"Nie Yuheng, Ge Shimin and other more than 30 pilots defected to the 15th Route Army, two days ago Jiang Li personally led the troops to capture Dihua, after Xinjiang fell into the 15th Route Army, can you tell me, has there been any progress in the work of the 15th Route Army in the past year or so?" Chairman Jiang looked at the new intelligence leader in front of him with an angry face, He Jinhan's position had been completely replaced by Dai Li, if it weren't for Dai Li's ability to be really good, just watching the 15th Route Army gradually grow and lose control, Chairman Jiang wanted to remove this black guy.

"Although there were more than 30 pilots who defected to the 15th Route Army, they failed to pull away a single plane, and the eight pilots who defected to Nanjing all came by plane." Dai Li explained in a whisper, "In addition, the lowly post has sent people to test Zhang Xueliang's tone, after Zhang Xueliang lost the Northeast, the military expenditure is huge, and he cannot make ends meet, so he has no intention of raising the expensive Air Force, and intends to transfer the aircraft in his hand and the facilities used by the Air Force to Nanjing." ”

"Well, dividing Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army is only one aspect, and now the focus is on the 15th Route Army."

Hearing this, Chairman Jiang's face was a little pale, but what Chairman Jiang didn't know was that Jiang Li was unwilling to do too much to Zhang Xueliang, the air force in the northwest was about to be replaced with more advanced Eagle fighters, and the previous Fokker D16 that Zhang Xueliang bought was gradually outdated, and these planes were not indispensable for the northwest. For Jiang Li, the importance of these pilots far exceeds that of those fighters that are already outdated. After all, after experiencing the air battle of Shanghai and the Great Wall, the pilot consumption in the northwest is not small. Pilot training in the northwest has not been able to keep up for a while. The current scale of pilots cannot meet Jiang Li's needs for the expansion of the Air Force.

"Yes. The lowly position must be divided as much as possible in the 15th Route Army. Dai Lian nodded heavily. Zhang Xueliang's original Northeast Army has sunset at this time, in addition to the huge scale, has lost the possibility of becoming the biggest threat to Nanjing, after all, the combat power of this army has been too low, and at this time the 15th Route Army is not only expanding its military strength at a speed visible to the naked eye, but what makes Nanjing even more shocked is the cohesion of the 15th Route Army with the previous wars and the righteousness of the War of Resistance as the core. He only won over a few lower-level officers in the 15th Route Army, and he couldn't get to the top of the 15th Route Army for a while. The pace of military expansion is also half-understood. Chairman Chiang is not the only source of information. I am afraid that the fear of the 15th Route Army is also more profound.

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"After the completion of this expansion, the 15th Route Army will have 7 integrated divisions, 4 mixed brigades, 5 temporary brigades, and 3 cavalry brigades by the end of this year. The regular army of the 15th Route Army will reach 170,000 men, and the commanders of these armies will be appointed directly by the commander. Most of them are old people who have come all the way from the Mukden Anti-Japanese War. ”

Li Du and Ma Zhanshan were originally arranged to return to Lanzhou with Jiang Li, but Jiang Li was in a hurry and had already returned east, and there were still some things that had not been resolved on the Xinjiang side, so the two stayed until the Sheng Shicai Department was completely resolved. And only after resolving the Dihua turmoil did he officially set off, and accompanying Li Du and Ma Zhanshan back to Lanzhou were Zhou Dafu and Yang Yaofeng, who went to the military academy together. Naturally, Zhou Dafu, who is still an old acquaintance, introduced these situations.

"170,000 people. And what are the conventional forces? Li Du and Ma Zhanshan said at the same time, it was the first time they had heard of the concept of conventional troops.

"When the commander initially pacified Gansu, he put forward the concept of conventional troops and technical arms. Conventional troops are the main force of operations, and aviation units, tank troops, and engineer troops can all be called technical arms. The aviation of the 15th Route Army has become an independent formation alongside the Army. I only know a little about the Air Force, but there are not a few troops. When Zhou Dafu smiled, the scar on his face made his expression look a little hideous.

"Unexpectedly, the commander has laid a huge foundation in less than two years since he evacuated from Mukden, and most of the 170,000 people are still the descendants of the commander, which is not much better than the Northeast Army in its heyday." Li Du sighed, even if it is the Northeast Army, there are branches like Wan Fulin, Tang Yulin, and Ma Zhanshan. And Zhang Xueliang's descendants are not so terrifying. As for the comparison of combat power, Li Du is too lazy to compare this kind of thing.

"Who would have thought that there would be a situation in the first place?" Zhou Dafu shook his head and said.

"Driving ......"

While Zhou Dafu was catching up with Li Du, Ma Zhanshan and others, a long yellow dragon rose behind a small team.

"Commander, slow down!" The first person has a delicate body, and his cream-like skin looks quite unique on this Loess Plateau, and his bright red mouth is panting, looking out of breath.

"What's the matter?" Jiang Li recognized the person who came, although Yang Ying was a woman, her physique was a few points stronger than that of ordinary adult men, and her kung fu was even better.

"Commander Huang usually lives in a simple place, and there must be guards to escort him when he goes out, but now he must be assassinated. The commander rode back to Lanzhou at a gallop, fearing that the enemy would take advantage of it. Yang Ying took a few breaths, and her speech was still a little short.

Gotta ...... The sound of the horses' hooves on the empty plateau was clearer, and there were a few shouts in between, and from this slow cry, it could be judged that the horses of this brigade were definitely not cavalry under the command of the 15th Route Army. Friend or foe!

"Let's go!" Jiang Li's eyes froze, hoping that he was not said by Yang Ying, if Huang Xiansheng was assassinated in front, there would be a large group of cavalry to intercept him behind. There must be a traitor within the 15th Route Army, and the status is not low. Although he hadn't seen the other party directly at this time, the gentleman didn't stand under the dangerous wall, and the unknown identity of the brigade approached, so he left here first to seize a favorable terrain.

The distance between the horses on both sides was narrowing, Jiang Li's face sank, this group of people was really coming at him. There were six or seven hundred people, and in order to ensure the pacification of the situation in Xinjiang, he only brought more than 200 cavalry.

"Commander, the situation is urgent, I don't know what the enemy has behind, it's better to divide the troops, I will lead people to drag the enemy army, and the commander will rush back to Lanzhou first and then make plans." Yang Ying saw the scale of the chasing soldiers in the rear, her delicate face turned pale, and she turned sideways and said to Jiang Li.

"Marching to fight, let a girl be a deserter in front, even if I really escape back, what will hundreds of thousands of people in the 15th Route Army think of me." Jiang Li smiled when he heard this, even if the other party had six or seven hundred people, it might not be able to eat his two hundred cavalry steadily, and if he could be responsible for his usual safety work, how could it be a group of rice buckets, this time I really want to let these guys see what the real elite is. (To be continued.) )