As soon as Qiao Anbang's words came out, Liu Ruming and Zhang Zizhong fell into silence, both of them frowned, obviously they were seriously considering Qiao Anbang's suggestion.

Seeing that the two were silent, Qiao Anbang paused and said: "Both of them are from the Northwest Army, Mr. Feng's original intention of creating the Northwest Army is to protect the family and defend the country, and now the Kou occupies our country's land and kills my people, the entire Chinese nation is in dire straits, and half of the great rivers and mountains have been lost. Today, the junior brother invites the two of you to join my Tiger Army, not with any intention of annexing and coordinating.

After the two joined the Tiger Army, the original troops were still under your command. In addition, I will be responsible for supplying all the ordnance and food required by the troops, and in addition, I will equip the troops with the most advanced German-style equipment, and with excellent weapons and equipment, I will not suffer losses when I fight with the army! I believe that you should be very clear about the combat effectiveness of all divisions of our Tiger Army, and they are equipped with German-style weapons and equipment. ”

Regarding what Qiao Anbang said, Zhang Zizhong and Liu Ruming naturally understood that it was no secret that the Tiger Ben Army was well-equipped and had sufficient food and salary.

In fact, Zhang Zizhong and Liu Ruming have no aversion to joining the Tiger Army, after all, they were listed as non-descendant miscellaneous troops by Chairman Jiang in the [***] battle sequence, and they were repeatedly used to fight with the Yue Army in every battle, and then the Central Army's descendants took the opportunity to annex and absorb the defeated Northwest Army units that were both defeated and frozen.

In terms of the replenishment of food, salary, ordnance, and troops, it is also the priority of the Central Army's supply, and the non-descendant miscellaneous local troops of the Northwest Army and the Northeast Army are able to deduct as little as they can, and if they can deduct them, the generals of the Northwest Army are like mirrors of too much unfair treatment.

It's just that Feng Yuxiang has already fallen, and in the context of the national unification of the war of resistance, they can't and can't resist this unfair treatment, and everyone can only dare to be angry but dare not speak.

And now, Qiao Anbang threw an olive branch to them, and they all wanted to seize it, but it was not without doubts.

As we all know, the Tiger Ben Army is an elite ace army in the eyes of outsiders, but the senior generals within [***] understand that the Tiger Ben Army led by Qiao Anbang is actually a local warlord of the Xinwan system, and it has grown and risen in the national disaster.

However, once the Anti-Japanese War is won, what will happen to the Xinwan faction headed by Qiao Anbang, only God knows.

Therefore, Zhang Zizhong, Liu Ruming and others also know that they must make a careful choice and must not stand on the wrong side again, otherwise, with their background in the Northwest Army, if the Xinwan faction eventually follows in the footsteps of the Northwest Army and the Gui faction and other local powerful factions, then the fate of these Northwest generals will be self-evident.

Seeing Zhang Zizhong and Liu Ruming hesitating, Qiao Anbang thought for a while and spoke again: "Two, everyone knows that my Tiger Ben Army is well-equipped, but few people should know the origin of our equipment, right?" ”

Zhang Zizhong and Liu Ruming glanced at each other, secretly wondering the meaning of Qiao Anbang's words in their hearts, and then Liu Ruming nodded and said: "Yes, may I ask General Qiao, through what channels did you get your sophisticated weapons and equipment?" What Liu Ruming and others speculated was that these weapons and equipment must have been imported from abroad by Qiao Anbang through special channels.

"Don't hide it, I have secretly built two arsenals in northern Anhui, the first arsenal can already produce advanced individual weapons, light and medium-sized artillery, the second arsenal has just been completed, the output has not yet formed a scale, but this is only a matter of time, once the output of the second arsenal increases, our arsenal can produce enough equipment for one or two mechanized infantry divisions within a month, and when the time is ripe, the arsenal has not yet added a combat vehicle production plant and an aircraft manufacturing plant, Then we will be able to massively equip aircraft and tanks. Qiao Anbang said confidently.

The two of them couldn't help but gasp when they heard this, the Tiger Ben Army actually has an arsenal, and there are two large arsenals that can equip one or two mechanized divisions with a monthly output, at this rate, as long as it takes another year, the Tiger Ben Army can expand the army by more than 100,000, of course, even if it can expand the army by more than a dozen divisions, it is impossible to form all combat effectiveness, because these troops need training, and the soldiers have a time difference in enlistment, and after a year, at most half of the troops can form combat effectiveness.

Even if this half of the troops plus the existing strength of the Tiger Army, it can definitely be called the leading local strength in the country.

Before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the warlords of various factions in China fought for many years, and although the Northeast Army, the Jin Sui Army, the Gui faction and other local powerful factions had suffered heavy losses, but in the end they all survived in the chaotic warlord melee. Only their Northwest Army, since the Central Plains War, the entire Northwest Army has collapsed, and the Northwest Army, which was once a powerful faction in the northwest and is once strong, has disappeared and withdrawn from the historical stage of modern China.

