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The time comes to mid-September.

To Xu Le's surprise, Commander Yan brought the Second War Zone Headquarters to Yuci County, 20 kilometers southeast of Taiyuan, but did not move to Taiyuan. This was probably because Taiyuan was too close to Xinkou where the Japanese were stationed.

But Xu Le and Commander Yan had already reached an agreement, so Commander Yan dispatched an army to be stationed around Taiyuan, and transferred an army to Xinxian to cooperate with the 88th Army in defending against the Japanese.

After all, Jin Province is Commander Yan's territory, so he has to put on some show and deploy some troops on the front line.

Taiyuan finally returned to his arms, and he must protect it well and not lose it again.

However, Xu Le did not relax and allowed Commander Yan to station an army in Xin County. He also deployed the mechanized infantry division in Qingyuan and Taigu counties around Taiyuan.

As for the entire Zhengtai Railway, Xu Le took full control of it, and handed it over to the Motorized Infantry Division for garrison from Yuci County 15 kilometers east to Niangzi Pass.

The guard brigade and the two standing reserve regiments in the reserve were stationed in the Meidongshan headquarters and Linfen area to ensure the smooth passage of the 88th Army from Fengling Ferry to Taiyuan.

The quality of the soldiers in the two standing reserve regiments is average among the reserve forces. This was something Xu Le had planned long ago. They were originally carrying out emergency battles and did not require too strong combat effectiveness.

For this military expansion, he planned to transfer 4 people with higher military qualities among the reserve forces into the regular army, and then select a group of people with high qualities from the new recruits to form several new divisions.

Anyway, Commander Jiang gave him the right to expand the organization on his own in case of emergency.

Now there are heavy Japanese troops at Xinkou and Niangziguan. In order to ensure the safety of Shanxi Province, I will expand the army and enhance the defense capability. This is completely reasonable!

For a time, the news of the 88th Army's recruitment spread throughout the Tang Dynasty through various channels, attracting countless young and middle-aged people from all directions. Even in the enemy-occupied areas, many people took great risks and crossed thousands of mountains and rivers to join the 88th Army.

Jiang Feng was also quite showy. In order to compete with other troops for soldiers, he even sent many trucks out to pick up people. The farthest one went to the mountain city, which made the other troops itchy.

But they had no choice as they couldn't provide so many trucks themselves.

Moreover, if you join the 88th Army, you will receive a resettlement allowance of 6 yuan, and a fixed salary of 4 yuan per month. The other troops can only afford yuan, and the monthly salary is less than yuan, and it is paid in legal currency.

Not even the elite National Guards can compare to them.

The Political Department also used special methods to spread the news that the 88th Army needed various types of cutting-edge talents abroad. As long as the Tang people living abroad knew that the Tang Dynasty had a powerful army like the 88th Army, there would definitely be many people willing to return home to assist in the battle.

On this day, Xu Le arrived at Yuncheng Airport.

"Young Marshal, after a month of overtime work, the airport expansion has been completed. The two original main runways have been increased to 2500 meters, and the simple hangar has also been repaired. The airport's area has more than doubled compared to before!"

Air Force Chief Instructor Xu Tian reports.

Xu Le nodded. God knows how much money was spent on expanding the airport this month. He remembered that Xu Tian had submitted funding applications several times, and he just signed and agreed after a casual glance.

Lu Shiyu next to her curled her lips. Such a large-scale expansion was completed within a month. How could it not be fast?

Those funding application forms passed through her hands before being handed to Xu Le, so she clearly remembered that Xu Tian applied for a total of 20 yuan.

You have to know that his brother Lu Yanhao only applied for a total of 2 yuan to research grenades, and it was divided into three times.

"How many aircraft can it accommodate now? If possible, I plan to introduce the H-6!"

徐天略微思考了下道：“如果把轰6算进去的话，可以容纳3个歼5大队，2个轰5大队，1个轰6大队！”

Xu Le shook his head: "We don't need so many J-5s for now. Just keep two squadrons for now. You think of a way. I want to have two H-6 squadrons!"

