When Wang Haitao's troops set off from Nanning City to the county seat of Longzhou, a reconnaissance team began to rush to Longzhou to report the news. Therefore, as soon as Wang Haitao approached the city gate of Longzhou County, he saw the welcoming crowd at the city gate from a distance. When he got closer, Wang Haitao saw that standing at the front of the welcoming crowd was his father-in-law Tang Lao, and standing next to him were Tang Longzai and Su Zuxin, Zhao Zhongwu, Tang Renli, and Tang Renxin.

Behind these people were a large group of officers, most of them were from the 90th and 93rd Divisions, and some people they didn't know each other, presumably the officers of the army in Longzhou City. Wang Haitao got out of the car, first walked quickly to Tang Lao, bowed deeply to Tang Lao, and then said: "How dare Haitao have Lao Yuezhang to greet him?" Tang Lao helped Wang Haitao up and laughed and said: "The old man is not welcoming Wu Xu today, but the great hero who fought against the Japanese invaders! Haitao Wu Xu lives up to the old man's high expectations, and the old man is very relieved!"

Wang Haitao hurriedly replied: "Haitao is ashamed, he has not driven the Japanese out of China, so he has to return to Longzhou." Listening to Wang Haitao's words, Donald's face changed, and it was not easy to ask too many questions on this occasion, so he could only change the topic. At this time, Feng Gu also rushed over and threw herself into Tang Lao's arms, and those officers also surrounded Wang Haitao and asked questions after saluting the military salute.

That night, Tang Renli chartered Guangfu Building, the largest restaurant in Longzhou County, to wash the dust for Wang Haitao and others. Before the banquet began, Tang Renli introduced several officers of the troops stationed in Longzhou County to Wang Haitao, namely Tang Hongming, commander of the Independent Division, Wei Bin, commander of the First Brigade of the Independent Division, Liu Mingde, commander of the Second Brigade, three regiment commanders of the First Brigade, Wei Shaofeng, commander of the First Regiment, Chen Dian, commander of the Second Regiment, Tang Yu, commander of the Third Regiment, three commanders of the Second Brigade, Wang Mingren, commander of the First Regiment, Zhang Sanli, commander of the Second Regiment, and Tang Yu, commander of the Third Regiment.

Wang Haitao was chatting with these officers while observing them, and this observation couldn't help nodding secretly. Don't look at these people are not very old, but the appearance of soldiers is shown from all over the place, although Wang Haitao doesn't know them yet, but their standard military style makes Wang Haitao very satisfied. A dinner party was celebrated.

When I returned home after the dinner, Tang Lao, Tang Longzai, Feng Gu, Wang Haitao and Tian Yu all sat together. Wang Haitao told Tang Lao about his simple experience from the last time he left Longzhou, participated in the defense of Nanjing, and finally withdrew his troops from Yueyang, resigned from the post of commander of the 90th Group Army, and returned to his hometown on leave. Tang Longzai had already told Tang Lao about most of these things, but when Tang Lao heard that Wang Haitao resigned because of rumors, he couldn't help but shoot the case and scolded those who spread rumors and caused trouble. On the contrary, it was Wang Haitao who persuaded for a long time, and Tang Lao gradually calmed down.

When Tang Lao asked Wang Haitao's future plans, Wang Haitao said with a smile: "Uncle Yue, there will be a period of calm now, according to Xiaoxu, do you have to do the marriage of Long Tsai and Tian Yu first?" Wang Haitao's words made Tang Lao sleep brightly, his face was happy, and he said a few good words. And Tian Yu hid in Aunt Feng's arms with a flushed face.

In the past year, Longzhou County's arms business and drug business are in short supply, and Tang Lao will naturally not be short of money, and Wang Haitao, the God of Wealth, is here. Donald was mainly busy with etiquette and pomp. Although Wang Haitao didn't want to make a big deal, considering that Tang Lao was such an only son, and Feng Gu was also persuading him, he was happy with Tang Lao.

Tang Lao and Tian Yu's parents are busy, and Aunt Feng is also helping, but Wang Haitao doesn't have much to do. However, in the past few days, Wang Haitao ran to the barracks when he had nothing to do, and while getting to know the German instructors who had been invited, he was also observing the situation of this independent division in Longzhou. The Krupp company still gave Wang Haitao a lot of face, not only sold Wang Haitao heavy weapons for a mechanized division, but even these instructors were carefully selected, and they all served as officers in the German mechanized troops.

Among the existing equipment of the independent division, there are 110 armored vehicles alone, of which 20 are the most expensive eight-wheeled heavy armored vehicles, each of which has not only two MG34 heavy machine guns, but also a 20 mm caliber tank gun. Such a heavy armored vehicle can completely defeat the bean chariot of small Japan. There are also fifty six-wheeled heavy armored vehicles with a heavy machine gun, a tank gun. The remaining forty were four-wheeled light combat vehicles, armed only with a heavy machine gun.

Outside the armored car there were forty tank cars. Twenty of them were the old No. 2 tanks, fifteen were late LT-38 tanks, and five were the latest production imitation Type 59-1 tanks, which the Germans named the Cheetah. Among the forty tanks, Wang Haitao could only see the five Cheetah tanks, and nothing else was in Wang Haitao's eyes. However, now Wang Haitao has only so many new tanks in his hands, and there is no problem for these tanks to win against the tanks of small Japan.

