When Meng Xiang saw the two blood books and the banners with his names written in blood, his heart was full of blood, and he couldn't help but agree to them. But a shred of reason in my heart resisted this impulse.

The 66 pilots who died in the 12 air battles were mainly those pilot recruits. Even if they have excellent skills, they still suffer from lack of experience. There are some things that you can't get from the driving range. Even those recruits who have passed the training can easily become their own merits, not to mention those rookie students who are still in the academy.

In the words of Liu Cuigang, who has just become the first pioneer to break through the 20-plane record, one person can easily single-handedly take on more than five of them.

Sometimes, hot blood doesn't solve the problem. Enthusiasm is only motivation, but it cannot be used as a means. There is only one word difference between heroes and heroic spirits.

"It's not time to live and die, and you don't need to use cannon fodder to fill the defense!" Meng Xiang shook his head and smiled bitterly. At this time, although the pilots of the vanguard army were nervous, with the cooperation of a large number of anti-aircraft guns, they were able to resist the attack of Yue himself.

With the production of more and more Zero fighters, the pressure will be even greater in the future. Meng Xiang is also counting on these cadets to become the backbone of the future Air Force.

However, a soldier who has not been tempered on the battlefield cannot be the backbone of an army at all.

Meng Xiang didn't let these students go to the battlefield to temper, but it took time, most of those students were rookies, and they could only be cannon fodder if they went.

But at this time, the angry blood of the students is not easy to pour cold water. Meng Xiang himself has been splashed with cold water more than once, so he knows that after the blood is frozen sharply, it is easy to break a heart.

So, Meng Xiang pondered for a moment and said, "Tell them." When to pass the test, when to go to war. You can't pass the test for a lifetime, and you can't go to war for a lifetime! Later, it added, "Let the responsible personnel set the test standard a little higher." Rather lack than abuse. ”

Nanyuan Aviation School.

"Wouldn't it? Is this the standard for pilots? Why did I hear from my cousin that none of their tests were so high? It's harder than quarterly selection, isn't it embarrassing? One of the cadets wailed.

"What's the noise? As a future elite, you can't pass this difficulty, and you're embarrassed to argue. The instructor next to him glared.

The student shrunk his neck, and at this moment he was relieved by a shout, "Instructor Liu, someone is looking for you!" ”

When the instructor heard the news, he looked back, and a thin figure in the distance stood straight.

"Yes, boy, I heard that you shot down four planes in your first battle, and you are one short of becoming an elite pilot? What a student I taught! Hahaha! Instructor Liu walked over in surprise, patted the thin shoulder, and smiled proudly.

"Don't stink, Lao Liu. You've only had a record of five planes in three years, and you're becoming a famous teacher at this time? An instructor next to him quipped.

"Get out of here, you go with jealousy! I taught this kid by hand. Instructor Liu kicked the instructor who was out of the way with a flying foot, and smiled proudly. The first batch of students of the vanguard army were taught by one belt and one belt and two, and they did not have time to master systematic theoretical knowledge, so they had to practice more through this method of teaching by master and apprentice.

"This is Wang Lei! It's amazing, I'm about to become an elite pilot in my first battle! Someone next to him was surprised.

The thin body just kept a calm face, and there were not many words, only Instructor Liu smiled proudly from time to time next to him: "This is my student who is not yet very successful." Just a little achievement, I can't help but praise. Otherwise, young people will be proud! Hehehe! ”

"Thank you, instructor!" When there was no one, Wang Lei couldn't help but say thank you.

When he entered the school at that time, he encountered some twists and turns in the review level.

His ancestral home is Chaohu in Anhui Province, and his grandfather started his family by selling opium, which caused many families to die. Although his grandfather, who also smoked a lot of cigarettes all year round, eventually died of opium. But this background still aroused the disgust of many people, and when I entered the aviation school, I almost didn't get in. It was only because his father no longer opened an opium parlor and rejected his suggestion to cooperate in opening an opium parlor, and was killed by the Han Dynasty and plotted to seize the property. He was singled out as an opium dealer and entered the aviation school.

After entering the aviation school, many people didn't want to see him, only this Instructor Liu, who only looked at his grades and didn't care about other factors, accepted him and taught him flying air combat hand in hand.

"Thank you, thank you? When the time comes, you kid will fight a few more devil planes, and you will be the trump card as soon as possible! Instructor Liu slapped Wang Lei's shoulder again and grinned, suddenly thought of something and asked, "By the way, I forgot to ask you, the front is not tight, why did you come back?" ”

"The cadet selection here at the aviation school sent a few of us to demonstrate." Wang Lei also said helplessly.

