After the military meeting, Ma Kai and Li Tie returned to the special forces camp. As soon as Li Tie entered the team headquarters, he turned into a lie on the bed, spread his body and complained in big characters: "The big war will be in full swing, but we have become bystanders. Defending the railway line and keeping the city safe sounds humiliating. We are a special forces, and we are going to fight the enemy with real guns, not to do these painless jobs. As the name suggests, special forces are to carry out special tasks, and striking the enemy's vital points is our forte. ”

Seeing Li Tiefa complaining, Ma Kai smiled: "We are on a special mission, is there any difference between defending the railway line and defending the safety of the city?" Li Tie stood up and said, "Actually, you are not happy in your heart, I can see it." Contemptible people are rectums, not like you have concentration. Anyway, this kind of task is too boring. "Your kid is a duck, so you have a hard mouth, why don't you know in front of Deputy Commander Kazakh, and swear." "Nonsense, do I dare to be presumptuous in front of the commander?" After Li Tie finished speaking, he lay down on all fours.

Ma Kai said: "Brother, I understand your feelings. Deputy Commander Kazakhstan asked you to sit in San Francisco and let me sit in Los Angeles, to put it bluntly, to deal with the enemy's attack and sabotage, and now we do not know the truth of the enemy's ghost plan, but it is not difficult to see that this must be a large-scale sabotage activity, and the enemy's purpose is to sabotage the logistics supply in our rear and contain our offensive. "Isn't the ghost plan just an enemy infiltration, the guard troops can deal with it completely, and it would be overkill for us to go out." Li Tie was dismissive.

Ma Kai smiled bitterly and continued: "Okay, it's okay to complain in front of me, but this kind of affection can't be passed on to subordinates." so as not to affect the completion of the task. "Look at what you said, soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty, and I understand at least their consciousness." Report! "Come in!" I saw Xiao Sheng, the captain of the 2nd division, striding into the meteor. "Are your detachments ready?" "It's all set. Go behind enemy lines at any time! "It's not going deep behind enemy lines, it's going to San Francisco to stand guard and set off immediately!" Li Tie obviously waved his hand and didn't go back after speaking, Xiao Sheng was stunned for a moment and hurriedly followed.

Ma Kai shook his head with a wry smile and focused his gaze on the map. He took out a red pencil and circled several major cities, meaning that they were the areas to be defended. Ma Kai then picked up the phone and informed several detachment leaders. Travel to other cities on missions. Ma Kai and Li Tie did not expect that in the future, their opponents would be a group of highly intelligent and vicious outlaws, and the invisible front would be much more difficult to deal with than the naked enemy.

Inside the headquarters of the 1st Corps in Kalit. Officers above the division level are seated. Commander Zhuang Lei returned to the headquarters and immediately convened a military meeting of generals and officers at and above the division level. Zhuang Lei stood in front of the military map and explained personally: "The Expeditionary Force Command has entrusted the most arduous task to our corps, which is a great trust in us, and at the same time a great pressure. The key to how to ensure the encirclement and annihilation of the US forces in Salt Lake City is whether we follow the requirements of the command. Cut off the retreat of the U.S. military. And within the allotted time. ”

"The expeditionary force command drew up an operational plan for encircling and annihilating the US forces in Salt Lake City in accordance with the unified deployment of the Department of Defense and was intended to speed up the process of capturing the United States. The key to whether or not we can fight this battle well is whether or not we can fulfill the requirements of the headquarters. According to the reconnaissance, Cedar City is defended by 30,000 US troops, which does not seem to be much, but Cedar City is located at the southern foot of the Crowe Mountains, and the terrain of the city is complex, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is a difficult bone to gnaw. ”

Zhuang Lei replied majestically: "The Expeditionary Force Headquarters requests." We must take Cedar City by 20 September, not too early or later. Prematurely alerting the enemy and revealing our intentions to encircle Salt Lake City. The postponement will inevitably affect the entire situation of the war, and if we cannot occupy the important places in the east of Salt Lake City as scheduled, the US troops will run away, and the entire campaign plan will be frustrated. The task of attacking Cedar City was entrusted to the 1st Army, Commander Hu! Is your army in trouble? "Please rest assured, commander, that we will resolutely complete the task!"

Zhuang Lei continued: "After taking Cedar City, your army must quickly launch a powerful offensive against Haite and cover the rapid northward advance of the main army. Your army must be disguised as the main force of the corps to ensure that the main force of our corps quietly advances northward. The 2nd Army was responsible for taking the Bihi, and the capture of the Bihi would cause the American troops to be alert, and the 19th and 21st armies quickly advanced to the intended target. The command demanded that the eastern point of Salt Lake City be taken by October 25 to ensure the encirclement of American forces in Salt Lake City. There are still 3 days left until the campaign starts, so let's go back and prepare! ”

Hu Biao, the commander of the 1st Army, walked to the door and was called by Zhuang Lei. "Commander, do you have any other orders?" Zhuang Lei said: "This time to capture Cedar City, there is no air force support, the air force wants to concentrate on supporting the operation in Salt Lake City, so you have to make a detailed battle plan and report it to the headquarters, understand?" "Understood, I will report the detailed battle plan to the headquarters in two days." Zhuang Lei continued: "After the attack begins, I will come to your headquarters in person, but I will not interfere with your command and operation. ”

A field airfield appeared on the west bank of the Great Salt Lake, which was urgently repaired by the engineering regiment of the headquarters in two months. The runway is dirt and it can be said that the airport is very rudimentary. From a distance, more than 100 fighters were lined up like aggressive roosters with their necks tilted up. At this moment, two reconnaissance planes took off into the air and flew towards Salt Lake City on the other side of the lake. Daily routine inspections are indispensable. Reconnaissance planes have spotted an airfield on the northern outskirts of Salt Lake City, but no enemy planes have been spotted.

