Although Gao Hongming said it in an understatement, who was Brigadier Chen? As a veteran of the battlefield, he could certainly hear the cruelty and bloodiness contained in these understatement words.
"What about the losses of the flying group? Can they still participate in the next battle?"
Gao Hongming looked at Brigadier Chen and couldn't help but secretly admire him. This man was worthy of being the founding general of the People's Republic of China. These two questions directly hit the point.
The current situation is that we are outnumbered. The Third Army, the Liantai Militia and the Eighth Route Army have less than 40,000 troops in total, but they have to face a swarming of 100,000 Japanese troops. Besides the Liantai Militia, no matter whether it is the Third Army
Both the Third Army and the Eighth Route Army lagged behind the Japanese army in terms of weapons and equipment. Without air support, this battle would be too difficult to fight.
"You don't have to worry about this. I just "borrowed" a group of pilots from the Central Air Force a few days ago. The aircraft are still sufficient for the time being. However, according to the report of the flying brigade, the Japanese army has put into service this month a new model named Zero
A new type of fighter aircraft, the performance of this fighter aircraft is extremely excellent... Whether it is low-altitude combat or hovering performance..."
Just when Gao Hongming was about to introduce the performance of the Zero fighter, he found that Brigadier Chen's face was still calm, without any disturbance. Only then did he realize that the current Eighth Route Army didn't even have a hair on the aircraft, so he wanted to talk to him about the performance of the Zero fighter.
It is no different from the attitude of a later generation wage earner with a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan when discussing the housing price of more than 100,000 yuan per square meter in Shanghai. No matter how high your housing price is, it has nothing to do with me. Anyway, no matter how low it is, I can't afford it.
"never mind……"
Gao Hongming reluctantly changed the topic.
"Brigadier Chen, you're not coming here specifically to investigate, right? If there's anything else, let's talk about it together."
"I really have something to ask you for."
Mentioning this, Brigadier Chen's expression became serious, "Commander Gao, it's like this. Since ancient times, the most taboo thing in marching and fighting is to send orders to multiple gates. The combined strength of our three families is already less than 40,000 troops, but
When a war starts, everyone fights individually, just like the offensive you launched today. I don't know until the battle is over. This is too passive.
I think we can set up a temporary joint command. You, me, and Commander Tang will form a temporary command group to manage and command all the troops in a unified manner.
Of course, this is just my immature opinion. Moreover, this temporary joint command is only temporary. After this battle, everyone will go back to their respective homes without reporting to each other. What do you think?"
Gao Hongming didn't speak, he just sat on a stool, smoking and meditating.
Brigadier Chen looked at Gao Hongming who lowered his head and said nothing, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.
Since ancient times, military power has always been the most sensitive thing. Especially during the Republic of China, for the old warlords, the army was their lifeblood. Let alone friendly troops, even their own sons had to think hard if they wanted to touch it.
Don't think this is a joke. From ancient times to the present, aren't there many cases where relatives become enemies or even father and son turn against each other for the sake of the throne and military power?
Although Gao Hongming has been extremely friendly to the Eighth Route Army since he met Gao Hongming. He was not stingy with weapons, ammunition, guns, equipment and even captured artillery, and gave them to the Eighth Route Army with a wave of his hand, but once military power was involved, it was a different matter.
Once Gao Hongming is unwilling and even thinks that the Eighth Route Army wants to take the opportunity to annex the Liantai Militia, and this makes him feel disgusted with the Eighth Route Army or even turn against him, then the matter will be serious, and even so serious that he may not be able to resist.
But even so, Brigadier Chen still wanted to give it a try. After all, there was still a fierce battle to be fought. If the three parties continued to fight on their own as before, there would be too many consequences.
Gao Hongming pondered for a long time without speaking. Brigadier Chen was secretly anxious. Just when he wanted to speak again, Gao Hongming raised his head and said, "I think this can be done."
"Uh...ah...you...you agree?" Gao Hongming's words stunned Brigadier Chen, who originally wanted to persuade him a few more words.
"The establishment of a temporary joint command is a good thing. Why don't I agree?"
Gao Hongming asked back, and then said: "I know what you are worried about. You are afraid of arousing my concerns, mistakenly thinking that you have the intention of swallowing up the Liantai Militia, right?"
Some things are easier to deal with once they are discussed.
Brigadier Chen raised his eyebrows, "Aren't you worried that Captain Gao is stumped?"
After hearing this, Gao Hongming couldn't help laughing. He pointed his hand outward and said, "Sir Chen, let me be arrogant. Not just anyone can pull my troops away. You think I have established a flying brigade?
With an air force of more than a hundred including bombers and fighter jets, aren't Yan Xishan of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and Chairman Chiang Kai-shek of the Central Army greedy?
No... they are all so greedy that their eyes are red, but why so far they can't even take away a pilot or a plane, do you know why?"
Brigadier Chen vaguely guessed the reason, but still asked: "I would like to hear the details."
"There is only one reason, strength and money."
Gao Hongming said sternly: "My flying brigade has a total of more than 150 aircraft. The aviation fuel, ammunition, parts and ground handling expenses for training alone cost tens of thousands of oceans every day. This does not include pilots and
Ground staff salaries, accommodation and various other expenses.
Of course, with the strong financial resources of the Central Army, they may be able to afford it by gritting their teeth, but don't forget, they may still be able to scrape together the money, but the various vulnerable parts are the focus. Without the vulnerable parts,
Supply, even if the central government forcibly orders these aircraft to be returned to the central government, it will be useless, because in less than a month, all these aircraft will be stranded due to lack of spare parts.
Not only the flying group, but also my armored battalion is the same. Without spare parts, fuel and perfect logistics support, those majestic iron guys are just a pile of immovable scrap metal.
Also, in my team, a private’s monthly salary is an ocean, a first class soldier’s salary is two yuan, a corporal’s is three yuan, a second lieutenant is five yuan, a captain is twenty yuan, and so on. I need dozens of dollars just to pay my salary.
Wan Dayang, and this does not include the ammunition consumed by the troops for training, etc.
To put it bluntly, even if someone pulls away all my team, as long as I have a year, I can still pull up a larger team, so this is why I don’t worry about someone taking away my team.
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Brigadier Chen calculated silently in his mind, and he was shocked to find that the monthly expenses of the Liantai Militia were in the millions.
Even if Gao Hongming gave it to the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army would not be able to support such a force.
Therefore, Gao Hongming's words were more of a showdown than showing off his wealth. He was told openly that anyone who wants to covet my team should first consider whether his medicine bag is big enough.