In the absence of foreign aid, if the Longzhou Arsenal wants to produce weapons such as artillery, the first thing it faces is the problem of insufficient raw materials. Wang Haitao has been abroad for several months, and the situation in Longzhou is not very clear, so Wang Haitao sent a telegram to Tang Renli in Longzhou, asking Tang Renli to suspend the production of artillery in the arsenal first.

Wang Haitao has a steel plant in the United States, and there is a metal supply contract signed with the Morgan Group, so the source of raw materials is not a problem, but no matter how many raw materials cannot be transported into the country, it is useless. But even if Guangzhou is captured, little Japan relies on its strong sea power to carry out a naval blockade, and Wang Haitao, who does not have any sea power, is helpless.

Wang Haitao can only hope that there are enough raw materials in the arsenal, otherwise not only will it be impossible to imitate anti-aircraft guns at all, but even future ammunition will be a problem. Thinking that so many problems need to be decided and dealt with by himself, Wang Haitao couldn't sit still in Ruili. Just yesterday, the 88th Division of the 71st Army also arrived at Ruili City, and the division commander, Lieutenant General Hu Jiaji, personally came to visit Wang Haitao.

The training of the artillery of the 11 th Group Army will also be completed, and the two newly organized artillery regiments of the 11 th Group Army and the original one artillery regiment will form an independent artillery brigade, and the selected artillery will be regarded as some artillery after the emergency training of the artillery sent by the 90 th Army during this period, and not only have mastered the use of artillery, but also have a tendency to keep up with the 90 th Army in various regulations.

During this time, the Japanese army that occupied Burma was quite safe and did not approach the Sino-Burmese border, which made General Song Xilian and Li Zhipeng, commander of the 36th Division, breathe a sigh of relief, with the strengthening of the defense line day by day, coupled with the maturity of the two artillery regiments in Ruili, and the arrival of the 88th Division of the National Army, the Sino-Burmese border defense line has become more and more stable.

Wang Haitao's support for the 11th Group Army was reported by General Song Xilian to General Chen Cheng, and then to Lao Jiang in Chongqing, and the upper echelons of Chongqing, including Lao Jiang, were accustomed to Wang Haitao's behavior, and at most they just muttered: "What a fool with deep pockets!" However, a commendation order was issued to Wang Haitao by the Chongqing Military Commission.

On the contrary, General Chen Cheng personally sent a telegram of thanks to Wang Haitao, and the two telegrams were delivered to Wang Haitao almost at the same time, and Wang Haitao was disdainful of the commendation sent by the Chongqing side, but Wang Haitao still attached great importance to General Chen Cheng's telegram of thanks, and not only personally replied to the telegram, but also said that as long as it was within his ability, the 90th Army was willing to serve.

After saying goodbye to Zhong Bin, commander of the 71st Army, Li Zhipeng, commander of the 36th Division, and Hu Jiaji, commander of the 88th Division, Wang Haitao led the 210th Division and the Guard Brigade to escort the logistics hospital and the wounded and sick to leave Ruili and march to Longzhou.

The 210th Division is a mechanized division, the road has been repaired when it came, and there are engineer regiments to maintain it along the way, and the logistics department is also a lot of cars, so Wang Haitao walked very fast, and arrived in Longzhou City in ten days. Knowing that Wang Haitao was coming back, thousands of people in Longzhou City were waiting for Wang Haitao's arrival outside the city gate.

Not only Tang Renli and Su Zuxin of the 90th Army, but also Tang Lao led the family, and the people with relatives in the 210th Division arrived, and Feng Gu was holding a baby. Wang Haitao in the expedition, Feng Gu has been several months pregnant, Wang Haitao in Burma during the war, Feng Gu also gave birth to Wang Haitao a son, although the telegram also reported to Wang Haitao the good news, Feng Gu still wanted Wang Haitao to see his son for the first time, so he came to welcome Wang Haitao with the baby.

As the troops approached the city of Longzhou, the roar of engines and the dust kicked up by vehicles were clearly audible, and the crowd waiting at the city gate was also in an uproar. Countless people lifted their toes and looked in the direction where the troops had come. Wang Haitao's car walked at the front of the troops, and there was still some distance from the gate of Longzhou City, and Wang Haitao saw the crowd waiting outside Longzhou City.

Looking at this black and oppressive crowd, Wang Haitao couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, stopped the car a few dozen meters away from the crowd, and strode towards the waiting crowd after getting out of the car. Behind him, Tangshan Leopard, Tang Hongming and others also followed closely. Seeing Wang Haitao get out of the car, Su Zuxin, Tang Renli, Tang Renxin, Zhao Zhongwu, Tang Longzai, and Tang Lao, who had been waiting for a long time, also greeted him.

Su Zuxin and Tang Renxin just separated from Wang Haitao, but it was better, Tang Renli, Tang Longzai, Zhao Zhongwu, and Tang Lao all wanted to talk to Wang Haitao with a full stomach. The people on both sides came together, everyone saluted Wang Haitao first, and after Wang Haitao returned the salute, Tang Longzai was the first to rush up, hugged Wang Haitao, and then said: "Brother-in-law, the next time you go out, you will take our division anyway, I have been complained to death by those rabbit cubs under my command in the past few months!"

