Chapter 214: Air Support 1

"Good army commander, good chief of staff." Zhang Erzhu, the commander of the First Division, saw Chen Jinghui and them, and immediately stepped forward to salute and say hello. He had already received Chen Jinghui's order and greeted him at the door in advance.

"Ask where the other troops are now, and how long it will take to reach Jiujiang." As soon as Chen Jinghui entered the command headquarters, he immediately inquired about the situation of the other troops.

Di Di Di ......

Soon the telegram was sent, and within a few minutes the various units were sending the telegram back.

"Well, order the Second Division to change direction and go to Pengze, and let them call back as soon as they arrive in Pengze."

"Order the third division to also change direction and start marching in the direction of the subjugation, and call back as soon as it arrives."

"Order all the troops of the 1st Independent Division to withdraw from their positions as soon as the 2nd and 3rd Divisions arrive, and begin to move closer to Jiujiang."

"Order the Guard Brigade to send a regiment to Ruichang to take charge of the defense of Ruichang."

After reading the telegrams of each division, Chen Jinghui immediately issued four orders and re-selected the assembly points of each unit.

"Commander, how to distribute the Marine Corps?" Chief of Staff Xu asked.

"The Navy and Marine Corps are temporarily staying in Jiujiang, and no one is allowed to dispatch them without my orders." Chen Jinghui had already planned for a long time, so he didn't allow anyone to come into contact with these two new arms at all.

"Zhang Erzhu, I order you to defend the troops of Pengze, Mukou and Ruichang now, and start secretly mobilizing civilian ships in the local area." Chen Jinghui made the deployment of the troops, and began to turn his head and give an order to Zhang Erzhu beside him.

After receiving the order, the garrisons of Pengze, Mukou, Jiujiang, and Ruichang counties secretly contacted local merchants and fishermen, and began to secretly negotiate with them, and rented all fishing boats and merchant ships in the form of rental.

By the time all this is done, three days have passed. Early in the morning, Chen Jinghui came to the headquarters in Jiujiang as usual.

"Report, telegram from Chongqing." Not long after entering the headquarters, the telegraph operator took a telegram sent by Commander Chiang of Chongqing and handed it to Chen Jinghui.

"Uh-huh???" After reading the telegram, Chen Jinghui's mind was full of questions, he didn't understand how Chongqing knew that he had these things.

"What's wrong, Commander?" Seeing Chen Jinghui's strange expression, Chief of Staff Xu immediately stepped forward to inquire about the situation.

"Look at it." He casually handed the telegram to Chief of Staff Xu, then lit a cigarette and smoked it.

"Damn, we have a spy here." After reading the telegram, Chief of Staff Xu's first instinct was that there was an eyeliner from Chongqing in the army. And as soon as he said this, everyone in the command immediately became terrified, and they were afraid that Chen Jinghui would order a thorough investigation, and everyone present would be taken away for investigation.

"There are no spies in our army, in the last Nanchang Campaign, our tanks and planes participated in the battle, and the liaison office at that time was so rampant, it is impossible for Chongqing not to know these things. What I'm thinking about now is not how Chongqing knows, but whether to support Chongqing, after all, we don't have enough money to afford to lose easily. Chen Jinghui spoke his mind.

"Yes! There are only a few planes in us, and if we lose one, we will lose one less, and the tanks are better, but we can't lose them easily! Chief of Staff Xu also felt embarrassed, and they themselves were not very willing to use these things.

"Forget it, it's all for the cause of the Chinese War of Resistance, so we don't have to worry so much." Chen Jinghui thought for a while, and then quickly made a decision.

Now that Chen Jinghui has decided, the others naturally don't say anything more, because what they say basically doesn't play a role.

"Send a telegram to the airfield and order the Air Force to be on standby 24 hours a day. I asked them to make sure that after the order was given, all the planes would be able to take off for combat as soon as possible. Chen Jinghui said to the operator next to him.

"Someone, order Huang Erwa, let him find out the situation at the devil's airport for us." Chen Jinghui ordered again.

"Commander, shouldn't we reply to Chongqing?" Chief of Staff Xu asked tentatively. Because he was not sure that Chen Jinghui would manage the affairs of Commander Jiang.

"Well, he's the commander after all, so call back! Let's just say that we agree to support the national army in the war. But we have the final say on when we will send it to support it. Chen Jinghui said.

"Commander, isn't this a little blunt." stopped Chen Jinghui's callback, and Chief of Staff Xu was a little stunned.

"Ask me for help, then I should be in charge, just send it." He said again.

The telegraph operator handed the recorded telegram to Chen Jinghui, waited for it to be signed, and immediately turned away to call back to Commander Chiang in Chongqing.

"Niang Xipi, you dare to say that." When Commander Jiang saw Chen Jinghui's callback, he scolded directly. But then there is no follow-up. He himself understands that he doesn't have the capital to bargain with Chen Jinghui now, and it's not the time.

