More than a dozen marching stoves were erected in the open space outside the granary, and the men and soldiers of the cooking squad were very busy, burning red and reflecting their faces red, the cooking soldiers wiped the sweat on their heads with their sleeves, lifted the lid of the heavy pot, and stirred the gurgling rice porridge in the pot with a big spoon.

The stirring made a burst of refreshing rice fragrance spread, and the refugees sitting on the ground looked directly at this side, many people at the scene swallowed their saliva, and some children who had just fallen asleep also woke up.

"After the porridge is boiled, wait ten minutes before serving, otherwise it will be too hot, and they may be burned if they eat it." Huang Zheng walked up to the cooking squad leader and said to him.

The cooking squad leader smiled: "Regiment leader, you can rest assured." I'll let people reduce the fire later, so that there is always a small fire underneath, so that the people in the back can also eat hot meals. ”

The first pot was boiled, and under the maintenance of the soldiers, these people lined up in a long line, and some of them had no utensils, so the officers and soldiers lent them their own utensils on the spot, and the crowd lined up according to the pot. The soldiers of the cooking squad wearing white aprons picked up large spoons and served meals to the people one by one.

"Sir, you saved the people from fire and water, please accept my worship!" It was still the old man just now, he picked up a bowl of porridge and walked up to Huang Zheng, wanting to treat him.

Huang Zheng hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Old man, it is my dereliction of duty to fail to sympathize with the people's feelings after recovering the lost land, and I dare not take it seriously!" ”

I heard that porridge and rice were put here in the granary, and the people from dozens of miles around rushed over overnight. It was not enough to boil hundreds of pots of rice porridge, and the people in the cooking class changed several waves, and kept boiling the porridge, and when they boiled to the back, some of the marching stoves were burned and cracked.

Huang Zheng felt that this was not a solution, and he had to quickly ask his superiors to set up a rescue station to distribute and distribute food according to the population of the recovered area.

When he was thinking about it, a jeep came speeding up, and after the deputy head Li Wenzheng jumped out of the car, he walked quickly to Huang Zheng's side and said, "Commander Zhao, I heard that you released military rations?" ”

Huang Zheng nodded, pointed to the people who were queuing not far away, and did not speak.

Li Wenzheng took off his hat, stroked Tieqing's scalp and said, "My regiment commander, I understand your feelings. But why don't you ask for advice...... It's too late to say anything now, go, follow me to the military headquarters and report. ”

Huang Zheng nodded: "That's right, I also want to ask my superiors for instructions, please ask for instructions on expanding the rescue efforts and scope." ”

After Huang Zheng reported the situation here to the military headquarters of the Airborne Army, the army commander Liao Xiangdong was extremely surprised when he heard it. Whatever the reason, it is a serious crime to distribute military rations without permission, not to mention that this batch of military rations is to be supplied to the front-line troops, and the Ministry of National Defense and the Logistics Headquarters have repeatedly stated that they must keep this batch of military rations.

A few days ago, when Huang Zheng captured Muzhen and found this batch of military rations, he also planned to ask for credit for Huang Zheng. But before the report was prepared and handed in, such a stubble happened.

Liao Xiangdong paced back and forth, he knew that Huang Zheng was not to blame for this incident, but what he did violate military discipline and state law. If it were someone else, it would be fine, but he knew Huang Zheng's true identity, should he ask his superiors for advice on this matter or not? And how should I reply to Huang Zheng at this time?

After thinking about it again, Liao Xiangdong decided not to reply to Huang Zheng first, but immediately picked up the red special line in front of him and dialed the direct call to his superiors.

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Liao Xiangdong is the commander of the first airborne army and the military commander of the strategy behind enemy lines, because these laurels are on his head, he can bypass the theater command and directly ask for a call to Huang Ke's office.

When he dialed the red phone in front of the case to Huang Ke's office, Huang Ke had just returned from Washington on a plane.

Not long ago, the heads of state of China, the United States, the Soviet Union, and Britain met in Washington to hold an important meeting on the current situation.

During this period, many parties reached an important consensus, decided to establish an international anti-fascist alliance, the United States promised to increase aid to the Soviet Union and China, and the world was designated as several theaters of war.

Among them, the Far East, Southeast Asia, and Burma and India are designated as the China Theater of Operations, with Huang Ke as the commander-in-chief of the theater and unified command of the troops under the theater. China, Britain, the United States, the Netherlands, and Australia began to draw up a joint war plan against Japan.

The so-called commander-in-chief of the Chinese theater of operations is a fictitious title, and Huang Ke doesn't care, after all, the British army will not obey his command. However, Huang Ke added a clause to the agreement of the theater commander regarding the allocation of materials in the theater, which is really useful.

During the meeting, Huang Ke also talked with President Roosevelt about Chennault's formation of the "China Aid Air Force." President Roosevelt said he was supportive, and said that in addition to civilian pilots, he would support 150 new P-51 aircraft.

