"The reorganization of the four mountain divisions has been completed!" Long Zizhou said solemnly: "Under the strict training of your instructors, the army aviation unit of this division has also become proficient in the operation of helicopter piloting.

In addition, 60 percent of the work of the reorganization of the six mechanized divisions has been completed, and the principle of equipping people is being carried out, and all units are carrying out rotational training on the basis of the few armored combat vehicles available, and the results are very gratifying. The only deficiency is that we still have a large gap in fighter pilots. ”

"In terms of pilots, we have mobilized a group of air force pilots to come to Yunnan in the name of volunteers." Cheng Gong groaned and said: "Our volunteers mainly act as instructors and instructors, and if you want to train a strong air force, you have to rely on yourself to find a way.

Modern warfare will require more and more soldiers to be educated. Cultural knowledge is combat effectiveness, this is not a slogan, I hope that Brother Zizhou can truly apply it to the reorganization of your Yunnan army.

The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in the Southwest is related to the life and death of the entire Chinese nation, and I suggest that Brother Zizhou should consider cooperating with the Beiping government to jointly propagate that the vast number of intellectual youths can devote their pen to defending the country from Rong, and that they can waive the banner of 'every inch of mountains and rivers, every inch of blood, 100,000 young men and 100,000 soldiers', and recruit educated young people from all over the country to devote themselves to the great cause of the whole nation's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. ”

"An inch of mountains and rivers, an inch of blood, 100,000 young men and 100,000 soldiers." Long Zizhou muttered to himself: "Brother Jincheng, can I understand that once the Japanese invaders, the Southwest War of Resistance will be more tragic and cruel than the previous war against Japan?" ”

"That's right!" Cheng Gong nodded without hesitation and said: "The more the little devils delay the time to start the war, the more they have done their war preparations. The struggle for air supremacy will be the top priority of the War of Resistance in the Southwest. In the next three years, Huaxia must train at least 50,000 pilots and reserve pilots! ”

"How can we have so many trainers......"

"You don't need to worry about the trainer and the coach." Cheng Gong interrupted Long Zizhou's wry smile and whispered, and Zhengse said: "The Soviet PO-2 biplane is the best and cheapest aircraft for training pilots. I will provide you with 5,000 aircraft and try to open two or three aero clubs in every city in the country. ”

"Brother Jincheng, you have spared no effort to help us, what are you trying to do?" Long Zizhou asked with a sigh of emotion.

"Figure what? Hehe, of course, I hope that Huaxia will not be wiped out by the little devils! ”

Cheng Gong obviously laughed a little self-deprecatingly: "Due to some special reasons, I can't develop my forces in China and set up a military industrial chain. I, Cheng Jincheng, can't personally lead the army to tear apart the Japanese invaders, so I can only count on you, the military leaders, to fight for our Chinese nation. ”

"Why doesn't Brother Jin Cheng take your royal navy, land and air force heroes and set foot in Tokyo?" Long Zizhou asked puzzled.

"Once Japan launches a nationwide war mobilization, it can call up no less than 10 million troops at any time." Cheng Gong sighed and said: "After all, the Donghua Empire has not been established for a long time, and the foundation has not yet been solid, not to mention that I have a total population of more than 12 million in my hands, so I can't fight the war with the little devils." ”

Long Zizhou nodded thoughtfully.

He did ignore the fact that it had been less than three years since the Donghua Empire rose to the top of the world's powers. Only seeing the strength of the Donghua Empire on the surface, but not seeing that the main task of this emerging power at present is to strengthen and stabilize their colonies.

Without three and a half years to implement a new colonial policy, the Donghua Empire could hardly expect to recruit a large number of servants in the colonies.

Don't look at the fact that the Donghua Empire has now conquered Australia, it is really not easy for them to completely digest this huge fruit of victory.

It is clear that the Donghua Empire is currently more than self-sufficient and has insufficient offensive.

