Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 241 Seizing the Fighter Jet
With the defeat of Huang Wei's army, Du Yuming's group, besieged in Chenguanzhuang 80 kilometers away, was also unable to hold on alone.

After all, although Du Yuming had three corps under his command, the equipment of these three corps was actually inferior to that of Huang Wei's corps.

More importantly, during the previous breakout, only two of the original three army corps remained.

Of the original three army corps, one of Sun Yuanliang's army corps was destroyed during the breakout, leaving only Li Mi's army corps and Qiu Qingquan's army corps.

Of course, at this moment, Li Mi and Qiu Qingquan were just bullying each other at home!
At this moment, Li Mi shouted to Qiu Qingquan:
"Everyone has a ration of airdropped supplies, why should you take more than your quota!"

Qiu Qingquan responded to Li Mi's accusations by saying:

"You've already tacitly allowed your soldiers to defect to the militia, so what do you need supplies for!"

At this moment, Du Yuming stepped forward to mediate:
"Stop arguing! You always fight over supplies every time they're airdropped. This is the front line, and you are the dignified Corps Commanders!"

However, Qiu Qingquan immediately responded to Du Yuming's mediation by saying:
"Du Siling, Li Mi has colluded with the defense forces and is no longer suitable to serve as Siling. He should be executed!"

Li Mi immediately retorted:
"Crazy Qiu, you're spouting nonsense!"

"You're spouting nonsense! You tacitly allow your soldiers to sneak into the Jiefang Army's positions in the middle of the night. Whether they come back after they've eaten or not, you just turn a blind eye. What is this if not colluding with the Jiefang Army!"

Li Mi responded to this with a perfectly reasonable attitude:

“I can’t control where those soldiers go, but one thing is certain: they never took their weapons with them. Qiu the Madman, I want to ask you today: after taking the supplies, you turned around and spent your days drinking and dancing with a bunch of female students. This is demoralizing the troops and you should be shot!”

What could Du Yuming do about the argument between the two? Although Du Yuming was now a rank higher than Qiu Qingquan and Li Mi, he actually had no control over the soldiers under Li Mi and Qiu Qingquan.

Because both of these military units have their own trusted confidants, it is very difficult to take down a single person. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that Du Yuming is now a lone commander in the military.

Therefore, Du Yuming could only helplessly say:
"Enough! The Third Field Army is about to attack. You still have time to bicker here? Go back and reorganize your troops. If this drags on, Chenguanzhuang will be our burial ground!"

However, Qiu Qingquan said with great conviction:

"I, Qiu Qingquan, never intended to leave alive. Since I am the principal's student, when the Liberation Army attacks, I will fight them to the death!"

After saying that, Qiu Qingquan walked out of the temporary command post. Li Mi wanted to say something after Qiu Qingquan left, but Du Yuming waved his hand, signaling him to leave as well.

After nearly a month of this process, which was like training a hawk, Du Yuming and his men were surrounded in Chenguanzhuang. Finally, on January 6, 1949, the Third Field Army commander made up his mind to launch the best possible attack on Chenguanzhuang.

At this moment, Du Yuming's adjutant, holding a set of ordinary soldiers' uniforms, said to Du Yuming:
"Let's retreat! It'll be too late if we don't!"

But before Du Yuming could speak, Qiu Qingquan threw off his gloves and said:

"I will not be a deserter, I will die with the Liberation Army!"

With that, he snatched the submachine gun from the guard and charged out!

Leaving aside Qiu Qingquan, Du Yuming was not so tough. Instead, he changed into ordinary soldier's clothes, attempting to deceive the authorities.

It should be noted that the Liberation Army was quite lenient towards the lower-ranking soldiers of Lao Gu. As long as they had not done anything heinous, they would generally be released.

So if Du Yuming keeps it a secret, he might actually have a chance to return to Lao Mi's side.

However, Du Yuming couldn't bear to part with his gold pen, so his identity was exposed, and he was arrested. With the fall of Chenguanzhuang and Du Yuming's capture, the Huaihai Campaign naturally came to an end.

However, to Wang Gensheng's surprise, right after the Huaihai Campaign ended, someone wanted to steal the fighter jets and bombers that he had risked his life to get down at Xuzhou Airport.

Upon receiving the news, Wang Gensheng rushed back to Xuzhou Airport without stopping.

Then they saw a group of people clashing with the people left behind by Wang Gensheng.

Fortunately, no guns were used; they only talked.

At this moment, Wang Gensheng arrived and asked:
"I am Wang Gensheng, Commander of the Navy. What's going on? Which unit are you from? Why are you seizing our captured warplanes?"

Just after Wang Gensheng spoke, someone stepped forward, saluted him, and said:

"Hello, Comrade Si Ling of the Navy. I am Lu Haotian, the commander of the Air Force Combat Regiment of the Liberation Army. I heard that you captured a large number of intact aircraft at Xuzhou Airport, so our Air Force has come to take them over!"

Looking at Lu Haotian, who claimed to be the commander of an air force combat regiment, Wang Gensheng couldn't help but think of a TV series. That's right, the TV series explained how the air force of the defense army was established.

The name of this drama is "The Era of Floating White Clouds".

The main character, the captain of the air force squadron, is named Lu Haotian, and his appearance is very similar to the person in front of us.

However, despite knowing that something strange had intruded into the otherwise peaceful world of "Bright Sword," Wang Gensheng had no intention of backing down.

After all, although Wang Gensheng was a naval officer, who says the navy can't have airplanes?

So Wang Gensheng immediately waved his hand and said:

"Commander Lu, I'm really sorry, but your air force really can't take the fighter jets away from Xuzhou Airport!"

Lu Haotian was taken aback when he heard Wang Gensheng's words, and then said:

"What, does your navy need airplanes too?"

In response to Lu Haotian's question, Wang Gensheng nodded in agreement:
"Yes! That's right, of course we need aircraft. The navy today is no longer in the era of giant guns and warships; it's now in the era of aircraft carriers! So naturally, we need fighter jets! Therefore, we certainly cannot give you our navy's fighter jets!"

Lu Haotian fell silent after hearing Wang Gensheng's words, but upon seeing the five B-24 bombers, he was first taken aback, then immediately exclaimed happily:

"Your navy needs fighter jets to serve as carrier-based aircraft, so you probably don't need these bombers!"

Wang Gensheng smiled and said:
"It's useless, it's useless. Aircraft carriers don't have such long flight decks. But we can't just give away these bombers for free. Your air force has to help our navy train pilots!"

Indeed, Wang Gensheng's idea was quite simple: since his own family lacked the ability to train pilots, and the Air Force had established a flight school, he could use this opportunity to train naval pilots.

Lu Haotian immediately agreed to Wang Gensheng's request. Although all the spoils were to be turned over to the public, the spoil collectors would still be given priority in the distribution.

For example, if Wang Gensheng's side also needs fighter jets to build carrier-based aircraft, then it would be awkward for the Air Force to try to snatch them away.

(End of this chapter)