When I came out of Sun's house, it was already more than 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and the guests and hosts of this banquet were very happy.

The happiest is not only Song Zhewu, but also his grandfather. The two sons were pulled into the army by Song Zhewu, but the grandfather was very reluctant from the bottom of his heart, and even asked someone to find the deputy director of the Nanjing Ordnance Industry Bureau, and sent 5 gold bars, still wanting to transfer Sun Sihua back to Nanjing. But unexpectedly, the deputy director, who has always loved money as his life, actually sent the five gold bars back untouched, telling him that he couldn't be the master of this matter at all. The reason is that Sun Sihua's transfer to the Fourth Route Army was an order given by Yang Weizeng, the director of the Department of Administration, whom He Yingqin personally called.

Although the two sons were immediately named colonel-level officers as soon as they arrived in the Fourth Route Army, a few hundred flowers per month, but it was much higher than in Nanjing, although the Sun family was not short of this money, but this made the grandfather also very happy. It's just that the two sons are in the Fourth Route Army, but it makes my grandfather a little worried, once Song Zhewu loses power, his two sons will definitely be affected, which is not in line with the principle that my grandfather has always behaved in the world, the three caves of the cunning rabbit are the best, and at least the second hole! But his arm couldn't twist He Yingqin's thigh, not to mention that Song Zhewu also saved his son's life, so he had to accept it against his will.

The helpless grandfather had no choice but to retreat to the second, this banquet for Song Zhewu, just hoping that Song Zhewu could take more care of his two sons, and have the opportunity to find a way to transfer the two sons out in the future. In my grandfather's opinion, it is better to be an official in the political axe than to work under a local warlord.

However, after this banquet for Song Zhewu, his grandfather completely changed his mind, and with the shrewdness he had cultivated from decades of business experience, he clearly felt that Song Zhewu was by no means comparable to ordinary warlords.

In the eyes of his grandfather, Song Zhewu is an out-and-out warlord, he can convince Li Minghua and Wang Xuezhi, but he can't convince him. Without his Song Zhewu's order, my grandfather did not believe that anyone would be able to command the Fourth Route Army, even Chiang Kai-shek might not be able to come in person. The Fourth Route Army can not obey the orders of the leader of the national political axe, but it must obey the orders of Song Zhewu, what is this not a warlord?

However, this warlord is by no means an ordinary warlord, this person actually has a very good relationship with the Nanjing political axe! Just say that Song Zhewu can invite He Yingqin this time, which is very revealing. He Yingqin is the No. 2 person in the Central Army, who served as the commander-in-chief of the First Group Army when Chiang Kai-shek was in the wilderness and led the Whampoa Department. Such a person would personally ask for someone from the Nanjing Ordnance Industry Bureau on behalf of a warlord! Moreover, in the context of the current disarmament, the Fourth Route Army has expanded its troops on a large scale, and it can still be recognized by Chiang Kai-shek!

Song Zhewu said that he would have a territory that belonged to him, and in his grandfather's opinion, it would definitely be a province, if there was no promise from Chiang Kai-shek, Song Zhewu would not have said it, and a person of such an age could become the chairman of a province, which was amazing, and the two sons who followed him may be much stronger than in the Nanjing Ordnance Industry Bureau.

The most surprising thing for his grandfather is that this Song Zhewu is eager to seek talents from learned people, which can be seen from his efforts to recruit his two sons, as well as his painstaking and patient persuasion and inducement, and recruiting Li Minghua and Wang Xuezhi. If it is said that his two sons went to Song Zhewu, they were somewhat surprised, then the strong desire for Li Minghua and Wang Xuezhi was not Song Zhewu's casual behavior. What does a warlord do to go around soliciting talent? It can only show that Song Zhewu's plan is not small. The grandfather was even a little worried about the future of his two sons, afraid of being affected by Song Zhewu. Judging from Song Zhewu's actions, he does not look like a person with different aspirations, at least for now, he does not see that he has the implication of confrontation with the central government. It should be true that he is preparing for the War of Resistance as he said, so that he will take the legal road, in that case, it will be a great thing for the two sons to follow Song Zhewu! So at this banquet, my grandfather drank very happily and was very happy.

Looking at Li Minghua, Wang Xuezhi and the four brothers of the Sun family, who were already impatient and discussing their respective research and preparation directions, Father Sun just smiled and asked people to prepare refreshments for them, don't disturb them.

Song Zhewu was even more happy, and a banquet attracted two talents that he urgently needed. As soon as Song Zhewu was happy, he drank more, the Sun family father and son had some alcohol, and they toasted again and again at the banquet, and the excited Song Zhewu was every respecter. By the time he and Li Wentian left Sun's house, Song Zhewu, who had drunk a lot, was already a little drunk.

The two of them wore civilian clothes when they came to the banquet this time, only Ye Qing followed with a few guards, and Song Zhewu did not ride a horse, but pulled Li Wentian to scatter.

Through this banquet, Li Wentian had a deeper understanding of Song Zhewu. After the last conversation between the two in Wushengguan, although Li Wentian decided to follow Song Zhewu, he didn't think that Song Zhewu could resist him with his own strength, but he just had a sense of mission and the spirit of going to death with anger, which was very tragic. This time, however, Li Wentian truly believed that Song Zhewu was not only fully prepared militarily, but also had his own plans in terms of economy and science and technology. In Li Wentian's view, Song Zhewu is probably the only one in the whole country who is the most sober and the most earnestly prepared to resist aggression.