His Majesty the Jincheng Emperor of the Donghua Empire in front of him is right, the War of Resistance in the Southwest must not rely only on the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou!

The War of Resistance in the Southwest is related to the life and death of the whole Chinese nation, and the strength of the whole China must be gathered to fight against the powerful Japanese bandits!

This is a powerful militaristic fascist army capable of beating the British and French armies to the brink. In the face of absolute strength, any strategy will be empty talk.

Long Zizhou secretly figured out in his heart that Cheng Gong must have estimated the huge war pressure that he would face in the early stage of the Southwest Anti-Japanese War, so he would personally come to Yunnan to cheer him up for Long Zizhou and the soldiers and civilians of Yunnan Province.

I hope this Jin Cheng Ye can really help the people of Yunnan Province to survive this catastrophe! Long Zizhou couldn't help but pray in his heart.

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Ruili is the birthplace of the ancient country of Mengmao. It is adjacent to Myanmar on the northwest, southwest and southeast sides, and the villages face each other. It is located in the southward extension of the remaining veins of Gaoligong Mountain in the Hengduan Mountains, and the terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast.

Beginning in early September last year, after Long Zizhou reported to the Nanjing Nationalist Government for approval, he reorganized the administrative bureau into the headquarters of the former enemy, deployed three divisions of nearly 100,000 troops in Ruili and the surrounding areas, evacuated all civilians, and transformed Ruili into a military fortress against the Japanese army in Burma.

The construction of the Ruili defense line project uses the Ruili River and the Hepai River as natural barriers, and constructs a comprehensive fortification group composed of permanent shooting fortifications in the riverbank area along the river.

These fortifications are combined in both surface and underground sections. The ground part is made of armored and reinforced concrete for machine gun fortifications and artillery fortifications, and the underground part is divided into layers, including a command post, a personnel lounge, a food storage room, an ammunition depot, an ambulance station, a power station, a filtration and ventilation room, and other facilities.

There are passages and tunnels between the fortifications, and the density reaches 15 fronts per kilometer. The roof and walls of the strongest reinforced concrete fortifications were up to 3.5 meters thick, and the armor of the armored towers was up to 300 mm.

The anti-tank obstacles on the perimeter of the defence line consisted mainly of anti-tank trenches, cliffs, cliffs, and metal and concrete piles, reinforced by minefields.

The anti-infantry obstacles are mainly barbed wire fences for wooden piles, and electrified barbed wire fences are also set up in some sections.

All the building materials are transported from Kunming Airport to Mangshi Airport, and then transported by simple road. In order to prevent the Japanese army from breaking through the Ruili defense line and driving straight in, Long Zizhou did not follow Jiang Fangzhen's suggestion and built a road to widen Ruili to Baoshan.

Long Zizhou would rather let the integrated division of the Yunnan Army stationed in Ruili march on two legs, rather than leave any security risks for the upcoming defense of southwest Yunnan.

As a result of this, the newly established army aviation units of the Yunnan army were inadvertently given sufficient time for work-based training, and the skills of the army pilots of the Yunnan army pilots flying Mi-4 helicopters became more and more mature.

It's another rainy spring day.

The wind raged in the valley of the Hengduan Mountains, and a fully loaded Mi-4 multi-role helicopter weighing 15 tons was like a dragonfly in the wind, disturbed by the restless air current, up and down, left and right.

"What a place!"

Major Liu Mingqiang cursed in a low voice, and at the same time used all his strength to pull the control stick of the Mi-4 helicopter, and his right hand tightly grasped the throttle stick.

This Mi-4 multi-purpose helicopter with an 18-cylinder star engine and an output of 2,200 horsepower is completely incomparable with the Mi-24 "Hind" that Liu Mingqiang previously flew. There was almost no flight aid, and he and Lu Yougong, the co-pilot of the newly established Army Aviation Unit of the Yunnan Army, relied on their respective piloting skills to master the control.

(To be continued.) )