Episode 70 Accompany the Empress on a plane

In the middle of the tanks and tents, Rommel and a group of officers stood to greet Her Majesty the Empress.

In the distant rumbling gunfire, Zhu Yourong and the bigwigs of the team got out of the car and introduced Rommel to Xiaoqiang to Zhu Yourong. Zhu Yourong treated Major General Guderian as if he were a colonel, and treated Rommel, a colonel, equally, smiling kindly and greeting him in German. Rommel and Guderian reacted markedly differently. It can be seen that he cares about this honor very much, so he took Zhu Yourong's hand and bowed down and kissed it lightly.

Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled beside him, but he was muttering in his heart: This Rommel has always been in the vanguard of war, no matter where he fights, he always has to be with the front-line troops. Now that the Blues are on the offensive, why didn't Rommel personally direct the attack? Could it be that this guy is just trying to get the Empress's reception, right?

But Rommel looked at Zhu Yourong with a smile, and said slowly in simple Chinese very respectfully, saying that he should have personally led the troops on the front line of the attack at this time, but because the 1st Blue Division had been "fighting in the south and in the north" for a day, the failure rate of the vehicles had reached 30%, and the officers and men were exhausted. Therefore, the current offensive is dominated by the Blue Second Division. As commander-in-chief, he arranged for the repair and restoration of troops in the rear. Moreover, Colonel Hou Hekun, the commander of the Second Division, is also a very good military talent.

Xiang Xiaoqiang is relieved now. Rommel also knew that he would leave some opportunities for his subordinates to perform. I ate three divisions (actually four), and I was able to give the remaining two to Hou Hekun to eat.

Tanks, armored vehicles, and self-propelled guns were parked all around. Some of these were tied with red ribbons, which were counted as injuries during the exercise, and they had to be stopped here for pretending to be repaired, supervised by the exercise referee, and each one had to take a certain amount of man-hours to be repaired. However, judging from the current progress of the exercise, I am afraid that these "damaged" tanks and armored vehicles will not be able to return to the battlefield in time.

The other part of the tanks and armored vehicles is really broken. Yesterday was a whole day of sports warfare, especially the Blue 1st Division, which ran from east to west, and basically drove in the fields. With a failure rate of 30%, there has never been such a large-scale armored unit running all day before. Now in a drill, all the problems are exposed.

Xiang Xiaoqiang knew that judging from the marching standards of armored forces in the early days of World War II, a 30% failure rate was not high. And that's only one day, and it's not even more than the maximum distance of the tanks. If this kind of rapid offensive had lasted for a week, more problems would have been exposed. Like fuel logistics or something.

According to the reports sent back by the pilots over the battlefield, Rommel and several staff officers marked the general area of the battle on the map in front of the empress.

The nearest place is also 10 kilometers away.

"There are no highlands in that area that are convenient for observation," Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at the military map and muttered, "I'm afraid it's too late to go over now." Your Majesty, why don't we observe this battlefield in the rear, and then when we attack the Red Fifth Division, we will go to the battlefield in advance to make arrangements? ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone around nodded in agreement. In this way, it is both reasonable and provincial, and Zhu Yourong, a golden body, runs around and is in danger.

Zhu Yourong stared at the map with a pale face.

She suddenly looked up at the roaring planes overhead, looked around at the people in front of her, and finally stopped at Xiang Xiaoqiang's face.

"Well," she said with a pale face, but with a smile, "I want to fly over the battlefield...... What do you say? ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang was taken aback. Everyone was also shocked.

Zhu Yourong's face was too scary. In addition, he asked to fly with such a strange expression, which is really ......

Zhu Yourong smiled sadly, looked at Xiang Xiaoqiang, and said softly:

"Stand out."

Xiang Xiaoqiang was looked at by Zhu Yourong like this, and somehow he was sad in his heart. Zhu Yourong is not like an empress giving orders at the moment, but like a good friend, pleading with herself.

He suddenly thought in his heart: Zhu Yourong is so pitiful, just such a request, what reason is there not to meet her?

Xiang Xiaoqiang didn't care about how the officers next to him looked at him, turned his face and ordered in an unquestionable tone:

"Did you hear that? Go ahead and arrange it! ”

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Her Majesty, who has always been very well-behaved, suddenly made a fuss about taking a plane today.

Most of the people present were seeing the empress for the first time, and it was nothing, but Li Changgui and Xiang Xiaoqiang both felt a little abnormal. Especially looking at Zhu Yourong's appearance at that time, there were some guesses in my heart. But speculation is speculation, and no one can disobey Her Majesty's request. Besides, there is also Xiang Xiaoqiang, who is determined to meet all of Zhu Yourong's requirements.

The telegram was immediately sent to the military airfield in Liyang, fifteen kilometers to the west, to tow a suitable plane, carefully inspect it, fill it up, and make it a ride for Her Majesty the Empress. At the same time, the Empress motorcade increased the throttle and sped west along the Nanjing-Hangzhou Highway.

Liyang Airport was startled when they received the telegram, and hurriedly called back to say that because they were a short-runway airport, there were no large planes, only single-engine planes. It used to be a fighter airfield, but now because of the exercise, it is just an extra squadron of Osprey dive bombers.

Xiang Xiaoqiang, Zhu Yourong, and Wei Zijin were all in a command car. Watching Wei Zijin translate the telegram, Xiang Xiaoqiang frowned, and looked for it on the map.

As a result, the nearest airport with large aircraft, Changxing Airport in the southwest corner of Taihu Lake, is more than 40 kilometers away from here, and it is southwest, in the opposite direction.

Forty kilometers, it can be driven in less than an hour.

But when Xiang Xiaoqiang told Zhu Yourong, Zhu Yourong was very stubborn and very resolute. The reason is that if you turn southeast and drive for an hour, it will be too late. The most watchable battle may be over.

Therefore, she is going to the small airport in Liyang.

"Your Majesty," Xiang Xiaoqiang was a little anxious, "there are no big planes there!" ”

"If you don't have a big plane, make a small plane."

Zhu Yourong said.

Xiang Xiaoqiang and Wei Zijin glanced at each other, and then said:

"There are only two kinds of ospreys and kingfishers, needless to say, the kingfisher has a single seat, even the osprey, and there are only three seats, Your Majesty, how can you take such a small plane?"

"Why can't you sit in three seats," Zhu Yourong lowered his head, his face was pale, his eyes were a little red, and he said very resolutely, "One pilot sits, one sits me, there is still one ...... left."

Xiang Xiaoqiang and Wei Zijin looked at each other.

After a while, Wei Zijin asked tentatively:

"Your Majesty, the third seat...... Who should sit in? ”

Zhu Yourong glanced at her, then at Xiang Xiaoqiang, plucked up the courage to say:

"You don't dare to take this kind of small plane...... Okay, sit in the third seat. ”

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