After eating and drinking, the officers and men immediately rested, a big war is coming, everyone knows that a big war is coming, and conserving sufficient physical strength will increase the chances of surviving on the battlefield.

Because of the improvement of mechanization, the officers and men no longer have to roll and sleep in the snow, they can go back to the truck bed to snuggle up to each other to keep warm, and sleep soundly.

Lei Hengfei did not feel the slightest sleepiness, he sat in the jeep and observed the information just detected by the faint light, and repeatedly asked about the air support that Jinzhou could give.

After a while, Zheng Yongguo, chief of staff, came over and said that when asked what kind of support air support could give on the battlefield, the Jinzhou Northeast Theater had called back, saying that the air force unit and the Soviet air force for aiding China were already on standby at Jinzhou Airport, but because of the heavy snowfall, they were not sure whether they would be able to provide air support tomorrow.

Lei Hengfei nodded, looked at the dark sky through the car window, and then moved his eyes to the reconnaissance information in front of him.

"Heavy snow will affect the advancement of mechanized troops, but fortunately, the weather in the northeast is cold, and it will not thaw in a short time, otherwise it will be difficult to withdraw after the fight!" Zheng Yongguo pulled the door of the car and sat in, and took a sip of water as he spoke.

Lei Hengfei smiled and said, "This heavy snow has cut our air support, and the Japanese air support cannot be carried out." It's like playing cards and removing the big cards from both sides. ”

Zheng Yongguo also smiled, Lei Hengfei's words were a bit self-deceptive, because in the Northeast Theater of Operations, China's air force has always been on par with the Japanese air force, and sometimes even occupies some numerical advantages, during this time, the Soviet Union supported a lot of fighters and pilots, from the deduction point of view, the air force has already occupied the advantage, if you can get the support of the air force during the surprise attack, the effect will definitely be expanded.

Now God has taken this card from both sides, and from the point of view of estimation, it is somewhat unfavorable for the operation of the Chinese army. But there is no way to do it, this heavy snow is not something that people can control?

"Let's not talk about the plane, come, call the other staff officers over, let's see how to attack next?" After Lei Hengfei finished speaking, the guards called the deputy brigade commander, the commanders of each regiment and other staff officers, and everyone gathered around the group to express their opinions on the map.

The night was destined to be sleepless for him.

In Nanjing, thousands of miles away, Huang Ke, chairman of the Central Military Commission and minister of national defense, also stayed up all night, and he was not only concerned about the war situation in the northeast and north China, but also about the situation on the battlefield in Songhu at present.

To be precise, the name of this battlefield can no longer be called Songhu, because Wusongkou and Shanghai have been captured by the Japanese army, and the center of gravity of the battlefield has moved westward to the area of Suzhou. The vanguard of the Japanese army, the arrogant 6th Division of the Japanese army, has arrived in the area of Changshu, and the distance from the capital Nanjing can be said to be close at hand.

Huang Ke had anticipated this situation in advance, but what he did not expect was that now logistics could no longer keep up with the needs of the war.

Yesterday afternoon, the Ministry of Munitions Logistics and the Ministry of Industry reported that the Mawei Aircraft Factory and other industries had already affected the production of fighter planes because of their westward relocation, and that the Hanyang Military Factory area in Wuhan had also suffered some losses from the Japanese army's air raids during this period.

Huang Ke knows that once the gap appears, if it is not filled in time, then the gap will become bigger and bigger, and once the gap is large to a certain extent, the tragedy of the difficult war of resistance of the Chinese people in history will be repeated.

On the one hand, the military commanders of the front-line troops opened their mouths to ask him for guns, artillery and food every day, and on the other hand, the people in the quartermaster department told him that this would also reduce production and that would also reduce production, and that the requirements of the military department could not be fulfilled at all, and the two contradictions were intertwined, which made people have a headache.

"Haven't you slept yet?" The door was pushed open, and it was Mrs. Zhao Xiaowan, who walked in with a bowl of ginseng soup and gently placed it in front of Huang Ke's case.

Huang Ke glanced up at Zhao Xiaowan, took her hand and smiled helplessly.

Zhao Xiaowan knew that Huang Ke was bored because of military affairs, and she couldn't help herself, so she had to go out after a few words of comfort. When she first walked to the door, she saw Huang Zhengzheng standing at the door waiting, and Zhao Xiaowan asked, "Zheng'er, is your father looking for you?" ”

Huang Zheng shook his head and said: "Mother, I don't want to stay here in Nanjing anymore, it's really boring to spend all day drinking with those sons and buddies, I want to talk to my father about going to the old army." ”

Zhao Xiaowan naturally didn't want him to go to the front-line army again, although he didn't give birth to him, but this child was brought up by him, so in front of his own son, the last time he was injured and he met Kong Lingkan's son-in-law, it was enough to worry people, and now he wants to go to the battlefield, can he rest assured?

But she naturally couldn't tell him so directly, Zhao Xiaowan shook her head and said in a low voice: "Your father has been very busy during this time, and you know the things on the front line, so don't bother him during this time, okay?" ”

Huang Zheng pursed his lips after hearing this, and nodded vigorously.

When the two were about to leave, Fourteen Tsai came upstairs with a freshly copied telegraph.

"Madame and Son? Still not resting so late? Without waiting for a few words of greeting, he heard Huang Ke shouting in the room: "Is it fourteen?" The telegram is back, come in. ”

Fourteen smiled with the two of them, and went in with the newspaper.

