By the end of July 1933, nearly 7,000 collective construction projects had been reported across the country, most of which were railway foundations, highways, dams, small power stations, and other water conservancy projects. Among them, the railway foundation construction project will be the most lengthy, and the other types of projects can basically be completed through collective construction for most or all of them.

At the same time as the whole country set off a construction **, the military operation of the republic was also in full swing.

While several other units were preparing to be stationed in Qinghai, Gansu, and Ningxia, Zhang Zizhong and Wang Zheng also arrived in Xi'an, and the troops entering Xinjiang had basically been mobilized, and they could not wait for the large-scale reorganization of the entire [***] force, which would begin in October, and would be officially launched on 1 August. At the same time, the field airfield in Yumen has already corrected its runway, and on July 20 it welcomed the first transport plane to take off from Xianyang Airport.

Zhuge Sheng and Tie Sanqian arrived in Chengdu by plane, and then took a small plane to Ya'an, the forefront of Tibet. According to the order of the War Department, three infantry divisions have been gathered here, and an army of nearly 40,000 people, including the baggage troops. Among them, there are the 26th Infantry Division, the 71st Infantry Division, and the 75th Division, and the overall composition is an even-numbered main division and two singular numbered ordinary divisions. The composition of the unit's equipment is very simple, after supplementing some plateau equipment such as pressure cookers, the weapons are mainly 26-year-old Huaxia semi-automatic rifles, Ripper light machine guns that are used as light machine guns without heavy barrels, high-explosive grenades, broadsword mines and anti-cavalry mines. The only two artillery weapons were the 60mm Type 26 mortar and the Type 24 infantry gun, but there were not many of them, after all, to go to the plateau, the transportation problem was too acute. As for the problem of weapons, there is no big problem, when the design was finalized, Zhang Shusheng put forward almost all-terrain combat requirements for these weapons.

The three divisions that arrived in advance have already begun ideological education work under the organization of political commissars at all levels, and they will also have a period of training in common sense for survival on the plateau before entering Tibet in August.

As all kinds of heavy equipment moved north along the Jinpu Line and the Jinghan Line, the 3rd Division, the main force participating in the battle, and the other 18th, 34th, 42nd, 76th, and 92nd Divisions, a total of six divisions, formed two armies, and then mixed with a heavy armored brigade and a heavy artillery division, and finally formed a small group army to move north.

The scale of the troops going north is not small, and all of them are relatively elite troops, especially the first heavy armored brigade formed after the founding of the People's Republic of China, which will be a nightmare for devils. The 150mm heavy artillery is the first batch of heavy artillery divisions formed after the founding of New China, when the southwest opened a strategic warehouse and took out the inventory in the pocket. No one understands better than Zhang Shusheng the significance of the role of artillery for attack and defense in this era, so the southwest has always pursued the artillery route, and this style will continue in the future.

With a heavy armored brigade and as the vanguard, with the assistance of the existing forces in Jinzhou, it was enough to launch a large-scale offensive against the Yue army.

And when the second and third phases of the battle plan begin, more troops and more artillery will go north, and the final liberation of the northeast will be realized.

"As the most important airport in northern China, we must shoulder the heavy task of escorting the anti-Japanese troops to the north, and it will be your combat mission to defend the railway line, defend the territory, and defend against the invasion of warships and aircraft." ”

"Woo ......"

When the relatively calm airfield regular battle sirens sounded, the pilots who had already been ordered to line up on the runway quickly boarded their respective fighters, covered the cockpit canopy, and began to slide out of the queue in an orderly manner, entering three of the four runways, ready to take off.

"Tower, tower, I'm 0199, the plane has been checked, everything is normal, please take off." The mission of this flight was to cover the troops to board the train along the railway line and go north, and the captain and pilot Gao Tianbao was the squad leader of this batch of patrol fighters.

"The tower received, and Plane 0199 can take off."

The No. 0199 plane, which was already in the first place on the runway, began to taxi slowly and quickly, and finally got faster and faster.

The first batch of 5 planes quickly took off and successfully marshalled, and then went north along Daxing Airport and began to search for the railway line. Relying on the airport's large radio navigation system to provide directional radio beacons, the air patrol team soon spotted the railway, as well as the moving train.

"Call the command, the Skyhawk team has found the target."

Gao Tianbao's planes are equipped with airborne radios, while several other planes only have short-range radios for combat communications, which are also ordinary models, and it is said that the Jian-3 fighters that will be reequipped will generally be equipped with airborne radios sufficient for use during the aircraft's flight range, and the communication distance and results are quite satisfactory.

"Skyhawk Squad, act according to the established plan, pay attention to vigilance."

During the entire northward phase, the airport will not only send planes to search and alert the sea level, but also send air patrols to escort the military columns northward.

In the northeast, under the city of Jinzhou, it has been raining heavily for three consecutive days.

In the trenches, more than a year of confrontation has left all the soldiers' faces full of tiredness and composure. Except for the officers and men of the company on duty wearing raincoats and guarding the observation posts and combat posts, the other soldiers all hid in the anti-artillery holes, and the heavy rain that was almost pouring down made the air humid to the extreme, and the entire trench was muddy, and the drainage ditch could never drain the endless rainwater. The entrance to the anti-artillery hole was only half a foot high from the trench drain, and people would bring in a lot of rainwater when they got in. The resting officers and soldiers, from the squad platoon leader to the private's egg, wrapped themselves in the military blankets sent from their mouths and stuffed their bodies tightly into it to resist the rainy day that had begun to show coldness.

