In the face of Zhuang Jihua's anger and Jiang Jingguo's expressionless face, Liu Zhi was still smiling, as if he didn't realize that he had just made a fool of himself.

"The garrison command cooperates unconditionally, hehe, unconditionally cooperates, as long as the Cultural Revolution and the country say a word, all the troops of the garrison command will be dispatched by you."

"And what about the army? How is the army going to air defense? Are there any specific plans? Zhuang Jihua's tone was still cold and hard, and the cold light in his eyes seemed to pierce Liu Zhi's fat body.

"Of course, we also have to dig air-raid shelters, and the supplies also have to be fortified, and I will make a plan when I go back and hand it over to the southwest camp." Liu Zhi's answer was very calm, without the embarrassment of the teacher reporting to the students, everything was taken for granted, which made Zhuang Jihua feel helpless.

"In this way, the Cultural Revolution, the affairs of the army will be handed over to Commander Liu, and the chairman will definitely ask when he goes to Yucheng, what other questions do you have about the people?" Yang Yongtai diverted the topic again, he had been by Chiang Kai-shek's side for a long time, and knew that although Liu Zhi was incompetent, Chiang Kai-shek valued his loyalty very much, and repeatedly appointed important official positions, but rarely let him go to the battlefield again, that is, to leave him to take care of the family and nursing home, and it was difficult for Zhuang Jihua to bring him down.

But Yang Yongtai also reminded Liu Zhi not to go too far, Chiang Kai-shek will definitely inspect Yucheng's air defense when he arrives in Yucheng, and if he is found to be inactive at that time, he will not have good fruit to eat.

While speaking, the staff officer reported that Shi Bangfan had arrived, and Zhuang Jihua asked him to come in immediately, Shi Bangfan was of medium stature, and his empty left arm was his most obvious sign, with the usual arrogance of an air force officer.

"Report, Colonel Shi Bangfan, commander-in-chief of the Southwest Air Force Command, was ordered to arrive." Shi Bangfan saluted Zhuang Jihua and Liu Zhi with his right arm, but ignored the other ranks higher than him.

"Sit down," Zhuang Jihua pointed to the seat in front of him, and Shi Bangfan took the bag from the staff officer behind him and sat down in the position designated by Zhuang Jihua.

"Colonel, how many planes are there under the command of the Southwestern Air Force now? You will report on the situation of the radar station and the anti-aircraft artillery unit. Zhuang Jihua waited for him to sit down and went straight to the point.

Shi Bangfan did not rush to answer, but opened the document package, took out a few documents from it, and sent them to Zhuang Jihua, before he spoke: "In view of the current tense war situation in Wuhan, all the thirty P40s left by the original Southwest Air Force Command to defend Yucheng were transferred to Wuhan, and at present, there are only eight old-fashioned training aircraft in the entire southwest, which cannot fight in the sky at all, and are only suitable for teaching students in the Air Force School, so we do not have fighters at present." The stone gang was expressionless, and there was not even the slightest emotion in his voice.

"There are 30 radar stations along the line from Yucheng to Wushan, 18 radar stations around Chengdu, 16 radar stations in Guizhou, and 20 radar stations in Yunnan."

"The anti-aircraft artillery unit currently has five regiments with a total of 220 anti-aircraft guns and 630 anti-aircraft machine guns. There is a shortage of 185 anti-aircraft guns, and the anti-aircraft machine guns are organized according to battalions, each machine gun needs four men to work, and each squad has three machine guns. ”

After Shi Bangfan finished speaking, he sat down, Zhuang Jihua was very shocked in his heart, the number of radar stations is enough, enough to monitor the number of planes entering Sichuan from any direction, but the number of planes and anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns is too small, it seems that more than 200 and more than 600 are a lot, but Yucheng alone needs thousands of anti-aircraft guns, in addition to factories scattered in Qijiang, Longchang, Neijiang and other places, as well as Chengdu, Guiyang, Kunming, these cities......

"Why so little? How many anti-aircraft guns does the factory produce per month? Where have they been? "Zhuang Jihua really can't help it, when he went out of Sichuan, there were more than 300 anti-aircraft guns and thousands of anti-aircraft machine guns, but two years have passed, and there has been no increase but a decrease, what's going on?

"Before the defense of Wuhan, 1,800 antiaircraft guns and 3,700 antiaircraft machine guns were transferred from the southwest to Wuhan, Guangzhou, Zhengzhou, Nanchang, and Changsha, and 150 antiaircraft guns and 300 antiaircraft machine guns were also transferred from Xi'an. In order to defend Wuhan, the Military Commission dispatched a large number of air defense weapons out of Sichuan, and Guangzhou, China's last outlet to the sea, was also frequently attacked by planes, and China only had a very small number of planes in this direction, only artillery fire from the ground.

"What is the current output of the factory?" Zhuang Jihua turned his head and asked Chiang Ching-kuo, who said in a deep voice: "The monthly output of anti-aircraft guns is 200, and the monthly output of anti-aircraft machine guns is 300. ”

Zhuang Jihua thought about it and decided categorically: "From now on, not an anti-aircraft gun or an anti-aircraft machine gun are allowed to be transferred." After saying that, he asked: "Do you have enough anti-aircraft gunners and anti-aircraft machine gunners?" ”

Shi Bangfan seemed to know the situation very well, and he didn't want to blurt out at all: "At present, we lack 185 anti-aircraft guns, and the training is carried out in turns, and there are very few veterans in the unit, and most of the soldiers have not undergone live-fire training, so it is difficult to say how useful they can be on the battlefield." ”

The seriousness of the situation is beyond imagination, Zhuang Jihua is afraid in his heart, fortunately this meeting was held today, if he takes it for granted that the antiaircraft artillery unit has been left behind according to his orders, then something big will happen.