The telegram was sent from the embassy in the United States, and it happened to be daytime, so Huang Ke was still waiting.

"Commander, Mr. Hu Shih sent a telegram saying that President Roosevelt has agreed to your visit to the United States, but President Roosevelt's application for leasing China's military supplies has not been approved by Congress, and his Congress has not approved the freezing of exports of important military materials such as crude oil to Japan."

As he spoke, Fourteen Tsai handed over the translated telegram, Huang Ke took it and looked at it under the lamp, and after reading it, he said with some anger: "The Americans are lifting a stone to shoot themselves in the foot!" ”

Fourteen Tsai stood there and did not dare to speak.

Huang Ke paced back and forth, took a few puffs of cigarette, and then pressed the cigarette out into the ashtray.

"Prepare for President Roosevelt's invitation to visit the United States."

Huang Ke said to Fourteen Tsai, "You don't have to be busy with the arrangement of the visit to the United States, leave it to Chen Liewen to handle." I heard him stay outside for a long time, and you called him in. ”

"Yes! Then I went out without any other command. Fourteen pushed the door out and called Huang Zheng. Huang Zheng was a little surprised that his father called him, because he knew that his father rarely took the initiative to talk to him. He said thank you to Fourteen Tsai and turned to go upstairs to the study.

"Father, are you looking for me?" Huang Zheng walked in and said politely.

Huang Ke nodded, he pointed to the chair opposite him and said, "Sit there." ”

Huang was sitting on the chair opposite, Huang Ke lowered his head and read the documents, neither of them spoke. After a while, Huang Ke wanted to pick up the teacup in front of him to drink, but found that there was no water in it, and when he was about to shout, Huang Zheng picked up the teacup and went out to add water to him.

After another ten minutes, Huang Zheng was still sitting there precariously, and Huang Ke was still bowing his head and reading the documents, Huang Zheng wanted to say something several times, but the words came to his mouth and swallowed back.

After waiting like this for more than forty minutes, Huang Ke finally put down the documents in his hand after reviewing them, he didn't say anything to Huang Zheng, just pointed to the bowl of ginseng soup brought by Zhao Xiaowan and said, "You go to the kitchen to heat up the soup and bring another bowl." ”

"Hmm!" Huang Zheng stood up and picked up the bowl of ginseng soup that was already cold and was about to go out, Huang Ke added: "Don't call Mother Sun and the cook, you can heat it up yourself, they should all go to sleep." ”

"Hmm!" Huang Zheng walked out with ginseng soup.

More than ten minutes later, Huang Zheng walked in with ginseng soup, and he also brought another bowl according to Huang Ke's instructions. Huang Ke took the ginseng soup in his bowl and gave him half of it, and motioned for him to drink it too.

Huang Zheng drank the ginseng soup, and Huang Ke also drank it, but there was still no one in the room talking, only the sound of the two of them sucking when they drank the soup. Huang Zheng drank quickly, and after a while, a bowl of hot ginseng soup was drunk, but he drank a lot of sweat.

"Waiting for a hurry?" Huang Ke asked while tasting the ginseng soup.

"Hmm!" Huang Zheng didn't deny it, he was indeed a little anxious.

Huang Ke put the ginseng soup on the table and said, "This is your biggest shortcoming, you can't hold your breath!" ”

"......" Huang Zheng did not refute, he is indeed flamboyant and difficult to calm down to do one thing, although many people have mentioned it to him before, but it is the first time that his father has told him about his shortcomings like this.

"Any battlefield is a mentality, and one of the secrets of a winner's victory is to be able to calm down. If you still have the same temper as you do now, you can only be a small company commander after the sky. Huang Ke said lightly.

"I ......" Huang Zheng still didn't speak, he didn't know what to say, was he in a hurry to make a statement or deny it? It seemed that neither was good, but he really didn't want to be said like this by his father, and his heart began to suffer.

"Well, go and investigate the matter. Remember! This is a secret investigation of you, and you can't say anything to anyone, so you go to Batu and he will assist you. When doing this, you must be calm, don't act hastily, if there is any problem, tell Batu, if he can't solve it, tell Fourteen Tsai, and your Fourteen Uncle will report to me appropriately. After Huang Ke finished speaking, he pointed to a document on the table, and when Huang Zheng took it and was about to open it, Huang Ke shook his head and said, "I'll open it when I get to Kunming." ”

Huang Zheng nodded.

At the end, Huang Ke said again: "Your sister Ying'er and younger brother Zhong'er have called, and they are very worried when they hear that you are injured. Your sister has sent you a lot of medicines, and your brother has sent you some gifts. I'll have them all on the doorman's side, and you can get it later. ”

Huang Zheng was very happy to hear the news of his younger brother and sister, and he asked with a smile, "Father, how are they now?" It's been a long time since I've been in touch with them, and I miss them! ”

Huang Ke smiled and said, "Zhong'er will return to China soon, and the British side is not very peaceful." Okay, you need to ask about these, it is estimated that you will go to Kunming when Zhong'er returns. Okay, it's okay, you go back and rest. ”

Huang Zheng nodded: "Then I'll go first, father, you also rest early." ”

After Huang Zheng finished speaking, he turned around and left, Huang Ke looked at his back and sighed: "When will you grow up?" ”