"To be honest, I haven't yet judged where the commander came from and why he came to the station of our independent 33rd Division, but I saw that the commander's eyes were sharp, and there was a general's demeanor between his eyebrows, so I naturally dared to guess that the identity of the commander must be extraordinary. Bayi Chinese ≥=." Although Liao Fan didn't know the specific identity of the person who came, he still knew how to pat himself on the back, otherwise he would have been in vain for so many years.

"It seems that Division Commander Liao not only leads the troops well, but also meets each other, but on this hot day, it is not appropriate for Division Commander Liao to meet me here."

Li Zongren looked up at the sun in the sky, the temperature was the highest at this time of the day, so many people stood here watching them talk, beads of sweat had already appeared on their heads, and even the military uniform on Liao Fan's chest was wet with sweat, but Liao Fan didn't notice it at all.

Hearing Li Zongren's words, Liao Fan realized that he had neglected the guests.

"Old Lu, the command makes a pot of good tea, and a distinguished guest is coming to the door today!" Liao Fan's eyes never left Li Zongren, and he commanded Lu Liming behind him.

After Lu Liming was ordered to leave, Liao Fan turned sideways to make a way, made a gesture of invitation, and led Li Zongren and his guards to the headquarters to drink tea and narrate.

In front of the long conference table in the headquarters, Li Zongren did not ask the big man to sit in the highest position, but chose a middle position to sit down, and the guards stood behind him. Of course, Liao Fan was not polite and sat directly opposite Li Zongren, after all, this is still his headquarters, and he has to invite people to the best position in his own headquarters, which is not the demeanor that a soldier should have.

After Lu Liming finished making tea, he also stood behind Liao Fan, looking at Li Zongren's guards.

"Good tea, it is indeed a rare thing to be able to drink such good tea in the north." Li Zongren smelled the fragrance of tea and said.

"The 33rd Independent Division has established an office in Chongqing, and it is not difficult to get some tea to Taihang Mountain, after all, tea is not a controlled product, and the little devil will not be poor to beat me with the idea of a few taels of tea, but the commander came from afar, and the little devil will not easily let go of such a good opportunity." Liao Fan looked at Li Zongren and had already guessed seven or eight points in his heart.

"It seems that Senior Commander Liao has already guessed my identity?" Li Zongren was very interested and wanted to know how Liao Fan saw through his identity.

"After the little devil captured Nanchang, the old devil of Gangcun Ningci was ready to move, the plane in the sky and the scouts on the ground are probably a thorn in our hearts, but China has been poor and weak for many years, and we can't envy these things, we can only rely on our unity and wisdom, and then the spirit of the soldiers who sacrifice their lives and forget their lives is wrestling with the little devils, presumably the commander came to the humble house of our independent 33rd Division, and he must have the same purpose as me."

From the time Liao Fan returned to the headquarters to the time when the two of them sat down, he made a detailed analysis based on the recent situation and who would most likely come to the station of the 33rd Independent Division. As a result, it was finally concluded that the people who came were definitely not coming to Taihang Mountain to visit relatives or someone to play in the water, they had the same purpose, that is, little devils. Since he has the same purpose, based on the recent actions of the little devil and the distribution of forces around Taihang Mountain, Liao Fan has already guessed the identity of Li Zongren.

"If there are a few more people like Commander Liao in China, I'm afraid the little devils won't occupy so much of our country, with people like Commander Liao, the party-state is very fortunate, and the nation is very fortunate!" Li Zongren sighed that he was a blessed general, and whether it was during the warlord melee or the War of Resistance Against Japan, the things he did were of great historical significance to the exhibition of the nation, but when he thought of the current situation in China, he had to worry about it.

Liao Fan lowered his head and looked at the tea leaves in the cup, but did not speak, because until now he still has not been affirmed by Li Zongren that he is Li Zongren, and he is only guessing about Li Zongren's identity, and he still does not believe that he is Li Zongren, and does not believe that he is the supreme commander of the Fifth War Zone.

Li Zongren seemed to see his thoughts, he rarely drank tea, picked up the cup, slowly took a sip of tea: "I am the supreme commander of the Fifth War Zone, as for how to verify my identity, the guard who took us into the mountain told me that you will have a way." Li Zongren also wanted to see what method Liao Fan used to finally prove that he was Li Zongren.

Hearing that Li Zongren personally admitted his identity, Liao Fan immediately stood up and saluted Li Zongren again: "Liao Fan of the 33rd Independent Division of the National Revolutionary Army reports to Commander Li!" ”

Li Zongren also stood up and gave Liao Fan a return gift, and the two of them had really met.

"I have no way to prove Chief Li's identity, but I believe in Chief Li's character!" After the two of them sat down in turn, Liao Fan replied in a loud voice, he didn't need to prove it at all, all he needed was for Li Zongren to personally admit his identity.

