The situation of the war has become very clear, and through a steady stream of internal information, Huang Ke decided to start implementing his own counterattack plan.

A few days ago, when he was inspecting North China, he had a special plane fly around the northwest to visit the scientific research personnel of the 918 Project there. With sufficient capital investment and strong manpower and material resources, the progress of the 918 project has been accelerated a lot.

Professor Wu, the general director of the project, told Huang Ke, "The best element to cause nuclear fission is the isotope uranium-235, and now we have obtained this key material. However, it still takes time in the extraction process, and the abundance still does not meet the requirements we need, and we still need to continue experimenting. ”

"According to our existing materials and foundation, it should not be a problem to extract them within half a year and build a test bomb within a year."

After listening to Professor Wu's words, Huang Ke was naturally very happy. This is a little faster than I expected, and what these experts who have returned from overseas have built on the basis of being poor and white, which is enough to be included in the history of the development of world weapons research.

It's just that after these harmful weapons are made, I don't know if they will contribute to mankind or be a disaster?

For the time being, at least it is a contribution. Huang Ke knows that even if he doesn't focus on studying these, I'm afraid that the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain and other countries will also study it.

Huang Ke left in a hurry after only one day at the 918 Project Base in Northwest China, and this time his special plane brought some idle books in addition to the necessary daily necessities for the experts, mainly to enrich the spiritual life of the members of the engineering group.

Having a meal with everyone, giving a brief speech before the meal, and listening to a report on the situation, this is the whole process of this inspection. In order not to delay the normal work of the members of the engineering team, Huang Ke left in a hurry on a special plane on the same day.

This time, Cui Wu of the Northwest Theater personally ordered a squadron of fighters to rush to escort the escort, and at the same time, there was also a flight group at Lanzhou Airport to prepare for combat in case of emergency.

The last time he inspected the 918 Project, Huang Ke's special plane was attacked by Japanese planes, and although the danger was finally saved, the thrilling experience was vividly vivid.

It is still unknown who leaked the secret and deliberately caused the Japanese plane to come, or whether it was encountered by chance. However, this has sounded a wake-up call for Huang Ke, and safety issues must be taken seriously.

There are fighter escorts next to it, and the safety can be said to be worry-free. After a short stop at Lanzhou Airport, the special plane flew directly to Xi'an, stopped in Xi'an, and then flew directly to Nanjing.

On the plane, Huang Ke inspected the military combat deployment plan for the next year sent by the Military General Staff. After reading it, he set it aside.

Zhu Jiahua, a staff member on the side, stepped forward and asked, "Chairman, is there anything inappropriate?" ”

Zhu Jiahua is an official of the Central Secretariat in charge of national education. This man was resourceful and one of Huang Ke's trusted aides, and this time, Huang Ke stopped in Xi'an, knowing that he was also here, so he brought him with him.

Huang Ke leaned back, rubbed his temples and said, "These senior staff officers of the General Staff Department are too conservative. Their thinking is still limited to the territory occupied by the Japanese army, are we satisfied with just driving out the Japanese army? ”

Zhu Jiahua smiled and said: "The chairman of the committee doesn't need to be angry, the General Staff doesn't dare to be too rash now, after all, victory is not easy to come by." ”

Huang Ke didn't speak, he stood up and paced, "But the truth is, we do lack long-range delivery troops. The navy is almost non-existent, and we can be trapped through a ditch. At present, our field of vision is still limited to the Japanese-occupied areas. ”

Speaking of which, Huang Ke remembered the growing Airborne Forces, which may be the main force of the offensive in the near future, when Taiwan is recovered.

But the Airborne Forces have been trained for so many years, and they are only a few tens of thousands of troops, and such a force may be more than enough to fight a small-scale battle, but if you want to stand out in the event of a major counteroffensive, I am afraid that it is still a little stretched.

Zhu Jiahua saw what Huang Ke wanted to advance, he thought about it and stepped forward and said: "Trapped by the limitations of the navy, we can only rely on the US army to carry out an effective counteroffensive against the Japanese mainland. However, we can expand our influence in the surrounding area. ”

Zhu Jiahua stretched out his hand and counted on his fingers, "The Northeast Region Corps can go to the Korean Peninsula, not to mention the Southwest Region, and now the Expeditionary Force has attacked there." As for Indochina, Vietnam and other places, they can also be completely included in our offensive range in the future. The Pétain government in France had already turned to Germany, and was naturally an enemy. ”

