After listening to Wang Weikuan's question, Wang Haitao didn't plan to hide anything, so he replied with a smile: "Don't hide it from Commander Wang, there are some problems with the logistics supply of our department, so I plan to withdraw the main force to Guangxi, and I will leave a brigade in Zhangshu City." However, this brigade is not yet full, and if you want to hold the front line of Zhangshu and stop the counterattack of the Japanese army, you still need to rely on the vigorous assistance of your army. ”

Wang Weikuan also smiled and said: "Commander Wang is polite, it is also the duty of our army to resist the Japanese army, Commander Wang does not have to worry, our army will be able to assist your army to hold the first line of camphor trees together." Wang Haitao said at this time: "Commander Wang, if the Japanese army is too large, I think we can also give up the camphor tree line first, now we also use Japanese equipment, if the disparity in strength is too great, and the weapons and equipment are not dominant, there will inevitably be heavy losses in hard fighting, it is better to withdraw one step after another to preserve strength, and then plan later." You have a lot of experience in that. ”

Wang Haitao said unintentionally, but the listeners who were sitting were intentional, and the faces of two people became ugly, but there were more than ten people seated, and Wang Haitao didn't notice so much. This was followed by exchanges between the two sides on mutual assistance and several verbal agreements were reached. At noon, the Chinese Communist Party hosted a banquet to entertain Wang Haitao and his party, and after being full of wine and food, Wang Haitao continued to hurry with the team.

As soon as Wang Haitao left, the Chinese communists held a meeting, and Xu Wenda, the magistrate of Xingan County, who presided over the meeting, first talked about the situation in Xingan County, and then turned the topic to the conscription of the anti-Japanese column. Now the CCP has not much problem with recruitment, but how to arm the recruited soldiers has become a problem, and now more than 10,000 people can only be armed with Wang Haitao's support, and Wang Haitao will have no support as soon as he leaves.

At this time, Liu Yiming, the newly appointed political commissar of the column, said: "Comrades, according to the report of the reconnaissance personnel, the 90 th Group Army has left only one brigade of disqualified personnel in Zhangshu City, which is more than 3,000 people, but there is a huge amount of weapons and ammunition left. ”

As soon as Liu Yiming's words were finished, Wang Weikuan opened his mouth and said: "I resolutely oppose it! General Wang Haitao has always been extremely helpful to our party and our army, and the central authorities have repeatedly expressed their desire to befriend General Wang Haitao. Once you have a feud, it is very difficult to try to ease it. ”

Wang Weikuan's words made Liu Yiming's face suddenly look ugly, and he said with a calm face: "It's just a remnant army of the Kuomintang, and with our team of more than 10,000 people, are we afraid that we won't be able to deal with this 3,000-strong Kuomintang army? Even if Wang Haitao comes back with his troops, will he dare to use force against us at the risk of the world? If this Kuomintang army is not moved, then where will the * that copied the troops come from?"

Wang Wei slapped the table and stood up and shouted: "Political Commissar Liu, although you were sent down from the central authorities, you have only been here for a few days? Do you know the combat effectiveness of the 90 th Group Army? Do you understand the current situation here? If you still insist on going your own way, I will directly report your behavior to the central authorities!" When Liu Yiming heard this, he also slapped the table and stood up in anger, and the atmosphere in the conference room was tense to the extreme.

Seeing that Liu Yiming was going to continue to quarrel with Wang Haitao, Xu Wenda, who was presiding over the meeting, hurriedly stood up and persuaded: "Comrade Wang Weikuan, Comrade Liu Yiming, you all calm down first, everyone is for the development of the revolutionary armed forces, don't get angry, sit down and discuss slowly." With Xu Wenda's persuasion, Wang Weikuan sat down first, turned his face angrily, and saw Wang Weikuan sitting down, Liu Yiming also sat down angrily.

With the quarrel between the two, the meeting ended in a hurry, and as soon as the meeting ended, Wang Weikuan turned around and left, ignoring Xu Wenda's shouts. At this time, Liu Yiming said to Xu Wenda: "Look at it, what kind of attitude does he have? It is completely a warlord style and mountain-topping! No, I will telegraph to the central authorities and remove him as the commander of the column. ”

Xu Wenda smiled bitterly and said: "I'm afraid it's not easy to remove him as a commander, this team was pulled up by him, his prestige in the team is very high, you just came to remove him, those captains will not be convinced." Liu Yiming said angrily: "This is the * armament, not the team of his king for a generous heart." After saying that, he turned around and walked away.

Liu Yiming and Xu Wenda were classmates at the Yan'an Central Party School and graduated at the same time. Liu Yiming has always been Wang Ming's confidant, and Wang Ming was originally going to arrange him in the central organ after graduation, but in the "Rectification Movement" in Yan'an, Wang Ming's "leftist" line was criticized, so Wang Ming operated him into the newly established Jiangxi-Hubei Anti-Japanese Column as a political commissar.

Liu Yiming's thinking is still Wang Ming's "leftist" leaning, and he is anxious to expand the team, so that he can make great contributions and show Wang Ming. This did not hesitate to fall out with Wang Weikuan, and had to attack the 463rd Brigade left by Wang Haitao. Wang Weikuan knew Liu Yiming's origin and was also wary of this person, but he didn't expect that this person would attack Wang Haitao's team as soon as he came, which made it difficult for Wang Weikuan to tolerate it anymore, so he slapped the table at the meeting.

