The old residence of the Gao family is in the west of Liantai County, while the Xie family is in the east. Gao Hongming took Xie Wenqian and his party to the Xie family at dinner time after half an hour's journey.
As soon as Gao Hongming got off the car, he saw Mr. Xie, who was holding a civilized stick and wearing a silk mandarin jacket, and a man waiting on the steps. After seeing him, they both walked down to greet him, and he hurried away.
He went over to support his father-in-law.
"Dad...what are you doing? If anyone sees it, you can drown me in saliva."
Mr. Xie smiled heartily: "Hong Ming, don't get me wrong. It's not me who came out to greet you this time, but Brother Yanmou who proposed it. As an old man, I can only follow the guests."
"oh?"
For the first time, Gao Hongming took a formal look at the man standing next to his father-in-law, looking at him with a smile on his face.
This man is about forty years old, with a slightly chubby figure and a kind face. At first glance, he looks like a teacher who teaches and educates people, but if you look closely, you can find that he also has the unique aura of a soldier.
Seeing Gao Hongming turn to look at him, Mr. Xie introduced: "Hong Ming, let me introduce to you. This is Xu Yanmou, the current Lieutenant General Chief of Staff of the Fifth Theater Zone."
"Chief of Staff Xu of the Fifth War Zone?"
When Gao Hongming heard this, he was shocked, and he quickly stood upright and saluted him: "Gao Hongming, the leader of the Liantai Militia Group, has met Chief of Staff Xu. I don't know that Chief of Staff Xu has come a long way, but he has been greeted from afar. I also hope that Chief of Staff Xu Haihan
.”
Xu Zuyi smiled slightly, "Brother Si Ya and I have been friends for many years. If that's the case, can I call you my nephew?"
Even if it is directed at his father-in-law, Gao Hongming would still give him this face, "Of course, it is my nephew's honor."
While the three of them were talking, Xie Wenqian got out of the car, came to Gao Hongming, took his arm, and greeted Xu Zuyi with a smile. It was obvious that she knew Xu Zuyi.
Xu Zuyi couldn't help but sigh: "Oh...it's been so many years since I last saw the little girl who used to be so stubborn that she would rather fall out with her parents and go to study in Germany. Now she has grown up and is about to become a mother. Time flies so fast.
Hurry."
"Uncle Xu."
Seeing that Xu Zuyi wanted to settle an old score, Xie Wenqian became anxious and started to act coquettishly as soon as she stamped her feet.
Gao Hongming and Xu Zuyi were so frightened that they quickly stopped her, "Hey, my little aunt, you don't even look at what's happening now. If you make any mistakes because of me, your father will have to fight with me."
Mr. Xie, who was startled, also scolded him with a straight face: "Look at how old you are, but you are still not sensible at all. Don't you know that things are different now? If something happens, won't it make your mother sad?"
Well, your mother is still waiting for you in the backyard, why don’t you hurry up and talk to her!”
"oh……"
Xie Wenqian, who was scolded by her father, did not dare to refute, but her maid Xiaolian came out quickly and helped her to the backyard. However, the look she glanced at Gao Hongming when she left made the latter murmur.
But now was not the time to think about this. The three grown men walked inside. When the two of them entered the courtyard, more than a hundred soldiers from the guard battalion accompanied them and the surrounding area was alerted.
The three of them came to the living room in the backyard and sat down, and a maid came forward to serve tea.
After the maid left, Xu Zuyi said directly: "Nephew Gao Xian, we are all our own people, so I won't beat around the bush with you. Our Fifth War Zone is having a very hard time nowadays, although it nominally governs Wanxi, Northern Hubei, and Henan.
However, in the past two years, the central government has given us less and less supplies, and our troops have been repeatedly transferred.
Although there are nominally four group armies and a guerrilla army in the fifth theater, a total of 26 infantry divisions and a cavalry division, most of the troops are some miscellaneous armies and local armed forces. Needless to say, they lack combat effectiveness, especially the lack of weapons, ammunition and
drug.
I am here to buy a batch of medicines and supplies from you on the order of Chief Li Zongren. I hope that the restriction will sell us a batch of supplies for Brother Gao's sake."
Gao Hongming was also slightly surprised. Is Chief of Staff Xu so direct?
Seeing that Gao Hongming didn't speak, Xu Zuyi also realized something and explained: "Nephew Gao Xian, I also know that this time the Japanese troops of the 6th Division and the 108th Division are approaching the border, you must be under a lot of pressure. It's time to come here at this time.
It’s not the right time, and if you really don’t have the resources at hand, it doesn’t matter. We can discuss it slowly after this battle is over, what do you think?”
"Oh...that's not what I meant, Chief Xu." Seeing that Xu Zuyi misunderstood, Gao Hongming explained: "Although the Japanese invaders are very arrogant now, in my opinion, this is just a bluff by the Japanese invaders. Their real purpose is
In fact, it was to hold us back and prevent us from freeing up our hands to stop the Japanese army’s large-scale raids.”
Hearing this, Xu Zuyi frowned and said: "But have you ever thought about it? It has been said in the art of war since ancient times that soldiers are unpredictable and water is unpredictable. Once the Japanese army turns from a feint attack to a strong attack. And the enemy's Sixth Division is not a good one. It
Their combat effectiveness is among the best in the Japanese Army, and you will suffer big losses if you are not careful!"
"Chief Xu is right."
Gao Hongming nodded and said: "Especially because what we need to do now is to inflict pain on the Japanese in the shortest possible time so that they will not dare to rush in easily!"
Seeing Gao Hongming's confidence, Xu Zuyi's heart moved, and he immediately thought of the air force in the opponent's hands that even Chairman Chiang coveted.
There was a thought in my heart: "Could it be that, my dear nephew, you want to use the air force to strike first?"
"right!"
Gao Hongming glanced at Xu Zuyi approvingly. This man was known as one of the best chiefs of staff during the Anti-Japanese War. He guessed his intention at a glance.
"As of this year, the Japanese army has a total of about 3,000 aircraft, which is far beyond the reach of China. But apart from the Japanese naval aviation, the aircraft used to defend the mainland and the aircraft deployed outside the customs, the number of aircraft used by the Japanese army for operations within the customs
There have never been more than 800 aircraft, and even fewer of them can be used for combat in North China, and the total will not exceed 300."
Seeing Gao Hongming chatting casually, Xu Zuyi felt a huge wave of emotion in his heart.
Even though Gao Hongming just mentioned a few data casually, even he, the chief of staff of the fifth theater, did not know these data. It can be seen that these data are definitely highly confidential of the Japanese army. Where did Gao Hongming know this?
Thinking of this, Xu Zuyi looked at Gao Hongming a little strangely, but the surprises Gao Hongming brought to him were far more than that.
"So my current plan is to first force the Japanese army to engage in air combat with us, and use our fighter aircraft advantage to eliminate the effective strength of the Japanese army and aviation. As long as we have air supremacy, we don't have to care even if the Japanese army has a military advantage."