"What do you think Gao Jianwu's kid thinks now? Now his expeditionary force group is really amazing, and it has been able to eliminate 4 integrated divisions and regiments at one time, and this has to be put on our side, isn't it that now we can launch a strategic counteroffensive.

From this point of view, should we support him to return to China now? ”

The commander-in-chief received the battle report from Gao Jianwu's side, and summoned the division commander and the chief of staff to a small group for a meeting.

The main thing is to discuss the question of Gao Jianwu's current whereabouts.

"Boss, we don't just think about military issues, now Gao Jianwu has established a lot of industries over there, and it is said that he has also built two large mines.

It's just that to be honest, these things are lonely overseas after all, and I don't think it's easy to ship them back. The division commander said.

"We all know that the headmaster isn't a nice guy to get along with, if these things are going to pass through him. I'm afraid it's not just a matter of goose plucking, we don't even have medicine. ”

"Master Liu is right, from our experience with the principal, this kind of thing is not possible but almost inevitable. We can't say anything like that at this stage. According to the previous experience, unless Gao Jianwu's friends from the beautiful country helped to transport it directly by the transport plane, but now the transport planes come in with full loads. I don't think it's possible to transport steel or something. The chief of staff continued.

I've thought about what you two said. But now the situation is like this, if Gao Jianwu's expeditionary force cluster cannot be transferred back to China, then our big office in North China is not ripe enough, after all, our current team configuration is far from Gao Jianwu's expeditionary force cluster.

"I've heard that he has 100 fighters on his side, and it's the most advanced fighter jet. High point 5 of the heavy artillery above 105 mm, they now have more than 200 pieces, which is remarkable. ”

The commander-in-chief said with some yearning.

The 155-mm howitzers are not yet available at the Jinyang Arsenal, so what remains in Jinyang is still the batch of heavy artillery captured by Gao Jianwu.

Now the Eighth Road can calmly guard against the attack of the little devil in Jin Province, but it is still a bit far from the strength of the killing.

The situation in the base areas in Hebei, Shandong, and Henan and many other places has been greatly improved, after all, after the delivery of a large number of weapons, the main force of the local base areas has been reborn.

"Boss, Gao Jianwu's matter, I think it depends on his own consideration, we are so far away, I don't know much about the local situation, I personally think that Gao Jianwu's overall view, and even the view of the future is very different from ours, but from our current experience, his view is likely to be correct, and he sees farther than us."

"From his current perspective. Returning home is not the only option. With what we know about the garrison of the little devils in Southeast Asia. Gao Jianwu led his expeditionary force into the group, and it was very likely that it would penetrate the entire southeast peninsula. In this way, he will have a higher say on the peninsula and will also have more resources. ”

"I've heard about some of the things he did in the Burmese possessions. Personally, I think it's very meaningful. We have so few friends out there right now. Whether it's someone who can help us militarily or someone who can provide us with resources, we basically don't have it right now. Gao Jianwu was able to break out of the world by himself, and I don't think this opportunity can be wasted. ”

"You see, our production is thriving right now, and we're producing a lot of weapons every day, but a lot of these raw materials need to come in. All we can solve is some basic raw materials such as coal and steel. ”

"We don't have any mines to produce rare metals like copper and nickel. The copper we use now is still earned by Gao Jianwu from the north.

If it weren't for Gao Jianwu, even if we occupied this place, we would still be able to produce very limited weapons, and we wouldn't even be able to guarantee our self-sufficiency in bullets.

So the importance of resources, I think everyone is not right, Gao Jianwu went out this time to go to resources, this time I believe he will make full use of this opportunity, our raw material supply security, there is a good guarantee. ”

The words of the division commander made both the commander-in-chief and the chief of staff fall into deep thought, and in general both of them preferred to consider the issue from the military side, but now it is not just a military one-sided issue.

If Gao Jianwu did not solve the problem of the supply of raw materials, then even if the Eighth Road gets what can be produced from these territories, it is actually very limited, and the current war is not just like the beginning of the millet plus rifle can be won.

has seen Gao Jianwu's steel torrent, and now no one is satisfied with the fighting style of Xiaomi plus rifles. After all, being able to annihilate the enemy with the whole division and the whole division and regiment was something that everyone couldn't think of before, just because there were too few things in their hands, millet plus rifles could fight guerrillas, but to fight large-scale movement warfare annihilation warfare positional warfare, there was no door.

