Yes, Tang Dao was sure that the reason why his brother Zhang dared to throw such a big bait to him.
He must have learned from Comrade Lao Wu that he wanted to transport a large amount of arms from the Jincheng Concession and was short of money to deliver the goods.
The reason why Comrade Lao Wu dared to reveal such a big secret to this person is probably closely related to the extremely close cooperation between the Northwest Army and the Northeast Army. The 29th Army withdrew from North China and had no time to take away the wealth accumulated over the years.
The senior generals of the Northeast Army may have heard about it for a long time.
After such contact, Tang Dao even dared to conclude that when Comrade Lao Wu handed over the arms order to him, he had already taken the idea of the wealth stored by the 29th Army in the Jincheng Concession, but at that time he had not yet
I haven't thought about how to open a breakthrough.
Unexpectedly, Tang Dao was much more powerful than he thought, and he 'hooked up' with Commander Zhang, one of the three giants in the 29th Army, without the help of an army commander like him.
Commander Zhang is known for his benevolence and righteousness in the army. Comrade Wu also risked his life for the Tang Dao. He took a plunge and promised a complete infantry regiment's equipment, even at the expense of exposing the equipment of two pure German infantry divisions of the Northeast Army.
's big secret.
Then, he succeeded.
Not only does Commander Zhang value Tang Dao very much, but he is also a person who puts the interests of the country and the nation far above personal interests. If those "dead objects" can be converted into weapons and equipment, how big a blow will it have to the Japanese?
This is the underlying core logic behind Commander Zhang's willingness to help Tang Dao in this way, and not just a superficial reason like brotherhood.
With such a tacit understanding, the two lieutenant generals were naturally certain that after Tang Dao mentioned this batch of silver, he did not need to bother transporting it out of Jincheng and could just digest it on the spot.
The remaining payment to the German arms company alone amounted to millions of silver dollars. As for the remaining payment, the two lieutenant generals of course did not have to worry about it. Based on their understanding of Tang Dao, there was only money that was not enough to spend.
Is there anything that can’t be spent?
The eyes of the two middle-aged uncles were certainly vicious. While General Song was still sighing endlessly, Tang Dao's head was spinning rapidly as to how he could squander this huge wealth worth 20 million silver dollars.
Westerners want money, but the place they are going to is short of everything, from industrial equipment and weaponry to clothing, grain, and salt. It’s true that everything they don’t have can be exchanged for it!
As for how to transport these things from Jincheng to the mountainous area, the two army lieutenant generals can't control that much. Giving the right to use these materials to Tang Dao is already the limit of what they can do.
This is both trust and a test of Tang Dao.
It is not their personal test of Tang Dao, but what this era has given them.
In other words, tests exist for all Chinese people today.
Because, for China, which is already completely at a disadvantage at this time, it is possible to win this war only by making the impossible possible.
Otherwise, the whole of China will sink in darkness.
And Tang Dao, because he has the wire of history as a guide, he is extremely confident.
His forefathers had succeeded before, and he could do the same.
Although the Japanese army is advancing with great success at this time, in fact, they are not monolithic. Although they have many internal conflicts, they will also look forward and backward. They are wary of the old industrial powers in the West. When they see the Chinese people who have been beaten extremely embarrassingly on the battlefield, they are naturally
He is proud and arrogant, but he is also timid when facing golden retrievers.
If there is a flaw, it is Tang Dao's opportunity. It depends on how Tang Dao discovers it.
Seeing the unparalleled confidence flashing in Tang Dao's eyes, General Song was even more curious, but his reserve prevented him from asking any more questions, hoping that Tang Dao would tell him the answer himself.
Obviously, he was destined to be disappointed.
"Sir Song, a war is about to begin in Xuzhou. What are your plans for the war in Henan Province?" Tang Dao took the initiative to change the subject.
When Tang Dao mentioned the war in Henan Province, General Song's face suddenly turned gloomy.
It's not that he, the general commander of the group army, disdains discussing the war with Tang Dao, a young colonel, but that since he became the commander of the first group army, except for defeating the enemy in Cheng'an County in November last year, all other wars were defeated.
