Wang Haitao, under the guidance of this colonel officer, came to the door of Wei Yunsong's office, and after being informed, Wang Haitao walked into the office. Behind a large desk, Wei Yunsong stood up in a chair. Although he has been a horse for half his life and has experienced a hundred battles, Wei Yunsong, who is wearing the uniform of a general of the national army, still has an elegant temperament standing there.

I am not very familiar with Wei Yunsong and Wang Haitao, when Wang Haitao was the commander of the independent brigade in the Gui department, Wei Yunsong was the deputy commander of the 15th Army, he had no subordinate relationship, and he did not deal with much. On the contrary, the original commander of the 16th Group Army, Xia Wei and Wang Haitao, were more familiar. Wang Haitao and Wei Yunsong both have the rank of general, but now that Wei Yunsong is the commander of the 16th Group Army, Wang Haitao first bowed to Wei Yunsong and said: "Wang Haitao, the commander of the 90th Army, has seen Commander Wei. ”

Wei Yunzhen returned the military salute and said with a smile: "Commander Wang is here, please take a seat!" After the two sat down on the sofa, Wei Yunsong spoke first: "There are two things to invite Commander Wang over today. The first thing is that last month, the Chongqing Military and Political Department officially assigned the 90th Army to the Fourth Theater of Operations, and it is still stationed in the Zuozuo Region. In addition, the former commander of the 16th Group Army, Xia Wei, has also been promoted to commander of the Fourth Theater of Operations, and Commander Wang has not been in Guangxi recently.

The second thing was that the Japanese army transferred the 70th Division and a mixed brigade to Qinzhou City, and together with the troops stationed there in Qinzhou, nearly 40,000 Japanese troops gathered in Qinzhou. The Japanese army has increased its troops in Qinzhou, and I am afraid that it will take action, and our 16th Group Army is willing to unite with the 90th Army to fight against the Japanese army.

Regarding Wei Yunsong's words, Wang Haitao was a little disdainful. Although the Japanese army had nearly 40,000 people, Wang Haitao really didn't take them seriously with the strength of the 90th Army. If you want to believe it, the Japanese army will not dare to invade Longzhou easily. On the other hand, although the 16th Group Army here in Nanning had two armies, the 31st Army and the 46th Army, but Guilin in the north and Hezhou and Wuzhou in the east had to send troops to garrison them, and Nanning's troops were insufficient.

However, Wei Yunsong said so, and Xia Wei was promoted to the commander of the Fourth Theater of Operations, which can be said to be his top boss, so Wang Haitao still has to give this face. So Wang Haitao replied: "Commander Wei, I naturally have no opinion on jointly resisting Japan, but I don't know how to make a joint law? Wei Yunsong was staring at Wang Haitao, and when he heard Wang Haitao's answer, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Wei Yunsong replied: "That's the case, Commander Wang is also very familiar with the situation in Nanning, although I have two armies in my hands, but the 46th Army is stationed in Guilin, Hezhou, Wuzhou and other places, and only the 31st Army is stationed in Nanning. There is basically no danger to defend on the way from Qinzhou to Nanning in the north, if the Japanese army attacks Nanning, I am afraid that it will be difficult to hold it with my 31st Army, and I want Commander Wang to lead two divisions into Nanning and defend Nanning City together with the 31st Army. ”

Wang Haitao sat there and thought carefully for a while, his 90th Army now has four main divisions plus one independent division, and several brigades directly under it, with a strength of more than 100,000 troops. Although the Chongzuo area is now under his own jurisdiction, the territory is still a little smaller, and if he has the opportunity to intervene in Nanning, then his own strength can be raised again. But he can't agree to Wei Yunsong so easily, he has to ask for himself now, and he always has to give some benefits.

