At half past six in the morning, Song Meiling, accompanied by Luo Ronghuan, Cai Zhong, Feng Dafei, and Ren Ying, came to Taiyuan Airport.

Song Meiling didn't know that an hour ago, according to Liu Yimin's order, Feng Dafei ordered six bomber formations led by David to take off, take off in the dark of night, and fly in the direction of Tianjin to carry out the task of bombing the Tianjin airfield that remained of the Provisional Air Corps of the North China Front Army.

In Taiyuan before dawn, the cold wind is biting. Song Meiling couldn't help but pull the collar of her coat, wanting to wrap her neck tightly to resist the cold wind that drilled straight into her neck.

The accompanying guard staff officer reported that the plane was ready to take off, and asked the lady to board the plane.

Song Meiling turned around and looked at the road leading to the city outside the airport, it was pitch black and she couldn't see anything. Song Meiling sighed, turned to Luo Ronghuan and asked, "I don't know how our army fought last night?" ”

Luo Ronghuan reported: "The battle on the front line is fierce, and the main force of our army is encircling and annihilating the enemy's second brigade, and the enemy is no longer supported and is asking for help everywhere. Division Commander Liu has rushed to the front line to personally direct the operation, striving to completely annihilate the enemy today and form the second brigade and regiment. What was worried was that the enemy's 15th Brigade and the Japanese army rushed from Shijiazhuang were attacking from both sides, storming the position of our army at Niangziguan, and the front line was in an emergency. Due to the heavy casualties in the battle of encircling and annihilating the enemy's second brigade and the running out of food and ammunition, our army was unable to fight any longer, and the Niangziguan position was in danger under the enemy's attack. Our army is determined to fight to the death with the enemy, and the people are in the position, and they will never let the enemy go through the Niangzi Pass to reinforce the second brigade. The 129th Division of our Eighth Route Army and the Reading Division of the Shaanxi Anti-Japanese Special Administrative Region, under the command of Commander-in-Chief Zhu De and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng Dehuai, were resisting the Yue Army step by step, covering the transfer of the Second Theater Commander's Department, Wei Lihuang's 14th Group Army and various troops in southern Jinnan to Zhongtiao Mountain, planning to build a defensive line at Zhongtiao Mountain to resist the Yue Army. After returning to Nanjing, please report more to the chairman of the committee on the situation in Shanxi, and ask the Military Commission to replenish the Eighth Route Army and our division with more weapons and ammunition. ”

Song Meiling knew that during the Battle of Songhu Battlefield, the troops were all driven up by the whole division and brigade, and only the number of heavy casualties remained. Liu Yimin wanted to annihilate an elite brigade of the Chinese army with one instructor, and it was normal for him to suffer heavy casualties. Therefore, as soon as she heard that the instructor was still fighting on the front line, Liu Yimin also went to the front line, and Song Meiling did not suspect anything else, and intuitively felt that the battle of encircling and suppressing the second brigade had entered a white-hot period, so she nodded lightly to Luo Ronghuan and asked Luo Ronghuan to report it quickly as soon as he had good news.

After explaining, Song Meiling was about to walk towards the plane. At this time, Chen Yaoguang, who was following her, said coquettishly: "Godmother, I don't want to go back to Nanjing with you, I want to join the army, so I will teach the tutor to follow Master Liu to fight devils." ”

When Luo Ronghuan heard this, he sighed in his heart, it's time to come!

Cai Zhong had already scolded in his heart at this time, why do you want to join the army, don't you want to seduce our division commander? It's a good thing to say, stay and fight the devils, just like you, go up and let the devils be captured! Not to mention fighting devils, you have to send soldiers to protect you, it's purely a burden! No, it's light to say that it's cumbersome, it's just a beautiful snake, a bite, three points into the wood! So, Cai Zhong said directly: "I'm sorry, Miss Chen, our instructor doesn't accept female soldiers." The front line is dangerous, please go back to Nanjing with your wife! To join the army, join the [***] Ace Troop. It's getting late, so let's get on the plane. Please don't delay your wife's trip. ”

Chen Yaoguang ignored Cai Zhong's blunt words and swarthy and cold face, a smile flashed in the corner of his eyes, and said, "What Chief Cai said is so strange, isn't Sister Ren a female soldier?" She is not afraid of the dangers of the front, and neither am I! Everyone is responsible for fighting devils, even if you die on the battlefield, I am willing! ”

Song Meiling's mood at this time was very complicated.

