Chapter 224: The Army Meeting
readx;? Wang Haitao walked to the wooden boxes, opened one and looked at it, only the side was an imitation of the May Fourth submachine gun, Wang Haitao took out one, disassembled it on the workbench next to it, and then put it together. www.biquge.info The workmanship of this gun is very good, and it is almost indistinguishable from the original May Fourth submachine gun. Wang Haitao couldn't help but praise: "Now the craftsmanship of the Longzhou Arsenal is getting better and better, and this gun is really good." ”
Wang Haitao cleaned up the storage rings and took out all the weapons that had been damaged on the battlefield and received them in the storage rings, including three armored vehicles and five Gaoping dual-purpose twin machine guns. He left two million pieces of cash ocean and one ton of gold bars for Tang Yikuan, and then put ten carts of weapons and ammunition, including fifty mortars, sent by Longzhou this time into the storage ring.
After finishing these things, Wang Haitao came to the elevator, looked at the elevator door and said, "Yikuan, where did you get this thing?" Tang Yikuan replied: " Junzuo, when I first arrived in Jurong County, because of the war in Shanghai, several factories in Jurong City had to be relocated to the mainland, and some equipment that was too bulky was thrown for sale. ”
Wang Haitao nodded and said, "It took a lot of effort to install this thing, right?" Tang Yikuan replied: "It took a lot of effort, but after there is a generator, some power tools can be used, which saves a lot of effort." Wang Haitao asked again: "Are there only three generators, and what is the power? Is it enough to use electricity for a small military factory?"
Tang Yikuan thought for a while and said: "There are fewer three generators to set up a factory, but these generators are too fuel-intensive, and we don't dare to use them in normal times." In this way, the diesel fuel in the warehouse is also insufficient. Wang Haitao thought for a while, now China has not discovered oil fields, is internationally recognized as an oil-poor country, all oil is basically imported, his own armored battalion is also a large fuel consumer, the military camp is not much oil, this oil problem is to find a way to solve.
Thinking of this, Wang Haitao said to Tang Yikuan: "If the Japanese army continues to attack Nanjing, I'm afraid there will be a lot of relocated manufacturers, you have to buy more equipment and oil back, the transport fleet and armored battalion can only be a pile of scrap iron without oil, don't be afraid to spend money, I will think of a way to do it again if I don't have enough oil, it is possible that I will go back to Longzhou in the near future, and I will talk about it after I come back." ”
Wang Haitao walked around the valley for a long time, and after explaining to a battalion commander in charge of guarding the logistics and baggage department, how to arrange the permanent fortifications at the gate and what kind of strength to achieve, he left here in a car. Along the way, Wang Haitao was thinking about the construction and protection of this base.
Wang Haitao returned to Liyang after dark, and as soon as he entered the office, the adjutant reported that the director of the Military Administration Department had something to ask to see the military seat. Wang Haitao asked the adjutant to invite Director Zeng to come. Zeng Guanglin entered the office and saluted Wang Haitao and said: "Military seat, in the afternoon, the commander-in-chief sent a telegram over, I came to ask for instructions from the military seat, but the military seat is not there. ”
Wang Haitao responded: "In the afternoon, I will go to Jurong to see the situation of the 542nd Regiment, is there anything going on at the General Headquarters?" Zeng Guanglin replied: "That's the case, the commander-in-chief is going to hold an inaugural meeting of the 90 th Army in Liyang, and it says that this time Chairman Chiang and the people of the German advisory group will come, and they want us to make good preparations, and they have also allocated 200,000 yuan in funds. ”
Wang Haitao thought for a while and said to Zeng Guanglin: "The time is set in a week, and the New Year is almost over, after the conference, let everyone have a good New Year together, I don't know how many people will not be able to spend the New Year next year." In addition, your military administration office will inform the 91st Army and the 92nd Army to make preparations, and I will let the 90th Division handle the affairs of the venue. Zeng Guanglin agreed and withdrew.
The next morning, Wang Haitao told Su Zuxin about the inaugural meeting, and Su Zuxin was fully responsible for the matter. Mountain Leopard, the weapons and ammunition brought back from the base yesterday can be equipped with a regiment, and I don't think it is appropriate to hand it over to any regiment, so why don't you go to the 91st Division and the 92nd Division, let their two divisions produce a guard battalion one division at a time, equip these two guard battalions with new weapons, and then you will train them, so that these two divisions can also have a fist unit available. What do you think?"
Tangshan Leopard replied: "I listen to the military seat, I will do what you ask me to do." Wang Haitao said: "Okay! Without further ado, I'll give the two division commanders a briefing, and then you go to choose the training ground, and then take people to the two divisions to pick up troops." I will put the weapons and equipment I need in the munitions warehouse, and you can get it yourself. ”
As soon as Tangshan Leopard went out, the director of the confidential department named Zhao Meiling came to Wang Haitao's office with a telegram. At this time, Wang Haitao took a serious look at the female director. The woman in front of her is about thirty years old, one meter six or five tall, very beautiful, and a well-fitting lieutenant colonel uniform, which makes her more heroic in her charm, and Wang Haitao can't help but secretly cheer.
