Satisfied, Zhou Changfeng also fell into a deep sleep. There were ups and downs until the next morning, when the plane finally slowly stopped 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 Nanjing Waiguo City. People who want to enter the city after leaving the airport usually go through there.
Nowadays, due to the rapid development of urbanization in Nanjing, the urban area has become very large. In the past, it was limited to within and around the main city wall, but now it has expanded to the entire outer city.
The two counties of Shangyuan and Jiangning that are still in use today seem to be insufficient, so Yingtian Mansion added a new Fuguo County in the southeast, named Shangfang County.
Nanjing has long been the largest and most prosperous city in the country. Gu Qiyuan, the Minister of Civil Affairs during the Wanli period, once described: The boat in the water palace is still there, and the provincial temple that accompanies the capital has not been changed, so it maintains peace for all generations. It's so far away that the old states of the previous generation can be compared and compared!
The urbanization process in Nanjing originated from the reform and restructuring period many years ago, but the speed was relatively slow. It was not until the establishment of constitutional government and stability of all parties that the urbanization process accelerated greatly. Now, regardless of the township population, only the registered population in the urban area exceeds 1500000.
But in Zhou Changfeng's view, it seems a bit inappropriate to use this place as the country's capital 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. However, in the industrial era, Shanghai in the Yangtze River Delta really had unique advantages, and its status as an economic center was almost unshakable.
There are some fragments of Shanghai in the Ming Dynasty in Zhou Changfeng's memory. For example, although Shanghai County appeared very early, it never had a city wall. It was not until the Jiajing period that it was invaded by Japanese pirates and the city was hurriedly built with crowdfunding. In modern times, due to its increasing prosperity, it was upgraded to a higher level. It was a Zhili Prefecture, and later it was upgraded to a prefecture, merged with Songjiang Prefecture, and continued to use the name of Shanghai.
The current Shanghai Prefecture is said to have a permanent population of seven million? Gathering all kinds of industrial, commercial and financial industries, the word "prosperity" is hard to describe.
And there is the leading shipbuilding base in Asia. The first battleship of the Ming Dynasty was launched there. After so many years of construction and development, there are now a total of one 352-meter shipyard, two 320-meter shipyards, and a 256-meter shipyard. There is one slipway, two 240-meter slipways, and a large number of small and medium-sized docks and slipways.
There are some taxis waiting outside Gaoqiao Airport. There are not many taxis. You can count them with two hands. The reason is still because people who fly these days are either rich or expensive. There are few people and there are few flights, so there are no drivers who choose to pick up passengers at the airport. not much.
It seems that taxi drivers in any place and time are very talkative?
The carefree driver spoke standard Nanjing Mandarin and chatted with Zhou Changfeng about the situation at home and abroad, newly opened brothels, recently released movies, etc., for half an hour before and after the journey.
Finally, the taxi, which was based on a Yuanhang brand sedan, parked outside the Garrison Command Department. After paying, Zhou Changfeng got out of the car and paused for a few seconds at the entrance of the heavily guarded official office before stepping forward to submit the Documents.
The so-called "Garrison Command Department" is actually the garrison headquarters of the capital. Its predecessor was the famous "Nanjing Garrison Office" - it controlled the Nanjing garrison and was in charge of Nanjing's defense affairs.
A lieutenant on duty looked at his "official disc" and said in surprise: "Hi, sir, are you back now?"
"My battalion retreated early to rest, and I... came back to perform the surgery."
"I see...please come in!" The lieutenant nodded and performed a chest-stroking salute, and the soldiers on both sides also raised their guns and saluted.
The chest care ceremony has a very long history. It originated in the ancient times of the Turkic language family and has been continued among the northern peoples for generations. Since the founding of the country, there have always been a large number of northern ethnic soldiers in the Ming army. After the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, many Yuan soldiers They were also incorporated into the Ming army, not to mention the Mongolian and Manchu soldiers who served in other ways, so the chest caressing ceremony has been passed down.
The chest caressing ceremony stipulated in the regulations today is different from the chest caressing ceremony in the classical era - it requires the right hand to be raised flat, the five fingers together, and the palm of the hand pressed inward on the chest. The usage situation is similar to the fist holding ceremony. The difference is that the chest caressing ceremony is more respectful.
Zhou Changfeng came to the Garrison Command and Envoy Office to register and ask for leave. In fact, he could go to the left-behind office of H3 brigade to do this, but the station was in the west of the city and was too far away, so he simply chose to come here.
After solemnly handing over the small bag containing the ID tags of a dozen suicide squad members, Zhou Changfeng was asked to describe the entire 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 came in one after another.
The Battle of Demaji is the key to the border war, and it deserves to be taken seriously.
"I have met you, sirs." Zhou Changfeng stood up and saluted.
The leading brigadier general looked serious and serious. He said "hmm" and said: "We have already read the battle report, but we should not let go of the specific details. Please answer as detailed and objectively as possible."
"Yes, I understand." Sitting upright, Zhou Changfeng first talked about the small battle on the Nujiang Steel Cable Suspension Bridge, and then told the details of the entire battle in stages, starting from when his side arrived at Lingzhi and was ordered to face danger.
During this period, two female stenographers were banging on the keyboard, and the typewriters were like pianos in their hands.
After a while, the colonel with the Chinese character took the lead and asked: "What is your overall impression of the British and Indian troops?"
"Arrogant and undisciplined, he despises our army, but he reacts quickly and can quickly adjust his deployment after encountering lessons. Tactically, infantry tactics are relatively rigid, and his fighting will is average. There is nothing worthy of recognition." Zhou Changfeng replied.
"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. The coordination with the frontline troops is very efficient. It is flexible and does not rely much on the predetermined artillery plan."
Immediately, another lieutenant colonel wearing square glasses also asked, "I am from the staff office of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and I am responsible for the theoretical research of the tank unit. Are these the enemy tanks that your unit has encountered? "
He handed over four photos, which were the A9 cruise tank and the Carden-Lloyd MkV ultra-light tank.
Hearing that he was in charge of theoretical research on armored forces, Zhou Changfeng did not dare to slack off. He knew that his answer would probably play a role in the construction of Ming Dynasty's future armored forces.
Today, the construction of armored forces in various countries around the world is still in the exploratory stage. Some people think that tanks should be heavy and slow, scattered and equipped with infantry to advance. Some people think that tanks should be light and flexible, and can be used intensively to break through defense lines. Some people think that tanks should cooperate with cavalry, and so on. .
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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