Originally, what was the main task of coming to Taiyuan this time, Chiang Kai-shek made it clear, and she also knew it in her heart. Before leaving, she also had an awkward quarrel with Chiang Kai-shek, feeling that it was not bright enough for the generals who had meritorious service in the war to engage in this set. However, after thinking about her husband's consistent approach to miscellaneous generals, she no longer argued, and still helped her husband to run this trip.

After meeting Liu Yimin, Liu Yimin's knowledge, vision, and conversation made Song Meiling feel a sense of sympathy, and she loved talents, and really wanted to help her husband pull Liu Yimin from [***]. However, Song Meiling is Song Meiling after all, she knows that if she wants to pull Liu Yimin over, she is afraid that the girl named Chen Yaoguang who Dai Li found will not work, for no other reason, Chen Yaoguang and Liu Yimin's knowledge is far apart. Although she didn't ask Liu Yimin how he learned this skill, she intuitively knew that it was an absolute rich man. Chen Yaoguang is indeed outstanding, with stunning appearance, good temperament, and a good education. But compared with Liu Yimin, her knowledge is only at the level of a college student, and she is much more tender. It is too wishful thinking to attract a [***] high-level backbone general like Liu Yimin with Chen Yaoguang's appearance. These people are all people who don't want to die for their ideals, Chen Yaoguang can attract him for a while, and it is impossible to pull him away. If his little cousin returns to China, he can give it a try, with Ni Hua's character, knowledge, and appearance, only a young talent like Liu Yimin can match. The most important thing is that Ni Hua's vision and temperament formed by receiving an American education will definitely attract Liu Yimin. As long as they meet in the right place, they don't have to take any measures, and they will naturally love each other and come together. When they fall in love, they are not afraid that Liu Yimin will not be close to Ni Hua's cousin and cousin-in-law. Therefore, last night, Song Meiling made up her mind to take Chen Yaoguang back and wait for her cousin to return to China.

Now seeing that Chen Yaoguang took the initiative to propose, Song Meiling knew that this girl was determined to carry out Dai Li's order in order to save her family. Thinking about it again, Liu Yimin is such a character, it is very likely that Chen Yaoguang will be a girl and fall in love with him sincerely. In that case, the difference in knowledge can be compensated by the girl's true feelings, and maybe it will really work wonders. Even if the goal is not achieved, at least it can make Liu Yimin's mind loosen, and he feels that he owes this girl affection from his heart, and that will have an effect. It's me, I have to think of helping this girl and make it easier for her to get close to Liu Yimin. After a long time, young men and women are not worried about long-term love. What can Mrs. Liu Yimin do when she comes, if a man is moved, he can't stand it just by his wife.

When Song Meiling was thinking about it, she heard the conversation between Cai Zhong and Chen Yaoguang. As soon as she heard Cai Zhong's words, Song Meiling felt an indescribable feeling in her heart. These [***] cadres are very resistant to themselves, saying that they are receiving themselves, and they are respectful on the surface, but in fact, they are guarding themselves like thieves, and they can't even talk to Liu Yimin alone. There is also that Liu Yimin, who kept calling Mrs. Jiang on his lips, and he was sincere when he talked about the war, but he didn't respect himself from the bones, either he hid and didn't see him, or he used the excuse of commanding the battle to rush him away, and he was even exempted from seeing him off. Looking at the whole of China, where would anyone dare to treat themselves like this? Could it be that the rank of lieutenant general, the Qingtian Baiyue Medal, and the 500,000 yuan he brought are so unsightly?

Okay, since [***] looks at Liu Yimin like a baby pimple, I still want to pull him away! And Liu Yimin, a guy who doesn't know the height of the sky, aren't you following [***] wholeheartedly? Then I'll let [***] distrust you and force you to leave [***]!

