Wang Haitao and those who didn't know each other greeted one by one, and those who knew him were more enthusiastic about Wang Haitao, Guo Rudong and Chen Guangyao were once division commanders under Wang Haitao, and they were also a little excited to see the old commander at this time. The people who don't know each other are basically the cadres in Chen Cheng's civil engineering department, and seeing that Chen Cheng is very fond of Wang Haitao, they naturally have a politeness to Wang Haitao.

When everyone entered the inside, General Chen Cheng set up a buffet cocktail party, which had a strong foreign flavor. In a large hall, there is a long dining table with a variety of food and drinks, which can be taken by yourself. In the hall, the maid walks back and forth with a wine tray in his hand, and he can pick up his own drinks on the tray if necessary.

For Wang Haitao, he still likes this kind of atmosphere, which is more relaxed and casual, but the formal banquet makes people a little cramped. However, this banquet will not cost much at a glance, and at this time of war, Wang Haitao always feels that something is wrong with holding such a banquet with a lot of expenses. But Wang Haitao didn't have a bad brain, so he went to make General Chen Cheng ugly.

After a while, General Chen Cheng walked up to a small high platform, stretched out his hand and pressed down, and the hall fell silent. General Chen Cheng stood on the high platform and said, "Thank you colleagues for coming to the Humble House and participating in the banquet held by Chen. Today, Chen held a banquet in order to clean up the dust for General Wang Haitao, the commander of the 90th Army, and second, to talk to everyone, because the Japanese army has recently dispatched troops in Hubei, and there will be a big battle to be fought in Hunan soon. ”

When Chen Cheng said this, there was a buzzing discussion below. Chen Cheng paused for a moment, raised his hand again and pressed down, and after the hall was quiet again, he continued: "Ladies and gentlemen, some people here are familiar with Commander Wang Haitao, some people know him, and some people just hear his name and don't see him. But everyone should know that Commander Wang Haitao has made great achievements against Little Japan, and the 90th Army is still under the name of the 18th Group Army, and as the commander of Commander Wang Haitao, I am also very proud of the talents under my command!"

When Chen Cheng said this, the eyes of the people in the hall turned to Wang Haitao, which made Wang Haitao uncomfortable. Chen Cheng continued: "Commander Wang is not only very good at fighting small Japan, but also has other skills, here are my old subordinates, I don't need to say more about how many people have benefited from the weapons and equipment sent by Commander Wang." We will definitely take part in the next big battle in Hunan, and I hope that when the time comes, we will cooperate sincerely and let little Japan know how powerful our Chinese soldiers are. ”

After General Chen Cheng finished speaking, Wang Haitao already knew the purpose of General Chen Cheng's banquet for seven or eight points. It seems that his 90th Army is going to participate in the next big war. However, this is also exactly what Wang Haitao wants, and the purpose of his formation of the army is to deal with small Japan. As for the cooperation with friendly forces, it is not a problem for Wang Haitao, after all, as long as the strength is enough, it is not a problem to properly support friendly forces.

After General Chen Cheng finished speaking, he walked down the high platform, and the people in the hall gathered together in twos and threes to talk. General Chen Cheng and General Luo Zhuoying also walked over to Wang Haitao together. General Chen Cheng walked up to Wang Haitao and said: "Brother Haitao, last time you helped Huang Wei's Eighteenth Army build a German armament division, and there is a heavy artillery regiment, I haven't come to thank you yet, now I thank Brother Haitao." ”

Wang Haitao replied with a smile: "Chief Chen's words are serious, they are all from the Eighteenth Group Army, and this is also Haitao's business, but now that Little Japan has blocked China's coastal waters, if you want to get foreign aid again, I'm afraid it won't be so easy." Chen Cheng said: "It's already very good, but this time Commander Huang Wei wants me to ask you for a favor." It's about to be a big battle with Little Japan, and Huang Wei's Eighteenth Army has nothing to do, but there are fewer shells and German-style heavy machine gun bullets, can you ask Brother Haitao to help add a little more?"

Wang Haitao replied: "This kind of trivial matter should not be asked by Chief Chen, Commander Huang is too foreign, just open his mouth to me directly, cannons can't be used, and my arsenal can still produce shells and bullets." As he spoke, Huang Wei walked over with a glass of wine. Chen Cheng said: "Pei I (Huang Wei's character) came just in time, Commander Wang promised to replenish artillery shells and machine gun ammunition for the Eighteenth Army, you can discuss the specific matters yourself." ”

Wang Haitao also smiled and said to Huang Wei: "Commander Huang, I promised you last time in Hengyang, just say that there are not enough shells, I will help you replenish it, why do you have to ask Chief Chen to talk about such a trivial matter?" Huang Wei blushed and replied: "Commander Wang personally sent so many weapons and ammunition, I have seen the righteousness, I, Huang Wei, have no floating wealth, and I can't afford to buy ammunition, so how can I ask Commander Wang for it again? This is not preparing to fight with Little Japan, so I asked Commander Chen to help me ask Commander Wang for some of it." ”

Wang Haitao admires and appreciates Huang Wei, a "nerdy general," who does not go along with others and has a clean demeanor on his sleeves; in the behavior of high-ranking Kuomintang officials who are full of materialism and corruption, Huang Wei is out of place and is destined to be unpopular with most people. It can be seen from tonight's dinner that many people are respectful of Huang Wei, and only retain their politeness on the surface.

