Command of the 36th Army.

Now, the time is almost noon, Zhang Yunfei and everyone are in the command headquarters, everyone has no intention of getting off work, the front line continues to come to the good news, the situation is very good, just now the cavalry regiment in Baotou also came with good news.

The good news on the front line one by one, everyone looked good, it was almost noon, many people were still immersed in joy, a guard walked in, and asked Zhang Yunfei in a low voice: "Chief, how to solve your lunch." ”

Under normal circumstances, if there is a war on the front line, several leaders of the 36th Group Army, such as Zhang Yunfei, Zuo Qingquan, and Deng Wenping, usually stay at the headquarters for twenty or thirty hours at a time, and that is a very normal thing.

Now, seeing the guard asking, Zhang Yunfei looked at his watch and found that it was almost 12 o'clock, so Zhang Yunfei said: "Comrades, we have postponed dinner, at present, all the troops on the front line are marching according to the designated route, and now, there may be troops who have exchanged fire with the little devils." ”

When everyone saw Zhang Yunfei say this, they all agreed.

Chief of Staff Zuo said even more humorously: "Comrades, when the good news from the front comes, our commander-in-chief invites everyone to a big dinner." ”

"Okay, that's great." Many operational staff officers applauded.

Zhang Yunfei smiled slightly, smiled and said: "Comrades, there is no problem with inviting guests to dinner, but although the current situation is very good, everyone should not take it lightly. ”

Hearing this, everyone looked very good, but they didn't expect the commander-in-chief's requirements to be so high.

Comrade Zuo Qingquan, chief of the General Staff, said: "Commander-in-chief, whether to send all the fighters of the flying group to participate in the battle, in this case, the battle will be much easier." ”

Chief of Staff Zuo is right: The current flying group has successfully completed its reconnaissance mission, and the fighters of the flying group can fully participate in the battle, so that they can quickly eliminate the little devils and also serve the purpose of training.

At present, there are few planes and many pilots in the flight brigade, and now there are several hundred pilots in the flight group, and although the pilots are well trained in peacetime, there are still relatively few who have actually participated in actual combat.

Now, it is a good opportunity for actual combat training, and most of the pilots of the flying brigade are capable of dealing with the little devil cavalry who lack aviation weapons.

As soon as Chief of Staff Zuo talked about the Flying Brigade, Zhang Yunfei understood what Chief of Staff Zuo meant, Zhang Yunfei nodded lightly, and agreed: "Old Zuo, I think it's good to let the Flying Brigade participate in the battle, and I agreed." ”

After speaking, Zhang Yunfei turned back to a correspondent next to him and said, "Pick me up Gao Zhihang of the flight team, and I will personally give orders to the flight team." ”

Datong Airport, Flight Brigade.

In the morning, more than a dozen Mustang fighters have successfully returned home, and the ground crew is carefully checking the condition of the planes, filling the planes with fuel and ammunition in an orderly manner, and the airport is busy.

Now, Gao Zhihang is in his office, reminiscing about the battle two hours ago, the battle just now made Gao Zhihang too addicted, and Gao Zhihang, who returned to the office, still seemed unsatisfied.

Many of the pilots who participated in the battle with Gao Zhihang just now also returned to the barracks at this time, and those pilots who had just participated in the battle described the wonderful battle just now.

Many pilots who have never participated in the battle are eagerly sitting next to these pilots, listening to everyone's narration with great enjoyment.

Especially when everyone heard that everyone was having a great time, all the planes were out of bullets, everyone had no choice but to return, and there were still a lot of little devils on the ground who didn't have time to kill, and everyone looked sorry.

A pilot who listened with relish couldn't help but say: "Da Liu, it's a pity that you guys, there are no bullets at a critical time." ”

"Who's to say it's not." The pilot, who was telling everyone in a colorful voice, immediately said, and with an unwilling look, he said to the flying man: "Xiao Zhao, you don't know, at that time, our captain was shooting at a group of little devil officers, but he was about to hit these little devil officers, but the plane piloted by our captain also had no bullets at this time. ”

"It's a shame." A lot of pilots sighed.

"Assemble, assemble, assemble urgently." Outside the door, someone shouted loudly and whistled in a hurry.

The pilots, who were still chatting there just now, immediately trotted all the way to the tarmac outside the barracks, and when they ran outside, everyone found that their captain was already standing there.

As soon as many pilots saw this, they thought to themselves, is there any combat mission?

