boyutpedia Chapter 144: The New Army Delegation Enters Nanling
Chapter 144: The New Army Delegation Enters Nanling
Wei Hanzhou touched his head: "Hehe, isn't this to complete the commander's mission?"
Wei Hanzhou then gave a brief report on the bandit suppression efforts over the past few months.
"Now our military factory is able to develop and produce weapons independently. In the future, the sniper rifles, scopes, and submachine guns used by the special forces will be specially made by the military factory." Fang Jian nodded and smiled.
Upon hearing the news, Wei Hanzhou was excited: "Great! With these weapons, the special forces will be even more powerful."
Wei Hanzhou then introduced that among this batch of special forces members, 53 were qualified to stay, and the others could only be dispatched to other units.
"It's okay. After a while, when all the divisions have finished their training, you can go and choose again." Fang Jian comforted.
After exchanging pleasantries with Wei Hanzhou and Wang Hu, Fang Jian turned to look at Tao Yunong and said, "Yunnong, after receiving the Southern New Army delegation, we need to recruit reserve soldiers again in Nanshan Province."
"Yes, Commander." After answering, seeing that there was nothing else to do, Tao Yunong went downstairs to prepare for the affairs of Changhuan.
Francis Xavier thought that only by establishing a complete reserve system could he quickly make up for the losses in various units and expand the army.
Once the recruitment of reserve soldiers is completed, these soldiers will be trained as regular soldiers, and then people of appropriate age will be organized in various places to receive military service training.
Of course, these people will only conduct simple physical training and will not train with firearms.
In the morning, Zhuang Jiwu was responsible for counting and receiving the materials transported by the system and delivering them to the military factory. Fang Jian also sent a telegram to Zhong Yuchen, asking him to manufacture several types of tanks as quickly as possible.
In the afternoon, Tao Yunong, with a company of soldiers from the garrison division and more than twenty intelligence agents, drove five cars and twenty trucks towards Changhuan.
In addition to Yao Feng, there were also several government officials accompanying him. That evening, Tao Yunong and his party arrived in Changhuan City.
On the morning of the second day, Tao Yunong received an envoy from the new army from the south. There were more than ten people in the group, led by a man in his thirties who was full of energy.
When the man saw Tao Yunong and his party, he immediately extended his right hand enthusiastically, shook hands with Tao Yunong, Yao Feng and others one by one, and introduced himself: "My name is He Jingyuan, a staff officer of the Military and Political Department of the Southern Government."
The new army forces in the South have always claimed that they are the southern government, but neither the northern government nor the warlord forces have recognized their government identity.
"My name is Tao Yunong, director of the Security Department, and this is Yao Feng, vice governor of Nanshan Province." Tao Yunong also introduced enthusiastically.
He Jingyuan was very surprised to hear that Yao Feng was the vice governor of Nanshan Province. Yao Feng looked younger than him, yet he held the high position of vice governor. He felt that this person must have an extraordinary background.
Secondly, He Jingyuan was very pleased that the other party could get the vice governor to come out to receive him, and felt that Fang Jian attached great importance to the performance of the southern government.
He felt that since the other party had sent out such an important figure as the deputy governor, they should be inclined to unite. He could not help but raise his head a little higher, ready to make some moves.
After all, the Southern Government occupied seven provinces, and Nanshan Province was only one province. In He Jingyuan's view, if they threw out an olive branch, how could the other party not rush to come forward?
Seeing the change in He Jingyuan's expression, Tao Yunong frowned, but although he was unhappy he did not show it.
He personally opened the door of a car for him: "Officer He, please."
He Jingyuan sat down without hesitation, feeling that such treatment was his due.
"Governor Yao, please sit in the passenger seat and accompany Staff Officer He." Tao Yunong turned and said to Yao Feng. He didn't want to sit with this man.
Yao Feng looked bitter. He didn't want to ride in the same car with this man, but Tao Yunong was the person in charge of this trip, so he could only agree and sit in the passenger seat obediently.
