Zhuo Qiang's excited expression flashed across his face. He wanted to say something, but in the end, he just sighed deeply and said nothing more.

Ruan Lesheng saw that the biggest card in his hand was no longer useful, so he quickly said, "Brigade Commander Lin! I am willing to cooperate with all your army's actions. I was forced to be a puppet soldier!

Now I am willing to return to the right path, and bring my brothers with me to return to the right path, and we will fight the Japanese devils together."

Lin Fan suddenly thought that they had repelled a Nationalist army attack yesterday, and asked, "Which unit was it that you repelled yesterday?"

Zhuo Qiang immediately said, "Wasn't it your Lunan Detachment?"

Lin Fan shook his head: "We were resting in Tazhen yesterday, it wasn't us."

Ruan Lesheng then realized: "It must be Shi You Shan! Only he has so many men and horses.

How dare ordinary bandits come to Xuzhou to act wildly?"

Lin Fan was also thinking of the Sixty-ninth Army of the Nationalist army left behind to fight guerrillas, which he didn't need to pay attention to.

He said to all the puppet army officers present, "In my team, we never want Japanese prisoners.

Because I always tell the soldiers: only dead Japanese are good Japanese.

Although you follow the Japanese devils, you are different from the Japanese devils, because the places where you grew up are different.

Therefore, I am willing to give you a chance to repent and start anew: join the Lunan Detachment and start as an ordinary soldier.

Go to the battlefield to atone for your previous actions."

Ruan Lesheng asked somewhat uneasily, "Brigade Commander Lin! Do I have to start as an ordinary soldier too?"

Lin Fan said with a smile, "Of course, Commander Ruan, don't worry, there are people in the Special Operations Brigade who are older than you."

Ruan Lesheng dared not say any more, but he secretly made up his mind: "I must find a chance to make a comeback."

As long as he thought of the gold bars in his house, he felt confident.

Among the puppet army officers below, someone immediately jumped out and said, "Brigade Commander Lin! I used to be the regimental commander of the Thirtieth Army, and also a student of the tenth term of the Northeast Jiangwu Hall. Shouldn't I be entitled to corresponding treatment in your army?"

Lin Fan smiled disdainfully: "Your previous positions are not worth a fart in my eyes. As for your studies in the Northeast Jiangwu Hall, do you still remember the school motto?"

The officer immediately recited it: "Be loyal and obey your superiors, strive to be loyal to your duties, do not covet unexpected wealth, and do not avoid your duties."

Lin Fan sneered, "Following behind the Japanese devils as a puppet soldier, is this your duty?

Or is following the Japanese devils to fight your compatriots your loyalty to your duties?"

The two questions silenced the officer. Lin Fan continued, "I can not pursue what you have done in the past, but all your future actions must follow my rules.

Those who can endure hardship stay. In my team, there is no future, only bloodshed and sweat to fight the Japanese devils.

Those who cannot endure hardship, I will send them back to the Japanese devils."

Among the officers present, some did not understand and were whispering, "What does it mean to be sent to the Japanese devils? Are they letting us go back?"

"Dream on. Didn't you hear at the beginning that only dead Japanese are good Japanese?

Sending you to the Japanese devils is sending you to your death, do you want to?"

"It's all about making a living wherever you go, so just follow them, anyway, I'm not a big officer. Didn't you see that even the commander has to be a soldier?"

The puppet army officers talked to each other in whispers, Lin Fan didn't mind, and just ordered, "Take them out!"

The world had changed in Xuzhou City, everyone knew it, but they had not seen the rain of bullets. Everything changed like a spring breeze, imperceptibly to the ordinary people.

At least many teams wearing Nationalist army uniforms appeared in the city, and none of the puppet troops were to be seen.

What made the shopkeepers in the city the happiest was that no one came to collect taxes today.

Some people gathered in the teahouse again, talking about the team that had just entered the city, and some well-informed people said that yesterday there was a team fighting the puppet army outside Xuzhou City, but they were not able to win and retreated.