So Wang Haitao said: "Commander Wei, you know, our 90th Army has just fought two major battles with the Japanese army, and has just withdrawn from Vietnam, and the troops have suffered serious casualties and have not been able to replenish them. But since Commander Wei has proposed it, let me go back to Longzhou and discuss with my subordinates to see if I can draw troops to garrison Nanning. ”

Seeing that Wang Haitao did not agree to his request, but he did not refuse, Wei Yunsong could not forcibly give the order, although the 90th Army was already subordinate to the Fourth War Zone, it must be only a friendly army and not directly subordinate to the 16th Group Army. Besides, with the strength of the 90th Army, it is really difficult to say whether this Wang Haitao listened to the dispatch of Commander Xia Wei or not. Therefore, Wei Yunsong could only persuade a few more words, and then let Wang Haitao go back to discuss and then reply to himself.

After bidding farewell to Wei Yunsong, Wang Haitao led the team to continue to march towards Longzhou. Nanning is only about 200 kilometers away from Zhengzuo, and there is a highway connection, perhaps the reason for the close arrival of home, the spirit of the soldiers is very good, and the convoy is moving very fast. At three o'clock in the afternoon, the convoy entered the defense area of the 90th Army, and at the outermost outpost of the 90th Army, the soldiers couldn't help cheering when they saw Wang Haitao.

The military seat returned, and the news was immediately transmitted back to the headquarters of the 210th Division from the outpost. Therefore, when the convoy arrived outside Chongzuo City, the senior officers of the 210th Division in Chongzuo greeted Wang Haitao and his party outside the city, led by Tang Hongming, commander of the 210th Division, and Wei Bin, deputy division commander. Wang Haitao got out of the car, Tang Hongming and others greeted him, and after saluting Wang Haitao, they surrounded Wang Haitao.

Wang Haitao saw that it was not early, and wanted to inquire about the movements of the Japanese army in Qinzhou, so he decided to stay in Chongzuo for one night. Wang Haitao also knew how bitter these fellow soldiers were on this trip, so he instructed Tang Hongming to send someone to arrange for these soldiers to rest, and specially told them to drink alcohol at night.

After Tang Hongming asked his subordinates to arrange those soldiers, he arranged for Wang Haitao to pick up the wind and wash the dust. At the dinner, the officers above the 210th Division basically arrived, and it took three tables to sit down. Before the dinner, Wang Haitao had asked Tang Hongming if there was any movement of the Japanese army in Qinzhou, and Tang Hongming replied that the Japanese army in Qinzhou was increasing troops, but there was no action in the direction of Zhengzuo and Longzhou.

Wang Haitao estimated that most of the Japanese troops were heading for the Nationalist army in the direction of Nanning, otherwise the Japanese army, which had suffered a lot, would not have to hope to use these more than 30,000 troops to do anything to their 90th army. Even so, Wang Haitao told Tang Hongming that they should not be careless, and they should send more reconnaissance teams out to not let go of the slightest movement of the Japanese army. Regardless of whether the Japanese army is aimed at Nanning or at itself, the enemy is the enemy, and there can be no relaxation in the slightest.

I haven't seen each other for a few months, but after meeting, I felt very cordial, and the atmosphere at the wine table was also very warm, and these officers of the 210th Division took turns to toast Wang Haitao. When they arrived at their own territory, Wang Haitao and they were even more relaxed, after drinking a wine, Wei Changxing and Feng Zisheng had already been drunk, even Wang Haitao drank eight points, and only three or four of Tang Hongming's officers and their gang could still stay awake.

Early the next morning, Wang Haitao woke up and was still a little dizzy, thinking about the scene on the wine table yesterday, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. Yesterday, if the Japanese army had attacked at night, the 210th Division would not even be able to find a few officers at or above the regimental level who could command the battle. As soon as Wang Haitao finished washing, Tang Hongming walked in. Tang Hongming asked with concern, "Junzao, are you okay?"

