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Chapter 466: The shabby Wuhan Air Defense Force

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    Li Guoyao was promoted and was directly appointed as the deputy commander of the Wuhan Garrison Headquarters, taking over the air defense affairs of Wuhan City!

    But until the meeting ended, he still didn¡¯t understand why Chiang Kai-shek made him the deputy commander. As the temporary capital, Wuhan was the center of the entire Anti-Japanese War and its position was so important that you can imagine it with your buttocks.

    Although the Wuhan Garrison Command is only stationed in Wuhan City, it has considerable power and authority. This can be seen from the fact that the commander-in-chief of this Garrison Command is Luo Zhuoying.

    Moreover, there are currently many troops in the Wuhan Garrison Command, including Zhou Qi's 75th Army, Wan Yaohuang's 6th Army, Li Yunheng's 16th Army, Guo Chan's 94th Army, and the Hubei Province's Air Defense Forces, etc., which add up to no less than  to 150,000 people.

    Although Li Guoyao is only a deputy commander, his importance and power are beyond the imagination of ordinary people!

    More importantly, compared to his personal qualifications, the position of deputy commander is a bit high.

    You must know that there are many people who are eyeing the deputy commander, but they did not expect that Chiang Kai-shek would appoint him as deputy commander and put him in charge of all the air defense forces in Wuhan City.

    After the meeting, Li Guoyao was retained by the garrison commander Luo Zhuoying!

    In Luo Zhuoying¡¯s office, besides Luo Zhuoying himself, there was also a middle-aged officer.

    Although Zhou Weiguo didn't know this person, he heard Lao Jiang mention his name during the meeting. His name was Guo Chan, and he was the Wuhan garrison commander.

    After the three of them sat down, Luo Zhuoying immediately said: "Brother Solemn, let me introduce to you, this is Wuhan Security Commander Guo Chan!"

    "Hello, Commander Guo!" Li Guoyao said immediately.

    Although Guo Chan was over forty and nearly twenty years older than Li Guoyao, he did not dare to show his confidence in front of Li Guoyao. He immediately said with a smile: "I have heard about the name of Brother Su Yan for a long time, and it turned out to be true when I saw him today.  He is a worthy scholar despite his great reputation!"

    "Commander Guo is so complimentary, Guo Yao is too ashamed to deserve it!"

    "It's a bit awkward to call me Commander Guo. We will still be working together in the future, so just call me by my surname, Xiangwu!"

    "In that case, I would rather obey orders than be respectful!"

    After some pleasantries, Luo Zhuoying immediately said: "Brother Solemn, do you know why the committee appointed you as the deputy commander and asked you to command all the air defense forces in Wuhan City?"

    "This little brother really doesn't know, and it's quite confusing. I hope Commander Luo can tell me!" Li Guoyao said hurriedly.

    "The committee member and I have discussed this matter. The main reason is that during this period, Japanese fighter planes were constantly bombing Wuhan City. Sometimes there were as many as seven or eight times in a day. Every time the Japanese fighter planes arrived, it would cause panic in the whole city.  Panic. Moreover, the military and civilians suffered heavy casualties after each bombing, which greatly weakened the enthusiasm of the people in the city to resist the war."

    Then Luo Zhuoying continued: "And your department has made great achievements in dealing with the Japanese aviation in previous battles. In the Battle of Guide, your department alone downed more than 70 Japanese fighter planes, and in addition, a large number of fighter planes were damaged.  So far, it has been confirmed that 31 Japanese planes crashed on their way back. This means that your ministry shot down hundreds of fighter planes in the Battle of East Henan alone, so the committee hopes that you can use your expertise to defend Wuhan's airspace!"

    Li Guoyao immediately understood Chiang Kai-shek's intention, but he knew that Wuhan was not Guide City. Compared with the big-ass Guide City, there were more than a dozen Guide City in any of the three towns in Wuhan. This battle was not easy to fight.  .

    "However, Li Guoyao did not shirk. After all, Chiang Kai-shek's order had already been issued. It would not only be meaningless for him to shirk again, but it would also be suspected of disobedience.

    Although Li Guoyao didn't care what Chiang Kai-shek thought, for the sake of the overall situation, on the surface he still had to respect the leader.

    "Sir Luo, do you know how many air defense troops we have in Wuhan City?" Li Guoyao asked immediately.

    Luo Zhuoying immediately said: "There are a lot of troops. The Hubei Provincial Air Defense Force alone has a total of 6 regiments. In addition, the Wuhan Garrison Command also has an air defense regiment. In total, there are 9 regiments.  But the problem is that these troops have establishment and personnel, but they do not have suitable weapons and equipment."