Today, the Lunan Detachment fought and took Xuzhou in half a day. The difference was too great.

Yes! The difference in combat power was too great. The Wuhan General Headquarters received information sent back by some people lurking in Xuzhou.

Hearing that the Lunan Detachment only spent half a day, and entered the city without a few shots fired in Xuzhou City, and teams of puppet troops surrendered.

Without comparison, there is no harm! Compared with the Sixty-ninth Army's attack on the city yesterday, one was in the sky and the other on the ground!

The news that Xuzhou was occupied by the Lunan Detachment was not only known to the high-level Nationalist army. The North China Front Army Headquarters, the Central China Front Army Headquarters, including the Japanese base camp, all knew about this matter.

This was a major event. Although it only happened in the afternoon, many people in the country and the world who were concerned about the war received the news.

Internationally, those forces that had always been pessimistic about the results of Chiang Kai-shek's command of the war of resistance were stunned by this sudden event.

While the Japanese devils were desperately gathering troops to attack Wuhan, the Nationalist army quietly snatched Xuzhou back.

More news came out: it was not just the city of Xuzhou, but all the small counties around Xuzhou were captured by the Special Operations Brigade on this day.

In just one day, the Japanese devils had lost thirteen counties around Xuzhou, and these counties were all along the railway line.

The appearance of such a result put great pressure on Terauchi Hisaichi. A major event suddenly broke out in the territory under his command as the commander of the North China Front.

This matter made the Japanese base camp very angry, and ordered Terauchi Hisaichi to dispatch troops immediately to restore Xuzhou no matter what.

Looking at the large area on the map occupied by the Lunan Detachment, Terauchi Hisaichi did not dare to accept this order no matter what.

Now it had shadows of the Lunan Detachment. How could it dare to take on an impossible task.

This time, the Lunan Detachment only attacked the county towns, not only did not damage the railway, but instead protected the railway very well.

The Japanese devils could use the railway line, and the Lunan Detachment could also use it, and the Jiangbei Detachment could also use it.

The battle continued, and the Lunan Detachment and the Jiangbei Detachment continued to attack the counties along the railway line.

As for those counties far away from the railway line, they were the key areas for the Lunan Detachment to operate.

According to Lin Fan's plan: the railway line was the lifeline of the Japanese devils, and they would concentrate all their forces to seize it.

If the situation allowed, the Lunan Detachment would defend the railway line and operate this area as a knife inserted into the heart of the Japanese devils.

If they kept occupying the counties on these transportation routes, including large cities like Xuzhou, they could only fight the Japanese devils head-on in positional warfare.

The current Special Operations Brigade did not have such strong strength, so they could only bide their time and accumulate slowly.

If they could not hold on to the counties on these transportation hubs, then the Lunan Detachment would retreat to the counties farther away from the railway line and continue to fight guerrillas.

Therefore, these remote small counties were the key areas for the Lunan Detachment and the Jiangbei Detachment to operate.

Various supplies were being deployed along the railway line, and steel and coal were also being transported to the base area.

The entire territory of Xuzhou was now under the control of the Special Operations Brigade, and Lin Fan did not stop there.

He ordered dozens of regiments of the Lunan Detachment to immediately launch a large-scale crackdown on bandit activities in the area.

At this time, the people were really suffering too much: they not only had to accept the exploitation of the Japanese devils and puppet troops, but also had to accept the management of bandits and Nationalist army guerrillas.

Lin Fan ordered a sweep of all the bandits in the territory: the bandits only had two paths to take, join or be destroyed.

Many bandits were willing to talk about resisting the Japanese in their mouths, but they were unwilling to accept control when they really joined the Lunan Detachment.

Be destroyed? These bandits were even more unwilling. They could not beat the Lunan Detachment, and they were unwilling to join, so they could only run away.

The bandits were no worse than the soldiers of the Lunan Detachment when it came to running away. Lin Fan had no other choice.