Huang Ke expressed his gratitude to him.

Recently, Roosevelt and the US government have been much more generous to China, and they are no longer stingy in aid, and although the weapons and equipment provided are not as large as those provided to Britain and the Soviet Union, they have been much stronger than before.

This is naturally related to the domestic political situation in the United States and Huang Ying's public opinion propaganda, but the most important thing is that China's War of Resistance gives them hope.

Nanjing's counterattack made many Westerners see the tenacious side of the East nation, and at the same time, the Japanese army's successive victories in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Ocean also frightened the United States, so it was imperative to increase aid to China.

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At the end of their trip to the United States, Chennault and Huang Ke returned to China together, accompanied by more than a dozen pilots. There are more than 130 US pilots who came to China's aid, and most of them are retired members of the US Air Force.

The arrival of more than 100 pilots could not be said to have turned the tide of the war, but at least it had improved the current situation of the war.

The critical situation in Nanjing has begun to turn to a stable stage. Huang Ke also began to formulate a strategy for planning a counterattack, but according to China's current military strength and logistics support level, it is a bit unrealistic to completely drive the Japanese army out of China, but it is particularly important to regain lost ground one after another and form a confrontation stage with them.

He began to plan to drive the Japanese army out of Suzhou and capture Shanghai at the same time, at least to kill the puppet regime of Wang Jingwei and the puppet army led by Wang Maocai.

When the plane arrived in Kunming, Chennault and his entourage got off the plane first, and they had to stay in Kunming to wait for the arrival of other pilots and fighters for a three-month intensive training before going into battle.

Huang Ke made a transfer at Kunming Airport, and after a brief rest at the airport at noon, he took a direct flight to Nanjing.

On the plane, he did not rest, but used this time to listen to the important briefing given by the secretary Chen Liewen, and at the same time gave instructions on some important contents.

By the time these were finished, the plane had already entered the stratosphere, and the flight was very smooth, Huang Ke simply unbuckled his seat belt and covered himself with a blanket to rest for a while.

Not long after he fell asleep, the plane flew over Nanjing. Because of the possible fluctuations when the plane landed, the guard 14 boys fastened Huang Ke's seat belt.

While wearing his seatbelt, Huang Ke woke up. He looked at his watch and asked, "Have you arrived in Nanjing?" ”

Chen Liewen stepped forward and said, "Yes, chairman." It's already over Nanjing. ”

Huang Ke took a look, today's weather is good, and some pedestrians can be faintly seen on the streets on the ground, it seems that Xu Shaozhou's introduction is correct, and now there are very few Japanese air raids.

The plane descended smoothly, and after a while, the plane landed at Dajiaochang Airport. As soon as he got off the plane, Nanjing Mayor Xiao Shanling and people from the Executive Yuan and the Ministry of National Defense came to greet him.

At this time, the people from the Huang Office found the secretary Chen Liewen and said: "Liao Xiangdong, commander of the Airborne Forces, has an urgent report and is now waiting in front of the telephone. “

After hearing this, Chen Liewen asked, "Did Commander Liao say what happened?" ”

After coming over and whispering a few words, Chen Liewen's expression frowned: "Okay, I know, I'll report to the chairman." ”

As he spoke, Chen Liewen walked to Huang Ke's side, leaned into his ear and whispered a few words, Huang Ke's expression on his face did not change after hearing this, and he still chatted with everyone with a smile.

After walking for a while, he took the opportunity to say a few polite words to others, and then went to the airport communication room to transfer a call from the front line.

Liao Xiangdong had been waiting on the other end of the phone for more than ten minutes, and after hearing Huang Ke's voice, he took a deep breath and tried to calm his tone, and recounted the story of the matter.

Liao Xiangdong said that the time was very short, but when he reported, he was still concise, and he told the cause and effect of this incident.

Huang Ke was silent for a few seconds after hearing this, and after a few seconds he said: "Since such a situation existed in the enemy-occupied area before, it means that our work has not been done enough. In this way, you let the local army take out some food to help the local people, and you can't let them starve while the Japanese are there, and they will starve after we recover. As for Huang Zheng's problem, you can deal with it according to your disobedience order. Tell us about your opinion? ”

Liao Xiangdong had already thought that Huang Ke might ask him for his handling opinions, and he had already prepared a draft and said: "Although Huang Zheng will transfer military rations privately, the situation is urgent at that time, and there is no better way to do it. Therefore, I suggest that he be criticized and educated, and that he be rewarded for the capture of Muzhen. In view of the counteroffensive that will follow, I suggest that he remain in his current position as an example. ”

"Well, the specific handling is a matter for your Airborne Forces, and I won't ask too much about it. Okay, that's all for nothing. After speaking, Huang Ke hung up the phone.

After hanging up the phone, he sighed lightly, if this was not Huang Zheng's doing, I really don't know what kind of serious measures would be waiting for him.