Zhang Yunfei looked at everyone, and then said with a smile: "Old Xiao, have you made arrangements for the Eighth Route Army, and you are about to start unloading." ”

"Commander-in-Chief Zhang, don't worry, everything we should arrange has been arranged, the personnel are all in place, and now we can unload the cargo." Comrade Xiao Zhengguang next to him immediately said respectfully.

Now, Comrade Xiao Zhengguang also feels deep admiration for Zhang Yunfei, who was able to develop the 36 th Group Army and the Datong base area so well in such a short period of about two years, which greatly surprised Comrade Xiao Zhengguang.

Comrade Xiao Zhengguang knew that the 36 th Group Army was advanced and sophisticated in weaponry, but he did not expect that the 36 th Group Army was even equipped with such advanced aircraft.

If in the past, Comrade Xiao Zhengguang's attitude towards Zhang Yunfei was admiration, now, Comrade Xiao Zhengguang's attitude towards Zhang Yunfei is admiration, so in the words just now, Comrade Xiao Zhengguang was full of respect.

At this time, the cockpit door of an airplane opened, and several pilots came out, and these pilots walked quickly towards Zhang Yunfei, Zhang Yunfei saw that among these pilots, walking in the front was actually Gao Zhihang, the captain of the flight group, Zhang Yunfei couldn't help but smile at Gao Zhihang.

In the telegram, Zhang Yunfei only asked Gao Zhihang to be responsible for the airlift of weapons and ammunition to Jinsha Town, but he did not expect that Gao Zhihang personally came to Jinsha Town this time.

Gao Zhihang strode up to Zhang Yunfei, stood upright, saluted a military salute, and then said in a loud voice: "Report to the commander-in-chief, the four transport planes of the flight group are loaded with weapons and ammunition and have arrived safely at Jinsha Town Airport, please instruct." ”

Zhang Yunfei said solemnly: "Open the hatch immediately and start unloading." ”

"Yes!" Gao Zhihang replied loudly, then saluted, turned around and headed for the planes, and ordered the pilot comrades to open the hatch and prepare to unload.

The huge hatches at the tail of the four planes slowly opened, and the huge cabin was displayed in front of everyone, and all the comrades of the Eighth Route Army, looking at the spacious cabin, couldn't believe their eyes.

With such a big hatch and such a large cabin, even a big truck can easily drive in. These transporters can transport armored vehicles, and when they are able to transport large trucks.

Zhang Yunfei looked at the comrades of the Eighth Route Army around him, a little shocked, did not come back to his senses, and smiled indifferently. Comrade Xiao Zhengguang next to him was also a little shocked just now, but as the deputy chief of general staff of the Eighth Route Army, his mental quality was much better than that of other comrades of the Eighth Route Army.

When Comrade Xiao Zhengguang saw Zhang Yunfei's smile, he immediately remembered that the main task at present was to unload the weapons and equipment in these planes, and the planes of the 36 th Group Army would have to return to the plane later.

So, Comrade Xiao Zhengguang said loudly: "Comrades, don't hold on to it anymore, everyone hurry up and move all the weapons and ammunition in the plane." ”

Hearing the shouts of their deputy chief of general staff, the comrades of the Eighth Route Army came to their senses, and everyone immediately walked to the cabin with excitement and awe in accordance with the division of labor in advance.

When they came to the inside of the plane, many soldiers were not in a hurry to carry boxes of weapons and ammunition on the plane, which were very neatly placed, but first looked inside the plane.

It took several minutes for some of the fighters to untie the ropes that bound the boxes one by one, and began to move the weapons and ammunition out of the boxes one by one.

A soldier carrying a box of bullets said to a squad leader of the Eighth Route Army next to him: "Squad leader, what did you say was in here, so dead." ”

The squad leader looked at the white handwriting on the army-green wooden box, and then said, "Xiaoshi, this is a box of Type 38 rifle bullets, do you know how many bullets there are in this box?" A whole thousand rounds of ammunition. ”

Hearing this, this soldier of the Eighth Route Army named Xiao Shi was secretly speechless, and thought in his heart, my good man, a thousand rounds of bullets, this soldier thinks about the pitiful dozen bullets in his bullet bag.

It's really more popular than people, you have to throw away the goods, look at the 36th Group Army, the bullets are all a whole box by box, and I have been a soldier for more than a year, but I have never seen such a large box of bullets.

Thinking of this, this soldier of the Eighth Route Army named Xiao Shi couldn't help but be discouraged.

The squad leader of the Eighth Route Army next to him, seeing that Xiao Shi was still elated just now, began to sigh as soon as he carried this box of bullets, and the squad leader couldn't help but feel strange, but immediately, the squad leader of the Eighth Route Army figured out the reason.

The squad leader of the Eighth Route Army couldn't help but feel funny, so he said with a smile: "Xiao Shi, what are you sighing for, these bullets are all Commander-in-Chief Zhang supporting our Eighth Route Army, you should be happy." ”

Listening to the squad leader's words, the soldier's eyes lit up, and he thought in his heart, yes, these bullets are our own, and I should be happy, right, Immediately, a bright smile appeared on the soldier's face again.

