Chapter XIV Military Councils

When Gao Quan walked into the Legion Headquarters of the Seventeenth Legion located in Nanyang City, the tense atmosphere in the Legion Headquarters startled him. The guards, who were usually quite kind-looking, all looked like they were facing a great enemy, and the staff officers in the headquarters building were in a hurry, and their faces were grim.

What's wrong? Could it be that the Japanese army is going to attack Nanyang in advance? Gao Quan chuckled in his heart. What Gao Quan is most afraid of now is because he came here inexplicably, and what changes have been made in this war, if it is because of his little butterfly, it has led to a big change in the war situation, the Japanese army attacked Nanyang in advance, the 17th Army collapsed, Nanyang City fell, the more I thought about it, the more afraid I was, Gao Quan felt that his hair was about to explode.

Fortunately, his nervousness did not last long, and as soon as he reported inside, a lieutenant colonel officer came out inside, who was Chief Hu's confidential secretary, Secretary Yang, and Gao Quan had seen him here before.

"Senior Commander!" Secretary Yang saw Gao Quan's obvious look of surprise, "The chief just asked me to invite Senior Commander Gao to come over for a meeting, and called the headquarters of the 500th Division, saying that Senior Commander Gao was not there, and I was thinking about where to find Senior Commander Gao, but I didn't expect Senior Commander Gao to come first." Did Senior Commander Gao hear about this meeting and make a special trip to attend it? "The chief asked him to find someone but couldn't find it, this is obviously the secretary's mistake, although Secretary Yang is very innocent, but when did the chief reason with the secretary? When Secretary Yang was about to be reprimanded by the chief, Gao Quan took the initiative to send it to the door, no wonder the secretary was so surprised.

"I didn't know I was going to have a meeting, I just came to report to the chief. Thank you, Brother Yang, for your concern. Gao Quan walked forward quickly and shook hands with Secretary Yang warmly. The secretary around the leader, of course, should have a good relationship. "Brother Yang, can you reveal what happened to Chief Hu summoning his brothers to a meeting this time?" The meeting is about to start, Gao Quan is a participant, the topic of the meeting is not a secret at all, and now making a look of inquiring about the news can bring the two sides closer.

"I heard that it's Xinyang's side." Secretary Yang whispered to Gao Quan, "Please come to the conference room with Senior Commander Gao, all the generals should also come." ”

When Gao Quan arrived at the conference room, Tao Zhiyue, commander of the First Army, Li Zhengxian, commander of the First Division, Liu Anqi, commander of the 78th Division, Chen Dingxun, commander of the 45th Army, two division commanders of the 124th Division and the 125th Division, as well as deputy army commanders, deputy division commanders, and chiefs of staff at the army and division levels, etc., there were more than a dozen people sitting in this conference room alone.

Most of these people turned a blind eye to Gao Quan, as if Gao Quan was a transparent person. This is mainly due to the recent large-scale conscription operation of the 500th Division, and Gao Quan is guilty of public anger. Fortunately, General Tao of the First Army has the demeanor of a general, and he took the initiative to say hello to Gao Quan, but it was just a hello.

"Division Commander Gao, my platoon commander Wang Jiantang was taken away by the conscription team of your 500th Division in the hospital. Let's go, where to go, it's not a devil. It's just that Zeng wants to ask Senior Commander Gao to be kind to my subordinates, even if you let him go to the front line every time you fight, it's nothing. This kid is a man who can fight, but I just hope that Master Gao will not wronged him. ”

Zeng Suyuan, the commander of the 124th Division, suddenly broke his silence and said such a thing to Gao Quan, which frightened Gao Quan, could it be that Wang Jiantang is Zeng Suyuan's relative? Otherwise, how could he be a division commander and ask himself to take care of a small platoon commander? These boys under his command are really messing around, pulling people to forcibly pull away the relatives of the teacher's family, look at this trouble!

"Hehe, misunderstanding, it's all misunderstanding. Brother Zeng, don't be angry, I'll ask when I go back to see if there is such a person as Wang Jiantang, if there is, my brother will definitely send him to your teacher in person. Gao Quan dared to smile tightly. It sounds sincere from the literal meaning, but the elasticity in these words is a bit big, go back and see if there is any? Then when he goes back, he just needs to say that there is no such person, who can still go to his 500 division to search?

How many years has Zeng Suyuan been a soldier? The civil war in Sichuan alone has been fought for almost 20 years, who has not seen it? What haven't you heard? As soon as Gao Quan's words came out, people knew what his idea was, so he just smiled faintly and didn't say anything more.

"Master Gao hasn't heard of Wang Jiantang?" Li Zhengxian, the commander of the first division, looked at Gao Quan, as if he had seen aliens.

Is Wang Jiantang famous? A little platoon commander, should I have heard of him? Gao Quanbai glanced at Li Zhengxian, this person, with this belly, is still the commander of the first division? Isn't it just a captain's staff officer, the staff officers in your first division are all in groups, what's wrong with supporting me? Is it worth your brother's nostalgia and obsession? Gao Quan instinctively thought that this was Li Zhengxian taking revenge on him, and wanted to provoke a conversation at the chiefs' meeting, so that everyone could attack him in groups.

Gao Quan opened his mouth and was about to speak, when the door of the conference room opened, and an announcement came from outside: "Chief Hu has arrived!" The generals present brushed it and immediately stood up.

Chief Hu strode in, looked around the generals' faces with serious eyes, and when his eyes fell on Gao Quan's face, he paused for a moment, and then raised his right hand and pressed down: "Everyone, please take a seat." ”

"Whew!" All of a sudden, they stood up neatly, and when they sat down, they were just as neat, and these generals were really well-trained.

"Everyone," after Chief Hu sat down, he glanced at the generals with blazing eyes, "The Third Division of the Japanese Army has been frequently sweeping the mountainous areas near our Xinyang in recent days. After the Battle of Xuzhou, our guerrilla corps, which remained in the Dabie Mountains to persist in resisting Japan, suffered heavy losses from the Japanese army. Now, the guerrilla corps has sent a telegram asking for help to the Military Commission! Speaking of this, Chief Hu slapped the table angrily, obviously this telegram asking for help had something to do with him.

"Three days ago, the guerrilla corps had sent a telegram to our regiment, asking for reinforcements from our army. Our regiment has just been withdrawn from Xinyang, and the troops have suffered serious losses and urgently need to rest and replenish, where is it said that they can go to the battlefield? "The heavy losses of the troops are one aspect, and the most important thing is that the real elite of the party-state under the command of Chief Hu is the first army! That's to fight a big battle, to prepare for fame at home and abroad, how can you casually participate in such a dangerous and infinitely dangerous mountain battle, but it is impossible to show your face at all? Let him plunge the First Army headlong into the Dabie Mountains to relieve the siege of those so-called guerrilla corps? Don't even think about it!

"I wanted to rest the troops for another half a month, and then go to reinforce them, but unexpectedly, the telegram from the Military Commission came. I convened this meeting today, that is, I want you to express your attitude, who is willing to go to the Dabie Mountains to rescue friendly troops from danger? ”

After Chief Hu finished speaking, he looked around with his eyes, and all the generals present looked at each other one by one.

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