Zhou Weiguo met Sa Zhenbing's gaze, smiled, and said, "Old General, can you go have dinner now? You've been working hard all morning."
"Okay!" Sa Zhenbing said loudly, he would not ask things he shouldn't ask.
Then, Zhou Weiguo smiled, squatted down, put his hand into the water, took back several battleships, and said, "It's better to wait for someone to operate the battleships before taking them out. Otherwise, it is not safe."
"Yes!" Sa Zhenbing nodded, looked at Zhou Weiguo with a little more awe, and then said, "I have already written to Lan Jibei and invited him to come here with me."
"Lan Jianshu?" Zhou Weiguo was confused, "I heard that General Lan disappeared after his resignation."
"Well, I'm just living in seclusion." Sa Zhenbing smiled and said, "I originally wanted to write to Lin Jianzhang, but he was closely watched by the Japanese, so I didn't write to him."
"Thank you, old general."
"I'm overjoyed to see battleships here today. I will help you contact some more people, and we will definitely build a real navy that belongs to China." Sa Zhenbing said, "It's ridiculous to say that, in the Naval Academy
, my grades are poor, far inferior to Deng Shichang. But as the Beiyang Navy, how can I not hate the Sino-Japanese War? A few years ago, I opposed Yuan Shikai and the Kuomintang, which is your current principal. But here we are.
Now, everything has been put aside. Nothing is more important than the integrity of the country."
"That's what the old general said." Zhou Weiguo nodded. He had checked the navy's information many times during the Republic of China. Most of the information was praising Sa Zhenbing. Some forums also revealed some inside stories, including Sa Zhenbing's.
Some experiences in his early years, but it cannot be denied that Sa Zhenbing has lived a long time. At his current age, the things he sees are no longer the same as in his early years.
"Now, Chen Shaokuan is already the Minister of the Navy. I am also old, and there is not much I can do. I don’t know when my old bones will be buried, but I will do my best to build your
This navy is a national disgrace." Sa Zhenbing said seriously to Zhou Weiguo.
"Okay." Zhou Weiguo nodded, "As for General Lin Jianzhang, I will arrange for someone to pick him up from Shanghai." Lin Jianzhang, after the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, refused to accept the Japanese invitation and died in depression.
"That's fine, thank you." Sa Zhenbing smiled, "If possible, you can actually write to your principal and ask him to send you more people. After all, although the Central Navy is very weak,
, Weakness lies in the lack of battleships, not people. However, I can also write to Chen Shaokuan and ask him to support you with some people."
"I understand." Zhou Weiguo nodded, "Thank you, old general. Let's go eat first."
…
on the dinner table
"Old general, I will build a navy martial arts hall here soon." Zhou Weiguo said to Sa Zhenbing.
Sa Zhenbing smiled and said, "I know, I am almost 80 years old, and I am really not suitable for going to the battlefield. The few old bones I called are all suitable for teaching. The real ones are young people.
"
"Thank you, old general, for your understanding." Zhou Weiguo smiled, "I think we will definitely be ashamed of the Sino-Japanese War before long."
"Well, I believe it too."
…
Afterwards, Zhou Weiguo arranged for people to go to Shanghai to find Lin Jianzhang.
At the same time, a group of people from Yan'an also came to Laiyang. When he wanted to set up a naval martial arts hall, he felt that he had to find some people who had studied there. After all, in this era of low literacy rates,
It is still difficult to train the navy and air force. Those who have gone to school will accept it faster. Therefore, this group of people can be regarded as a group of student soldiers.
After this group of people arrived, they quickly began to learn relevant professional knowledge.
…
March 3, 1939, Laiyang Headquarters.
Zhou Weiguo looked at the map. It is true that the Japanese have not made any big moves against Laiyang recently. But he knew that the Battle of Nanchang was about to begin soon. This was the first major battle between China and Japan since the Battle of Wuhan. This war would last for two days.
Although it took more than a month, it was still defeated, but it still consumed the effective strength of the Japanese army.
Zhou Weiguo wanted to participate in this war. But obviously, it was unrealistic to send troops directly from the Independent Division to Nanchang. But he really wanted to verify something.
Zhou Weiguo put down his pen and immediately said to the soldiers outside the door, "Invite Comrade Liu Yuan over."
After a while, Liu Yuan walked in, looked at Zhou Weiguo and said, "What's wrong?"
"Brother, does your Communist Party have any teams near Nanchang?" Zhou Weiguo asked.
Liu Yuan nodded and said, "There should still be guerrillas and some units of the New Fourth Army nearby."
Zhou Weiguo rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Okay, I understand." Looking at Liu Yuan's worried eyes, Zhou Weiguo smiled helplessly and said, "Brother, I'm fine, I just have something to think about."
"Don't think too much," Liu Yuandao said, "We are just fighting the Japanese now. It will be the same wherever we fight."
"Yeah." Zhou Weiguo nodded.
Liu Yuan sighed, "Don't put too much pressure on yourself."
"I know, brother, it's okay. You can go back. I'll think about it again." Zhou Weiguo said immediately.
"Okay." Liu Yuan left immediately.
"Master, do you want to go to the front line?" Li Weimin said. Generally speaking, he rarely stays at the headquarters, but it was not long after the Chinese New Year, and it didn't even pass the 15th of the first lunar month, so,
He is still working at the headquarters these days.
"Yes, but it is impossible to send troops directly from Laiyang. There is no way to go all the way through so many Japanese blockades to the front line." Zhou Weiguo sighed, "Unless it is broken into parts, but such an accident is also very big.
There will be soldiers who may have accidents on the road. I take them to the battlefield and don't want them to have accidents on the road."
"But, Master, why don't you call the Chairman directly?"
"Nowadays, in the national army, there are positions and pitfalls. If I go, where will there be so many soldiers for me? Whose position should I give up? Also, if I really go, I won't even know the combat effectiveness of the soldiers under my command.
, how to command the battle?" Zhou Weiguo sighed and said helplessly.
"Or, let's just start a war here." Li Weimin said.
Zhou Weiguo shook his head, "Although we say we have many soldiers now and are stronger than before, we are still too close to the enemy's rear here. Our air force and navy are not yet in place, and they will be very passive. Once passive, we will lose hundreds of thousands of soldiers."
The lives of thousands of soldiers.”
"If there is really no other way, then we can only break it into pieces and rush to the front line." Li Weimin said, "It is better than doing nothing."
Zhou Weiguo nodded, "That's all we can do."
"Weimin, which regiment has no garrison duty recently?"
"Today, the nine regiments of the three brigades are all at their own stations." Li Weimin pushed up his glasses, "The guard regiment is responsible for guarding. The first and second regiments directly under the division are responsible for the airport's security. The third and fourth regiments are now at
Haiyang is responsible for the safety of the Navy Martial Arts Hall. The ones without special garrison duties are the 5th and 6th regiments."
"Just the fifth regiment. I remember, the leader of the fifth regiment is called Long Zhi?"
"Yes, it turned out to be Gan Xinda's soldiers."
Zhou Weiguo laughed, "Even Gan Xinda's soldiers are regimental commanders, and Gan Xinda is still a regimental commander."