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    Chapter 154

    The youth of Xinzha Tuan Fang Rui did not seem to cause much repercussions in the military.  .In fact, when the troops were launched from Wuhu, the National Defense Forces did not talk much about seniority. They all looked at ability.  This is especially true for the chief officers of the frontline troops.  Although Captain Fang is young, his deeds quickly spread among the regiment.  During the period of peace in Central Asia, he was not angry about the casualties of his comrades and witnessed the atrocities committed by the Japanese, so he shot more than a hundred prisoners in one go.

    With his gentle appearance, you can¡¯t tell he is a murderous guy.  It turned out that the battalion led by Fang Rui had learned about this man's fierceness during the recruit training, and had beaten a group of recruits who had been trained by the reserve force.  Now that Fang Rui is the leader and has given Zhang Zhizhong a guarantee, it is even more cruel.

    At two o'clock in the morning, while they were all sleeping, a sharp and rapid whistle drove the officers and soldiers out of their beds.  After the gathering was completed, Fang Rui looked at his hands and cursed with dissatisfaction: "A group of pigs are easier to handle than you, and it took a full thirty-five minutes to complete the gathering. Do you know what an emergency gathering is? You succeeded in irritating me.  So I want to punish you. Taking the battalion as a unit, we will now start a fifteen-kilometer emergency march. Let¡¯s make it clear first that the last battalion to come back will not have breakfast for the entire battalion.¡±

    The 135th Division is a Category A division. Fang Rui's regiment has four infantry battalions, one machine gun company, and some directly affiliated troops, with a total of more than 2,600 officers and soldiers.  An armed march of twenty kilometers is really no fun. As the acting leader, Fang Rui could have traveled by car, but he still chose to follow the brigade on foot.

    The quality of this group of soldiers is quite good, which may be the reason why life has become better.  During the march, there were not many stragglers. Fang Rui noticed that each battalion had some officers behind them. The stragglers who were responsible for organizing their respective units slowly followed the team. He was very satisfied with Su Rong, the life guide around him, and said: "Grassroots level  The quality of the officers is good.¡±

    "The first lesson that every officer and soldier who joins the National Defense Forces learns is that we are a whole. Every unit is a whole, and comrades are people who can trust their backs. Our reserve regiment has always had two sets of teams.  , officers are at least non-commissioned officers. Battalion commanders and above are all veteran non-commissioned officers who have retired from the army, and their general military quality is not a big problem. However, our group of officers have been in the reserve for a long time, and our familiarity with new equipment is based on textbooks.  There is no actual combat experience. It would be great if the superiors could add a group of active veterans and non-commissioned officers to the 135th Division, so that the combat effectiveness would be formed faster."

    "This class is taught by life coaches, right?" Fang Rui asked with a smile. Su Rong raised his head very proudly and said, "Of course, our team is a special unit created by President Fang Da in the military. Every  Personnel must undergo strict selection and undergo rigorous military training and psychological education. Even though there are not many people who provide life guidance, without this special team, the combat effectiveness of the army will be reduced by at least 10%."

    Fang Rui laughed hahaha and said: "This is too modest. I heard a senior say before that the combat effectiveness of troops without life guidance will be reduced by at least 30%." In fact, this was said by Fang Jianxiong. Without this group of soldiers, he would be responsible for the soldiers*  *, instilling the life guidance of putting the interests of the country and the nation first all day long, the combat effectiveness of the army is really worse.

    When Fang Rui was in charge of his delegation in Zhongda, the atmosphere in the Capitol was somewhat solemn.  The speaker's hammer struck loudly, but the members of the two groups who took action because of the endless dispute had no intention of stopping.

    The focus of the dispute is because Gao Zongwu, a member of the National Assembly, criticized the country's current mobilization policy, which has seriously affected the country's normal economic order.  Xiong Xiling of the United Progressive Party echoed this, clamoring that the shift in national industrial policy has resulted in some industries related to people's livelihood receiving unfair treatment.

    The Republican congressmen have a large number of people and are backed by large groups, so naturally they will not buy it.  So they started to quarrel, and when the quarrel was not enough, they started to fight, and the Congress became a pot of porridge.

    To put it bluntly, this matter is caused by the uneven distribution of interests. Behind the Communist Party and the United Progressive Party, there are no capitalists who have been involved in the military industry.  Eighty percent of the country's continuous large military expenditures go into the pockets of the capitalists behind the Republican Party.  Of course, the ** and the United Progressive Party, which have not benefited, will not agree, and of course they will **.

