【August 20】
At Taiyuan Military Airport, a D17R small transport plane is slowly landing from far to near.
Not long after, the fuselage came to a steady stop on the side of the runway, the ramp began to be lowered, and the cabin door slowly opened.
A middle-aged man in his fifties, wearing a large-brimmed hat, dressed in a grass-green general's uniform, with a pair of gold-framed glasses above his nose, waved to the media reporters who had been waiting for a long time.
Accompanying him was Lu Tianyun, the major general and commander of the 114th Division of the Central Army who was invited to attend the second Beijing viewing ceremony.
Not long after the group of people walked down the gangway, a group of Chinese and foreign media took the opportunity to surround General He Jingzhi, who was then a first-class general of the Army and chief of staff of the Military Commission.
"Chief of General Staff He, I heard that you are here to review the failure of the Second Taierzhuang War to the Chinese Defense Forces! Is this news true?"
As soon as they met, a female reporter who also wore round-rimmed glasses spoke first.
After hearing this, He Jingzhi was speechless and ashamed, and couldn't help but think about how she could speak such cold words in a sunny day with more than 30 degrees Celsius!
"General He, according to overseas media, your trip was prompted by the Americans to ease the relationship between China and Britain. What is your opinion on this matter? And what do you think of it, Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Defense Forces Li Yunfeng Throwing the British envoy out of the city suburbs for a second time?”
"General He!......"
"Chief of General Staff He!......"
Faced with countless questions from the media, even He Jingzhi, a senior official of the Central Military Forces who argued eloquently, was embarrassed and exhausted his words.
It wasn't until Zhou Weiguo, then the leader of the Second Regiment, snatched a group of people out of the crowd, that he leaned against the car window as if he was on the verge of amnesty, raised his hand to hold the mirror frame, and took it from Lu Tianyun. He took a handkerchief, wiped the sweat on his forehead and temples, and took a deep breath:
"call--"
After a while, the motorcade slowly drove into the headquarters of the Chinese Defense Forces. Under the guidance of Zhou Weiguo, He Jingzhi was taken directly into the living room of the headquarters building to meet Li Yunfeng.
"Commander-in-Chief Li! I am the Chief of General Staff of the Central Military Commission He Jingzhi. I have long admired the name of the Commander-in-Chief. When I saw him today, he turned out to be extraordinary!"
As soon as they met, He Jingzhi raised his hand to salute Li Yunfeng!
"If you have something to say, you have to fart! My time is very precious!"
Hearing this, He Jing was startled, and a hint of sullenness flashed across his cheeks that was not easily noticeable.
Li Yunfeng could see this situation clearly, so he snorted and smiled:
"Hmph, I know! You think I am deliberately making things difficult for you! But you might as well be bold and don't think, I am obviously making things difficult for you! They say you are one of the most sensible people in the Central Military Army. Guess why?"
"Because of the defeat in Taierzhuang! The land of the five provinces of Lu, Su, Henan, Anhui, and Jiangxi fell into the hands of the enemy, and tens of millions of our compatriots became slaves to the subjugation of the country!"
"It's good to know! It seems that there are people in the Central Army who understand. Tell me! What's the purpose of this trip? Let's focus on the key points!"
Although his tone is still cold, Li Yunfeng's words are obviously less tit-for-tat.
"First, thank you to the Commander-in-Chief for traveling thousands of miles to rescue the 74th Army!"
"No need! I am a bloody man who is also a Japanese fighter. You don't need to ask, I will save you!"
After finishing speaking, He Jingzhi thought of his bald CEO for some reason, comparing the two and making a judgment!
"Second, buy a gun! Buy a cannon!"
"No! I have a shadow on you now. Don't let me give you guns and cannons today. That night, the little devil will use these equipment to turn around and beat us!"
"Are we willing to pay a high price?"
"Not even the sky-high price! I know that this matter has something to do with the Americans. They want to talk to me. You are just a transit channel, and they pay for it! But I still say the same thing, no!"
Are you kidding me? The National Defense Forces are currently undergoing a period of rapid expansion. The troops will be expanded on a large scale at any time. Even their own subordinates cannot equip them. Where will there be excess for the Americans to do good deeds in hypocrisy?
If you have that spare time, why not equip the 18th Army! It's just that the other party has a strict structure and military discipline, otherwise Li Yunfeng would really want to poach them all sometimes! Especially the old Red Army soldiers who came all the way from Jinggangshan after experiencing the fifth counter-encirclement and suppression campaign! They are all elite veterans!
Thinking of this, Li Yunfeng suddenly had an idea, raised the corner of his mouth slightly and added:
"However, your Central Army can allocate several troops to jointly fight with our defense forces. The equipment, training, and combat rights are all under my responsibility. The composition of the troops, food and salary, and placement are under your control! Every year, I will also allocate a special amount of funds. Here you go! From now on, two hearts carry one head to work!"
He Jingzhi was stunned when he suddenly heard this, but after thinking about it carefully, he still asked him to figure out some ways.
To put it simply, it is based on the division of military power system in the Northern Song Dynasty, which transfers the power of military operations to the National Defense Force and the power of logistics to the Central Army.
At that time, Chief of Staff He was thinking for a long time, but Li Yunfeng was not in a hurry and just sat quietly waiting for his response.
After a long time, the other party finally spoke:
"This is such a big matter that I can't make my own decision! But, from the bottom of my heart, I agree with this idea! Doing things with two hearts and one head is definitely better than doing things with heels as a head!"
As he said that, He Jingzhi paused again, suddenly remembered something, and then hurriedly added:
"The 74th Army rescued by Commander-in-Chief Li from southern Hebei is currently stationed in your headquarters. You might as well use them as a pilot! As long as you make achievements and let the whole country take a look, even if there are people at the top who have ulterior motives, with you Commander-in-Chief Li With their record and appeal, crushing them is not a problem!”
"Transfer the 74th Army, are you sure you have the right?"
"Hahaha! Commander-in-Chief Mingjian, although He is a low-key man, he has been in the officialdom for decades, and mobilizing a disabled 74th Army is not a big problem!"
"Oh! The big problem is that you can't defeat the Japanese, right?"
Hearing this, the other party was ashamed and silent, and a few drops of sweat stained his smooth temples out of thin air!
After all, our defeat is an indisputable fact, and the continuous loss of millions of territories is also an indisputable fact. If we put it in normal times, when facing the weak 18th Army, the Sichuan Army, the Guangxi Army and other local armed forces or ordinary people, we can still take "space" "Buying time" is an excuse to excuse the past.
But facing the Chinese Defense Force in front of me, who has experienced hundreds of battles and has never been defeated, and is famous among the Japanese army for "killing people alive", let's forget it!
Seeing this, Li Yunfeng did not delve too deeply into it. After all, compared to the person who was micromanaging the whole scene in Taierzhuang, his responsibility was not the main one, not even the second one. So he changed the topic and asked:
"I've finished talking about the first and second ones! Does it sound like you have a third one?"
