Li Zihan strode into Huang Baitao's office, stood upright at the door, and said loudly: "Report."

Huang Baitao withdrew his gaze from the document in his hand, looked up and saw that it was Li Zihan, so he stood up with a smile, and stepped forward to hold Li Zihan inside, while saying, "Zihan, are you all settled?" ”

"Report to the staff officer, there is nothing to settle down, as a revolutionary soldier, just have a place to live."

"Hehe, okay, young people just have to have this sharpness." Huang Baitao smiled and patted Li Zihan's shoulder, then walked back to the desk, picked up the telegram he had just read, and said to Li Zihan, "You sit casually for a while, I still have urgent matters to go to the head office, and we will have a good chat when I come back." ”

"The staff officer is himself." Of course, Li Zihan will not stop it.

Huang Baitao patted Li Zihan on the shoulder again, turned around and left.

(Dividing Line)

When Huang Baitao walked into Gu Zhutong's office, Gu Zhutong was losing his temper.

The cause of the incident is this, a regimental commander of Shangguan Yunxiang's group army robbed a local squire, but he didn't expect that squire to have a relationship with Li Liejun, a veteran of the party-state, and as a result, Li Liejun directly sued Chairman Jiang, who immediately sent a telegram and reprimanded Gu Zhutong severely

"Shoot, I don't care what background that regiment commander has, shoot him immediately" Gu Zhutong touched the thunder at Chairman Jiang, and vented his anger on Shangguan Yunxiang.

Shangguan Yunxiang's face was full of bitterness, and he wanted to defend a few words, but he didn't know how to say it.

Speaking of which, it has long been an open secret that the group armies of the three theaters have been shooting and plundering the townships.

Shangguan Yunxiang never believed that Gu Zhutong didn't know, the difficulties were obvious, the control area of the national army was shrinking smaller and smaller, while the scale of the national army was expanding larger and larger, and it was impossible to maintain it at all by relying on the little military salary given by the national government, not to mention, the national government still issued legal tender, this thing is now waste paper, and it is not worth anything.

Hundreds of thousands of people in the three war zones, all of them have to open their mouths to eat, right? Gu Zhutong can't change his own salary, so he can only think of his own way for each group army, and Shangguan Yunxiang can't change his own salary, so he can only let the army and division commanders below find their own way, so that if they push it down one level at a time, the regiment commanders and battalion commanders below can only grab it.

In the two years since the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the vast number of national unification troops in the Third Theater have long been full of complaints.

The evil consequences caused by the barsons and plundering the townships are also obvious; in the several group armies in the Third Theater, except for Tang Shizun's group army, which has slightly better military discipline, the military discipline of Liu Jianxu's 10th Group Army, Chen Yi's group army, and Shangguan Yunxiang's group army has seriously collapsed, and the corruption of military discipline will inevitably bring about a serious decline in combat effectiveness.

Shangguan Yunxiang knew his own family affairs from his family, and now the main direction of attack of Little Japan was Xue Yue's Ninth War Zone, and if it was to be replaced by the Third War Zone was the main offensive direction of Little Japan, several group armies in the Third War Zone were afraid that they would not be able to hold out for even half a month, and it was entirely possible that they would even collapse at the touch of a button.

But can Shangguan Yunxiang say these words to Gu Zhutong? Of course not.

Therefore, Shangguan Yunxiang could only turn his gaze for help to the new chief of staff Huang Baitao, hoping that Huang Baitao could stand up and say a few fair words to save the life of his nephew, although his nephew was not a thing, not to mention the food, but also robbed other people's concubines, but anyway, it was his own nephew after all

Huang Baitao could only pretend not to see Shangguan Yunxiang's gaze for help.

Unlike other senior generals of the national army, Huang Baitao can be said to have a bad background, he has never attended a martial arts hall in any province, nor has he attended the Baoding Military Academy, let alone a Whampoa military academy student, and he once served as a herald for the Beiyang warlord Li Chun during the warlord melee years, and later went all the way to the brigade commander under Zhang Zongchang, and then followed Xu Yuanquan to join Chairman Jiang.

However, three years ago, he was fortunate enough to be admitted to the special class of the Army University, and finally became a student of President Jiang, although this student was not his student, and he still could not be compared with the students of the Whampoa Department, but in any case, he finally had the status of teacher and student with President Jiang, which was appreciated by President Jiang, and the senior staff of the Military Commission was released as a staff officer of the Third War Zone

Huang Baitao knew that his background was incomparable with those Whampoa Military Academy students, so after he took office in the Third War Zone, he was also trembling, walking on thin ice, and did his best to maintain a good relationship with Gu Zhutong.

It is precisely because of this that Shangguan Yunxiang gave Huang Baitao a look, hoping that Huang Baitao could stand up and say a few words.

