Zhang Yunfei's truck and off-road vehicle were temporarily parked in Guojiayu, and the other two platoons of his own guard company also rode over early this morning to join him.

Originally, Zhang Yunfei also wanted to meet Division Commander Liu of the 129th Division, but seeing that it was not going well now, he had to give up, and when he had the opportunity in the future, he would have a good time with Division Commander Liu.

Zhang Yunfei and his entourage, accompanied by Comrade Xiao Zhengguang, deputy chief of the general staff of the Eighth Route Army, and several guards of the Eighth Route Army, rode eastward toward Jinsha Town on the eastern side of Taihang Mountain.

Zhang Yunfei's brigade of men and horses, along the rugged mountain road, the speed was not fast, until the next day was almost noon, before leaving the Taihang Mountains, and more than ten kilometers ahead, it was the destination of Jinsha Town.

Now, although it is still in the mountains, the terrain is much more gentle, and the surrounding hills are no longer those steep mountains, but some low hills.

Comrade Xiao Zhengguang had been to Jinsha Town before, and he was still relatively familiar with the road, and seeing that he was gradually getting out of the Taihang Mountains, Comrade Xiao Zhengguang smiled slightly and said enthusiastically: "Commander-in-Chief Zhang, we are more than ten kilometers further and Jinsha Town is here." ”

Zhang Yunfei nodded, and then said with a loud smile: "Everyone speed up, we will strive to rush to Jinsha Town before 12 o'clock, and when the time comes, I will invite everyone to have a big meal." ”

Hearing this, the soldiers all laughed happily, and several soldiers of the Eighth Route Army next to them also laughed.

Yesterday, everyone traveled for a day, basically sleeping in the open air, and last night, they spent the night in a small village, and many soldiers ate dry food with them.

Comrade Xiao Zhengguang next to him, seeing that Zhang Yunfei was about to entertain him, immediately smiled and said: "Commander-in-Chief Zhang, you don't have to spend your money, the New Fifth Regiment of our 129th Division stationed in Jinsha Town is estimated to be already preparing meals." ”

Zhang Yunfei smiled and said enthusiastically: "Chief of Staff Xiao, today we are also meeting for the first time with the comrades of the New Fifth Regiment. ”

Hearing this, Comrade Xiao Zhengguang hurriedly said: "Commander-in-Chief Zhang, this can't be done, you are guests, how can you be embarrassed to pay for a treat?" ”

Comrade Deng Wenping, director of the General Political Department of the 36th Group Army next to him, said to Comrade Xiao Zhengguang with a smile: "Comrade Zhengguang, you don't want to save money for our commander-in-chief, our commander-in-chief does not lack this ocean." ”

What Deng Wenping said is completely true, Zhang Yunfei is not short of these oceans, Zhang Yunfei brought hundreds of oceans with him before he came to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and now, these oceans are placed on several of his personal guards, in addition, Zhang Yunfei also carries a few gold bars.

But today Zhang Yunfei is preparing to have a treat, and there are two main purposes.

The first purpose is that Zhang Yunfei thinks that it is indeed not easy for the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army to resist the battle, the conditions are difficult, and his accompanying guards have also worked hard with him on horseback for a day or two, and now that they have arrived in Jinsha Town, everyone can just improve their food, so that these soldiers of the Eighth Route Army can also have a good meal.

The second purpose, Zhang Yunfei is going to build an airport in Jinsha Town, and he may still garrison troops here in the future, and in the future, the soldiers of the 36th Group Army stationed here will get along with the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army here for a while.

When Comrade Xiao Zhengguang saw Comrade Deng Wenping say this, he was not polite, and said very gratefully: "Then thank you Commander-in-Chief Zhang, and today our soldiers are also touching Commander-in-Chief Zhang's officer." ”

As the deputy chief of general staff of the Eighth Route Army, Comrade Xiao Zhengguang knew the situation of his troops, and the current soldiers could only barely eat enough, and this was still a lot of food that the 36th Group Army had supported the Eighth Route Army, otherwise, many soldiers would have to starve.

Although the soldiers can barely eat enough now, the food standard is not high, and it is difficult to eat a meal of meat a month, today there is a treat from Commander-in-Chief Zhang, and Comrade Xiao Zhengguang also wants to take this opportunity to let the soldiers of the New Fifth Regiment have a good meal.

After listening to Comrade Xiao Zhengguang's words, Zhang Yunfei smiled slightly, and then said loudly: "Comrades, everyone hurry up." After speaking, Zhang Yunfei clamped the horse's belly and galloped forward.

The rest of the people saw Zhang Yunfei taking the lead, everyone patted their horses to keep up, the terrain here is gradually flattening, and the road is much wider than the mountain road in the Taihang Mountains, which is just suitable for riding horses and galloping.

It didn't take long for everyone to gradually get out of the mountainous area, in front, as far as the eye can see, it is a flat plain, this plain, at a glance, it seems that the front is the North China Plain.

Some villages and houses began to appear on both sides of the road, and two or three kilometers ahead, there was a large area of houses, and it seemed that it was Jinsha Town.

Comrade Xiao Zhengguang, who was next to Zhang Yunfei, also introduced at this time: "Commander-in-Chief Zhang, Jinsha Town is not far ahead, let's go to the New Fifth Regiment station first." ”

At present, the regimental headquarters of the New Fifth Regiment and the first battalion are stationed together, less than two kilometers north of the town, in a small village with dozens of families.