Therefore, the millet plus rifle is not the pride of the 8-way, but the sadness of the 8-way, because there is no other way to improve their weapons and equipment.

"So according to the two of you, we still let Gao Jianwu go and let him make his own decisions." The commander-in-chief concluded.

"Yes, boss, I think it's the best option." The division commander said.

"What has Lao Chen been tossing lately? We sent him a telegram for this meeting, but he didn't have time to reply. The commander-in-chief asked.

"I heard that Lao Chen was in retreat studying Gao Jianwu's battle examples. They already have successful experience in the coordination of infantry and artillery, infantry and tan, and even air-ground coordination with Gao Jianwu in the operation of large corps, and now Lao Chen is figuring out these examples by himself.

Now Lao Chen's Xinyi Regiment and the New Second Regiment are fighting in Burma, and the equipment is also a full set of American weapons. If Lao Chen definitely wants them to come down to this after returning to China, how to use these two troops well, Lao Chen must want to have a certain degree of certainty. ”

The division commander replied.

"This old Chen, people are really thieves and thieves. Before I knew it, I was in front of everyone. The commander-in-chief scolded with a smile.

For everyone, Gao Jianwu's current expeditionary force cluster is already a modern corps, and many people don't know how to command such a large corps to fight.

The brigade commander was able to think of these in advance and start studying, which was already too far ahead of everyone.

But for the commander-in-chief, this is a good thing.

The entire Eighth Route can't rely on Gao Jianwu to fight alone. Now that is, there are more lands that have been recovered in Jinsui, but compared with the land of Tongren County, it is only a very small part of the land that has been recovered, and the strength of the little devil in the entire land of Shenzhou is also very strong.

Not to mention anything else, just the North China Front, which is basically the Eighth Route side, is very difficult to deal with. If there is no cluster of Gao Jianwu's expeditionary force to return.

Discussion at headquarters. It was only limited to the scope of discussion, and did not form any documents or orders, which was of course a good thing for Gao Jianwu, because he did not interfere with his own decision to stay or go.

......

Almost at the same time as the Rector's Residence.

The principal was also discussing Gao Jianwu's whereabouts with several henchmen.

"Jingzhi, look at Gao Jianwu, can we win him over?" The headmaster asked slowly, leaning on his cane.

"Headmaster, I'm afraid it's very difficult, we've tried it before, this person is a bit difficult to get into." He Jingzhi shook his head. As the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, he once tried to control the cluster of the expeditionary force in the second theater, but Gao Jianwu refused at that time and did not give him any chance at all.

"Why are you his boss, can't you even handle this matter?" The headmaster was a little displeased.

"You know, principal, this is a very special matter, and even they are directly in contact with the Americans, bypassing us. All this time, I have gone my own way, and I don't listen to our commands at all. He Jingzhi explained.

"Since we don't have any means to control them, whether it's food or weapons, weapons and ammunition, the Americans are now providing them with it."

The headmaster thought for a moment, frowning. "Respectfully, do you think we gave them the number of the Ninth Route Army. Will Gao Jianwu be used by me? ”

He Jingzhi was taken aback when he heard the principal say this.

"The principal must not, if we give them the number of the 9th Route Army, it will also be a meat bun and a dog, and we will strengthen their strength in vain. Gao Jianwu: We have gone through a detailed investigation.

He himself went to the East to study, and his reputation was not significant during his studies, but he began to rise all the way after he was transferred to the Eighth Route Cadre Platoon Commander. Now that he has the power to kill tens of thousands of people, I heard that the Eighth Road side is also very tolerant of him, and almost let it be self-contained. Such an unruly character is not easy for me to use. He Jingzhi explained.

For people like Gao Jianwu, of course, he arranged for someone to do a detailed investigation. It's just that very little of what has been investigated is really useful.

Even Gao Jianwu's birth origin has not been found out now. Because of these things, it turns out that Gao Jianwu has already lost them.

Now Gao Jianwu no longer has the memory of the original home in his memory. So I can't even find myself, and with the collection of those intelligence officers, how can I find it?

