The enemy forces in both the north and south directions were rapidly advancing towards Madrid, and the situation in Madrid was becoming less and less optimistic. According to Lin Jun www.biquge.info two support brigades from the Valencian side stayed in the local area to provide air support to Madrid from a long distance.

Lin Jun crossed several levels in a row and directly sent the battle plan to Stalin, who was far away in Moscow. When Stalin saw Lin Jun's telegram, he praised Andrei's tactical vision: as a strategist, he knew that this was the most correct way to deploy forces. In a telegram in reply to Lin Jun, Stalin told his subordinates that as long as the troops under Lin Jun's jurisdiction were tactically deployed, everything could be done cheaply in the future, and there was no need to apply to the superiors, just say hello, and everything was only responsible to the Kremlin.

Stalin's trust and "generosity" will bring a series of "sequelae", and one day in the future, this decision will bring Stalin a surprise that Stalin did not expect now. Because of the impact of the "purge", many officers of the Soviet army would report again and again on a trivial matter, delaying the fighters, and Lin Jun's troops would be an exception.

Stalin's reply made Lin Jun full of confidence, in the past, he had to apply to multiple superiors to report to make a deployment, and he was afraid that those "conservative" guys would not agree, but now that he has Stalin's "banner", who would dare to point fingers! In fact, Lin Jun was also worried, even without Stalin's decision, no one would come to the "protégé of the Son of Heaven".

Madrid Airport is conducting high-intensity sorties every day, and it is basically a ground support mission. Lin Jun commanded his subordinates to bomb the rebels' ground troops as if they didn't want money, it didn't look like a fighter unit at all, and their luck was also very good, no planes were shot down in the rebel-controlled area, and only 2 planes were damaged by ground anti-aircraft fire and forced to land in their own area.

The "vultures" didn't come to trouble Lin Jun, the two sides seemed to have discussed, and they were just doing their best to support the ground forces in the battle. The planes of the two sides also "encountered" only once in the air, when Lin Jun led a four-plane formation and encountered six Junkers 52s over the ground fire line 80 kilometers north of Madrid, while the escorting "Condor" was still strafing in the distance.

A sneak attack by four I-16s took out two Junkers, which caused more than 10 Henschel-51s escorting the "Junkers" to rush towards the I-16 like crazy. At that time, Lin Jun chose to retreat, and his formation was almost out of ammunition, because they only encountered the "Junkers" after bombing the rebel positions and strafing a few back and forth. And seeing the Yi 16 who took the initiative to retreat, the "Condors" also chose to return. They are not fools, it is simply unrealistic to use Henschel-51 to pursue the I-16, if they are entangled by other planes at Madrid airport, these more than 10 Henschel will have to be accounted for here.

Most of the logistics forces on the airfield were ready to retreat at any time, but the time had not yet come, and the two sides on the ground were temporarily deadlocked 70 to 80 kilometers north and south of Madrid. But everyone knew that the stalemate was only temporary, and when the armies of German, Italian and Franco attacked again, the current situation would be broken.

On October 15, 1936, Lin Jun's landline plane already had 10 red five-star symbols under the cockpit, and 7 bomb symbols were added to the vertical tail. Andlupf's leg injury has improved a lot, and although he can't walk on the ground yet, he can already handle some work matters, which makes Lin Jun breathe a sigh of relief. Although Kobets is a good leader in leading the troops, he just likes to report to himself too much, which makes Lin Jun a little headache.

"In the future, Kobetz must be in the habit of making his own decisions." This is what Lin Jun and Andlupuf said when discussing work.

"Well, Kobets is the most capable of the three squadron leaders, and he will definitely develop well in the future, so that he can get used to being arbitrary."

"Then let you go and tell him about this, I'm annoyed when I see him now. Now as soon as he sees me, he must be asking to take to the air to fight, and the chirping is endless. ”

"Hehe, okay, I'll talk to him." Andlupuv knew that this Kobets would have a bright future, and he must let him out of the "shadow" of himself and Andrei.

Lin Jun, who walked out of the ward, looked at the sky, it was almost dinner time, and the people on the airport were busy, but they looked orderly. Since basically handing over the work to Kobets, Lin Jun has been much easier and can devote himself to the battle. Regarding Lin Jun's arrangement, the other two squadron leaders and team members had no opinion at all, everyone knew the ability of the first squadron leader, and they were very convinced.

"Kobets, Sergei and I are just flying planes, you can work harder! Ha ha! "This is when the leader of one squadron complained to the other two squadron leaders, Zaitsev answered him.

Looking at the orderly airport, Lin Jun knew that he could take a break from his busy schedule, so he thought about going to talk to Xie Weijin. His unit's new equipment had just arrived two days earlier, and it should be on the front line.

As soon as I reached the artillery camp, I saw a large group of people gathered around, constantly cheering. It's been a month since he arrived in Spain, and Lin Jun has learned a few simple Spanish conversations, of course, that is, "hello" and "goodbye", but he can still understand the Spanish applause.

Taking a closer look, Lin Jun's eyes were as big as a bull's eye! Why? That Wang Gang, who was taller and stronger than him, was shirtless and majestically playing with a big knife in a circle surrounded by a crowd! A big knife is playing in his hand, and the wind is everywhere!

To be precise, Wang Gang is not "playing" the big knife: first of all, it is not "playing", his knife technique is disciplined, not simple, straightforward, because Lin Jun's grandfather will have a set of ancestral knife techniques, and several sons and grandchildren will, of course, to Lu Linjun's generation is to strengthen the body, so Wang Gang's knife skills Lin Jun can still see one or two; Second, the knife in his hand is not an ordinary broadsword, and it is not at all the same concept as the "big blade" during the Anti-Japanese War. If the "big blade" is an item of the working people, then the knife in Wang Gang's hand is a royal luxury.