Sneezing ......

"Who's scolding me!" Chen Jinghui, who was in Jiujiang, sneezed, and he directly said who was scolding him.

When the people in the headquarters heard Chen Jinghui's words, they all felt inexplicable. Someone said first, didn't you sneeze! How to say that someone scolded him.

"Report, Captain Huang telegram." Just when Chen Jinghui was rubbing his nose, the operator brought a telegram from Huang Erwa.

"Order Huang Erwa, let him keep an eye on the movements of the devil airport, and notify me as soon as the devil plane takes off."

After reading the telegram, Chen Jinghui immediately gave Huang Erwa a new task. He is now preparing to dispatch the Air Force to assist in the Chongqing operation, and he must always find out the movements of the Devil Air Force.

"Report."

Early the next morning, Chen Jinghui was still napping on the table. The operator suddenly appeared in front of him and shouted loudly.

"Huh!? What's up? ”

When he shouted, Chen Jinghui, who was sleeping in Jiujiang, woke up. He stood up and rubbed his eyes, then asked in a daze what the hell was going on.

"Report to the Commander, Captain Huang urgently telegraph." The operator said.

Crash......

When Chen Jinghui heard it, it was a telegram from Huang Erwa, and it was an urgent telegram. He immediately became sober, grabbed the telegram in the operator's hand with one hand, and began to read it seriously.

The newspaper said: The Devil's Air Force began to take off from Anhui Airport at about 7 o'clock this morning, and a total of 36 planes took off, and the flight direction was due west.

"Order all J-1s in the Air Force to take off immediately and fly in a northwesterly direction." After reading the telegram, he immediately ordered his air force to take to the air.

Woo...... Hurry up and ......

The airfield immediately remembered the combat alarm, and all the pilots immediately picked up their helmets and began to run in the direction of the tarmac. The maintenance staff immediately lined up the aircraft to check to make sure that everything was in order before takeoff.

Buzzing......

A few minutes later, the entire airport remembered the sound of rumbling aircraft engines. Immediately after that, 20 J-1s quickly rose into the air in groups of twos and twos, and then quickly formed a battle formation in the air and began to move in a northwest direction.

"Yo Xi, pay attention to all planes, arrive at the battlefield in 5 minutes, and all planes are ready for battle."

One of the devil's air force major generals looked down from the sky, and he could already vaguely see the battlefield. He immediately reminded the fleet to prepare them for battle.

"Understood"

The devils replied immediately.

Buzz Buzz......

"Look, Captain, planes."

The sound of a powerful aircraft engine reached the battlefield, and a major general of the national army saw it and immediately alerted the general behind him.

"Quickly order the troops to hide and pay attention to dodging the bombardment of enemy planes, quickly."

When the commander saw that the devil's plane was in a hurry, he immediately ordered all the troops to take shelter, he didn't want to be visited by aerial bombs.

"It's not good, commander, look, there are planes coming from the southeast."

Before the order could be delivered, the major general found another group of planes in the southeast. He couldn't be calm about this, and once again urgently reminded the general.

"Mother's"

Seeing another group coming, and flying from his flank, made him feel scared. Because there are fifty or sixty planes on both sides combined, such a huge fleet of planes, he has seen it all in this army.

"Attention to the machines, attention to the machines, the target has been found. At three o'clock, a group of devils was found. ”

After the reconnaissance plane discovered the Devil group, it immediately sent the information to the head plane of the J-1 group. After receiving the reminder, the head machine immediately reported the situation.

"Unit 2 understands."

"Unit 3 understands."

……

"Unit 20 understands."

Each machine immediately confirms the information.

"The planes are starting to disperse in battle formation, and we are going to meet the little devils."

"Understood"

The 20 J-1 fighters immediately divided into four small groups, then changed course and began to fly towards the flanks of the Devil plane.

"Commander, look, the fleet in the southeast has changed direction."

Seeing that the group of planes in the southeast had changed course, the major general who was observing immediately shouted happily.

And the commander also saw the changes in this group, and he kept holding a telescope to observe the viewer. However, because the plane flew a little high, he could not see the pattern on the plane clearly.

"Shhh...... What's going on. ”

After watching it for a long time, he didn't understand it, and he didn't know why this group had to change direction. Because he knew that there were no planes on the side of the national army, and there were no planes on the Yan'an side. Coupled with the fact that the plane was coming from the southeast, he was a little confused.

"Are they going to join forces?"

The major general rolled his eyes and said suspiciously.

"Hit."

Whoa......

Just when the national army below was still wondering, the devil's plane came into the range of the J-1. Due to the relatively high flight altitude of the J-1, the devils did not detect them. They swooped down quickly from above, and the on-board machine guns opened fire quickly.

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