"You just believe me like that, when your soldiers were in the Japanese army's turret, they still suspected that I was a scout for the little devils, and we jointly played a bitter trick with the little devils, and deliberately let him take us into the mountains." Li Zongren didn't expect that Liao Fan didn't plan to confirm his identity at all.

"Lao Lu, go out first, I have something to discuss with Chief Li!" Liao Fan instructed Lu Liming to go out: "By the way, tell the cooking class that I will add a dish at night." ”

"This brother wouldn't mind walking around with my guards, would he?" Li Zongren also glanced at his guard, and then said with a smile at Lu Liming.

After the door of the headquarters was closed, Liao Fan said directly to the point: "Chief Li, but you have accurate information?" Liao Fan has very little information on the recent movements of the Japanese army, he has no clue recently, Liao Fan urgently needs to know the little devil's attack plan.

"Division Commander Liao is an anxious man, the Japanese army's offensive plan is not something that can be found out if it can be found out, I'm afraid I don't have much more information on hand than you!" Li Zongren's righteous face also frowned slightly, the intelligence department of ** has worked hard, but how can the attack plan formulated by the Japanese high-level be easily leaked.

After Liao Fan learned Li Zongren's identity, he thought that Li Zongren would bring him detailed information, but when he heard that Li Zongren could not bring him specific information, he couldn't help but feel lost.

"Could it be that without intelligence, Division Commander Liao has lost the confidence to fight against Gangcun Ningci?" Li Zongren's eyes are sharp, he has been an official and a politician for many years, and he has already judged a person's thoughts through subtle expressions.

Liao Fan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "You also know that Gangcun Ningci's battle in Nanchang is not strong, and the combat effectiveness of the little devil is not weak, even if Gangcun Ningci is replaced by me, I don't dare to use the same tactics to attack Nanchang's **, Gangcun Ningci is a difficult opponent." ”

"The terrain of Nanchang's periphery defense is flat all the way, except for a few big rivers, there are not many passes on the periphery of Nanchang to block the mechanized troops of the little devils, Taihang Mountain is different, the loading and receiving vehicles and tanks of the little devils can't get in, the infantry to the infantry, doesn't the Liao division commander have confidence?" Li Zongren's brows furrowed more and more, he didn't expect Liao Fan to be so afraid of Gangcun Ningci.

Liao Fan does have scruples about Gangcun Ningci, according to his understanding, in the later stage of the War of Resistance Against Japan, under the situation of the national counteroffensive, Gangcun Ningci also led his troops to conquer cities throughout China, if it were not for the explosion of the Taiping War and the pressure of the frontal **, Gangcun Ningci may have trapped the Eighth Route Army in North China and Shanxi, there is such an opponent does make people feel deeply worried, you must know that in the last years of the War of Resistance against Japan, many of the Japanese troops were child soldiers, and they had never been on the battlefield at all.

"It seems that I came to Taihang Mountain by mistake." Li Zongren was very disappointed in Liao Fan.

"Commander Li is not wrong, every soldier of our independent 33rd Division will fight with the little devil to the last drop of blood, but I, as their division commander, I should consider letting them survive as much as possible in this battle, the little devil is coming, of course we are not afraid, but this kind of battle without any intelligence will only make the soldiers sacrifice in vain, no matter how terrible Gangcun Ningci is, I am afraid that the soldiers will not be sacrificed." Liao Fan spoke out the worries in his heart.

Allowing more soldiers to survive and return to their hometowns may be the last mercy for the generals. As the commander of a troop, Liao Fan knew that he couldn't be weak. Ci is not in charge of the army, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with Liao Fan.

"Since ancient times, every general has climbed up on thousands of corpses." Li Zongren has personal experience, from the Protectorate War all the way to the present, he has seen too many dead people, and these people have also died in various ways, Li Zongren is not sympathetic to them, but can not sympathize, because to go down this road, you must have a firm mind.

Liao Fan looked at the empty teacup in front of him and said to himself: "There will always be a solution." His voice was so small, so small that he barely heard it.

"Okay, let's not talk about these for the time being, I believe that when the little devil attacks Taihang Mountain, the 33rd Independent Division will fight hard with the little devil." Li Zongren realized that he really shouldn't doubt that the 33rd Independent Division would stay out of this battle, after all, judging from the previous performance of the 33rd Independent Division, they were actively fighting against the Japanese invaders.

Liao Fan got up, walked to his desk, found a map, returned to Li Zongren, and then spread the map in front of Li Zongren.

After many years of marching and fighting, reading a map is a basic skill for an officer, let alone a general. However, when Li Zongren saw the map that Liao Fan placed in front of him, he was completely shocked.

This map is Liao Fan's masterpiece today, and the forces of all parties are densely marked on it, and even the control area is specific to each township, and the specific number and equipment of the local Japanese puppet army are also marked on the township, and even the loyalty of the puppet army to the independent 33rd Division is marked.

Li Zongren looked at the map blankly, and only after more than ten minutes did he come back to his senses and look at the junior in front of him, who was not good-looking, and he was the only one in China who could do his homework in such detail.