Gao Hongming came up to him from afar, opened his arms and hugged Julian. Both of them seemed to be smiling, and the atmosphere was extremely harmonious for a while.
Julian smiled and said: "General Gao, you are too polite. I have heard that your troops have made great progress in the attack on the east side of Turululu Mountain in the past two days. I came here specially to congratulate you.
"
Looking at the gentle smile on Julian's face, Chi Yaohui on the side couldn't tell how sincere the smile was.
For a moment, he felt a little nostalgic for Colonel Thomas, the commander of the 8th Regiment. Although this guy had a rough temper, he was quite straightforward and got along well with him. The two of them had formed a friendship through their contact over the past few months.
A good personal relationship.
But generals like Julian and Spruance were different. He always felt that their smiles were like masks, hiding their true thoughts, making it difficult for people to guess and see clearly.
Only people like Tuanzao can deal with them without falling behind.
"Come... let's sit inside."
Gao Hongming led Julian and several accompanying officers into the headquarters, and soon the orderlies brought tea to several people.
"General Julian, come and try the Keemun black tea I brought from China." Gao Hongming pointed to several cups of bright red soup and fragrant tea in front of him and said: "Black tea is a good thing. It can treat acute and chronic enteritis and dysentery.
effective."
Julian was not polite. He picked up the tea cup and first looked at the tea soup, then put it under his nose and smelled it for a while. He took a sip and closed his eyes to taste it for a long time before giving a thumbs up to Gao Hongming.
"Hmm... the aroma is tangy, and there is a slightly bitter taste after entering the mouth, but it soon returns to sweetness, and I feel that my mouth is filled with a refreshing taste. It is indeed a top-quality black tea."
"Oh... I didn't expect that General Julian also likes to drink tea?"
Now it was Gao Hongming's turn to be a little surprised. Judging from Julian's actions and words while drinking tea just now, he was not just complimenting him randomly. He must be someone who has studied and understood black tea before he could say this.
Julian laughed: "General Gao may not know that I studied Chinese concurrently when I was studying at Harvard University, and I also have some understanding of Chinese history.
Take the current situation as an example, when we meet, shouldn't you use the phrase: It's not surprising that a friend comes from afar, to describe it?"
"hiss……"
Gao Hongming and Chi Yaohui looked at each other, and they were both shocked at the same time.
Because the last sentence Julian said was actually in Chinese, and his pronunciation was correct, and he had the flavor of a Beijing movie.
"General Julian, you know Chinese."
"certainly."
Julian shrugged his shoulders, "Didn't I just say that the foreign language I learned when I was in Harvard was Chinese, and I spent four years working on it. In 1932, I served as
I have served as the U.S. Military Attaché to China for two years, so is it strange that I can speak Chinese?”
Well... Gao Hongming immediately understood that he had met Hua Xia Tong.
"Okay, I admit that I made a mistake."
Gao Hongming spread his hands and changed the language to Chinese: "Now let's get to the point. As the saying goes, there is no need to go to the Three Treasures Palace. As the commander of the Second Marine Division, you have everything to do every day.
Now that you have put down your military affairs and come to me, you are definitely not here to drink tea. Please tell me frankly what is going on."
A trace of surprise flashed in Julian's eyes. In his impression, Chinese officials like to talk in a vague way, as if not saying so is not enough to show his level.
But Gao Hongming is an exception. He goes straight to the point from the beginning. In this case, he will not go around in circles.
He spoke with a fluent Pekingese accent: "General Gao, you must have seen today's battle report. Our 8th Marine Regiment suffered heavy casualties when attacking Tululu Mountain today. We lost a lot of money in just one day."
More than 800 people.
The reason the losses were so high was because we lacked air cover.
So I hope you can allocate the aircraft you have to a squadron of the Second Marine Division."
"You are assigned a squadron, are you right?"
Gao Hongming almost spit out the tea in his mouth. He looked at Julian with a strange expression, "Do you know how many planes I have in total?
Two squadrons..."
He held out two fingers.
"Two squadrons have 96 aircraft, and now you want to take away one squadron as soon as you open your mouth. Don't you think this request is extremely excessive and unreasonable?"
"I know this request will embarrass you." Julian nodded.
"But for the sake of victory in the anti-fascist war, I hope you can take the overall situation into consideration.
Of course, I won't ask for your plane in vain. If you have any needs, just tell me and I will try my best to meet your requirements as long as I can."
"Tsk tsk..."
Gao Hongming almost wanted to applaud.
This guy is much more powerful than his predecessor, Major General John, and his little calculations are making a lot of noise.
Whatever your needs are, just tell them and we will try our best to meet them as long as we can.
He said this as if Gao Hongming was begging him.
Gao Hongming brought the dispatch corps to Wanli to help. Isn't it natural for the U.S. military to provide supplies, support and other support? When did it turn into a dispatch corps begging the Americans to provide supplies?
And you should try your best to be satisfied. This means that if you think it can't be done, you won't help?
You've told me all about this car, you want all the benefits, but you haven't given any of the promises.
How could Gao Hongming tolerate such anger?
Why do you think I dare to confront your ex but not you? Who gave you the courage to speak to me in such a charitable tone... Sister Jingru?
Angrily, he smiled and picked up the tea cup on the table and said coldly: "General Julian, if you have this attitude, I think we have nothing to talk about."
After speaking, he lowered his head and used the tea lid to spread the tea leaves, and blew gently with his mouth, as if he was concentrating on tasting the tea.
"you……"
Seeing Gao Hongming's appearance, Julian was shocked at first, and then became angry.
He, who calls himself a China expert, certainly understands that Gao Hongming's action is also called serving tea to see off guests in China.
He wanted to have an attack, but he suppressed it.
He grabbed the hat on the table and put it on his head. He looked at Gao Hongming who was lowering his head to drink tea and said, "General Gao, I still hope you will consider my suggestion carefully. I will wait for your good news at Henderson Airport."
After saying that, Julian stood up and strode out of the headquarters.