"From now on, its antiaircraft artillery units must be listed as the top priority, the planes produced by the aircraft factory will no longer be put into the front line, and all will be handed over to the Southwest Air Force Command, and the production of antiaircraft guns must be increased, and there must be 1,000 antiaircraft guns within three months, and another 2,000 antiaircraft guns must be purchased from the United States. ”

Jiang Jingguo was slightly surprised, he was a little confused, and was about to speak, but he saw Yang Yongtai constantly giving him a look, so although his stomach was full of questions, he still couldn't help but not ask.

"How many anti-aircraft artillery regiments and anti-aircraft battalions are needed in the entire Southwest, have you calculated?" Zhuang Jihua asked Shi Bangfan again.

"I haven't made precise calculations, only rough estimates," Shi Bangfan replied, "No matter those small cities, including only important cities and arsenals, the entire three southwestern provinces need about a hundred anti-aircraft artillery regiments, and another two hundred anti-aircraft battalions." ”

Zhuang Jihua didn't know that he would attack there first, but his intuition told him that Yucheng would definitely be their key bombing target, and he hoped that he would make this mistake and bomb the city first instead of those factories.

"I have stipulated the priority of air defense, first of all, Yucheng, followed by the steel plant in Qijiang, and then the aircraft factory, from now on, you will begin to choose antiaircraft artillery positions in Yucheng, and in addition, telegraph to Commander Qian, half of the antiaircraft artillery troops will be transferred back from Wuhan, Wuhan has now begun to retreat, and the antiaircraft artillery troops will only die in vain if they stay there, and they will not play a role." Zhuang Jihua's expression was grim, and he said with his fingers: "Secondly, form a new anti-aircraft artillery regiment, form ten regiments, mix the old and the new, train while forming, and the weapons and equipment can wait." ”

"Third, the formation of a destroyer fleet, the aircraft factory now has fewer aircraft, but not nothing, the same while training while building, report to Commander Qian, and ask for the purchase of 200 P40 fighters to supplement our lack of production."

"Fourth, balloons should be set up over the city to block them,"

"Fifth, to ensure communications, the communications of every radar station and every antiaircraft artillery position must be kept unimpeded."

Zhuang Jihua didn't plan to use his money to buy planes this time, he couldn't afford to buy so many planes, but his words made Shi Bangfan nod frequently in his heart, these are all air defense points.

The decisions of the meeting were quickly put into effect, and various organizations in Chongqing acted together, news organizations began to explain how to defend the air, various districts began to form air defense propaganda teams, and all kinds of fast-moving streets began to be selected overnight from all corners of the city. District governors went to schools and the Southwest Development Team to hire experts to guide the digging of holes.

Instead of announcing the battle at the front, loudspeakers sounded in the streets all day long, but repeatedly read out the orders of the municipal axe and the garrison command. The noise coming from the window made the people in the small courtyard a little helpless.

"General, before Wuhan fell, you were already preparing to defend Yucheng, is that so?" Thomas was a little curious about Zhuang Jihua from the first time he saw him, and to be honest, this person caused a lot of discussion in the American Embassy, more than anyone else and anything.

"It's a matter of time before Wuhan falls," Zhuang Jihua did not hide his point of view at all, even if the other party was just a small secretary: "Yucheng is our industrial base, I don't believe that I haven't noticed this, and I never fight unprepared battles." ”

"But I've heard a rumor that your country's political axe is going to make peace with Yue himself after the fall of Wuhan, is that true?" Thomas asked, today's visit to Zhuang Jihua is nominally a private party, but in fact it is still on the order of the ambassador.

"I've never heard of such rumors." Zhuang Jihua didn't move, poured him tea, watched him drink it before asking, "How do you feel?" ”

"Well, that's good." Thomas was full of praise, Zhuang Jihua laughed, and then shook his head and said: "China's tea culture has a long history, but this Guantuo tea has a taste only in the second flush, and the taste in the third flush is the purest." ”

Thomas was a little puzzled, he looked at Zhuang Jihua in a daze, and Zhuang Jihua washed him again: "The war is the same, some people are pessimistic, some people are optimistic. It's normal for pessimists to say something pessimistic, it's all the same in that country. ”

"Mr. Wang Jingwei once said that there is another way to resolve differences between China and China, what is the other solution he said?" Thomas did not accept Zhuang Jihua's explanation, but continued to ask.

"Mr. Wang is the main peace faction, but there are more people in our political axe who are the main battle faction, and," Zhuang Jihua paused and looked at Thomas meaningfully: "Mr. Wang may have overestimated his influence in the political axe." ”

Thomas's heart was shocked, could it be that the embassy's estimation of Wang Jingwei's status was wrong? No, this Zhuang is talking nonsense, thinking of this, he deliberately sighed heavily: "General, as far as I know, Mr. Wang Jingwei has a great influence in your country's political axe, he is the drafter and certifier of Premier Sun Yat-sen's will, he is also the first chairman of the national political axe, and he has many followers in the party. ”

(To be continued)