The Japanese are a whole brigade. If we want to hold them back, we have to fight with all our strength. Our losses will not be small."
"The 32nd Army and the Model Brigade have done all the work, but we have to do the dirty work. It's not cost-effective!"
"That's right, we have managed to save this little fortune over the years, but we can't lose it all at once..."
The discussion in the headquarters gradually became noisy, and most of the officers in the 29th Army headquarters had somewhat different opinions.
Meng Yuting was not impatient, he just stood quietly, waiting for General Song Mingyuan's final decision.
Because he knew that General Song Mingyuan, as a veteran on the battlefield, would not be ignorant of the dangers on the battlefield. It was impossible to win without paying a price.
People who want to eat meat but are afraid of burning their mouths, it is impossible for such people to maintain an army organization and survive to this day after the Northwest Army was basically divided and disintegrated by the Republic of China government.
At this moment, Song Shan, who had already exited, reported outside the door again.
"Report, General Shang Zheng of the 32nd Army called."
Song Mingyuan did not ask Song Shan to come in, but directly ordered: "Read it."
Song Shan had never encountered this kind of thing like reading a message aloud at the door, and he couldn't help but be stunned.
"Do you still need me to repeat the order? Read it, read it loudly."
"yes!"
Song Shan immediately read the message loudly, "Brother Mingyuan, I have assembled the team, will you come?"
As soon as this sound was read out, the buzzing discussion in the room stopped immediately, and everyone looked at General Song Mingyuan who was as calm as water.
I saw a flash of light in his eyes, and he laughed loudly: "Haha... When this country is in crisis, our soldiers should cut through the thorns and move forward bravely. Since Brother Shang Zheng has such an ambition, Song will accompany him in his ambition.
one time."
"Call me back, Mr. Song dares to disobey me."
After that, he looked solemn and ordered loudly: "Send my order. The commanders and deputy commanders of each division and brigade will all go to the headquarters in an hour to hold a military meeting. There must be no mistakes."
Seeing that Commander Song had made up his mind, all the officers in the headquarters stood up and said at attention: "Yes!"
This shows that the generals of Song and Mingyuan were strict in running the army and enforced orders and prohibitions.
Once the military commander makes up his mind, other officers will not dare to have any objections.
Suddenly, there was a feeling in the headquarters that a storm was coming and a war was about to begin.
When Meng Yuting saw that the matter had been decided, he secretly breathed out a sigh of relief and immediately asked General Song Mingyuan to resign.
Commander Song has now secretly guessed that this so-called chief of staff of the teaching corps is probably the initiator of planning this war.
Based on his understanding of Zhao Changshu, he probably did not have such great courage and exquisite planning when he returned from the White Horse General.
It can only be the seed of an officer who was favored by the commander back then.
"Yuting, you can be considered a member of our Northwest Army. In terms of origin, you are also my descendant. Unfortunately, the Northwest Army no longer exists, otherwise we would still be colleagues now. However, our 29th Army,
Now it is the only organic unit of the Northwest Army. You should come here often from now on, this can be regarded as your natal home."
General Song Mingyuan sent Meng Yuting out and chatted with Meng Yuting as usual on the way.
"Yes, I have humbled my duties to the Northwest Army and Marshal Feng, and I dare not forget them for a day."
"Oh, by the way, when I was the commander of the 28th Division, the commander-in-chief also sent two young student officers from our division to study in the Soviet Union. One of them was named Zhu. A big man, he was an artillery platoon leader.
"
"The officer is talking about Zhu Jinhui, right? He was selected from the 28th Division before. He is indeed your old subordinate."
"oh?"
Hearing this, General Song Mingyuan's eyes lit up slightly, but he pretended to be casual and asked: "Where does Zhu Jinhui serve now? According to his qualifications and abilities, he should be at least an artillery regiment commander now, right? You still have
Is there any contact?”
"Jinhui is now also teaching the regiment, and is now the company commander of the mountain artillery company."
"The same goes for Xiao Zhou. How can a professional like Xiao Zhu, who spent his golden years at the Soviet Military Academy, serve as the leader of a mere company? He is overqualified and overqualified for his use."
Having said this, he put on an unfair expression and said: "When you go back and see Jinhui, tell him that if he still remembers me as an old commander, he will resign that shabby company commander and come to my place.
I dare not say anything else, at least the position of commander of the artillery regiment cannot be passed to him. He was embarrassed to say, so I went directly to Xiao Zhou to ask for someone, and Xiao Zhou did not dare to hold on to my person.
"
Meng Yuting secretly laughed in his heart, Chief Song was really not very good at poaching people, he just started recruiting people in such a hurry, without even asking about other people's specific situations.
Besides, there is an artillery regiment. If your 29th Army did not have scholars to help capture a few Japanese artillery pieces, you might not be able to put together an artillery battalion, right?
But he wanted to put an end to Chief Song's intention of poaching immediately.
We are about to face a war. At this time, there is a gap between the two sides on this matter, which is not conducive to sincere unity and cooperation.
So he immediately said: "The military commander clearly knows that the reason why we joined Commander Zhou Wen's teaching corps together is mainly because of the recommendation and order of Marshal Feng. Moreover, the teaching corps is very independent and will basically not participate in the civil war. It only focuses on fighting the Japanese and Yang.
I have the ambition of a Chinese soldier. We went to last year’s Songhu Anti-Japanese War, and we also came to this year’s Great Wall Anti-Japanese War. Brothers are willing to stay in the teaching corps to fight the Japanese."
Meng Yuting's words were very precise, revealing several meanings in just a few words.
One is that we went to serve in the teaching corps not because of high-ranking officials and generous salaries, but because of Marshal Feng's recommendation and order. In other words, why Marshal Feng didn't ask us to join you must have been Marshal Feng's own considerations and judgments.
Moreover, when we were able to study abroad in Soviet Russia, we had nothing to do with you. It was all provided by Marshal Feng out of his own pocket based on his connections. Wherever he asked us to go, of course we had to listen to his old man. Could it be you, Commander Song?
Now that the wings are hardened, can we disobey the commander-in-chief and his elders?
The second meaning is that the purpose of our participation in the teaching corps is to fight the Japanese. We do not want to fight a civil war. Your 29th Army is still trying to survive in the cracks. Nanjing has issued an order to fight whoever it tells you. You still have to obey orders.
.
The third level of meaning is a bit bullying. The teaching corps has a certain degree of independence, which means that our teaching corps is not directly under the jurisdiction of the military committee, nor is it dispatched by any force. It also means that we do not receive military pay from the National Government.
, all logistical supplies are provided by ourselves, without asking anyone.
General Song Mingyuan understood it as soon as he heard it. Even in the city where he could express his emotions and anger, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.
"Hehe... Not asking for help is easier said than done. Such courage and good methods. This Xiao Zhou is really not a human being. He is really a monster."