The most important reason is that the Northwest Army does not have its own arsenal, while the Jin Sui Army, the Northeast Army, and the Gui Department all have their own arsenals, and the troops can be replenished again soon after the losses, and the war potential should be far away from the Northwest Army.

Of course, the geography of the northwest is not dominant, especially in modern wars, the development of the Northwest Army was hindered by such unfavorable factors as barren land, inconvenient transportation, and economic backwardness.

Seeing that the faces of the two changed slightly, Qiao Anbang pretended to be sad and said: "Two brothers, now that Xuzhou has been lost, most of East China has been lost, northern Anhui has become the forefront of the fight against the Yuekou, the last barrier to defend the Central Plains, if northern Anhui is lost, our soldiers can continue to retreat, but pity tens of millions of Central Plains fathers, what should they do?" Was he shot and buried alive by the army, or was he displaced and starved to death in the wilderness?! Anbang hereby implores the two brothers to take the national righteousness as the priority, the national interests as the priority, and lead the soldiers under his command to join hands with our department to resist the enemy, and resist foreign humiliation together. ”

In fact, Qiao Anbang's words are also to give the two of them a step, after all, both of them are dignified military commanders, if they join the Tiger Ben Army, the military rank can certainly remain the same, but the position will be at least demoted to division commander for the time being, because the Tiger Ben Army can only have one army commander.

However, anyone with a little foresight can see that the future of the Tiger Ben Army is immeasurable, and it may not be long before it will be expanded into a legion, or even a group army.

Sure enough, Zhang Zizhong and Liu Ruming glanced at each other again, and immediately got up and said awe-inspiringly: "General Qiao's words are very true, we are willing to stay and fight side by side with all the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army, and defend the gate of the Central Plains in northern Anhui!" ”

Qiao Anbang was overjoyed, and immediately stood up with an awe-inspiring expression and saluted the two: "Anbang's tens of thousands of Central Plains fathers and elders have thanked the two brothers!" ”

"General Qiao's words are serious, Brother Xin Chen and I are both soldiers, it is our bounden duty to defend the family and defend the country, defend the land and resist the enemy, the national disaster is at the head, we as soldiers naturally have to fight at the forefront of the struggle!" Liu Ruming said awe-inspiring words.

"However, Brother Xian, now that the establishment of various units has been chaotic and the personnel are mixed, we need to reorganize it as soon as possible!" Zhang Zizhong said.

"Yes, yes, now that the Kou soldiers have arrived, we should restore the combat effectiveness of the troops as soon as possible, and it will be too late!" Liu Ruming also nodded and agreed, the two of them said that private thoughts and righteousness should be mixed in half, after all, the weapons and equipment of their subordinates have been confiscated by the Tiger Ben Army, although those weapons and equipment are inferior and lack ammunition, but what can pull out pus is a good plaster, which is better than nothing.

And the fact is indeed urgent, after all, the pursuit force of the Yue army has already pursued to the north bank of the Xinbian River and is storming the defense line of the Huben army. Another point is that they are very much looking forward to the troops changing to German-style equipment, because they are all soldiers in their bones, and the general doesn't like that his troops are well-equipped and have strong combat effectiveness?

"Well, good!" Qiao Anbang nodded and said: "I have already prepared the weapons and equipment, but before the reorganization, I should first boost the morale of the defeated soldiers, otherwise there will be no fighting spirit and blood surname, and no matter how good the weapons are equipped for them, it will be scattered on the battlefield." ”

Liu Ruming and Zhang Zizhong looked at each other, and then nodded silently.

"Adjutant Liang, immediately send someone to organize all the defeated troops in the city, and take them all to the open space outside the north gate, and I, General Zhang, and General Liu will give them a lecture!" After getting the consent of the two, Qiao Anbang immediately turned his head and instructed Liang Jiahan, who was standing aside.

"Yes!" Liang Jiahan snapped forward and quickly turned to leave.

For Qiao Anbang to have such a beautiful female guard adjutant by his side, Zhang Zizhong and Liu Ruming both smiled knowingly, and they were not too surprised.

.............................. "Boom, boom... Boom boom boom ...... "north of Xiangcheng, on both sides of the Xinbian River, the sound of cannons rumbled, and the flames soared into the sky.

On the bridge of the Xinbian River, hundreds of devil soldiers were attacking the fortifications of the Tiger Army on the south bank under the cover of their heavy machine guns.

The tanks and artillery of both sides also launched an artillery battle across the river, and when the attacking crowd of devils rushed through the center of the bridge, the soldiers of the Huben Army Guard Regiment guarding the south of the bridge set up more than a dozen MG34 general-purpose machine guns, and with the order of a company commander, more than a dozen MG34 general-purpose machine guns opened fire almost simultaneously.

"Dada...... Da Da Da ...... Da ......" More than a dozen dazzling tongues of fire whistled out from the muzzle of the gun, forming a dense network of fire criss-crossed, and the dense bullets poured down like a torrential rain into the crowd of devils who were charging.

"Ah......hh Puff puff puff ......" A series of bullets shot into the body and the miserable howl of the devil soldiers rang out, and the devils who were charging instantly fell to a large area.

(To be continued)