Chapter 30: All-you-can-drink at the wedding banquet

In the Second Battle of Changsha, the 500th Army did the 74th Army a great favor, first firing artillery to help the 57th Division annihilate the enemy, and then relieving the 58th Division of the siege at Chunhua Mountain. Whether it is Wang Yaowu, Yu Chengwan, or Zhang Lingfu, they are very grateful for Gao Quan's kindness.

This time Jin Hu got married, although Gao Quan did not send an invitation to the 74th Army, several generals of the 74th Army still got the news from other channels. Zhang Lingfu felt that the 58th Division had received the greatest support from the 500th Army, and this time he took the initiative to ask for help and asked to go to the 500th Army in person to congratulate him!

Because the troops have lost too many personnel, although the problem of soldiers can be resolved in a timely manner with the support of the commission, if the 74 th Army still wants to maintain its original combat capability, it will have to make great efforts to retrain and straighten out its ranks.

Zhang Lingfu was worried about Gao Quan's favor last time, and would rather delay two days of training than come over to attend this wedding banquet. As soon as the main generals of the 74th Army discussed, they simply asked Zhang Lingfu to send a congratulatory gift to Commander Gao on behalf of the big guys! The 58th Division was personally commanded by army commander Wang Yaowu and stayed in Hengyang for training.

In this way, Zhang Lingfu drove two jeeps and brought congratulatory gifts from several generals to attend the wedding. Because it took a little time for several generals to prepare the congratulatory gifts, Zhang Lingfu was a little late when he set off, and when he arrived here, the newcomers had finished saluting, just in time for the banquet, and it looked like they had come to eat mixed rice.

Gao Quan personally took a couple of newlyweds out, and held Zhang Lingfu's hand and shook it for a while, as if he was the master of this wedding.

However, Zhang Lingfu originally came to see Gao Quan, and Jin Hu, the groom, had no friendship with him. "Commander Gao, last time I said goodbye, Zhong Lin always remembered it, and I feel deeply comforted to see the commander today's demeanor is better than in the past!"

After Zhang Lingfu and Jin Hu said hello, he took Gao Quan's hand and began to greet him. Gao Quan is the army commander, General Zhang is now the division commander, Gao Jun Commander was just awarded the title of major general some time ago, and Zhang Lingfu's official military rank is still colonel, so Zhang's posture is relatively low. Of course, if he is replaced by other generals who are not from the central military system, Zhang Lingfu will definitely not have this attitude, which is also to Gao Quan.

"Brother Zhong Lin, I have long admired your glorious achievements! In fact, I have always wanted to be closer to Brother Zhong Lin. Let's go, today you and I won't get drunk! As he spoke, Gao Quan took Zhang Lingfu's hand and went inside.

Zhang Lingfu also participated in the last exercise of the 500 Army, and the main generals of the 500 Army basically knew Zhang Lingfu. With Secretary General Wu Guangxing and Deputy Army Commander Xie Zhongming taking the lead, the main generals of the 500th Army who came to attend the wedding banquet today came over one by one to greet the famous 74th Army Commander Zhang. The people who have to look up to the military seat, of course, the big guys should come over to cheer the scene.

After the banquet began, Jin Hu toasted everyone according to the table, and many of the people present were also good drinkers, and soon dozens of wine tables began to be noisy. Those who laugh loudly, those who give orders with fists, those who take the opportunity to drink, those who quarrel and raise the bar, are very lively. As the commander-in-chief of the wedding, Secretary Wu had to accompany the groom to toast the whole process today, but he didn't have time to rectify the wine table culture.

Since there are Jin Feilong and Huang Sanpao here, this banquet can't be elegant if it wants to be elegant. Those who shouted and sweared, pinched their noses and poured alcohol, and all kinds of things, finally these people knew that this was a happy drink today, and the military seat was also present, so there were no fights.

The group of people at the wine table drank and drank happily, Huang Sanpao's eyes rolled, ** illness attacked, came to Jin Feilong's ear and muttered for a while, the two of them unknowingly pulled a group of officers who were obviously drunk to take turns to salute Zhang Lingfu's wine.

Looking at this group of swaying and red-faced guys, Gao Quan's eyes widened at that time, "Brother Zhong Lin is a distinguished guest and a good friend of mine!" What do you want to do? Want to get Zhong Lin drunk? ”

People come to the wedding with joy, come to give gifts, and you rely on the advantage of the home field to get people drunk, what is that called? Is that called having the ability? Is it glorious? According to Gao Quan, it is simply uneducated, and it is a manifestation of vulgarity and rudeness! Originally, the 500 Army was a ragtag army in the eyes of others, a bandit army, and you guys with bad backgrounds didn't say that you would improve your quality, but you still dared to discredit the 500 Army? Shame on the commander of this army?

"Hehe, it's out of the way, it's not in the way. The brethren are also warm-hearted, so the commander of the army should not be criticized. When Zhang Lingfu saw Gao Quan reprimanding his subordinates in public, he felt uneasy on his face, and quickly stood up to play a round, "Zhang's amount of wine is limited, you can really get drunk after drinking so many glasses of wine." In this way, Zhong Lin drank three cups, and he should thank everyone. ”

Zhang Lingfu picked up one or two large wine glasses, and naturally someone next to him came over to pour wine. He tilted his neck and drank three glasses in a row, his face was slightly flushed, and he flashed the bottom of the cup at everyone, and the big guys applauded in unison. These people are just drunk, their heads are confused, and they were fooled by Huang Sanpao's words, and now when they see Gao Quan's face a little unhappy, the wine will wake up more than halfway, Zhang Lingfu behaved neatly and neatly, of course the big guy has to go down the steps. not only gives face to others, but also saves their own face.

However, after sitting back again, these people will not let go of Huang Sanpao, who took the lead in stirring up trouble! Huang Sanpao, who aroused the anger of the public, was drunk and got drunk after a few rounds, and went under the table with his head.

Gao Quan, Xie Zhongming, Wang Dazhu, Qian Sixi and others accompanied Zhang Lingfu and Zhu Yaohua to sit in the chief. Originally, there should have been a place for Wu Guangxing at this table, but the secretary is not busy toasting with the groom now. Zhu Yaohua was sent by Minister Chen, and the 74th Army was a little inclined to He Yingqin's lineage, and these two people basically didn't have anything to say except a few polite words.

Gao Quan pulled Zhang Lingfu to talk about army building and strategy and tactics, Deputy Army Commander Xie accompanied Zhu Yaohua to talk about the customs of the capital, Wang Dazhu and others interjected from time to time next to him, and the atmosphere on the wine table was warm and solemn. And this is exactly the effect that Gao Quan wants. He just wants to show these two characters who can see through the sky that the quality of the 500 Army is actually not very low, and it is not a bandit army and a miscellaneous army in the eyes of the world.

"Fu Zhongfang, the commander of the Ninety-ninth Army, has arrived! Gao Kuiyuan, commander of the 99th Division, has arrived! ”

There are too many surprises today, not only Minister Chen sent a congratulatory messenger to the wedding of the Golden Tiger, but also the famous commander of the main division of the 74th Army, Zhang Lingfu, who personally brought gifts to congratulate him, and now the commander of the 99th Army came with the division commander! Gao Quan was pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly got up to greet him.

"Brother Zhong Lin, Colonel Zhu, General Fu is here, please sit down, and I'll go to greet you."

The 99th Army was the neighbor of the 500th Army, and the reason why the 500th Army was stationed in Xiangyin was to serve as the second line of defense behind Yingtian, which was not only the rear hand of the 99th Army, but also the helper of others. For such a neighbor, Gao Quan didn't dare to slack off.