    But then again, heavy industry requires a large investment and a long recovery cycle. Who in the ordinary private capital is willing to engage in this.  Take Norinco's steel plant in Anshan as an example. The initial investment was five million silver dollars, and later an additional two million was added. It took more than three years to complete the construction and put it into production.

    ¡°The two opposition parties together do not have the support of a company engaged in the steel industry. The Zhang family of Nantong is considered the most outstanding family business among the opposition parties, and it is engaged in the textile industry.  Although we can also get orders from the military, the competition in this industry is fierce and cannot be compared to companies such as steel and military industries.  An important criterion for rapid economic development is steel output, but this industryThe bar is high.  Unlike the textile industry, ordinary local rich people can set up a factory with just a few people.  Moreover, the Zhang family is not engaged in cashmere woolen fabrics. This business is mainly concentrated in the provinces of Zhili, Re, Cha, and Hei, because they are close to the grasslands.  At present, what the army needs the most is woolen and down products.

    Seeing that large groups such as the Eurasian, Northern, Northeast Zhang, and Shanghai Sanlian have received a large number of military orders, it is strange that the people watching are not jealous.  So they came up with a trick, which is to force these military-industrial companies to split up and go public under the banner of anti-monopoly through opposition in Congress.  At the beginning, out of concerns about corruption, it was stipulated that companies engaged in military industry could not be listed on the market.

    The fact that the congressmen were fighting for the interests of their respective bosses soon reached the ears of President Fang Da.  It was a matter that the Prime Minister came to report in person.  Gu Weijun is also under a lot of pressure. After all, China is not facing a war now. Such a large-scale military investment puts great pressure on both the country and the employer.  Especially in the past two years, the inflation rate has exceeded 10% continuously. This has caused Gu Weijun to be questioned in Congress.

    The opposition parties attack the cabinet for being in power and ignoring people's livelihood. This is basically the same in every country.  What Gu Weijun really feels pressure is the issue of inflation.  Although he did not question President Fang Da's correct judgment of the international situation, he still emphasized in the report: "President Roosevelt of the United States introduced the anti-monopoly law. In the long run, monopoly is indeed detrimental to the national economy."

    After listening to Gu Weijun's report, Fang Jianxiong nodded in agreement: "Monopoly is not good, but it takes time. At least it is not suitable to carry out similar reforms now, because it will affect armaments. The world war is just around the corner, and the important names of these monopolies are few.  Trump should be very clear. But Congress can have some dialectical discussions on this issue. In short, let¡¯s talk about it after the war.¡±

    Gu Weijun is more or less disappointed. In his heart, he still believes that the interests of these monopolies and Fang Jianxiong himself are entangled.  As everyone knows, no one in these monopoly companies was willing to do it in the first place.  When the country was completely blank, Eurasia Group took the lead in investing in steel, military industry, petrochemical and other fields, and it was also Fang Jianxiong's strong execution.  There is a lot of controversy among the group's senior management about the realization of domestic production in these areas.  Some group executives argue that buying oil is cheaper than refining it yourself, so why do you have to refining it yourself?  This is just like what one of the heads of one of the four major Japanese families in history said: It is cheaper to import penicillin than to produce it yourself, so why should we set up a pharmaceutical factory?

    Fang Jianxiong¡¯s method of dealing with this matter is to delay. A world war has already begun. Isn¡¯t it troublesome to engage in antitrust at this time?  Moreover, none of these opposition party MPs have capitalists standing behind them.  To put it bluntly, it is for profit.

    ¡°Also for the sake of national interests, a fierce air battle is going on over the British Isles.  Chinese aviation volunteers, organized into fifty squadrons, are flying domestic Mustang A-type fighter jets and are fighting with the German Air Force.

    In early July, the British government used its national reserves of gold to urgently purchase 500 Mustang fighter jets from China. In order to earn this gold in the shortest possible time, all 200 fighter jets currently in service in the Air Force were taken out to recharge.  The most direct result of this order is that the aircraft manufacturing plants in Wuchang and Shenyang have expanded their production capacity again and again.  President Fang Jianxiong directly issued an order requiring these two aircraft manufacturing companies to reach an annual output of 8,000 new fighter jets by the end of 1941.