The convoy started and headed towards Nanling. He Jingyuan kept chatting with Yao Feng intentionally or unintentionally. Seeing that Yao Feng was not in a good mood and was rather perfunctory towards him, He Jingyuan was unhappy but did not get angry.
After driving for more than an hour without any bumps, He Jingyuan suppressed his temper and asked curiously, "Governor Yao, are all the cement roads in Nanshan Province like this?"
When we first entered Changhuan, the county roads we walked on were all dirt roads, but after entering Changhuan City, we saw cement roads. He Jingyuan thought that these cement roads were only in Changhuan City.
"The commander spent a lot of effort to build these roads." Yao Feng did not hide anything. A quick check would reveal that Nanshan Province did not prohibit caravans from entering.
There was a strange look in He Jingyuan's eyes. It seemed that Nanshan Province was not simple and was not the poor and remote place he had imagined before.
The entire journey was paved with cement roads, and it only took half a day, and we arrived at Nanling City at around two in the afternoon.
After sending He Jingyuan to the guesthouse and settling him down, He Jingyuan asked, "Governor Yao, when can we meet Governor Fang?"
Yao Feng's face turned dark. What was he thinking? You are just a staff officer. Even if you want to meet the governor, you have to wait until both parties have finished talking.
"Staff Officer He, the commander-in-chief is busy with official duties, so this meeting will be in charge of Director Tao and me," Yao Feng introduced tactfully.
"Once the discussion is concluded, we will report to the commander. It is up to the commander to decide whether to meet you."
He Jingyuan's face became even more unhappy when he heard that the other party had only sent two men to talk to him. He felt that he was being neglected. However, he never thought that he was just a staff officer of the Southern New Army.
The Northern government had learned that the Southern New Army had sent people to contact Francis Xavier.
At the high-level meeting of the Northern Government, Li Bingqing looked exhausted. After listening to Duan Chengrui's report, Li Bingqing said: "Nanshan is only the strength of one province. Even if it joins the Southern New Army camp, it will not be a big deal for us."
"Although Nanshan only covers the area of one province, it can easily defeat the Third and Seventh Armies. Its strength should not be underestimated." Cao Zhongqi, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, retorted.
Wu Peisheng, the Deputy Minister of National Defense, sneered: "Easily defeat the Third and Seventh Armies? Deputy Minister Cao really thinks highly of them."
"But they relied on a sneak attack trick, taking advantage of the carelessness of the vanguards of the Third and Seventh Armies and ambushing them. After that, the Seventh Army retreated, took advantage of the Third Army's lack of manpower, and launched a sneak attack on the Third Army."
Wu Peisheng was a supporter of Li Bingqing, but of course he was not in Li Bingqing's camp. He had considerable influence in the northern government, but he would not defect to Li Bingqing.
Feng Huamin, commander of the Capital Military Region, immediately came out to smooth things over, saying, "You two don't need to argue. Xu Weigong, the new Southern Army, is currently being held back."
"Jiang Changkun and Lin Zongde's offensive is swift and fierce. If Nanshan Province sends troops, Sanjiang Province will certainly not be able to hold on."
After listening to Feng Huamin's story, many people nodded in agreement. Wu Lihuang was now trapped in Imjin City and had asked the northern government for help many times.
The Ninth Army, the long-delayed reinforcement, had arrived in Sanjiang Province but had not entered Imjin City, putting a lot of pressure on Wu Lihuang's Seventh Army.
Without rescue, the Seventh Army would be in danger. The Northern government also wanted to send reinforcements, but because of the Franciscan incident, many warlords were dissatisfied with the Northern government, so the Northern government did not dare to fully mobilize troops to the south.
If the warlord troops were still able to obey orders, when Xu Weigong attacked Yang Shude and Xue Chengguang, Lu Rongqing would have cooperated and sent troops to Jiyang Province to cut off Lin Zongde's retreat.