That's right, just now Gao Zhihang received a phone call from Zhang Yunfei himself, and ordered the flying brigade to immediately lift all the Mustang fighters into the air and go to the northern battlefield of Baotou to participate in the battle.

After receiving Zhang Yunfei's call, Gao Zhihang was naturally very happy, and immediately gathered urgently, since this time it was for the purpose of training, Gao Zhihang was ready to send pilots to take turns to fight and strike a fierce blow to the little devil cavalry.

This time, all the Mustang fighters will also be hung with aerial bombs, and the pilots who fly the Mustang planes will also try to select pilots who are well-trained in peacetime and have no actual combat experience, and there are only a few pilots who lead the team, and Gao Zhihang is ready to send experienced pilots.

Gao Zhihang looked at the pilots who were standing neatly in front of him and had a very good mental outlook, Gao Zhihang was also secretly happy in his heart, and thought to himself, he finally lived up to the importance of the commander-in-chief, and in just over a year, he had trained such an outstanding team of pilots.

Over the past year, not only Gao Zhihang, but also Zhang Yunfei have spent a lot of energy on the construction of the flight brigade, and during this period of time, Zhang Yunfei has been overhauling the airport and developing new aircraft, and his financial and material resources have also been tilted towards the flight brigade as much as possible.

However, now there is finally a return, now not only has a team of pilots with a number of several hundred, but also several large airports have been built, such as Datong Airport, Taiyuan Airport, Jining Airport, etc., and at present, we are stepping up the construction of Guisui Airport.

What made Zhang Yunfei happiest was of course the completion and commissioning of the Datong Aircraft Factory, and with the Mustang fighter and the new large transport aircraft equipping the flight team, the flight team also lived up to Zhang Yunfei's expectations, and in the past few months, the flight team has successively achieved good results.

At present, the flight brigade is equipped with more than 30 Mustang fighters, and there are more than 10 new large transport planes, and now, the Mustang fighters stationed at Datong Airport are a flying squadron, with a total of 24 Mustang fighters, and other Mustang fighters are sporadically distributed in other airports.

Today, Gao Zhihang is preparing to send out all 24 Mustang fighters at Datong Airport, and nearly half of the 2,000 or 300 pilots at Datong Airport have no actual combat experience.

From Datong to the battlefield north of Baotou, because the distance is not very far, it is only noon, and today, every Mustang fighter can take off and land at least two or three sorties, and dozens of pilots can be trained.

At this time, Gao Zhihang looked at the two or three hundred pilots in front of him with satisfaction, and then said loudly: "Comrades, our combat mission is here again, just now, the commander-in-chief personally gave us a combat mission, and the commander-in-chief ordered us to take all the Mustang fighters at Datong Airport into the air to attack the second brigade of the little devil cavalry that was fleeing.

This time, we mainly held the purpose of military training, and the pilots we sent were mainly some comrades who had never had actual combat experience, and the opportunities were limited. ”

As soon as Gao Zhihang finished speaking, all the pilots looked bright, especially those who had not participated in actual combat, and they were a little excited, looking at their chief of staff expectantly.

Comrade Chief of Staff of the Flying Brigade, at this time, cleared his throat slightly, took the list that Gao Zhihang had already drawn up, and began to call names loudly: "Wang Shoucai, Tian Fugui, Zhao Xiaoshan, 、......"

The faces of the pilots who were named were full of joy and excitement, while the pilots who were not named craned their necks and looked eagerly at Comrade Chief of Staff, hoping that the next name would be themselves.

After a while, the names of the first batch of pilots were determined, and among the 24 pilots, except for four pilots who were veterans who often participated in wars, the remaining 20 pilots were all novices who had never had actual combat experience.

But Gao Zhihang is not worried about these 20 novice pilots at all, his pilots themselves understand that such a low-difficulty task is not to fight in the air with the little devil's fighters, but only to deal with the little devil's cavalry, and these pilots are completely competent even if they are novices.

Seeing that the chief of staff finished reading his name, Gao Zhihang said loudly: "The comrade whose name was called just now is out of the ranks." ”

Immediately, there were 24 pilots, walking quickly in front of Gao Zhihang with neat steps, lined up in a neat line, everyone stood in two rows, looking at Gao Zhihang with excitement on their faces.

Before setting out on the expedition, Gao Zhihang originally wanted to encourage everyone to say a few words, but thinking of the simplicity of the task, he swallowed back the words to his lips, and just said loudly: "Comrades, I am waiting for your return, now set off to board the plane and go to the battlefield." ”

(To be continued)