Compared with the gloomy 20th Division headquarters, the air defense headquarters in Jiyuan was filled with laughter at this time. Lu Mingxuan and his subordinates were laughing and talking about today's battle.//Visit to download the txt novel /

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"Everyone performed very well today. I would like to give special praise to the left-behind personnel at the radar station, Zheng Goucheng, and Madman Li. Without the early warning from the radar station, we would not have been able to predict the sneak attack on us by the little devils in advance."

"Zheng Goucheng and Madman Li also did a very good job. Without you controlling the traffic in time, so many people would have crowded the entire road. Our pilots and air defense units would not have been able to get back to the base in time.

, then our situation will be dangerous."

Lu Mingxuan said to them with a smile.

He was grateful for what happened today. If any of these two points went wrong, Jiyuan would become another Pearl Harbor, and he would have nowhere to cry.

At this time, he remembered an ancient saying, only a thousand days can be a thief, but there is no truth in guarding against thieves. Should he take the initiative to drive out the Japanese in Shanxi?

"We are just following your instructions, military commander. There is no credit. If we want to take credit, it is because of your good leadership, military commander."

After hearing what Lu Mingxuan said, Crazy Li quickly flattered him with a flattering look on his face.

"The madman is right. These are all your fault, military commander. We are just following orders."

Zheng Goucheng also nodded quickly and said.

After listening to what the two of them said, there was a burst of laughter in the conference room. The flattery of these two people was too obvious.

Zheng Goucheng and Madman Li not only did not feel ashamed, but held their heads up proudly. If you have the ability, come and flatter them. I guess some people still can't help but feel embarrassed.

Lu Mingxuan also pointed at them and shook his head with a wry smile, "You guys! In view of your outstanding performance this time, I have decided to reward you."

As soon as they heard about the reward, Zheng Goucheng and Madman Li immediately cheered up and sat upright, staring at Lu Mingxuan intently.

"The remaining personnel at the radar station prevented our army from suffering huge losses due to their dedicated duties. All personnel at the station will be awarded second-class merit once. Ordinary soldiers will be rewarded with 500 yuan, and officers will be rewarded with 1,000 yuan."

Lu Mingxuan thought for a while and said that the various systems of the 98th Army are still very imperfect, including the reward system.

He originally planned to create his own reward system for the 98th Army, but due to time constraints, this system has not yet been perfected, so he can only learn from the PLA's reward system for the time being.

"As for Zheng Goucheng and Crazy Li?"

At this time, Lu Mingxuan glanced at Zheng Gou Sheng. He did not directly talk about the reward, but instead moved the topic to other places.

"Since the end of the Battle of Nanjing, we have recruited many more people, including a total of 40,000 people from Jiyuan, Luoyang, Jiaozuo, and Xinxiang, and 20,000 people sent by Yan Xishan."

Many of the people recruited from Jiyuan and other places are passionate young people from all over the country who have traveled thousands of miles to join the army, and many of these passionate young people are educated talents. This also makes Lu Mingxuan feel very gratified, and his talents have finally become better and better.

It's becoming more and more abundant.

But at the same time, there is also a hint of emotion. Young people are indeed full of enthusiasm and are very easy to be incited.

And after the last conversation between him and Zhao Daiwen, Yan Xi was eager to expand his strength to prevent the entire Shanxi from being taken over by the little devils.

After some bargaining, he finally agreed to Lu Mingxuan's conditions, and the 20,000 people were only the first batch of their transactions, and 30,000 more would be delivered in the future.

However, the price of these 50,000 people was only 5 million oceans. Lu Mingxuan felt that this transaction was really worth it. If this kind of transaction could be repeated several times, he would not have to worry about the source of troops.

"And we have also recruited 40,000 people in Zhoukou." Lu Mingxuan continued.

Zhoukou has always been the most populous city in Henan. Compared with Jiyuan, which has a population of only more than 300,000 and a small population, Zhoukou's population resources are at least 10 times that of Jiyuan.

Lu Mingxuan estimated that he could recruit at least 150,000 troops in Zhoukou, which was one of the reasons why he located the airport in Zhoukou.

"So I decided to continue massive military expansion!!!"

As soon as Lu Mingxuan finished speaking, there was a heavy intake of breath in the conference room! Then almost everyone looked at Lu Mingxuan with extremely fiery eyes. Are their troops going to increase significantly again?

"In the next period of time, I decided to establish two new armored divisions, three mechanized infantry brigades, a motorized infantry division and a mountain division."

What he has to do this time is to explode troops again and again. He wants to use the fastest speed to build a force that can be quickly deployed on the battlefield at any time, and then use it to drive the little Japanese out of China.

