Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

"Brother Jiwen, the situation is difficult now. I apologize for the poor hospitality." Commander Li said apologetically.

"You are too polite, brother. As soldiers, we should never care about such red tape."

Zeng Jiwen waved his hand and said nonchalantly.

Afterwards, the two discussed the current situation.

Zeng Jiwen learned that the Japanese surprise attack on Changzhi prevented the 47th Army from defending in time, but fortunately they resisted in time and avoided being completely wiped out.

Afterwards, he looked grateful, saying that it was thanks to the 389th Brigade's timely action, otherwise the situation would have been very dangerous.

"Brother Qi, I wonder what your army's next plan is." Zeng Jiwen asked Commander Li.

"Brother Jiwen, to be honest, my 47th Army relies on your help this time, but we suffered heavy losses before, and the commander of the Second War Zone has ordered us to retreat to the Zhongtiao Mountains in the south to rest and recuperate."

"After this evacuation, I don't know when we can fight side by side again." Commander Li said with emotion.

"Brother Qi, don't worry. The Japanese invaders are rampant right now. We soldiers are fighting against the enemy and serving our country. Sooner or later, you and I may fight side by side." Zeng Jiwen comforted him.

Afterwards, Zeng Jiwen and Commander Li began to discuss the current situation and possible future developments, as well as the future judgment on the strategic defense situation in the Zhongtiao Mountain area. Commander Li was amazed by what he heard.

Afterwards, Zeng Jiwen handed over some of the supplies he brought from the base, including newly produced medical gauze, alcohol, Chinese medicinal materials, etc. from the factory to Commander Li, saying that this was a small support for the 47th Army, which made Li Jiayu express his gratitude repeatedly.

The next morning, Zeng Jiwen said goodbye to Commander Li and others and began to return to the brigade headquarters.

Half a month later, it was May. During this half month, in addition to staying at the brigade headquarters, Zeng Jiwen continued to investigate various problems in the troops and base areas below him, and pointed out their shortcomings.

At the same time, by combining intelligence from various parties, the situation of the three Japanese airports was roughly understood.

Moreover, based on the Japanese army's activities at the airport in the past half month, the Japanese army has begun to deploy troops, targeting Zeng Jiwen's 389th Brigade.

Moreover, the number of aircraft at the three major airports began to increase significantly.

In Taiyuan, the Japanese army stationed a flying squadron with a total of 72 aircraft, as well as a bomber squadron with 27 bombers, with a total number of more than 100 aircraft.

There was already a flying squadron at Shijiazhuang Airport, and now a bomber squadron has been added.

In Handan, the airport, which originally had only one small team, gradually expanded to accommodate 24 aircraft taking off and landing. There is no doubt that these actions of the Japanese army were clearly aimed at the 389th Brigade.

According to other intelligence, Taiyuan Airport has the least guards, with only one guard squadron. However, the newly arrived Independent Mixed Brigade No. 5 is stationed in Jinzhong not far away and can reach the airport to provide support in less than two hours.

At Shijiazhuang Airport, there is a Japanese army regiment stationed nearby. The specific number of this regiment is not yet available. Shijiazhuang is also the logistics operation base of the Japanese army in North China. Almost all reserve brigades will go to the front line to fight after training here.

Zeng Jiwen looked around and realized the weakest defense was probably Handan Airport. There was only one Japanese garrison battalion guarding the airport, and there were a large number of soldiers from the 389th Brigade active around Handan. Let alone bombing the airport, Zeng Jiwen would have immediately seized it if the pilots he trained at home hadn't yet reached the front lines.

Zeng Jiwen thought about it and realized that he now had 12 107 rocket launchers in his hands. After this powerful weapon was manufactured, Zeng Jiwen immediately kept it secret. Except for some people who had seen it, the rest of the time when he was performing tasks outside, he would use cover to cover it.

In order to prevent the Japanese army from getting the relevant information, they told the people below that they had simply modified the Japanese artillery shells to save ammunition and make them shoot farther, so that kind of phenomenon occurred in the sky.