At about two o'clock in the morning of 12 June, when the night was thick and there were only stars in the sky, a special plane escorted by four fighters took off from the field airfield of the Rangoon Naval Air Base and rushed into the deep night sky.

In the cabin, Tang Qiuli frowned, looking preoccupied and anxious, Shan Hu and Zhao Yuhe sat on the seats behind him, the two looked at each other a few times, both of them looked helpless, the division commander in this state, no one could persuade him.

At this time, a special guard came over, "Report to the division commander, the commander of the aviation music wants to talk to you!" ”

Tang Qiuli got up and came to the front cabin, picked up the intercom, "Le Yiqin, what's the matter?" Say! ”

On the other end of the phone, Le Yiqin grinned, and secretly thought to himself: "The teacher's mood is not ordinarily bad, I can't say more, the boss is on fire, if you don't get it right, you will be unlucky!" ”

He said succinctly: "Division commander, I have received a report from the commander of the escort aircraft group that they have already joined the transport plane and are on their way to Guangzhou; in addition, the radar station of the Yulin base on Hainan Island reported that from the direction of Taiwan, the Japanese air force took off a group of fighters, judging by the route and course, it should have intercepted the transport plane of the special operations group!" ”

Tang Qiuli said coldly: "Le Yiqin, that's your business, you don't need to report me, I can only sue you, if Chutian's transport plane is delayed for a minute because of the interception of Japanese fighters, you will wait to go to the division headquarters to accept the punishment, and remind you, in what name to block the formation of Japanese fighters, you have to use your brains well." I don't want the Japanese to know that Chutian they just withdrew from Luzon, understand? ”

Le Yiqin hurriedly replied: "Master, understand, don't worry!" I'll deploy interception right away! ”

Putting down the phone, Le Yiqin found that he was already sweating, he thought for a while, and said to the operational staff officer: "Convey my orders, Yulin base on Hainan Island, Nanning Field Airport." If there is a fighter plane of the little devil and runs to the escort target route, the four captains will be dismissed on the spot and sent to the warehouse of the logistics department of the Yulin base, show me the gate! ”

The hostile situation reported by Le Yiqin was not in Tang Qiuli's heart. There was a wave of waves, and he believed it too. Le Yiqin can do his best, his attention is on Chu Tian on the transport plane.

Although all the arrangements seemed to be very thorough, Tang Qiuli's heart was uneasy, and he asked Zhao Yuhe: "Yuhe, when will Chutian's transport plane land at Guangzhou Airport?" ”

Zhao Yuhe replied, "Commander." It was now around 3 a.m. on 12 June, and the transport plane of the Chutian group was able to land in Guangzhou at about 4:30 a.m., and our special plane landed at the Guangzhou airport at about 6 a.m. Division, you haven't rested all night, so let's go sleep for a while, when you reach the sky over Guangzhou. I shout to wake you up! ”

Tang Qiuli shook his head and said to himself: "I can sleep, Chutian's life and death are uncertain, it's really worrying!" He turned his head to Zhao Yuhe and Shanhu and said, "There are still more than three hours, let's go sleep for a while, don't follow me!" ”

In the cabin, it fell into silence, the monotonous roar of the engine became more and more drowsy, Tang Qiuli leaned back on the seat, and after learning that Chu Tian was seriously injured, he had been nervous, which made him very tired, and now, the only thing he could do was to wait, close his eyes, his thoughts were wandering aimlessly, hazy, as if he was asleep but not asleep, as if he was waking up but not waking up.

He had a lot of strange dreams, there were before, there were also memories of his future life, like a movie, flashed quickly in his mind, some pictures were even blurred, he dreamed of Xiaoling, it was in the mountains of Northeast China, the first time he came to this world, Xiaoling who saw it for the first time, smiled shyly, and seemed to be saying something to himself? But I couldn't hear a word!

He dreamed of Su Jingfeng, a big man in Su, who died in the ancient city of Kaifeng, Henan, and blocked the battle of the Japanese Ishihara Division. A second-rate local corps, I have led a first-class main corps, division commander, it's time to give our corps an official number! ”

In a haze, it seemed that the plane was constantly circling, he opened his eyes suddenly, and Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe was gently shaking his shoulder, "Division commander, the special plane has arrived over Guangzhou Airport and is preparing to land!" ”

Tang Qiuli shook his dizzy head vigorously, outside the porthole, the first rays of dawn in the land of Nanyue were refracted through the porthole, reflecting the cabin as if it were dreamy and unreal, he got up and moved his sore legs and feet, and said self-deprecatingly: "I fell asleep!" ”

Zhao Yuhe didn't answer, he and Shanhu didn't sleep, listening to the slurred dream words in the division commander's mouth, and frowning frowns from time to time, he wanted to wake up the division commander, but was stopped by Shanhu, Zhao Yuhe knew that in these three hours, the division commander's heart, I don't know what kind of love was stirring and churning, looking at Tang Qiuli's bloodshot eyes, he was about to say something, the fuselage shook violently, and he had already landed on the runway.

