Chapter 442: Huh? Go South to the Island?

After learning that the Marine Brigade 1 needed a large number of manpower to repair the airport runway, the two old village chiefs of Jinjiaying Village and Baliying Village immediately patted their chests and expressed their opinions, and took over the task of temporarily recruiting local young and strong men.

The close relationship between the military and the people was fully reflected at this moment.

"Comrade, you must not be so polite. The Japanese had caused great harm to the village before, and we did not keep anything left by our ancestors!"

"Thanks to the Eighth Route Army for driving away the Japanese and recovering the lost land, everyone can see hope for the future again. If we don't do something, we will feel guilty!"

The two old men with frosted faces reminded Li Yunlong of the past since last year. He agreed to the matter and quickly expressed his gratitude.

"Okay! Then I'll trouble you fellow villagers! The organization will never forget your contributions!"

Just as the three were talking, a beeping radio sound suddenly sounded in the temporary command post of the Marine Brigade 1. The on-duty communicator immediately took up a pen to record, and then started compiling work as soon as possible.

After deciphering the complete content, the communications squad leader trotted to his commander and handed over the newly-made telegram with both hands.

"Brigade Commander, General Xu called!"

"The headquarters has already known the situation at our Xinxiang Airport. A support crew consisting of 25 medium and large transport aircraft will depart from Yuncheng soon."

"The first wave of supplies includes a total of eight 105mm howitzers, ten 120mm mortars, and three bases of various types of ammunition."

Hearing this good news, Li Yunlong's eyes flashed with excitement, and he jumped up from the ammunition box in a hurry. No one expected that the headquarters' support speed would be so fast.

After calming down, Lao Li quickly started working.

He first sent his second-in-command to cooperate with the two village chiefs to complete the temporary recruitment task, and then issued new orders to all officers and soldiers.

"Zhang Dabiao, take people to bring the villagers in, and be sure to maintain order!"

"Captain of the First Battalion, Captain of the Second Battalion! Each of you will keep a company of troops on guard. The rest of you, urgently repair the airport! Sun Desheng, drive all the tanks of the fighter-mobile company in and cooperate with the infantry to complete the task!"

Under efficient and reasonable dispatch, a construction team of 800 people was quickly formed.

Commanders represented by Li Yunlong were also not idle. They all picked up the paratrooper-special engineer shovels and joined the maintenance team to work hard.

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More than 40 minutes later, a roar of piston engines sounded in the northwest.

Looking at the source of the sound, more than 20 medium and large transport planes gradually lowered their altitude and emerged from the clouds, and first appeared in the field of vision of the soldiers and villagers.

Behind them were wooden gliders, which looked like they were covering the sun.

In the higher airspace, the figures of the escort fighter group were vaguely visible.

The Spitfires and Typhoons did not relax their vigilance. They kept patrolling in formation and were ready to engage in air battles with the enemy at any time.

"Fellow villagers! Don't panic, don't be afraid! Those are our Eighth Route Army planes in the sky. The Japanese will never be able to make a comeback in a short time."

"First Battalion! Signal flares are launched! Guide the gliders to land!"

With the close cooperation of the air and ground sides, the first batch of Horsa and Hamilcar were successfully unhooked.

The gliders loaded with weapons and military supplies began to adjust their angles and flew accurately and steadily to the signs outside the Xinxiang Airport.

At the same time, the hatch at the tail of the transport plane slowly opened.

Tons of boxed supplies, with white parachutes, fell to the area designated by the First Marine Brigade.

The scale of Xinxiang Airport does not meet the landing standards of the air overlord. After the airdrop mission was completed, these large transport planes climbed back to altitude and began to return.

The five sky trains lowered their landing gears and began to land according to the serial numbers on the fuselage from small to large.

"Bang!"

Although it had undergone emergency repairs, the quality of the earth runway was still far behind that of the permanent airport.

Fortunately, the system product was strong enough, and all five transport planes landed safely.

"Maintenance Company! Bring your tools and cooperate with the comrades in the Air Force to complete the preparation work!"

"Medical Platoon, carry all the wounded who need treatment, and let them take a plane back to the headquarters hospital for treatment later!"

Under the leadership of a group of grassroots commanders, the soldiers completed all tasks meticulously.

After watching all the wounded board the plane smoothly, Li Yunlong brought his chief of staff to the back of the apron and said to a pilot who was resting:

"Captain Wang, I didn't expect that you would lead the team in person this time. I really trouble you comrades!"

Hearing this, Captain Wang Hai waved his hand casually, indicating that Lao Li was not polite.

The 1st Marine Brigade is not only a direct unit of the headquarters, but also a powerful brigade under the Air Force sequence. The bases of the two divisions are not far away, and they have organized joint training together. Naturally, their relationship is beyond doubt.

"Li Yunlong, there are new orders from the headquarters."

"You paratroopers and infantry must control the entire territory of Xinxiang within two days, and then complete the assembly and advance eastward with our main force to take over half of northern Henan in one fell swoop."

"The filling of the dumplings this time is not small, with a total of 30,000 people. It's a pity that most of them are Manchurian and Mongolian pioneer youth volunteers and puppet troops, which can barely give Cheng Shifa and Ding Wei a record."

The names of the two old comrades raised a trace of doubt in Li Yunlong's heart.

As far as he knew, in the original offensive plan of the infantry experts, the 772nd Regiment and the New 1st Regiment were not in the sequence of the main force, not even the reserve.

In this case, how could he achieve any success?

As if he saw his colleagues' confusion, Captain Wang Hai first pulled Li Yunlong aside, and then carefully revealed:

"The French are here, they look very anxious, there must be something new in North Africa, so the headquarters temporarily modified the original offensive plan."

"After liberating northern Henan, you must first go south to the island and open up a stable rear area for the subsequent advisory group."

"I don't know the specific situation. After the battle is over and the 1st Marine Brigade returns to Taiyuan, there should be someone to explain the details to you."

As soon as these words came out, Li Yunlong immediately took out a military map from his arms.

He first looked towards Southeast Asia, especially the former French Indochina. Finally, he slowly moved eastward and locked his sights on a large island with an area of ​​35,100 square kilometers.

"Qiongya is a very reasonable choice."

"For a battle far away from the rear and with almost no support, it is indeed our Marine Brigade 1 that should be responsible."

Captain Wang Hai nodded with satisfaction at his colleague's determined expression.

"Okay, we'll talk about the future later. The current mission is to completely drive away the devils near Xinxiang within two days, and then eat dumplings with the main force."

"Come on, let's exchange intelligence and see where it is worth bombing."

I underestimated ZC.