"In addition, there are three 155mm self-propelled howitzer regiments, two Katyusha rocket launcher battalions, three standard reading tank battalions, and one Panther tank battalion."

Having said this, Lu Mingxuan paused and looked at the people present, and found that many of them held their breath and flushed with excitement.

Especially Zheng Goucheng among them, he estimated that he was the commander of one of the armored divisions.

"The air force and air defense forces must be expanded to at least twice their current size!"

Lu Mingxuan continued to say that the air force has always been his top priority in his heart, and he plans to add two new aircraft types to his air force this time, one is the F8F Panda fighter and the SBD-5 fearless dive bomber.

The f8f Panda fighter can be said to be an untimely aircraft. Its climb can exceed that of the Hellcat fighter by 30%, and its dive speed can even exceed the speed of sound. It is the record holder for the level flight speed of all propeller aircraft.

Its short-term acceleration capability was unrivaled in World War II.

However, such an excellent aircraft did not show its glory in World War II because it appeared too late. Later, it sadly withdrew from the stage of history due to the birth of jet fighters.

Many people believe that it was the real king of propeller fighters in World War II, but it did not receive this title because it was born too late.

In the Army-Navy Joint Fighter Conference held in 1944, the F8F-1 "Panda" conducted simulated air combat with the Republic P-47D/M, North American P-51D and Vought F4U-4. The conference pilots (comprised of 6 Army pilots

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(composed of 5 naval pilots and 12 civilian test pilots) all highly praised the performance of the "Panda" and rated it as the best all-round fighter at an altitude of 7,620 meters. Not only can it participate in air combat, it can also carry rockets.

Participate in ground attacks.

No propeller fighter can be its opponent at low altitude. It is the real king of low altitude fighters.

It's time for the panda to be born, Lu Mingxuan thought.

The SBD Dauntless dive bomber was a bomber with great achievements in World War II. It sank the four aircraft carriers Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, and Hiryu, which Japan was proud of at the time. No aircraft was sunk.

warships can match it.

Although it has various shortcomings such as pilot fatigue, lack of power, and vulnerability to attack, many American pilots still praise it.

In fact, Lu Mingxuan was a little hesitant about whether to equip the SBD Dauntless dive bomber or the SB2C Helldiver bomber.

It stands to reason that the SB2C Helldiver is more advanced than the SBD in all functions, but due to its poor control, both US Navy pilots and British pilots dislike this aircraft and think it is a very

Junk airplane.

In the end, Lu Mingxuan decided to try equipping the SBD Dauntless dive bomber first, and if that didn't work, then equip the SB2C Helldiver.

Lu Mingxuan planned to equip this aircraft, of course, for the Japanese Navy. The so-called plan for a rainy day meant that he had to make plans for the future in advance.

"I am a straightforward person and don't like procrastination! In five months, I will try to regain North China. At that time, I hope that you can join me in working hard to regain North China."

Lu Mingxuan said loudly to them.

After hearing what he said, everyone looked at Lu Mingxuan in shock. Now that the whole of China is still in the strategic offensive stage, the army is already thinking about counterattacking North China. Is this thing jumping too fast?

"Don't you believe what I say?"

Lu Mingxuan frowned and said.

"No! We believe it! I believe our 98th Army will be able to regain North China!"

At this time, Zhang Lingfu was the first to stand up and say, his face flushed with excitement. He used to think that Lu Mingxuan liked to conserve his strength, but now it seems that he was wrong about Lu Mingxuan.

Facts have proved that Lu Mingxuan is still very patriotic!

Lu Mingxuan also looked at Zhang Lingfu with a smile. At first, Lu Mingxuan was a little hesitant about reusing Zhang Lingfu and Sun Liren.

After all, the world is still dominated by Chiang Kai-shek. At the critical moment, he is really not sure whether they will choose to help Chiang Kai-shek or him.

So after the last military expansion meeting, he had a private talk with Zhang Lingfu and Sun Liren, that is, everyone must cooperate to fight against the Japanese before driving away the Japanese. He, Lu Mingxuan, will never do anything to disgrace the country, and Zhang Lingfu and Sun Liren will also do the same.

Try your best to help him.

As for whether they want to stay after driving away the Japanese, it's up to them. If they choose to leave, he will give Zhang Lingfu and Sun Liren some equipment and let them form an equally powerful mechanized infantry brigade, but their troops must stay.

Down.

Zhang Lingfu and Sun Liren thought about it for three days and finally agreed to his conditions.
Chapter completed!