in the snow

"Toot-"

The sound of air raid sirens sounded over Zhengzhou for a long time, and the poignant and long sound made more than 400,000 people who had not been alarmed for many years panic and were at a loss. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although yesterday the officers and men of the garrison unit and the policemen had already walked the streets and alleys and went door to door to convey the air defense exercises that had been carried out today, the people, who were accustomed to the original rhythm of life, were still frightened by the rude orders of the military police all over the streets and the anxious shouts of the officers and men who commanded the air defense concealment.

The entire Zhengzhou city inside and outside the city, all the soldiers and civilians running like headless flies, the Tibetan soldier cave under the ancient city wall is crowded with panicked old and young, the cries of children, the screams and calls of women, boiling, many people asked with a blank face: Is there a big war in North China, and the little *** plane really came to retaliate?

Dozens of specially invited reporters from major newspapers such as Henan Province and the Central News Agency shuttled inside and outside the city to faithfully record the largest and most realistic air defense exercise ever conducted in the Central Plains, so as to judge the national defense awareness of the army and the people.

In the fortifications around the city in the east of the city, the officers and soldiers of a division under Liu Zhi were still looking at the sky as if nothing had happened.

Although Liu Zhi's soldiers were relatively good in terms of training and military discipline, it was still difficult for them to return to the appearance of the Northern Expedition in their fighting style and ideological concepts, and the various levels of the troops could no longer be compared with the elite of the Central Army led by Chen Cheng and other generals, let alone the Anjia Army.

Even so, the quality of Liu Zhi's troops in all aspects was still far above that of the local army, and if he looked at the lazy and lazy appearance of the two divisions of the Northeast Army stationed in the southeast of the city, An Yi on the high ground would be able to accurately assess the combat effectiveness, military discipline, and ideological style of the two troops.

The sirens are still whining violently, startled birds fly in flocks in all directions, more than ten black spots suddenly appear in the sky above the northwest horizon, and soon they are getting bigger and bigger, flying over the city, several silver-white new attack planes suddenly reduce their altitude, swoop down, send out a sharp whistling sound that pierces the eardrums, sweep over the towering city tower more than 300 meters above the sky, and pass through the city in an ultra-low-altitude formation, the huge air flow and the roar of the engine, finally caused panic in the whole city, and many residents who were insensitized and insisted on not participating in the exercise were also frightened and hid under the bed.

"Boom-boom-boom-"

The sound of a huge explosion resounded throughout the city, and the shantytown in the southeast corner of the city, which covered an area of more than 100 acres, was suddenly attacked by a powerful aerial bomb. Self-defeating...... It must have been bombed by mistake, I don't know how many innocent people will die now......

After the two large bombers dropped bombs, they continued to do evil, and flew to the sky above the position of the Liu Zhi Garrison Division in the east of the city, and wantonly dropped bombs, and the officers and men on the position who were still watching in astonishment were suddenly frightened half to death, and all kinds of whistles and roars sounded in the bottom of the earth, and the officers at all levels, who were originally very arrogant, desperately called for the officers and men under their command to find cover, and quickly lay down, but a string of bombs fell at this time without a head or a brain, and the earth-shattering explosion continued endlessly, and the periphery of the three-kilometer-long position was full of firelight and gunsmoke, and a strong fiery atmosphere. More than 10,000 officers and men lying in the trenches and hollows were breathless.

More than 10 minutes later, the 28 "enemy planes" that had come to Zhengzhou City disappeared, and the blazing flames in the city did not continue, and tens of thousands of soldiers, civilians, and policemen threw themselves into fighting the fire under the command of the military police. The united army and civilians finally suppressed the fire with thousands of buckets of water, but the entire shanty town was unrecognizable, like a hell of fire.

What is comforting is that the gendarmes of a regiment had forcibly driven away more than 20,000 displaced people and the poorest residents of the entire shantytown and forcibly concentrated them at the Chengnan School not far away, and there were no casualties or any property to burn -- this was the great luck in the hearts of the reporters and the vast majority of the military and civilians in the city; otherwise, I don't know how many innocent lives would have been lost in such a major mistake in the exercise, and I am afraid that Liu Zhi, who organized the exercise, and the officers and staff under his command would probably have been unable to make an account to the people of the whole country and the central authorities.

On the periphery of the defensive position in the east of the city, there were still flames, and the officers and men on the positions were still in extreme panic, and no one expected that their bombers would drop hundreds of bombs in a row without any scruples, although they did not hurt anyone, but under the sudden warning, more than 100 officers and soldiers were burned, and the strange thing was that no shrapnel flew in, but many people still did not realize this flaw.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, in the lobby of the Garrison Consolidation Committee of Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu Provinces in the city of Zhengzhou, reporters gathered, and An Yi sat in the backstage lounge, leisurely drinking tea with Shen Fengdao and other brothers, smiling, and wanting to hear how Liu Zhi answered the questions of many reporters.

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"Director Liu, please explain, why is there such a serious accidental bombing?" The question of the reporter of the Henan Provincial Party Daily immediately attracted a chorus.

Liu Zhi wore a straight military uniform, raised his hands, made a gesture to please be quiet, looked around at more than 100 reporters and public representatives, and proudly replied:

"Everyone, please be calm! Ladies and gentlemen, the air raid on the shantytown southeast of the city was not an accidental bombing, but one of the important plans of our air defense exercise......"

