Zheng Goucheng couldn't help but be overjoyed after hearing this. He quickly stood up and said, "Thank you, Junzuo, for your cultivation. I promise you that I will lead the troops well and will definitely live up to your expectations, Junzuo."

In fact, he has been coveting the position of teacher for a long time, and now that he has finally got his long-cherished wish, how can he not be overjoyed.

"But you have to note that your division commander will only be recognized within our army. Externally, you are still only the deputy commander of the 1** Division."

Lu Mingxuan said to him.

"It doesn't matter, as long as we admit it."

Zheng Goucheng said carelessly that he didn't care about anything. In his eyes, the big boss was a person who would dominate the country sooner or later. As long as the big boss recognized him as a teacher, that would be fine.

"In the next month, we are likely to continue to fight against the Japs, so everyone must be prepared. As for the positions of division commanders and brigade commanders, it depends on your performance this time. Our principle is that those who are capable will be placed.

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Lu Mingxuan glanced at his men and said, to be honest, he was deeply worried about whether his men could be qualified for the position of division commander. Being able to be a battalion commander does not mean that he can be a division commander. The gap between them is huge.

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However, he thought that Li Yunlong in Bright Sword could grow from a mud-legged man to a general, and his subordinates should be able to do the same.

His men also showed expressions of surprise. They made up their minds to perform well this time. Even if they could not win the position of division commander, they would still win the position of brigade commander.

"What about me? Military commander, you haven't rewarded me yet!"

At this time, Crazy Li stood up and said.

Seeing that Zheng Goucheng finally crossed the threshold and became a division commander, he was filled with envy. Poor him, Crazy Li was still an old man in Wolong Village, and was only a battalion commander, although he still had a deputy from the Air Defense Headquarters.

The title of Commander was false, but he always felt a little unwilling to do so.

"As for your reward, it has something to do with our next plan. What I'm talking about below is the top secret of our army. No one is allowed to leak it. If there is any violation, it will be immediately dismissed and investigated. No tolerance will be tolerated."

At this point, Lu Mingxuan's tone became very harsh.

Hearing this, everyone's expressions became very serious. They had paid a lot of price to get to such a high position. If they were beaten to the end, there would be no place to cry.

"Our next step is to build an airport in Xuzhou and Shangqiu. Xuzhou Airport will be the frontier airport for our bombing of Japan, while Shangqiu Airport will be the backup airport."

Hearing this, everyone was stunned and stunned. Is the army planning to ignite the war on the Japanese homeland?

"Military seat, are you planning to bomb Japan?"

Nie Ziwen said with a worried look.

"That's right."

Lu Mingxuan nodded and said, now Japanese planes have been bombing Chinese cities unscrupulously. I don't know how many innocent civilians have died in these bombings. If he doesn't take some action, he would be really guilty.

In the heart.

"But in this way, the Japanese may regard us as the main target of their attack, and they will definitely take crazy revenge on us."

Nie Ziwen said with a little worry.

"It doesn't matter. With our strength, we will be able to withstand the crazy Japanese attack in a short time."

Lu Mingxuan said.

With their strength, the Japanese can only show some prestige in industrially backward Asia. Once they encounter a large-scale armored force, they are no match at all, not to mention that their opponent is the luxurious force he has carefully built.

After hearing what he said, Nie Ziwen nodded. He just wanted to remind Lu Mingxuan of the consequences of doing so. Since Lu Mingxuan was mentally prepared, he didn't have to worry.

"Once the training of our air defense forces is completed, I will dispatch a large number of air defense forces to Xuzhou. My plan is to build Xuzhou into a real air defense fortress."

Lu Mingxuan said that in his plan, Xuzhou's air defense capability would even surpass that of Jiyuan. Only in this way can it stop the crazy counterattacks of HNA and Army Airlines.

"Crazy Li, I need you to serve as the military commander of all the air defense forces in Xuzhou and take full charge of the air defense work there. You must remember that this is a very important responsibility and you must not be careless in the slightest."

Lu Mingxuan said.

"I understand, military seat."

Madman Li said with a somewhat bitter look on his face. It was air defense work again, and he regretted why he agreed to be the battalion commander of the Laoshizi Air Defense Battalion in the first place.

"I have submitted this plan to the Supreme Command five days ago, and I believe they will definitely approve it."

Lu Mingxuan said with a smile.

He did not believe that Chiang Kai-shek would not be tempted after knowing this plan. The Japanese bombing of China was simply unscrupulous. He did not know how many bombs were thrown on Chiang Kai-shek's head. Now that he had the opportunity to throw bombs on the Japanese's head, he believed

If nothing else happens, Chiang Kai-shek will agree to this plan soon.

"This project is called Hellfirebird."

Finally, Lu Mingxuan glanced at them and said.