Originally, they were going to bomb the enemy's airfield, but in order not to reveal the intention of the campaign, the Expeditionary Force Command asked the Air Marines not to launch an attack without authorization and to pay close attention to the movements of the US troops. At this time, Gao Xiang and Zhanfei, captains of the 1st and 2nd Air Brigades, stood on the side of the apron and watched the reconnaissance plane disappear into the depths of the lake and said: "The Great Salt Lake is vast, with a width of 50 kilometers from east to west, which is exactly the combat radius of our fighters, and this lake can really be described as a natural barrier. ”

Gao Xiang agreed: "The length of the Great Salt Lake is more than 100 kilometers from north to south, if we are transferred, I am afraid that our airport will not be able to appear here, maybe this is God's arrangement." "Brother Gao, the U.S. military has built an airfield in Salt Lake City, why don't you station fighter planes? The command judged that there was a possibility that the US military would have monoplane fighters, and it had always been my wish to compete with the Americans in the air, and I was looking forward to this day when I came to the United States. Zhanfei changed the subject. Gao Xiang analyzed: "Maybe the Americans are scared by us, and their fighters are ashamed to show up!" Then there was a roar in the sky.

When the two reconnaissance planes landed, one of the pilots came over and reported: "Report, the completion of the routine reconnaissance of Salt Lake City is as follows: The US military airfield is empty, and there are still no warplanes. A large-scale movement of U.S. troops was discovered in the southwest of Salt Lake City, and the report was completed. "Gao Xiang called the communications officer and asked him to report the investigation situation to the headquarters." It seems that the US military smells the smell of gunsmoke, and a few days ago I was reconnoitring in the southwest of Salt Lake City, and I saw that the US military trenches were crisscrossed and various forts were densely packed. ”

Gao Xiang sighed and said, "What you said is not wrong, the southwest of Salt Lake City is the focus of the US military's defense. There is Salt Lake City as a barrier in the west and northwest, and the US military can sit back and relax, but the southwest is the soft underbelly. However, the Americans did not expect that we were going to eat all the American troops in Salt Lake City, and a vicious war was inevitable. The target of our air strike is definitely southwest of Salt Lake City. After Gao Xiang finished speaking, he glanced at the sun and continued: "The sun is a pole high, and my stomach is a little growling." After lunch, the two of us went to the lake to catch a few fish, and had a good drink at night. ”

"Good idea, it's only 3 days before the start of the war, and I'm afraid I won't have time to spend time in the future." Zhanfei agreed. On the side of the tarmac fighters, the ground crew was busy and they had to check the fighters repeatedly. Guaranteed operational uptime. The afternoon sun is scorching, but it feels cool by the lake. Gao Xiang and Zhanfei tied the hook to the bait and threw it into the lake and began to chat again. "I heard that at the end of the year, two more army aviation teams came up, and our team is getting bigger and bigger, and the shape is gratifying." Zhanfei stuck the fishing rod in the gap between the prosthetic legs and opened the conversation.

Gao Xiang said: "The operational staff officer of the headquarters revealed that the combat radius of the fighter can reach 100 kilometers this time, which is really good news." "I heard that by the end of the year, 10 transport planes will come, and the range will reach 300 kilometers. A transport plane can carry 5 tons of cargo, and the size of the transport plane must be not small, and I really want to fly it myself. "Don't worry, it's going to make you happy." At this moment, the line suddenly stretched and the rod was dragged into the lake. Gao Xiang jumped into the lake with quick eyes and grabbed the fishing rod. "Haha, what a big fish, it's 10 pounds!" Gao Xiang shouted loudly in the lake.

In the evening, Gao Xiang and Zhan Fei were drinking happily when a motorcycle entered the airport. A subordinate shouted happily: The mainland has a letter, the mainland has a letter. The family letter is worth 10,000 dollars, and for the officers and soldiers of the expedition, the family letter makes their hearts flutter. Both of them received the letter and hurried to see the date. "Damn, the letter arrived in Los Angeles in May, and it took three months to reach us, what does the logistics department do to eat." "We have no fixed place to live, and it is difficult for them to live!"

"Haha, look at my son's chubby, it's so likeable!" Zhanfei looked at the family photo and focused on his son first. Gao Xiang held the photo and saw his wife smiling while holding her daughter, and a feeling of longing suddenly rose in his heart. My father seems to be aging, my mother seems to have more wrinkles on her face, and my younger siblings are growing taller. Gao Xiang hurriedly picked up the letter and began to read it intently. Zhanfei was still entertaining himself, and Gao Xiang didn't listen to a word of what he said.

The officers and men of the expeditionary force may have different thoughts when the great war is coming, but they all have the same desire, that is, they are eager for the coming of battle. Because they are soldiers of the empire, it is their sacred duty to fight on the battlefield of blood. (To be continued......)

PS: The big war is coming, and the mentality is different.