"To the west, you are all the elites of the empire, but it is not the time to attack now, the empire has carried out several strategic decisive battles with China, and the national and financial resources have been consumed a lot, and it will take time to recover the vitality of the empire. So now our task is to hold firmly on the occupied territory and wait for the time for the Imperial Army to counterattack! Okamura nodded.

"Hay!" Everyone bowed their heads in unison.

In fact, what Okamura Ninji didn't say was that at this time, due to the resolute resistance of the Chinese people, Xiao Yuben's national strength and military strength had been used to the limit, and it was impossible to mobilize more troops and more materials to support this extremely costly war in a short period of time.

Perhaps only high-ranking generals such as Okamura Ninji know that Samoto has fallen into the quagmire of a protracted war, and now Samoto can only do his best to deal with this war. As for whether he can win this war, Okamura Ninji has no bottom in his heart now, but if he wants to ensure that he has occupied the area, the top priority is to first eliminate the reading force that has become a big problem.

Although the Reading Force has captured Shanxi and Suiyuan and other places, and its strength is not what it used to be, Okamura Ninji is still confident that as long as he can recuperate for two years, he will definitely have enough strength to defeat the Reading Force in one fell swoop! Annihilation of all.

Three days have passed in the blink of an eye, and the grain and grass carried by the 35th Division have almost run out, and the troops are already a little sluggish. If in another three or five days, without the attack of the Reading Army, the 35th Division may be scattered due to lack of food or surrender like the Reading Army.

At this moment, there was a person in the headquarters of Zhang Mingyu in Ma Liangshan, this person came to Ma Hongbin in a hurry from Yinchuan, Ma Hongbin was also a little shocked when he saw Zhang Mingyu, for no other reason, but Zhang Mingyu was too young, Ma Hongkui had seen Zhang Mingyu, and the last time Zhang Mingyu went to Yinchuan, Ma Hongbin just led the 81st Army to resist in Suiyuan. That's why I didn't see it.

Ma Hongbin was stunned for a moment, but then came back to his senses and saluted: "Commander Zhang, the first time we met, it was really disrespectful and disrespectful!" ”

Zhang Mingyu also replied: "Ma Jun is here with a big driver, and the younger brother has the advantage to welcome him from afar, but the younger brother is really disrespectful and disrespectful." ”

"Please be seated." Zhang Mingyu said solemnly.

Ma Hongbin was also polite, sat on the chair prepared for him by Zhang Mingyu, and then said directly to the point: "Commander Zhang, this time I came mainly to discuss the affairs of my 35th Division with your department. Since the 35th Division was ordered by our commander-in-chief to protect our common arsenal, I don't know why it was surrounded here by your army. ”

Zhang Mingyu also said bluntly: "Commander Ma, let's not go around those twists and turns in this matter, you and I are both Chinese, now the country is in trouble, the nation is in danger, our generation of soldiers should be unified with the guns to the outside world, and jointly fight against himself, instead of killing each other here." ”

"General Zhang said well, Hongbin also thinks so, why don't you ask General Zhang to open a gap for our 35th Division, let us withdraw Lingwu, our two armies should be sincerely united, and fight together!" Ma Hongbin took advantage of the situation.

"It's not impossible to give you a way, but not now, you have to put my chief of staff back first, and then I can let your 35th Division go back." Zhang Mingyu said indifferently.

"Please rest assured General Zhang, Chief of Staff Liu is now enjoying VIP treatment in Yinchuan, and he is free to come and go. I immediately sent a telegram to our commander asking him to inform Chief of Staff Liu and ask him to return. ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Mingyu nodded and said, "I'll rest assured, when the chief of staff returns, the 35th Division can go back." ”

"General Zhang, there's another thing down there." Ma Hongbin said.

"General Ma, please speak." Zhang Mingyu gestured.

Ma Hongbin did not shirk either, and blurted out: "General Zhang, I heard that you plan to move the arsenal to Taiyuan, you must know that our commander also invested a considerable part of the funds in this arsenal at the beginning, you want to move away, do you want to give us an explanation?" ”

"Confession?" Zhang Mingyu was stunned: "What explanation? The workers of the arsenal are mine, the scientists are hired by me, and the wages are paid by me, so what do you have to give you an explanation? You must know that in the past three years, I have given you forty percent of the weapons and equipment produced by the arsenal every year according to the original agreement, and the equipment I give you is enough to equip a group army, and how much is it worth selling these equipment to Yan Laoxi or other [***], this General Ma should be clear, right? ”

"This .........." Ma Hongbin was speechless by Zhang Mingyu's words.

But Ma Hongbin still stubbornly said: "General Zhang, this is wrong, the arsenal has our shares, but if you want to move it away, do you have to return our share that we deserve?" ”

"Hahaha......" Zhang Mingyu sneered: "General Ma is really good at laughing, after the arsenal was built, you Commander Ma only invested 10 million oceans, and in the past three years, I have handed over 40% of the equipment produced by the arsenal to you every year according to the original agreement." This equipment is enough for you, and there is a surplus for all three armies. And these pieces of equipment are worth at least 30 million oceans. So the arsenal has nothing to do with you, please go back and tell Commander Ma, just say that I, Zhang Mingyu, am willing to help you with 8,000 rifles, 200 light and heavy machine guns, and 2 million bullets. ”

"Then I'll thank General Zhang first." , Ma Hongbin smiled awkwardly and said.

"You're welcome, you and I are both Chinese people, and it is right to take care of each other." Zhang Mingyu said loudly.

At this time, Ma Hongbin had already gotten up, and then hugged his fists and said: "There will be a period later!" ”

Zhang Mingyu also solemnly said: "If you can't send Mingyu away." Don't blame General Ma. ”

"There, there, farewell!" After Ma Hongbin finished speaking, he turned around and strode away.

Seeing this, Liu Masheng next to him asked: "Junzuo, I'm afraid that we and the Ma family's army Liangzi will settle this time, and we have to guard against them taking advantage of the fire to rob in the future." ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Mingyu nodded and said: "A warlord like Ma Hongkui is a wolf who can't be fed, it's hard to guarantee that he was fattened that day, he turned over and bit us, it's better to break with them as soon as possible." In fact, the reason why Zhang Mingyu chose Ma Hongkui to partner in the first place was that there was really no way, and now that Reading Lijun has his own territory, of course, he must part ways with him immediately.

Although it is a bit of a suspicion of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, in this troubled era, there is no faith at all, and there are only interests.

(To be continued)