Unlike Tang Huaiyuan, who is like the uncle next door, General Cun Xingqi is of medium build, wearing a steel helmet and has a face with a Chinese character. At first glance, he looks like the kind of person with a resolute and unyielding personality.
Before Gao Hongming could speak, he took the lead and saluted Gao Hongming with a bang. Gao Hongming quickly returned the salute, "Sir, please don't insult the department and let others see it. You must not scold the department for not understanding the dignity of superiors and subordinates.
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Cun Xingqi waved his hand: "What about superiority and inferiority? You don't have military status in the Military and Political Department. Strictly speaking, we have no subordinate relationship. Moreover, you saved the lives of more than 20,000 brothers in our Third Army. I respect you."
A gift is nothing, you can withstand this military salute."
Looking at this iron-blooded man who, in another time and space, led the last dozen soldiers of the 12th Division to fight to the last moment, only to have his legs blown off before committing suicide with the Zhongshan dagger presented by Premier Sun, Gao Hongming also solemnly replied.
A military salute was given.
Afterwards, Gao Hongming greeted the Seventh Division Commander Li Shilong and others before welcoming several people into the Laoye Temple.
During the war, everyone was not so particular. The guards moved small folding benches. After everyone took their seats one by one, Tang Huaiyuan took the lead and said: "Commander Gao, we are following the order of Chief He to cooperate with your proposal of holding the rescue center."
It’s about strategy, but I’d like you to tell me how to fight this battle.”
After saying that, everyone's eyes turned to him.
Gao Hongming stretched out his hand, and Dabao took out a map from his briefcase, unfolded it, and laid it flat on the ground.
Gao Hongming picked up a small branch from the ground, pointed at the map and said: "Sirs, please take a look..."
"Sir...men from the Eighth Route Army are here."
Just when Gao Hongming was about to speak, Dabao came in to report again.
"oh……"
Gao Hongming looked at each other and said with a smile: "What a coincidence, everyone is finally here this time."
Tang Huaiyuan also smiled and said: "Then let's go out to greet them."
After a while, Gao Hongming and Tang Huaiyuan welcomed the group in. The leader of the Eighth Route Army was none other than Brigadier Chen of the 386th Brigade. Among the officers following Brigadier Chen were Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, and Ding.
A few old acquaintances.
"Brother Gao, this time we can fight the Japanese together again, hahaha... I tell you, I have been looking forward to this day for a long time!"
As soon as everyone walked in, Li Yunlong's loud voice rang out.
"Okay, everyone, please sit down." Seeing Brigadier Chen and his entourage arriving in person, Gao Hongming was also very happy and asked everyone to sit down.
Then, an orderly brought a large teapot and more than ten cups, poured out cups of hot coffee from the teapot and distributed them to everyone.
Brigadier Chen, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Zhao Gang and others were not polite, took the cup and tasted it slowly, while several other unfamiliar officers looked at the dark coffee in the cup with doubts on their faces.
Seeing this, Li Yunlong showed off with some pride: "Lao Guan, Lao Xu, this thing is called coffee. It tastes bitter and astringent. I was not used to it when I drank it for the first time, but you will feel it after you get used to it.
It's great. The most important thing is that this thing can stand in for you. If you have a drink when you doze off, you will feel more energetic."
Tang Huaiyuan and the generals beside him looked at each other and said with emotion: "It is said that Commander Gao is a famous local rich man in Shanxi. Now I have learned a lot. I can drink this kind of foreign stuff even on the march."
Gao Hongming smiled: "It's nothing to make the commander laugh, just a little coffee. If you like it, I will ask the orderly to pack a few kilograms for you later so that you can have a taste."
"Oh... then thank you in advance, brother."
Tang Huaiyuan is also welcome. This is a famous local rich man in Liantai County. It is said that he has thousands of acres of fertile land under his name and runs dozens of shops. This may be rare for ordinary people, but for ordinary people,
It's nothing to him.
After drinking a cup of hot coffee, everyone felt warm in their stomachs, and their bodies, which were very tired from traveling for days, felt much more energetic.
After seeing that everyone was a little more energetic, Gao Hongming said: "Okay, since everyone is here, let's continue the topic just now."
After finishing speaking, Gao Hongming laid the map on the ground again, picked up a small branch and pointed to a certain place: "Everyone, please look, this is Qiuyang County. Our current location is right here, sixty kilometers north of Qiuyang County."
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These are the three commanding heights of Guojialing, Yangping Town, and Gaojiazhuang. As long as we occupy these three places, we will have a radius of dozens of kilometers under our control.
Moreover, it is only over 50 kilometers away from Wufujian Ferry, which is convenient for friendly forces on the north bank of the Yellow River to come for support. Even if things go wrong, we can break out towards Shanxi, which can be regarded as a retreat.
In view of this, I think we can put the location of our defense here, what do you think?"
Everyone had done research on this point before coming here. After hearing this, Tang Huaiyuan nodded: "Okay, our Third Army has no objections. I wonder what you think, Brigadier Chen?"
Brigadier Chen also nodded: "Before coming, the head of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters has given me an order, asking us to try our best to cooperate with Commander Gao. Since he has made the decision, we naturally have no objection. The question now is how to distribute it among the three parties.
Defense zone, this requires careful discussion by everyone."
Everyone looked at the map again. Among the three places, Guojialing, Yangping Town, and Gaojiazhuang, Guojialing has the most dangerous terrain and is relatively easy to defend, followed by Gaojiazhuang. Yangping Town has the flattest terrain and is the most difficult to defend.
It is also the largest.
Gao Hongming took the lead and said: "Well, since we proposed this plan, Yangping Town will be defended by our Liantai Militia, and the remaining two places will be decided by the two of us through discussion, right?"
Seeing that Tang Huaiyuan and Brigadier Chen were about to speak, Gao Hongming took the lead and said: "You two, don't fight me. Our Liantai Militia has the smallest number of people, but our equipment is the most advanced.
Besides, we also have an armored force, which can only be effective on flat ground. You two should have no objections to this, right?
In this case, the task of garrisoning Yangping Town is naturally mine."
Tang Huaiyuan and Brigadier Chen couldn't help but be dumbfounded. Then Brigadier Chen smiled and said: "Okay, since Commander Gao has chosen Yangping Town, let Gaojiazhuang be defended by our Eighth Route Army. As for Guojialing, Commander Tang's Third Army can come here."
We are stationed, what do you think, Commander Tang?"
What else could Tang Huaiyuan say? Of course he knew that this was the third army of Gao Hongming and Brigade Commander Chen who had just experienced a few days of battles and suffered heavy casualties, so he gave them Guojialing, which was the easiest to defend.
He took a deep breath and said, "Since you two are so generous, then Mr. Tang would like to thank you two on behalf of the more than 20,000 soldiers of the Third Army. Here, I also assure you that as long as the Third Army still has breath, I will thank you both."