In less than three months, the three armies under his command were defeated by the Japanese army. Not only was the vast North China lost, but they were unable to hold on even along the Yellow River in Henan Province. Before the New Year, they even retreated to Xinxiang, only a hundred kilometers away from Zhengzhou.
If he retreated further, he would have to retreat to the vicinity of Zhengzhou where the theater headquarters was located. At this time, Tang Dao asked about the war, which was undoubtedly poking his heart.
"The frontline war is complicated, not only due to the Japanese offensive, but also to internal coordination in the theater. It cannot be decided by our first group army." General Song was silent for a moment and gave Tang Dao an ambiguous answer.
Tang Dao sighed slightly.
After all, this person is still unwilling to face his own failure, but hopes to shift the responsibility to the war zone.
Tang Dao was naturally not as interested in the war in Yu Province as he showed. Of course, he knew that the Japanese attack on Yu Province would basically end here. In four months, the Huayuankou section of the Yellow River would be completely blasted.
, even if Zhengzhou is right in front of us, the raging Yellow River will carry the bodies of hundreds of thousands of people and become a natural chasm for Japanese tanks and artillery.
Tang Dao originally wanted to remind him for the favor of this man who gave away the wealth of the 29th Army that he must not concurrently serve as the deputy commander of the first theater. It seemed that he was promoted, but this position only needs to be terminated as soon as he is pressed.
, the principal will use the excuse of the First Army Group's defeat as an excuse to disband it. By then, this principal will have completely lost control of the front-line troops.
The personal ambition of losing military power and the ideal of revenge for his family and country were far away from him, which was the main reason for his depressed death.
But character determines destiny. Faced with this man's attitude of not wanting to discuss the war in too much depth, Tang Dao could only feel helpless.
After all, no matter how famous he was and had great military exploits, he was still just an army colonel. This was an army general. If he didn't scold him for meddling in his own business, it was already in the name of Commander Zhang.
"Mr. Song, due to military affairs, Tang Dao and the Four Lines Regiment are unable to assist the friendly forces in resisting the enemy on the front line. However, the materials are still sufficient. On the occasion of the New Year, we specially donate 10,000 kilograms of meat and 20,000 kilograms of rice and flour to the friendly troops of the First Group Army.
, 8 heavy machine guns, 10,000 rounds of bullets, 4 mortars, and 500 rounds of artillery shells!" Tang Dao thought for a while, and could only express his feelings to this person from a material level.
Although the supplies were not much, it was enough for him to reward his officers and soldiers and boost their morale.
Admiral Song couldn't help but raise his brows slightly, and his gloomy expression instantly softened.
In the past, a mere 20,000 kilograms of rice noodles, 10,000 kilograms of meat, 10 heavy machine guns, and 4 mortars would certainly not be in the eyes of the 'King of North China'.
At this time, the army had less than 50,000 people, and the foundation of North China was broken. The rations at his disposal, as a general commander, were only enough to ensure that his soldiers could barely eat and clothe themselves.
During the Chinese New Year, he couldn't afford to prepare a bowl of dumplings for each of the officers and soldiers, so he gave each person an extra white-flour steamed bun and a bowl of cabbage soup with a few vegetable leaves floating around.
The morale of the whole army was extremely low. In the few days from New Year to today alone, more than 200 soldiers escaped and were captured, and that only accounted for one-third of the deserters.
This gift from Tang Dao was timely, and even for his first group army, it was no less important than the withdrawal warrant he gave Tang Dao.
After all, 20 million worth of silver looks tempting, but it is surrounded by the Japanese army.
It's like a person is dying of hunger, but there is a big piece of fat in the distance that can feed him and live happily for the rest of his life. But the prerequisite for getting the fat is to pass through the wolves smoothly.
Bring back the meat.
To put it bluntly, it is just a mirror, it looks good, but in fact the ball is useless, even if Tang Dao looks quite confident.
"This" General Song stroked the thick beard that had not been shaved for many days under his chin, wanting to express his gratitude.
But for a person who has been in a high position for a long time, it is okay to say thank you because of brotherhood, but it is extremely difficult to say thank you to a subordinate who is several levels below him because of a little material supply.
Suddenly thinking that Tang Dao's subordinates would sneak into Jincheng sooner or later, he had an idea and patted his head, "In this way, the order I gave just now was at the request of Xingchen, and it was to prepare for my war in China. You, Commander Tang, are like this
You are so generous, how can I, Song Zheyuan, take advantage of your young man? I still have two private properties in Jincheng, so take them as my return gift."
