In the car, Jin Zhao and the others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and finally passed the test in confusion. Wang Geng said to Smith gratefully, "Thank you Mr. Smith and Brother Meng Bo for their help, the great kindness of the two is remembered in his heart, and he said that there will be a retribution." "Shouqing is Wang Geng's word, at this time Wang Geng still has palpitations, today I heard that Lu Xiaoman is sick, and he was anxious, so he hurriedly broke into the concession, but he didn't expect to be negligent for a while, and almost made a big mistake.

Mr. Smith smiled and said, "It's just a gesture, Mr. Wang doesn't need to be polite." These abominable monkeys are so arrogant, and if I have the chance, I must teach these abominable bastards a good lesson. ”

Jin Zhao said with a smile, "Mr. Smith, now is an opportunity to teach these hateful devils a good lesson. ”

"Oh! I don't know what opportunity you're talking about? Smithton asked with interest.

Jin Zhao said with a smile, "Mr. Smith, you know that now our Huaxia is at war with Yue himself, but the weapons and equipment of our Huaxia army are too backward, if you can support our batch of arms again, we are willing to help Mr. teach these impolite guys a good lesson." ”

Hearing Jin Zhao's words, Mr. Smith's face became a little embarrassed, and he coughed dryly and said, "Dear Jin, we are good friends. But I'm also a businessman, and I also need to earn money to support my wife and children. Yes, I have arms in my hands, but I don't have them in the wind, so I'm very sorry, I can't give them to you, but for the sake of my friends, I can give you another 10% discount. ”

When Jin Zhao heard this, his face immediately turned happy, and he said with a smile, "Thank you Mr. Smith for that." But you know, I'm only a small regimental commander, and I don't have the money to buy such a large amount of munitions, and tomorrow I will personally introduce you to our commander-in-chief and the military headquarters, and I think they will be more than happy to buy your arms. ”

"Oh! That's great. If I can negotiate this big deal, I will definitely not forget your introduction, and I will give you a batch of arms as your commission, but please understand, I can only give you a small batch, otherwise I will lose even the pants. Smith said with a smile.

In the midst of everyone's conversation and laughter, the car soon arrived at the place controlled by the Huaxia army in Zhabei. The car first sent Mr. Smith to a hotel to settle down, and then sent Wang Geng back to his brigade headquarters, at the invitation of Wang Geng, Jin Zhao lived in the brigade at night, the two talked freely, talked very happily, for Wang Geng's talent, Jin Zhao naturally admired, and for Jin Zhao's insight into the current situation, also made Wang Geng impressed, this long talk, but also laid a deep friendship between the two, so to speak, the relationship between the two is poor now, burn incense, kill chickens and kowtow to worship. To be clear, the two of them were just drinking tea and chatting, and there was absolutely nothing like what some people imagined.

Early the next morning, Jin Zhao introduced Smith to Jiang Guangnai and Cai Tingkai of the 19th Route Army, and then left Zhabei and rushed back to the station of the Baoshan Reading Force. Jiang Cai and the others were naturally overjoyed and praised Jin Zhao fiercely. You must know that during the period from the end of the Central Plains War to the outbreak of the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, the Central Political Axe had cut off the military salary of the 19th Route Army for several months, and as for the weapons and ammunition, not a single shot or bullet was replenished. After the outbreak of the Battle of Songhu, Lao Jiang hoped that the 19th Route Army could block the offensive of the Yue Army in Shanghai, so he replenished a batch of guns and ammunition for the 19th Route Army. This shows Lao Jiang's character, in the eyes of this Lao Jiang, a ragtag army like the Nineteenth Route Army is like toilet paper, thinking of you when you use it, and throw it into the trash immediately when you are finished. Although the 19th Route Army can now get the ammunition replenishment of the Nanjing political axe, but once the Songhu War of Resistance is over, the next supply does not know until that year, although the 19th Route Army also has its own weapons purchase channels, otherwise it would have run out of ammunition and food for such a long time, but it is always good to be able to have multiple ways. After some bargaining, Smith sold a batch of arms to the 19th Route Army at a very low price (relative to the market price), including rifles, light and heavy machine guns, 60 mortars and other weapons and equipment.

In terms of the army, after several increases in troops, the Shanghai army under the command of Shirakawa Yoshinori had nearly 100,000 troops, 80 warships, and 300 aircraft, and its combat effectiveness increased sharply. At that time, the total strength of the Chinese defenders was less than 50,000, the equipment was poor, and after a month of hard fighting, the casualties were relatively serious, and the situation became more and more unfavorable for our army.

In the headquarters of the army, the new commander of the army, Shirakawa Yoshinori, looked at Ueda Kenkichi and Nomura Kichizaburo standing in front of him with a gloomy face, and reprimanded him sternly, "The battle in Shanghai has dragged on for a long time, and the troops have been lost. ”

"Hayi!" The two of them bowed their heads in shame and replied. Although Ueda Kenkichi was scolded, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, thinking that he would suffer a fiasco in the temple and that it would be good if he was not sent back to his hometown to fish. Unexpectedly, under the protection of several bigwigs in the military department, Ueda Kenkichi temporarily retained the position of commander of the Ninth Division. As for Shirakawa Yoshinori's angry scolding, Ueda Kenkichi, who has been in the army for decades, has long since cultivated his face thicker than the city wall, so he naturally doesn't care.

But Nomura Kichizaburo has a different mind at this time, Nima! Lao Tzu is a vice admiral, the fiasco of Wu Song and Miaoxing, is it because your army lost the battle, does it have a half-dime relationship with Lao Tzu? Although there was no progress in the war in Zhabei, at least Lao Tzu did not suffer a fiasco, and you actually scolded Lao Tzu as a waste, which is simply hateful. If it weren't for the fact that you have the rank of general and are now the commander of the Shanghai Dispatch Army, Lao Tzu would have turned his face a long time ago. Nomura Kichizaburo greeted Shirakawa's ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart, but he pretended to have an expression of bowing down and being trained.

Shirakawa Yoshinori originally wanted to scold these two wastes, but thinking about these two people after all, they are high-ranking generals of the empire, maybe one day they will be transferred to the military department or the cabinet, but they will become their own bosses, if the scolding is too ugly, let these two guys hate themselves, and it will be troublesome to wear their own small shoes when the time comes, anyway, they are about to retire, why should they offend these people? Thinking of this, Shirakawa Yoshinori waved his hand and said, "That's it! The previous things have been revealed for the time being, but in the future, I hope that all the monarchs and contemptible people will work together to expand the territory for the Great Emperor and His Majesty the Emperor! Build immortality! ”

"Hayi! Follow the teachings of Your Excellency the Commander! Swear allegiance to His Majesty the Emperor! Long live His Majesty the Emperor! Long live the Empire! The generals bowed their heads and said respectfully.

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