Wang Haitao's 90th Army was repeatedly expanded, which made the chief officer of the Gui family feel uneasy, after all, the 90th Army was still in the establishment of the Central Army, although his soldiers were all from Guangxi. In the current Gui department, Li Zongren was hospitalized due to illness, Bai Chongxi was still on the front line in Wuhan, and the entire Guangxi Pacification Office was headed by Chief of Staff Xia Wei. The matter of the Ninety Army was reported to Li Zongren by Xia Wei.

On this day, Wang Haitao was studying the movements of the Japanese army in Guangdong in the barracks, when a guard came in to report and answer a phone call from the guards at the East City Gate, and General Xia Wei, chief of staff of the Guangxi Pacification Office, and his entourage had already entered the city. When Wang Haitao was the commander of the Independent Brigade in Nanning, he had relatively little contact with Xia Wei, who was the commander of the 48th Army at that time, and Wang Haitao only dealt with him twice when he returned from Germany.

But how to say it, Xia Wei is also an old man of the Gui family, and even Su Zuxin has to call him an old chief, not to mention that now he is the chief of staff of the Guangxi Pacification Office, in charge of the military of Guangxi, and he is on the territory of Guangxi. Therefore, Wang Haitao notified Su Zuxin, Zhao Zhongwu and Tang Renxin to go to the gate of the barracks to greet them. The total number of troops of the 90th Army has reached 58,000, and the barracks in Longzhou County will certainly not be able to accommodate so many people, and there are only two units in the barracks of Longzhou County, namely the Guard Brigade and the Investigation Brigade, and the other three divisions and the armored brigade are stationed outside the city.

Wang Haitao waited at the gate of the barracks for a while, and two cars and several trucks full of Gui soldiers came to the gate of the barracks. Several officers got out of the car, led by Xia Wei, who was dressed in a general's uniform. Although Wang Haitao and Xia Wei are both in the rank of general, one Xia Wei is an old commander, and the other is the boundary of Guangxi, so Wang Haitao stepped forward to salute first and said: "Hello Chief of Staff Xia, I don't know that Chief of Staff Xia is here, and I will miss the welcome, and I ask Chief of Staff Xia to bear with me!"

Wang Haitao's behavior made Xia Wei very useful, and his face was full of smiles, and he replied after returning a salute: "Commander Wang is polite, but Commander Wang has been back for many days, and Xia has to come to visit today, Commander Wang, please don't be surprised." Wang Haitao was naturally polite again, and after the two sides introduced each other, Wang Haitao invited Xia Wei and his party into the barracks.

Xia Wei and his entourage's guards had their own Tangshan leopards to entertain, Wang Haitao invited Xia Wei and others to the conference room to sit down, and the guards sent tea, melons and fruits. After everyone sat down, they spoke some official words, and finally Wang Haitao couldn't help but ask: "Chief of Staff Xia personally came to Longzhou County today, I don't know what to see?" Xia Wei replied with a smile: "Commander Wang, Xia really has a few things to discuss with Commander Wang when he came here today." ”

When Wang Haitao heard Xia Wei say this, he asked with a smile: "Oh? I don't know what it is?" Chief of Staff Xia said bluntly. Xia Wei replied with a smile: "Is this one of them, on behalf of the Guangxi Pacification Office, to express my condolences to Commander Wang's 90th Army, which has participated in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression for more than two years, made countless military exploits, created a great reputation, greatly boosted the morale of our Guangxi army and people, and also won glory for our Guangxi army and people." A certain was entrusted by the Guangxi Pacification Office to send 200,000 military expenses to talk about his heart. After speaking, he took a silver ticket from the adjutant and put it in front of Wang Haitao.

Wang Haitao glanced at the silver ticket and replied with a smile: "Chief of Staff Xia has a heart, it is the duty of our soldiers to kill the enemy and serve the country. Since it is the heart of Chief of Staff Xia and the elders of Guangxi, then Haitao will be ashamed!" After speaking, Wang Haitao picked up the silver ticket and handed it to Zhao Zhongwu beside him. Seeing that Wang Haitao accepted the silver ticket, the smile on Xia Wei's face became even bigger.

Xia Wei continued: "Second, the Longzhou Arsenal is now famous, and it is really not easy to buy some guns and ammunition. Commander Wang must also know that after the two-year battle, our Gui army also fought to the death with the Japanese army on the battlefield, and the casualties were not small. Now that the Guangxi Pacification Office wants to form two more armies, can we buy some of these weapons and ammunition from the Longzhou Arsenal?"

Wang Haitao thought for a moment and replied: "Chief of Staff Xia, due to the expansion of our 90th Army, the inventory of the arsenal has been exhausted in the past two days, and because of the loss of Guangzhou, the source of raw materials has also been cut off, so I am afraid that the production capacity of the arsenal is limited and cannot meet the needs of Chief of Staff Xia." Xia Wei replied: "I also know the difficulties of the Longzhou Arsenal, and the stock of light weapons of our Gui army is still sufficient, and this time I came to buy a batch of heavy weapons such as machine guns and mortars." After speaking, Xia Wei handed Wang Haitao a purchase list.

Wang Haitao took it and looked at it, and the list read: 500 German-style light machine guns, 1,000 drums, and 1,000 rounds of ammunition; 100 German-style heavy machine guns, 300 magazines, and 1,000 rounds of ammunition; 50 60 mortars with 10,000 shells; and 50 82 mortars with 10,000 shells. After reading the list, Wang Haitao didn't think there were many, and he thought about the weapons in stock, which could still be taken out.