Tang Dao couldn't help but explain. He returned to his desk and took out two land deeds from his document bag and slapped them in front of Tang Dao.
Tang Dao took a look and found that both properties were located in the British Concession. One of them was a two-story building, covering an area of 763 square meters.
If it is true, then for Tang Dao, it would be the best place for him to send people to sneak into Jincheng.
Seeing that Tang Dao's eyes were fixed on the largest property, Admiral Song's eyes looked slightly melancholy and he said softly: "This property has 21 buildings and 8 bungalows. My wife also spent a lot of thought on the decoration. It's just right for you."
Enter the Jincheng stronghold. There is an old butler left there. Take my land deed and warrant. He has been with me for nearly 15 years and will cooperate with you very well."
Tang Dao didn't know that since entering North China in 1932, this representative of the Northwest Army had purchased this house. The Song family had lived in this house for five years. Even though the building was empty at this time, there would be no future.
Giving this house to Tang Dao undoubtedly gave him his own home, which shows his gratitude to Tang Dao for giving gifts in times of crisis.
However, it is difficult to describe the depressing feeling of a dignified army general who cannot even save his own home.
Tang Dao stood up, stood upright and saluted: "Sir, Tang Dao can't repay you for your gift, but Tang Dao can assure you that these two houses of Tang Dao are only for safekeeping. When Pingjin returns to our country in the future, these two
The house must be returned to the Song family as the original thing. Sir, please take care of your health. No matter how big the setbacks you encounter, always think of the country. You will be able to see with your own eyes that China will be victorious and the mountains and rivers will be safe."
"Haha! It's good if you have this intention. Let's wait until the whole territory of China is restored to our ownership of this house." Seeing that Tang Dao was speaking extremely seriously, General Song smiled and waved his hand, noncommittal.
Six consecutive months of defeat had made this man lose his will to win. Being able to hold on to half of the country was his greatest expectation, let alone counterattacking the two major cities of Ping and Tianjin. Therefore, he did not make any promise to Tang Dao.
Didn't take it too seriously.
This also caused him to overlook a detail. What Tang Dao said was not to return it to him, but to him, the owner. That was what Tang Dao quietly reminded him.
If he could calm down after thinking of Tang Dao's words after he left all military posts, he would not have died in depression at the age of 55.
However, a person's character has already been determined, how can it be easily changed just by a word from Tang Dao?
But Tang Dao attaches great importance to promises. The admiral who will eventually die of illness may not have thought that his house, which was going to become a big hotel in China in the future, would change his destiny because of his generous attitude at this moment. Not only
It was kept until the war, and was handed over by Tang Dao to his descendants. It eventually became a memorial hall, displaying all the contributions made by this army general to China's Anti-Japanese War after he took charge of Pingjin. It can also be regarded as a tribute to future generations.
Of course.
Life and death have not changed, but he finally left his name and his story under the sky of Chinese history, which can be regarded as a kind of resistance to fate!
Tang Dao walked out of the First Army Headquarters with the two warrants and the land deed signed by the general. Looking back at the small village with few lights anymore, he felt a sense of alienation.
This makes him a super rich man with millions, no, tens of millions of dollars, and he even owns two properties that are even more impressive than villas.
Since coming to this time and space, Tang Dao has never been so relaxed.
From the beginning, Tang Dao was a small army sergeant who stayed in the Jedi Four Lines Warehouse surrounded by the Japanese Legion, and then finally escaped but fell into the small town of Songjiang, which was surrounded by the Japanese Tenth Legion.
When Guangde was attacked by the Japanese army, Tang Dao was like a super unlucky guy, fighting unremittingly for his life every minute.
What's even worse is that by the time he got up, he wasn't just doing it for himself. As his military rank continued to rise, and the more brothers followed him, he had to take responsibility for them. The ever-increasing responsibilities fell on his shoulders, making him almost useless.
There is no time to breathe. Any negligence may lead to the complete annihilation of the army.
Until now, after continuous killing, evacuation, killing again, and evacuation again, he escaped from the meat grinder in the southeast and was about to reach the north two thousand miles away.
