Gao Hongming did not lose his composure, but said calmly: "I have made up my mind, so please stop trying to persuade me."
Seeing Gao Hongming's determined expression, Commander Liu and Political Commissar Heping knew that he had made up his mind.
Sighing softly, Master Liu said helplessly: "Since you have made up your mind, I won't say anything else. But have you thought about what will happen to the Liantai Militia after you leave? Who will direct such a large amount of things?"
"This is easy to handle." Gao Hongming probably had already thought of it and said without hesitation: "I'm just leaving for a while, and I will arrange for someone to command the troops for me. As for someone who wants to cause trouble while I'm away, I'm afraid he's overthinking it.
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Gao Hongming knew what Mr. Liu and Mr. Liu were worried about. They were just worried that after Zi left, someone would take the opportunity to oust him or even seize power.
But the two people's worries were not a problem at all for Gao Hongming.
First of all, everyone must understand a truth: What is the most important thing in controlling an army?
Without a doubt, it must be logistics.
An army without logistics is destined not to go far. No matter how elite the army is, once it loses its logistics support, the only result can only be disintegration.
Since the establishment of the Liantai Militia, Gao Hongming has been able to delegate all power to his subordinates, but there is only one department that he has firmly controlled from beginning to end, and this department is the Logistics Department.
Even though this department may seem inconspicuous, anyone who knows this department knows that the Logistics Department is Gao Hongming’s real confidant department.
On weekdays, no matter how arrogant the company and battalion commanders are, they don't dare to act wildly in the logistics department. Otherwise, once they annoy the logistics department, they will find any reason to make things difficult for you and it will be enough to make you drink.
Maybe some people will say, wouldn't those battalion commanders and company commanders complain to Gao Hongming?
Haha... not really, because the person in charge of the logistics department now is none other than Gao Hongming's daughter-in-law Qin Xiulian.
For Gao Hongming, no matter who wants to break away from the Liantai Militia and try to go it alone, as long as they lose their logistical supplies, the army will collapse in less than half a month.
Take an infantry battalion of the Liantai Militia as an example. The personnel of an infantry battalion is 786, and the monthly military salary alone is about 5,000 yuan.
If you add in the troops' daily training consumption, medicine consumption, etc., it would cost at least 15,000 oceans a month to support an infantry battalion.
This is still normal. If there is a war, the cost will go up. One hundred and eighty thousand is not too much, and two or three hundred thousand is not too little.
How about the old saying that a cannon fires a thousand taels of gold? The essence of war is money.
For the officers and soldiers of the Liantai Militia who have become accustomed to not taking ammunition consumption seriously, once they break away from the system of the Liantai Militia, they are like duckweeds who have lost their territory, and the only thing waiting for them is to perish.
This is why Gao Hongming is not worried about the troops losing control after his family leaves Liantai County.
However, seeing the expressions on Mr. Liu's and Master Liu's faces, Gao Hongming also knew that the other party was indeed caring about him with good intentions. When he was about to explain again, there was a knock on the door.
Soon, Staff Officer Bai came in and said, "Sir, there are reporters outside who want to interview you."
"What a mess of reporters, they're gone! Tell them to go to Chief Yang and Chief Sun if they have any questions, and don't bother me."
Gao Hongming was annoyed when he heard this. He was worried about his brothers on Guadalcanal, so how could he be in the mood to deal with these annoying guys?
Staff Officer Bai whispered: "Commander, these reporters have quite a lot of backgrounds, and it was Chief Yang and Chief Sun who asked them to come.
It is said that she came here specifically for you. The staff department thinks that it is better for you to meet her. After all, you are really going to offend these people. If they write casually like this, it will be very detrimental to your reputation.
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"Yes, brother Gao, these reporters are known as the uncrowned kings. If you offend them, it will easily affect our image. I think it would be better for you to meet them." Mr. Liu on the side also advised.
"This... okay, why don't I meet you?"
Soon, Gao Hongming saw the visitor in his office.
What surprised Gao Hongming was that the visiting reporter was actually a woman.
She is about twenty-five or sixty-six years old, wearing a slim-fitting blouse in an earthy pattern, a pair of black homespun trousers, and a pair of thousand-layer cloth shoes on her feet.
Her slightly wheat-colored skin shows a hint of fatigue and haggard, which is obviously the result of running around all year round. Coupled with her slightly ordinary appearance, if it weren't for the sharp look in her eyes from time to time, she wouldn't be a reporter, let alone a reporter.
Even an ordinary peasant woman would be believed.
Of course, the above is just Gao Hongming's impression when he saw her for the first time. In fact, when she spoke her first words, Gao Hongming felt the confidence of the uncrowned king of this era.
"Hello, Captain Gao, I am Huang Yingtao, the foreign correspondent of Youth Daily. I am very happy that you can accept my interview." After that, she generously extended her right hand to Gao Hongming.
"You're welcome, Miss Huang. You're welcome."
Gao Hongming also extended his right hand to shake her.
These were very rough hands. When shaking hands, Gao Hongming even felt as if he had been scratched by a sharp object.
"hiss……"
This girl is definitely a ruthless person. This was Gao Hongming's first impression of Huang Yingtao.
People who travel all year round, are smart, capable, hard-working, and straightforward in doing things. Such people will still be rare talents even in the 21st century.
Sensing Gao Hongming's surprised look, Huang Yingtao seemed to understand something, and explained with a faint smile: "Captain Gao, don't blame me, I have three brothers above me, so before I said anything, my father thought it must be a boy this time too.
, so the name was adopted in advance, and it has been used to this day.”
"That's right. It seems that this name has brought a lot of distress and trouble to Miss Huang."
"Who says it isn't?"
A look of helplessness flashed across Huang Yingtao's face, and then he shook his head, "Don't talk about me anymore, let's get down to business first. Can I interview you?"
"Well, Miss Huang, please speak."
Huang Yingtao took out a notebook and a pen from the briefcase he carried with him, opened it and looked at Gao Hongming with a pair of dark eyes, "Captain Gao, I heard that not long ago, you were invited by the US government to send
He organized a force of five to six thousand people and went to the Pacific, thousands of miles away, to fight for the Americans. Is this true?"
"That's what happened." Gao Hongming admitted straightforwardly. He knew very well that since people dared to ask this question, he was naturally prepared. Denying it would not only make no sense, but would only attract ridicule.