In addition, there are 30 self-propelled howitzers of 105 caliber caliber, 60 twin self-propelled anti-aircraft guns of 37 mm caliber, 30 heavy howitzers of 150 mm caliber, 50 field guns of 75 mm caliber, hundreds of eight-wheeled heavy trucks, and so on. With these heavy weapons, new individual weapons and rigorous training of German instructors, this independent division of more than 10,000 officers and men is already the same mechanized division as the regular German mechanized division.

After watching a confrontation exercise of the independent division, Wang Haitao was convinced that he could single-handedly take on the three divisions of the Japanese army under the command of this independent division, and the equipment of the independent division was too strong, and all kinds of artillery, not counting the mortars of various calibers equipped with platoons, had already exceeded 100 pieces, plus a large number of automatic weapons, armored vehicles, and tank vehicles. Against the three divisions of the small Japan, they did not fall behind at all.

Wang Haitao had the intention of turning the 90th and 93rd Divisions into mechanized divisions like independent divisions, but as soon as he discussed it with Tang Renli, Wang Haitao dispelled this idea. It's not for any other reason, it's because Wang Haitao can't afford it. The independent division was too expensive, and the equipment of this division not only used up all the gold that Wang Haitao handed over to Tang Renli, but also owed a large amount of money to Krupp Company in the name of Wang Haitao.

Faced with this situation, Wang Haitao could only helplessly find a way to integrate the 90th and 93rd divisions with the independent divisions, so that the three divisions could assist and cooperate with each other to form a whole and give full play to their fighting power. Fortunately, the armored regiment and the heavy artillery brigade both returned to Longzhou, and the number was not enough, and Wang Haitao once again remembered the two arsenals hidden in the mountains.

The last time Wang Haitao went to the arsenal, one was because he couldn't bring it down, and the other was because he didn't need it, so there were still a lot of good things that he didn't bring out. Now Wang Haitao has decided to empty the arsenal when he has the opportunity, so that the modern weapons inside, including 130mm self-propelled rocket launchers, will be brightened up in this time and space, and used to deal a heavier blow to little Japan.

However, now is not a good time to go to the arsenal, first, the recruitment of the 91st Division and the 93rd Division has not yet ended, the basic training of recruits has not yet begun, and the second is that the wedding date of Longzai is approaching, and he can't leave at this time. Therefore, Wang Haitao had no choice but to suppress the thoughts in his heart and asked Tang Renxin and Li Yuanhong to hurry up and complete the recruitment of the two divisions. The two divisions were all recruited according to the establishment of the second brigade and six regiments, and the number of each division was set at 15,000, including 9,000 infantry, 3,000 artillery, and 3,000 baggage logistics troops. The independent division will also be expanded by another 5,000 men.

In this way, with the three divisions, plus the army-level heavy artillery brigade, the armored regiment, the guard regiment, and the reconnaissance regiment, Wang Haitao will have a 90th Army of 50,000 men in Longzhou. Such a 90th Army exceeded the number of the two divisions of the Japanese army, and its combat effectiveness was even stronger than that of the five or six divisions of the Japanese army. As soon as the need arises, Wang Haitao pulls the 90th Army into the battlefield, and little Japan will know what China's No. 1 ace army is.

With the positive propaganda of the 90th Army, and Wang Haitao's good reputation, the most important thing is that Wang Haitao is not short of money, and the recruitment work is quite smooth. Don't look at Wang Haitao still owes a huge amount of money to the Krupp company, it will be a few years later, maybe Wang Haitao will use gold to pay it back, and now Wang Haitao has millions of dollars in his hands, which is enough to meet all the expenses of the army in ten years.

On the 10th day after Wang Haitao returned to Longzhou, the conscription of the three divisions was completed, and not only did each division meet the standard of 15,000 men, but there were also several thousand more reservists, who could replace the soldiers who had been eliminated in training at any time. All the recruits are from Guangxi, including the whole of Guangxi, and there are not a few ethnic minorities, but there is one thing, the recruits are all capable boys, and they are quite excellent in all aspects of their bodies.

In the conscription, the guard regiment, the reconnaissance regiment, and the heavy artillery brigade were the first to poach a group of veterans from the two divisions, and although several brigade commanders were not very happy, Wang Haitao supported the approach of several troops, and several brigade commanders also knew that Wang Haitao valued these troops, so it was not easy to say anything. When the recruits arrived, the officers in charge of military training, including Zhao Zhongwu, began to get busy.

When these recruits begin their basic training, they are divided into several brigades together, and after the basic training is completed, they are then assigned to regiments and battalions. Wang Haitao will not ask about this, anyway, whose troops are under his own command.

Wang Haitao now has to consider the personnel arrangements for officers, and veterans who have experienced the test of war will definitely become the backbone of their existence, so it is certain that a veteran will serve as the chief officer in a squad or platoon-level team with many recruits. However, in the battle, there were basically no sacrifices among the regimental-level officers, and Zhang Lingfu returned to the team after recovering from his injuries, so the possibility of wanting these officers to be promoted to another level is not too great.