"Demonstration? I know, this is to use you senior brothers to suppress the arrogance of these little monkeys and polish their surnames. No wonder the bar is raised so high! Instructor Liu slapped his forehead and suddenly smiled, "That's fine, when they get to the battlefield, they can only be used as war merits for the little devils." ”

Wang Lei was a little gloomy when he heard this. When he came out of the aviation school, he was also full of pride, but in this air battle, 8 of the 32 recruit pilots died, and 3 of them were all known to him. Only ten of them were not shot down. It's a shame to have such an achievement.

However, Meng Xiang doesn't see it that way, except for two of the remaining 24 novices who retired due to serious injuries, the other 22 have grown into skilled hands. After the grinding of a big war, they have matured a lot. and stood out Wang Lei, Su Chao and other ace seedlings. Although the cost is large, the effect of this life and death test is the most obvious. That's why Meng Xiang agreed to the students' participation in the war. Just to protect them, the standards are set very high, and Wang Lei and others who pass are a yardstick.

At the same time, a number of people from the flying club were selected. Su Chao, who also had 4 fighters in the first battle, is a grassroots clan who came out of the flying club. At this time, the gap between the grassroots school and the academic school was not large, and the first batch of students of the college was also a grassroots training method.

Either way, though, the Air Force has Air Force standards. No matter what method of training, the drill in actual combat is the most qualified.

Prior to this, there was a selection every quarter, and this time it was even more difficult because of the additional selection requested by the students.

But Meng Xiang's high standards are too high, only 19 people have passed in the two aviation schools, and only 8 people have passed in those flying clubs. These 27 people still need to familiarize themselves with the fighters and weapons, and it seems that they will not be able to participate in the next battle.

The fighting on the Southern Front did not affect the offensive on the Western Front.

Sun Liren's New First Army and Hu Ba's New Eighth Army did not directly attack Taiyuan, but quickly inserted southward and conquered Jinzhong in one fell swoop, which surprised the devils. This is clearly to encircle and annihilate the 109th Division defending Taiyuan City.

Pang Bingxun's 40th Army also conquered Licheng and forced Lucheng and Changye. It is likely that the devils in Shanxi will be separated from the middle and surrounded and annihilated.

At this time, the devils in Shanxi had the newly reorganized 109th Division, the newly reorganized 20th Division, and the 3rd Brigade of Reading Power, all of which were defeated by the vanguard army. Both the 109th and 20th divisions were almost wiped out, and the commander of the 20th division was even decapitated by the vanguard.

The Corps stationed in Mongolia now only has the number of the 26th Division, and after resting, it was assigned to the management of Shanxi, and it was all under the management of Tada Jun.

Coupled with the 5th Brigade that has been dealing with the Central Army, plus the 10th and 116th Divisions that have retreated into Shanxi, this is all the strength of the devil in Shanxi. Although it seems that there are five divisions and two reading forces mixed into brigades, because several teams are damaged and cannot be replenished, the strength is just over 100,000.

The area around Taiyuan was conquered by the New First Army and the New Eighth Army, and a lot of them were destroyed, and at this time there were less than 100,000.

The airfields in Shanxi have already been cleaned up by the vanguard army next to each other, and no more than fifty planes can take off, and they are old-fashioned. The arsenal, under the constant bombardment and sabotage of the agents, has been unable to replenish enough ammunition for the devils.

Before, because the devils forced the Chinese workers to work in the arsenal, the bombing of the vanguard army was a bogey. Only later did the operatives and special forces infiltrate and instigate the workers. With their cooperation, some plant equipment was destroyed. Later, the devils became more and more distrustful of the Chinese workers, and some key processes were handled by overseas Chinese and soldiers. This facilitated the bombers of the Vanguard Army.

Under the precise air guidance of the special forces, a company bombed several branches of arsenals and more than a dozen ammunition depots. Not only did it break the devil's ordnance chain, but it also made them start to count meters. Outside replenishment of ammunition and planes could not enter at all, and the north, east, and south were blocked by the aircraft of the Vanguard Army. At the end of the battle in Jinzhong, there was a scene of 100 devil soldiers charging with bayonets. Of course, Suomi and the cloth ripper will not be polite to them, and will directly destroy them with a rain of bullets.

The army's lack of ammunition and artillery shells greatly reduced their combat effectiveness. This also shows that the attack of the vanguard army is even more fierce.

Whether it is my bushido or the emperor's brainwashing, ** will not be able to compete with bullets after all.

The devils in Shanxi continue to send rescue signals. But there is no good way to say that my base camp is also very good. The Shanxi devils have been trapped to death.

"Let's fight the decisive battle in the Central Plains! Otherwise, Shanxi will be in danger. Tada Jun pleaded with his superiors.