This is a "single knife", but it is a little different from the "single knife" that can be seen in TV movies and museums, it is slightly larger, the style is slightly different, the handle is slightly longer, and it should be able to be used with both hands. But no matter what the difference between this knife is, Lin Jun can be sure at a glance: this is a Chinese knife.

"Good knives! Good knife technique! Lin Jun roared loudly in Chinese, and at this time Wang Gang had already put away the knife.

"Hello, Comrade Andrei, I just made you laugh." Wang Gang walked over to Lin Jun with his clothes, and it was Xie Weijin who was talking on the side, and he was in Russian. Just now, Lin Jun was only looking at the big knife, and he didn't notice that Xie Weijin was also there.

When the people around saw that the Soviet comrades were coming to the battalion commander, they scattered.

"Let's go, come to me, Wang Gang, you will come with you."

The three of them went to Xie Weijin's office together, Wang Gang saw that Lin Jun had been staring at his knife, so he simply handed the knife to Lin Jun, "Comrade Andre, you also know knives?" ”

"A little, not much."

The whole knife with the handle has the appearance of 1 meter two or three, and it is heavy to start. The black scabbard is quaint in style, the material should be the finest shark leather, the handle and the knife frame are made of brass throughout, and the handle is patterned with gold wire. Lin Jun took a closer look, and the inlay turned out to be the shape of a dragon.

Pulled the knife out of the sheath violently, "Good knife, good knife!" ”

When Lin Jun saw the knife in his hand clearly, he couldn't help but scream! The entire blade is densely covered with flowing patterns, and it is made using the mille-layer forging method, which is already a lost process. Looking at the appearance of this knife, in ancient times, a good knifesmith could not make it without three or five years.

"Hehe, this knife is Wang Gang's heirloom. Andrei, you seem to know some knife skills? It was Xie Weijin who spoke.

Put the knife into the sheath and return it to Wang Gang. "I know some, but I've never seen such a good knife technique as Wang Gang with my own eyes."

Speaking of this, Lin Jun asked Wang Gang: "Wang Gang, you must have some origin of this knife and knife technique, right?" I see that the set of sword techniques you just now is simply a legendary martial arts master! And this knife is by no means simple, not something that ordinary people can have. ”

"Hehe, Comrade Andrei, it seems that you know everything." Since Wang Gang regarded the Andre in front of him as his comrade, he had nothing to hide, "My ancestor used to be a hereditary guard beside the emperor of the Ming Dynasty of China, and this knife is said to have been given by an ancestor who was meritorious and rewarded by the emperor. Later, after the death of the Ming Dynasty, the ancestors felt ashamed of the royal family, so they left their homeland and traveled for hundreds of years to settle in Spain. But this knife and ancestral knife techniques have been handed down. This time I came to join the international column, and my family brought me here, so that I could defend myself and kill the enemy. ”

"Oh, it turned out to be a descendant of the Ming Dynasty guards, no wonder there is such a good knife technique!" Unexpectedly, this Wang Gang still has this background.

Wang Gang's father was an old-fashioned patriotic expatriate who owned several hotels and restaurants in Guernica, to the north. In this Franco rebellion, the old gentleman not only donated a lot of money and goods to the republic, but also sent his only son to the international column. ”

"Guernica?" Lin Jun felt a little familiar, knowing that this was an important city in northern Spain, and there seemed to be some important things in his mind, but he couldn't find a clue, so he didn't delve into it.

This difference in thought made Lin Jun regret it for the rest of his life.

"Wang Gang, you're the only one in the family?"

"I also have 4 older sisters, and I am the eldest."

"Ahh Big Knife King Five?! Lin Jun thought to himself, a little funny, but he didn't dare to laugh. Although the Chinese are only counted as men, this Wang Gang also has 4 sisters, and he can also be regarded as a "king five".

"Now there is a shortage of weapons in the troops, especially in the case of our artillery, and light weapons. This broadsword is not very useful on the modern battlefield, but it can still be used for emergencies and self-defense, and it can also improve the morale of the troops, so I will let him play more in the army. ”

"Oh." Lin Jun saw that the comrades in the artillery battalion rarely carried guns, so it turned out that this was the case.

"Wang Gang, do you have a gun?"

"No, only old comrades."

Lin Jun took off the matching gun on his body, and handed it to Wang Gang with the holster: "This is what Comrade Stalin gave me, and I sent it to you." ”

"No, how can I ask for this, it's too precious." Wang Gang did not expect that Lin Jun would give himself his matching gun, and it was also given to Andrei by Comrade Stalin.

"Valuable, isn't it just a gun, I have a lot of it, just go back and get another one, and then I'll get you some spare magazines and bullets, the soldier can't do it if he doesn't have a good gun." Speaking of this, Lin Jun paused, "Old Xie, you can find a few people to move things to me later." I hadn't paid attention to it before, but this time I went to Spain, and I prepared a full 200 sets of pistols and a large number of bullets for our brigade. My pilots are all equipped with guns, and there are 50 more ground crews, and it's a waste to put them on me, so I'll send them to you, and the artillery is just right for them.

"This is military supplies, isn't that right?" Xie Weijin was very happy in his heart, but he was afraid that Andre would bring trouble to him by transferring the ordnance of the army without permission.

"There is nothing bad about it, it is a time of war, Comrade Stalin asked me to act cheaply, I have the final say on my one-third of an acre, and besides, it is also appropriate to help friendly troops. Let's go, move the gun. ”