"I don't believe that there are still people in this world who are not interested in fame and fortune, respect, don't be arbitrary, according to my arrangement, you send someone to contact him, and tell Gao Jianwu that I want to keep the name of the Ninth Route Army. As long as he is willing to be included in the scope of our Central Army. Then it's easy to say anything, if you want money, you have money, you have money. The headmaster tapped his cane and said with some dissatisfaction.

Using fame and money to buy people's hearts is what the principal is best at, and he relied on this to open the way along the way, and he was almost invincible. Whether it is the Jin Sui Army, the Northwest Army or the Northeast Army. and the earlier Hunan and Sichuan armies.

The principal used this trick to achieve differentiation and co-optation. Now you have to tell him that this set is not working, that it is outdated, how can he be happy?

"Yes, Headmaster, let's do it."

......

Gao Jianwu didn't know that there were still people in the distance who were thinking about him like this, of course, even if he knew, he would laugh at it, and there was no room for him to think about these things at all.

He is thinking about the next step, what should be the most conducive to development.

Now he has the technology in his hands, and he already has a lot of basic technologies for future development. It is conceivable that after driving the little devils away, relying on these technical foundations, Gao Jianwu can make the land of Shenzhou flourish.

But there are two things that cannot be done by relying only on the land of China, one is the supply of raw materials and the other is the market. In the war, the land of China was full of holes, and the capacity and space of the market were very limited.

In order to achieve leapfrog development, it must have a huge market capacity to make profits for the products formed by many of Gao Jianwu's technologies.

Therefore, it is necessary to take the step of going out of the overseas market. And the closest to them is Southeast Asia. Tell me that many daily products can make a good contribution to the market here, and it happens to be a supply of many raw materials.

So if there is an opportunity, Gao Jianwu hopes to run Southeast Asia as ironclad as China.

It's just that the recovery of the dragon of Shenzhou is bound to greatly change the pattern of the world. In order to realize a prosperous life for 40,000,000 compatriots, it is necessary to break down the divisions of camps and realize friendly exchanges with the world.

However, according to the inertia of history, Gao Jianwu felt that it would be difficult for him to reverse such a trend.

He can win the battle against the little devil, but in the face of another power, Gao Jianwu does not have so much confidence, after all, everything that has broken out now is basically possessed by others.

There are a lot of things that he can't reveal in advance, because no one will believe it, and at the same time, no one will think that he can reverse it all.

So far, Gao Jianwu has not put forward radical views in other aspects, he is just silently doing what he can do at this stage.

He wants to take his time to influence through tangible results.

Thinking of this, Gao Jianwu had a sudden enlightened mentality.

Frankly speaking, in these colonies in the West, if it weren't for the little devil, he wouldn't have had a chance to set foot at all, but now that he has come, Gao Jianwu will not easily take back this foot.

The high-profile general direction of my family has been determined, but he doesn't have a specific idea of how to do it, and at this time, Huang Qingyuan and Qin Jiafeng came to visit.

"Mr. Gao, congratulations on annihilating the little devils of the Burmese and British Front in one fell swoop, and achieving the first general since the Anti-Japanese War." As soon as Huang Qingyuan saw Gao Jianwu, he gave Gao Jianwu a high hat.

"Boss Huang, the first general of the Anti-Japanese War, Gao is ashamed to be it." Gao Jianwu responded with a smile, he was immune to these compliments.

"Boss Huang, Mr. Qin, two distinguished guests, please sit down, please drink tea. Gao only has tea and rice here, but he is a little snubbed. ”

"Mr. Gao is polite, Mr. Gao's demeanor is really a model for my generation." Qin Jiafeng followed and said.

After the three of them took their seats politely, Gao Jianwu didn't speak, he didn't know the intention of these two people, so he waited for them to speak, the scene was a little dull, and then he saw Huang Qingyuan signaling Qin Jiafeng to speak with his eyes.

After all, Qin Jiafeng is younger, even if some things are said inappropriately, Huang Qingyuan can still turn around with his age.

"Mr. Gao, we have received some rumors that Mr. Gao's expeditionary force may be returning to China, I don't know if this news is accurate." Qin Jiafeng asked.

"Oh? Where did you get the news, why didn't I know? Gao Jianwu responded with a smile.

"Alas, some sources are actually quite boring, but since Mr. Gao said so, we are relieved." Qin Jiafeng continued.

