"With you here, I feel at ease." Zhang Tianhai patted Zhou Fangjie on the shoulder and said.
"Where can I go? I don't want to go to other troops. Our theater guard force is self-contained and has almost got rid of the shadow of the 36th Division. I believe that under our leadership, our theater guard force will definitely The more powerful one will become our trump card in the war zone!" Zhou Fangjie grinned, and Zhang Tianhai could see a dazzling light in his eyes - a very powerful self-confidence.
For Zhang Tianhai, the road ahead is long, and he can only keep the guard troops going all the way by being careful. The light in Zhou Fangjie's eyes undoubtedly gave him great motivation, especially that moment A kind of silent support.
"Okay, then let's keep going and build our theater guard force into the strongest army in the ninth theater, and let these little devils see what a real Chinese soldier is!" Zhang Tianhai grinned.
"Hey, but I want to ask something out of the blue here. Now that Chief of Staff Li is gone, who do you plan to replace him?" Zhou Fangjie asked.
Zhang Tianhai hesitated and asked, "Do you want to hear the truth?"
"Well, of course, I don't want to hear a bunch of useless nonsense from you." Zhou Fangjie nodded.
"The truth is, the current deputy is in charge. Is there no more suitable candidate than him?" Zhang Tianhai said bluntly.
"He Jiye? Didn't this guy just get promoted to deputy chief of staff? Isn't it inappropriate for you to let him take over?" Zhou Fangjie was very surprised. He thought it would be Guo Qiliang who took over, but he didn't expect this result.
"I understand what you mean. Lao Guo is an honest person and can do things. But the only thing is that he is not as good as He Jiye." Zhang Tianhai hesitated for a moment, but finally said it.
"Just because Lao Guo is not Minister He's nephew, that's why he can't be in this position, right?" Zhou Fangjie thought for a while and said it.
"It's not all for this reason. Have you ever thought about it, if Lao Guo comes up, who will be in charge of our first guard regiment? Now that Lao Guo and Li Chunfei are in charge, isn't it good? And the combat effectiveness is also good. It is rising steadily, this is my old foundation, to fight tough battles and gnaw hard bones, but they must be allowed to fight." Zhang Tianhai said with a bitter smile.
Soon, Zhou Fangjie tasted something unusual, so he glared at Zhang Tianhai and said angrily: "I said, you can respect your first guard regiment, but what about our second guard regiment?!"
"Does your Second Guard Regiment have a cavalry battalion? Do you have an artillery battalion? Do you have a professional engineering unit? Do you have an ace company like a special agent company that is good at small-scale combat?" Zhang Tianhai said very proudly.
Yes, under Zhang Tianhai's focused cultivation, the engineering company of the First Guard Regiment has almost slowly developed into a professional engineering force, and even the current Second Guard Regiment and Third Guard Regiment are slowly developing The engineer company of the First Guard Regiment will be used to train the engineer force, and a professional engineer force will also be formed.
As for powerful weapons such as cavalry battalions and artillery battalions, the Second Guard Regiment and the Third Guard Regiment cannot be standard equipment.
"You...you..." Obviously, Zhou Fangjie was dumbfounded by Zhang Tianhai's continuous questions - I have never seen such a shameless person! Your cavalry battalion and artillery battalion also had a share of my contribution at that time, okay?
"Okay, okay, look at you, I'm just kidding you, and you're still in a hurry." Zhang Tianhai laughed and said, "You, you, I haven't made fun of you for so long, you're like that monkey. It’s easy to turn pale in a hurry.”
"..." Zhou Fangjie didn't want to talk to Zhang, and even threw a dog...
"Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore. In fact, the most important reason why He Jiye came up is that we should reciprocate the favor." Zhang Tianhai suddenly became very serious, which can easily make people feel very uncomfortable.
"Return a favor?" Zhou Fangjie was a little confused.
"Yes, it's reciprocation." Zhang Tianhai nodded, "Minister He approved the establishment of our army and awarded it the designation of 'The First Regiment directly under the Third Theater Zone'. He also opened warehouses and released weapons. If not for this, we would have also It can’t be a German weapon reinforcement group.”
"Then what does this have to do with what you said about reciprocating a favor?" Zhou Fangjie could guess something, but he couldn't explain it.
"The moment we were approved to become the German Arms Reinforcement Regiment, He Jiye entered our army and served as the Chief of the Political Training Section. It was precisely because of his presence that our army was able to have many smooth journeys along the way, including at that time I ordered Guo Qiliang to take our directly affiliated First Regiment north to the Fifth Theater." Zhang Tianhai seemed to fall into a whirlpool of memories.
"I have an impression of you ordering your troops to go north to the Fifth Theater. It seems that it was that time that I met you on the bank of the Yangtze River in Nanjing. You led the defeated soldiers like us to break through the encirclement." Zhou Fangjie was quite touched.
"At that time, our unit was designated as the First Regiment directly under the Third War Zone. It should have been placed under the direct jurisdiction of the Third War Zone under Commander Gu Zhutong. However, it wasn't until we had a big fight with the 59th Army in Tangtou. We won the battle, but there was never a telegram from Chief Gu to express condolences. We also know that we caused a big disaster in Lanfeng City, and there was never a telegram from Chief Gu to express reprimand." Zhang Tianhai smiled softly. , he only said half of it on purpose.
"I understand, that is, from that time on, the Third War Zone has already acquiesced that our unit has been separated from the Third War Zone, right?" Zhou Fangjie asked cautiously.
"No, to be more precise, Chief Gu never regarded our regiment as the troops of the third theater at that time." Zhang Tianhai shook his head and said, "Chief Gu is a smart man, and he also knew that our regiment was in the third theater at that time. Regarding the background of the establishment of the first regiment directly under the theater, even Chief Gu and Chief He deliberately ignored the existence of our unit. However, Chief He has always tried to find ways to supplement us to a certain extent, but he has never done so. This is just an explicit order."
"So according to what you mean, in fact, Chief He has never given up on our unit? Or even silently supported it?" Zhou Fangjie was a little shocked.
"So, that's why I said I wanted to reciprocate." Zhang Tianhai nodded.
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PS: Updates are coming! Good night everyone!