Song Meiling, who had thought it through, immediately followed Chen Yaoguang's words and said: "Yaoguang, you are good, you are worthy of being the goddaughter of me and the chairman!" The national disaster is at the head, and everyone has the responsibility to kill the enemy and serve the country! The chairman of the CPPCC National Committee has made it clear in his speech on Lushan that there is no distinction between north and south, and that people are not divided into old and young, and it is the responsibility of defending the land and resisting the war. I'm glad that you can actively ask to join the army. I approve it, and you join the teachings and kill the devils with the brothers. ”

Speaking of this, Song Meiling swept Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong with her eyes, stepped forward, helped Chen Yaoguang straighten her clothes, and said, "However, you are a girl, and you should do what you can in the Anti-Japanese War." I order you to serve as the full-time life secretary of the instructor Liu Yimin, and the main task is to take care of the life of the teacher. Especially when his wife is away, you have to take responsibility for him to eat and sleep well and concentrate on the war. When I return to Nanjing, I will ask the chairman to order the Second War Zone to award you the appropriate military rank. ”

Chen Yaoguang immediately said: "Please rest assured, godmother, I will take care of Senior Commander Liu's life, let him eliminate more devils, win more battles, and not embarrass godmother and the chairman!" ”

As soon as Luo Ronghuan heard it, if he didn't stop it, the farce would become a reality. Immediately, he said, "Madam Jiang, please take back your fate." Our Eighth Route Army does not have a rule for appointing a living secretary to the chief, and Division Commander Liu cannot violate discipline. Please see that Division Commander Liu is busy killing enemies for the country, don't embarrass him. This is the front line, and there is danger at any time. Please take Miss Chen to board the plane as soon as possible, if it is too late, I am afraid that it will be dangerous. ”

Song Meiling said to Luo Ronghuan with a smile: "Director Luo, this is an order, not a violation of discipline. The Eighth Route Army is now the 18th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army, so it naturally has to obey the orders of the Military Commission. You're not trying to disobey military orders, are you? ”

Luo Ronghuan protested and said: "Mrs. Jiang, we are carrying out the military order of the Military Commission to fight devils and kill Kou, not to kill people. We will not be able to carry out this order of yours. Please Madame Chiang take it back! ”

Song Meiling said softly: "Director Luo, now that the Kou is invading, my goddaughter, like all Chinese sons and daughters, has the responsibility and obligation to kill the enemy and save the country. You didn't resolutely refuse to let Yaoguang join the army because she was my goddaughter, did you? In that case, aren't you [***] people too narrow-minded? Well, I won't take it back. Yaoguang stayed, the task is to take care of Master Liu, you have to protect her, don't let her leave Master Liu to act alone. ”

Without waiting for Luo Ronghuan to answer, Song Meiling said to Chen Yaoguang: "You will be a soldier in the future, and you must obey the orders of Division Commander Liu." You can rest assured that I will take good care of your family and come to reunite with you if necessary. If you are wronged, tell Director Cai and let him make the decision for you. ”

After speaking, Song Meiling didn't say anything more, and boarded the plane directly with her entourage.

Watching Song Meiling's special plane leave the runway and rush into the sky, Feng Dafei said hatefully: "Hurt people!" ”

Before the words fell, Chen Yaoguang on the side said: "Don't say that you are madam, she is a good person!" ”

Feng Dafei frowned, and was about to scold Chen Yaoguang, Luo Ronghuan said in a deep voice: "Don't talk much, everyone is busy!" After speaking, he didn't look at everyone, walked to the car in the distance, and took everyone back to the division headquarters.

Tianjin Airport has now become the only large airport in North China. Planes drawn from the Kwantung Army landed non-stop, preparing to take on the task of supporting the North China Front in operations. The original planes and the planes that arrived first were refueling and reloading, and the airport was busy.

At 8 a.m., the bomber formation led by David finally found the exact location of the airfield and began to prepare for the bombing.

Before leaving, Feng Dafei repeatedly told David that after the last bombing, the army would inevitably strengthen the vigilance of the airport, the anti-aircraft firepower would inevitably be strengthened, and it would be ready to fire at any time. Therefore, in the first round of bombing, it is necessary to drop all the bombs, strive for the success of the first round of attacks, retreat quickly, and avoid losses.

Although David was very disdainful of Feng Dafei's flying skills, he knew that Feng Dafei had a point, and this mission was actually very risky. However, yesterday's successful sneak attack on the military airfield stimulated the American cowboy, and his aggressiveness and his military glory were all stimulated. What's more, after completing the task, there is still a beautiful woman who has low eyebrows and pleasing eyes and lets him go crazy?