Wang Haitao replied: "Chief of Staff Xia has spoken, Haitao will not equip the 90th Army, but must first meet the requirements of Chief of Staff Xia, in this way, I still have 20 imitation German-style 75 field guns in this warehouse, so I can simply buy them for Chief of Staff Xia, and I will personally give Chief of Staff Xia 200 German-style submachine guns, each with four magazines and 1,000 rounds of ammunition." ”

Xia Wei was originally worried that Wang Haitao would not buy so many heavy weapons for him, but when he heard Wang Haitao say this, his heart was relieved, and he said with a smile: "Commander Wang is happy! Then Xia will thank Commander Wang!" The following specific payments and handovers will be discussed by the quartermaster and Tang Renli who came with Xia Wei. Then Xia Wei said a third thing.

Xia Wei said: "The third thing, I don't know when Commander Wang's 90th Army will return to the front line?" After listening to Xia Wei's words, Wang Haitao understood what Xia Wei meant. Guangxi is the territory of our Gui Army, what do you want to do with such a large-scale central army staying on my territory? Wang Haitao smiled and replied: "Chief of Staff Xia understands what Haitao means, please rest assured that the 90th Army is only recruiting and training troops in Longzhou, and will never go beyond the boundary of Longzhou, and when the troops are trained to fight the Japanese army, General Haitao will lead the 90th Army back to the front line." Judging from the current situation, the Ninth Army may have to have a year to reorganize and train its troops. ”

For a unit of more than 50,000 people, half of whom are recruits, one year of training is not excessive, and it is even a little tense. Xia Wei is also a perennial leader of the army, and he is also very aware of this. Xia Wei saw that what Wang Haitao said was reasonable, so he didn't say much, he could only hope that this 90th Army was really as Wang Haitao said, just training here in Longzhou County, and would return to the front line after the year.

At the end of the conversation, both sides were very satisfied with the results, and the following got along well, Xia Wei and his entourage stayed in Longzhou County for three days, and under the leadership of Wang Haitao, they visited the Longzhou Arsenal, hospitals, and other places, and inspected the three divisions of Wang Haitao's 90th Army. The situation of these three divisions, as well as the heavy artillery brigade and armored brigade, shocked Xia Wei and his party, and Xia Wei and his party never expected that the strength of the 90th Army would be so strong.

In Xia Wei's opinion, this 90th Army is enough to sweep away the entire Gui Army, and it seems that this Wang Haitao really doesn't want to attack Guangxi, otherwise as soon as this 90th Army is pulled out, who will be able to stop it? Thinking of this, Xia Wei was shocked at the same time, but also put down the stone in his heart. Three days later, Xia Wei and his entourage left Longzhou County with some of the purchased weapons and ammunition, and the rest of the guns and ammunition will be sent to Nanning by Longzhou County and brought back the payment.

After Xia Wei left, Longzhou calmed down again, and the training of various units was still vigorous, and the bullets and shells consumed in training every day could make Tang Renli's heart ache for half a day. At present, raw materials are in short supply, and after the training of the troops, all the shells must be returned and handed over to the logistics department, which is also a good way to save raw materials.

A few months later, the situation in Europe changed dramatically, the German army invaded the small countries of Austria, the Czech Republic, and Poland, and Britain and France declared war on Germany, and World War II began. Under the flapping of Wang Haitao's butterfly wings, Germany's armed forces are much stronger than in history, and these small countries were unable to resist Germany's invasion in history, and now they are even more vulnerable.

The beginning of the world war made Wang Haitao breathe a sigh of relief, after all, the wheel of history was still not too off track, but at this time Germany did not choose to form an alliance with Japan, but through Germany's advisory group in China, Chiang Kai-shek revealed its intention to jointly fight against the Soviet Union. Chiang Kai-shek couldn't make up his mind for a while, and he repeatedly discussed with his subordinates, but no decision was made.

Wang Haitao is watching the changes in the world in Longzhou, he can't handle that heart now, he is worried about the increasing shortage of raw materials in Longzhou Arsenal. Now Shanghai, the largest city in the Far East, under the rule of the Japanese army, is calm on the surface, but there is an undercurrent undercurrent, Wang Haitao finally decided to go to Shanghai again to see if there is a chance to get a batch of raw materials urgently needed by the arsenal back.

was going to Shanghai, Wang Haitao remembered Liu Shiping's family who stayed in the Shanghai house and Wang Meili who was thinking about Wei Erxi. When Wang Haitao returned to the 90th Army, he was busy commanding the battle, and he had already forgotten about Wang Meimei's affairs outside the clouds, and then he decided to go to Shanghai before he remembered this matter again. So Wang Haitao made a phone call to the headquarters of the 90th Division and asked Wei Erxi to report to the military headquarters immediately.

Wei Erxi came to Wang Haitao's office in a daze, and after seeing Wang Haitao, he first stood up and saluted, and then asked in a low voice: "Junzuo, do you have something to do with me?" Wang Haitao glanced at Wei Erxi, and said angrily: "Okay, you Wei Erxi, before the Battle of Songhu, I sent you to lurk in Shanghai, you kid, I gave you the task is completed, but you are still soaked in a woman, the most annoying thing is that you dare not tell me about this." What do you think I'm going to do to punish you?"