Under the enthusiastic leadership of Zhang Zizhong, everyone entered the command room, and in the spacious reception hall of the headquarters, a sumptuous lunch had been set up, with fish and meat on the table, and two bottles of liquor, several service soldiers of the 59th Army were busy.

Seeing Zhang Zizhong come in with everyone, several orderly soldiers next to him hurriedly saluted and shouted respectfully: "Good military seat." Then he silently retreated.

Everyone sat down as the guest of honor, and there were not only Zhang Zizhong, Zhang Yunfei, Gao Zhihang, Liu Xing, but also the chief of staff and two division commanders of the 59th Army, and the rest of Zhang Yunfei's entourage had already been arranged.

Zhang Yunfei looked at Zhang Zizhong, who looked good, and thought about what he saw on the road, so he said to Zhang Zizhong: "Big brother, with all due respect, on the way here just now, I saw that the soldiers of our 59th Army were very shabby, their weapons and equipment and uniforms were very shabby, what is going on, although you are not a descendant of the Central Army, but you are also the main anti-Japanese army, it will not come to this point." ”

Zhang Zizhong listened to Zhang Yunfei's words, smiled bitterly and said: "Brother doesn't know, since the little devil captured Wuhan, several major arsenals in our country have disappeared, and our troops have also had a tight supply of weapons and ammunition. ”

Unexpectedly, Lao Chiang's words were not easy, and now all the channels of contact with the outside world have been cut off by the little devils, and the main forces of the Kuomintang are retreating in several southwestern provinces, relying on limited international aid to survive, and nearly one million Kuomintang troops scattered in the occupied areas have taken refuge in the deep mountains and old forests, and have started guerrilla attacks with the little devils.

Zhang Yunfei pondered for a moment, and then said arrogantly: "Big brother, your difficulties are my difficulties, and in the future, I will send you the supply of weapons and ammunition for your troops by plane every month." ”

"Brother, your weapons and ammunition are not very sufficient, you have more than 200,000 troops, and it is said that you have to bear some ammunition supplies for the Eighteenth Army, if the pressure is too great, forget it, I will think of a way to deal with our weapons and ammunition." Zhang Zizhong said a little worriedly.

Zhang Yunfei's heart was very happy, his eldest brother first thought of the 36th Group Army, and he didn't want to embarrass himself, Zhang Yunfei smiled slightly and said: "Big brother, don't worry about me, at present, the scale of the arsenal in our base area is already very large, and all kinds of guns and cannons can basically be produced, and then provide weapons and ammunition to your troops, there is no pressure at all." ”

Zhang Zizhong listened to Zhang Yunfei's words, his heart was wide, and he said with a little surprise: "Brother, I didn't expect the scale of your arsenal to be so large, then I won't be hypocritical, to be honest, the weapons and ammunition you gave us last time in Xuzhou were all used up a few months ago, and now the troops have begun to have a shortage of ammunition, and the little devils often harass and attack us, I am really worried that if this continues, our 59th Army will not be able to hold Yichang." ”

"Then it's decided, starting tomorrow, we will come by air, but your airport is too small, brother, your top priority is to build and expand the airport to facilitate the take-off and landing of aircraft."

"Okay, I'll send troops to expand the airport immediately, we happen to have a cement factory in Yichang, which can provide a large amount of cement." Zhang Zizhong immediately said happily.

Several division commanders next to him saw that Zhang Yunfei promised to airlift ammunition to the 59th Army from tomorrow, so they were so happy that their faces were filled with a thick smile, they found all kinds of excuses, and enthusiastically toasted Zhang Yunfei in turns.

The meal was eaten until two o'clock in the afternoon, and everyone was seven or eight points drunk, but Zhang Yunfei and Liu Xing were still very sober because of the cultivation of the exercises, although their faces were a little red.

Zhang Zizhong thought that Zhang Yunfei was also a little drunk, so he specially prepared a room for Zhang Yunfei to rest, and Zhang Yunfei, who returned to the room, immediately instructed Liu Xing to bring the radio carried by the special combat team members, send a report to Datong, and order the transport plane at Datong Airport to transport 1 million rounds of rifle ammunition from tomorrow, and to transport the only dozens of crooked machine guns and Type 92 heavy machine guns in the warehouse, and the Type 92 infantry guns and 60-mm slapper guns Zhang Yunfei were also ready to transport a little over.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Zizhong's hearty voice sounded outside the door: "Brother, I'll take you to see our troops in the afternoon." After an hour's rest, Zhang Zizhong is now in good spirits, and his face is very ruddy.

Go to the 59th Army to see, this is also Zhang Yunfei at noon, Zhang Yunfei wants to take a closer look at the troops of [***], although the 59th Army is not the descendant of Lao Jiang, but it is also a main force of resistance, participated in the Battle of Xuzhou, the Battle of Wuhan and the Battle of Suizao a few months ago on the frontal battlefield, and it is also a battle-hardened army.