    Fang Ping doesn¡¯t like the humid weather in Britain at all. He is used to staying in Yanjing. When he comes to this place, he feels like every fart contains water vapor.  Britain, which had only 700 fighter jets, faced the three powerful German Air Force battle groups across the strait and had to let these Chinese warriors who had just set foot on British soil go into battle.

    The day after Fang Ping arrived in the UK, he was sent to an airport near Portsmouth, where two British aviation squadrons and the **Volunteer Aviation Squadron were stationed, flying Spitfires and Mustang A respectively.

    The Mustang A is actually a land version of the Navy Swift-5. Compared with the Mustang-** currently in service in China, it has insufficient high-altitude combat capabilities.  However, this does not prevent Fang Ping from flying a plane to fight against the German F109. He has a certain understanding of the name of this German fighter jet.

    After a night in Portsmouth, at nine o'clock the next morning, on a rare day of good weather, Fang Ping was drinking coffee under a sun umbrella when he heard the piercing siren.  Everyone jumped up as if there were springs on their legs. Fang Ping, the captain of the third squadron, ran towards his car as fast as possible.

    One by one, the war eagles quickly took off into the sky. While forming a formation over the airport, Fang Ping heard the instructions from the radio, and then commanded his ten mustangs to fly to the far end.

    "We found enemy planes diagonally below us. There were about thirty fighter jets, which looked like **F109s, and the same number of bombers."

    ¡°Fang, I¡¯ll lead the team up first, don¡¯t you?Control the F109, dive, and destroy the bomber first.  This is headed for the Strait escort fleet, **f109 is handed over to us.  "The voice of British squadron leader Tiny, who was setting out together, came to his ears. Fang Ping smiled slightly and said: "Then I wish you good luck. Squadron 3, follow me, dive and attack the bombers first.  "

    The Mustang fighter squadron is currently at an altitude of 10,000 meters. The German bomber fleet is about 2,000 meters below. The distance of about 2,000 meters is only a moment.  "Wingman, follow me." Fang Ping shouted and pushed down hard.

    The sudden appearance of a group of fighter jets caused chaos among the German fleet. The bombers approached one after another. The fighter jets bravely rushed forward. The British squadron, which was only one-third of the number of Germans, rushed forward bravely to fight.  At this time, ten fighters of the Mustang fighter squadron dived down from high altitude and pounced on the German bombers with lightning speed.

    Haller, a crew member of a British fleet sailing on the sea, said this when recalling the battle afterwards: "I will never forget this day, July 10, 1940. German planes were about to attack our fleet.  At that time, some fighter planes with five-color flags suddenly appeared in the sky. They chased the German bombers, sometimes very low, so I could see them. The German bombers flew one by one in front of these five-color fighters.  They burst into flames, and one by one they screamed and fell down. Thank God, just when I thought it was going to be over, these planes appeared."

    This was Fang Ping¡¯s first time participating in actual combat. When he bit a bomber and shot it down, his wingman was bitten on the tail by a German fighter jet and had no choice but to accelerate and roll away.  Fang Ping was soon targeted by two **F109s. His choice was to shout to the radio: "Don't get entangled, climb, compare speeds, get rid of the enemy planes, and then dive."

    The effect of this move against the **F109 can only be said to be moderate, but against bulky bombers, the effect is excellent.  Ten Mustangs happened one after another, and the F109, which was not as fast as the Mustang, could only watch helplessly from behind as the distance widened.  German pilot Hans said this to his superiors after he returned, "This is definitely not a British fighter plane. It climbs too fast, at least six to seven hundred."

    The Mustang climbed up and dived again. This time Fang Ping was eyeing an F-109, because this plane was chasing a Spitfire, and the British fighter squadron in the air was not in a very good situation right now.  Well, at least three planes were shot down, and the others were trembling in pain.  Fang Ping heard Tiny yelling on the radio: "Damn it, don't even think about beating me down, Fake!"

    Tiny, who was struggling and rolling, suddenly found that the enemy plane behind him was on fire and began to fall diagonally. He turned around and saw a Mustang. The number on it was 031. There was actually something behind the plane.  Chasing two German twin-engine fighters Me110.  "Fang, thank you for your help, do you need my help now?" Tiny still wanted to joke, these pilots with their heads tied to their belts can really enjoy themselves in hardship.

    "Don't worry about me, I can easily get rid of them." Fang Ping replied calmly, seemingly not seeing the dragging light flying by. After a quick dive, he suddenly pulled up.  (To be continued.)
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