While the air battle over the border was going on, Xu Fei was officially appointed as the commander of the Third Army by the city lord Zhao Yuanchun, and officially became the supreme commander of the Third Army.

After Xu Fei received the appointment, he immediately rushed to the barracks of the Third Army.

On the first day of his arrival, the current Supreme Commander of the Third Army** personally led the commanders of all divisions of the Third Army and senior generals of the military department to greet Xu Fei outside the school grounds.

Tens of thousands of sergeants of the Third Army lined up on the school field to greet each other, and the military flags of the Northern Regions fluttered in the wind under the rising sun.

"Stepping on ......"

Two teams of ironclad guards rushed in from outside the school field, boarded the three-foot platform in the school field, and stood behind the three-foot platform.

"Stepping on ......"

Another sound of footsteps came from outside, and two teams of heavily armed ironclad guards rushed in from outside the school grounds!

Two teams of guards came in from outside the school yard and lined up in two long lines in an orderly manner towards the point in the school yard.

Xu Fei was greeted by Hu Wei, the current commander of the Third Army and chief of staff of the army, and walked into the Third Military Academy.

In front of the three steps in front of the high platform, ** let go of his body and stretched out his right hand to respectfully invite Xu Fei: "Commander Xu, please!"

"General Lin, please!"

Xu Fei stretched out his hand and saluted back, and then said with a smile: "General Xu, you are now the new commander of the Third Army, you should go first, please!"

Xu Fei looked at the ** who had the spirit of a soldier, and he had the domineering spirit and majesty of a soldier in his straightforwardness. I couldn't help but secretly give him a big praise, the Northern Regions Army has this hero, which is the gospel of the people in the entire Northern Regions.

"General Lin, you are still the commander of the Third Army, let's go together!"

"Okay, General Xu, please!"

"General Lin, please!"

Xu Fei and ** looked at each other and smiled, and stepped on the platform together, and they each saw their admiration for each other from the eyes of the two.

"Knock knock!"

"Salute!"

With the salute of the general flag, the flag in his hand waved, and tens of thousands of soldiers clenched their right hands into fists in front of their chests and saluted respectfully to the generals on the platform.

"Hello Commander!"

"Hello soldiers!"

** gave a military salute to the officers and soldiers of the whole army who had accompanied him for three years in the audience, stretched out his hand to receive a flag representing the third army from the hands of the guards, handed it over to Xu Fei with his own hands, and turned to all the soldiers and said emotionally: "Soldiers, today is the day when I step down, and it is also the day when General Xu, the Governor of the Northern Regions Army, takes office, let us welcome our generals of the Northern Regions Army with the warmest applause." **After speaking impassionedly, there was a round of warm applause from the audience.

"Raise the flag!"

With the sound of the flag, the guards who took over the flag representing the Third Army in Xu Fei's hand raised the flag at the Dianjiang platform.

A blue ** flag embroidered with three domineering horizontal stripes rises under the rising sun, and the blue flag hunts and dances in the wind under the rising sun!

"General Xu, army commander, welcome Commander Xu!" tens of thousands of soldiers, thunderous applause mixed with inspiring cheers, resounded over the school field, and the school field was suddenly boiling with cheers and morale.

After Xu Fei handed over to the current commander of the Third Army, he began the first review of the whole army accompanied by the three division commanders and the generals of the military headquarters.

Tens of thousands of sergeants under the command of more than 30 regiment commanders, orderly arranged all kinds of battle formations, Xu Fei stood on the three-foot high platform of the school field, personally reviewed the morale of the Third Army, worshipping Xu Fei After Xu Fei arrived, their hearts were full of fighting spirit and high spirits!

The deployment of troops to the first line of defense of the Northern Army has been completed one after another, and at the same time, the air battle that took place over the northern territory is also coming to an end, and the result of the air battle is that the flying legion of the Tianwu Sect was completely annihilated by the Northern Regions Air Force, and the news was transmitted back to the Tianwu Sect, making the entire Tianwu Sect's high-level officials dumbfounded, when did the Northern Regions monks have such combat effectiveness.

