"Master, please!" Wang Ning stood aside and said.

Ye Zhao nodded, and then said, "I, Brigade Commander Gao and Wang Ning will go in, and you will stay outside." With that, he crossed the threshold first. The brigade commander of the 36th Brigade was named Gao Yongxiang, and he and Wang Ning followed one after the other. Other staff officers and guards stood on both sides of the gate, keeping guard.

The old man Gao in the hall had already come out with a few grandsons at this time, looked up and saw Ye Zhao, and saw the badge on his military hat, which was indeed not the style of a little devil, and his heart was completely relaxed. Seeing that the faces of the three commanders who came in were all calm, and their eyes were clear, but they did not have the cunning and treacherous of the commanders of the national army that he had seen before, and his hanging heart was half relaxed. Old man Gao has a lot of dealings with the national army, and in the national army system, the central army is the best to get along with, and the rest are those warlords with a certain reputation, and the most difficult to get along with are the local security forces. Although it was the first time that Old Man Gao had heard of the Cadet Army, he couldn't tell from his experience that the commanders in front of him were all well-educated, and he shouldn't be embarrassed by a few of them. "Welcome, welcome! Several chiefs can come to the humble house, it is really brilliant! Old Man Gao smiled, looked at Ye Zhao and said loudly, and greeted him with a cane.

Ye Zhao came here to ask for help, and he had already decided to lower his posture, and when he heard this, he also had a good impression of this old man, and he didn't even dare to say that he was standing upright, and then saluted and remembered a powerful military salute. And Wang Ning introduced his identity to him next to him, and said: "Old man, this is Lieutenant General Ye Zhao, the commander of the 12th Division of the Northbound Legion of our Cadet Army, our Cadet Army went out of Guangdong to the north to resist Japan, and recently happened to be active in this area, and I heard that the Gao family has always supported the government's anti-Japanese actions, so I came to visit." ”

Ye Zhao and the others did not have more than ten people here (of course, this is on the surface), and the Gao family inferred from this point that Ye Zhao was no more than a regiment commander, but who expected that he was a lieutenant general and division commander. Not to mention that the young students were startled, and suddenly became more restrained, even the old man Gao's face changed color instantly, and he didn't know what a lieutenant general was trying to do. And with his understanding of the national army, it is naturally a plot that is not small, but although the Gao family is a local noble family, they have been fishing for a living for generations, and they don't have much savings.

The Gao family's dark color changed instantly, Ye Zhao saw it in his eyes, and he guessed what people were worried about. Originally, he still wanted to talk about the scene first and then explain his intentions, but when he saw this, he was worried that it would destroy the trust he had just established, so he said to Wang Ning: "Counselor Wang, take out the meeting gift I brought to Old Man Gao!" ”

"Yes!" Wang Ning answered, opened his backpack, and immediately took out five silver dollar seals from inside, each with twenty-five yuan each.

Ye Zhao said: "Old man Gao, when you come to the door for the first time, please accept a small meeting gift." He also said: "I heard that Mr. Gao is a cheerful person, and I won't play in front of the real person, we came to the Gao family this time to borrow a boat." Old man Gao, you should have heard of it, right? Jiujiang has been captured by the Japanese, and we are here to recover Jiujiang. The place we chose to cross the lake is Wuxingli, our army is pure infantry, there is no means to cross the lake, we need your support. Of course, we will not borrow in vain, well, fifteen oceans of rent per ship, what do you think? We need about fifty ships in total. ”

When Wang Ning presented the five silver dollar seals, Old Man Gao's face became even more unbearable. It's not that he hasn't dealt with soldiers, so he knows that Lu Dao's money as a soldier is not easy to get, he was thinking about whether this was Ye Zhao, the lieutenant general and division commander, who wanted to capture the old and indulge in it, and when he heard the latter words, he realized that Lu Dao was a villain's heart. Although I don't know what kind of troops this student army is, the style of these people seems to be different from those security forces who are used to pretending to be wolves internally and pretending to be grandsons externally. He threw the cane to a grandson and arched his hand: "The chief is too outside, although the old man lives in the mountains, he has to know a little about the things outside. Although our Gao family is a citizen of the mountains and wilderness, we are also willing to contribute a little bit of strength to resist Japan and defend the country. Borrowing a boat is a trifle, where is needed what rental. Hang Seng! ”

Gao Hengsheng was the oldest young man, he was holding the old man's crutches at the moment, and when he heard this, he handed him the crutches and said, "Grandpa! ”

Old Man Gao escaped from his arms and looked at his pocket watch, and ordered: "It's time for dinner, you go to the back to say hello, and say that there are distinguished guests at home, and let your grandmother and your mother and them take care of a table of banquets." Then he said to Ye Zhao: "General Ye, if you don't see outside, just have a light meal here, and then let's talk about borrowing a boat." Rest assured, the boat is available, and, if it is not convenient for you, I can provide a competent boatman. ”

Old Man Gao behaved arrogantly, Ye Zhaoben was not a mother-in-law, he and Gao Yongxiang glanced at each other, and then readily agreed, saying, "Then trouble Mr. Gao." ”

During the meal, Mr. Su euphemistically inquired about some things in the Xuebing Army, and Ye Zhao naturally knew everything in order to win the trust of the Gao family. The children of the old man Gao either married far away, or all made a living in other places, and the younger generations in the family only had grandchildren, nephews and even grandchildren. Among the descendants of the Gao family of these grandchildren, there are also people who have heard the name of the Xuebing Army, and they compare the two of them, plus Ye Zhao's performance at the dinner table has always been very calm, and the guards outside have not been willing to leave their jobs from beginning to end, all of the above makes the old man Gao more and more convinced, this Xuebing Army is indeed a team that sincerely resists Japan, and he is even more enthusiastic about the matter of fishing boats in the concession.