Xu Tian immediately waved his hand and rejected it: "That won't do. If it's just for visitors, it's fine. But this is for combat. It needs to ensure normal takeoff and landing, and also leave enough space for pilots to train. The H-6 is too big. It takes at least four J-4 squadrons to accommodate one H-5 squadron!"

The J-5 is about 11 meters long, has a wingspan of 10 meters, and an empty weight of only 4 tons, making it an ultra-light fighter.

The H-6 is different. It is about 35 meters long, has a wingspan of almost 34 meters, and an empty weight of 37 tons, making it a strategic bomber.

This size is several levels lower than the J-5.

However, Xu Le did not give Xu Tian any chance to refute and said: "No, you are now the deputy commander-in-chief of the Air Force, responsible for all matters of the Air Force. You must handle this matter for me. I need at least two H-6 squadrons!"

Xu Tian was also merciless and said: "It can't be done. The airport can no longer be expanded! Unless only one squadron of J-5 and H-5 is retained, there will be room for two H-6 squadrons. Otherwise, we have to build another airport!"

What the hell!

Is this because his wings have grown strong and he is about to make a big move?

Xu Le's eyes widened in anger: "Fuck, is this how you do things for me? I said two H-6s, so I'll give you two. You figure it out!"

At this time, Xu Da spoke up to remind him: "Young Marshal, I'm afraid there's really no way to solve this problem. The H-6 is a strategic bomber and it takes up too much space!"

Xu Le rolled his eyes at the other person.

How could I not know? The main reason is that Xu Tian is too shameless. I have already said what I want to say. Can't you give me some face and let me back down?

You could just agree to it on the spot and then quietly discuss other solutions in private afterwards. Do you have to refuse in person?

Didn't you see there was a girl next to him? How could I, as the leader of an army, save my dignity?

"Come on, come on! I'll find a way to build another airport. Prepare all the pilots for me, or you won't be able to provide them when I need them!"

Lu Shiyu didn't understand what they were saying, but she felt that the H-6 they were talking about seemed very powerful. When she thought about how powerful the 88th Army's air force was, her sense of pride was strengthened again.

The look he gave Xu Tian became even brighter, and his admiration for him reached a new high.

.......

That night, the entire airport was under martial law and no one was allowed to go out because Xu Le was going to exchange for the H-6.

The first step is to take out 5 J-12s and 5 H-12s from the system space.

The reason why a position was reserved for the J-5 squadron was because Xu Le wanted to set up an attack aircraft squadron specifically for ground attacks.

The J-5 is a fighter jet that is used to carry rockets for air-to-air combat. Its external mounting capability is too low, and at most it can only carry two small aerial bombs on its wings, which cannot meet the firepower requirements against the ground.

That's why he wanted to set up an attack aircraft brigade to strengthen the fire suppression on the enemy's front-line battlefield.

The Q-5 is a single-seat, twin-engine supersonic attack aircraft developed by China in the late 50s based on the J-6 fighter.

The aircraft has a total length of about 17 meters, a wingspan of about 10 meters, an empty weight of 6375 kg, a maximum take-off weight of kg, and a bomb load of 1500 kg.

At an altitude of meters, it can fly at a speed of 1.1 times Mach, with a maximum flight speed of 1240 kilometers per hour and a cruising speed of 800 kilometers per hour.

The practical ceiling is meters. When no auxiliary fuel tanks are mounted, the maximum range is 1200 kilometers and the combat radius is about 500 kilometers.

强5武器系统分为4个部分：内部弹仓可以挂载两枚250千克或500千克的航空炸弹；机腹下方的两个外挂架也可以挂载相同重量的航空炸弹；机翼下的两个外挂梁也可以挂载两枚最大250千克的航空炸弹。

The last weapon is two 23mm cannons at the wing root, each with 100 rounds of ammunition.

The aircraft is equipped with 6 aerial bombs and machine guns, so its ground attack firepower is more than doubled that of the J-5.

Moreover, its supersonic flight speed can reduce the probability of being hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire and increase the survival rate.

The price of the Q-5 is the same as that of the H-5, which is 7 military merit points per aircraft. Purchasing 24 aircraft will cost 168 million military merit points.

Twelve of them were taken out on the spot.