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In the Presidential Palace in Wuhan, bright sunlight shines into Chiang Kai-shek's office from the window, making the entire office look bright and atmospheric.

But Chiang Kai-shek's face looked very bad. Since the Battle of Nanjing, Japan has stepped up its offensive in Shandong.

Han Fuqu actually fled without fighting at such a critical moment, which of course made him very angry, so he chopped off Han Fuqu's head without hesitation.

But these cannot stop the Japanese's fierce offensive. The Japanese have already attacked Qingdao and Lianyungang, and launched a fierce attack from Shandong to the south. They are trying to communicate with the north and south battlefields and threaten Wuhan. This of course makes Chiang Kai-shek very anxious.

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The repeated failures on the battlefield reminded him of the 98th Army, so he sent several telegrams to Lu Mingxuan, ordering him to participate in the Shandong War. Unexpectedly, he refused his order on the grounds that the troops had not completed training.

Of course this made him feel very angry!

Warlord! What a fucking warlord! How dare you disobey the central government’s orders? How unreasonable!

He must show Lu Mingxuan's hypocritical patriotic face in front of the people of the country, Chiang Kai-shek thought secretly.

But a few days ago, Lu Mingxuan suddenly sent him a plan. After reading the plan, he couldn't make up his mind for several days.

It turned out that Lu Mingxuan hoped to build two airports in Xuzhou and Shangqiu to prepare for bombing the Japanese mainland in the future.

This undoubtedly made Chiang Kai-shek feel very excited. It was such a powerful idea to ignite the war on the Japanese mainland!

But he was full of worries about another thing, that is, the strength of the 98th Army was growing too fast, which made him feel very uneasy.

The last time he allowed the 98th Army to use Zhoukou Airport, he originally wanted him to fight with the Japanese.

Unexpectedly, they actually opened a recruitment point in Zhoukou and started recruiting troops there with great fanfare. This made him feel extremely regretful.

If I had known earlier, I would not have allowed them to use Zhoukou Airport!

He didn't know exactly how much the strength of the 98th Army had grown, but judging from the number of people they reported, there were at least 30,000 people.

But he estimated that Lu Mingxuan must have hidden his strength, maybe their strength had reached 60,000.

And that Dai Li is really useless, he can't even find out such simple information.

Thinking of this, Chiang Kai-shek felt very angry.

"Bang! Bang!"

At this time there was a knock on the door.

"Come in!" Chiang Kai-shek said calmly.

At this time, Chen Cheng walked in excitedly. He took a battle report and said to Chiang Kai-shek: "Chairman, what a great victory! What a great victory!"

"Oh? Where did you achieve a great victory?"

When he heard about the great victory, Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help but said with great joy that he had not heard good news for a long time. Now there were news everywhere about which places had been lost and where reinforcements were requested. These made him feel very annoyed. Now that he heard about the great victory,

This of course made him very happy.

"Yesterday the Japanese dispatched more than 200 aircraft to bomb Jiyuan, where the 98th Army is based, but the 98th Army was well prepared. They shot down more than 30 fighter jets and bombers and injured more than 80. But they also suffered heavy losses.

A total of 20 fighter jets were destroyed and 43 aircraft were damaged."

Chen Cheng handed a battle report in his hand to Chiang Kai-shek, who quickly read it carefully after taking it.

Did the 98th Army really only shoot down so many fighter planes? Of course not!

Just over Jiyuan, they shot down at least more than 70 Japanese aircraft, and their losses were definitely not as much as what the battle report said.

The reason why Lu Mingxuan did this was because he felt that sometimes it was necessary to hide his clumsiness, especially when facing Chiang Kai-shek, the shrewd Chairman of the Generalissimo.

Through this battle report, he wanted to tell Chiang Kai-shek that after this battle, my strength was also severely damaged, and you don't have to worry about me threatening your position.

After reading the battle report, Chiang Kai-shek breathed a sigh of relief, and then a smile appeared on his face, "Quickly inform the entire army of this battle report, and ask Lu Mingxuan to send me a list of meritorious personnel. I will seriously

Reward them."

This time, Chiang Kai-shek did not lie. He really planned to reward Lu Mingxuan's men heavily, because this would bring them closer to each other, increase their goodwill towards him, Jiang, and reduce resistance to the recruitment of this army in the future.

"Please rest assured, Chairman, I will take care of this matter right away."

After saying that, Chen Cheng was about to leave, but Chiang Kai-shek stopped him and handed the plan in his hand to Chen Cheng.

"Ci Xiu, this is a plan Lu Mingxuan gave me. Do you think I should agree to it?"

Chiang Kai-shek said a little undecided.

Chen Cheng quickly read it carefully. After reading it, he couldn't help but cheered loudly: "Okay! Of course such a good plan must be implemented! I really didn't expect that the 98th Army would be able to bomb the Japanese mainland. Of course we must strongly support it."
To be continued...