Since the theater allocated the 500 Army to the Second Army, Gao Quan thought it was necessary for him to personally visit General Sun Lianzhong, the anti-Japanese steel head of the Second Army. He and General Sun's troops have already dealt with each other many times, and now that they are facing cooperation again, it is obviously necessary to discuss face-to-face to strengthen the cooperation between the two armies.

From northwest to southeast, almost on a line, they are Tanghe, Tongbai, and Xinyang. The straight-line distance on the map from Tongbai County to the Tang River and Xinyang is almost the same. It's just that between Tongbai and Xinyang, there are all rolling mountains, and the distance on the mountain road is definitely incomparable with the peace. The headquarters of the Second Army was located in the Tang River, and if Gao Quan wanted to visit Sun Lianzhong, he had to turn northwest and go to the Tang River.

Before leaving, Gao Quan first took a telegram and asked Commander-in-Chief Sun for advice. He is now his nominal boss, and before visiting his home, he should say hello to his superiors. This is also Gao Quan's necessary respect for this senior who enlisted in the army when he was a teenager, fought in the military for half his life, and fought for half his life. Commander-in-Chief Sun sent a telegram back: Welcome Commander Gao to the Tang River to discuss the military situation.

Gao Quan went this time, in addition to the two bodyguards of Jin Hu Biaozi and dozens of guard soldiers, he also brought Tang Wenjuan, a reporter from the Central Daily. Reporter Tang obviously has a little ambiguous personal relationship with Commander Gao, like this kind of big scene of meeting with the anti-Japanese steel head, let Reporter Tang go with him to see and see, and by the way, create an opportunity for her to interview the commander-in-chief of the group army in the famous generals of the Anti-Japanese War.

When Tang Wenjuan knew that Gao Quan was going to Tang River to meet Sun Lianzhong and take her, she jumped and jumped excitedly, so much so that she was chirping all the way to Tang River. She is just a young reporter who has just entered the industry, how could she have the opportunity to contact a senior general of Sun Lianzhong's level before?

Not to mention Sun Lianzhong, even a division commander-level general like Gao Quan, Tang Wenjuan was interviewed for the first time. Now that she can interview a group army commander face-to-face, how can she not be excited? Maybe through this interview, she can directly join the ranks of well-known journalists.

The 500th Army now has its own car fleet, and although there are not many cars, it is not a problem to transfer a few cars to send Gao Quan to the Tang River.

The group set off from Tongbai County in three trucks, went down Tongbai Mountain along the winding mountain road, took the northwest, and went straight to the Tang River.

On the way, you can often meet troops marching southeast, these are the soldiers of the Second Army, they are concentrated near Xinyang. Sun Lianzhong's troops had very few vehicles, and they were basically infantry, which was also a common phenomenon in the Chinese army at that time. The occasional mobile unit is the cavalry.

The soldiers were a little curious about the three trucks coming along the road, and after seeing that all the trucks were occupied by soldiers, they moved to both sides and consciously made way for the trucks. When the convoy passed by the troops, it would also honk its horn twice, and the soldiers on the bus would wave down and greet their counterparts on foot. After all, everyone is an anti-Japanese team, and maybe one day they will become comrades-in-arms on the same battlefield.

Tongbai is not far from the Tang River, no matter how slow the truck goes, it is also a motor vehicle, and it can always run thirty or forty kilometers an hour. Going out in the morning, the convoy entered the Tang River boundary at noon. In order not to arrive when the people were having lunch, Gao Quan wanted the convoy to pull over, eat some dry food, and rest a little before leaving.

It's hard to imagine that during such a war years, there was a restaurant on the side of the road outside Tanghe County. It's better to have something hot to eat than to nibble on a cold steamed bun that is cold and hard. Gao Quan stuck his head out of the window and called the golden tiger in the car in front of him to eat at the restaurant.

Due to Tang Wenjuan's insistence, it was clear that she could sit in the cab for three or four people, but now only Gao Quan and her are seated. Needless to say, Commander Gao acted as a driver again along the way. Gao Quan had to concentrate on driving the car, and on the other hand, he had to deal with the endless problems of the Tang reporter next to him, although he had not driven the car for a few hours, under the double consumption of physical and mental energy, he was also hungry at this point.

"Shopkeeper, prepare a meal for us! When the brothers have eaten enough, they will go to the city on business! "Jin Hu, as Gao Quan's chief guard and guard company commander, is generally responsible for this simple diplomacy when he is followed by a military seat.

The owner of the restaurant opened the restaurant on the side of the road outside the city, mainly for the crowd of people entering and leaving the city. Supposedly, as soon as the war began, his hotel should have closed long ago. The last time the devils hit Tang He, the shopkeeper Xiao Er all hid out in advance. After the devil left, he came back to see that although the things in the restaurant were ruined, the house was still there! Since the hotel is still there, there is no such thing as a closure of the ancestral industry, so let's buy something new and continue to do it.

Business is not getting worse day by day, until the last half a month or so, suddenly an army passed by this road. The discipline of these soldiers is not bad, and there has never been a situation where they are not paid for food. However, most of the troops bring their own food and cook their own food, and only a few people eat in restaurants.

There were sixty or seventy people coming off the three trucks. The shopkeeper was surprised and delighted when he saw it. Shocked, there are so many soldiers this time, if one of them does not serve well, and provokes these military masters to be angry, their own small shop will suffer, and they are happy, if they serve these people well today, this month's living expenses will be settled.

"Come on, come on, please sit down, I don't know what you want to eat?" The shopkeeper and Xiao Er were busy for a while, and hurriedly beckoned the soldiers to find a place to sit. Although the hotel is not big, there are a lot of benches inside, and after a while, everyone has found a place to sit.

"Shopkeeper, take what you have in the restaurant, as long as it is made fast and hot, just serve it, we have a lot of people, we don't pay so much attention to it, and we don't drink, as long as we are full." Jin Hu knew Gao Quan's temper, and when he went out with the troops, he was not allowed to drink alcohol except for the needs of the mission. Looking at the scale of his small shop, it is estimated that there will be no high-end dishes, rather than bothering and not being able to eat good, it is better to choose some home-cooked meals that are made quickly.

"Okay! Ladies and gentlemen, please sit down and wait, the meal will be fine for a while! The shopkeeper greeted him, and he ran back.

Gao Quan pulled Tang Wenjuan and found a small dining table and sat down. The orderly was busy pouring tea for the two of them with chopsticks. Tang Wenjuan looked curiously at the various decorations in the restaurant.

There was not much time, and the meals were served one after another. Sure enough, it is a common meal, rice, noodles, steamed buns, flatbreads, stir-fried vegetables, eggs, braised pork, it seems that this small restaurant has cooked all their ingredients and taken them out.