On March 13th, the sky in Jiyuan was cloudless, and the bright sunshine shone warmly on the earth.

At this time, a sky-blue plane was performing various dazzling maneuvers in the sky above Jiyuan Airport.

Various maneuvers such as roll, jump, sharp rise and turn, half-roll inversion, half-turn, half-turn, tilt and so on were all performed by this aircraft one by one.

All of this made the personnel below applaud and applaud. Many of them were professionals. Of course, one could see at a glance how excellent this fighter aircraft was.

Lu Mingxuan also looked at the fighter plane in the sky with a smile. Although the reputation of this kind of fighter plane was not particularly loud in later generations, its strength was not weaker than those famous World War II planes.

Yes, it is the famous World War II F8F Panda fighter developed by Grumman to replace the Hellcat fighter.

As the king of low-altitude fighting, Lu Mingxuan certainly wants to show it off.

Unfortunately, it will take four months to equip a large number of such aircraft. It is easy for pilots to adapt to a new fighter aircraft, but it is very difficult to train ground crews, which all require a lot of time.

Lu Mingxuan was watching the performance of the Panda Fighter, but without realizing it, he was already flying into the sky and began to think about what happened recently.

Last month, the Japanese army launched an attack on the southern Shanxi area. This did not surprise him because historically the Japanese also launched an attack on the southern Shanxi area at this time.

Yan Xishan also immediately sent him a letter asking for help. Lu Mingxuan could only helplessly shake his head at Yan Xishan's cunning behavior.

You must know that Lu Mingxuan sold the equipment of at least 10 German armorers and hundreds of Type 97 tanks. The current Jinsui Army is definitely truly strong.

With such powerful equipment, will he be unable to withstand the Japanese attack?

Therefore, Lu Mingxuan could only keep scolding Yan Xishan for being slippery. He clearly wanted to preserve his own strength by doing this, and then let Lu Mingxuan share his pressure.

Sure enough, none of the warlords during the Republic of China were simple!

However, Lu Mingxuan still sent his own air force to support the Jinsui Army. After all, they were idle when they were idle. It would be better to send them out to fight against the Japs, which would also quickly improve their experience and skills.

Moreover, after the last war, Japan's Army Air Force was definitely severely damaged. Now is the time when Japan's Army Air Force is at its weakest.

Facing the powerful 98th Army Air Force, the Japanese Army Air Forces were no match at all, and were beaten and fled in panic by the 98th Army's pilots.

As a result, the Air Force of the 98th Army easily won the air supremacy over the entire Shanxi battlefield. With the help of the Air Force of the 98th Army, the Shanxi-Sui Army also fought vigorously against the Japs without falling behind at all.

Slowly, the Panda fighter plane in the sky landed on the runway, and then Li Liqian jumped out of the plane.

"How does this aircraft feel?"

Lu Mingxuan said to Li Liqian who looked excited.

"This aircraft is really great. Its speed, acceleration, dive, and climb performance are much better than those of the Hellcat, and its maneuverability is also very good. I like it very much."

Li Liqian said very excitedly that in general, this is an aircraft that allows people to experience the joy of flying.

It is like the lightest elf in the airplane, allowing you to perform various stunts.

"So you agree with us to equip it on a large scale?"

Lu Mingxuan said with a funny face.

"Yes, of course such a good fighter jet needs to be equipped on a large scale."

Li Liqian said matter-of-factly.

At this time, he no longer cared about the Mustang. Although the Mustang was extremely powerful in combat, it was only about its overall strength. In comparison, he preferred the extremely flexible Panda fighter jet.

"Okay then, since you agree, we will first equip a brigade of Panda fighter jets, but that will have to wait four months. If the effect is good, we will replace it with such fighter jets in large quantities."

Lu Mingxuan said to him.

After listening to Lu Mingxuan's words, Li Liqian nodded excitedly. When the time comes, he will apply to Lu Mingxuan to be the first to switch to Panda fighter jets.

At this time, a messenger hurried over and said to him: "Report to the military, the Wuhan Military Commission is sending an urgent message."

Lu Mingxuan took the telegram from him and frowned after reading it.

As expected, this was another telegram urging him to send troops.

Ever since the Japanese army attacked Shandong, Chiang Kai-shek kept urging him to send troops to Shandong, but he stopped him on the grounds that the troops were not well trained.

This is not because he is looking for excuses for himself, but because his troops are really not well trained.

However, in recent times, major newspapers have been publishing articles by imperial literati, saying that Lu Mingxuan wanted to preserve his strength and was unwilling to fight the war sincerely. He was simply second to Han Fuju.

Of course, this made Lu Mingxuan very angry. He knew who did these things without guessing, and Chairman Chiang must be the driving force behind it.

But now is indeed the time to send troops. If we don’t send troops, [***] in Shandong will really be unable to resist.

"Send power to the Wuhan Military Commission and I will send troops to Shandong as quickly as possible. Please just rest assured."

Lu Mingxuan said to the messenger.

"As you command, military seat."

After the messenger left, Lu Mingxuan said to Li Liqian: "Li Qian, tomorrow you will lead two groups of Hellcat fighters, a squadron of Mustang fighters and all Stuka bombers to Zhoukou Airport to prepare for our army in Shandong.

provide air support for the battle."

"As you command, military seat."