But Shangguan Yunxiang is destined to be disappointed this time, Huang Baitao is actually well aware of the looting of the township by the national army in the three theaters, and he also knows very well that if this situation continues, it will have a great impact on the combat effectiveness of the national army, but he is only the chief of staff of the three theaters, not the commander-in-chief of any group army, and he can't manage it if he wants to

Seeing that Shangguan Yunxiang was still standing there and refused to leave, Gu Zhutong was furious, and roared angrily: "Are you still stunned here? Why don't you hurry up and kill the regiment commander to correct military law? ”

Shangguan Yun was bored with the boss, and walked away.

Gu Zhutong looked at Huang Baitao and said, "Chief of Staff, what's the matter?" ”

Huang Baitao handed the telegram in his hand to Gu Zhutong and said, "This is the telegram just sent by the Military Command Bureau. ”

"Military commander?" Gu Zhutong frowned, stretched out his hand to take the telegram, Gu Zhutong's face was originally a little impatient, but after only reading a few lines, he immediately became solemn, and after reading it, he didn't make a sound for a long time, to be honest, Gu Zhutong didn't care about that batch of medicines, anyway, the drugs in the three war zones were issued early, and the lack of drugs was also in the nine war zones.

Therefore, Gu Zhutong was not interested in sending troops to regain the medicine, but another news caught Gu Zhutong's attention, or surprised him.

The Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in Southern Anhui, a unit that came out of nowhere, actually recovered a county town from small Japan? This is not a trivial matter, the three group armies in the Third Theater plus the New Fourth Army, it is easy for Gu Zhutong to organize a decent offensive, and it is even more impossible to recover a county town.

If the county town taken by Little Japan was so well recovered, the Third War Zone would have recovered more than a dozen counties in southern Anhui long ago, after all, Gu Zhutong raised hundreds of thousands of troops under his command, and one more county town would require more money and grain income, and the officers and soldiers under his command would have more to eat, and the pressure on his Gu Zhutong would be less.

Gu Zhutong scratched his head and asked, "What is the origin of this anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui?" ”

Although Huang Baitao has not been transferred to the Third War Zone for a long time, he is already quite familiar with Gu Zhutong's temper, listening to Gu Zhutong say this, Huang Baitao knew that Gu Zhutong had already moved the idea of reaching out to pick peaches, and what he asked was not the way of the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, but how strong the combat effectiveness of this Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army was?

If the fighting capacity of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui is not strong, most of them will be directly annihilated.

If the anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui is extremely combative, it will send troops to absorb it.

But one thing is certain, that is, Longkou County, which has been recovered by the anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui, must be included in the rule of the national army, or in other words, it must be included in the third war zone, and to put it bluntly, all the money, grain, and taxes in Longkou County must be handed over to the third war zone governor's department and at his disposal.

As a chief of staff, it is necessary to have a good relationship with the commander-in-chief.

And if you want to have a good relationship with the chief officer, it is necessary to figure out the mind of the chief officer.

Due to Huang Baitao's experience, he lacked the unruliness of the Whampoa Military Academy students, but he had a few more personal skills, and immediately said according to Gu Zhutong's meaning: "General seat, I think it is necessary to send someone to contact this anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui, whether it is exterminated or absorbed, in short, Longkou County must be included in the rule of the Third War Zone." ”

"Well, that's what I mean." Gu Zhutong nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Chief of Staff, I don't know if you have a suitable candidate there?" ”

Gu Zhutong is showing favor to Huang Baitao, this person who was sent to Longkou to contact with the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army in southern Anhui will not go alone, but will inevitably go with the troops, in other words, Gu Zhutong asked Huang Baitao to recommend someone to come up, this person will be promoted, and will be sent to Longkou County to guard the side.

In terms of job arrangement, he should be a colonel to say the least.

Huang Baitao actually wants to go to Longkou very much, compared to staying in the theater commander's department as chief of staff, he is more willing to go down to the front-line troops to lead the troops, even if he is only a army commander or division commander, but he also knows that this is not realistic, at the moment he is still in the inspection period, and it is impossible for him to delegate the front-line troops to lead the troops before Chairman Jiang is completely at ease with him.

So, a young and heroic shadow swept into Huang Baitao's eyes and said: "There is such a candidate, do you remember the group of senior staff officers who were just released from the Military Commission a few days ago?" One of them is Ye Chuzhong, vice president of the Legislative Yuan, Ye Lao's son-in-law, although this person has not attended the Whampoa Military Academy, but he is extremely talented in military affairs. ”

"Are you talking about Li Zihan? I also have an impression of this young man. ”

"Yes, it's him, I think it's appropriate for him to go to Longkou."

"Okay, that's him." Gu Zhutong immediately made a decision, "Let him take a reinforced battalion, and the number will be set as the Longkou County Independent Regiment, he was just promoted to lieutenant colonel when he entered the military committee, and he was promoted to colonel when he was transferred to the war zone, and now he is going to be promoted to major general and brigade commander, for fear that some people will not be convinced, so he will precede a colonel and regiment commander."