On the first day of Xu Fei's appointment, he received an appointment telegram from the General Headquarters of the Northern Regions Army, and the content of the message made Xu Fei happily close his mouth, and it turned out that the General Headquarters appointed Han Zi as the commander and chief of staff of the Third Army.

In order not to disappoint Han Zi, Xu Fei ordered the whole army to carry out actual combat training to test the combat capability of the whole army, and Xu Fei also insisted on training with the whole army every day to eat and drink together.

The Third Army conducted a month of actual combat training under the leadership of Xu Fei, until Han Zi's arrival, when Han Zi stepped into the Third Army station, he felt that the entire garrison exuded a strong fighting spirit, as well as the neat military appearance of the soldiers, which made Han Zi praise Xu Fei very much in his heart.

"Subordinates, see the young master!"

"Subordinates, see Chief of Staff!"

Xu Fei, who had been greeting each other outside the station, and other senior generals saluted respectfully to Han Zi.

"Generals, excuse me!"

"Young Master Xie, Chief of Staff!"

Han Zi, accompanied by Xu Fei and the generals, briefly reviewed the guards and came to the big tent of the Chinese army.

After seriously rejecting Xu Fei's request to let her sit in the main seat, Han Zi took out a jade slip from the jade ring and said in a serious tone: "Ladies and gentlemen, the headquarters has received definite news that the enemy's air forces have been devastated by our air force, and the enemy has no ability to launch an air attack on us in a short period of time, so our army's main defense at present is the attack of the enemy's ground forces. ”

After Han Zi finished speaking, he walked lightly to the front of the large map hanging in the big tent, pointed to the location on the map and said: " After reconnaissance by the air force's fighter planes, the enemy's main force should be able to complete its assembly in the border area within three days, and the General Headquarters ordered our Third Army to form an effective first line of defense in an all-round way to block the enemy from outside the border, and the General Headquarters also mobilized a total of 30 divisions of the Sixth, Twenty-fourth, and Forty-second armies to reinforce our Third Army, believing that it will arrive in two days, and when the armies arrive, they will form the First Army together. ”

"We will resolutely obey the orders of the headquarters!"

Han Zi looked at Xu Fei and the generals, nodded with satisfaction and continued: For our next action, Han Zi glanced at Xu Fei and said: "Commander Xu, I suggest that the 41st Division and the 42nd Division be deployed on the Xinghuaying Heights, where three long-range heavy artillery clusters will be deployed, and the 43rd Division can take the initiative to attack and harass the enemy with armored troops. ”

Hearing Han Zi's suggestion, Xu Fei knew in his heart that Han Zi was planning to attack the enemy first, rather than defending the enemy outside the border as ordered by the headquarters, thinking of this, Xu Fei nodded seriously and replied: "The young master's suggestion is very good, when the enemy has not fully assembled, it is very good to suddenly launch an attack." ”

Seeing that Xu Fei immediately understood what he meant, Han Zi's eyes flashed with a hint of appreciation, and he sighed in his heart: "Those who know me, Xu Fei also!"

After Xu Fei listened to Han Zi's suggestion, he immediately transferred two divisions of the Third Army to the Xinghuaying Heights, and also deployed one hundred and fifty heavy artillery pieces.

When the detectives saw the arrival of another group of Tianwu Sect Corps, the flag of the Third Army danced in the rising sun and the wind.

"I'm Xu Fei, your commander...... Soldiers, I, Xu Fei, will not only fight with you against the invasion of the Heavenly Martial Sect, but I will also work with all the soldiers to defend our common home from being trampled on by external forces. ”

We must completely defeat and cripple the invaders so that they dare not easily set foot in our territory in the Northern Regions, so that the monks of the entire Northern Regions can have a stable life, so that our families will not be poisoned by the enemy's war, and we can live happily with our families.

"I, Xu Fei, have the confidence to completely defeat the invaders of the Heavenly Martial Sect, do you have any confidence?"

Xu Fei stood on a three-foot high platform and gave a mobilization speech before the battle.

"Yes, there are generals here! We will win! We will win!" All the officers and men of the 43 rd Division who were present shouted like a mountain.

"Okay! I announce, go!"

As soon as Xu Fei's words fell, the armored tanks of the 43rd Division dragged a cloud of wolf smoke and drove out of the garrison and headed towards the border line.