"Commander, chief of staff, I just got the news that our flight regiment sank the aircraft carrier Fengxiang of the Navy's aircraft carrier in Shanghai two days ago." Tongliao New Army Headquarters, Deputy Commander Zhao Zhenfan rushed to Zhang Xinghan.

"Is this really fake?" Zhang Xinghan and Jiang Baili were both slightly moved, "Why didn't Ziheng report before?" ”

"Commander, it seems that when Commander Gao came back, it was mentioned in the report that they sank a large warship." Jiang Baili recalled.

"Commander, there will be absolutely nothing wrong with this matter, President Jiang of Nanjing has already called to ask who is the commander who led the air raid on the army, and said that he wants to be rewarded." Zhao Zhen Fan Road.

"Oh." Zhang Xinghan nodded and said: "It's really gratifying, since the advent of the aircraft carrier, there has never been a [***] team in the history of world warfare that has sunk an enemy aircraft carrier, we have set a precedent, Ziheng and the soldiers of the flying regiment have created a miracle that is enough to go down in history!" ”

"Yes, sinking an aircraft carrier of the Yue himself, not to mention how much shock it will cause in the world, the blow to Xiao Yuben is no less than eating one of their divisions." Zhao Zhenfan nodded in agreement.

"Brother Guoping, call President Jiang back, and report the names, hometowns, and other detailed information of all the pilots and officers of our new army who participated in the air raid on Shanghai in the previous two days, and ask for credit to Gao Zhihang and the pilots!" Zhang Xinghan said.

"Yes!" Zhao Zhenfan immediately took the order and left.

…………………… Zhang Xinghan and the others did not expect it badly, and all the military and political circles at home and abroad were shocked when they learned that their first aircraft carrier, the Fengxiang, had been sunk.

It is no exaggeration to say that since the defeat of the Qing Dynasty's Beiyang Naval Division in the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle, he has regarded himself as the number one naval power in Asia.

After decades of development, he has built his navy into a hegemon in Asia, and coupled with his arrogant self-confidence, his navy has always been regarded as an invincible and powerful force.

It is said that there is a popular saying in the navy, that is, within the blue waves of the main island, the combined fleet of the imperial navy is invincible.

As for the waters of China and even the Korean Peninsula, it is the back garden and training base of the navy.

Under such a mentality, the first aircraft carrier of the naval fleet, which I am most proud of, and the first aircraft carrier in the world, was destroyed and sunk by the Chinese Air Force in the waters of the Yangtze River estuary in China.

For the island, such news is tantamount to the impact of dropping a heavy bomb into the crowd.

The whole country mourned for their first aircraft carrier.

Extremely angry, the people in power gave an order to Shanghai to send troops to capture Shanghai no matter what, and avenge the shame of the sinking of the Fengxiang aircraft carrier.

As a result, after two days of stopping, the Shanghai Dispatch Army launched a full-scale attack on the defense line of the Shanghai Central [***] team.

The 19th Route Army and the 5th Army were already at the end of their crossbows, and the Nationalist Axe was reluctant to send reinforcements.

After three days of fierce fighting with the Yue army, the 19th Route Army and the 5th Army were finally defeated by the Yue army due to heavy casualties, and on May 18, 21 years of the Republic of China, Shanghai was captured by the Yue army.

The 19th Route Army and the 5th Army were forced to retreat along the Beijing-Shanghai Railway and Highway, relying on Wufu and other defense lines to continue to resist.

Because of the heavy casualties in Shanghai, coupled with the defeat of the Kwantung Army in the north, the three divisions were almost completely annihilated by Zhang Xinghan and Rehe.

After the pursuit and attack to Zhenru, the Nanxiang area stopped and continued to go deeper, and the Songhu War of Resistance ended.

In order to gain more time to complete his plan to suppress the rebellion and suppress the bandits, and to secure the outside and the inside, the Nanjing political axe headed by Chiang, through the mediation of Britain and the United States and other countries, signed the Songhu Armistice Agreement with Yue himself, which was humiliating to the country.

and evacuated the heroic 19th Route Army from the Songhu area.

Regarding this historical fact, Zhang Xinghan is still beyond his reach at the moment, and he can't take care of it, and he is making every effort to train and integrate his 50,000 Northeast New Army.

With the 8,000 Northeast veterans recruited from Rehe, the total strength of the Northeast New Army has increased to more than 50,000.

With the addition of these veterans, once the integration and sharpening is completed, the combat effectiveness of the new army will quickly take a qualitative leap.

As for the Kwantung Army, because the 4th, 7th, and 8th divisions were completely annihilated, their vitality was greatly damaged, and they had to consolidate most of the occupied areas, they had no time to attack the Tongliao New Army for the time being.

However, the strengthening of the new army in Tongliao has attracted sufficient attention from the Kwantung Army and the base camp of the city, and it is said that the country is making every effort to produce and expand its armaments, and has begun to seek the exchange of interests of the Western powers and other countries, and the import of strategic materials and the repayment of loans.

said that I was accumulating strength and waiting for the opportunity.

Zhang Xinghan is also accumulating strength, and his next goal is not just to fight in the Northeast.