There was an uproar in the audience, and the reporters shouted in disbelief, Liu Zhi immediately raised his voice and controlled the venue:

“…… Be quiet! Please listen to my explanations before you speak, I understand your feelings. As you may all know, General An Yi, member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission and deputy chief of general staff, came to Zhengzhou the day before yesterday to inspect the military, and many of you friends were also invited by General An to observe the reorganization and training of various units stationed in Henan and to give opinions to our army. During the three-year War of Resistance against the Great Wall, which has been stationed in North China for a long time from last year to the present, it has successfully suppressed and deterred the Japanese army in North China, and has always been praised as the 'Eagle in the Air' by the whole people.

"Just imagine, how could such a team of heroes with advanced equipment and rich experience make a mistake in such a major air defense exercise? Therefore, this is not an accidental bombing, but we did it intentionally, the purpose is to make all the insensitive soldiers and civilians pay attention to it, so that everyone can feel the cruelty of war and understand that war is not far from everyone! ”

The audience exclaimed, and no one asked Liu Zhi anything, and all the participants felt sincerely impressed that Liu Zhi dared to take the risk of holding this air defense exercise, and the meaning was so profound and the intentions were so good.

Liu Zhi continued to speak loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, I know that you still have many questions in your hearts, why did you blow up the slums in the southeast of the city in this large-scale air defense exercise that has been submitted to the central government and *** for approval? Why bomb the positions of the troops in the east of the city? Let me explain them all here.

"First of all, this shantytown in the southeast of the city is a slum area, inhabited by poor people who have fled the famine for many years, the living conditions are very poor, the air is dirty, the waste water flows sideways, there was a major fire last autumn, fortunately, the military and civilians of Zhengzhou worked together to extinguish the fire, but there are still more than 20 people killed in the fire, the government and the provincial congress have repeatedly wanted to renovate this dangerous residential area where more than 10,000 people live, otherwise if there is a fire, or a plague, I don't know what to do.

This time, General An came to inspect the area, and when he saw this, he was very worried, and immediately convened a military and political meeting, and generously promised to donate 400,000 yuan to renovate this area, so there was this bombing. At this moment, more than 10,000 residents have gone to the Chengdong military camp to settle down, and the Chengdong military camp, which has a history of more than 20 years, is enough to accommodate 20,000 people, has complete facilities, wells are everywhere, and a division originally stationed in it has already left for northern Jiangsu, and in the future, this military camp will belong to the residential area under the jurisdiction of the Zhengzhou Civil Affairs Bureau. And our army, our people, can benefit greatly from this exercise, at least, knowing that our army and government are for the people, at least personally and truly feeling the cruelty of war. It can be said that the purpose of this exercise has been fully achieved! ”

The venue burst into applause, and finally understood the intention of the bombing, and couldn't help but admire Liu Zhi's proper and ingenious arrangements, as well as General An Yi's kindness and generosity.

Liu Zhi on the stage was extremely satisfied, his face flushed, and he waved his hand frequently: "Everyone, I am very grateful to you for participating in this air defense exercise, thank you for your active cooperation and magnanimity, thank you for your trust in Chairman Jiang, and thank General An Yi for your strong support!" I sincerely ask you to truthfully report the situation of this exercise, and I sincerely ask you to criticize and correct the shortcomings of someone Liu! Thank you! ”

The applause was like a tide, a warm one, Liu Zhi solemnly saluted with a shy stomach, and walked proudly to the backstage in the spring breeze.

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The dinner party that night was extremely rich, but there were only Liu Zhi, An Yi and Shen Fengdao sitting at the banquet, Liu Zhi, who had toasted An Yi three glasses of wine in a row, did not eat a single bite of the dish, poured the wine again, and stood straight with the glass:

"Brother An, the principal finally called Brother Fool in his busy schedule, although it was only two words of encouragement, but Brother Fool was extremely grateful and excited. Thinking about it carefully, the principal has not given a word to the foolish brother for more than half a year, and the foolish brother has submitted more than a dozen telegrams and letters in a row and has not heard back...... Don't say it, everything is in the wine, brother Xian, brother fool will toast you again! ”

"Brother Jingfu is polite, isn't it? However, the deadlock opened, and then had to be supported by Brother Fu to seize the opportunity to have the courage to perform, the principal most looked down on those who were lying on the merit book and resting on their laurels, as the situation in North China became more and more severe, the expectations of the generals under his command were higher, Brother Jing Fu had to grasp it well, otherwise the situation would be worrying! If you have the opportunity, report your thoughts to the principal as soon as possible, I am talking about reporting in person, do you understand? An Yi raised his glass and looked at Liu Zhi with a smile.

Liu Zhi was stunned for a moment, and stared at An Yi with great gratitude: "Understood!" I see! After the foolish brother dealt with the inspection of the Northeast Army, he immediately rushed to the principal for advice! ”

An Yi laughed, raised his glass and touched Liu Zhi lightly, and raised his head to do it.

An Yi, who has been immersed in officialdom for many years, is no longer what it used to be, and the reason why he helped Liu Zhi so much this time is that at this time, there is really no one like Liu Zhi in the Huangpu general, who has been in the Huangpu system for four years.

Although Liu Zhi no longer holds the post of director of the Henan-Anhui appeasement, he still firmly controls the railway hub of the Longhai Line and the Pinghan Line, and his military power is not as good as before, but the total number of security forces in various places under his command is still as much as 40,000.