Xundian, the southernmost part of the militia's sphere of influence in Yunnan, is an ancient county town that is gradually radiating a modern atmosphere. Although from a distance, this is still a small county town surrounded by ancient city walls and mountains, but the sound of machinery can be heard in the county.

It was half a year ago, Shusheng Company had just established several primary raw material processing factories in Xundian out of the nearby use of some basic resources in southern Yunnan, such as cotton and linen. In order to benefit the people, taking into account the actual situation in the local area, Shusheng Company did not run these raw material factories themselves, but adopted the method of encouraging local enlightened merchants or gentry to build their own factories. In this way, not only can ordinary people obtain economic resources by entering factories or entering relevant commercial links, but also can win over those enlightened gentry and merchants, which is very helpful in deepening and consolidating the dominance of the militias.

Of course, on the one hand, if these businessmen who are interested in setting up factories are short of money, they can borrow money from the Dongchuan Bank, which was established by the militia group, in the form of factories, equipment, and even fields and real estate. Ordinary workers or small traders can join the money-making army with confidence, and the militia has a brick-thick labor code to protect the rights and interests of workers.

"Boom ......"

At midnight, there was a sudden muffled sound of cars on the road outside the city, and the Xundian garrison immediately cheered up. The city gate was closed at the first time, and the heavy machine gunners on the fortifications of the city wall also tightened the grip of the Maxim heavy machine gun.

The sentry post on the city wall had already swept three high-powered searchlights into the distance, and under the bright light, the situation ahead was clear at a glance. It was a long list of cars with no end in sight. Unified army green and densely packed militia soldiers sitting on it. The garrison in front of the city gate immediately took out a red reflective sign and waved it to signal stop.

"Looking for a heavy place, come and park!"

The first one, a slightly heavy military truck, came to a halt with a snort, and a young soldier pushed open the door and stepped down, accompanied by another officer of a small age difference. Both of them had an extremely dazzling sign on their shoulders, one with the rank of major general of the militia and the other with the rank of colonel of the militia.

"Yulong, you lead the team to negotiate with them."

Stepping on Xundian again, the former battlefield, Chen Jun was still a little embarrassed, it seemed that the sound of artillery in the past could still be heard in the valley, but today, he led the second brigade back to this place again.

Although he was not entrusted with the important task of becoming the commander of the first division in this expansion, he still remained with Ye Yulong as the military and political chief of the second brigade of the first division.

Already with the rank of major general, he certainly knew how important this planned battle would be. His second brigade will serve as a fist force, and on the day the battle begins, it will become the general vanguard of the entire Yunnan-Guizhou-Guizhou campaign.

Watching the trucks in front of him drive into the city one by one in the night, Chen Jun did not move, but watched the troops enter the city together with Ye Yulong, who had completed the handover. There are all 5-ton military trucks, and many cars are still dragging large-caliber heavy artillery that the militia has been stockpiling for a long time, including 105mm field guns and even 120mm heavy guns.

At the back of the convoy, there were a dozen or so strange vehicles that were different from the big trucks, with relatively short bodies, heavy models, a long barrel in front of them, and two machine guns distributed on them.

Chen Jun pointed to those strange vehicles and said to Ye Yulong in a tone full of anticipation: "What a beautiful tiger style." Yulong, do you want to sit down and fight in person when the time comes? ”

"Forget it, my body is too strange, as soon as I get into the tank, I will be dizzy and staggered in half a sound, alas, I really envy you, brigade commander." The problem of motion sickness made Ye Yulong very helpless, otherwise, he could often get into the tank and enjoy the feeling of armored assault.

"Hehe, motion sickness is nothing. These iron guys saw Tang Jiyao, but they wanted his life. Chen Jun stretched out his hand to signal the last Tiger-1 medium tank to stop, and climbed in through the open top window, "Lao Ye, you can go in by yourself in a small truck, haha......"

Ye Yulong smiled helplessly, and could only board the command vehicle in the distance, compared to the tank, this kind of small command vehicle was much worse.

————————“…… The change of guard in both directions of Xundian and Xuanwei has been secretly completed. Of the five strategic reserve warehouses, warehouse number one has been opened. Considering that in this Yunnan-Guizhou-Guizhou Campaign, the main battlefield will be concentrated in the city, and the transportation conditions are basically available, we have focused on supplementing the troops with a new 24-year infantry gun, an 18-year 105mm field gun, and a 22-year 120mm heavy artillery. In terms of armored forces, the main force of the brigade is concentrated with a tank battalion, including 20 Tiger-1 light tanks and 22 Tiger-2 medium tanks...... In terms of infantry fire support, a battalion of new rocket launchers was secretly issued for use in battlefield experiments. It is worth mentioning that the new machine gun CH24 machine gun has been sent to the main force, and the eliminated Makqin heavy machine gun will be added to the reserve forces according to the plan......"

An operational staff officer in the war room of the militia regiment was reporting to Zhang Shusheng on the preparatory work for the Yunnan-Guizhou-Guizhou Campaign; Zhang Shusheng was not a leader in later generations who could only nod and sign, and this young staff officer could be familiar with the military terminology he uttered or briefly described some new weapons and equipment.

More than two months have passed since the initial information that Tang Jiyao collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country. The war machine in the deep mountains of the militia is fully activated. Zhang Shusheng even personally ordered the air force units and armored units to be prepared for final battle, and the battle would be put into battle as soon as the battle began.