"There is news from the rear that as long as Mr. Gao returns to China with the expeditionary force and joins the ranks of the Central Army, the principal intends to give the number of the 9th Route Army to Mr. Gao. Now it seems that it may be groundless, and there are rumors that make trouble. ”

Gao Jianwu also heard this news for the first time, and the people he put in the rear were mainly concerned about the recruitment of talents, but did not inquire about these news.

But Huang Qingyuan and Qin Jiafeng, who are wealthy businessmen, naturally have their own intelligence collection system in the rear, and they are very well-informed about the above news.

After all, they have a very close relationship with the upper echelons.

"I didn't expect the principal to attach so much importance to a mere nobody like Gao." Gao Jianwu responded with a smile, "It's just that Gao is a shallow learner, I'm afraid he can't afford such a heavy responsibility." ”

"It's all rumors, it's all rumors, and it's not enough to worry about." Huang Qingyuan looked at Gao Jianwu's expression on the side and didn't look like a fake, so he said loudly with a smile.

For these big businessmen, the most feared thing is that there is a big change in the partner. If Gao Jianwu really takes up the post of commander of the Ninth Route Army, then what was negotiated before will not count, and everyone will be very bottomless.

What kind of faction is on the side of the Central Army, these big businessmen know very well in their hearts, although Gao Jianwu can still live a rough life now, but if he really becomes the commander of the Ninth Route Army, I am afraid that he will soon be the same as the light and dust, and the same as other commanders.

Nowadays, these merchants in Nanyang have placed heavier bets on Gao Jianwu's side. It may cost tens of millions of oceans before and after. With such a huge investment, of course, I don't want him to go down the drain.

Now hearing Gao Jianwu say this, Huang Qingyuan and Qin Jiafeng both feel that this matter should not be a foregone conclusion.

Although their sources of information swore that this was something that the headmaster and Commander-in-Chief He had already decided. Looking at Gao Jianwu's reaction now, it may be their unilateral wishful thinking.

Huang Qingyuan and Qin Jiafeng are both well-informed people, although the name of the Ninth Route Army is very attractive to some people, but for a person like Gao Jianwu who pays attention to strength, he may not care so much.

"Since Mr. Gao doesn't know anything about the Ninth Army, then the old man takes the liberty of asking, what is Mr. Gao's plan next?" Huang Qingyuan followed Gao Jianwu's words and asked.

"The two of you came just in time, and I happen to have something important here, so I will discuss it with you. The two of them have been operating in Nanyang for a long time, I don't know if they know how many Chinese are there in Nanyang? Gao Jianwu asked.

Huang Qingyuan and Qin Jiafeng looked at each other, not knowing what Gao Jianwu's question meant.

"No one has ever counted this data, and I don't think anyone can answer this question accurately." After pondering for a while, Huang Qingyuan said.

"However, according to old estimates, there are two or three million in French Indochina, five or six million in the Malaysian Peninsula, five or six million in Siam, seven or eight million in the Dutch East Indies, one million in Luzon, and five or six hundred thousand in Burma and Britain."

The Huang Qingyuan family has been operating in Nanyang for at least five generations, and the business has also been done all over these places, although there are no accurate statistics on the distribution of the local population, but the approximate proportion is still well known.

"In this part of the South Seas, there are 20 million Chinese." Gao Jianwu said with a little mental calculation.

"There should be a population of 300 or 400 million in this area of Nanyang, and the Chinese are still a minority here, frankly speaking, how do you think we can ensure that the interests of the Chinese are not encroached upon by other ethnic groups?"

"As far as I know, the Chinese are a wealthy ethnic group here. If you are still a piece of loose sand, who will guarantee your interests if there is anything? ”

Gao Jianwu remembered the tragic history of the Chinese in Southeast Asia, and couldn't help but say it with some excitement. But at this time, many countries did not exist, and to these people in the colonies, everyone seemed to be about the same.

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So Huang Qingyuan and Qin Jiafeng didn't have any thoughts about Gao Jianwu's inner fluctuations. It's just that from Gao Jianwu's words, the two of them seemed to have captured something, and they couldn't help but start to brighten their eyes.

The two can be called the elite of the Nanyang Chinese. Both the vision and the comprehension ability are first-class. Although Gao Jianwu's words were unknown, the meaning of the revelation was already understood by the two of them.

