After hearing what Gao Hongming said, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei were very angry.
Li Yunlong snorted angrily: "Brother Gao, of course you are a well-fed man and don't know the hungry man is hungry. Do you think our Eighth Route Army is your Liantai militia?"
Ding Wei also said: "Commander Gao, if our 129th Division were like you, we would have hundreds of aircraft, hundreds of tanks and sufficient supplies.
Let alone one division, we are not afraid of two divisions.
But the problem is that we don’t have any."
In fact, as soon as Gao Hongming said these words, he knew that he was a bit Versailles.
Somewhat embarrassed, he bowed his hands to a few people and said, "I'm sorry, it's true that I didn't think well. I'm going to drink three drinks as a penalty."
After saying that, he picked up his glass and was about to drink, but he was stopped unexpectedly.
Turning around, he saw Li Yunlong looking at him with a suspicious look.
"Brother Gao, you made an honest mistake, so there is no need to drink the fine as a penalty.
I don’t think it’s better than this. You might as well convert these three glasses of wine into supplies and give them to me.”
Gao Hongming smiled, "Well, Li Yunlong, you are waiting for me here emotionally.
I think you and I are fake, but coming to fight the autumn wind is real, right?"
Li Yunlong smiled and said: "How can I, I really miss you."
"Bullshit!"
Gao Hongming laughed loudly, pointed at him and cursed with a smile: "Li Yunlong, I don't know you yet. You are the kind of guy who has to taste the salt even when a dung truck passes by your door. You would be so kind to come and see me."
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There was silence for a while, then a burst of deafening laughter suddenly broke out.
Zhao Gang and Political Commissar Wang lowered their heads and couldn't help laughing.
Kong Jie and Ding Wei even laughed so much that they lay on the table holding their stomachs and laughing so hard.
"The dung truck... the dung truck passes by... you have to... you have to taste the saltiness... Hahaha... This sentence is so damn right, Li Yunlong is that kind of person!"
Kong Jie hugged his stomach and put one arm around Zhao Gang's shoulders, trying to support his body from falling, even his stomach hurt from laughter.
Ding Wei was lying on the table laughing so hard that he couldn't get up for a while.
Perhaps it was the first time they heard such a joke, or perhaps it was because they thought that Li Yunlong's stingy temper was too vivid, so the four of them all burst into laughter.
Li Yunlong couldn't bear the laughter, and his face showed an expression of anger and grievance.
"Brother Gao, if I don't lead you to ruin people like this, am I, Lao Li, that kind of person?"
Gao Hongming suppressed his laughter, "I don't care whether you are being stingy or not. You can ask Lao Ding, Lao Kong and the others yourself. They are all your old comrades in arms and have the most say."
Li Yunlong was so angry, "Old Ding...Old Kong, let me ask you old comrades, am I, Li Yunlong, that kind of person?"
Ding Wei suppressed a smile and patted his shoulder: "I said, Lao Li, you are also a family man, and now you even have a son. From now on, you don't want to do such trivial things as staring at the passing dung trucks.
Done.
Otherwise, be careful, Sister-in-law Xiuqin won’t let you go to bed!”
"I……%#%"
Ding Wei's words drew another scolding from Li Yunlong, but they still elicited laughter.
"Okay, okay... let's not make fun of Lao Li, otherwise he will really fall out."
Gao Hongming changed the topic in time.
"Okay, Li Yunlong, tell me the truth, what is the purpose of coming here this time?
If you still don't tell the truth, then I will really think that you are here to see me, and then don't blame me for being stingy as a brother."
"Hey, no, no, no..."
Li Yunlong became anxious upon hearing this and quickly reached out to stop Gao Hongming.
"Brother Gao, I was just being polite. You are a famous local rich man in Shanxi. Why don't you even know how to be humble?"
"Hahaha……"
Li Yunlong's words made everyone laugh again. Everyone in the 129th Division knew that modesty had never appeared in Li Yunlong's dictionary.
Gao Hongming burst out laughing: "Okay, I won't tease you anymore.
Tell me, why are you here this time? I will definitely help you if I can."
Li Yunlong and others looked at each other, and several of them were a little embarrassed. Finally, Zhao Gang spoke:
"With such a high commander, our 129th Division suffered heavy losses in this battle to defend Taiyuan.
In particular, the losses of our 386th Brigade and 385th Brigade were even more serious.
Although the headquarters replenished us with new soldiers in a timely manner, there was a shortage of both weapons and ammunition.
This is especially true for medicines. This time we came here actually under the entrustment of the brigade commander and Commander Liu, hoping to buy some weapons, ammunition and medicines from you.
But you also know the conditions of our Eighth Route Army and cannot give you too high a price. I hope you can sell it to us cheaper."
"no problem."
Gao Hongming readily agreed, "I can sell you medicines at 50% off the market price, and the same goes for weapons and ammunition. I will sell you as much as you buy."
"Thank you so much." Zhao Gang held Gao Hongming's hand and expressed his gratitude again.
He added: "But we have one more thing to ask of you."
"Say." Gao Hongming was eating a piece of mutton with his head down and said without raising his head when he heard the words.
"We would like to purchase a batch of fighter jets from you and hope that you can send instructors to conduct comprehensive training for us."
"Ahem..."
Gao Hongming almost spit out the mouthful of mutton in his mouth. Fortunately, he lowered his head quickly and sprayed all the meat under the table.
He raised his head and looked at Zhao Gang with a strange expression.
"I asked Political Commissar Zhao, is your army so rich now?
Are you already starting to form the air force?”
No wonder Gao Hongming was surprised, the Air Force was indeed a gold-eating beast.
Not to mention a fighter plane that costs tens of thousands of dollars, the daily maintenance, upkeep, consumption of ammunition, fuel, parts, and training of pilots and ground crews alone consume an astronomical amount of money and materials.
Moreover, the Air Force is useless when it is small in scale. Once it is launched, it must be established on a large scale, otherwise it is better not to launch it.
Didn’t you see that before the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the central government owned more than 300 aircraft, but almost all of them were lost just over a year after the war began.
It can be said that without establishing a complete industrial system, we cannot afford to fly.
Of course, except for myself who is cheating.
Thinking of this, Gao Hongming said sincerely: "Political Commissar Zhao, I'm not pouring cold water on you, but the air force is really no better than the army.
It is a gold-eating beast. If your army really wants to form an air force, I suggest that it is not too late to consider this issue after you seize power across the country."
Seeing Gao Hongming's reaction, Zhao Gang quickly said: "Captain Gao, I didn't make it clear to you just now.
We are not planning to establish a large-scale air force all at once, but to solve the problem from scratch.
All we need is a presence-based air force with five or six fighter planes."