Throughout the morning, the 36th Group Army dispatched 30 to 40 transport planes to drop about several hundred tons of ammunition by airdrop to the positions in Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, and Luoyang. 【】【】

A large number of troops who lacked ammunition were reinforced, and many officers and men, while receiving these ammunition, were grateful to the 36th Army.

With sufficient ammunition, a large number of troops attacking Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang, and other places have made a marked improvement compared with yesterday, and quite a number of troops have reversed the passive situation in one fell swoop and occupied the offensive advantage.

Chongqing.

At noon, Chairman Chiang received a report from the First Theater Commander's Department, and Chairman Chiang looked at the contents of the telegram with some disbelief: It is really unbelievable that the 36th Group Army actually replenished the troops by air and replenished a large amount of ammunition for everyone.

Looking at Chairman Jiang's puzzled expression, the high-level Kuomintang officials next to him, such as Ying Qin and Chen Cheng, were all a little strange, and thought to themselves, what's wrong with the commission? Could it be that the war in the first theater of war is not going well?

"Everyone, look at this telegram just sent by the First War Zone, what do you think?"

Chairman Jiang raised the telegram in his hand slightly and handed it to He Yingqin, who was closest to him, and after reading the telegram, He Yingqin frowned and handed it to the person next to him.

Within a few minutes, everyone read the telegram one after another, and everyone's expressions were different, some puzzled and some happy. Almost everyone has their own ideas.

"Chairman, I don't think the 36th Army has any good intentions. The 36th Group Army is buying the hearts and minds of the officers and men on the front line, and we must quickly put a stop to this kind of behavior of the 36th Group Army. ”

He Yingqin spoke first, his tone full of worry and indignation, and it was obvious that he had a very good opinion on this practice of the 36 th Group Army. 【】【】

Lao Jiang's heart was also full of worry at this time, afraid that the soldiers on the front line would be grateful to the 36th Group Army. However, Lao Jiang's heart is also quite contradictory.

Lao Chiang was well aware of the shortage of ammunition in the front-line troops, and very much hoped to get the ammunition that was in short supply. Today, it is a good thing that the troops on the front line have received so much ammunition at once. It's just that this method of the 36th Group Army made Lao Jiang not accept it, and he had a little opinion.

Seeing that Chairman Jiang was silent, Chen Cheng also began to speak, but Chen Cheng's view was completely different from that of He Yingqin, and Chen Cheng was optimistic and welcomed the support of the 36th Group Army.

"Personally, I believe that our concerns are unfounded, Mr. Chairman. I think it is a good thing that the 36th Group Army has supported us with a large amount of ammunition free of charge, and with these ammunition, our troops will be able to recover Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang, and other places more quickly. ……”

Before Chen Cheng's words were finished, Lao Jiang waved his hand impatiently. Interrupting Chen Cheng's speech, Lao Jiang said in a deep voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, our front-line troops are short of ammunition, and the 36th Group Army has just grasped our weakness, what good can you do?"

Bai Chongxi, who had not spoken, said slowly at this time: "Chairman." I have a solution. ”

Chairman Jiang nodded, looked at Bai Chongxi, and waited for the following.

Bai Chongxi continued: "Chairman of the National People's Congress, we can send people to Datong, and we will pay for the purchase of weapons and ammunition that we urgently need from the 36 th Group Army.

After Bai Chongxi finished speaking, many high-ranking Kuomintang leaders nodded, and everyone was more in favor of this plan.

Chairman Jiang also nodded, "I think this plan will work, so I will do it." []”

Chen Cheng and Zhang Yunfei had dealt with each other several times, and both sides were quite familiar with each other, but this time, Chairman Chiang entrusted Chen Cheng to lead a team to Datong by plane to purchase weapons and ammunition from the 36 th Group Army. …,

On the second day after more than 20 divisions of the Kuomintang army besieged Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang, and other places, after a day's rest, several columns of the 36th Group Army began to move south from Beiping, Tianjin, and other places, preparing to recover other cities in North China, such as Dezhou, Cangzhou, and other medium-sized cities.

In addition to the large number of little devils in Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang, and around Xuzhou, there are not many little devils in the rest of the small and medium-sized cities.

In these places, the little devils are generally the size of the squad and squadron, and only in medium-sized cities can there be brigades or wings of the little devils, and many small towns and cities have no little devils, just some puppet troops are stationed.

In these areas, the little devils' troops are so weak that wherever the 36th Group Army goes, the little devils either flee from the wind or are completely annihilated.

On that day, in just one day, the vanguard units of the 36 th Group Army's columns advanced more than 100 kilometers to the south, and the vanguard troops were generally mechanized infantry regiments, tank regiments, cavalry regiments, and even motorized infantry regiments and other highly mobile arms.