The Northeast New Army under his command has developed to this point, and the next step is not only to recover the Northeast and completely expel Yue himself from the Liaodong Peninsula, but also to use the Northeast as a base to establish a powerful and brand-new Northeast China Frontier Army.

Standing in Liaodong, it will shock the world and eliminate all threats for the future generations of the Chinese nation.

........................ "Prepare, open fire, ......" Following the order of the commander of the air defense regiment of the armored brigade, dozens of 88 antiaircraft guns and hundreds of antiaircraft machine guns of the air defense regiment that were conducting air defense training exercises in the northern plains of Tongliao suddenly roared one after another.

The sky was filled with dense anti-aircraft fire, and since there were no target planes, the air defense regiment's aerial firing targets were hundreds of free-floating hot air balloons.

Fortunately, Zhang Xinghan provided the air defense regiment with an almost inexhaustible supply of ammunition, which could be used by these rookies to squander and fire to their heart's content.

As a matter of fact, in Zhang Xinghan's vision, the real deal with the enemy's air force still has to rely on the fighters of his own air force.

The formation of the air defense regiment was more able to provide some anti-aircraft fire support for the armored forces at a critical moment, and Zhang Xinghan paid more attention to the powerful firepower of the 88mm anti-aircraft gun and the 12,7mm anti-aircraft machine gun......

It was used to cooperate with the tank regiment to strike at enemy ground targets, assist the tank regiment in clearing obstacles, and complete the strategic assault attack, which was the reason why Zhang Xinghan did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to form this armored air defense regiment.

As a post-mortem traveler, Zhang Xinghan naturally knew how important the armored assault force would play in the thirties and forties.

The Germans' armored strategic blitzkrieg wiped out countless countries and swept through most of Europe in less than a year, which shows the importance of armored forces and air forces in modern warfare.

Under the heavy anti-aircraft fire, most of the hot air balloons were shot down one after another.

Zhang Xinghan and Jiang Baili watched the air defense regiment's training from a distance in a military jeep.

Looking at the dazzling rapid-fire firepower, Jiang Baili said to Zhang Xinghan with emotion: "Commander, once upon a time, we in China also had such powerful anti-aircraft firepower, looking back on the past, it was like a dream." ”

"Chief of Staff, this is only the prototype of the air defense force, and after that, we will have more powerful ground air defense forces and air forces. Zhang Xinghan said.

"Hmm." Jiang Baili nodded again and again in conviction.

In the following days, Zhang Xinghan organized manpower and financial resources to start preparing for the construction of a modern highway bridge in the Tongliao section of the West Liao River, so as to facilitate the movement of troops.

At the same time, he also expanded the number of absentees, increased the mining of the Huolin River coal mine, obtained more coal for sale, and also used the large number of seized weapons to make several deals with the warlord factions such as Sun Dianying, the Northwest Ma Clan, and Song Zheyuan's 29th Army.

It has obtained a large amount of financial revenue, which has basically temporarily solved the needs of the new army's military salaries and other ordinary expenses.

During the period of training of the new army, Song Zheyuan had replaced Tang Yulin as the new chairman of Rehe Province because of his meritorious service in leading his troops to fight against the Yue Kou in the territory of Rehe.

The remnants of Tang Yulin were also divided between him and Sun Dianying, and Song Zheyuan and Sun Dianying took advantage of the good reputation they had earned in Rehe to fight against the Yue Kou, and began to recruit soldiers in Rehe, Chahar, Hebei, Suiyuan and other places to expand the strength of their troops.

Just three months later, Song Zheyuan's troops had expanded to more than 50,000 people, and Sun Dianying's troops had also swelled to more than 40,000.

In just a few months, they have developed from the remnants of the Northwest Army to a small military group that cannot be ignored in the Rehe, Chahar region.

Time flies, time is like an arrow, and in a blink of an eye, it has been almost five months since the end of the Songhu Anti-Japanese War.

Zhang Xinghan's 50,000 new army has completed basic military training, and what is lacking is a real baptism of actual combat.

On the runway of Tongliao Airport, Zhang Xinghan came to a BF109 fighter jet surrounded by Shen Xingye.

Zhang Xinghua has changed into a flight suit and is preparing to board the plane, and in the past few months, Zhang Xinghua and most of the students who joined the flight group at the same time have gradually mastered the flying technique.

Today was the first time that he and his colleagues flew a fighter plane test alone, and Zhang Xinghan came to visit it when he heard the news......

It has been nearly a year since Zhang Xinghua gave up his pen and joined the army, and now he has already faded from his original immaturity, and his complexion has become much darker.

However, his spirit is much better than when he first came out of school, and he is more mature and calm.

Seeing Zhang Xinghan, Zhang Xinghua and some other pilots stepped forward and saluted: "Commander! ”

Zhang Xinghan returned the salute with a smile, walked up to Zhang Xinghua, helped him tidy up his flight suit, patted his shoulder and smiled and encouraged: "Brother, come on!" ”

"Well, I will!" Zhang Xinghua nodded solemnly.

Zhang Xinghan took a few steps back, his eyes swept over the nearby pilots, and said in a loud voice: "Brothers, after more than half a year of training, I think you have become good enough, now is the time to prove yourself, show your best results, and prove to me that you are capable of defending the blue sky of the motherland!" ”

(To be continued)