Song Zhewu returned to Laiyuan from Taiyuan on the 29th day of the lunar month, and it was already 4 o'clock in the afternoon before he arrived at the gate of Laiyuan City, and the sun was about to set.

Song Zhewu greeted him with Xiao Guodong, Tao Rong, Wang Xu, Li Wentian, the four chiefs of staff and Ye Changgui just exchanged a few words, but was interrupted by a burst of children's cheers outside the city, looking at the sound, a group of half-grown children by the moat pointed to the sky in the north and screamed in joy, following the direction pointed by the children, Song Zhewu saw a small black dot flying in the sky in the north. The small black dot flew closer and closer, and as the distance narrowed, there was a faint roar of the engine, and Song Zhewu knew that this was an airplane, and it was his own plane.

At this time, only the Central Political Axe, the Northeast Army, the Jin Sui Army, Chen Jitang in Guangdong, and the Gui Department in Guangxi had planes in China, and then the Northwest Army Aviation Department of Jin Shuren and Feng Yuxiang in Xinjiang Province had planes, and of course his Fourth Route Army also had planes.

However, at this time, the only planes that could appear in the sky over Laiyuan in the Taihang Mountains were the planes of his air force corps, because except for the Jin Sui Army, the Northwest Army and his planes, the airfields of other planes were far away from his Taihang Mountains, and it was impossible to fly here at this time. Yan Xishan's plane would never fly to Laiyuan at this time, and he was afraid that Song Zhewu had misunderstood that he was here to reconnoitre.

As for the broken planes of the Northwest Army, he was very skeptical that they would be able to fly now, that is, they could do some routine training flights like those of the Jin Suijun, and they would not fly so late, otherwise it would be dark before they flew back to the airport.

As the plane continues to lower its altitude, it is already possible to see the steel guards on the biplane's gleaming belly in the light of the setting sun. It was his modification of the DH-10 that flew in. The plane circled slightly outside Laiyuan City, and then taxied to the direction of the airport at the right angle.

Xiao Guodong said with a smile: "Wen Ge, you really have eyesight, among our old brothers, it was really the right choice to choose this kid to be our air force commander, not only the young people of the Air Force are extremely enthusiastic about flying, but even Wu Jin can fly now." ”

Wu Jin will fly the plane Song Zhewu has long known that since Song Zhewu went to Manchuria, Wu Jin has been learning to fly, and when he comes back, Wu Jin can already fly solo. In Song Zhewu's view, it is normal for an air force commander to be able to fly an airplane, and it is not worth boasting about, otherwise he will not be qualified as an air force commander. Xiao Guodong mentioned this matter again at this time, and especially mentioned the three words "old brother", Song Zhewu understood that this was Xiao Guodong, the big brother, while praising Wu Jin, he was also vaguely reminding him to treat the old brothers when Tianjin first raised troops, in fact, he wanted him to be kind to Wei Guanghui, who was far away in Mongolia.

Before the end of last year, Fang Zhen's people in Outer Mongolia sent back a secret telegram, saying, "Xu Shanxiang, director of the party department sent by the central government to Outer Mongolia, has frequent contacts with Wei Guanghui, and has also had frequent contacts with Xu Fang and Zhao Fengwu. "Soon, Xu Fang and Zhao Fengwu called privately, and they both reported that 'Xu Shanxiang secretly gave them tens of thousands of gold bars, and planned to hand them over to Song Zhewu for disposal. and reported that Xu Shanxiang had a lot of intentions to win over them. For Xu Fang and Zhao Fengwu, Song Zhewu always called back and asked them to accept it, but also to deal with Xu Xu, but if there is a situation, it can be reported in time.

Since Xu Shanxiang can buy Xu Fang and Zhao Fengwu, he will not do less work for Wei Guanghui, the supreme commander of the Fourth Route Army in Outer Mongolia, but Wei Guanghui has no movement at all? Every call is a normal business, which can't help but worry Song Zhewu. Because Wei Guanghui was his highest military commander in Outer Mongolia, and Chiang Kai-shek had long been fighting his idea. Song Zhewu even thought about replacing Wei Guanghui at one point, causing unnecessary harm on the one hand.

It's just that Wei Guanghui is different from others after all, after all, he is one of the few old brothers who was with him in Tianjin, Song Zhewu is very difficult about how to deal with this matter, fortunately, Outer Mongolia is located on the border, even if there is an accident, Song Zhewu has enough time to solve it. Therefore, Song Zhewu did not make up his mind for a long time.

However, before he went to Shanxi, he still asked Xiao Guodong, the big brother, to write a letter to Wei Guanghui to advise him euphemistically, so as not to really have something that Song Zhewu did not want to see. Xiao Guodong was very happy that Song Zhewu did this, and wrote a sincere letter, in which he only mentioned the friendship between them and Song Zhewu for many years, and did not say anything else.