"The Central Plains is not a suitable place, which is conducive to the onslaught of the chariot units of the vanguard army." Sugiyama Moto also said helplessly. They also saw that the environment in the Central Plains was not suitable for them to fight a decisive battle with the vanguard army, so they mainly attacked the Lianghuai region with more rivers.

As for the chariot troops of the vanguard army, he was already familiar with it, but there was no way to effectively resist it.

Their 37 anti-tank guns no longer worked against the T-34 tanks of the Vanguard Army. Even the 70 infantry guns and 75 mountain guns were not very effective, and the small number could not stop the steel torrent of the vanguard army. After seeing it, he was also envious, and stepped up the research of heavy combat vehicles, in order to be as short as the T-34. But upon analysis, they found that they didn't have enough steel and resources to build these bulky iron guys.

The steel of the country was swallowed up by the navy. For this, the army quarreled with the navy again. In the end, the 1st Tank Brigade was promoted to the first tank division in the Northeast, equipped with new tanks. This time, more than a hundred chariots were also transported to Hefei via the Yangtze River, ready to rush to the battle in the Central Plains. But Sugiyama also knew that their tank troops were still somewhat insufficient.

However, if it has an advantage in the air and the superiority of the ground forces, it will still be possible to open up the Shanxi passage. After all, there are still 100,000 officers and soldiers there, and no one dares to say that they will leave it alone.

"The vanguard army has been adjusted again, and their number is estimated to be one million." Kenji Dohihara said with some bitterness in his heart. Under their noses, the vanguard army grew stronger little by little, and no matter how they blocked it or suppressed it, it didn't work. By this time he had become a behemoth.

"I don't know how they broke through the blockade of the Empire?" He was still a little entangled in his heart, but then stabilized his mind and said:

At this time, Pang Bingxun's 40th Army also began to invade Shanxi, and at this time there was only 57th Army near Zhengzhou, and their commander was a young general of Huang Baitao. is not Jiang Zhongzheng's Whampoa background. But it is said that he fought bravely and was more loyal. Kenji Dohihara recalled in his mind at this time, it seemed that he had seen that person, and his skills were outstanding, but Huang Baitao was just a small person in Zhang Zongchang's team back then, and he was not impressed by it.

"The 57th Army now has three divisions, and after the reorganization of the Vanguard Army, the size of the divisions has been reduced, and each division has been reduced to more than 20,000 people, which is about the same number as our divisions. But the combat effectiveness ,......" Kenji Dohihara said, although the information is not very detailed, but after the reorganization of the vanguard army, in terms of weapons, the vanguard army is still superior, but in terms of morale, he still firmly believes that the morale of the imperial soldiers is the first.

"There is not much difference in combat effectiveness, the strength of the three divisions of one of their corps is almost the same as the strength of our three elite divisions." Kenji Dohihara specially added an elite division to compare, but even if he didn't say it, Sugiyama Gen knew how effective the vanguard army was. An old opponent who has been fighting for many games.

"There are no other troops around?" Sugiyama asked casually while thinking in his heart.

"The army of the vanguard army is still being reorganized, and the troops of Sun Lianzhong and Shi Yousan are in the process of being reorganized near Baoding. However, Gu Liangmin's 56th Army was near Liaocheng, Anyang, a little farther away. Kenji Dohihara said. Even if they arrive by train, it will take some time for the army to arrive, and only part of their reinforcements will need to be considered. If the railroad is sabotaged, they are less of a threat.

"In this way, the army of Shanxi will drag the troops into Shanxi, and if there are only more than one army, they can still fight." Sugiyama nodded slightly.

"There are also hundreds of thousands of troops in the Central Army of China who also need embankments!" Kenji Tsuchihara reminded, but his tone was also a little relaxed.

"Aren't Jiang Zhongzheng and Yan Xishan going to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight?" Sugiyama said disapprovingly.

At this time, Lao Jiang really wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. Not only is it waiting for the vanguard army to face a showdown with Yue himself, but the vanguard army that entered Shanxi will also face Yan Xishan's counterattack. Sometimes, it is not enough to have good policies to govern the locality, Yan Xishan has been operating in Shanxi for many years, and Lao Jiang and the Red Party have not been able to reach out. It is also difficult for the vanguard army to gain a foothold.

Although there is a subsistence allowance, the specific implementation still needs the help and support of local people. The power of the Shanxi clan is also very strong, and it is not easy to be dismantled.

Therefore, for the attack of the vanguard army in Shanxi, Lao Jiang has not said much. He wished that the vanguard army would crack open Yan Xishan's hard shell and push Yan Xishan to his side.

While Yan Xishan was sitting firmly on Luliang Mountain, he was also waiting for the vanguard army to fight with the Yue army, and when it was almost time, he was late enough to reward the guest army. Shanxi has become a devil's nest at this time, and if you want to get rid of these devils, Yan Xishan does not have the strength. No matter who goes to fight, the losses will not be small. What is the most important thing in troubled times? Naturally, it is the army and money.