He could only drive those sensible bandits out of the Lunan base area. Although he could not kill all the bandits, it had already made all the law-abiding people ecstatic that there were no more bandits harming the areas where the Lunan Detachment went.

What Lin Fan had to do was not only these. In these counties that had just been recovered from the iron hooves of the Japanese devils, all the enterprises run by the Japanese devils that could be moved.

Whether it was the Jiangbei Detachment or the Lunan Detachment, they all organized people to move all the machines and raw materials of these enterprises away.

They also did work for all the workers in these enterprises and invited them to work in the base area.

At the same time, Lin Fan also sent a large number of people to work with the business owners in these newly recovered areas, mobilizing them to move their enterprises to the base area.

Lin Fan promised to protect the sales of their products in the base area, reduce the tax on these enterprises by half, and at the same time guarantee that there would be absolutely no temporary apportioned expenses.

Under the rule of the Japanese devils, the products of these business owners were squeezed by the Japanese-produced imported goods, the taxes were high, and there were various apportionments from time to time.

The enterprises were often run into by the Japanese devils and puppet troops to make a fortune. These Japanese devils and puppet troops were not too demanding each time they ran over, just the cost of a meal and a drink for a dozen Japanese devils and puppet troops.

It made the business owners miserable. When the Lunan Detachment did work for them, wanting to lure them to set up factories in the base area, many people immediately agreed.

The business owners only needed to agree to the relocation. The Lunan Detachment sent people to help, and even the transportation costs were covered by the Lunan Detachment.

Xuzhou City visibly declined, many enterprises were relocating, and many enterprises run by Japanese businessmen were being dismantled.

For the Japanese devils, all the soldiers of the Lunan Detachment had the same understanding: they were not good Japanese devils, and only dead Japanese devils were good Japanese devils.

Although these Japanese devils who ran enterprises could not be killed directly like on the battlefield.

But their enterprises, their shops, and their factories were all confiscated by the Lunan Detachment.

These Japanese businessmen were also gathered together by the Lunan Detachment and transported to the Yangtze River, where they were sent across the river.

This was already Lin Fan's most benevolent performance. These days, hundreds of Japanese devils were driven out by the Special Operations Brigade on the north bank of the Yangtze River every day.

According to Lin Fan's statement: every brick and tile owned by these Japanese businessmen was robbed by the Japanese army.

Therefore, when the Japanese businessmen left the Lunan base area, they could not take away a single piece of paper, and even the clothes on their bodies were all replaced by the Lunan Detachment with the Japanese clothes stripped from the battlefield.

This was to prevent these Japanese businessmen from taking out a single piece of paper.

Lin Fan felt that he did not understand economics, of course, none of the senior officers in the entire Nationalist army thought so.

On the contrary, they thought that Lin Fan was better at economics than fighting. When Lin Fan was in Jurong, he turned Jurong into a little Shanghai.

Now the prosperity of Jurong has surpassed Nanjing under the control of the Japanese devils. The two places are not far apart, but the management is completely opposite.

The Special Operations Brigade visibly set up many fortresses at the junction of Jurong and Nanjing, and also arranged many guards.

But the roads were open, and the Japanese devils also set up checkpoints on the Nanjing side, but they did not open the passage.

The only people who could really walk from Nanjing to Jurong were those Westerners, who could freely enter and leave these two places.

For the rest of the people, it was not impossible to pass. They could only take the small road and pay the puppet Japanese devils guarding the checkpoint a toll to pass to Jurong.

The Lunan Detachment recovered Xuzhou, and the Jiangbei Detachment entered Anqing three times. These all made the people and soldiers in Jurong happy.

Li Xian was of course the same. During this period, he was still as busy as ever.

Lin Fan's new order came, making him even busier. Lin Fan's order was very simple, asking Jurong to send two hundred gunboats over.

The route was open. Starting from Wuhu, crossing the Yangtze River to Anqing, and then sending a hundred gunboats to the Lunan base area all the way. The Jiangbei Detachment kept a hundred gunboats for its own use.