When the cabin door was opened, the early morning air rushed in, and Major General Tian Shangxi, commander of the Guangdong-Guizhou Defense Region of the Independent Division and commander of the Guangzhou Garrison Region, who had come to the airport to greet him, led more than a dozen senior officers to stand in a neat queue and wait for the division commander to get off the plane.

Tang Qiuli walked down the gangway, and Tian Shangxi ran forward: "Report to the division commander, Tian Shangxi, commander of the Guangzhou Garrison District, lead all the senior officers of the garrison area, waiting for the division commander to come to Guangzhou, please give instructions!" ”

Major General Tian Shangxi, who is very familiar with the division commander, before serving as the commander of the Guangzhou Garrison District, he was the commander of the Eighth Brigade of the directly subordinate corps, and he has been under the leadership of the division commander.

When it came to his mouth, he had to swallow it back, Tang Qiuli looked at the senior officers standing in two rows, frowned slightly, looked at Tian Shangxi and said, "Shangxi, you should know my habits, why do you make such a big show?" Could it be that the Guangzhou garrison area has nothing to do, and the idle colonel-level officers use it as a guard of honor? Just to welcome me alone? ”

Of course, Tang Qiuli's voice was not loud at these words, and those officers couldn't hear them, Tian Shangxi looked embarrassed, and explained with a red face: "Division commander, these officers are seeing you for the first time, everyone is rushing to come, and the troops have already been arranged, so you can say a few words to everyone!" ”

Tang Qiuli was really in no mood and was about to refuse, when Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe came over to relieve the siege and said: "Division commander, morale can be boosted but not discharged, these officers are seeing you for the first time, I'm afraid it's not good if you don't say a few words!" ”

Tang Qiuli nodded slightly, accompanied by Zhao Yu and Hetian Shangxi, and came to the front of the officers' queue, it can be seen that the officers of the Guangzhou Garrison District have quite good military appearance, full of energy, and their expectations and eager eyes make Tang Qiuli's gray heart shine into a ray of sunshine.

Tang Qiuli looked at the officers and said loudly: "Officers, in recent years, I have hardly returned to Guangzhou, they are all new faces, don't waste time here, tonight, I want to hold a military meeting, if you have anything to say, it's not too late to talk about it then, listen to my command, turn right, target, garrison headquarters, walk together!" ”

Everyone did not expect that the division commander, who had been hanging on the commander's lips, was so young, but the smell of military iron and blood on his body almost suffocated the officers who had not participated in the real battle.

When they joined the independent division, there was no Japanese invading army in the country, and in the battles in Indochina and the East Indies, the local troops had no chance to participate in the war at all, and the officers left by car.

Tang Qiuli got into Tian Shangxi's car, closed the door, and Tang Qiuli immediately asked, "Shangxi, how is Chutian's operation?" There is no danger to life! ”

Tian Shangxi replied: "When I came to the airport to pick up the division commander, the operation was still in progress, and I heard from the attending doctor that the situation was not very optimistic, mainly because of excessive blood loss, and it was delayed for several hours!" They're doing their best to save it! ”

After speaking, Tian Shangxi peeked at the teacher's expression, Tang Qiuli's face immediately turned blue, gritted his teeth, and said to the driver: "Go directly to the hospital!" At the fastest speed! ”

A few cars, quickly drove into the Guangzhou Garrison District Hospital, the car with the license plate of the No. 1 chief of the defense area, unimpeded along the way, through a few cordons, stopped in front of a building more than ten stories high, Tang Qiuli was just about to get out of the car, was stopped by the mountain tiger, he looked at the mountain tiger angrily, the mountain tiger looked unaccommodating, followed by the car behind more than 20 special guards, quickly jumped out of the car.

Set up a guard in front of the building, lead the team leader, and make a gesture towards the mountain tiger, the mountain tiger got out of the car first, and then let Tang Qiu leave, Tang Qiuli glared at the mountain tiger fiercely, the mountain tiger did not show weakness at all, a posture of what can you do, and then looked at the dignified division commander, on his face, there was already a helpless wry smile.

Tian Shangxi saw the actions of the special guards, and secretly smacked his tongue, not to mention anything else, just take the division commander's guard, a few minutes of effort, it was arranged into a strict security circle, he secretly compared it with the garrison guard, and was frustrated to find that it was not a little bit different from the division commander's guard, it was not a level at all!

Tang Qiu left the front, his steps were fast, and when he arrived at the operating room, he saw the red sign of "under surgery", the light had not been extinguished, and his heart was clenched, and he was still in surgery, which showed that the result he was most afraid of did not appear, his spirit relaxed, and his tiredness was like a tide, which instantly overwhelmed him.

(To be continued)

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