Huang Ke nodded and smiled: "These are not enough. The post-war world pattern will definitely be redistributed, and Japan and Germany will naturally be suppressed, and it will be good if the country does not die. The influence of France and Britain in Europe was already declining, and the United States and the Soviet Union were undoubtedly the main ones after the war. But we must not lag behind, the more important the position in the war at this time, the more we can win the right to speak in the future. ”

Zhu Jiahua nodded, "The U.S. government has always had a supportive attitude towards us, and President Roosevelt has repeatedly mentioned that we will restore our status as a great power after the war. ”

"Roosevelt was a man of good sense and a man of long-term thinking. However, he is not alone in everything, and besides, our own international standing cannot be pinned on a foreign president. I remember that at the Paris Peace Conference, many people pinned their hopes on US President Wilson, but what was the outcome? Huang Ke waved his hand, "The international order needs to be rebuilt, and this is an important opportunity." So at this point, we're going to fight for it no matter what. ”

Zhu Jiahua lifted his glasses, "Minister Song Ziwen has always been based on reason in diplomacy. ”

"Diplomacy can't be used as the main battlefield, there must be something that can be used. If we clean up the more than 1 million Japanese troops in China, we will definitely have a share of it in the future. ”

Speaking of this, Huang Ke said to Zhu Jiahua: "Jiahua, you come to record, and I will dictate the response to the staff officers and the battle plans of the major theaters." ”

"Okay, Chairman, I'll take notes." Zhu Jiahua took out a pen from the inside pocket of his jacket, unscrewed it and began to take notes.

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On the plane that day, Huang Ke also expressed one of his own ideas, saying that he wanted to integrate the existing helicopter unit with the first airborne army and divide it into three independent airborne combat divisions and one helicopter low-altitude assault division to form a mobile air assault unit with about 60,000 people.

"It's a pity that the military commander hasn't thought of it yet. Liao Xiangdong, the original commander of the Airborne Army, was a little older, in his fifties, and his thinking about doing things was a little old-fashioned. Such a highly mobile army is also a new army, and their military commander must not be an outdated and pedantic person, but must find someone who has rich experience in actual combat and at the same time can have new ideas, and must not be too old, otherwise he will fall into pedantic. ”

When Huang Ke said these conditions, his staff member Zhu Jiahua naturally understood his thoughts, and he stepped forward to recommend: "In the whole army, there are not many officers I am familiar with, but I know that one person is very suitable. ”

"You mean Huang Zheng, right?" Huang Ke guessed his thoughts, he shook his head and said, "Huang Zheng is not suitable." ”

Zhu Jiahua disagreed, he said: "Huang is from the Airborne Forces, he was one of the first commanders of the Airborne Corps, he personally commanded and participated in many battles such as the Battle of Suzhou, and he was the commander of the helicopter assault regiment, so there is no need to elaborate too much on his military exploits." In the battle of Burma, he led his troops to capture Hebian Zhengsan alive, and he was already a household name. I heard that many folk storytellers have now called him a contemporary Zhao Zilong. As for his age, this is not a problem, Huo Qu led a large army to attack the Huns when he was twenty years old, and Zhou Yu was all in Eastern Wu when he was established, and he never asked whether he was a hero or a young man. Moreover, now that Huang Zheng is in his thirties, it is not a problem to command a group army. ”

Saying this, Huang Ke was really a little tempted. There is no doubt that the newly formed airborne troops will inevitably play an important role in the future counterattack, and it is natural that the generals of this unit will have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and if the conditions are suitable in all respects, he naturally hopes that this matter will be completed by his own son.

"Let's talk about it." Although Huang Ke said so, he already acquiesced in his heart.

Originally, Huang Ke had already made up his mind about this matter, but after coming back, he heard about Zhao Tinghui and Hu Liqun.

In his report to him, Chen Liewen mentioned Huang Zheng's efforts to rescue Hu Liqun. "Huang Zheng and Zhengzhong brothers and Zhu Jingxing, one is a comrade-in-arms and the other is a classmate, and they know the inside story between them, so they are naturally more concerned about this matter. But I didn't handle this well......"

After Chen Liewen blamed himself, he affirmed Huang Zheng's approach.

However, Huang Ke doesn't see it that way, in his opinion, although the actions of the Huang Zheng brothers in this matter have played a certain role, it is understandable. But he was still a little worried about Huang Zheng's way of handling things, which he could have handled without getting involved in it, but the two brothers were involved in it.

In this matter, he saw many valuable qualities in Huang Zheng, such as affection, integrity, etc., but as a politician, these are not necessary, and must have an overall strategic vision.

Huang Ke was thinking, with such a heavy burden on his shoulders, I am afraid that he will not be able to do it at the moment. However, the Airborne Forces are to be reorganized, because time is already short!