During these days, the diesel engine production line introduced by Jurong had officially put into production, and the diesel engines produced were mainly supplied to the shipbuilding industry.

There was a network of waterways in the Jiangnan area, and ships were much more convenient than cars. This was why Li Xian and Lin Fan made the gunboats first.

And gunboats were not complicated, at least simpler than cars.

When Li Xian received the order, of course, he could not just send the gunboats away. He had to equip these gunboats with various weapons and ammunition, and also replenish the rockets and shells consumed by the two teams on the north bank of the Yangtze River during this period. He would take this opportunity to transport them all over.

Yan Jiliu and Okamura Neji could not sit still: How had the Special Operations Brigade changed this time? They were not leaving after occupying Anqing?

But it could not spare Japanese devils to go and snatch Anqing back. The commander of the Central China Expeditionary Army, Yan Jiliu, could put together a team from various places to attack Anqing.

But it did not dare to move! The lesson of the North China Front Army in the Xuzhou problem was too profound.

It was clearly just the loss of the coal mine in Tianjia'an, a small matter, but Terauchi Hisaichi stupidly transferred the Infantry Independent Mixed Brigade No. 10 stationed in Xuzhou from the Lunan base area.

This opened a Pandora's box, and then it was the all-out defeat of the entire North China Front Army in the Xuzhou direction.

Now, the situation could not be cleaned up. According to the deduction of Yan Jiliu and the headquarters of the Central China Expeditionary Army: if the North China Front Army wanted to reoccupy Xuzhou at this time, it would take at least another battle of the scale of the Battle of Xuzhou or the Battle of Wuhan.

This was no longer a battle that the North China Front Army could decide! Therefore, it would not send Japanese devils to attack Anqing at this time.

Li Zhize was in Anqing these days, receiving supplies from Jurong every day.

At the same time, he also sent the raw materials produced in the Lunan base area and the Jiangbei base area back to Jurong.

Like the coal produced in Tianjia'an, the tea in Lu'an, and the newly harvested grain from various places.

In just a few days, the areas recovered by the Lunan Detachment had shown a prosperous scene.

The three base areas controlled by the Special Operations Brigade were now connected, and many businessmen saw the business opportunities and began to become active.

The Special Operations Brigade welcomed and protected these merchants who were doing normal business. As long as they were not traitors, they were protected by the Special Operations Brigade.

The news that the three base areas under Lin Fan's command were now completely connected naturally attracted the attention of many people.

The most concerned was the Wuhan General Headquarters. Although they had given extensive coverage to the recovery of Xuzhou, they only reported how the Fifth Theater and Chiang Kai-shek had made thorough arrangements in advance and personally directed the recovery battle, and finally the front-line troops won the battle.

The Special Operations Brigade and Lin Fan were not mentioned at all in all the publicity reports.

On the other hand, the deeds of Li Zhize leading the 10th Regiment to attack the Shizhushan Airport and seize 188 enemy planes in one fell swoop were reported in detail.

And it was also reported that Li Zhize was formerly the company commander of the Teaching Corps, and he was able to persist in fighting to the last moment in the Battle of Nanjing, and he only led his troops to break through after receiving the retreat order.

And in the past year, he has reorganized a capable and good-fighting team, which is greatly described.

The Nationalist government's propaganda about Li Zhize made many cadres inside the Special Operations Brigade very opinionated.

Even Regiment Commander Li Zhize felt uneasy, and specially sent a telegram to Lin Fan, explaining that he did not know what was going on.

Lin Fan did not care, and specially sent a long telegram in reply, telling Li Zhize not to be distracted by external propaganda, and that the Special Operations Brigade trusted its own team.

Lin Fan also trusted the various commanders under his command. Lin Fan clearly pointed out: This was the Nationalist army's overt conspiracy. If Li Zhize and a cadre inside the Special Operations Brigade thought too much, they would fall into the Nationalist army's trick.

And the Nationalist army must have a backhand in this trick, so let Li Zhize not care about these, and just do what he has to do.

