Chapter 357: Strength and Ambition
Wang Qiang and Li Chengdong slept soundly at night, neither of them knew that Sun Kewang's four brothers didn't sleep until late.
As the Werewolf Soldiers approach Kunming, the four brothers and the more than 10,000 Western Army must make a decision as soon as possible.
"The marshal, the third brother, the fourth brother, according to the scene I watched the Wehrmacht battle today, it is really the strongest army in the world, and I want us to defect to the Wehrmacht, and we can also make a career in the army." Li Dingguo was the first to speak, Sun Kewang usually has a lot of shelves in the army, and Li Dingguo does not dare to call him the eldest brother.
"Second brother, if you hadn't led the army to stop Hong Chengchou, how could the Wehrmacht achieve such a big victory?" Sun Kewang asked with some confusion.
"Marshal, in front of our brothers, I won't tell lies, I'm afraid that my five thousand men and horses won't even be able to stop the Qing soldiers with a pillar of incense." Li Dingguo said with a solemn face.
"Second brother, has the Qing soldiers become so powerful?" The fourth Ai Nengqi asked with some disbelieving.
"The Qing soldiers led by Hong Chengchou are all muskets, and our armor can't defend against their muskets, and the Qing soldiers will hurt hundreds of people in a row of guns, if it weren't for our army's rapid retreat into the dense forest, I am afraid that the casualties will be greater." Li Dingguo said with fear.
"Second brother, according to what you say, isn't this national defense force a heavenly soldier descending from heaven?" The third Liu Wenxiu was a little dissatisfied, he meant that the Qing soldiers were so powerful, and the Qing soldiers were defeated by the Wehrmacht, so he really couldn't imagine how powerful the Wehrmath was.
"Second brother, third brother, fourth brother, I see that the Wehrmacht entered the city today, although it was night, but its pace was not chaotic at all, and its tens of thousands of troops entered the city, and the people in the city did not notice it at all, which shows that its military discipline is extremely strict. A strong army is not bad. I'm going to wait until daylight tomorrow to take a closer look. The second brother will probe the angel again, and if my brother can be properly settled, it will not hurt to defect to the Wehrmacht. ”
Sun Kewang saw that the three brothers had been talking for a long time, and he had been thinking about it for a long time before he spoke, but he did not make up his mind about defecting to the National Defense Army, which made Li Dingguo a little disappointed.
The soldiers of the 7th and 2nd Divisions were extremely tired from the rapid march for several days, although there were no barracks to live in. But under the eaves of the street, it is much better than sleeping in the wilderness, not to mention that the dinner was prepared and delivered by the Onishi Army, and finally having a hot meal after so many days also made everyone satisfied.
The four brothers are all in the army, and it has become a habit to get up early, and as soon as the sky is dark, Li Dingguo will come out of his house, and according to the usual practice, he will take a few people to inspect the city, and today is no exception.
Thinking of the small courtyard where several generals of the National Defense Army lived, Li Dingguo took a few subordinates and walked directly in the direction of the small courtyard.
Just turned a street. The scene in front of him completely shocked Li Dingguo.
On both sides of the street, countless Wehrmacht soldiers were sleeping against the wall, all in their kimonos. Despite sleeping soundly, the rifle in his hand was tightly held in his arms.
Walking past a rice shop, the shopkeeper opened the door, and the shopkeeper and Xiao Er went out to see that there were so many soldiers lying outside the house, and they were so frightened that they almost screamed.
"Phew!" Li Dingguo raised his fingers and made a silent gesture, and the boss and Xiao Er saw that General Li, who was familiar to the people in Kunming City, was also here, and their hearts suddenly became steady, and they quietly retracted back into the house.
"It's really the reincarnation of the Yue family's army!" Li Dingguo said softly.
Walking to the street, the four soldiers of the Seventh Division who were standing guard saw Li Dingguo coming, knew that he was the general of the Great Western Army, raised their hands and saluted him, Li Dingguo had already seen the military salute of the National Defense Army on the battlefield yesterday, but he didn't know how to return the salute, so he had to hug his fists at a few soldiers.
Walking through a few streets, Li Dingguo saw almost the same scene, and when he arrived outside the courtyard where Wang Qiang and the others lived, Wang Qiang and Li Chengdong had already gotten up and were stumbling outside the courtyard.
"General Li, General Wang, you are early!" Li Dingguo stepped forward and saluted the two of them with fists.
"General Li, you're early!" The two greeted Li Dingguo.
"Two generals, I have already arranged breakfast for your army, and I will send someone to deliver breakfast for several generals." Li Dingguo said.
"In this way, General Li, our army's grain and grass will be delivered soon, and when the time comes, whether you will return your grain or pay the silver, you will definitely do it." Li Chengdong said.
"General Li is now outside, the national defense army is so strong, the army is very longing for the country, this year Yunnan is also in good weather, what is a little grain?" Li Dingguo said with a smile.
"General Li, what are your plans for the Great Western Army in the future?" Wang Qiang, who was rectum, asked Li Dingguo very dryly, in his mind, Li Dingguo was much more credible than Sun Kewang.
"Of course, I want to defect to the Wehrmacht, but I don't know what the marshal plans to do." Li Dingguo said helplessly.
"Okay, you think about it first, and don't rush to tell us, anyway, we have to wait for Nanjing's next instructions." Wang Qiang said.
When Wang Qiang was in Nanjing, he already knew that the telegraph had been installed in the southwest direction, but now it is not clear whether it has been installed in Chongqing at this time, so he can only say vaguely.
Li Dingguo said goodbye from Wang Qiang and went directly to Sun Kewang's mansion, and he wanted to tell Sun Kewang what he saw in the morning.
