The strafing of the planes in the sky lasted for nearly 20 minutes, and the thousands of rounds of ammunition carried by each Mustang fighter plane were all gone, and then they circled in the sky and flew towards Yichang Airport in the setting sun.

The little devils watched the Chinese plane fly away, so angry that they almost vomited blood, but more little devils also secretly relaxed in their hearts, the planes of the [***] team were too terrifying, and the bullets hit like rain.

At this time, the little devil motorized brigade, more than half of the dead and wounded, the number of still alive little devils is estimated to be less than five hundred, all the trucks are basically scrapped, many trucks are burning, the armored vehicles of the little devils are also taken care of by the Mustang fighters, although the armored vehicles have not been blown up, but the surface is full of potholes, two or three have been penetrated, and there are a few fist-sized holes, obviously, these armored vehicles of the little devils are also difficult to start.

Seeing that the gunfire outside stopped suddenly, the frightened little devil captain immediately looked outside the armored car, only to see that many little devils had come out of the hiding place, and the chief of staff of the little devil happened to come over and open the car door, and saw that his captain was still looking, so he immediately said: "Your Excellency, the plane of the squadron has flown away." ”

Hearing this, the captain of the little devil brigade was relieved and hurriedly got out of the armored car, but when he saw the corpses of the little devils everywhere on the road, and the smoke and burning trucks everywhere, his face immediately became gloomy again, and he said sharply: "Hurry up and count the casualties, hurry up and treat the wounded." ”

The chief of staff of the little devil immediately stood up and bent over, and then said sadly: "Your Excellency, our motorized brigade has suffered heavy losses, most of the vehicles have been scrapped and have lost their ability to maneuver, and more than half of our casualties have been killed, of which more than 400 have died directly, more than 200 have been seriously injured, more than 300 have been lightly injured, and less than 100 soldiers have not been injured. ”

"Yaga!" Hearing this, the little devil captain was extremely angry, and there was nowhere to vent the anger in his heart, and his face was very ugly......

On the road to Jingzhou, several off-road vehicles and more than a dozen large trucks were driving unhurriedly along the highway, this was the convoy of the joint command, Zhang Yunfei and Zhang Zizhong were sitting together on an off-road vehicle, talking and laughing together.

The radio station in the off-road vehicle was also busy in Didi, and several communication soldiers in the front row were busy receiving various telegrams, and suddenly, a correspondent turned his head with a happy face, and happily reported: "Chief, the third infantry division on the front line has sent good news, and the chariot wing reinforced by the little devil has been completely wiped out." ”

Receiving the telegram from the front line, Zhang Yunfei and Zhang Zizhong were very happy, especially Zhang Zizhong, in previous battles, his troops were bullied enough by the little devil's tank, and this time the whole tank wing of the little devil was wiped out.

The more he read the telegram, the happier Zhang Zizhong became, and couldn't help but sigh: "Brother, your air force is really outstanding, in just a few days, there are a few battles and victories, with your air force stationed in our Yichang, the little devil is a division, and our 59th Army is sure to defeat him." ”

Zhang Yunfei smiled faintly and suggested: "Big brother, then our 36th Group Army will stay in Yichang for a long time in the future to support your operations." ”

Zhang Zizhong was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately happily agreed: "Okay, then it's a word." After speaking, Zhang Zizhong also looked forward to the scene of air force support during the war.

When the two were talking happily together, the convoy slowly stopped, and a staff officer of the headquarters ran to Zhang Yunfei's off-road vehicle and reported loudly: "Chief, the front is Jingzhou City, should we go directly into the city or take a look outside the city." ”

"Go straight into the city and go to the little devil's former headquarters." Zhang Yunfei decided.

Zhang Zizhong next to him also nodded in agreement, and said to Zhang Yunfei with a smile: "Brother, the command of this little devil Botian detachment, we are temporarily occupied." ”

"The command of the Potian detachment, for the time being, will serve as our headquarters, and as soon as the battle is over, we will hand him over to the 3rd Infantry Division." Zhang Yunfei said.

"Well, with your Third Infantry Division stationed in Jingzhou in the future, the pressure on our 59th Army will be much less." Zhang Zizhong also said happily that the Third Infantry Division stationed in Jingzhou was proposed by Zhang Zizhong, considering that if the 59th Army sent a division to garrison Jingzhou, it might not be able to block the little devil's counterattack, Zhang Zizhong asked Zhang Yunfei to send the Third Infantry Division to garrison Jingzhou, and not to return to Datong in a hurry.

Originally, Zhang Yunfei's plan was to transfer the Third Infantry Division back to Datong when the battle was over, after all, in the north at present, several divisions of the little devils have also been eyeing each other, and Zhang Yunfei wanted to transfer the Third Infantry Division back to Datong in order to further strengthen the defense of Datong.

But Zhang Zizhong took the initiative to invite and asked the Third Infantry Division to stay and be stationed in Jingzhou, Zhang Yunfei thought about it and agreed, after all, relying on the 59th Army alone to defend Yichang and Jingzhou must be very difficult, leaving the Third Infantry Division can be regarded as helping his eldest brother!

