The conference room was quiet again, and although the four people sitting down no longer spoke, they were all staring at Wang Haitao with eager eyes. Wang Haitao looked at the eager eyes of the four of them, and said calmly: "Don't worry, it's not easy to find a place to settle down abroad, it will take a long time of hard work, and there will be no fewer battles to experience, but now we have to be prepared."

Two years ago, we led an expedition to Burma, everyone still remembers, although Burma is still nominally a British colony, but Britain is now too busy to take care of itself, and has no ability to deal with Burma, which has been captured by the Japanese army, I estimate that soon Britain and the United States will ask China to send troops to Burma again, if our army has the opportunity to send troops to Burma again, then the opportunity will come. ”

When Wang Haitao said this, Tang Longzai interjected and asked: "Brother-in-law, there are quite a few little Japan in Burma, didn't we win a few battles last time and were forced to withdraw? Now that our two armies can deal with so many small Japans? Besides, even if we recapture Burma from Little Japan, can the British willingly cede Burma to us?"

Wang Haitao said with a smile: "Yes, Longzi can also see the problem." What we want is not the whole of Myanmar, after all, the whole of Myanmar is too big, as Long Tsai said, the British will not give up the fat of Myanmar easily. Our target is a part of Burma, or a part of Burma that is not taken very seriously, so with our strength, even if the British do not want to, there is nothing we can do. After I consider the specific situation maturely, I will go back to Longzhou and discuss it with you.

I have called you over today to share my thoughts with you; second, I am prepared to leave a unit in Hunan to continue the attack on the Japanese army, while the main force will withdraw to Longzhou to rest and recuperate, waiting for the opportunity to fight abroad; and third, let the reconnaissance brigade in Xiaoshan step up reconnaissance of the situation in Burma and Vietnam, so as to lay a foundation for us to send troops in the future. ”

Speaking of which, the four of them understood the purpose of Wang Haitao's call to come over, so the four of them began to discuss which troops to send to stay in Hunan. Now the Japanese army in Hunan has suffered heavy casualties, and the only ones that can still have combat effectiveness are those divisions and regiments that are fighting against the tens of thousands of national troops led by Xue Yue, and with Xue Yue's tens of thousands of national troops, Wang Haitao does not need to leave too many troops, as long as he ensures that the troops can attack Nanchang, Jiangxi.

After some discussion, Wang Haitao decided to leave the 210th Division of the 91st Army as the main force, and the armored brigade and the heavy artillery brigade each left one regiment to assist the 210th Division. The reconnaissance brigade also left a regiment to take charge of reconnaissance missions against Japan in Hunan and Jiangxi. The other troops withdrew to Longzhou in the name of rest. After the discussion, the four of them left and left, and Wang Haitao also began to prepare for the retreat.

With such a great victory for the Japanese army, Wang Haitao naturally had to report to the Chongqing side, and at the same time to General Xue Yue, who was still his immediate boss in name. The only telegram to Chongqing was a faint reply from the Ministry of Military Affairs, in which it replied that it had received the report and would be rewarded for meritorious service after it was verified. The telegram to Xue Yue was met with praise from General Xue Yue.

General Xue Yue also fought well during this time, with Wang Haitao to deal with the Eleventh Army, and the Twelfth Army sent two main divisions to reinforce the Eleventh Army, in this case, the only remaining 37th Division, 27th Division and the Seventh Brigade of the Twelfth Army are somewhat insufficient in strength, although there is also a very mobile Fourth Cavalry Brigade, but they are facing the elite Nationalist troops in the National Army second only to Wang Haitao's department.

The 18th Army is the enemy of General Chen Cheng, and with the support of Wang Haitao, it is already an all-German armament unit, not only a heavy artillery regiment and an armored regiment, but also German-style equipment in the hands of the soldiers, and its combat effectiveness is extremely strong, and a division of the Japanese army will not fall behind. There are also the two main divisions of the 91st Division and the 92nd Division, which were separated from Wang Haitao.

The 91st Division and the 92nd Division, the two main divisions brought out by Wang Haitao, have not had a good time in the past few years, and after leaving the 90th Army, everyone takes them as fragrant dumplings, and everyone wants to take a bite, but fortunately, Yang Sen came forward and brought the two divisions under his command, but still lost a lot of weapons and ammunition. In this way, the combat effectiveness of these two divisions is also in the forefront of the national army, and Xue Yue also uses them as the main force.

When Wang Haitao disabled the 11th Army, Xue Yue's troops not only recaptured and stabilized the Changsha line, but also inflicted heavy losses on the 37th Division of the Japanese Army and the 7th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade, recaptured Zhuzhou, Liuyang and other places, and are now attacking Yueyang in the north and Yichun in the east. The 27th Division of the 12th Army of the Japanese Army was stationed in Yueyang, and the remnants of the 110th Division and the 62nd Division withdrawn from Youxian were stationed in Yichun and Xinyu.

Wang Haitao did not intend to join forces with General Xue Yue, his plan was to take advantage of the characteristics of the 210th Division's strong mobility and combat effectiveness to directly kill Ji'an, Jiangxi Province, and then attack directly to Nanchang after capturing Ji'an. It stands to reason that the defensive strength of the Japanese army on this road will not be too strong, at most it will be some independent mixed brigades and garrison brigades and other troops.