Only Song Zhewu and Xiao Guodong knew about Outer Mongolia in the headquarters, Tao Rong didn't know Xiao Guodong's digression, he looked at the plane gliding in the direction of the airport, and praised: "Chief of Staff Xiao is right, Commander Wu, the commander of the Air Force, really chose the right one." He put a lot of thought into the Air Force. Commander Wu has set up a competitive flight system in the Air Force Corps, which is very good! He asked all the cadets who could fly to take the exam every month, and only those with excellent grades could continue to fly in the next month, otherwise they had to continue their studies on the ground, and excellent pilots could accumulate points and get promoted. At present, hundreds of flight cadets in the Air Force Corps are working hard to improve their skills. ”

Even Lao Mai and Gao Zhihang were secretly shouting, and their bomber and fighter groups were training competitively. In addition, Commander Wu now arranges for planes to conduct aerial reconnaissance in the area of our Taihang Administration every day, and sends the reconnaissance report to the headquarters on time every day. To put it mildly, now as long as we need it, we can know exactly how many waves of people go to Wutai Mountain every day to make incense. This should be the last reconnaissance patrol aircraft of the day. ”

The old wheat in Tao Rong's mouth is Mike, except for Song Zhewu and Xiao Guodong, the ranks and levels of the Fourth Route Army, and the deputy commander of this skilled and easy-going foreigner who is higher than him now calls him Lao Mai.

"Wei Guanghui didn't come back?" Song Zhewu didn't have Sister Tao Rong's words, but asked Xiao Guodong very abruptly.

The reason why Song Zhewu rushed back from Taiyuan despite fatigue was that he had to spend this year in Laiyuan, and there were still many things he had to do in person during the Spring Festival; Another important reason is that from this year, he asked all the commanders and political leaders of the Fourth Route Army and above to report to him before the Spring Festival, which was originally scheduled to start on the 20th day of the lunar month, because Song Zhewu was going to Taiyuan, so the time was postponed.

In fact, the matter of asking the important generals and political leaders of the Fourth Route Army to report to Song Zhewu was mainly caused by Wei Guanghui, and Song Zhewu could not be indifferent to the problems in the garrison of Outer Mongolia, especially when his plan was about to be implemented, and he was not allowed to have problems in the rear. can remove Wei Guanghui, the great hero who recovered Outer Mongolia, and there is no reason to be able to put it on the table, after thinking about it, Song Zhewu thought of the method of debriefing, he wanted to personally inspect Wei Guanghui, the "feudal official", to see where his "heart" is?

According to the time, Wei Guanghui should have arrived at Laiyuan, but he didn't see Wei Guanghui coming to greet him, which couldn't help but make Song Zhewu's mood extremely bad. Could it be that Wei Guanghui dared to openly disobey his orders? Or is it afraid that he will pursue his relationship with Chiang Kai-shek?

Xiao Guodong, who understood Song Zhewu's thoughts best, saw that Song Zhewu's face was wrong, and hurriedly explained: "Wen Ge, I was negligent!" Yesterday, there was a sudden snowfall in Outer Mongolia, and light to moderate snow also fell in Inner Mongolia north of Suiyuan, and there was heavy snow at our airports in Suiyuan and Manlai and Delun in Outer Mongolia. ”

Seeing that Song Zhewu's face was still very bad, he added: "Xu Fang and Zhao Fengwu also called separately to report the snow situation. In addition, Deputy Chief of Staff Wang also received a report that Wei Guanghui and others could not take off on time due to snow. ”

Seeing Wang Xu nodding, Song Zhewu's face eased slightly. Xiao Guodong sighed slightly and said: "The snow has stopped at dawn today, although the snow on the runway has been cleared, but it is still very slippery, I am afraid that they will have an accident when they land on the ground to refuel halfway, and ask them to wait for two days before flying back, but Wei Guanghui insisted on coming back today, saying that he wanted to celebrate the New Year with everyone." The plane took off from Kulen at 6 a.m. today, and just received a phone call from Wu Jin half an hour ago, saying that the plane had already taken off after refueling at their Suiyuan airport, and that it would take more than an hour to arrive according to the time. ”

Hearing that Wei Guanghui insisted on flying back today regardless of the danger, Song Zhewu's face cleared, and he looked at the sky and asked Xiao Guodong: "Chief of Staff, when they arrived in Laiyuan, it was already dark, did they take any measures at the airport?" Otherwise, they only rely on the compass to navigate, and the deviation is huge. ”

After knowing that the plane took off, Song Zhewu couldn't help but worry about the safety of several of his generals, if there is no obvious ground indication, although Gao Zhihang, who only relies on compass navigation, is highly skilled, it is likely to deviate from the airport in Laiyuan for dozens or even hundreds of miles, and it is impossible to find a place to land in this dark night, only a way to parachute, but parachuting in the dark is also extremely dangerous, not to mention that Wei Guanghui, Xu Fang, and Zhao Fengwu have not been trained in parachuting, at this time, if there is an accident among his three generals, There's no place to cry if you want to.

Xiao Guodong's heart finally relaxed a little, and he hurriedly said: "I have asked Wu Jin to arrange a large number of lighting equipment at the airport to prepare for the return of the plane, and at the same time, I have asked Wu Jin to send people to pile firewood and grass on the mountains on the east, south, and west sides, and also transport more than a dozen barrels of kerosene, ready to ignite and indicate the target." These were all arranged by Wu Jin personally and guided by Mike. ”

"Let's go to the airport to meet them." Song Zhewu was still a little worried. Said to a few people.

(To be continued)