On the night of August 24, 1940, the official residence of Huangshan

After finalizing the procurement of weapons this time, General Chen immediately went to the Huangshan official residence to report.

Although he had been mentally prepared for a long time, looking at the purchase intention of 100 million oceans brought by General Chen, the highest authorities were still shocked.

How many weapons is this, according to the standard of 4,000 rifles in one division of the national army, this order can almost equip a hundred divisions, not to mention those huge artillery and tanks.

In the past few years, the focus of aid from the major northern powers has been on the air force, and the army's equipment can only ensure that the combat effectiveness of the troops declines more slowly, and cannot meet the demand at all.

"Ten thousand oceans, it's really not cheap." The highest authorities had long been prepared to use money to block the weapons channel of the Eighth Route Army, but it really cost 100 million oceans, which still made him a little frightened.

"According to the normal market price, it should be about the same, and due to the blockade of the devils and the limitation of transportation capacity, the transportation of heavy equipment is not very convenient, and even if the government has channels, it is not very convenient to obtain a large number of them." General Chen explained, his tone was a little careful, the number of weapons was too large, and it was too important to the Ministry of Military Affairs, and if it was vetoed, the army would have to continue to live the hard life before.

"There is definitely no problem with the order, it's these additional terms." The highest authorities wanted to say something, although their plan was already being deployed, but except for Director Dai of the Military Control Bureau, no one else knew what they wanted to do, but now, the additional terms of this order hit him exactly seven inches.

"Which one is problematic? Why don't I go talk to them again? General Chen asked cautiously, and suddenly panicked, this is not easy to do, what he promised before was a bit too hasty.

"No, you can urge the Eighth Route Army to implement it as soon as possible, there is no need to make extraneous branches." If the highest authorities do not agree, if they do not agree, does it not mean that they clearly tell others that they want to do something big?

"Okay, now it's up to the Ministry of Finance when the deposit of five tons of gold will be handed over to the other party."

"You don't have to worry about this matter, it's just five tons of gold, and the government will definitely be able to take it out, but I'm afraid that some people want to do it." The highest authorities did not care at all, and some time ago a big melon broke out, and the standard gold bars minted by the Ministry of Finance were actually short of two catties, although each one was not much, but it also greatly damaged the credibility of the government.

"Understood, I will definitely urge the Eighth Route Army to complete the delivery of the first batch of weapons as soon as possible." General Chen assured that his heart was already ecstatic, this time the military is developed, even if this batch of weapons is delivered in twelve phases, it can greatly restore and enhance the combat effectiveness of the army.

"Today, both the Navy and the Air Force have approached me, hoping to take advantage of this purchase." Although the sense of presence of the navy and air force is getting lower and lower, they cannot really ignore them, because air supremacy still has to be grabbed, and the Yangtze River waterway still has to be blocked.

"Headmaster, this batch of weapons can be said to be very important to us, and they must not be reduced!" General Chen's heart was stunned at that time, the navy is okay to say, but this is not the first time that these guys in the air force have squeezed the share of the army, although the Ministry of Military Affairs is also in charge of the air force, but General Chen is from the army, and your air force is not from our civil engineering department.

"The current order will not be modified, but the Ministry of Military Affairs cannot favor one over the other, the Navy and the Air Force will each give an additional 20 million shares, and you will come forward and take them to talk with the Eighth Route Army, you can buy the best equipment, if you can't buy it, there is nothing." The supreme authority smiled, looking indifferent, the Eighth Route Army has an air force in its hands, and the air force has also inspected this, but the aircraft model is too old, as for the small boats of the provisional 68th Division, he doesn't think that Li Yunlong will be willing to sell them to the navy.

"Headmaster Wise!" General Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yunong, how is the situation in North China?" The highest authorities turned to the side of Director Dai, who had been silent.

"The four provinces of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan are about to fight into a pot of porridge, and the Eighth Route Army dispatched more than 100 regiments of troops to launch a comprehensive counterattack against the Japanese army, and the words of Jin Province are better, Shinozuka Yoshio will shrink the troops in his hands in important cities, and the losses are not large, but it is not the same in the three provinces of Hebei, Shandong, and Henan, and the Eighth Route Army has strengthened a large number of offensive firepower and automatic weapons in each base area, not to mention the small strongholds of the Japanese army, even those heavy strongholds cannot stop the Eighth Route Army, just yesterday day, they pulled out at least 300 strongholds." Director Dai said with some trepidation that with 300 strongholds, the national army may not be able to pull out so many strongholds in a month.

"One hundred regiments, at least one hundred thousand troops, one hundred thousand well-equipped troops." The highest authorities muttered to themselves, their expressions gloomy.

"Headmaster, according to our estimates, they have mobilized at least 300,000 troops, maybe even 400,000." Director Dai reminded in a whisper.

"It's late, it's really late." The face of the supreme authority was bitter, he might not have been so scared at the beginning of the year, but now it is different, it is not a 400,000 army that lacks food and clothing, and ammunition, it is a well-equipped, well-trained, and well-supplied army.

