Song Zhewu turned his head and asked Xiao Guodong: "How many of our Puma are produced now?" ”

"As of last night, we have produced a total of 466 Puma, and according to your orders, none of them have been distributed, and now they are all stored in the warehouse."

Xiao Guodong, the "big housekeeper", replied quickly without thinking.

"The 38th Army should quickly rush to the aid of Northern Mongolia, and these vehicles will be given to Fu Zuoyi and Sun Weiru 10 each, and the rest will be handed over to the 38th Army."

"Also, Yang Hucheng's movements are very fast, this morning called, Sun Weiru's Seventeenth Division can be formed in three days at the latest, I have already telegraphed Yang Hucheng, asking the Seventeenth Division to drive to Baotou with bare hands to change clothes."

Song Zhewu glanced at Xiao Guodong and said: "This time Yang Hucheng took the initiative to send troops north, and we have to receive this friendship, so don't be stingy with the equipment for the 17th Division, and be exactly the same as us, especially the mortars and 75mm mountain artillery must be fully matched." ”

In addition, Fu Zuoyi also called to say that he fully accepted the assignment of Nanjing, obeyed my command, and the 35th Army was willing to go north to resist the enemy. If he does this, although Xu Yongchang won't say anything, it is likely to make Yan Xishan dissatisfied. In my opinion, during the period when the 35th Army was in Northern Mongolia, on the basis of the military salary allocated to the 35th Army by the Ministry of Military Affairs, and in accordance with the standards of our army, we made up the shortfall. ”

At present, Song Zhewu has three sets of teams to manage the financial system:

Jia Jiying's Northern Investment and Development Bank is mainly Song Zhewu's private finance, including Xinghua's profits, which are managed by Jia Jiying.

The Finance Committee, managed by Jia Jingde and Qiu Zengyi, was responsible for the financial and taxation management of the Taiyuan Administration, Suiyuan, and Nanbeimeng, as well as the overall arrangement of the appropriations for various systems, including the military expenses of the Fourth Route Army. Although the amount of tax revenue of the Finance Committee is increasing month by month, it is not enough to fully guarantee the actual needs of each system, and the difference is still very large, and it still needs to be made up by Song Zhewu's Northern Investment and Development Bank. Of course, according to Jia Jingde's repeated insistence, the money filled in by the Northern Investment and Development Bank will be gradually returned to the Northern Investment and Development Bank with tax revenues in the future.

The third system is the military expenses of the Fourth Route Army, which Xiao Guodong is responsible for.

The military expenses of the Fourth Route Army include the salaries, weapons, ammunition, and production and regular expenses of the Fourth Route Army, the appropriations for the production needs of the Northern Machinery and Equipment Company, and the funds required by the scientific research institutes and universities affiliated to the Fourth Route Army. There are several sources of it: First, the military salary of the Nanjing Military and Political Department, which is of course allocated according to the standard of the Central Army, and is far lower than the actual military salary required by the Fourth Route Army. In addition, the tax allocation of the Finance Committee under the Northern Construction and Development Committee will be made up by the Northern Investment and Development Bank. Then there is the sales profit of some military and civilian products of the North Machinery and Equipment Company.

Xiao Guodong has been in charge of the property management of the Fourth Route Army since Song Zhewu formed an army in Tianjin, when Xinghua was still very weak, and the Fourth Route Army developed very fast, and there were often times when the finances were stretched, and even because of insufficient military spending, he sold Sun Dianying's treasure obtained from stealing treasures. Of course, the ones that are sold are jewels that have little historical and cultural value.

At that time, every dollar, Xiao Guodong would carefully calculate and spend. Even though the profitability of Xinghua and the Northern Investment and Development Bank has been greatly enhanced, and the funds of the Fourth Route Army have been fully guaranteed, Xiao Guodong still cannot change the habit he has cultivated for many years, and Xiao Guodong is very careful and cautious in every expenditure.