Not only did it advance the battle line to the south for hundreds of kilometers, but it also recovered more than a dozen small county towns, killed more than 2,000 little devils, and captured nearly 10,000 puppet soldiers.

On the part of the Eighth Route Army, only a few days after the recovery of Jinan, it mobilized a large number of troops, with Jinan as the center, to attack in all directions, and successively recovered many county towns and small towns near Jinan.

At this time, North China has entered a state of full-scale war, whether it is the 36th Group Army, the Eighth Route Army, or they have launched attacks on the little devils, and the 200,000 little devils in North China may not last long.

August 8, Datong.

Yesterday, the 36 th Group Army received a telegram from the Kuomintang in Chongqing, saying that this morning, Chen Cheng will lead a delegation to Datong to discuss the procurement of weapons and ammunition with the 36 th Group Army.

At Datong Airport, Zhang Yunfei personally came to greet him, and together with Zhang Yunfei, Comrade Deng Wenping, director of the General Political Department, Comrade Zuo Qingquan, chief of the General Staff, and Liu Dazhu, deputy commander-in-chief, remained at the headquarters and commanded the battles of the various columns.

This time, Zhang Yunfei personally went to the airport to greet Chen Cheng and his entourage, which was considered to have given Chen Cheng enough face, but Zhang Yunfei still saw the factor that Chen Cheng had come to Datong many times and had a good impression of Chen Cheng, otherwise, Zhang Yunfei would not have bothered to go to the airport to greet him in person if other senior Kuomintang officials came.

Chen Cheng's plane arrived at Datong Airport at about 11 o'clock, and as soon as Chen Cheng's plane left Chongqing, it sent a telegram to the 36th Group Army.

Zhang Yunfei looked at his watch, it was now less than ten minutes before eleven o'clock in the morning, Zhang Yunfei stood on the airport, looking at the long runway not far away, behind Zhang Yunfei was Comrade Deng Wenping and more than a dozen security personnel, in addition, the flight captain Gao Zhihang also stood sideways behind Zhang Yunfei.

"Did the plane we greet take off?"

Seeing Zhang Yunfei asking, Gao Zhihang hurriedly stood up and replied with a straight face: "Commander-in-chief, half an hour ago, one of our Mustang fighter squadrons had already taken off, and now, it should have joined Minister Chen's plane."

Minister Chen in Gao Zhihang's mouth is naturally Chen Cheng, the Minister of Defense of the Kuomintang, Chen Cheng's plane was discovered and locked by the radar station before it entered Shanxi, and the direction and flight path were very clear.

Hearing this, Zhang Yunfei nodded and said with a smile: "Comrades, this time the Kuomintang came to purchase weapons and ammunition, and we still can't be rude."

Zhang Yunfei's meaning is obvious: this time, the hospitality should be warm and thoughtful, at least on the surface, and the Kuomintang side cannot be allowed to make irresponsible remarks, and this time the Kuomintang side is here to purchase weapons and ammunition, which is equivalent to sending money to the 36th Group Army.

Even if you entertain Chen Cheng and his party warmly and politely, it won't cost much, which is nothing compared to this large amount of procurement funds. …,

In this procurement of weapons and ammunition, Zhang Yunfei had clearly informed the Kuomintang in advance that the transaction was all real money and silver, and there was no legal tender, and now the depreciation of legal tender was quite serious, and Zhang Yunfei only needed the ocean, silver or gold.

At present, although the area of the Kuomintang has shrunk greatly and all kinds of taxes have been greatly reduced, there is still a large amount of silver and gold in the major banks and treasury of the Kuomintang, and Zhang Yunfei is not worried at all that Lao Chiang will not be able to take out these things.

Zhang Yunfei was chatting with Deng Wenping, Gao Zhihang and others, while looking at his watch from time to time, the time passed quickly, and after seven or eight minutes, he could see the figure of the plane in the distance.

"The commander-in-chief's plane is here."

Gao Zhihang, the captain of the flight team, reminded Zhang Yunfei with a happy face.

Zhang Yunfei looked at the sky in the distance, and saw more than 20 Mustang fighters, clustering this small transport plane, flying towards this side, this small transport plane, several times larger than the Mustang fighter, the color is not the same, even if the distance is relatively far, Zhang Yunfei still sees the same.

This transport plane is Chen Cheng's landline, and there are not only Chen Cheng sitting on it, but also more than a dozen people accompanying Chen Cheng.

The group of planes got closer and closer, and the altitude became lower and lower, and after a while, Chen Cheng's plane landed and taxied on one runway under the guidance of the airport tower, and the rest of the Mustang fighters escorting the plane also landed on several other runways one by one.

Today's two more, the second one is sent, ask for collection,. (To be continued......)