Gao Jianwu did not continue to say what he had just said, but got up and took a map, which was a complete map of the Southeast Asian Peninsula.

Gao Jianwu took a pencil and drew a circle on the Malaysian Peninsula and the island of Sumatra.

"What else would you think of this place?" Gao Jianwu asked, pointing to the place inside the circle.

Huang Qingyuan and Qin Jiafeng's heartbeats accelerated suddenly, this is...

The two looked at each other in disbelief.

Almost invariably, I remembered Lu Buwei, a big businessman in the Warring States Period.

"If you say that most of the Chinese in Nanyang are concentrated in these two places, do you think it will be possible to achieve autonomy?" Gao Jianwu said slowly.

But Gao Jianwu's words were like a heavy hammer, knocking heavily on the hearts of Huang Qingyuan and Qin Jiafeng.

Sure enough, the thing that the two of them didn't dare to think about the most, but what they thought about the most, was brought to the table by Gao Jianwu.

The two of them suddenly felt a little dry, grabbed the tea on the table and took a big sip of it.

"Mr. Gao, do you think there is such a possibility?" Huang Qingyuan asked in a jerky tone.

"If you want to then there is, if you don't want to, then no. It's up to you to fight for it. Gao Jianwu said ambiguously.

If there is anything that can hold the neck of the rise of China in the future, there is no doubt that Malacca is one of the most important levels.

How to solve this problem, Gao Jianwu does not have a complete idea. But if a nail can be inserted here, it is obvious that this is something that Gao Jianwu is very happy to see.

"Mr. Gao, this is a colony with Britain and the Dutch East Indies." Qin Jiafeng said with a flushed face.

Faced with Gao Jianwu proposing such a big cake, he and Huang Qingyuan felt that they couldn't catch it.

"Soon they won't." Gao Jianwu said with a smile, "This world war will change the world pattern again. A lot of what was once a great power will become less powerful. Many colonies can also become non-colonies. It's up to everyone to fight for it. ”

As a traverser, Gao Jianwu is very clear about the development trend of history behind. Even without his push, these places would quickly become independent places.

If he intervened, Gao Jianwu believed that the change would be more rapid.

After all, now Gao Jianwu is also beginning to be qualified to play on this chessboard.

"Mr. Gao, are you saying that you will support this place to become a new home for our Chinese?" Huang Qingyuan asked in a hurried tone, and unconsciously, he changed his tone.

"Yes, if the Chinese in Nanyang are interested in building a new home, then I hope you choose this place, and the name will be Xinjia (Po)! Most of the 20 million Chinese can be concentrated in this place, and I believe that they will definitely gain the right to speak here. Gao Jianwu said to them with great certainty.

"If you are willing to do this, I will lead the expeditionary force to penetrate the entire southeast peninsula and seize this place!"

Hiss, Huang Qingyuan and Qin Jiafeng gasped at the same time, and then blood surged up.

"Mr. Gao, we did this! Let's go back and contact the ten major families and the fifty houses to discuss important matters. Huang Qingyuan said excitedly.

As the top ten families in Nanyang, his appeal still has a lot of weight on the Nanyang side. If such a big thing succeeds, for these big families, it will be at least a few generations.

"Both, I have only one request for you in this matter, and there are no more restrictions." Gao Jianwu's face changed and he said to Huang Qingyuan and Qin Jiafeng.

"I'm not going to ask people to confess their ancestors. It would be nice for this new homeland to become a brotherly state with China. In terms of the navigation of Malacca in the future, I do not want to have any obstacles to the fleet from China. If we can do this, we are all good brothers, and if we can't do it, I will destroy this again with my own hands. ”

"No, absolutely not. Our ten families will be jointly guaranteed. Huang Qingyuan and Qin Jiafeng said almost in unison.

"I hope you can remember today's words, of course, this matter is now we have to keep it absolutely secret, and the people who hold this secret are better limited to your family host, and now you can secretly organize some people to start moving towards these two regions.

At the same time, you have to take some of your staff out and start some professional training. We will do our best to assist you in this regard.

Of course, we will not personally intervene in the struggles in these places, everything will be up to you, and we will deny direct contact with you. After all, now we are not very strong in the world.

But what we do in these places will be better than what we have done in the British territories of Burma. ”

Gao Jianwu's words let this matter begin to finalize the direction, and then everyone will work towards substantive operations.