Therefore, Wang Haitao said on the spot that he would replenish 200 rounds of shells for each artillery piece of the 18th Army, 10,000 rounds of ammunition for each heavy machine gun, and replace the damaged artillery and guns with new ones, so as to ensure the combat effectiveness of the 18th Army, and he would call Longzhou tomorrow and ask Longzhou to send someone to escort him to Hengyang. Huang Wei only needs to arrange for his subordinates to receive it. Huang Wei was full of gratitude for Wang Haitao's behavior, around him, he could help others without any selfishness and for free, except for Commander Wang in front of him, I am afraid that he will not be able to find a second person. For this reason, Huang Wei also regarded Wang Haitao as a lifelong friend.

Later, Guo Rudong and Chen Guangyao, two of Wang Haitao's former subordinates, also came over and said goodbye to Wang Haitao. Guo Rudong whispered to Wang Haitao: "Military seat, according to the information I have received, the military meeting in three days will be held in response to the great battle with the Japanese army in Hunan, and this time the chairman of the committee wants Chief Chen to reorganize and rebuild the 18th Group Army to participate in the war. Commander Chen intends to combine Commander Huang Wei's 18th Army, your 90th Army, and my 54th Army to form the 18th Group Army, with General Luo Zhuoying as the commander of the Group Army. ”

Guo Rudong's words did not surprise Wang Haitao, he was called to participate in this military meeting, Wang Haitao was ready to participate in the war, but Guo Rudong's words still let Wang Haitao know that this time Chen Cheng had invested a lot of money, and the three most effective armies in the civil engineering department were all used. This shows that Lao Jiang also attaches great importance to this war, otherwise Chen Cheng would not have invested such a large amount of money.

The dinner lasted until ten o'clock, and everyone said goodbye one after another, and Wang Haitao thanked General Chen Cheng for borrowing the house to settle down, and then left. General Chen Cheng personally sent Wang Haitao out of the house and told Wang Haitao that the military meeting would be held in three days, and that Wang Haitao could have a good time and relax in Chongqing in these two days. Wang Haitao came to the car, Ye Ziming was already waiting there, still led by Ye Ziming's car, Wang Haitao returned to the place where he stayed.

The next day there was nothing to do, everyone wanted to go to Chongqing for a walk, Wang Haitao also wanted everyone to relax and see the style of Chongqing, the accompanying capital, but Wang Haitao also knew that the water in Chongqing was very deep, and these subordinates accidentally offended people, maybe they couldn't save people. So Wang Haitao made three chapters of the law with his subordinates, first, no trouble, no one was allowed to bring firearms out, and no trouble was allowed. Second, go out in a class, and the squad leader is responsible for restraining his subordinates in each shift. Third, it is not allowed to oppress the people, nor is it allowed to fight at will. This is not in Longzhou, Chongqing, the territory of the dragon and the crouching tiger, in the eyes of the big man, a small military commander is not enough to see, and it will be difficult for him to do anything if something happens.

After announcing these three points, Wang Haitao asked Tangshan Leopard to give each squad leader twenty pieces of ocean, which was considered a good meal for dinner and drink, which allowed the excited soldiers to go out. After leaving a platoon of soldiers on duty at home, Wang Haitao also wanted to go out for a walk, so he and Tangshan Leopard took two guards and walked out of the door without driving.

Before going out, Wang Haitao asked about the more lively places in Fubo Chongqing, but after a few turns, Wang Haitao could only sigh at the labyrinth-like streets and alleys of Chongqing. Wang Haitao: They simply didn't ask about the destination, they walked around at random, and when they saw a place or store they were interested in, they went in and walked around. Before noon, Wang Haitao bought a lot of gifts for his family, and fortunately, Wang Haitao had a storage ring, so he could throw everything in when there was no one, so there was no eye-catching big bag.

At noon, the four of them found a very big hotel and asked for a private room. Wang Haitao ordered more than ten famous dishes in Sichuan cuisine, planning to taste the authentic Sichuan flavor. The four of them drank tea in the private room, chatting and waiting for the food to be served. At this time, the sound of conversation from the private seat next door attracted Wang Haitao's attention, because a word appeared in the conversation that made Wang Haitao very sensitive: penicillin!

The sound of the conversation over there was very small, if it weren't for the word penicillin, it wouldn't have attracted Wang Haitao's attention at all, and under Wang Haitao's careful listening, the sound of the conversation over there came into Wang Haitao's ears clearly. There were only three people on the other side of the voice, one was called Boss Li, the other two were called Head Liu, and the other was called Head He.

The content of the conversation was that Boss Li wanted to buy some penicillin from these two regiment leaders at a high price, and these two regiment leaders should be the descendants of a certain bigwig, and they could pick up the very scarce drug penicillin from it. The three of them bargained for the price, and in the end, Boss Li bought ten sticks of penicillin for a "big yellow croaker", ordered a quantity of 500 sticks to each of the two regiment leaders, and paid a deposit of 10% to the two regiment commanders in advance.

The deal was successfully completed, and the other side began to talk about some ups and downs, and ate and drank. At this time, Wang Haitao already had an angry face, and he personally sent a telegram to the Military Administration Department to get 500 sticks of penicillin, and these two little regiment commanders were able to sell 1,000 sticks of penicillin at once, which was too bullying! Seeing Wang Haitao's angry face, Tangshan Leopard looked at Wang Haitao a little strangely, and the conversation stopped.