… Warm and dry. And there is no wind. Very clean in the sky. Nengdandu is quite delicate, and the flight of Sichuan is very favorable.

Fly in such weather conditions. Meng Fei's mood was very happy, and he even hummed a minor tune.

In addition to the good weather conditions, the main reason for the happy mood was that the patrol mission did not return empty-handed, and Meng Fei and his wingman finally appeared at the British ** regiment that was advancing to the central river region of Central Asia.

Since leading the fighter unit into Bukhara. Meng Fei often carries out similar air patrol missions, and although he is the commander of the base, he still hates staying in the office and pointing to the map on the table, "He is still obsessed with flying, and flying is a part of his life." If he doesn't fly for a day, he will feel uncomfortable, so whenever he has the opportunity, he will always arrange flight tasks for himself, sometimes leading the team to practice, sometimes patrolling in the air, and even if necessary, he will arrange combat patrol missions for himself.

However, Meng Fei has never met an opponent in Central Asia, last time, two pilots accidentally shot down four British fighters with their paint painted during a combat patrol, but the results of the battle were not Meng Fei's, which made Meng Fei very depressed, and for a long time without a fight, it was undoubtedly a kind of mental torture for him, and the air fighter, if there was no fight, was indeed unworthy of the name.

In fact, the central government deliberately drew a circle on the map for the Central Asian air force, and the boundary of this circle has two layers, one is on the Amu Darya River, and the area south of the Amu Darya River prohibits the air force from taking the initiative to attack, and the other is on the northern border line of Persia and Afghanistan, and the central government prohibits the air force from crossing this border during patrol missions, and only when necessary, can it cross this border to carry out reconnaissance missions.

Today, Meng Fei is actually playing a sideshow, he was originally on an air patrol mission, but when he flew to the Persian border. He suddenly decided to cross the border and carry out a reconnaissance mission, this excuse was very high-sounding, and the wingman pilot had no reason to oppose it at all, so Meng Fei's "Class Wasp" fighter crossed the border and detected the traces of the British ** regiment, which simply made Meng Fei elated.

However, since it was not a reconnaissance plane, it was impossible to take photographs, so Meng Fei and the wingman pilots could only rely on visual observation and write down the observed information in their flight notes, so that they could report to the military district command after rushing back to the base.

Now, Meng Fei and his wingman pilots are on their way back to Bukhara Air Base, and they are not far from the base, and the fuel tanks are almost exhausted. This patrol flight is indeed quite a long distance.

Finally, the field airfield on the edge of the green state came into view of Meng Fei, and the call of the air traffic controller from the ground control tower was heard from the radio communication machine.

"Wasp One, Wasp Two, Cellular Call, Cellular Call."

"I'm Wasp One, ready to land

"I'm Wasp 2, ready to land."

"Cellular received. Wasp One, Wasp Two, approved for landing. ”

After a step-by-step call, Meng Fei quickly piloted his "class Wasp". Landing on the runway of the base, the plane landed lightly on the ground, taxied for a distance and then stopped, Meng Fei turned off the motive, jumped off the plane, handed the plane to the ground crew, and then rushed to the base staff office with the wingman pilot, ready to submit a reconnaissance report.

When he arrived at the staff office of the base, Meng Fei was surprised to see that a guest from afar was studying the map with several staff officers in the staff office, and when he saw Meng Fei returning from a mission, the guest took the initiative to greet him.

This guest who came from afar was Lan Tianwei, chief of staff of the Joint General Staff of the Chinese Army, Navy and Air Force, and several senior staff officers of the General Staff arrived in Bukhara with him.

"Chief Lan, where did you fly from? It can't be the Pamirs, right? ”

Asking the other party's intentions, Meng Fei couldn't help but make a joke with his boss.

"The transport plane we sit on is not as good as your "class Wasp" Pamir place, we can't fly up no matter what, we came from the Kazakh side, and we made a big circle

Lan Tianwei smiled, exchanged a few words with Meng Fei, and quickly turned to the topic.

"This time, we came here on the orders of the center. The president asked us to inspect the field to see if the military operations here were going well, and then to experience the life and training of the officers and men here, and to see if it was very difficult

"It's hard, it's nothing. As long as we can control Central Asia and the river, it will be the glory of our soldiers. ”

Meng Fei saw that Lan Tianwei and the others were very interested, so he took the wooden stick from the staff officer, pointed to the military map on the wall, and personally explained the current situation in Central Asia to Lan Tianwei and the others.

In Central Asia, the current trend of confrontation between China and Britain has become very obvious, and the two sides basically take the Amu Darya River as the dividing line, with China controlling Li through the two small puppet countries in the north, and Britain controlling the three small puppet countries in the south. The reason for the last time there was an air battle over Khiva. It was because the British Baier broke this tacit understanding that it was strongly counterattacked by the Chinese Air Force.