"Principal, this may not be a good thing for the Eighth Route Army, all of a sudden the 400,000 elite troops with neat equipment were revealed, and the Japanese suffered heavy losses, and the Japanese dispatch army will definitely focus on them in the future." General Chen was relieved on the side.

"Hopefully, this time to be able to buy this batch of weapons from the hands of the Eighth Route Army can be regarded as curbing their development in disguise, the Ministry of Military Affairs must keep an eye on them in the future, with their little financial resources in North China, they can't buy many weapons at all, as long as the government persists, they will definitely snatch their collaborators, businessmen, always have to make money, the government can give them everything they want, money, beauties, high-ranking officials, Houlu, you can do whatever you want!" The highest authority swept away the previous gloom, and said with some excitement, what happened to the big northern country, in the final analysis, it is not about interests? Otherwise, they would not dare to blatantly aid northern Shaanxi.

"Headmaster, here are a few pictures, take a look." Director Dai presented several photos to the highest authorities, the top one was a photo of Li Yunlong and Wang Yue standing on the 1124 patrol boat, and the next few photos were mostly photos of Li Yunlong or Zhao Gang and Wang Yue together, and there were also a few photos of Wang Yue wandering around the city.

"Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, hey, Yunong, who is this young man?" Li Yunlong is now suitable for "Jane in the Emperor's Heart", and the highest authorities naturally know him, as for Zhao Gang, he also personally awarded the rank of major general, but Wang Yue has no impression at all.

"At present, I only know that this person's surname is Wang, and he has a good relationship with several high-ranking members of the Provisional 68th Division, no, it should be that several high-level officials of the Provisional 68th Division are very polite to him, and almost every time he appears in Qijiang County, the equipment situation of Li Yunlong's department will be improved." Director Dai explained in a whisper that although "Jianbing" is a person from the military command, in Qijiang County, the military commander does not only have a line of "Jianbing".

"Yunong, you mean, this person is the arms dealer who supplies weapons to the Eighth Route Army?" Naturally, the highest authorities heard what Director Dai meant.

"Based on the analysis, we believe that this person may be an intermediary, or the person in charge of escorting the supplies." Director Dai continued.

"That's the key, have you been in contact with each other?" The highest authorities were also interested.

"Not for the time being, the analysis department needs to assess the consequences of rashly contacting the other party, because once the other party is unwilling to contact us, it is likely to affect our deal." Director Dai was a little embarrassed.

"You can try to get in touch, and you can study what to do." The highest authority smiled, if it can really cut off the source of weapons of the Eighth Route Army, the role will be much greater than that of doing things by itself, at least it will not affect its own reputation and the image of the government.

"Ci Xiu, what do you think of Li Yunlong's intention to suppress bandits in Qijiang County?" The highest authorities smiled and turned their gaze to General Chen again in a good mood.

"It should be to train soldiers, after all, when he first entered Sichuan, his troops were only more than 3,000 people, and now there are more than 8,000 people, and there will be more in the future, the proportion of recruits is too large, although the equipment is good, but the combat effectiveness is actually declining." General Chen voiced his opinion.

"Headmaster, I have another piece of information here." Director Dai wanted to speak on the side and stopped, this is actually something that should not be intervened, but this matter, you can't help but report, if you don't report, when the Central Committee finds out, the highest authorities will definitely have an opinion on themselves, so when he spoke, he also cast an apologetic look at General Chen.

"Say it"

"Just yesterday, Li Yunlong intercepted and detained a fleet of ships on the Qijiang River, loaded with three regiments of munitions, and the owner of the munitions was Wu Heqing from northeastern Guizhou." Director Dai explained.

"Wu Heqing?" The highest authorities found the name somewhat unfamiliar.

"It's Wu Datou, the second phase of the senior class of the Central Military Academy, and he can be regarded as your student." Director Dai smiled bitterly in his heart, your old man is trying to win people everywhere, but you can't remember it.

"It's the bandit! Why, the Ministry of Military Affairs intends to let him lead the troops? The highest authorities couldn't help laughing, since Wu Datou's troops were dispersed, he didn't care too much about this person, a bandit leader who had no troops, and it was also a merit to himself and the government, let him live.

"Headmaster, there is no such thing! The Ministry of Military Affairs will not allocate even a single bullet to this person! "General Chen also has a black line on his face, Wu Datou, he also knows it, this guy has blocked him before, and he will not let him go back to northwest Guizhou according to his own ideas, he never thought that this person would jump out by himself.

"Three regiments? Interesting, he was detained by Li Yunlong at one time, with his character, he will never give up, Yunong, pay attention, don't let Li Yunlong suffer a big loss. The highest authority smiled and instructed Director Dai.

"Yes." Director Dai was speechless, Li Yunlong, he still suffered, that's eight thousand elites, why don't you care about the life or death of your student?

Some people died, but not completely......