When Li Dingguo arrived, he saw that Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi were already here with Sun Kewang.
"Second brother, are you here? Did you see the Wehrmacht on the street in the morning? Enchi asked first.
"See, aren't you coming here to discuss with the marshal? It just so happens that you two are there too. Li said.
"I don't need you to say, I also went out to see it, the Wehrmacht is too strong, I'm afraid people don't look down on us at all." Sun Kewang said worriedly.
"Dashuai, I went to see Wang Angel in the morning, and he said that he wanted to ask Nanjing for instructions, let's wait first?" Li Dingguo was afraid that Sun Kewang would lead his troops away, and he was afraid that he would clash with the Wehrmacht, and with the combat strength of the Wehrmacht, the Great Western Army might not be able to hold out for half an hour.
Just after breakfast, Wang Qiang personally wrote a letter and sent a fast horse to Chongqing to deliver it, regardless of whether the telegram was connected or not, and the newspaper from Nanjing by water was also the fastest.
Although the strict discipline of the Wehrmacht had spread in the city of Kunming, after breakfast, the Seventh Division and the Second Army all left Kunming, and tens of thousands of people stayed in the city. Always has a big impact on the city.
Sun Kewang took the three brothers to have breakfast hastily, and then ran over to find Wang Qiang and Li Chengdong.
Wang Qiang was a little strange, and Sun Kewang was very respectful to his others. According to historical records. Since Zhang Xianzhong's death, Sun Kewang has led an army alone, and the shelves are very big on weekdays, but from yesterday to today, Wang Qiang feels that Sun Kewang's performance is impeccable, and he feels a little strange.
"General Sun, there are more than 10,000 people in your army, right? Can we go and see your army? Wang Qiang wanted to touch the bottom of the Great Western Army, and said directly to Sun Kewang.
"General Wang. We really can't get into the eyes of a few generals, and if a few of us want to see it, I'll lead a few generals there. Sun Kewang knew what Wang Qiang meant, and glanced at Ainengqi, who left first.
Li Chengdong had been observing Sun Kewang all the time, and when he saw his eyes at Ai Nengqi, his heart suddenly became agitated.
Wang Qiang also saw all this, but he didn't care, he knew that Sun Kewang didn't dare to have any dissent at this time, and tens of thousands of troops were outside Kunming. Unless Sun Kewang doesn't want to live anymore, he won't do anything that is unfavorable to several people. What's more, with the presence of the guard company, there is no problem at all in breaking out of the encirclement of the Great Western Army.
Wang Qiang knew that Sun Kewang wanted Ai Nengqi to arrange it in advance, so that everyone would look better when they went.
A large group of people rode to the school field on the north side of Kunming, where more than 10,000 Western troops had gathered.
When he arrived at the big school, Wang Qiang immediately understood why Sun Kewang didn't have the arrogance and ambition of another time and space.
Although the more than 10,000 people of the Great Western Army in front of him looked dense in the big school field, these soldiers of the Great Western Army were basically full of knives and guns in their hands, Wang Qiang did not see a single firearm in their hands, and there were only more than 200 war horses, but the military discipline and morale of the soldiers seemed to be okay.
Wang Qiang then understood why Sun Kewang was like this, ambition always matches strength, if Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to be an emperor when he was a beggar, it was not ambition, it was called whimsical.
Compared with his own time and space, the current Sun Kewang is not only too far apart in strength, but now he is directly compared with the most elite Seventh Division of the National Defense Force.
Sun Kewang is obviously not a "treasured" person, he is quite knowledgeable about current affairs, so it is reasonable to be so polite to Wang Qiang and Li Chengdong.
The F-FDTL trained outside the city during the day and slept on both sides of the streets at night, and the people of the city were used to it, and some of them took out quilts from their homes to cover the F-FDTL soldiers who slept outside their homes.
On the fourth day, the logistical baggage of the Seventh Division and the Second Army finally arrived, along with other units of the Second Army.
With the logistical baggage, the troops no longer had to sleep on the streets, and tents outside Kunming began to be erected, and Wang Qiang and Li Chengdong also moved to tents outside the city.
Sun Kewang knew that he couldn't keep them to live in the city, so he had to go outside the city every morning and evening to find Li Chengdong and Wang Qiang to ask for peace, but Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi almost all stayed in the Wehrmacht barracks.
"Senior Commander Wang, can I bring my subordinates to train with you?" Ai Nengqi is about the same age as Wang Qiang, and the two have gradually become familiar with each other these days, so he asked tentatively.
"Okay! Why not, it's no problem for all of you to come, we have also captured so many rifles of the Qing soldiers, let's give them to you first. Wang Qiang said very boldly.
In fact, Wang Qiang knew in his heart that the reorganization of the Great Western Army was inevitable, and it would not hurt to let them train together now.
Luo Jian didn't know how Sun Kewang arranged Wang Qiang, but Wang Qiang knew that Luo Jian would definitely be extremely interested in Li Dingguo, and he had a lot of contact with Li Dingguo in the past few days, and knew that he was a person with a strong sense of nationality, which was also very much to Wang Qiang's appetite, and he got along with Li Dingguo very well these days.
Sun Kewang has already made preparations for the National Defense Force to be stationed in Kunming, and reported the situation here to Nanjing, and then transmitted it back from Nanjing.
The more than 10,000 men and horses of the Great Western Army have all been driven outside the city, and although the tent of the Great Western Army looks like a low thatched hut next to the tent of the National Defense Army, the brothers of Li Dingguo have been excited.
Not to mention the canned food of the Wehrmacht, the training methods of the Wehrmacht that have never been heard of, that is, the tens of thousands of rifles captured from the Qing soldiers have already made the Li Dingguo brothers ecstatic. (To be continued.) )