    "At present, there are only one 37mm anti-aircraft artillery battalion and one 75mm anti-aircraft artillery battalion that can really fight against Japanese fighter planes. There is also an air defense battalion equipped with Deshka 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns, with a total of 22 anti-aircraft guns.  Gate, 31 anti-aircraft machine guns.¡±

    Li Guoyao frowned and said, "Is that all you have?"

    Guo Chan immediately said: "Brother Solemn, this is already a lot. In the past, all air defense relied on the air force, so we did not have a separate air defense force. But now the air force has lost a lot of strength, so we need the cooperation of the ground forces, so we put it together temporarily.  some troops, formedThe air defense regiment was formed, but in reality there were only so many weapons and equipment that could be collected.  "

    Li Guoyao nodded and said: "Ignoring the organization and weapons and equipment, what I need to know now is how many people do I, the deputy commander of air defense, have on hand?"

    "How about manpower? All 9 regiments can be transferred to you, but each regiment only has more than a thousand people in total. The total number is about 9,000 people, which should be enough!"

    As soon as he finished speaking, Li Guoyao said: "Not enough, far from enough!"

    As soon as these words came out, Luo Zhuoying and Guo Chan were stunned and looked at Li Guoyao in surprise!

    Li Guoyao was not stage frightened and said directly: "Wuhan city is so big, but these few thousand people are not enough to see it, so I need more people!"

    "But it's not enough if someone doesn't have equipment. When it comes to ordinary soldiers, we have plenty of them. During this period alone, there are 200,000 supplementary soldiers transferred to Wuhan City. But what's the use of these big soldiers? They can't fly.  ?" Guo confessed.

    "There is no shortage of weapons and equipment. When our troops fought in northern Anhui and eastern Henan, they wiped out the main force of the Japanese army many times and captured a lot of heavy equipment. We can use it to arm these people, but I need enough manpower and at the same time  It requires the cooperation of the Air Force." Li Guoyao said.

    "There is no problem with manpower. I can call upon you to deploy another 5,000 additional troops to increase your air defense force to 15,000. Together with your 61st Army headquarters troops, it should be enough!"

    "enough!"

    Then Luo Zhuoying continued: "As for the Air Force, there isn't much of a problem. Director Zhou of the Aviation Committee has been troubled by the little devils for a long time. In fact, it was he who recommended you to the committee. Otherwise, this deputy  Commander, it¡¯s really not your turn.¡±

    "Since Lao Zhou recommended you to the committee, I must support you, otherwise wouldn't it be a slap in the face to myself!"

    Li Guoyao was stunned for a moment, but even if he was relieved, only air force bosses like Zhou Zhirou would notice how many fighter planes were shot down in the battle report. Ordinary army generals would only care about how many enemies they destroyed, how many prisoners they captured, and how many they captured.  Weaponry.

    "Then I'm relieved, but I don't know where all my people are now?"

    ¡°Currently, they are all scattered in air defense positions throughout the city!¡±

    "Then the headquarters can order all their personnel to bring their equipment and gather at the Wuchang barracks in the evening. I want to integrate this team myself. In addition, I also need the latest map of Wuhan!"

    "no problem!"

    Li Guoyao continued: "Sir Luo, our department suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Guide and was almost wiped out. Although the committee finally integrated all the remaining troops of the Eighth Army into our department, our department is still seriously short of personnel.  I wonder if you can give me some additional troops?"

    "I'm afraid this is a bit difficult. Although a lot of supplementary troops have been sent to Wuhan during this period, they have been divided among the First Corps and the Second Corps. At most, I can squeeze out a few thousand people for your air defense force.  , there really won¡¯t be any more!¡± Luo Zhuoying replied.

    "Oh, okay then!" Li Guoyao said a little disappointed.

    However, at this time, Guo Chan said: "Brother Solemn, if your department is seriously short of vacancies, you can set up a recruitment point in Wuhan City, then recruit people yourself, and then report it to the Military Commission!"

    "Can I still do this?"

    "Of course. Besides, you are still the deputy commander of the Wuhan Garrison Headquarters. Those who are near the water are on a first-come, first-served basis. You don't even need to apply to the headquarters!"

    "Hahaha, then this is the best, thank you, brother regret!"

    "You're welcome!"

    Just as he was talking, the phone on Luo Zhuoying's desk suddenly rang, and Luo Zhuoying immediately picked it up!

    As soon as the call was connected, after the other person said a few words, Luo Zhuoying stood up directly, and then said solemnly: "Well, I understand, sound the alarm immediately!"

    Then, the whole city instantly sounded the siren of "Ula Ula!"  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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