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After returning to Gongguo Ferry and Shanyang Town on the Lancang River, Xu's army's artillery bombarded the Japanese on the west bank without stopping from dawn.

The Air Force stopped after dispatching more than 200 sorties, because the Japanese large targets on the ground had been almost destroyed. The cost of dispatching the Air Force was much greater than that of artillery, and it would take more time.

Looking at the other side of the river which was almost razed to the ground and there was hardly a single upright tree left, Xu Le fell into deep thought, feeling extremely anxious.

"Master Xu, it's been almost three hours. Have you contacted the First Flight Squadron?"

Xu Da looked worried, and slowly shook his head and said, "The military communications company and the aviation brigade communications platoon have been calling the 12 J-5s, but there has been no response!"

Xu Le couldn't help but yelled, "Damn it! I want to see the bodies of the 12 J-5s. They can't just disappear into thin air! Where did they go?"

Zhou Jiajia, who had been waiting nearby, couldn't help but tremble when she saw this, and she involuntarily took half a step back.

She had never met the young marshal before, but she heard that he was approachable, young and full of energy.

Since leaving Shanxi Province, he has also witnessed with his own eyes the young marshal and his group of guards treating each other like brothers and having a lot of fun. They don't seem like superiors and subordinates at all, but rather like a family.

Therefore, he felt that the young marshal was a very easy person to get along with!

But now the young marshal looked like a devil descended to the earth, his deep eyes, like a ghost that was seducing people and taking lives, were extremely scary.

This overturned the image of the young marshal in her mind.

Xu Da turned to look at Zhou Jiajia and said, "Jiajia, go over there and see if they need any help!"

"Okay! I'll go over first then."

Xu Le understood where his young marshal's anger came from. Perhaps others would think that Xu Le was worried about the J-5. After all, it is the most advanced fighter jet in the world today.

Perhaps more people think that Xu Le is worried about the pilots, because pilots are treasures for any country and are extremely difficult to train!

But Xu Da knew that Xu Le was not worried about the J-5 nor the pilots.

To be precise, the reason we are worried is not because these 12 people are pilots, but because they are 12 living lives and comrades-in-arms!

The young marshal is worried about the safety of his comrades!

After venting his anger, Xu Le looked towards the east bank of the Lancang River in the distance, and made a decision in his heart. He immediately shouted, "Xu Da, pass on my order, stop the shelling! Let the 60th Army take up their positions, and prepare to force a crossing of the Lancang River!"

"No!" Xu Da immediately spoke up to stop them: "Young Marshal, although the enemy's artillery fire is already very weak, we have only been shelling for three hours, and we certainly haven't eliminated all of their heavy firepower. It's daytime now, if the troops force their way across the river, the losses will be very great!"

Xu Le helplessly shouted: "Then tell me what to do? The J-5 is so big and there has been no news for so long!"

Xu Da paused and said, "Young Marshal, how about this? I'll send someone to drive an Apache helicopter over to take a look. You also said that the J-5 is large in size. As long as it didn't disappear out of thin air, I believe it won't take long to find its trace. Even if it crashed, the devils won't be able to cover up its traces in a short time!"

Hearing this, Xu Le exhaled slowly a few times. Fortunately, Xu Da was there to stop him, otherwise if the order to force a crossing was really given, it would be really troublesome.

"This is the only way. Send out both Apaches and find them!"

"Okay, I'll let Tang Bohu F4 go. They are all pretty smart!"

.....

Five minutes later, Tang Bohu, Zhu Zhishan and four others were ready. They started the helicopter and flew into the air, heading towards the west bank of the Lancang River.

However, before the helicopter crossed the river, a slight roar was heard in the distant sky.

Soon, 12 J-5s formed a square formation consisting of four triangles and flew over the heads of Xu Le and others, heading towards Dali Airport.

"Made!"

Xu Le started to curse: "Xu Da, ask Tang Bohu and the others to come back. I want to go to the airport to see what these bastards are doing. If they can't explain what's wrong, I'll put them to military court!"

The two Apaches that had just taken off landed back to the ground, but one of them was replaced by Xu Le and Xu Da, flying towards Dali Airport!

At Dali Airport, Wang Yuqi looked at the First Flight Squadron landing one after another and rushed over with anger on his face.

"Guards, tie up everyone!"

Meng Bo was picked up by two guards as soon as he got off the plane. He thought he would be punished when he returned, but it seemed more serious than he had imagined.

"Brigade Commander, Brigade Commander, why is this happening? Why are you tying us up?"

Wang Yuji clenched his hands and shouted angrily: "How dare you ask me why? Don't you know? Come on, tell me why I tied you up!"

At the same time, he pointed at the other 11 pilots and shouted, "Do you know? If you don't know, let your captain tell you!"

Facing the angry Brigade Commander Wang Yuqi and Deputy Brigade Commander Zhou Bingyan, Meng Bo nervously told them in detail all the details that happened after they set out.

The rest of the team members also added their important experiences.

After learning that Meng Bo had severely damaged the Lashio Airport, Wang Yuji calmed down a little and said, "No matter how great your achievements are, you acted on your own and disconnected the radio with the brigade headquarters at will. This is a mistake and you must be punished according to military law!"

"Commander, can you please make the punishment lighter for the sake of making amends?"

"Humph!" Zhou Bingyan snorted coldly: "You have the nerve to reduce the punishment? Do you know how worried the young marshal is about you? He calls every few minutes to inquire about your situation. I guess the young marshal will be here soon, so just wait!"

"What? The young marshal is coming too?" Meng Bo was shocked, thinking that something big had happened.

At this moment, an Apache helicopter quickly landed at the airport from a distance, and Xu Le hurried down.

"It's over..."

Seeing Xu Le's appearance, these were the two words that Meng Bo could think of at this moment.

"Young Marshal, everyone is back, no one is missing, no one is injured, and the fighter planes are intact! By the way, Meng Bo blew up the Japanese secret airport in Lashio, so we don't have to worry about the Japanese air force in western Yunnan for a while!"

Wang Yuji ran forward in a hurry, without mentioning the unauthorized attack, but kept praising Meng Bo's contribution, also wanting to protect Meng Bo.

Although they were of the same age, Meng Bo was also considered half his student. There were few teachers who did not protect their students.

Xu Le paused: "Lashio? This is in Myanmar, how did they get there? Did you assign them a combat mission?"

Wang Yuji gritted his teeth and said, "I didn't assign specific tasks to the teams. I just asked them to do their best to destroy the enemy's air force, and they can act according to circumstances when necessary!"

Xu Le didn't think that Wang Yuqi, a veteran of the Battle of Shanghai and the Battle of Wuhan, who had studied in a military academy for several years, would make such a vague arrangement.

Moreover, Wang Yuqi is the son of a general, so his military foundation cannot be weak, which is why he made an exception and appointed him as the brigade commander.

Xu Le immediately understood that Wang Yuqi wanted to plead for Meng Bo and others.

Although he was annoyed, he cared more about the names of the 12 men from Mengbo. Disobeying military orders seemed less important.

After personally checking that Meng Bo and his 12 men were not injured, Xu Le finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"The lowest rank among you is second lieutenant, and Meng Bo is a captain. I don't need to teach you what the first duty of a soldier is. There is no such thing as making up for one's mistakes in my army. Your contributions are indeed great, and I will reward you! But your mistakes are also great, and punishment is inevitable!

From now on, Captain Meng Bo will be removed from his post and demoted to squadron leader, and the military rank of all personnel will be reduced by one level!

Unless necessary, do not participate in any military operations within one month! "