Regardless of how the outside world publicizes it, the combat effectiveness of the Special Operations Brigade has received special attention from the Nationalist army.

The sudden publicity of Li Zhize was a plan implemented with the consent of Chiang Kai-shek. Lin Fan could not change his mind, and the top few regimental commanders in the Special Operations Brigade had all been with Lin Fan since the Four Lines Warehouse.

These people were very loyal to Lin Fan, and they were not suitable for splitting the Special Operations Brigade. Originally, the identity of the 9th Regiment Commander Hui Jianming could also be used, but the 9th Regiment was a heavy artillery regiment, and the deeds of this regimental commander were not as easy to promote as Li Zhize's regimental commander.

This was a set of division plans specifically aimed at the Special Operations Brigade. After all, the composition of the regimental commanders in the Special Operations Brigade was complex, and most of them were originally officers in the Nationalist army.

Like Wu Yuan and Shangguan Zhiwen, they were originally commanders in various warlord teams.

According to Chiang Kai-shek's instructions, these regimental commanders must be heavily promoted in the future. After all, these regimental commanders have really fought many tough battles in the Special Operations Brigade and achieved many results.

The publicity of these battle results can greatly encourage the anti-Japanese enthusiasm and morale of the people and soldiers across the country.

It's just that in all the propaganda, the names of the Special Operations Brigade and Lin Fan were not allowed to appear.

As Lin Fan said, this was an overt conspiracy. As long as the various commanders inside the Special Operations Brigade began to seriously think about this problem, the Nationalist army's overt conspiracy would be half successful. At least they had already planted a seed of distrust in the hearts of the various commanders in the Special Operations Brigade.

Lin Fan did not care about this. He did not have the idea of centralization of power, nor did he want to divide and rule. He only had one idea: fight the Japanese devils! The Japanese devils' military operations in these jungles south of the Yangtze River in September have not been very smooth.

Although they were still taking the initiative to attack, the Battle of Wuhan, presided over by Okamura Neji, had been going on for three months.

The end of the battle was still far away. According to the pre-war statement made by the Japanese devils: they would occupy the entire territory in three months.

Now, they have not even been able to capture Wuhan. How can Okamura Neji not be anxious? At the same time, on the north bank of the Yangtze River, there was even a situation where the guerrillas counterattacked into the big city.

It put him under even greater pressure, and the Japanese base camp urged him to end the Battle of Wuhan as soon as possible.

The Japanese devil teams participating in the Battle of Wuhan had to be transferred back to stabilize the rear, especially to recapture Xuzhou and connect the railway line.

Okamura Neji stared at the ground photos taken by the reconnaissance planes every day, trying to find an opportunity to tear apart the Nationalist army's defense line.

Hard work pays off, Okamura Neji finally found an opportunity from hundreds of pictures taken by the reconnaissance plane.

In order to block the attack of the Japanese 27th Division, the Xue Yue Corps, which was responsible for defending the south of Wuhan, mobilized its main force.

A gap with no defense appeared between Nanchang to Jiujiang and Ruichang to Wuning.

Okamura Neji, who discovered the gap in the Nationalist army's defense, did not delay at all, and immediately ordered the Japanese 106th Division to advance westward.

Entering the depths along the gap it discovered, cooperating with the 27th Division, which was in a stalemate, to open up the stalemate.

In order to meet the needs of mountain operations, the Japanese devils also specially equipped the 106th Division with a lot of pack horses.

Upon receiving the order, the Japanese 106th Division immediately left a large team to cover the rear.

The main force of the entire division advanced westward from Mahuiling, heading towards Wanjiangling.

In the weather of September, the heat was unbearable, even if it was in the mountains, it could not eliminate the heat.

This was not what troubled the Japanese devils the most. On the second day of entering the mountains, the commander of the Japanese 106th Division, Sopu Chunliulang, felt the often malice and full disgust of this mountain forest.

Each unit of its division often lost contact during the march. What it had in its hand was a map stolen by Okamura Neji during the warlord melee.