Li Liqian quickly saluted and said.

Lu Mingxuan nodded. At this time, he looked towards the north. He was a little hesitant. Should he also deal with the Japanese army in Shanxi?

The threat to him from the planes at the Taiyuan Japanese Army Airport was too great. It would be difficult for him to feel safe unless they were eliminated.

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On March 15th, there were crowds of people everywhere outside the city of Jiyuan, and the sound of gongs and drums was endless.

The 98th Army was finally about to go on another expedition. This time they were going to Shandong to fight the Japanese. After learning the news, the folks in Jiyuan spontaneously organized a gong and drum team to see them off.

For this battle, Lu Mingxuan dispatched all the troops of the 189th Division and the 570th Brigade of the 190th Division (Brigade Commander Zhang Lingfu). In addition, he also dispatched a 155mm self-propelled heavy artillery regiment, a reading force anti-aircraft battalion, and a Tiger heavy armor

The battalion and a company of Panther tanks can be said to be truly strong troops.

Just their tanks, self-propelled artillery, and trucks totaled more than 20 kilometers, squeezing the entire Jiyuan highway to a crawl.

Looking at such a majestic team, some people in Jiyuan laughed loudly, and they were proud of the strength of the 98th Army; some people burst into tears, because there were their children here, and they were all extremely worried about the fate of their children.

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At this time, Lu Mingxuan said to Nie Ziwen: "Ziwen, I have to rely on you again this time."

This time it was Nie Ziwen who led the expedition. There was no way out. The only commander Lu Mingxuan could think of to lead the expedition was Nie Ziwen.

Zheng Gouchen, on the other hand, decided not to go at all. Now all his thoughts are focused on his armored division.

Nie Ziwen smiled and said, "Please rest assured, Commander, I will definitely live up to your expectations."

In the past three months, he has been immersed in the army. While training the troops, he discussed the combat methods of the armored forces with Zhang Lingfu, Sun Liren, and Li Xiaofei.

After summarizing the experience in Nanjing, he felt that his level had also improved greatly.

And this is what Lu Mingxuan appreciates most about him. It doesn't matter if there are some things, as long as he is willing to study hard, there is still hope.

Lu Mingxuan glanced at Zhang Lingfu who was standing next to him, and then said to him with a smile: "Brother Zhong Lin, if Ziwen makes any mistakes, you must remind him."

"Please rest assured, Commander Nie. Commander Nie is very talented and stable. He will definitely not make mistakes."

Zhang Lingfu quickly saluted and said.

"Hahaha!"

"Hahaha!"

After listening to Zhang Lingfu's words, Lu Mingxuan and Nie Ziwen couldn't help but burst into laughter. Why did this Zhang Lingfu become so smooth?

Hearing their laughter, Zhang Lingfu was a little embarrassed, but then he didn't care about it.

He was full of expectations for this upcoming battle. He had never led such a powerful and luxurious force.

Whether it was the powerful tanks, the heavy artillery, or the rocket launchers, these all made him feel like he had seen a new world.

He could guarantee that if he were allowed to command this mechanized infantry brigade, he would be able to defeat at least one of the Japanese divisions.

So he was very eager to fight against the little devils and let them know how powerful Zhang Lingfu was.

In a three-story building not far from the team, a middle-aged man wearing a long mandarin jacket was leaning against a window and observing the team in the distance. At the same time, he was holding a pen in his hand.

He kept recording everything he saw.

He is the spy Asano Ryuichi sent by the Special High School to Jiyuan again. The last time the Zuixianju army was wiped out, the Japanese Special High School was extremely shocked.

They did not expect that their intelligence stronghold would be taken away by the enemy so quickly, which also made them very surprised by the counterintelligence capabilities of the 98th Army.

However, as the 98th Army is a trump card force of the Kuomintang, they must send a large number of spies to Jiyuan to detect every move of the 98th Army, so they once again sent Asano Ryuichi and his associates.

This time they will adopt a more covert and dispersed approach to hide in Jiyuan.

At this time, Asano Ryuichi was shocked by what he saw. The 98th Army finally took action, and the action was so extraordinary.

But he saw more than a hundred armored vehicles of all kinds, and these armored vehicles were all huge in tonnage and size. Compared with the ones in the Japanese Empire, they were like giants.

This made him very worried about the Japanese Empire's army. Will they make the same mistake as the 9th Division?

At this time, he suddenly saw a bright red flag waving in the wind, but when he saw clearly the white background embroidered on it, he couldn't help but feel furious, and then yelled:

"Bagaya Road! The 189th Division is so shameless."

Because the flag he saw had the five characters "East Asia First Division" embroidered on it.

Although those foreign newspapers rated the 189th Division as the first division in East Asia, he did not think so because the record of the 189th Division was not enough to prove that it was truly the first division in East Asia.

There are many troops in the Japanese Empire that are stronger than the 189th Division, such as the famous Second Division.

Therefore, he thought that Lu Mingxuan's behavior was too shameless, and Asano Ryuichi expressed his utmost contempt for Lu Mingxuan's actions.

When all the troops of the 98th Army left, Asano Ryuichi breathed a long sigh of relief. He felt extremely tired from working intensely for several hours in a row. He quickly got up and left here. Now he needed to take care of everything he saw as soon as possible.
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