"We will not take the initiative to provoke, but we will never compromise and retreat" is the tone set by the central center for the Central Asian garrison.

"At present, our army has basically taken control of the situation in Tashkent, the pro-British group has collapsed, as long as the new government is supported, our sphere of influence can be restored to a few months ago, and the Bolsheviks in Khiva have taken the initiative to propose reconciliation with our army, perhaps we can use this catty. An opportunity to adjust the strategy of the entire Hanaka region. ”

After explaining the air situation, Meng Fei immediately made a cameo role as an army commander, because of his leisure, he now often studies army strategy, and often practices air-ground coordination with staff officers on the sand table. In one fell swoop, take the entire Hanaka region.

The so-called "middle of the river" refers to a region in Central Asia between the Syr Darya River and the Amu Darya, where the southeast extends to the Pamir Plateau, the northwest extends to the Aral Sea, is an arid land, there are more deserts, but because there are two large rivers, irrigation is convenient, so the oasis is also more, suitable for agriculture and animal husbandry. At one time, agriculture was flourishing, but later the Mongol army destroyed the water conservancy facilities in the area, which eventually led to the decline of agriculture in the area, which is now dominated by animal husbandry, with the main settlements scattered around the oases.

According to the central plan. In the next 10 years, at least 1.5 million Chinese immigrants will be transferred here under the pretext of "assisting in agricultural exhibitions", and they will settle in the Hanzhong region, in order to ensure the completion of this strategy, the center has decided to further increase military clearance operations here, eradicate all potential hostile forces, and Bukhara has the largest air base in Central Asia. That's what it is.

In the Transoxiana region, there are currently four small states, namely Kokand, Bukhara, Tashkent, and Khiva, China has now completely controlled Kokand and Bukhara, and the reconquest of Tashkent continues, as for Khiva, although it is currently controlled by the Russian Bolsheviks, the local situation is quite chaotic, and the remnants of the feudal lords control more than half of the country's territory with the support of the Chinese garrison, so no one can guarantee how the situation in Khiva will unfold.

On the other hand, the area south of the Amu Darya River is the British sphere of influence, which directly controls three small countries and has a significant influence on Afghanistan further south, and is trying to use Persia to send more British troops to the south of the Amu Darya River to protect the pro-British forces there.

Since Meng Mao talked about the British ** team, he relayed the information he got from today's reconnaissance to Lan Tianwei by the way.

"Oh? The British ** team moved so quickly? How many people are there? Lan Tianwei asked.

Meng Fei took out his flight notes, looked at them, and said, "The British army has more than 15,000 troops, with tanks and heavy artillery, and it should be a fully formed corps. However, since the reconnaissance did not continue in depth, it was not clear whether this was the vanguard or the main force.

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Lan Tianwei pondered for a moment, and called a staff officer, "Ding asked him to go and shake the phone to the military region headquarters, and then said a few words to Meng Fei.

"Commander Meng, you must find out the movements and strength of the British army. If necessary, forward airfields can be set up in the forward areas to further reconnoiter and see what the British are up to. ”

"Please rest assured, Chief Lan, the department will definitely find out the British army clearly!"

Meng Fei was happy in his heart, standing upright, saluting, with Lan Tianwei's words, he could temporarily erase the circle drawn by the center on the map.

Meng Fei drafted a report to be forwarded to the Central Asian Military Region, and then couldn't wait to formulate a new reconnaissance plan, while Lan Tianwei consulted with several senior staff officers in the staff office, and finally everyone decided to immediately report this new situation to the commander's hall.

The telegram was quickly shot, and while waiting for the call back, Lan Tianwei stood in front of the map, pondering for a long time.

In Lan Tianwei's view, the center's decision to enter Central Asia is undoubtedly correct, but some specific details seem to be open to discussion, Jian Tianwei believes that the center is too fast in the river, which has caused a strong reaction from the British, and according to a series of recent actions by the British government, the British government seems to be determined to perform in Central Asia.

Lan Tianwei is not afraid of a small-scale contest with the British ** team in the Hanzhong area, so that the British government really understands the rise of the Chinese ** force, but he also tries his best to avoid a big war, because he knows very well that the Hanzhong region is not an ideal battlefield, it is too far away from the rear, and the logistics supply is inconvenient, although it is next to the western frontier of China, but the problem lies in the terrain, the east used to be a plateau, not to mention railways, highways, even ordinary aircraft are difficult to cross, if you want to transport military supplies, It was only possible to get from the Kazakh steppes to the north, where the railroad had not yet been fully repaired, and there was a gap between the river and the river, and it was not appropriate to have a big war with the British here.

Of course, whether to fight or not, and how to fight, this is not up to Lan Tianwei to decide, the decision is in the hands of the president, it depends on how the president arranges this Central Asian game.