After Ye Zhao visited the Gao family, accompanied by Gao Hengsheng, he went to visit the Dong family again. The Gao family and the Dong family, as two large local families, often marry each other, in fact, when the old man Gao undertook this matter, there was no problem with the Dong family. However, Ye Zhao considered that this battle was very important and required the close cooperation of the Gao family and the Dong family, so he still didn't dare to ask for it and went to visit in person.

The time was delayed for two days, and on this day, just when Ye Zhao was waiting for Feng Xuehai's information and was a little restless, Meng Kailan's telegram arrived. Once there is a danger in the battle situation of Shizhong Mountain, the defenders of Yanlie Mountain will fully support, which is the countermeasure that Ye Zhao discussed with Meng Kailan on the phone before leaving Hukou. The Japanese army attacked Shizhong Mountain again, and Ye Zhao had already received the news in the morning. However, he didn't expect that Nakajima Jing Village would still have the courage to come up with an army of 5,000 people when it had already lost 3,000 people. Last time, the 123rd Regiment solved 3,000 people in a regiment, and its own casualties were only half, this time, Shizhongshan could integrate a brigade of troops at any time, and the Japanese army of 5,000 people was dispatched at the same time, but I was afraid that it would not be pleased. The 122nd Regiment supported Shizhongshan, and the position of Yanlie Mountain was abandoned, which really gave the Japanese a chance to sneak attack. However, if the Japanese wanted to take advantage of this to gain a foothold at Hukou Station, then the number of troops they dispatched would not be less. Well, just make two brigade plans, so how many Japanese troops are left in Jiujiang? Eight squadrons? These eight squadrons need to defend the southwest and northwest directions, so in the end, there will be at most four brigades left in Jiujiang City...... Mr. Ye Zhao calculated silently, and began to hesitate in his heart, should he attack Jiujiang directly? It's better to cut off the connection between Jiujiang and Xingzi County first, and destroy the devils of the two brigades in Xingzi County.

In the Shizhong Mountain position, Wang Jinyu had already used up the spare barrel, he looked at the devils who were still shouting and pounced dozens of meters away, buried the reddish barrel in the sand to cool down, and at the same time opened the safety of the good magazine on the Weiqing-style assault rifle that he had picked up from his fallen comrades. After tirelessly pulling the trigger for more than two hours in a row, his right index finger, middle finger and ring finger were already swollen, and he was in unbearably painful pain at this time. "Maybe it won't be long before I can go with my second brother!" He thought so and looked around.

The tenacity of this wave of Japanese troops far exceeded that of the previous wave. Many devils were obviously hit by the vital point, but they refused to close their eyes obediently, and they had to shoot before they died. And I don't know if it's the reason for the return of the light, the bullets fired by these dying devils are extremely accurate, and they can always hurt one or two students. Wu Gang had been filled in an hour and a half earlier because of the attrition of the machine gunners. From the beginning of the war to the present, there are no more than a few machine gun shooters left in the two machine gun companies, and most of those who are still fighting are made up by others.

The reserves were filled in early, and fortunately, Liang saw the opportunity quickly and led the reserves to come up early, otherwise, in the round of attack just now, it is estimated that the first line of defense would be lost. The Japanese launched a sustained and fearless charge, which caused heavy casualties, but also put considerable pressure on the defenders. It was under this pressure that the casualties of the defenders appeared, and often, the Japanese charged in one round, although they were almost all defeated, and the defenders had to pay several, if not a dozen, casualties. Although Yu Liang came up later, his luck was much worse than Wu Gang's. Wu Gang has been nailed to the machine gun position, and has always been the focus of the little devil's care, but he just has a piece of skin on his cheek, and Yu Liang has his right hand broken, and now, he can only shoot with his left hand very awkwardly.

"Tuanza, no, if the 122nd regiment doesn't come up again, this first line of defense can't be defended!" The chief of staff of the 121st Regiment said in Liang's ear. He pressed his lips as close to Liang's ears as he could, and said in a suppressed voice. The gunfire on the position was too loud, and even if you roared, you couldn't hear what the other party was saying. And this cannot be said publicly, otherwise it will definitely affect morale. For this reason, the chief of staff had no choice but to assume a very ambiguous posture.

In fact, I don't want him to take care of it, Yu Liang has also noticed this reality. He glanced back at the mountain road on the left, which was the only way to Yanlie Mountain, and if the 122nd Regiment came to reinforce it, it would definitely come from here.

At the end of the mountain road, there was still no reassuring camouflage, and it seemed that a round of Japanese artillery bombardment just now had indeed caused considerable trouble to the 122nd Regiment. He gritted his teeth and said, "No matter, fight!" ”

The chief of staff stopped talking, and at this moment, a small commotion suddenly broke out in the Japanese charging array in front. And a moment later, there was a cheer - "The little devil has run!" "The Japanese have retreated!" "Brothers, fight!"

At the critical moment, the Japanese army actually retreated!