"This rain is unlucky enough, it's really cheap."

Squad leader Tian Zhiguo took two puffs of cigarette fiercely, spit out a long smoke, and snorted.

"Squad leader, when do you think we will launch a general attack?" The recruit next to him, the recruit Zhu Min asked his squad leader, he was a new enlister, a person from Tongzhou, and during the most intense period of the Anti-Japanese War, he and several brothers in the village ran to Jinzhou and joined the army.

"My Comrade Zhu Min, as your squad leader, I regret to tell you that I don't know when to launch a general offensive. If I knew, you wouldn't be called a squad leader, but a general! ”

"Hahaha......"

Everyone in the squad laughed, the squad leader Tian Zhiguo was very hearty, he used to run cattle in the countryside outside the old Yanjing City, and he was the most sharp-toothed and sharp-mouthed, and he often joked about these subordinates on the battlefield. Since Zhang Xueliang changed banners in Northeast China for the second time and announced that all the Northeast Army would join the People's Army of New China, the title of comrade has also begun to spread throughout the army.

The battle in Jinzhou has been stalemate for several months, from the very beginning of the army frantically attacking Jinzhou of the Ningjin defense line, it turned into a fierce battle, and then Yue himself also began to dig deep trenches, hid in the fortifications and played with the [***] team, the two sides pulled up barbed wire with each other, planted mines, and actually watched out for each other's attack.

After more than a year of confrontation, the two sides have fallen into a strange circle, and whoever attacks suffers losses, and the defending side is just able to repel the opponent's attack with the help of fortifications, taking into account the comprehensive combat capabilities such as personnel quality, equipment, and troops.

Seeing the defeat of the devils in North China, and then the establishment of New China, the Northeast Army rejoiced, not because they could no longer tolerate the war, but because they could no longer endure the anger against themselves, the land of Northeast China was burning all the time, and it was said early that the liberation of the whole Northeast was the wish of all the officers and men of the old Northeast. However, when the Northeast Army tried to launch an attack, it found that the fortifications on the opposite side had been built very strongly, and unless the fortifications were broken through by armored forces or destroyed by cluster artillery, the entire attack would have to pay a huge price just to break through the fortifications on the opposite side of Jinzhou.

Three days earlier, an order had been given from above for the troops to attempt a night attack, but it rained heavily and the battle plan was cancelled. However, the officers and men in the front-line trenches did not dare to take it lightly, because the army was very cunning, and once rushed to the position in the heavy rain, and the heavy rain was cold enough, and the army had to run to more than ten meters in front of the position to see people. They rushed up with bayonets.

"Wang Yanzi, what are you looking at?"

A veteran next to him saw what Wang Jiang, the most literate soldier in the class, was looking at, so he turned to the side curiously and asked him.

"A letter from an old friend."

Wang Jiang put the letter back in his arms and put it close to him, what he didn't say was that it was his childhood sweetheart's letter, after graduating from high school that year, he was admitted to National Shandong University, just in time for the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he directly joined the army. The childhood sweetheart became a teacher after the liberation of the country, and wrote that he is now working as a teacher in a rural school in Heze.

If I hadn't joined the army, I might have become a teacher who supported new rural education. But he doesn't regret it, the battlefield may be more suitable for him than the podium. In more than a year, he has changed from a college student to a qualified soldier, and because of his high culture, he has become a sharpshooter in the class, and the Huaxia-style precision rifle with a scope in his hand has shot no less than 20 machine gunners and grenadiers.

The veteran shook his head, looking a little lonely, thinking that it was Wang Jiang's family letter. The veteran has not received a letter from home for a long time, because his hometown is in the Northeast.

The squad leader Tian Zhiguo was afraid that the morale of the people would be damaged, so he said, "I'm in a hurry, I'm more anxious than us, and if I don't fight this time, forget it, if I do, I have to leave all the devils in China, damn, blood debts and blood debts." ”

After speaking, the squad leader got up, put on a raincoat, drilled out of the anti-artillery hole, looked at the heavy rain covering the sky, cursed secretly, and went towards the company headquarters, he couldn't help it, and was ready to set the company commander's tone to see when the domestic reinforcements would arrive.

The officers and soldiers below were in a hurry, and Zhang Xueliang was also in a hurry.

"Report, the latest telegram from the Ministry of Defense."

The operational staff officer sent a telegram, Zhang Xueliang put down the baton in his hand that was pointing out the map, took the telegram, and was immediately overjoyed, "Defend the country, you can also take a look." ”

Huo Weiguo took a look and was immediately overjoyed, it turned out that according to the expert prediction of the Central Weather Bureau, the rainy days would not continue, which also meant that the fully prepared reinforcements would be officially deployed.

"It's hopeful." Zhang Xueliang slammed the map table with a punch, although only sporadic gunshots and cannons were heard in the entire city of Jinzhou in the past month, but with a strong backing, everyone wanted to teach himself a lesson immediately.

And this time, even Zhang Xueliang is full of expectations, because the Chinese [***] people, who have suffered from his own chariots, are about to usher in a new armed armored brigade.

Huo Weiguo took out a cigarette from the cigarette box and said with an evil smile, "It's time to teach myself an indelible lesson, Lao Zhang, have you ever seen the power of the Chinese tanks, hehe, my own bean chariot is not even as good as the clay man compared to them!" ”

(To be continued)