Although the mountain is terrifyingly barren, the majestic mountain can give people a sufficient sense of security. The narrow mountain road blocks the Japanese artillery and tanks. Both China and Japan have entered the age of light weapons on this battlefield, and their combat power is no longer worth it.
As disparate as the plains.
Tang Dao's special combat mode can be used to its full potential on such a battlefield.
Of course, the most important thing is that Tang Dao finally feels like a rich man for the first time. With money, he can do many things he wants to do, and he can arm all his brothers with German weapons and equipment.
The Type 41 mountain cannon is considered a DER. There are more than a dozen Bofors mountain cannons lying in the German arms warehouse in the Jincheng Concession. The so-called high-quality military products of the Japanese are nothing compared to those made in Germany.
The 75mm Bofors mountain gun produced by the Krupp branch in Sweden has a range of up to 9,000 meters and a total weight of just over 700 kilograms. It can be pulled by two mules and can also be broken into 8 large pieces and carried by 8 mules.
When running, the accuracy is even better than that of the 41-type mountain cannon.
By then, the heavy firepower of an artillery company of the Fourth Army Regiment could even beat a Japanese artillery regiment to tears.
The Type 92 heavy machine gun is a ball! Although the massively imported MG34 is not as powerful as its future brother MG42, its rate of fire is far ahead of the world's machine guns at this moment. It can let the Japanese know that they are the so-called No. 1 industry in Asia.
In terms of standard, on a global scale, really, it can only be regarded as the younger brother.
Moreover, with this batch of silver as a base, Tang Dao's ambition is not only to buy ready-made weapons and equipment, but also to buy machine tools, planers, milling machines and other equipment related to mechanical manufacturing, and even researchers.
From Germany, from Beautiful Country, from Charlie Yi, from Mao Xiong, from China, Tang Dao has a list of researchers who will shine in the future in his mind, as long as they have money, equipment, and enough respect and skills.
Tang Dao believes that most people will fall for the temptation of leaving a famous name in history.
By then, not to mention semi-automatic rifles, but fully automatic rifles, widow-making machines like the MG42, rocket launchers and other killers will all be on the battlefield in northern China.
Juichi Terauchi, Gen Binzan, Shun Tada, Neji Okamura, Naosaburo Okabe, Sada Shimomura, all you bastards, please clean up your PP and wait for me! I'm here with Tang Dao.
The people Tang Dao was thinking about in his mind were the former commanders of the Japanese North China Front Army. None of them were good. During their several years in office, each of them caused great trauma to the soldiers and civilians of North China.
Tang Dao dreamed of seeing them furious but unable to kill him. Of course, if there was a chance, Tang Dao would not care at all about adding a few more names to the list of Japanese generals who died in war.
Tang Dao was riding on a trotting horse, and his sudden wealth caused his slightly middle-aged thoughts to spread like the thick night.
Erya, who was holding a flashlight at the side, looked worriedly at her parents' faces, which alternated between being happy and gritting their teeth.
Sir, this is not normal! Could it be that the general commander of the First Army gave him a beautiful woman? He wanted to take it but was afraid of being raped by a Tantai reporter when he returned?
Otherwise, why would the commander say that he would send meat and rice to the First Army? This is not in line with his normal behavior.
There are rumors in the army that our Tang Tuan leader has always been a brave man who only goes in but never spits out!
Erya couldn't help but feel confused. If that was the case, should he persuade or dissuade? The reporter from Tantai was so affectionate and loyal to him, and the chief couldn't be sorry to her!
"Hey, it's not good to be young! I forgot one thing!" Tang Dao suddenly patted his forehead in annoyance.
"Sir, let's go back quickly! Just forget about that matter and don't make Captain Tantai unhappy. Mr. Tantai is still in the regiment!" Erya persuaded subconsciously.
"What nonsense, what does Mingyue have to do with it?" Tang Dao glared at the orderly who didn't know why.
Looking at the darkness in the distance, Tang Dao gritted his teeth and muttered: "These old foxes just like to dig holes to bury their own people. Why are they so smart in dealing with the Japanese?"
Erya was confused. Isn't it because of the beauty?
Of course not, Tang Dao, who was letting himself go, just realized that he was being tricked by a certain boss.