David: They slipped into the airport with a formation of Kwantung Army bombers, and the commander of the tower said that when they saw that there were six more planes in the Kwantung Army bomber formation, they were suspicious and called David to report their numbers. The pilot who was randomly interned immediately reported the number of the bomber squadron of the original air force at Taiyuan Airport.

The commander of the tower only hesitated for a few seconds, and then immediately sounded the battle alarm for the enemy's attack, and the shrill whistle immediately sounded over the airport.

The anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine-gun units that were guarding the airfield immediately moved into combat positions, ready to open fire at any time. It is a pity that there are no enemy planes in the sky, only the planes drawn by the Eastern Army have entered the airfield, and the first to arrive has already landed, and the six bombers that arrived later have also lowered their altitude, and it seems that they will land soon.

Just when the air defense unit of the army was vigilantly searching for enemy planes in the sky, David and the others made a move.

The planes skimmed over the oil depots, ammunition depots, towers, and tarmacs at the lowest altitude, dropping all the airborne aerial bombs as if they were laying eggs. None of the machine-gun shooters and machine-gun shooters who acted randomly were willing to miss this precious opportunity for actual combat training, and they pressed a button to shoot out a machine-gun shell and a machine-gun bullet full of bullet chains, cutting off the ground crew members who were busy at the airport, and shooting the oil drums, airplanes, and other things on the airport into flames.

Amid the terrified howls of the commanders of the military tower, with the explosion of one aerial bomb after another and the firing of machine guns and airborne machine guns, the oil drums on the airfield were the first to burn and explode, followed by the detonation of the bombs being loaded, and then the burning explosion of the aircraft. Tianjin's Yuejun Airport was in the midst of a disaster.

After the first round of bombing, David quickly turned the nose of the plane and led the six bombers to dive down again and conduct a second dive strafing on the tarmac.

The two military fighters, which reacted quickly, had already begun to taxi and were about to pull up.

David saw that if these two fighters were pulled up, it was estimated that all six of his bombers would have to explode in the air. Hurriedly pulled the longitudinal pole and chased after it.

Just as the nose of the fighter plane was raised and accelerated up, David caught up, and the machine guns and machine guns directly exploded and disintegrated the two fighters. David even clearly saw the frightened eyes of the pilots as they were dismembered by the explosion.

After Davila rose up, the ground artillery fire of the Japanese army bit up, forcing David to sway left and right, making clumsy maneuvers to avoid artillery fire. Finally left the range of ground artillery fire, called to contact comrades-in-arms, and six bombers flew in formation in the direction of Taiyuan.

At 11 o'clock in the morning of the 21st, Lieutenant General Itagaki Seishiro, who was blocked and disturbed by the small troops of the Eighth Route Army, led the army to easily cross Han Xinling and finally entered Linfen City.

To his surprise, Linfen City, an important town in southern Jinnan and famous for its prosperity, was dead silent, and the whole city was empty and lifeless. Only the slogans written on the walls, such as "Hit Yuben imperialism", "Destroy Itagaki Seishiro", and "Let me starve, exhaust, and die of sleep", seemed to stare at a pair of sneering eyes, laughing at Itagaki for his embarrassment and incompetence.

Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki turned pale, and together with Lieutenant General Kawagishi Fumizaburo, Lieutenant General Shigehou Yamaoka, and Nishimura Riwen Daisa, they walked into the Linfen County Political Axe Compound, where the vanguard had set up a headquarters.

After entering the headquarters, Nishimura Riwen suggested that the radio should be turned on and the commander of the North China Front, General Terauchi Shouichi, should be contacted to report the news of the capture of Linfen.

Although Itagaki Seishiro was arrogant, he also knew that military law was ruthless, so he asked Nishimura Riwen Daisa to prepare a telegram and report it to him for review before sending it.

Lieutenant General Kawagishi Bunzaburo proposed that the troops should rest and recuperate in Linfen after a short march and then attack Yuncheng.

Lieutenant General Shan Gang Chonghou immediately agreed, proposing to divide troops in Linfen and sweep around to solve the food problem. If the army does not solve the problem of food, forage, and oil, it is likely to starve, sleep, and die of exhaustion, as the Chinese slogan says.