Even if the Japanese army mobilizes the main force to besiege the 210th Division, at most give up the attack on Nanchang and withdraw to Hengyang, I believe that the 210th Division can still do this. However, Wang Haitao did not expect that his decision would plunge the 210th Division into a huge crisis soon after.

Three days passed in a flash, on the morning of the third day, Wang Weikuan and Lao He came to Wang Haitao's office again, after the two sides sat down, Wang Haitao went straight to the topic, he said to Wang Weikuan: "Lao Wang, I have been thinking about helping the Viet Cong for a few days, and I will not tell you that the Viet Cong is not the CCP, they will re-establish the country in the future, and after the founding of the country, the interests of their own country must be guaranteed, and no one can say how long the friendship with China can be maintained." Therefore, I have an opinion on the help of the Viet Cong. ”

After listening to Wang Haitao's words, Wang Weikuan was a little disappointed, and was about to persuade again, and then heard Wang Haitao continue: "But even though the CCP has spoken, and Zhou Gong has a personal letter to write, and the Viet Cong is now dealing with small Japan, I still decided to help the Viet Cong, but my help is conditional, not gratuitous, I will make this clear to you CCP first." As for the conditions, I will go back to Long Chau and personally negotiate with the people sent by the Viet Cong. ”

Wang Haitao's words made Wang Wei breathe a sigh of relief, as long as Wang Haitao can help the Viet Cong, as for the conditions, let them negotiate with each other. What Wang Haitao said is also right, the CCP cannot force Wang Haitao to help the Viet Cong for free, after all, Wang Haitao is only a warlord and not a member of the CCP. So Wang Weikuan sincerely expressed his gratitude to Wang Haitao.

However, Wang Haitao's next words made him no longer so calm, and he only heard Wang Haitao say: "Now I will talk about the weapons and ammunition that are supported to you, after cleaning up the seized weapons, ammunition and military supplies, I have decided to support you with 4,000 Type 38 rifles, 150 Japanese light machine guns, 50 Japanese heavy machine guns, 100 grenadiers, 500,000 rounds of various bullets, *10,000." ”

Before Wang Weikuan could say thank you, he heard Wang Haitao continue: "In addition, I will support you with 30 Type 92 infantry guns, 50 mortars and 10,000 shells." There were also some military supplies such as blankets and water bottles. How is it, is it enough?" Wang Weikuan and Lao He waited for Wang Haitao to finish speaking before they reacted from shock.

Lao He thought that it would be good if Wang Haitao could support them with a few hundred guns, and it would be better to have a few more guns. Now when I hear that it is more than ten times more than expected, I can hardly speak with excitement. But Wang Weikuan understands the value of this batch of firearms, and now the CCP has a lot of funds because of the existence of penicillin, but if this batch of arms really needs to be bought with money, it will also be a huge amount of money, and now Wang Weikuan only hopes that Wang Haitao will not quote a sky-high price.

When Wang Weikuan hesitated to ask the price of this batch of munitions, Wang Haitao replied with a smile: "Lao Wang, when will I feel sorry for you CCP? I will not accept a penny of this batch of arms and materials, as long as the CCP side does not forget my support today in the future!" Wang Haitao's answer made Wang Weikuan and Lao He stunned again, the value of this batch of arms is well known in their hearts, and this time the CCP owes Wang Haitao a great favor.

Wang Haitao finally said: "There is a lot of ammunition and materials in this batch, and it is up to you to find a way to transport them back safely. You can come to Hengyang at any time to pick up this batch of arms and materials. Wang Weikuan understood that this was not a trivial matter and needed to be reported to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China immediately, so he and Lao He hurriedly said goodbye to Wang Haitao and rushed back to report to the above.

At the high-level meeting of the Communist Party of China, everyone was full of praise for Wang Haitao's gratuitous support, and Mao Dada also wrote a letter of thanks to Wang Haitao, saying that Wang Haitao was an eternal friend of the Chinese Communist Party, and that the Chinese Communists would always remember his selfless support and help. At the high-level meeting of the Chinese Communist Party, it was decided that because the quantity of weapons, ammunition, and military supplies was too large to solve the problem of transportation, an anti-Japanese detachment would be formed on the spot in Hunan, and the source of troops would be reorganized from the guerrillas in Hunan and Jiangxi, and this detachment would be commanded by Wang Weikuan and Lao He as political commissar.

After the order to form an anti-Japanese detachment was transmitted, the guerrillas in Hunan and Jiangxi quickly assembled in Hengyang, and Wang Weikuan and Lao He, who had received the appointment, came to Wang Haitao's office again. After meeting Wang Haitao, Wang Weikuan immediately took out Mao Dada's handwritten letter and handed it to Wang Haitao, and explained the decision of the CPC Central Committee to Wang Haitao.

Considering that none of these guerrillas of the Chinese Communists were regular troops, and that it would take a period of training after the reorganization to truly form combat effectiveness, Hengnan County was taken out and handed over to Wang Weikuan as a place for guerrilla training. Wang Weikuan also asked Wang Haitao to send some officers to train these reorganized soldiers, and after thinking about it, Wang Haitao happily agreed to Wang Weikuan's request.