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Chapter 293: Commander Tang Army Arrives

After the joke, everyone turned their attention to the deputy commander-in-chief. Of course, such a major issue must be decided by him, the highest person in charge of the Eighth Route Army.

The deputy commander pondered for a long time, "Lao Zuo, Gao Hongming said in the telegram that he hopes we can dispatch two or three regiments to cooperate with him in completing this plan, is that right?"

"Yes, boss." Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo smiled and said: "Gao Hongming said that He Yingqin has agreed to let the Third Army cooperate with his plan. He plans to attack Guojialing, Yangping Town, and Gaojia 60 kilometers west of Qiuyang County.

They deployed defense lines in three places in Zhuang and used the terrain advantages to attract the Japanese troops so that the national troops in Zhongtiao Mountain could take a breather.

For this reason, he hopes that we can dispatch six to eight thousand troops to complete this plan. If the strength of the Eighth Route Army is too tight, we can also use the nearby county brigade and district squad to cooperate with him."

"County brigade, district squad?" The deputy commander-in-chief snorted and said displeased: "This Gao Hongming is too underestimated. The Japanese army dispatched 100,000 troops and more than 300 aircraft in Zhongtiao Mountain, and he just asked us to dispatch

The county brigade and the district squad came to cooperate with his actions, who is it looking down on?"

Commander Liu, Political Commissar Xiaoping and Deputy Chief of Staff just smiled lightly. If the guns, artillery and spears in the hands of the county brigade and district brigade could deal with the Japanese field divisions, the main force of the Eighth Route Army would have fought long ago.

Arrived in Tokyo.

Master Liu sighed softly: "It seems that Gao Hongming still has concerns about us. He is clearly testing us to see our attitude towards him."

"This Gao Hongming is good at everything, but he is too careful." The deputy commander took a deep breath, "Our Eighth Route Army has always been sincere to our friends. If nothing else, he has helped us for more than a year.

With so much munitions and supplies, and his resolute step in standing up to cut off the rear of the 386th Brigade in the Hundred Regiment Battle last time, we owe him a huge favor.

Now that he has spoken this time, we have decided the situation. I have decided that this time I plan to deploy two regiments from the 129th Division and two main regiments from the 115th Division to cooperate with Gao Hongming's actions.

We either don't help, or we help to the end. I want people all over the country to see that our Eighth Route Army is never ambiguous in fighting the Japanese!"

Hearing this, Commander Liu was a little unhappy, "Boss, who are you looking down on? After the Hundred Regiment War, the 115th Division had just been transferred back from Hebei and was still undergoing repairs. Why bother to alarm them.

It’s just four regiments, isn’t it that the 129th Division can’t be mobilized?”

The deputy commander shook his head: "For this battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, Okamura Neiji deployed the elite forces of the North China Front. Once the battle begins, it will definitely be extremely brutal, so we must share the risks evenly.

Furthermore, if we do not allow the 115th Division to participate in this war, Commander Lin will have an opinion, so it has been decided. Lao Zuo, you immediately draft a message and send it to Yan'an, and take action immediately after approval from your superiors."

"Okay, I'll execute it right away."

…………

Evening of May 12th

Gao Hongming, who was supervising the troops to dig fortifications, received a report that Tang Huaiyuan, commander of the Third Army, was visiting and was waiting at Laoye Temple.

Gao Hongming quickly took Dabao and more than a dozen guards to the Laoye Temple located halfway up the mountain.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of Laoye Temple, he saw a group of soldiers standing scattered around Laoye Temple.

Gao Hongming also noticed that the clothes of this group of soldiers were quite distinctive.

He has been in this time and space for a year and a half, and he has seen a lot of military uniforms.

There are the Central Army wearing German-style helmets and yellow-green military uniforms, there are the Northwest Army wearing British Tony helmets and gray cloth military uniforms, there are also the Guangdong and Guangxi Army wearing British-style helmets and khaki military uniforms, and there are even some wearing gray cloth hats and gray military uniforms.

The Sichuan Army.

However, the army in front of him was different from the armies he had seen before. This army was dressed in blue-green military uniforms and wore an unusual and strange steel helmet.

This kind of helmet has a small duck tongue-like brim and a protruding ridge in the middle of the top, which is like a smaller version of the cockscomb on the helmet of the ancient Roman Empire soldiers. It seems that this kind of helmet seems to be more in line with Eastern people than the large German and British helmets.

The head shape gives people the feeling that this helmet must be very comfortable to wear on the head.

It turns out that this kind of helmet is the M1915 Adrian helmet of the French army, and this army is the Third Army of the Yunnan Army led by Tang Huaiyuan.

Just as Gao Hongming was secretly sizing up the army, a man in his fifties with the rank of lieutenant general strode towards him.

This lieutenant general has a beard on his lips and looks quite gentle. His first impression is like that of a neighbor's uncle.

However, Gao Hongming did not dare to neglect at all, because he knew that this must be Tang Huaiyuan, the commander of the Third Army.

Facing this patriotic general who shot himself on the top of a hanging mountain with a gun in order to preserve the integrity of the nation in another historical time and space, Gao Hongming did not dare to neglect, and quickly stepped forward to salute a standard military salute: "Liantai County Civil Corps

The regiment leader Gao Hongming has met Commander Tang and asked him for instructions!"

Tang Huaiyuan looked at him carefully first and said with a smile: "Before I came here, I was still thinking that if I could lead a mere local militia group, I would dare to challenge the Japanese Sixteenth Division and the 108th Division and inflict heavy losses on them.

What kind of man is he leading a lone army into Zhongtiao Mountain now? I never imagined that he would be such a young and handsome man, and he will be formidable... He is really formidable!"

Gao Hongming said humbly: "I don't dare to praise my superiors. As the old saying goes, if you are poor, you can work alone, but if you are rich, you can help the world. The ministry is just fulfilling its own responsibilities."

"Eh... don't be humble, you deserve this praise." Tang Huaiyuan waved his hand: "We soldiers don't behave like poor literati. If it works, it won't work. If you hadn't sent out air force support in time the day before yesterday,

We, the Third Army, have probably been eaten up by the Thirty-seventh Division a long time ago. It can be said that the tens of thousands of brothers in our Third Army owe you their lives."

Unexpectedly, Tang Huaiyuan, who looked like the uncle next door, had such a cheerful temperament. Gao Hongming had a better impression of him, "Mr. Tang, please don't praise the department anymore. I can't help but praise. It's easy for me to raise my tail when I praise you. If it's because of you,

If you make a mistake in your praise, it is your fault."

"Oh...hahaha..." Tang Huaiyuan was shocked for a moment, then burst into laughter.

"Come on, come on... Let me introduce you to some of our colleagues from the Third Army. This is Cun Xingqi, the commander of the 12th Division. This is Li Shilong, the commander of the 7th Division. This is the Chief of Staff of the 12th Division.

Chen Yaoxian, this is the Seventh Division..."

Listening to Tang Huaiyuan's introduction, Gao Hongming also saluted them one by one. He had no choice... He, the leader of the militia, was only a colonel at best, and these people in front of him were higher than him in every rank.


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