The soldiers carried out the ammunition box by box, and the ammunition gradually piled up into a hill on the flat land not far away, and the soldiers who did not participate in the transportation saw so much ammunition and the comrades of the Eighth Route Army who were accustomed to bitter days could not calm down for a long time.

Comrade Xiao Zhengguang, deputy chief of the general staff of the Eighth Route Army, also looked at these ammunition happily and said to Zhang Yunfei excitedly: "Commander-in-Chief Zhang, there are a lot of weapons and ammunition that have been transported this time. ”

Zhang Yunfei smiled indifferently and said: "Lao Xiao, this time we are all transporting ammunition, 500,000 rounds of 6.5 mm and 7.92 mm bullets each, 1,000 boxes of grenades, and the four planes are all full, and on the second trip, we will bring weapons and equipment." ”

Hearing this, Comrade Xiao Zhengguang, who received weapons and ammunition on behalf of the Eighth Route Army here, smiled from ear to ear, and the joy in his heart could not be described in words.

The commander, political commissar, chief of staff, deputy regiment commander and others of the New Fifth Regiment next to him were also surprised when they saw so much ammunition transported at once.

These grenades are all wooden-handled grenades, and in appearance, they are somewhat similar to the "border area-made" grenades used by the Eighth Route Army, but they are much more powerful than the "border area-made" grenades produced by the Eighth Route Army.

This kind of grenade transported this time, also called "Type 39 wooden handle grenade", this kind of wooden handle grenade uses cast iron projectile body, the mass of the whole bullet is 600g, the diameter of the bullet is 48mm, the length of the whole bullet is 204mm, the main charge is 38gtnt, it can produce 70~110 fragments, the effective killing radius is 7m, and the fragments are still lethal 20m away from the explosion point.

This kind of lethal effect is much stronger than those "made in the border area" that are basically made in half when an explosion occurs, so that in the later battle of the Hundred Regiments, many soldiers of the Eighth Route Army regard these grenades as treasures, and in the private transactions of the soldiers, a Type 39 wooden-handled grenade can be easily replaced with several "border area-made" grenades.

This time, a thousand boxes of these grenades were delivered, 50 in one box, and a box of grenades, including its wooden box, weighed almost 30 kilograms.

Hundreds of soldiers of the Eighth Route Army kept moving, and more and more ammunition was removed from the plane, and more and more ammunition was piled up on the flat ground not far away, and after an hour, the ammunition on the plane was removed and unloaded by the soldiers.

The hatches of these four transport planes began to close slowly, just waiting for the arrival of the Mustang fighters, these transport planes will return to Datong, but the Mustang fighters should be coming soon.

Sure enough, in less than 20 minutes, 6 Mustang fighters appeared in the sky above the airport, these 4 transport planes, began to taxi one by one, and then lifted into the air, although due to the reason of running, raised a large amount of dust, but all the planes still smoothly rose into the blue sky, in the air, all the planes completed the formation, began to go to Datong.

Watching the plane leave, Zhang Yunfei smiled and said to Comrade Xiao Zhengguang: "Old Xiao, now you can arrange your various transport teams to break these ammunition into pieces and transport them to the stations of various brigades and regiments." ”

Zhang Yunfei urged the comrades of the Eighth Route Army to deliver these ammunition so quickly because the second batch of transport planes should have taken off from Datong Airport by now, and it would not be long before they arrived at Jinsha Town Airport.

The transportation of these weapons and ammunition is carried by several batches of transport planes, which take turns to deliver weapons and ammunition to Jinsha Town, and about every two or three hours, a batch of transport planes arrives here with a full load of ammunition.

Therefore, the Eighth Route Army must hurry up to transport these ammunition to various units, otherwise, if it is discovered by the little devil's reconnaissance plane, it will be more troublesome if the little devils send a group of bombers to bomb it.

At present, the early warning radar at the airport has not yet been established, and the air defense weapons have not been erected, and it is impossible to defend against air with these rifles and a small number of machine guns of the Eighth Route Army.

Seeing that Zhang Yunfei was urging, Comrade Xiao Zhengguang also said happily: "Yes, we will arrange for everyone to transport it immediately." ”

As early as a few days ago, when Zhang Yunfei decided to build an airfield in Jinsha Town and was preparing to transport most of the weapons and ammunition to Jinsha Town, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army sent a telegram to the three main divisions, demanding that the three main divisions immediately order all brigades, regiments, and even battalions to immediately send transport teams to Jinsha Town to transport weapons and ammunition and the part of the weapons and ammunition belonging to their own units back to their own stations.

The various units that received the order were also very happy, and immediately dispatched quite a number of transport convoys, ranging from a dozen to 20 or 30 people, from all over North China, bypassing towns and highways where there were little devils, and passing through the vast countryside to Jinsha Town.

Although the number of each convoy is small, the advantage lies in the large number of convoys, and each unit has sent a lot of convoys, and the total number of these convoys is likely to be hundreds, or even thousands.

(To be continued)