Itagaki Seishiro was conceited and had a thorough understanding of China, so he touched his mustache and said with a smile: "Kawagishi-kun and Shangang-jun are too worried, our army moved quickly, and there were no vicious battles along the way, which shows that the main force of the Chinese army has collapsed after the Battle of Taiyuan, and even such an important strategic place as Hanxinling has not deployed heavy troops, so we can easily succeed." The problem of grain is easy to handle, and the people of China have no ability to transport it all, so where can they be transported if they are transported? As long as we act quickly, food will be abundant. Now it is hidden in the ground, or it won't be long before the people of China will dig it themselves, and it will be the imperial army's by then. It is imperative that Yuncheng be quickly captured, the main force of the political axe army of China should be eliminated, and the Zhongtiao Mountain should be controlled. In this way, we can take Henan in the south, attack Shaanxi in the west, and open up the connection with Hebei in the east, and have a great strategic advantage. That is, if we do not move and occupy Linfen Yuncheng, we will occupy the granary of Shanxi, and Yan Xishan, Wei Lihuang, and the Eighth Route Army will all need to negotiate with us if they want not to go hungry. ”

After hearing this, Kawagishi Fumizaburo and Yamaoka Shigehou felt that it made sense, and the only flaw was the difficulty in supplying ammunition and oil.

Seishiro Itagaki told them that they could let the plane drop ammunition and fuel. After opening up the connection with Hebei, it is natural to establish a transportation line, and the supply of the army will not be a problem. As long as the Yan Xishan troops and Wei Lihuang's troops in front of them are resolved, they will have a great initiative strategically, and as long as the base camp increases the troops, they can move several large armies together to completely solve the Liu Yimin troops of Zhina who dare to sneak attack Taiyuan.

The three of them carefully studied the map again, and decided that the 20th Division would go all out to capture Yuncheng, and the 10th and 9th Divisions would send a brigade to be responsible for pursuing and clearing the middle [***] teams in the counties around Linfen, and mobilizing friends who supported the imperial army to establish political power and raise military salaries for the imperial army. 109 Another brigade was to serve as a reserve, ready to reinforce the 20th Division.

As soon as he finished researching, Nishimura Riwen Daisa brought the draft of the telegram drafted, and when Itagaki Seishiro saw that there was no number of enemies destroyed on it, he stared at Nishimura Riwen Daisa viciously.

Nishimura Riwen Dasa hurriedly bowed and bowed his head, reporting that along the way, the Chinese army was blocking and harassing with small troops, and the imperial army's results were pitiful.

Itagaki Seishiro was furious, and he threw the telegram manuscript on the table, calmed down, and said with a smile: "Nishimura-kun, this Linfen is the land of Shanxi, the hometown of grain and cotton, and its strategic position is very important, and it has always been garrisoned by heavy troops. Our army went through many difficulties and dangers, ran long distances, and defeated the main force of the Chinese army before occupying Linfen. Isn't that big enough? Do you want the fallen Yamato warriors to die without turning a blind eye? ”

The more Nishimura Riwen Dasa listened, the more cold his heart became, for fear that His Excellency the division commander would be angry, and he would work with a slap, and he was busy with "Hai" a few times, picked up the telegram draft and went to rewrite it again.

When Nishimura Riwin Osa resubmitted the draft of the telegram, His Excellency Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki finally smiled, because the telegram said that His Excellency Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki commanded the 20th Division and the 109th Division, and made a long-distance attack, defeated the main force of the Shina Army, occupied Linfen, a famous city in the south of Jin, and killed 26,000 people of the Shina Army. The main force of the current Chinese army has fled to Yuncheng, and our army will pursue and completely annihilate the enemy in front of it.

After reading the telegram, Seishiro Itagaki picked up the pen and added a few more words, and asked Nishimura Riwen Daisa to take it and send the telegram.

After leaving Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki, Nishimura Riwen Osaku picked up the draft telegram and read it again, and saw that His Excellency, the commander of the division, had added three contents: First, the air force was required to drop ammunition and fuel in the air to ensure operational needs. Second, the air force was required to reconnoiter the movement of the main force of the China Army in the direction of Yuncheng and cooperate in the operation. Third, it is necessary to rapidly increase the number of troops, and at least two divisions and regiments should be increased in the direction of Yuncheng. Fourth, the troops of the Pinghan Line of the First Army were required to attack westward from Handan, open up contact with Linfen Yuncheng, and establish a supply line.

After reading the draft of the telegram, Nishimura Riwen Daisa did not dare to slack off, and trotted to send the telegram.

(To be continued)