In terms of armored forces, through many considerations and trade-offs, the final shape was the Tiger 1 light tank and the Tiger 2 medium tank. The former weighed 19 tons in battle, which was about the same as the later American M24 Xiafei tank. It's just that there has been a breakthrough in the special alloy steel technology of the militia group, so that the Tiger Type 1 tank is not covered with a thin layer of iron, but a new type of armor, and similar technology in the West is still being experimented in the military laboratory, which is much stronger than Xiao Yueben's Type 97 thin iron coffin tank. The main armament was a 76 mm tank gun with a single barrel, a semi-automatic wedge bolt and a concentric anti-recoil device, as well as a side-by-side CH24 machine gun and a 22-year anti-aircraft machine gun. The latter retains the original basic design, with a total combat weight of about 28 tons, and uses an 88mm tank gun, which is more powerful and has stronger armor defense capabilities.

These two tanks, except for the light tank, which was later designed with the M24 tank of the United States as the design reference, the Tiger-2 medium tank was designed separately, fully taking into account the needs of tank combat in terms of mobile surname, firepower, defense, and fire control on the battlefield in the early days of World War II. It can be said that these two tanks are a little stronger than the same type of tanks in Western countries at present, but compared with the advanced tanks being designed by various countries, they are basically in the middle of the match.

Originally, Zhang Shusheng was still hesitant to use advanced weapons in the battle of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guizhou. After all, this incident involves Yue himself, and if he discovers the existence of these advanced weapons, he will definitely encounter some variables in the future war of resistance against Yue. However, now that it is the end of 1924 and about to usher in 1925, in addition to showing off his might in the northeast, he is also thinking about the southwest, which is a historical butterfly effect caused by Zhang Shusheng.

If Zhang Shusheng still hides and tucks away advanced weapons instead of putting them into actual combat, then the training of new units such as armored units and air force units will seriously lag behind, and the process of developing new weapons and entering actual combat equipment will become even longer. The most important point is that Zhang Shusheng cannot guarantee that he will obediently start a full-scale war in 1937. In case he started a full-scale war in advance, and Zhang Shusheng was not ready, then he would regret it for the rest of his life.

So, he chose to use advanced weapons. If the secrecy is done properly, it will not be much of a problem. The idea of strategic reserves of advanced weapons is not wrong, but the armored forces and air forces urgently need to prepare for actual combat in advance.

"Good. All aspects of preparation are in order. After returning home, we should look for more problems in coordination and cooperation in various fields; this is a rare large-scale military training, and all departments can solve problems as soon as they discover them. ”

"Yes!"

The morning's work was finally over, and Zhang Shusheng also felt a little hungry, so he informed Mao Yunxian that the lunch break had finally arrived.

Back at home, Lu Yunyan, who heard the sound of the car, was standing behind the door with a small mouth, waiting for him.

"Hey, Yunyan, it's almost 2 o'clock, why don't you go to dinner yet?" The eldest lady of the Lu family in front of her, in Zhang Shusheng's opinion, is estimated to be waiting for herself to eat and wait for hunger, looking at her pouting appearance, if it weren't for the guards, he would want to bite it.

"If the eldest master doesn't come back, how dare the slave and maid eat." Lu Yunyan snorted lightly, took Zhang Shusheng's coat angrily, and muttered in a low voice: "I didn't come back earlier, I said that He Ning was going to come over for dinner today." ”

Zhang Shusheng was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then remembered that before going out in the morning, Lu Yunyan told him that He Ning was going to come over for lunch today, although He Ning's whole family had moved to Lishuping New Town, but he refused to come to live for a long time, and occasionally came to eat, just to say to this future sister. made Zhang Shusheng can't help but often want to call her to come over for a meal together.

"He Ning." Zhang Shusheng suddenly pointed to the corridor on the right and shouted, Lu Yunyan quickly replaced the grievances on his face when he heard this, and followed the prestige with a happy face, but there was nothing He Ning "Woo......

only felt that a hot thing was attached to his lips, Lu Yunyan felt a little annoyed in his heart, this guy took advantage of himself again, but when he kissed him so warmly, he suddenly felt that his whole body was weak, and his hands naturally hugged his neck, and he let him pick it.

"Woo...... Zhang Shusheng, you are really a big hooligan......" It wasn't until he couldn't breathe anymore that Lu Yunyan broke free, breathing heavily, angrily blaming him for bullying himself again. "Alright, alright. He Ning came early in the morning, and I couldn't call you, so I sat there with her for a long time and didn't say a word. ”

Only then did Zhang Shusheng understand that it turned out that this little girl felt embarrassed. However, He Ning, this girl has always been like this, unlike Lu Yunyan, although He Ning has been overseas for a few years, her surname has not changed at all after she came back.

"Don't be angry, next time if you work overtime, I will have someone notify my secretary of Lu University."

The whole lunch was eaten in a hurry, Zhang Shusheng was so hungry that he took a big bite of rice, and the two women stared at him with big eyes and small eyes, and after eating, Lu Yunyan made an excuse to clean up and leave the opportunity to be alone to these two people who could not see each other day and night.

"Ning'er, when you just ate, you seem to want to say something, right?" Zhang Shusheng asked while holding the tea after Lu Yunyan had brewed it himself, and slowly blew the leaves floating on the tea water.

He Ning smiled faintly, walked over and sat next to him, and whispered:

"Daddy asked me to ask you when you plan to marry me......"

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(To be continued)