After hanging up Huang Ke's phone, Lin Zuo, deputy commander-in-chief of the Northeast Theater of Operations, shook the tweed military uniform on the hanger next to him, picked up the tweed hat of the wild goose, and flicked the dust that did not exist on it, and then he put the military hat on his table in an orderly manner, picked up a pot of freshly soaked West Lake Longjing next to him, took a sip and said, "Has the Fifth Army been assembled?" ”

The Fifth Group Army is Lin Zuoda's old team and the main force of the combat troops in the Northeast Theater. After the Northern Expedition, the Fifth Army fought from northwest Xinjiang to Baishan and Heishui, and made great achievements.

In the situation in the northeast, if it weren't for this tiger and wolf division, let alone Jinzhou, I'm afraid that the Kwantung Army would have knocked down Beiping City long ago.

After China and Japan entered a period of confrontation in the northeast, the Fifth Army was stationed on the front line of Jinzhou, which can be said to have not experienced a war for many years. In addition to the decrease in large-scale battles between Japan and Japan in the general environment, another important reason for this is that the Northeast Theater was taken over by Zhang Xueliang.

The more than 100,000 troops under Zhang Xueliang were the old team of the original Northeast Army, and after the reorganization in Mongolia, the combat effectiveness was greatly improved compared with before. Zhang Shaoshuai is also ambitious and wants to recover the lost territory in the Northeast.

There were more than 100,000 troops in front, and Jinzhou's defense line naturally became the rear. The Fifth Army Group also had some free time.

However, Lin Zuo didn't allow his tiger and wolf division to sleep like a sheep like this, and he wanted to start his own rectification plan.

After the victory of the Battle of Nanjing, the pressure on Nanjing's defensive line was reduced, and the rationing of weapons in the rear naturally did not give priority to Nanjing's combat troops.

At this time, Lin Zuoda repeatedly called Huang Ke and the ministers of the Ministry of National Defense to complain, saying, "The equipment of the Fifth Group Army is all a few years ago, the tanks are all old-fashioned, and the artillery is also old-fashioned. ”

Huang Ke knew that his words were exaggerated a lot, but they could be regarded as having a certain truth, so he asked Lin Zuoda what equipment he wanted?

Lin Zuoda confided in his heart at this time, "Last time I visited the rocket artillery unit of the First Group Army, can you also get one for our Fifth Army?" ”

"Well, how much do you want?" At that time, Huang Ke really wanted to spread the rocket artillery unit throughout the army.

"Not much, my 100,000 troops will be equipped with a rocket artillery division first, and if the pilot is completed, it will be promoted later." Lin Zuo's big lion opened his mouth.

"It's not much, look at how many units in the whole army are equipped with rocket artillery divisions? Even the First Army was equipped with less than one integrated division at best. ”

Although he said so, Huang Ke finally agreed, after all, the Fifth Army held the northeast, and they had a heavy task in the next few years, and in the later stage of the Anti-Japanese War, whether it was to survey the Korean Peninsula or to deter the Soviets, they needed a new force here.

Huang Ke approved, and rocket artillery began to be prioritized for the Fifth Army. Together with other additional weapons, the Fifth Army spent more than a year updating its equipment.

After the new rectification, the Fifth Group Army can be described as strong and strong, the troops from the commander to the soldiers have eliminated illiteracy, a water of steel helmets and cotton coats, and a rocket artillery division in terms of strength, both hardware and software have been greatly improved compared with before.

However, no matter how sharp the knife is, it will rust when hidden in the scabbard all day long, not to mention that Lin Zuoda is also a master who believes in "fame and fame can only be taken immediately", so the situation is naturally not willing to be lonely.

"Report, the 22nd and 24th Motorized Infantry Divisions of the Fifth Army and the 31st Armored Regiment of the 72nd Rocket Artillery Regiment have been assembled and are ready to be drawn at any time!" The staff officer on duty wearing glasses walked in to Lin Zuo Avenue.

General Lin Zuo put his hat on his head in a proper manner and said, "Then inform the air force units to get ready, and I will go to the front line to command." ”

The staff officer on duty picked up the telephone and directly conveyed the operational order of the previous commander, and tens of thousands of tigers and wolves marched out of Jinzhou and rushed straight to the periphery of Shenyang.

By the time Lin Zuo traveled north from Jinzhou, Huang Ke had already arrived in this vast desert in northwest China. This is where Project 918 is located, one of the most confidential research sites in China at this time.

There are no place names, no correspondence, and even the code names of places have to be changed frequently. The environment here is as mysterious as the business carried out here, the day is as hot as summer, and the night is as cold as ice, and when the wind rises, the wind and sand are wrapped in a piercing wind that seems to blow the whole world apart, and the face of a person with the best skin will be rough like the bark of an old tree if he stays here for a while.

Fortunately, an airport has been built here, and a lot of materials can be continuously guaranteed through the Y-3 transport plane, which is of course, this is also the result of Huang Ke's personal supervision and concern. You must know that the cost of a plane transportation trip is not cheap, and every time the transport plane formation that takes off from Lanzhou Airport lands here, it is a lot of silver spilled out.