Wang Haitao smiled bitterly and replied: "Fortunately, Hongming, this wine will make a mistake, and you should drink less wine in the future, if the Japanese army comes to attack yesterday, it will be troublesome." Yesterday afternoon, the two regiments of the 460 Brigade and the division guard regiment stationed at the front line were put on alert to prevent any accidents, and Wei Shaofeng, deputy commander of the 460 Brigade, was also directly in charge of command at the front line. ”

Wang Haitao thought about it, and he really didn't see Wei Shaofeng present at the wine table yesterday, and nodded with satisfaction. He understood that there were two main regiments on the front line, and there was a guard regiment in the city, and the Japanese army could not afford to make any big waves. Remembering that after returning to Nanning, he would convene a meeting of the commanders of each division to discuss the division of troops to garrison in Nanning, so he said to Tang Hongming: "Hongming, you temporarily hand over the affairs of the 210th Division to Wei Bin, you go back to Longzhou with me, and I will convene a meeting of the commanders of each division after I go back." Tang Hongming answered, went back and prepared to go.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Wang Haitao got on Tang Hongming's jeep, and Tang Hongming rushed back to Longzhou City with the troops, and at noon the convoy arrived outside Longzhou City, Wang Haitao saw that there were troops at the gate of the city on guard, and headed by Chief of Staff Su Zuxin, Deputy Army Commander Tang Renxin, Zhao Zhongwu, Logistics Director Tang Renli, as well as Tang Yikuan, Tang Longzai, Tangshan Leopard, Tang Xiaoshan and others were already waiting there.

Wang Haitao got out of the car, and Su Zuxin and Tang Renxin greeted them and saluted Wang Haitao together. After Wang Haitao returned the military salute, he shook hands with everyone one by one, and greeted everyone to each other. Wang Haitao's heart was also a little excited, this trip to Jurong, I thought that the risk was not big, but I didn't expect that the Japanese army didn't do anything to him, but he almost folded in the hands of the national army.

Wang Haitao didn't take the car anymore, so he walked into the city with Su Zuxin and them, and walked all the way back to the military headquarters of the 90th Army. Walking into the gate of the military headquarters, a cordial feeling arose, Wang Haitao couldn't help but sigh: "It feels so good to be home!" Back in his office, everyone dispersed, only Su Zuxin, Tang Renxin, and Tang Renli followed.

During Wang Haitao's absence, Tang Renxin was always in charge of the 90th Army, so after sitting down, Tang Renxin first reported to Wang Haitao. Tang Renxin first took out two official letters, one of which was sent by the Military Commissar Army in Chongqing, explaining that the 90 th Army was under the jurisdiction of the Fourth Theater and was under the direct command of the Fourth Theater Command. The other was sent by the Fourth Theater Command, ordering the headquarters of the 90th Army to continue to garrison the Chongzuo area.

Wang Haitao had already heard Wei Yunsong say about this matter, and after reading the official letter, he put it aside and said: "I already know about this matter, Xia Wei, the newly appointed commander of the Fourth Theater, wants to mobilize our 90th Army, and it depends on whether I am willing to do it!" Then Tang Renxin began to report on some unreasonable situations in the 90th Army during Wang Haitao's absence, including the rest and recuperation of the troops, the movements of the Japanese army during this period, and so on.

Tang Renxin focused on reporting on the increase of the Japanese army in Qinzhou, Wang Haitao listened to Tang Renxin's report, and nodded secretly, the current Tang Renxin has been qualified to serve as the commander of the first army, which is what Wang Haitao hopes to see. After Tang Renxin finished the report, Su Zuxin was reporting, and Su Zuxin mainly talked about two things, one was that Bai Chongxi brought a message to Wang Haitao through Su Zuxin, saying that Wang Haitao's communication with the public had been spread among the high-level of the national army, and asked Wang Haitao to pay attention to restraint. The other thing is that the assignment of the 90th Army to the Fourth Theater was actually the work of Li and Bai, and the purpose was to let Wang Haitao stay in Guangxi.