my bright sword career

Chapter 331

The temporary joint command went smoothly. Gao Hongming just talked to Tang Huaiyuan on the phone to explain, and the other party immediately agreed in less than 3 minutes.

Tang Huaiyuan was not stupid. Now his third army was relying on Gao Hongming for supplies and ammunition. To put it bluntly, once Gao Hongming stopped supplying, he would have to stop cooking in less than three days.

Both Tang Huaiyuan and Brigadier Chen are straightforward people. Once the three parties reached an agreement, the two of them moved the headquarters to Yangping Town that evening and merged with Gao Hongming's regiment headquarters. In this way, Gao Hongming's headquarters personnel It also increased from dozens of people to hundreds of people.

Looking at the soldiers wearing gray German military uniforms, brown-gray Eighth Route Army uniforms, and French blue-green Yunnan Army uniforms shuttling around, everything seemed a bit messy because the Joint Command had just been established.

Gao Hongming, Tang Huaiyuan, and Brigadier Chen sat in the corner of the hall, looked at the staff officers and staff coming and going, and smiled helplessly: "This is the first time I have seen so many staff officers wandering around me. Made me dizzy."

Brigadier Chen laughed, "If you don't tell me, Commander Gao, I really didn't realize that there are indeed too many people, but there is nothing I can do about it. Besides, as the commander of an army, Mr. Tang has [-] troops under his command. Naturally, there will be more staff in the Ministry, which is also understandable.”

Tang Huaiyuan said helplessly: "Actually, I can't help it. Our third army is too poor. Even the radio station can only be popularized to the division level. Many things can only be done by manpower. The reason why we recruited so many staff officers is actually For a few more errands."

"Yes." Brigadier Chen was also very emotional when he heard the words. Why is it not the case with the Eighth Route Army? That is, since last year, with Gao Hongming's help, their life has been easier, otherwise this life will be even more difficult.

While speaking, an orderly in a blue-green military uniform came over with a tray and handed everyone a cup of coffee.

Tang Huaiyuan took a sip of the coffee: "Brother Gao, do you know why you just told me about the establishment of a joint headquarters, and I immediately agreed?"

"Oh why?"

"Of course it's convenient for you to come here to eat and drink." Tang Huaiyuan took a sip of coffee, with a look of enjoyment on his face, "You don't know that since the devils invaded Zhongtiao Mountain, the third army's supplies have been all gone at once. It was cut off. Before meeting you, the brothers of the third army had only eaten one meal a day for four consecutive days. Even I, the army commander, could only drink some porridge. If you hadn’t arrived in time, we The third army may have been eaten by devils long ago."

Speaking of this, Tang Huaiyuan also expressed emotion, "On May 5, when the little devil first attacked Zhongtiao Mountain, we all thought it was just another routine attack. We never thought that this attack would be completely different from the past. different.

The little devil's offensive was too fierce. Not only did they dispatch hundreds of planes and hundreds of tanks, but they also attacked the weak links of our defense. In less than two days, the Zhongshan defense line completely collapsed. Three days later, Wang Jun, Chen Wenqi, and Liang Xixian died for their country one after another. At that time, our Third Army had actually been disbanded, and it was all supported by Nian Jie's (Cun Xingqi) [-]th Division.

At this most dangerous juncture, if Brother Gao's flying brigade hadn't appeared in time to provide us with air cover and airdrop some supplies and ammunition, our Third Army would have been gone long ago.

I, Tang Huaiyuan, have been a soldier for half my life, and I think I still have a way of judging people.In my opinion, brother Gao, you are the noble person I was destined for. Anyway, you saved my life. Now, brother, I will hand over the 100 catties to you. "

After speaking, Tang Huaiyuan laughed, but Gao Hongming's smile was extraordinarily cunning.

"Hey……"

Gao Hongming didn't know whether to laugh or cry and pointed at the old man, "Well, you are dependent on me for your feelings."

"How can you say that this is relying on you? Didn't you say that you want to set up a joint headquarters? Brother, I ran over as soon as I heard it. What else do you want?"

Well...Gao Hongming doesn't want to talk any more, the emotional guy just came here to eat and drink, and he's so frankly aboveboard.

Of course, the above is just a joke. The actual situation is that everyone is not a fool. Now that the devils have overwhelmed the country, all fools know that it is imperative to set up a joint command. If they fight independently like before, the efficiency will be too slow. The most taboo thing in war is to make multiple sects. There are too many bloody lessons in China's thousands of years of history in this regard.

"Okay." Gao Hongming nodded, and then he asked a staff officer beside him, "Is Chief of Staff Chi here?"

"I'm coming……"

Accompanied by Gao Hongming's voice, I saw Chi Yaohui walking in, followed by a group of staff officers. As soon as this group of people came in, they first lifted the table in the middle of the room aside, and then a group of people Another four-meter-wide and six-meter-long shelf was brought in.

When the shelf was brought in, everyone in the hall was taken aback, and Brigadier Chen even exclaimed, "It's actually a sand table!"

Yes, what these staff officers brought in was a huge military sand table.

As soon as the military sand table was set up, Brigadier Chen and Tang Huaiyuan rushed over quickly, and then a group of staff surrounded it with a whoosh.

The sand table is not a rare thing, it appeared as early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, but it was not really used in large-scale wars until modern times.

The so-called military sand table is a model that accumulates or outlines hills, rivers, cities, fortresses, and routes in real geography in strict accordance with certain proportions.

Compared with an abstract map, the sand table has obvious advantages. It turns an abstract two-dimensional plane into a lifelike three-dimensional object and presents it in front of people, which can provide a more intuitive basis and reference for decision makers.

Of course, although the sand table has so many benefits, it is more troublesome to make, and the most annoying thing is that it is not convenient to carry. It is basically a one-time thing, so if there is not enough time, few people will make it.

Tang Huaiyuan walked around the four-meter-wide and six-meter-long sand table several times, and found that the terrain, roads, the situation of the enemy and our troops, and the positions of the sand table were all made lifelike, even in Yangping Town where they were located, and even Even the streets and alleys are marked, which can be described as extremely careful.

Even Brigadier Chen said with emotion: "Tsk tsk... Commander Gao, you are indeed a talented chief of staff, let alone other things, just because of his ability to make sand tables, there are few people in China who can compare Got it."

(End of this chapter)