"Your Excellency, Commander, Your Excellency, Colonel, today's battle situation is like this. I failed to complete the task you assigned me, please punish me!"
Ryoichi Yamama stood in Fujino Shigeharu's office with his head lowered, and finished reporting today's battle situation in a low voice. His face was full of regret and grief, and tears could not stop falling.
Yoshio Shinozuka was sitting on a chair with his saber in hand, and there was no expression on his face. Fujino Shigeharu asked with a straight face: "You mean, you were attacked by Chinese anti-aircraft artillery as soon as you arrived at Kenanpo?"
"Yes, Your Majesty Colonel." Ryoichi Yamama choked, "The flight altitude when we arrived at Kenanpo was 6,500 meters. As soon as I gave the order to lower the altitude and prepare for bombing, the Chinese artillery shells came up.
The speed was very fast, and we lost two bombers and a Falcon fighter in less than a minute."
"etc……"
Yamamoto Kazuki interrupted Yamamoto Ryoichi.
"Shan Shanjun, if I heard correctly, you were at an altitude of 6,500 meters at that time. Ordinary anti-aircraft guns shouldn't be able to hit such a height, right?"
"Yes." Fujino Shigeharu nodded: "To think of hitting such a height, the caliber of the anti-aircraft artillery must be at least 60 mm.
But as far as I know, the Chinese government has purchased very few anti-aircraft artillery in recent years, generally 20mm, 37mm or 40mm caliber artillery.
Even Chongqing doesn’t have artillery with a caliber above 60 mm. Where did Yan Xishan get those large-caliber anti-aircraft artillery?”
Yamamoto Kazuki and Shinozuka Yoshio looked at each other, and suddenly said in unison: "Gao Hongming's militia!"
In the evening, Gao Hongming arrived at Yan Xishan's residence on time.
Although Yan Xishan was talking about a family dinner, the people accompanying him were of high status. In addition to his old acquaintance Sun Chu, there were also Wang Jingguo, commander of the Thirteenth Army, and Zhao Chengshou, commander of the Seventh Army.
All in all, any one of the people at this table would be a big boss who could shock the entire Shanxi province by stomping their feet, but today they all willingly acted as foils.
Of course Gao Hongming knew that he didn't have that much face, and the only thing that could make Yan Laoxi and these big guys put down their face was the shining silver dollar.
What we ate today was Shanxi's famous assorted hot pot. Looking at the red charcoal fire coming out of the hot pot, and the tumbling pork belly, crispy pork, vermicelli, yam, bean dip, etc., Gao Hongming also had a great appetite and kept eating.
After eating three bowls, I stopped using my chopsticks.
Looking at Gao Hongming eating, Yan Xishan pointed at him and said with a smile: "Look... look, young people can eat. It's just like when we were young."
Sun Chu also sighed with emotion: "Yes, the staff still remember that in 26 years, the staff led the 12th regiment to retreat to Yanmen Pass on the order of the commander, and fought fiercely with the chairman's troops for three days, and finally repulsed them.
attack.
Afterwards, one person in the department ate two legs of lamb and one chicken, and also drank a large bowl of pimple soup, but we can’t do that now.”
"Haha..." Everyone laughed.
Gao Hongming looked at several people. Although all of these people were either old or pot-bellied now, who knew that these people were all heroes when they were young?
After eating a piece of ham, Yan Xishan put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and then said: "Son of the Gao family, originally I thought you were a talented little boy, but after what happened today, I think I still underestimate you."
Gao Hongming didn't speak. The people sitting in front of him were all old nurses who had been practicing for decades. Trying to play tricks with them was no different from playing tricks in front of Guan Gong, so it was better to stay still than to move, just watch him quietly.
Just fine.
Seeing that Gao Hongming was silent, Yan Xishan put a piece of ham into his bowl and said slowly: "A few days ago, Cui Ya (Sun Chu) got a batch of penicillin and sulfa powder from you and signed a contract with you.
It’s a long-term supply contract, don’t you have any resentment in your heart?”
Gao Hongming smiled brightly: "Sir, you are joking. There is endless money to be made in this world. Rather than having fun alone, it is better to have fun together, so that money can be earned for a long time."
"Hahaha……"
A hint of admiration flashed in Yan Xishan's eyes, he pointed at him and smiled at everyone: "Look...look...let me tell you, the kid from Liantai County is not that shallow, but he is promising."
Zhao Chengshou and Wang Jingguo also laughed, and Wang Jingguo patted Gao Hongming on the shoulder: "You kid, you insist on asking for it. If you need our help for anything in the future, just ask, as long as we old guys can do it
I’ll do it for you easily.”
After listening to the words of these old foxes, Gao Hongming suddenly realized that the five people here were all from Shanxi. Needless to say, except for Sun Chu, the other four people, including himself, were all from Liantai County. People of this era
How persistent are you about the idea of rurality?
For Gao Hongming, who grew up in later generations, he is not very interested in this custom, but for people of this era, it is natural.
Not only Yan Xishan, but also Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, doesn’t he only re-employ people from Zhejiang? If you are both a Huangpu student and a Fenghua native, congratulations... Even if you are a pig, the Chairman can make you
Fly.
After expressing his gratitude to several big bosses, Yan Xishan asked: "The Gao family, today I saw that the weapons equipped by your troops are almost all German products. It seems that you have a very broad path."
"this……"
Gao Hongming hesitated for a moment, not knowing how to answer.
Seeing his hesitant look, Yan Xishan laughed and said, "Don't get me wrong, we have no intention of testing you. As the saying goes, cats have cat ways and snakes have snake ways. If you have the ability to make weapons, that's your ability. We haven't yet.
He works so low that he covets the business of his juniors.
Old man, I just want to ask if you can get another batch of anti-aircraft guns, and I can buy them at the market price."
"That's no problem." Gao Hongming answered directly without thinking, "How much do you want, sir?"
"As much as you want?"
"Yes...as much or as little as you like!"
"Well, I want a hundred of them, plus one shell for each anti-aircraft gun."
"No problem, one cannon with one hundred rounds of shells is five thousand oceans, and one hundred guns is half a million oceans!"
"Deal...we'll pay the money and deliver the goods."
The two of them exchanged words with each other, and in less than two minutes, a business worth 500,000 yuan was concluded. The other three people present were simply stunned.
Wang Jingguo wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "My darling, are all the little boys so good now?"
He turned around and asked Sun Chu and Zhao Chengshou who were standing aside, "Cui Ya, Yin Fu, what were we doing when we were as old as the Gao family's children?"
Sun Chu thought for a while and then said: "At that time, I should have just graduated from Baoding Military Academy and served as a trainee platoon leader under Lord Baichuan."
Zhao Chengshou shook his head: "I should be better than Cui Ya and be the company commander in a regiment."
The three of them looked at each other and smiled bitterly when they saw Gao Hongming, who was discussing business with Yan Xishan...