This expedition, as well as the preparation of materials and funds for the anti-Soviet war that will begin in Northern Mongolia, the consumption of weapons and ammunition during the war, and the compensation for the huge casualties that will inevitably occur in this war, all require huge funds.

Although the salaries of Sun Weiru and Fu Zuoyi's troops are not large compared with this large amount of money, they cost hundreds of thousands a month, and Song Zhewu was very worried that Xiao Guodong would be reluctant.

Song Zhewu knows his most trusted Xiao Guodong very well, and one of his significant advantages is that as long as Song Zhewu decides on a formal occasion, he will do his best.

Song Zhewu said this at the meeting, that is, Xiao Guodong should focus on the big picture, don't care about this money, it is too important to be able to hold the hearts of Sun Weiru and Fu Zuoyi.

Sure enough, after Song Zhewu finished speaking, although Xiao Guodong's face was not very good-looking, he still nodded his head without hesitation.

Song Zhewu continued: "This is very necessary, just imagine, if the officers and men of the 35th Army fight the enemy together with us, but the military salary is different from us, what kind of thinking will they have, this is not only not conducive to uniting friendly forces, but also has an impact on the fight against the Soviet army." In terms of equipment, Fu Zuoyi can also be given another 300 machine guns and 30 of our 26-1 anti-aircraft machine guns. The 37mm and our newly developed 45mm anti-aircraft guns should also be assigned to them as much as possible. ”

Song Zhewu thought about it and felt that it was a little inappropriate to give Zhang Yafei all the tiger jeeps, and said to Zhang Yafei: "You can give more than a dozen tiger jeeps to Fu Zuoyi and Sun Weiru." ”

Just now Song Zhewu said that he would hand it all over to him, and not only could officers of the 38th Army at and above the regimental level get on the car, but he could also equip his reconnaissance troops with some, so that his reconnaissance troops would not only have antiaircraft machine guns to help, but also carry mortars, which would greatly increase their firepower. However, the things that had just arrived in his hands had to be given away again, which made him feel a little painful.

Song Zhewu saw Zhang Yafei's thoughts, and said with a blank face: "This time Fu Zuoyi and Sun Weiru led their troops to participate in the war, not only to make up for the lack of our troops, but also to take the opportunity to fight the enemy side by side and bring our two armies closer together, you are a senior officer, this must be clear." ”

"I also want to tell you that Fu Zuoyi is very talented in military affairs, although this person is a little arrogant, but he is still unambiguous in general righteousness, he is different from other officers in the Jin Sui Army, which can be seen from his willingness to obey the dispatch of the Ministry of Military Affairs."

"I have already telegraphed to Fu Zuoyi that this time he will go north to North Mongolia, and he will be fully responsible for the command of the 38th Army and the 17th Division, and after arriving in North Mongolia, he will be in charge of the operations on the Western Front and will be the commander-in-chief of the troops on the Western Front. The 38th Army, from you down, must resolutely obey his command, understand? ”

Among the three troops, the 38th Army not only has the largest number and the best equipment, but this time it is also a battle led by the Fourth Route Army, which should have let him Zhang Yafei command, but Song Zhewu appointed Fu Zuoyi to be the commander-in-chief, which made Zhang Yafei very unconvinced.

Zhang Yafei wanted to argue, but when he saw Song Zhewu's stern eyes, he immediately held back the words that came to his lips and replied loudly.

"Yes. Please rest assured that as long as it is conducive to combat, the 38th Army will resolutely obey Fu Zuoyi's command. ”

Song Zhewu understood Zhang Yafei's thoughts, but he had no choice, as the saying goes, "There is no first in literature, and there is no second in martial arts." Not only Zhang Yafei will not be convinced by Fu Zuoyi, but even Sun Weiru may also have such thoughts. However, he can't help Fu Zuoyi too much, if he wants Zhang Yafei and Sun Weiru to obey Fu Zuoyi's words, Fu Zuoyi must show some real skills.

(To be continued)