Yan Xishan's army was reluctant to be sent out for attrition, and he had already calculated the path of the vanguard army. No matter how strong the attack power of the vanguard army is, their internal affairs figures are average. After driving out the devils, one person is also needed to govern Shanxi. If you want to stabilize the political situation in Shanxi as soon as possible, you really can't do without him. As long as there are still soldiers, even if he loses power for a while, he can eventually become the king of Shanxi. After more than 20 years of operation, every grass and tree in Shanxi has been branded by him. He can't do without Shanxi, and Shanxi can't do without him.

Therefore, Lao Yan thought about it for a long time and decided to wait for the change of events, and only sent Sun Chu to participate in the next battle to attack Taiyuan, just in case. He can calm down in Shanxi, not to mention the battlefield in Henan, he is even more indifferent.

Meng Xiang didn't expect them at all, and when he arranged the troops, he focused on his own strength. Absolute strength represents the absolute right to speak.

Both the vanguard army and Yue himself had already aimed at Henan, but they both chose to spend their patience in the Huaibei region.

The heavy artillery in Huaibei was less heard, but the shells of the anti-aircraft artillery were accompanied by smoke and constantly roaring in the sky.

The devils send planes to harass every day, and their reconnaissance planes are circling around like flies every day. The devils also learned to be obedient, and no longer went deep into the front line of the vanguard army, and suffered from anti-aircraft artillery in vain. After seeing the anti-aircraft fire network of the vanguard army, even the aces of skilled pilots were a little apprehensive about it. Under the dense firepower network, it has something to do with luck. One is unlucky and will be shot down by shrapnel.

Behind them, a large number of native troops of the Japanese army were transported.

Troop carriers are not so easy to fight. Although a few days ago, taking advantage of the darkness and negligence of the Japanese army, another troop transport ship was sunk, but the submarine of the vanguard army, which had not had time to sink to a safe position, was also injured by the depth charges of the Japanese army's escort fleet, killing 14 people. If it weren't for the fact that four submarines participated in the attack this time, diverting the enemy's attention, they would have been completely destroyed.

Since then, the focus of the vanguard has shifted to cargo ships. The army arranged armed personnel on each cargo ship, and the crew was armed with weapons, and some large cargo ships even carried artillery.

But this did not stop the attack of the vanguard army in the slightest. It is not easy to capture, so it is sunk. The attacks of the Pioneer Army submarines had already reached the vicinity of the Yellow Sea, almost sealing off the ports around Dalian. At this time, he had to increase shipping in Dandong and other ports, and even directly through the ports of the Korean Peninsula.

Materials were already in short supply, and the 10 million yuan printed by the vanguard army began to be quietly put into the local market, aiming at grain, rubber, and oil. The rise of these three things will make me look for more resources.

It is said that my hands and feet are not slow, and there are some discordant voices fluctuating in the territory of the vanguard army.

Bee stings can't stop the temptation of honey.

"When people's ** is not satisfied, they always don't stop." Meng Xiang looked out the window and sighed.

"When the forest is big, any bird will have it." Pharmacist Tang said disapprehantly.

"At this time, there was a voice of decentralization in the local area, and some people turned into asking for the people's lives." Meng Xiang scoffed.

"Only when the local government is self-governing can they have more room to operate. Some people can still dominate the village. Pharmacist Tang also sighed.

"So, our open-boil process is divided into three steps. As a first step in the governance measures, this autonomy is now limited to the villages. Townships and towns are co-governed by the political axe and the local government in the theater, with the local government as the mainstay, and the political axe in the theater supervising and restricting. At the city and county level, the government in the theater is the main one, and the localities are mainly supervised and restrained. Meng Xiang rubbed his forehead and said, "During the war, coupled with the fact that the people's wisdom has not been opened, it is too open and there is no stable development order. Although we can't, some restrictions still need to be in place, or then things will be enough to drain our energy. ”

He stood up, walked a few steps around the room, and said with some indignation: "Just like now, can't some people see the situation at this time? said that he was forced to the door of his home, and several forces were still mixing in for a little profit, why didn't he see such a spirit in fighting devils? ”

"It's someone tossing around. Our vanguard has ruined the benefits of too many people. According to an article in the newspaper a few days ago, our vanguard army does not speak for the capitalists and landlords, divides the land, sets the minimum wage and the maximum working hours; It's not for the people to speak, private ownership and exploitation are still the same, and the feudal ideology is still the same. And who exactly are we talking for? ”

Meng Xiang was happy when he heard it:

"Of course it's for the people!"