Although Li Wentian is also in his thirties, he was also enthusiastically boiled by Song Zhewu's words, and he is now anxious to contribute to the development of the Fourth Route Army.

Song Zhewu, who was a little drunk, didn't notice the change in Li Wentian's mentality, and the two walked around while chatting, and unconsciously came to the recruit training ground.

This recruit training ground was originally an army barracks in the Beiyang period, but the wall has long been gone, because there are often garrisons here in Zhengzhou, so a market was slowly formed near this barracks, and even a restaurant and teahouse were built. This time, the Fourth Route Army was stationed in Zhengzhou, not only had good military discipline and treated people kindly, but also all of them were rich masters regardless of officers and soldiers, so a large number of merchants soon gathered here.

The recruit training ground is only surrounded by soldiers standing guard, prohibiting personnel from entering, and people are not forbidden to watch from a distance, and even some half-grown children, almost more than ten meters in front of the sentry standing guard at the training ground, look at the soldiers who are training in the training ground, jumping and jumping happily, and bursts of laughter from time to time. The laughter of children and the cries of the vendors in the market make the place very lively.

Song Zhewu was a little thirsty, and said to Li Wentian: "Let's go to the teahouse to drink some tea, and by the way, see how these recruits are trained?" ”

Without waiting for Li Wentian to answer, Ye Qing shook his head, and two guards rushed upstairs to reconnoiter the environment and find an early seat.

The two sat upstairs, only a plate of melon seeds and a pot of tea, and observed the recruit training ground in charge of Huang Dafu from the window. This training ground is very large, often more than 600 meters long, and more than 400 meters wide, and more than 10,000 people do not seem crowded in the training ground.

More than 4,000 people on the west side of the training ground are training in a queue, and these people are all recruits recruited in Zhengzhou; More than 7,000 people in the east are divided into more than a dozen teams to do stabbing training. At a glance, these people knew that they were all people from the Northwest Army who had just joined the Fourth Route Army, that is, the soldiers of the two regiments of Zhao Fengwu's brigade and the captured Pang Bingxun.

Although these people are also dressed in grass green military uniforms, it can be seen from the movement of their steps when they fight and the unfamiliar cooperation between them that they are not veterans of the Fourth Route Army. Huang Dafu is leading hundreds of veterans who temporarily serve as instructors to organize training on the training ground.

Song Zhewu drank three cups of tea in a row, and then he felt a lot more sober, and saw Li Wentian carefully watching the training, and asked Li Wentian: "Canxuan, you have come to the Fourth Route Army for a while, and you have a basic understanding of the situation of the troops, in your opinion, what else needs to be improved in the Fourth Route Army?" ”

Li Wentian knew that Song Zhewu was not polite, he already knew Song Zhewu's personality very well, and knew that Song Zhewu was not one of those people who liked to flatter, so after a little thought, he said truthfully: "Commander-in-chief, I have almost traveled all over the entire First Division these days, and in my feeling, not to mention the weapons and equipment of our Fourth Route Army, that is, just by talking about the four things every day, there is no unit in China to compare. Some units of the Northwest Army can do this, but the quality of their training is worse than ours. For example, we attach great importance to live-fire training, and I heard from Division Commander Zhang that a soldier fires 30 rounds of live ammunition a month. There are many veterans of the Northwest Army who have been soldiers for two years after the 16th year of the Republic of China, and they have never fired so many bullets. This kind of live-fire training, not to mention the Northwest Army, even the Central Army cannot be compared; The best thing our Fourth Route Army has done is not these, but also the most distinctive thing is the group cooperation in battle, not only in assassination. Chief of Staff Tao admires this kind of cooperation very much, I went to the training ground to see that our so-called 'three-three system' tactics are very novel and practical, not only can they provide fire support to each other in battle, but casualties will also be greatly reduced; And our artillery fire is very well organized, not only accurate, but also very well coordinated with the infantry artillery. First of all, the accuracy of the shooting, which ensured that when the infantry attacked, the artillery could accurately suppress the enemy's fire support with firepower. Secondly, I heard Division Commander Zhang say that the starting point of our infantry's charge was only 200 meters away from the shelling site! No troops in the country can do it at such a short distance. In addition, there are also cover shots, area killing, barrage Xu Jin, etc., which I have not heard of. I thought that these were all things that only an experienced artillery commander could come up with, or someone who studied abroad to specialize in artillery, but I didn't expect it to be the commander-in-chief, which made Wentian admire, and when I returned to Laiyuan, I must ask the commander-in-chief carefully. ”

What Li Wentian said was all expected by Song Zhewu, not to mention that Li Wentian wanted to admire, but Zhang Zhizhong was amazed when he saw it! You know, these are all the magic weapons of JFJ. In particular, the 'three-three system' is Lin Shuai's tactics. There are also three fierce tactics. A little two-sided. Four groups in one team. It seems that this time when he returns to Laiyuan, he will step up training, and he must study and apply all these tactics to become the housekeeping skills of the Fourth Route Army.

Li Wentian looked at Song Zhewu and said: "However, I found that our Fourth Route Army still has a big deficiency in training, and it can even be said that it is a weakness of our Fourth Route Army. ”

(To be continued)