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Chapter 58 Returning to Beijing to Debrief
Satisfied, Zhou Changfeng also fell into a deep sleep, with several ups and downs, until the next morning, the plane finally stopped slowly on the airport runway.

Today's airport is called Gaoqiao Airport. Although it is also located in the southeast of the city, it is much closer than the later Lukou International Airport.

It is named Gaoqiao because it is next to the Gaoqiao Gate of the Outer Guocheng of Nanjing. If you want to enter the city from the airport, you usually enter the city through there.

Due to the rapid development of urbanization, the urban area of ​​Nanjing is already very large. In the past, it was limited within and around the main city wall, but now it has expanded to the entire Outer Guocheng area.

The two counties of Shangyuan and Jiangning that have been used until now are not enough, so Yingtianfu added another Fuguo County in the southeast, named Shangfang County.

For a long time, Nanjing has been the largest and most prosperous city in the country. Gu Qiyuan, the minister of officials in the Wanli period, once described: "The boats and boats in the water palace are still available, and the provincial temples accompanying Beijing remain unchanged. It's so far away, how can it be said that the old state of the previous generation can be obtained and discussed together!

Nanjing’s urbanization process originated from the period of reform and reform many years ago, but the speed was relatively slow. It was not until the establishment of the constitutional government and the stability of all parties that the urbanization process was greatly accelerated. Now the registered population of the urban area, regardless of the township population, exceeds 150 million.

But from Zhou Changfeng's point of view, it seems a bit inappropriate to use this place as the capital of the country now?Because the capital of a country is most important as a political center, followed by an economic and cultural center.

In the classical era, Nanjing did meet these three points, but in the industrial era, Shanghai in the Yangtze River Delta has unique advantages, and its status as an economic center is almost unshakable.

In Zhou Changfeng’s memory, there are some fragments of Shanghai in the Ming Dynasty. For example, although Shanghai County appeared very early, it had no city walls until it was invaded by Japanese pirates during the Jiajing period. It was Zhili Prefecture, and then continued to be upgraded to a government, merged with Songjiang Prefecture, and continued to use the name of Shanghai.

The current Shanghai prefecture is said to have a permanent population of 700 million?Gathering various industrial, commercial and financial businesses, the word "prosperity" is already indescribable.

Moreover, there is the leading shipbuilding base in Asia, where the first battleship of the Ming Dynasty was launched; There is one slipway, two slipways of 352 meters, and a large number of small and medium-sized docks and slipways.

There are some taxis waiting outside Gaoqiao Airport, the number is not many, and you can count them with two hands. The reason is still because people who fly by plane are either rich or expensive these days. There are few people and few flights, so the drivers who choose to pick up passengers at the airport are not not much.

It seems that any time, any place, any taxi driver is very talkative?

The carefree driver spoke standard Nanjing Mandarin and talked with Zhou Changfeng about the situation at home and abroad, the newly opened brothels, the latest movies, etc., and the journey didn't stop for half an hour.

Finally, the taxi, which was modified based on the Yuanhang brand car, stopped outside the garrison commander. After paying the money, Zhou Changfeng got out of the car and stopped for a few seconds at the entrance of the heavily guarded government office before going forward to submit the documents.

The so-called "garrison command and envoy" is actually the garrison headquarters of the capital, and its predecessor was the famous "Nanjing Garrison Mansion"-the control of Nanjing's various guards, in charge of Nanjing's defense affairs.

A lieutenant on duty looked at his "official disc" and said in surprise, "Oh, sir, are you back now?"

"My battalion withdrew early to rest, and I... came back for surgery."

"I see... come in!" The lieutenant nodded and saluted his chest, and the soldiers on both sides also raised their guns in salute.

The history of breast touching ceremony is very long. It originated in the ancient times of the Turkic language family and has continued in the northern peoples for generations. It was also incorporated into the Ming army, not to mention the Mongolian and Manchu soldiers who served in other ways, so the chest touching ceremony has been handed down.

The chest touching salute stipulated in the current regulations is different from the chest touching salute in the classical era - it requires the right hand to be raised flat, the five fingers together, and the palms to be pressed inwards on the chest.

The purpose of Zhou Changfeng's visit to the Garrison Commander's Division was to register and ask for leave. In fact, he could go to the left-behind office of the Third Mixed Brigade's station to do this, but the station was in the west of the city, so it was too far away, so he simply chose to come here.

After solemnly handing over the small bag containing the ID badges of more than a dozen death squads, Zhou Changfeng was asked to describe the whole battle in detail.

So after waiting for a cup of tea, he was taken to a small living room, where two lieutenant colonels, a colonel, a brigadier general, and two female stenographers successively entered.

The Battle of Demagi is the key to the border war, and it should be taken seriously.

"I have met all the officers." Zhou Changfeng got up and saluted.

The leading brigadier general looked serious and serious. He said "um" and said, "We have read the battle report, but we should not let go of the specific details. You should answer as detailed and objective as possible."

"Yes, I know." Zhou Changfeng, who sat upright, first talked about the small battle at the Nujiang cable suspension bridge, and then detailed the details of the whole battle in stages from the time when his side arrived at Lingzhi and was ordered in danger.

During the period, two female stenographers were clattering on the keyboard, and the typewriter was like a piano in their hands.

After a while, the colonel with a square face was the first to ask, "What is your overall impression of the British and Indian troops?"

"Conceited and undisciplined, they underestimate our army, but they react quickly and can quickly adjust their deployment after encountering lessons. In terms of tactics, infantry tactics are relatively rigid, and their fighting will is average. There is nothing worthy of recognition." Zhou Changfeng replied.

"And what about the artillery?"

"If you don't consider arrogance, the quality alone is very good. The speed of setting up the communication network is very fast, and the coordination with the frontline troops is very efficient. It is more flexible and does not rely on the scheduled bombardment plan."

Immediately, another lieutenant colonel wearing square-frame glasses also asked, "I am from the General Staff Office of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and I am in charge of theoretical research on tank troops. Excuse me, are these enemy tanks encountered by your troops? "

He handed over four photos, which were the A9 cruiser tank and the Carden-Lloyd MkV ultralight tank.

Hearing that he was in charge of the theoretical research of the armored force, Zhou Changfeng did not dare to slack off, he knew that his answer would probably play a role in the future construction of the armored force of Ming Dynasty.

Nowadays, the construction of armored forces in various countries in the world is still in the exploratory stage. Some people think that tanks should be heavy and slow, and should be distributed with infantry to advance; .

Due to the lack of actual combat experience, everyone can only explore through theoretical speculation and exercises. Nowadays, every actual combat experience is precious, and the battle of Demaji is no exception.

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