But Huang Ke believes that all this investment is worth it now.

Huang Ke's special plane, escorted by six fighters, flew from Xi'an to Lanzhou. After a brief rest in Lanzhou, we flew directly to the site of the 918 project.

At this time, the weather was just right, cloudless, and the main pilot Liu Yun and the co-pilot Huang Ke next to him were steadily controlling the plane. Some days I haven't flown a plane, Huang Ke has some itchy hands, and today I saw that the weather was good, so I simply drove it.

"Commander, we will arrive at the destination in front, we will land first, and the escort plane will land again." Liu Yun said to Huang Ke.

"Okay, I'll let you control it all." Huang Ke is not reckless in landing, after all, he is a two-knife technique when he flies a plane by himself.

After being piloted by Liu Yun, the plane began to fly smoothly towards its destination. At this moment, the escorting fighters raised a combat alarm.

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It has been two days since Zhang Qifu and his entourage arrived in Lashio, and their trip was postponed because the Tonggu airport was frantically attacked by the Japanese army, and now they can no longer take off and land planes there, so their trip has been postponed indefinitely.

Zhang Qifu, who was sitting in the base camp of Lashio, was anxious, I don't know when this battle will continue, who can guarantee that the expeditionary force will be able to hold the airport?

Thinking of the task he was given before leaving, Zhang Qifu's heart was frizzy.

Among the dozen or so people in his group, they were assigned to different areas, among which Zhang Qifu and four others were assigned to Tonggu. His task was to develop anti-Japanese forces with Cuba and to liaise with the Burmese Independence Army as much as possible.

Seeing that the battle on the Tonggu front line is in full swing, but they can't go because of the problem at the airport, isn't this a rush to death?

If Tonggu is lost, it will be even more difficult to infiltrate Tonggu and get in touch with the Burmese Independence Army.

"I suggest we rush to Tonggu by land, what do you think?" Zhang Qifu stood up and asked everyone's opinions.

Everyone fell asleep comfortably in their hammocks, and they all woke up when he said this.

"It's too time-consuming to travel by land, so I think it's better to wait for the airport to be repaired." Luo Xingdao lying in a hammock.

"That is, although Lashio is not far from Tonggu, after the road is destroyed and blocked, the journey becomes much more difficult. Besides, we don't have a car either, so why don't we go to the expeditionary force headquarters and ask for a car? Zhang Fulin next to him also said with some disapproval.

"Pray, let's wait a few days." Luo Xing stood up and said.

"Wait, I'll go to the headquarters of the expeditionary force and ask, if they don't want to send a car to take us, I'll go there myself." As he spoke, Zhang Qifu got up and walked out, and when the other three got up, they only heard him sound a rush of footsteps in the bamboo building.

The attack on the airport by the Japanese army mentioned by Zhang Qifu really brought a lot of trouble to the expeditionary force. A few days ago, as the Burmese Independence Army spies were making trouble in Tonggu, a group of Japanese troops bypassed our defense line from Pato and began to raid the airport in Tonggu.

They knew that the 1st Division stationed in Tonggu relied on this airfield for supplies, and once this airfield was captured, it would not only be equivalent to cutting off part of the 1st Division's supplies, but also provide an airfield for the Japanese army to advance.

Because of such a great temptation, more than 1,000 Japanese troops, led by Burmese locals, bypassed the defense line and raided the Tonggu airfield from a small road in the middle of the night.

The defenders of the airport were originally stationed in an infantry battalion, but they were caught off guard by such an attack by the superior forces of the Japanese army, and in the middle of the night, more than half of the casualties were lost, and the airport fell into the hands of the Japanese army.

After hearing the news, Division Commander Dai scolded a lieutenant colonel in charge of the defense, and then issued an order to recapture the airport at all costs.

Originally, as a unit directly under the division headquarters, they rarely participated in such attacks, but at the moment there were really no troops to adjust, so they had no choice but to mobilize the special service battalion.

After the special battalion was assembled, the battalion commander walked over with a cold face. There were nearly 1,000 Japanese troops at the airfield, and although they were not equipped with heavy weapons, it was still difficult to attack by relying on the airfield for defense. What's more, they also have to throw a rat bogey, after all, if the airport is smashed, rebuilding it is also a tricky problem.

After thinking about it for a while, the battalion commander decided to launch an attack by means of a surprise attack at night, and after the surprise attack was successful, he would cooperate with the main force to launch a large-scale counteroffensive, and it was estimated that the airport would be recaptured in one night.

The strength of the surprise attack is not excessive, a company of 100 people is enough, just open a gap. It's just that this time it must be the Longtan Tiger's Den, and the casualty rate must be indispensable, so naturally there is only the organization of death squads.

"Everyone must know that the airport was lost yesterday, and I don't need to say much about the importance of the airport. Our strength is inferior to that of the Japanese army, and only by launching a surprise attack can we have a chance of victory. Now I want to organize a group of death squads to break through the Japanese defense line, open the gap, and stand up for Lao Tzu if you are willing to go! ”