Even if the map was inaccurate and the roads were not smooth, the Japanese devils continued to advance westward.

On the third day of entering the mountains, the 149th Regiment under the 101st Division of the Japanese devils met the 106th Division in the Wanjiangling area.

At this time, the situation of the Nationalist army was very serious. The Japanese 27th Division set out from Ruichang and attacked Fanjiapu frantically.

The Japanese 106th Division jumped out of the deployment gap again. If the Japanese 106th Division was not blocked, this defense line would be broken through by the Japanese devils again.

The Nationalist army's defense line had retreated again and again since the start of the war. If this defense line was broken through by the Japanese devils again, the small encirclement planned by Okamura Neji would be formed.

Xue Yue saw that the Japanese 106th Division was advancing alone and had the chance to annihilate it, but it was necessary for each team to be able to withstand the attack of the Japanese 27th Division.

In this case, if they wanted to encircle and annihilate the Japanese 106th Division, they had to draw teams from other places on the entire defense line.

This was an opportunity and a risk. If the speed of annihilating the Japanese devils was not fast or the places where the teams were drawn could not withstand the Japanese devils' attack, the entire plan would fail.

When the combat plan was reported to the Wuhan General Headquarters, Chiang Kai-shek immediately thought of a person, a brigade.

He immediately approved Xue Yue's combat plan and issued an emergency order to the Fifth Theater: "Urgently transfer Lin Fan and the Special Operations Brigade to the Wanjiangling area to participate in the war."

In any case: if this battle could annihilate a division of Japanese devils, it would be a battle comparable to the Battle of Taierzhuang.

Upon receiving the order, Li Zongren immediately issued the telegram to the Special Operations Brigade. Lin Fan, who received the order, hesitated and immediately replied: "Obey!"

This two-word telegram was transmitted to the Wuhan General Headquarters without any delay.

After sending the telegram, Lin Fan immediately began to prepare how to go to the battlefield. It was 560 kilometers from Xuzhou to the battlefield. Such a long straight-line distance, not to mention that it was wartime, the roads were inconvenient, and there were Japanese devil fleets in the Yangtze River.

It would take at least ten days to reach the battlefield by road and water. This was obviously not what Xue Yue of the Second Theater, nor Chiang Kai-shek wanted to see, nor what Lin Fan wanted to see.

He knew that this transfer was actually Wuhan's attempt to replace him as the commander of the Special Operations Brigade.

Even so, for the sake of resisting the Japanese devils, Lin Fan was still willing to go. Not only would he come when he was called, but he would also be able to fight and win.

Near Xuzhou, there was now the Chen Sichuan 1st Regiment, the strongest combat force of the Special Operations Brigade. This regiment was now fully staffed with 5,000 people, which was equivalent to a division.

However, this time Lin Fan did not plan to take the 1st Regiment. Chen Sichuan had to stay in the Jiangbei base area to stabilize the overall situation.

At the same time, the 1st Regiment also had to stay in Jiangbei to prevent further division actions by the Nationalist army. In the entire Special Operations Brigade, if he left, who would be able to completely control the situation?

It must be Chen Sichuan. For such a long time, Lin Fan had been letting him be his assistant. Chen Sichuan had always been the commander of the 1st Regiment. This was to confirm his position in the Special Operations Brigade.

If he wanted to choose a strong regiment to follow him, he could not choose the 1st Regiment, so he could only take Liu Laopao's 2nd Regiment.

According to the Nationalist army's organization, one brigade had two regiments. Lin Fan decided to take Liu Laopao's 2nd Regiment and Shangguan Zhiwen's 15th Regiment.

The reason was that these two regiments were close to Qianshan and could gather at Qianshan Airport. This time, Lin Fan was going to parachute with two regiments into De'an.

At the same time, he would also take the 100 planes that he had promised to give to the Nationalist army. Lin Fan's decision to personally go to De'an was jointly opposed by Chen Sichuan, Gu Xiuming, Li Xian, and the various regimental commanders.