Moreover, leaving the 3rd Infantry Division in Jingzhou can echo Datong's distant response, and if a large-scale battle is carried out in the future, there will also be an additional force, and the 59th Army and the 3rd Infantry Division here will be a force to be reckoned with.

The convoy slowly entered the city, and it didn't take long to reach the headquarters of the Potian detachment, not to mention, the scale of the little devil's headquarters was quite large, and it was basically not damaged, it may be that the Potian detachment retreated in a hurry, and a lot of things were not taken away.

Even the little devil plaster flag hanging on the wall and at the door is still there, and the soldiers are cleaning up and tidying up the little devil's headquarters, and some soldiers tear off the little devil's plaster flag, spit a few mouthfuls of saliva in disgust, and put it on the ground and step on it a few times.

Zhang Yunfei saw the actions of the soldiers, smiled slightly, and then under the support of everyone, he and Zhang Zizhong entered the Jingzhou headquarters together, Zhang Yunfei had just sat down in the wide headquarters, and a correspondent walked in quickly and reported: "Chief, at this time the list of loot. ”

Zhang Yunfei took the list and took a good look at it, good guy, there are really a lot of things seized this time, there are 36 Type 92 infantry guns alone, 32 60 mortars, more than 70 Type 92 heavy machine guns, more than 200 crooked machine guns, more than 8,000 Type 38 rifles, a number of various shells and bullets, and some food and a small amount of ocean gold bars, etc. Zhang Yunfei looked at the list and thought, it may be that the little devil retreated in a hurry, and many heavy weapons were not taken away, and they were captured by the troops who entered the city, but when they were fighting in the field outside the city, Many of the little devils' weapons have been blown up, so the weapons and equipment of more than 10,000 little devils are only more than 8,000 rifles.

After Zhang Yunfei finished reading the list, he saw that Zhang Zizhong next to him was looking at the list in his hand with a hopeful face, Zhang Yunfei smiled slightly and handed the list to Zhang Zizhong.

Zhang Zizhong, who hurriedly took over the list, quickly browsed it, the more he looked at Zhang Zizhong, the more excited he became, and it didn't take long for Zhang Zizhong's face to be a little red because of excitement, and his hands holding the list were also a little trembling with excitement.

Although Zhang Zizhong thought before that after a big victory this time, the captured equipment might not be less, but so much equipment greatly exceeded Zhang Zizhong's expectations. Zhang Zizhong has never captured so much equipment in his twenty or thirty years, and he can capture hundreds of rifles and more than ten or twenty machine guns each time, which is very good.

Zhang Zizhong, who was excited, shouted twice in succession, his joy was overflowing, and he said happily: "Brother, you and I can equip a few regiments of these weapons and equipment, and our anti-Japanese strength will grow a little stronger." ”

Zhang Yunfei smiled faintly and threw out a bombshell, "Big brother, let's give all these equipment, our 36th Group Army is not short of weapons and ammunition for the time being." ”

"Ahh Really. Zhang Zizhong rubbed his hands happily, his face was flushed with excitement, and he said in a slightly trembling voice: "Brother, thank you so much, I'm not hypocritical as a big brother, I will accept all these equipment, and in the future, we brothers will work together to fight devils." ”

Several commanders of the 59th Army next to them were also very happy to see that so much equipment was given to their 59th Army, looking at Zhang Yunfei is eyes shining, and their hearts were full of admiration, everyone thought in their hearts, Commander-in-Chief Zhang is really generous, this is bold!

The rest of the soldiers of the 36th Group Army only had faint smiles on their faces, and everyone was accustomed to this kind of largesse of their commander-in-chief. In the past, there were many more weapons and equipment given to the Eighth Route Army than these, and his commander-in-chief did not blink an eye, and he gave it when he said it.

With this batch of equipment, Zhang Zizhong thought in his heart, the equipment of tens of thousands of little devils, he can completely equip another infantry division, and at that time, his own army will not be much worse than other people's group army.

Sure enough, not long after Zhang Zizhong's army expansion, in order to praise the outstanding performance of the 59th Army, Lao Jiang annihilated the little devil's Botian detachment, and specially ordered the National Military Commission to expand the 59th Army into the 39th Group Army, Zhang Zizhong served as the commander-in-chief of the 39th Group Army, and awarded Zhang Zizhong the rank of second-class general.

Of course, these are later words, and what Zhang Zizhong is thinking about now is how to quickly expand another division, and how to thank Zhang Yunfei well; in Zhang Zizhong's heart, he has already left behind the mustard between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and has made up his mind that only Zhang Yunfei will be the first to look forward to in the future.

Zhang Yunfei felt Zhang Zizhong's grateful and firm gaze, and basically understood what Zhang Zizhong was thinking, Zhang Yunfei sighed in his heart, he didn't think that he would come to this war-torn era, and still make such sincere friends, and meet such a big brother who treats him so sincerely.

Zhang Yunfei and Zhang Zizhong looked at each other and smiled, everything was silent.

(To be continued)