In this small village, a large ancestral hall served as the regimental headquarters of the New Fifth Regiment, and when Zhang Yunfei and others were about to arrive at the station of the New Fifth Regiment, at the gate of the ancestral hall, the head of the New Fifth Regiment Sun and several Eighth Route Army had already greeted him at the door.

Seeing Zhang Yunfei and the others coming, although Commander Sun did not know Zhang Yunfei, Commander Sun knew his deputy chief of general staff, Comrade Xiao Zhengguang, and the young man next to his deputy chief of general staff must be Commander-in-Chief Zhang.

Commander Sun, with his chief of staff, political commissar, deputy head of the regiment, etc., walked quickly in front of Zhang Yunfei, and said excitedly: "Commander-in-Chief Zhang is good!" Hello Chief of General Staff Xiao! Hello Chiefs! ”

Xiao Zhengguang, deputy chief of the general staff of the Eighth Route Army, said with a smile: "Hello Commander Sun, everyone has been waiting for a long time. ”

Zhang Yunfei also smiled slightly, and said heartily: "Hello comrades, everyone has worked hard. ”

Everyone said a few words, and Commander Sun welcomed everyone into the regiment headquarters, fortunately, the regiment headquarters was relatively spacious, and there was a large courtyard when they entered the door, and Zhang Yunfei's entourage also followed, and everyone's horses were naturally led down by the soldiers of the New Fifth Regiment, and nearly 200 people stood in the courtyard, which did not seem crowded at all.

Zhang Yunfei's entourage naturally also had the warm hospitality of the comrades of the Eighth Route Army, and Commander Sun took Zhang Yunfei, Deng Wenping, Liu Xing, Xiao Zhengguang and others into the main hall of his headquarters, that is, the ancestral hall.

Comrade Xiao Zhengguang looked around and praised: "Commander Sun, I remember that I came to your regiment once two months ago, and there were quite a lot of people last time, but this time there are a lot fewer soldiers, do the soldiers have a task?" ”

Regiment Commander Sun hurriedly replied respectfully: "Chief, we received a telegram from the headquarters the day before yesterday, and the headquarters ordered us to choose a site near Jinsha Town and build an airfield as soon as possible. ”

Hearing this, Comrade Xiao Zhengguang suddenly realized that two days ago, Xiao Zhengguang heard the deputy commander-in-chief mention the matter of building an airport in Jinsha Town, but he did not expect the soldiers to act so quickly.

Zhang Yunfei saw that many soldiers had gone to build the airport, and he was secretly happy that the New Fifth Regiment was moving so quickly.

Zhang Yunfei asked with concern: "Head Sun, how is the airport being built now?" Did you encounter any difficulties? ”

Seeing that Zhang Yunfei cared so much about himself, Commander Sun was a little excited in his heart, and immediately said respectfully: "Chief, the progress of the airport is still relatively smooth, but the soldiers have never built an airport, only a small number of soldiers have seen the airport of the little devil before, everyone is a little uncertain in the process of construction, and I don't know if the construction meets the requirements." In addition, we don't have much cement, and it is estimated that we can only build a cement runway. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yunfei said: "Commander Sun, you only need to level the ground, after leveling the ground, our planes will be able to take off and land, and at that time, our 36th Group Army will send technicians and experts to guide you." ”

"Really! That's great. Head Sun said in surprise.

Zhang Yunfei smiled slightly, and continued: "As for cement, this is indeed a problem, Head Sun, is there no cement around here?" ”

Commander Sun hesitated for a moment and said: "Chief, in the county seat in the distance, there are thousands of tons of cement, which the Kuomintang army used to prepare to use to build fortifications, but in the first half of this year, after the little devils invaded the county seat, these cements fell into the hands of the little devils, and the little devils also built some fortifications outside the county, but according to reliable information, these cements, the little devils only used a small half. ”

There is so much cement in the county, hearing this, Zhang Yunfei was happy in his heart, Zhang Yunfei had already prepared for the worst, if there was no way to get cement nearby, he could only use a plane to transport cement from his own base.

Since there is so much cement in the county, it is enough to take it over, if it is not enough, use a little more plane to transport it, it is estimated that it should be enough to build a small airport.

Zhang Yunfei's plan is that after the completion of Jinsha Town Airport, it can accommodate twenty or thirty aircraft, and two or three runways are enough, after all, it is only used as a transitional airport and a transit station for transporting supplies.

So, Zhang Yunfei said with a straight face: "Commander Sun, since there is cement in the county, it is great, we will knock down this county seat and take the cement over to build our airport." ”

Hearing this, Regiment Commander Sun was very surprised in his heart, and said a little uncertainly: "Chief, there is a little devil infantry wing and a regiment of puppet troops stationed in the county, although there are several regiments of our Eighth Route Army in the vast periphery and countryside of the county, but we all lack the weapons to attack the city, and it is difficult to defeat the county seat." ”

Zhang Yunfei laughed and said very arrogantly: "Head Sun, there are only more than 3,000 little devils, and I will destroy them in a few days." ”

Head Sun's mouth was wide open, and he didn't react in his head for a long time, just more than 3,000 little devils? That's more than 3,000 little devils, not more than 300 little devils......

(To be continued)