Wang Haitao didn't know about the contradictions caused by the Chinese Communists, Wang Haitao just trusted his grandfather Wang Weikuan in his previous life, so he left only more than 3,000 people from the 463rd Brigade, and repeatedly told Wei Erxi to have a good relationship with the Chinese Communists. If Wang Haitao knew that there were people like Liu Yiming, I am afraid that he would even think twice about supporting the CCP's weapons and ammunition.

Now Wang Haitao has turned his attention to the Vietnamese side, how to establish good relations with the Viet Cong, and occupy Haiphong Port without suffering losses. That's what he's going to focus on next. After a few days of marching, Wang Haitao returned to Hengyang City with the guard regiment, where Wang Haitao prepared to rest for three days, on the one hand, the troops were a little tired from marching for several days, and on the other hand, Hengyang should also be arranged as a logistics base for the 463rd Brigade.

Hengyang City as a city that has not been recovered for a long time, the central side has not yet sent people to receive, so it has always been under military control, Wang Haitao left a battalion of the third reconnaissance regiment when he went north to Zhangshu, and there were some heavy guard troops, and the commander of the third reconnaissance regiment was Yao Yuanbao, who was responsible for commanding. During this time, Yao Yuanbao was not only responsible for local affairs, but also responsible for supplying Wang Haitao's troops, and he was so busy every day that he didn't even have time to sleep.

Fortunately, Tang Renli sent a few more people to help Yao Yuanbao in Longzhou, and Yao Yuanbao breathed a sigh of relief. After Wang Haitao ended the Battle of Zhangshu, Yao Yuanbao was really relaxed. Knowing that Wang Haitao was about to arrive in Hengyang, Yao Yuanbao became nervous again. A reconnaissance battalion is responsible for the task of city defense, which is enough in normal times, but as soon as Wang Haitao arrives, the city defense must be strengthened, and Yao Yuanbao found Tang Yu, the commander of the 462nd Brigade.

The 462nd Brigade arrived in Hengyang two days earlier than Wang Haitao, and today the whole brigade has been fully assembled, and it is ready to continue to set off for Guangxi. After Yao Yuanbao explained his intentions, Tang Yu also attached great importance to this, and immediately ordered the whole brigade to postpone its departure, and sent the 877th Regiment, which had the strongest combat effectiveness, to immediately take over the city defense.

Hearing Tang Yu's personal order, Yao Yuanbao also put his mind at ease, and immediately ordered his third battalion commander Meng Hanlin to disperse the troops after handing over the city defense task, and he wanted to master all the movements within a hundred kilometers. Meng Hanlin did not dare to slack off when he received the order, and immediately dispersed the troops and sent them out. As soon as he finished doing this, some of his subordinates reported to Yao Yuanbao that Wang Haitao's team was still twenty kilometers away from the city.

As the highest-ranking officer who stayed in the city, Tang Yu naturally wanted to go out of the city to welcome Wang Haitao's arrival. So Tang Yu took the lead, the three commanders of the 462nd Brigade, as well as Yao Yuanbao, as well as the person in charge of the baggage unit, and the officers of the logistics department, and more than a dozen people went out of the east gate together, waiting for Wang Haitao's arrival. They didn't have to wait long before they saw dust on the road in the distance and the roar of car engines, and soon a convoy came into view.

Wang Haitao and the Third Guard Regiment were the last to leave Zhangshu City, and they were delayed for half a day in Xingan County, so they were also the last troops to arrive in Hengyang City. In front of the jeep Wang Haitao was riding, a guard was reporting to him that Tang Yu and others were already waiting outside the east gate of Hengyang City.

Wang Haitao asked the jeep to stop in front of Tang Yu and the others, and then got out of the car and shook hands with Tang Yu and the others one by one, and then entered the city together accompanied by Tang Yu and the others. After entering the city, except for one platoon left by the Third Guard Regiment to serve as Wang Haitao's guard, the rest of the people went to the station to rest under the guidance of Yao Yuanbao, and Wang Haitao came to Yao Yuanbao's temporary headquarters with Yao Yuanbao.

Yao Yuanbao's temporary headquarters was the battle of Hengyang, the Japanese army's city defense headquarters, although it was also damaged in the battle, but the overall structure of the three-story building was still intact, Yao Yuanbao's commander repaired it, and used it as his temporary headquarters. As soon as Wang Haitao approached here, the scene of the Battle of Hengyang immediately came to mind, and he couldn't help but sigh a few words, and then walked into the headquarters.

Everyone sat down in the conference room, Tang Yu and Wang Haitao had just separated, and they just reported the retreat to Wang Haitao, while Yao Yuanbao reported to Wang Haitao about the situation in Hengyang City since Wang Haitao led the team to leave. This report took more than three hours, and Wang Haitao always listened attentively to Yao Yuanbao's report. After Yao Yuanbao's report was finished, Wang Haitao affirmed and praised Yao Yuanbao's work during this time. With Wang Haitao's affirmation and praise, Yao Yuanbao was also very excited.

Seeing that it was dinner time, Yao Yuanbao had already made arrangements, and just as everyone was about to go to the hotel together, one of Yao Yuanbao's subordinates hurried over and shouted: "Report!" and then walked to Yao Yuanbao's side and said: "Tuanza, Battalion Commander Meng sent me to report to Tuanzao, a national army unit was found in the west of the city, numbering about 1,500 people, and was heading towards Hengyang City. ”