Only Feng Junya proposed to follow Lin Fan. He knew that wherever Lin Fan went, he had to bring an 88mm anti-aircraft gun. He was the regimental commander of the artillery regiment, so he had to go with him.

After Lin Fan made up his mind, even though the various regimental commanders held opposing opinions, he still did the work one by one. Lin Fan was not worried about the concerns of these regimental commanders at all.

He analyzed to Chen Sichuan and the others: "This time, the team is suddenly going to a new place to fight. After we arrive at the battlefield, we will not have time to familiarize ourselves with the terrain. Everything needs to be decided immediately.

In the entire brigade, besides me, who among you can guarantee to make the right choice in such an environment.

If the two main regiments go over and fight well, we will open up another base area on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

If they don't fight well, both main regiments will be lost in those places.

Therefore, I must go. I am not only going to kill the Japanese devils, but also to bring back the brothers of the two regiments.

Just like in the Four Lines Warehouse."

Lin Fan's words had power. The various regimental commanders who held opposing opinions all knew that the brigade commander had not made a wrong decision so far.

Chen Sichuan rushed to Xuzhou and reported to Lin Fan in person. The two talked for more than an hour.

When Lin Fan left, Chen Sichuan was still a little reluctant and hesitant: He told the brigade commander all his worries, but the brigade commander handed over the responsibility to him.

Chen Sichuan was no longer the little soldier who just wanted to eat and did not want to fight a year ago.

He could see the crisis of the Special Operations Brigade from this series of actions by the Nationalist army, but the brigade commander insisted on giving priority to the war of resistance against Japan.

And he also handed over the task of defending the Special Operations Brigade to him. Chen Sichuan understood: This time, Lin Fan should have taken the 1st Regiment with him the most.

But he didn't. Leaving the 1st Regiment was to allow him to have a greater say in the Special Operations Brigade.

Lin Fan flew directly from Xuzhou to Tongcheng. At the same time, he also ordered Liu Laopao's 2nd Regiment and Shangguan Zhiwen's 15th Regiment to quickly gather in Tongcheng.

When he got off the plane at Tongcheng Airport, Regiment Commander Li Zhize was also there. Lin Fan was a little surprised that he appeared here at this time.

He said with a smile to Regiment Commander Li, "It is a little rash for you to come here at this time.

Although the Japanese devils cannot temporarily spare troops to attack Anqing, you should still be in Anqing or Qianshan."

Regiment Commander Li Zhize said somewhat sadly, "Brigade Commander! I don't know why that reporter asked so many questions, but only wrote so little.

I really don't have the idea of taking credit for myself."

Lin Fan said with a smile, "Do you remember what I told you when you broke out of Nanjing and arrived in Jurong, when you were leaving the next day?"

"I was too impulsive at that time! Those words don't count." Li Zhize quickly said.

Lin Fan said with a smile, "We are brothers! We are comrades! I have always remembered what I promised at that time.

Tell me when you really want to leave, and I will definitely see you off. As long as you are willing to stay, I will definitely not drive you away.

I said at the time that our ideals are a little different, but this is nothing!

Because our ideas are the same now: we are all fighting the Japanese devils!

Until the Japanese devils withdraw from our territory, our goal has not changed: that is to fight the Japanese devils.

So I am relieved about you, and you should be relieved about me!"

"Brigade Commander!" Li Zhize called out with a bit of choking, and could not say anything more.

He knew that the brigade commander also knew that the politics of the two were different, but the ideas of the two were consistent now.

Therefore, the brigade commander never doubted him, but he came here specifically to express his loyalty because he was afraid that the brigade commander would worry. Did he really have ideas that he shouldn't have?

In fact, in the past year or so, Li Zhize had personally witnessed the changes that had taken place in Jurong, and he was very emotional: such construction was real construction.

If it hadn't been for the civil wars in the country for more than 20 years, if he had done construction like Lin Fan, the Japanese devils would not have dared to have any ideas of using force.