Zhao Meiling saluted Wang Haitao and said, "Military seat, call from Longzhou County, Guangxi." Wang Haitao took it and saw that it was a call from Tang Renli, telling Wang Haitao that the German goods had been loaded and arrived at the port of Guangzhou a month later. Wang Haitao calculated the time, if he rushed to Guangzhou after the completion of the legislative meeting, he should have come in time. Then he said to Zhao Meiling: "Call back to Longzhou, I know this matter, if you can't rush back, the matter of handing over the loan will be handled by Director Tang Renli." ”
After Zhao Meiling recorded what Wang Haitao said, she glanced at Wang Haitao, and then left the office with the telegram. Regarding the matter in Longzhou, I believe that it is not a secret in the military command, so Wang Haitao does not intend to hide anything, and now Wang Haitao's biggest secret will not let anyone know.
A few days have passed in the blink of an eye, and the officers and men of the 90 th Army have been busy preparing for the inaugural meeting for a few days, and the square used to be the site of the inaugural meeting has been leveled on the outskirts of Liyang, and the entire square can accommodate 6 or 7,000 officers and men.
The 90th Division was attended by the 543rd Regiment and the 545th Regiment, and the 543rd Regiment was all equipped with new equipment. The 545th Regiment, like the two regiments of the 91st and 92nd Divisions, used the same standard weapons as they were, and all officers above the regimental level were issued 54-style pistols. The arrangement of the meeting hall was done by the commander of the Military Administration Department, and one company of the guard regiment was left to serve as a guard in front of the rostrum, and the rest of the soldiers were responsible for guarding the area around the venue.
On the day of the inaugural meeting, a battalion of the Nanjing Guard Division arrived at the venue early in the morning, fully armed, and took over the task of guarding the periphery of the venue. At half past eight o'clock in the morning, a convoy drove over from a distance, with several trucks in front and more than a dozen cars behind. When the car passed through the road where the guards stood and entered the gate of the venue, Wang Haitao and Su Zuxin, the generals of the 90th Army, who had been waiting for a long time, hurriedly greeted them.
The most conspicuous ones were Chiang Kai-shek, who was surrounded in the center, and a tall German wearing the uniform of a German general, who should be General Falkenhausen, the chief adviser of the German Affairs Advisory Group.
Wang Haitao and others strode forward and saluted all the people, Chiang Kai-shek smiled and said: "You fought very well in Shanghai, which can be described as a great achievement, which made the Japanese frightened and played the prestige of the best people in our country." Yes, lived up to my expectations. Wang Haitao replied: "Thank you for the compliments of the chairman, these are the responsibilities of the lowly duty, and they are also the chairman and the superior command in a good way." ”
Wang Haitao's words made several important military ministers present smile. Chiang Kai-shek nodded with satisfaction and said: "Haitao, this is General Falkenhausen, the chief adviser of the German Affairs Advisory Group, and when General Falkenhausen personally commanded the front line in Shanghai, he also spoke highly of you." Wang Haitao turned to Admiral Falkenhausen, saluted, and said in fluent German: "Hello, Mr. General! I went to Germany a few years ago, and when I was received by Führer Hitler, Führer Hitler mentioned you. ”
Admiral Falkenhausen was greatly surprised by Wang Haitao's words, and he said in German: "Young man, you are the genius designer Lieutenant Colonel Wang Haitao mentioned by the Führer in telegrams many times? I have been trying to find you for the past few years, but I did not expect that you have become a famous general on the battlefield and have become a general. ”
Chiang Kai-shek already had an interpreter around him who quietly translated the conversation between Wang Haitao and Falkenhausen to Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek's face was completely shocked and incredulous. When Wang Haitao invited Chiang Kai-shek and others to sit on the rostrum, Chiang Kai-shek asked Wang Haitao to walk beside him and asked in a low voice: "When you came back from Germany, why didn't you come to Nanjing to meet General Falkenhausen? You must know that with General Falkenhausen's recommendation, you would have been able to take up an important post a long time ago." ”
Wang Haitao replied: "Bench, back then, he was only the head of a county security regiment, so how could he dare to come to Nanjing? Not to mention that he also wanted to add a strong army to the country through his own efforts, but fortunately, he really brought out a unit that could fight. Chiang Kai-shek said: "Okay! Haitao is really a pillar of the country, with a pillar like you by my side, why not expel the Japanese invaders and return my rivers and mountains!"
As he spoke, he came to the rostrum, and at this time, the four main regiments of the 90 th Army stood in front of the stage in a neat manner, and these officers and men were wearing brand-new military uniforms and holding brand-new weapons. It was the 543rd Regiment and the 545th Regiment in front, and these officers and soldiers who had just come down from the battlefield still had a murderous aura on their bodies. The new weapons in their hands caught the attention of General Falkenhausen.