Seeing Kong Jie and Li Yunlong begging for help from him like two generals, Gao Hongming couldn't help but laugh.
Some people may not like this kind of behavior, but Gao Hongming expressed his understanding of this. The Eighth Route Army during this period was really in difficulty. The Nationalist Government, apart from giving them some military pay when they were first reorganized, simply left them to fend for themselves.
The Eighth Route Army can only rely on self-reliance for everything. For a regiment leader like Li Yunlong, his first consideration is not fighting, but how to survive.
There are more than a thousand people in the Independent Group, and just eating every day can make people worry to death.
For example, the sweet potato roast that Li Yunlong brought out to entertain him just now seemed to Gao Hongming to be unpalatable, but to Li Yunlong, it was a delicacy in the world that ordinary soldiers could not drink even if they wanted to.
But even in such a difficult environment, Li Yunlong can still lead the independent group to continue to develop and grow. This is his ability.
Gao Hongming asked himself that if he were allowed to be the leader of this independent group, he might not be able to survive for even a month. This is why he admires Li Yunlong.
Thinking of this, he smiled slightly: "Brother Li, Commander Kong, just tell me what you want?"
"Ah...this..."
Li Yunlong and Kong Jie didn't expect Gao Hongming to be so straightforward, and for a moment they didn't know what to order.
Li Yunlong scratched his head and cursed with a smile, "Damn it, Brother Gao, when you say that, I am so cold-hearted that I don't know how to speak."
Gao Hongming laughed loudly, "Captain Li, in the last battle at Cangyunling, didn't you get those hundreds of guns, tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition and mortars quite simply? Why are you so embarrassed today?"
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Li Yunlong said angrily: "Don't talk about it. My heart still hurts when I talk about those things. The things haven't even warmed up yet, so that guy Ding Wei has taken advantage of me."
Gao Hongming couldn't help laughing again, and after pondering for a while, he said: "Since you are embarrassed to say it, let me say it for you. In this way, I will give you five hundred Mauser 98K rifles and twenty Czech-style (
ZB26 light machine gun), I will give you another 200,000 rounds of 7.92mm bullets, and two US-made M2 60mm mortars, equipped with 100 rounds of shells, what do you think?"
There was silence in the room, and Li Yunlong and the other three were dumbfounded.
Although I had long expected that Gao Hongming would never be able to get away with nothing with his magnanimity, he never dreamed that he would be so generous beforehand, directly giving him 500 rifles and 20 machine guns, and even 200,000 rounds of ammunition.
In particular, this Czech light machine gun is an excellent weapon, both in terms of accuracy and simplicity, it is much better than the Japanese 11-year-old machine gun of the same period.
The most admirable thing is that the structure of this machine gun is very simple, with only a few parts. Even an ordinary person who has never touched a gun can use a punch and a hammer in less than three minutes.
The inner gun is disassembled.
If it is a soldier who is already familiar with the gun, it will not even take a minute to disassemble it.
It is precisely because its structure is so simple that it can be quickly mastered by Chinese soldiers who generally had low literacy levels during this period. This machine gun also became the most popular machine gun during the Anti-Japanese War.
Li Yunlong held Gao Hongming's hand for a long time and said, "Brother Gao, you are so interesting. I will remember this favor."
Gao Hongming said sternly: "Brother Li, don't say thank you. As long as it is to fight the Japanese, I will give up any more. I only hope that after you get these weapons, you can kill a few more Japanese."
Let us avenge the thousands of innocent compatriots in China who died."
Li Yunlong slapped his chest loudly: "Don't worry about this. I, Li Yunlong, have no other abilities. I never want to be second to others in killing Japanese."
After receiving Gao Hongming's promise, Li Yunlong, Kong Jie and Zhao Gang were relieved. With these weapons, the independent regiment would not only have one gun per man, but also mortars. Next, they only need to improve the training of the troops.
Go up, it won't be long before the appearance of the independent group is bound to be completely new.
Although Kong Jie and Zhao Gang were originally polite to Gao Hongming, their politeness was a little distant, but now they looked at him with a touch of kindness.
After Li Yunlong finished cooking the sweet potatoes in the bowl, he also poured them all with the foreign wine brought by Gao Hongming.
It's interesting to say that among these three people, Li Yunlong likes Lao Maozi's vodka, while Kong Jie prefers British whiskey. Zhao Gang and Gao Hongming also like to drink wine. From this, we can also see the personalities of the three.
After three rounds of wine and five dishes, everyone felt a bit drunk.
Zhao Gang, who had a good chat with Gao Hongming, asked under the influence of wine: "Commander Gao, I didn't realize that you know so much about our Eighth Route Army. It seems that you do a lot of research on weekdays."
"That is."
Gao Hongming said with a loud tongue: "I can be sure that after we defeat little Japan in the future, China will definitely be your party's world. Even the Chairman will not be your opponent."
"Oh...are you so sure?"
"Of course, I can guarantee that I have absolute confidence in you. Let me tell you..."
The dinner ended in the evening. Gao Hongming declined Li Yunlong's and the other three's attempts to stay, staggered on his jeep and returned to the army. Li Yunlong and his three men personally escorted him to the entrance of the village before returning.
After the jeep disappeared from everyone's sight, Li Yunlong and the others slowly walked back to the village.
Li Yunlong asked Zhao Gang, "Old Zhao, after the contact just now, what do you think of Brother Gao?"
Zhao Gang took a deep breath of the cold air and immediately felt that his originally groggy brain was much clearer.
He thought for a while and then said: "Judging from his words and deeds just now, he is very fond of our Eighth Route Army and even our army, and he has shown great goodwill to us. In my opinion, he is the kind of person who can be
What do you think we should strive for?"
Li Yunlong shook his head: "I can't see it. Although he has a good impression of us, he is also willing to do his best to help us, but if we ask him to work with us... others may not be willing.
Think about it, as far as I know, Brother Gao has been a big landowner in Liantai County for generations. Not only does his family have thousands of acres of fertile land, but he has one or two thousand acres. He also has a lot of shops. How can you prove it?
Why do you think he would leave his family and career to follow us?"
Kong Jie also echoed: "I agree with Lao Li. This is like a landlord and a wealthy man. He may help his poor relatives from time to time, but if you let him live a poor life like his poor relatives, there are probably not many people.
Will you agree?"
Zhao Gang nodded slowly: "Yes, it seems that I took it too much for granted just now."