After thinking about it, Li Zhize still said, "Brigade Commander! My ideas have changed! Mr. Chang has been in office for more than ten years, but the country has not become strong.

You only used less than a year to turn Jurong into a little Shanghai. I believe that as long as the time is longer, the Jiangbei base area and the Lunan base area will also develop like Jurong.

As long as we develop and strengthen ourselves, no one will dare to invade us. My ideas have really changed now. I think the path you are taking is correct."

Lin Fan smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Whether the road ahead is full of thorns or a smooth road, we will go together.

If there is anything I do wrong, remember to remind me. We shouldn't have too many ideas now, we only need to stick to one idea: fight the Japanese devils!"

"So this time you are going to follow the orders of Wuhan and go to De'an?" Li Zhize asked worriedly.

"Yes! I am going to De'an to fight the Japanese devils, you don't need to worry.

Think about when the Special Operations Brigade came out of the Four Lines Warehouse, there were only a hundred people, and everyone didn't worry.

When I led the team to Taierzhuang, everyone didn't worry.

When we set out from Jurong and crossed the river, everyone didn't worry.

Now that our team is getting stronger and stronger, everyone is starting to worry.

Isn't this a little too cautious?

Why not think about it, this time we brought two regiments over, and we can still take back a large area of land from the Japanese devils, and build another base area to connect with the Jurong base area."

Liu Laopao, Wu Yuan, and Shangguan Zhiwen all knew that Li Zhize had something to say to Lin Fan. Seeing that the two of them walked back smiling and talking,

Li Zhize's frown disappeared, and they immediately understood that he should have solved something.

Lin Fan smiled and greeted these people, and said directly, "Now time is tight, can you report on the gathering of each unit?"

Liu Laopao quickly reported as the commander of the 2nd Regiment, ranking first, "The 2nd Regiment should have 3,000 people, and 3,000 people have actually arrived. All equipment and weapons have arrived at the airport."

Shangguan Zhiwen reported: "The 15th Regiment should have 3,000 people, and 3,000 people have actually arrived. All weapons and equipment have arrived at the airport."

Lin Fan nodded with a smile: "This time your two regiments are going to De'an, you must show the prestige of the Special Operations Brigade."

Liu Laopao asked, "Do you want to give a speech to the soldiers?"

Lin Fan said, "I'll go see them! Don't let them come over."

He said to Wu Yuan, Li Zhize, and Shangguan Zhiwen, "This time you did a great job at Shizhushan Airport.

Regiment Commander Li was able to adapt to the situation and turn destruction into capture, amazing!

This is the most Japanese aircraft we have captured since the start of the war. We are also taking advantage of this when we parachute into De'an this time."

Li Zhize did not expect that Lin Fan would take the initiative to praise him in front of so many people, and quickly said, "Regiment Commander Wu and Regiment Commander Shangguan also contributed a lot."

"Regiment Commander Wu and Regiment Commander Shangguan performed very well, the 10th Regiment and the 14th Regiment are already very familiar with the local terrain.

That's why you weren't mobilized this time. Next, you will still focus on how to gain a foothold locally and protect local safety.

Like Regiment Commander Li, put the battlefield in the Japanese-occupied area, which not only strikes the Japanese devils, but also does not harm the local people."

"Yes!" Wu Yuan and Li Zhize quickly agreed.

Lin Fan walked all the way to the temporary camp of the 2nd Regiment. The 15th Regiment was also on the side at this time.

After walking through the two regiments, Lin Fan also went to see the officers and soldiers of Wu Yuan's 14th Regiment.

Then he returned to the airport, and Feng Junya also arrived with two 88mm anti-aircraft guns.

Half of the planes captured from Shizhushan Airport were originally parked in Tongcheng. Li Zhize was urgently transferring the planes from Qianshan to Tongcheng.

It was easy to get the planes in place, and now they were waiting for news from De'an. Captain Zhu Qingmao suggested that Lin Fan bring an aviation squadron.

Lin Fan rejected