Zhang Yunfei rode Zhang Zizhong's black car, and under the leadership of the commander of the 180th Division of the 59th Army, he went to visit the 612th Regiment of the 180th Division, which was more than ten kilometers east of Yichang.

The 612 regiment is a main regiment under the 59th Army, all of which are equipped with weapons, and most of the soldiers are veterans who have come out of the war.

When Zhang Yunfei and his entourage came to the 612 regiment station, the commander of the 612 regiment with more than a dozen officers lined up in a neat line was already greeting, when Zhang Zizhong and Zhang Yunfei got out of the car, the commander of the 612 regiment who greeted him shouted loudly: "Salute!" ”

With a brush, the officers and soldiers of the 612 Regiment who participated in the greeting saluted together, and looked at Zhang Yunfei with blazing eyes, their eyes full of eagerness and admiration.

Not long ago, I received a notice that my military seat would personally lead Commander-in-Chief Zhang of the 36th Group Army to inspect the troops in the afternoon, and everyone in the entire 612 Regiment, from the commander of the 612 Regiment to an ordinary soldier, was in a very excited mood. The name of Commander-in-Chief Zhang of the 36th Group Army is simply like thunder, as a soldier, no one does not know Zhang Yunfei, many of Zhang Yunfei's deeds, everyone usually talks about them, today, Zhang Yunfei is coming to his own 612 regiment, everyone's mood can be imagined.

Seeing everyone's eager eyes, Zhang Yunfei also smiled faintly and gave everyone a military salute back. Today's Zhang Yunfei is wearing a brand-new military uniform, which looks very powerful and decent, giving people the feeling that they have never dared to look directly.

Zhang Zizhong saw that the officers and soldiers of the 612 Regiment performed well, and he was also very happy psychologically, and nodded slightly.

The commander of the 612th Regiment snapped, stepped forward, then stood upright, and said loudly: "Report to the military seat, all the officers and soldiers of the 612th Regiment are undergoing regular subject training, please give instructions to the military seat." ”

"Keep training."

Zhang Zizhong first took Zhang Yunfei to several barracks and regimental commanders to take a look, what Zhang Yunfei saw was that the conditions of the 612 regiment may be better than those of the Eighth Road, but it is certainly not as good as Lao Jiang's descendant Central Army, and compared with his own 36th group, it is even worse, and Zhang Yunfei's idea of helping his eldest brother is even stronger.

More than an hour later, everyone came to the training ground, the training ground was shouting all day, the officers and soldiers of the 612 regiment were in full swing training, seeing that the spirit of the 612 regiment was good, Zhang Yunfei was also happy for Zhang Zizhong, nodded secretly, and a smile appeared on his face.

It didn't take long for everyone to come to the shooting range, and there was about a company on the shooting range that was conducting target shooting training, and it was not very correct to say that it was target shooting training, because the soldiers who trained were basically only aiming but not shooting.

Seeing this scene, the commander of the 180th Division smiled awkwardly and explained: "Commander-in-Chief Zhang, let me make you laugh, due to the shortage of ammunition, our shooting training stipulates the amount of ammunition per person per month, and each soldier only has 5 rounds of live ammunition per month. ”

Zhang Yunfei smiled understandingly: "It's much better than we were at the beginning, at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, when I was still a battalion commander in the Eighteenth Group Army, every time I captured a bullet, I hid it like a treasure, and I was reluctant to use it for shooting training. ”

After Zhang Yunfei finished speaking, everyone laughed together, and the atmosphere was very good.

At this time, the commander of the 180th Division said with a little expectation: "Commander-in-Chief Zhang, I heard that your marksmanship is very good, how about showing us a hand now?" ”

When Zhang Yunfei was a little hesitant, Zhang Zizhong next to him also said: "Brother, I, as a brother, haven't seen your marksmanship yet, show your hand today, let everyone open their eyes and see what is called amazing marksmanship." ”

When Zhang Yunfei saw Zhang Zizhong say this, it was not easy to shirk it, so he took a 38-type rifle from a soldier next to him, carefully proofread it, and looked at the magazine, there were exactly five bullets in the magazine, so Zhang Yunfei shouted: "Liu Xing!" ”

Liu Xing, the special operations captain who had been accompanying Zhang Yunfei all the time, saw Zhang Yunfei calling himself, and immediately understood, took out a black strip of cloth from his pocket, and skillfully blindfolded Zhang Yunfei.

The officers and soldiers of the 59th Army next to him saw Zhang Yunfei blindfolding, and they were secretly frightened in their hearts, and thought in their hearts, could it be that Commander-in-Chief Zhang wanted to fight blindly, it was impossible, but the target was at a position 100 meters away.

In everyone's speculation, Zhang Yunfei picked up the Type 38 rifle in his hand, aimed at the target in the distance, and shot, everyone thought that Zhang Yunfei would stop for a while, think about the approximate location of the target in his impression, and then shoot slowly.

But Zhang Yunfei shot very quickly, only to see the muzzle of the gun move rapidly, and pull the bolt, "bang, bang" five shots in a row, with five gunshots, like a thunderstorm, shocked everyone for a long time.

(To be continued)