Before Wang Haitao could answer, Tang Longzai slapped Tang Longzai on the head with a slap, and Tang Lao reprimanded: "You bastard boy, Haitao has just arrived, how many major things do you have to deal with, what are you messing with?" Tang Longzai was slapped with "Oops!", and after listening to Tang Lao's words, his head shrank and went away. Wang Haitao hurriedly stepped forward and saluted Tang Lao and said, "Haitao's expedition this time has made Uncle Yue and Aunt Feng worried. ”

Tang Lao held Wang Haitao's arm and said: "Loyalty and righteousness for the country, fighting in all directions is the true character of a soldier, the old man is proud to have such a good son-in-law! Haitao, you deal with business first, and when we go home, we will say goodbye!" Wang Haitao looked at Tang Lao, and then at Fenggu with tears in his eyes, turned to Tang Hongming and Tangshan Leopard and said: "Hongming, you take the troops back to the station, and after arranging the duty and guards, all of them will have a three-day holiday." Guard brigades can also be rotated without affecting the vigilance. ”

Tang Hongming and Tangshan Leopard replied: "Yes, military seat!" After turning around to make arrangements, Wang Haitao turned to Su Zuxin and the others and said, "The big thing will be discussed tomorrow, and today I will accompany my family." Su Zuxin said with a smile: "Yes, Junzuo, your baby son hasn't seen it yet, hurry up and go home and get together with your family, there is nothing particularly important in the army, I originally wanted to pick up the wind and wash the dust for the military seat at night, let's change it to tomorrow!"

Other officers also agreed with Su Zuxin's words, Wang Haitao said goodbye to everyone at this time, and accompanied Tang Lao and Feng Gu to get into the car and drive home, Tang Longzai naturally drove behind Wang Haitao, and the people waiting at the city gate rushed towards the 210th Division. Wang Haitao sat in the car, took the baby from Aunt Feng's hand and looked at it carefully.

The baby in his hand is asleep, the little face exposed in the quilt is chubby, there is a little shadow of Aunt Feng, Wang Haitao is holding the first child in his previous life and this life, he is so excited that he doesn't know what to say, Aunt Feng is snuggling up to Wang Haitao's body, looking at the baby in Wang Haitao's hand together, with a happy and satisfied face. After a while, Wang Haitao asked Aunt Feng, "How many months has the child been?"

Feng Gu straightened up, glanced at Wang Haitao complainingly, and replied: "Look at you, you have been patronizing the war, and you have forgotten how old the child is! The child is four months old, didn't he send you a telegram when he was born? Wang Haitao was stunned for a moment when he heard the name "Maotou", and Tang Lao, who was sitting in front, turned around and said: "The big name still has to be started by you, the father, and the nickname of Maotou is what I called first." ”

Wang Haitao smiled and said, "The child's name can also be given by the father-in-law." While speaking, the car had already arrived at the door, and several servants had already waited at the door, and when they saw Wang Haitao's car arrive, they hurriedly stepped forward to salute and help pick up their luggage. Someone inside had already gone to report it, and it was also a rush. After Wang Haitao washed up, a table of wine banquet was set, and Tang Lao sat on the main seat and said to Wang Haitao with a smile: "Haitao come on, let's have two cups of wine today, one is to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Haitao, and the other is to congratulate Haitao on his victory and return to overseas." ”

After Wang Haitao sat down, Aunt Feng also sat down, and then Tang Longzai and Tian Yu also sat on the table, Tian Yu was also pregnant, looking at her belly, it should have been several months. After everyone sat down, while pulling the family routine, while drinking wine, Wang Haitao suddenly felt that a kind of happiness that had never existed surrounded him, and he couldn't help but secretly decide that even if he tried his best, he must keep the relatives in front of him and keep this feeling of happiness!

After a meal for a few hours, Wang Haitao was mainly talking about the experience of this expedition to Burma, others were just nervous, only Tang Longzai listened to the eyebrows and danced, heard the highlights, and applauded loudly several times, and at the same time complained that Wang Haitao, the brother-in-law, did not take him to the scenery. Wang Haitao laughed at Long Zai's complaints, but Tang Lao glared at him and reprimanded him, and now Long Zai was honest.

When Tang Lao asked how long Wang Haitao could stay in Longzhou this time, everyone paid attention. Wang Haitao thought for a moment and replied: "Haitao led the troops on an expedition to Burma this time, although the loss was not too big, but after all, it must have lost thousands of people, and these people must be replenished into the troops, plus the troops must rest and recuperate, and the equipment is perfect, so they may not leave Longzhou in the near future." ”

Wang Haitao's words made everyone secretly relieved, only Tang Longzai sighed, and said dissatisfied: "Brother-in-law, how long will it take to kill Little Japan? I am in a hurry!" Wang Haitao said with a smile: "Longzai, don't worry, how is the training of your 211th Division?" I will soon go to your division to inspect, the training is not good, you still have to stay and train, don't think about going to the battlefield!"

When Tang Longzai heard this, he immediately replied: "Brother-in-law, my division is by no means worse than other divisions, if you don't believe it, you can just take a look, the newly established independent division is far worse than our 211 division." Wang Haitao smiled and should go to the 211th Division to inspect in the next day, and Tang Longzai was silent. Full of wine and food, Tang Lao drank a little too much, the maid took Tang Lao to rest, Wang Haitao and Feng Gu also returned to the bedroom.