Chapter 89: Test Invitation (1)
After being besieged by the county government compound that day, Zhang Lan was forcibly moved to the barracks in the west of the city to be her companion, and during the three days of the prohibition order, Zhang Lan was accompanied by two Jewish female soldiers with loaded guns, and the gendarmerie patrolling the city was also assigned mules and horses. Maybe it was the murderous reputation of the mercenaries that played a role, during the three days of the prohibition order, the wind in Zhangwu County was calm, and the people were still doing what they should do, and the people who had been clamoring for Zhang Lan to give an explanation also disappeared, Rowling was proud in front of Zhang Lan, and the angry Zhang Lan's teeth were itching.
"Good chief" Zhang Lan saluted Ye Jianying, who had just arrived in Zhangwu County, Zhang Lan just issued a prohibition order according to Luo Lin's order, but she didn't know the intention of Lei Ting's prohibition order at all, until she saw Ye Jianying, who was the representative of the Eighth Route Army, in the barracks in the west of the city, Zhang Lan didn't know the true meaning of the prohibition order.
"Comrade Zhang Lan, how are you" After Ye Jianying returned the salute, she shook hands with Zhang Lan and said with a smile, "I have long heard that there is a female county magistrate in Shanxi, and you are not only a cadre of our Eighth Route Army, but also a county magistrate personally appointed by Chairman Jiang of Chongqing.
"Ms. Rowling, look, our female county magistrate is embarrassed" Ye Jianying is worthy of being a senior cadre of the Eighth Route Army, and she occupied the home field in just a few words.
"Chief of Staff Ye, can I interpret the embarrassment of County Magistrate Zhang Lan as the reserve of you Chinese women? You know, County Magistrate Zhang Lan managed Zhangwu County during this time, but it helped us Thunder a lot, without the help of her and those guerrillas, it would be difficult for us Thunder to recruit people to complete the construction of Qinglongping Airport in such a short time, and County Magistrate Zhang Lan is capable and good-looking, there are many officers in our Thunder Mercenary Force who love County Magistrate Zhang Lan" Luo Lin was not ambiguous, since Ye Jianying wanted to talk about Zhang Lan, she simply used Zhang Lan to start talking.
Listening to Rowling's fluent Beijing Chinese, Ye Jianying was in a trance, the CCP's intelligence station in Zhangwu County collected information about Rowling showing that this foreign woman could speak Chinese, but he didn't expect Rowling's Chinese to speak so well, and it was an authentic Beijing accent. There is a sense of competence in Rowling's words just now, Zhang Lan can only be willing to be inferior compared to her, it seems that it is no accident that Zhao Zhi fell in love with this American woman, this woman is definitely Zhao Zhi's good helper.
"It seems that Ms. Rowling has a very good impression of Comrade Zhang Lan" Ye Jianying's topic began to extend, and gradually led to Rowling, and it was not difficult to see in her words that it was with the meaning of a relationship. At present, most of the attention of the Japanese puppet army in Shanxi is focused on the Jinnan National Army and Zhao Zhi in the east of Jin, the Eighth Route Army will not let go of this opportunity to expand its territory and armament, but it is not enough to occupy the territory, and if it is occupied, it must be able to hold it, what the Eighth Route Army lacks now is not the source of soldiers, but weapons and equipment, this is the purpose of Ye Jianying's trip.
Originally, the Eighth Route Army planned to send Peng Dehuai, the deputy commander, to Zhangwu County, but Peng Dehuai was really embarrassed to face the people of Thunder, and calculated before and after, the weapons and equipment of Thunder to support the Eighth Route Army could almost arm a division of the Eighth Route Army. Ye Jianying, who was invited, asked to see the county magistrate Zhang Lan before his ass was hot, and he wanted to use the family card to get another batch of weapons from Thunder, but his idea was probably going to fall through today.
Before Rowling could answer, a Jewish female soldier came in from outside the headquarters, whispered a few words to Rowling in fluent German, and Rowling, whose face changed greatly, stood up from the chair and walked out of the headquarters to the gate of the barracks. When Ye Jianying arrived at the gate of the barracks, he happened to see a truck slowly parked at the door of the barracks, and several big-nosed Jewish soldiers lifted the tarpaulin of the carriage with all their hands.
The first to jump down from the carriage were a few ambulances with red cross symbols on their arms, and then a stretcher was carried down, Zhang Lan wanted to squeeze over, she just watched Rowling greet her and whispered a few words to the person lying on the stretcher, it was too far away, Zhang Lan didn't hear what Rowling said, but saw Rowling gesturing at the crowd around, and the stretcher was carried into the barracks by a group of mercenaries who rushed to the barracks after hearing the news, and directly carried to the ambulance station in the barracks.
It can be seen that Luo Lin's expression is very bad, and when she saw that Zhang Lan, Zuo Quan and others also followed to the door of the barracks, she smiled slightly disguised, "Chief of Staff Ye, I'm really sorry, I suddenly have something to deal with first, Zhang Lan, the county magistrate, will greet you first on our behalf, the representatives of the Jin Sui Army and the National Army will be there soon, I believe that you are all people who lead the troops, there should be a common topic, I will lose my company first" Ye Jianying was not allowed to speak at all, Luo Lin hastily explained a few words, and went to the ambulance station surrounded by the guards, It seems that Rowling has a lot of value for the wounded man who has just been brought in by the truck.
"Chief, why are there still people from the Jin Sui Army and the National Army coming to Zhangwu County in a while?" Zhang Lan was obviously an incompetent county magistrate, and she chatted with Ye Jianying's headquarters for a long time, but she didn't know the intention of Ye Jianying and the others.
"It seems that Ms. Rowling didn't tell you about Thunder sending an invitation to the Eighth Route Army," Ye Jianying smiled and walked into the courtyard of the barracks. The reason why he came to Zhangwu County this time was indeed because the Eighth Route Army received an invitation letter from Thunder, and also received an invitation letter from the Jin Sui Army and the National Army troops stationed in Shanxi.
Thunder opened up the situation in Shanxi in such a short period of time, relying not only on the ferocity of the mercenary troops, but also on the advanced weapons equipped by the Thunder mercenaries to a large extent. Not to mention the kind of rifles that can fire 8 bullets in the hands of ordinary soldiers, the officers from the non-commissioned officer to the top of the Thunder are all American-style Thomson submachine guns, and when the Jin Sui Army and the Eighth Route Army were still busy capturing the Japanese army's crooked machine guns to enhance the firepower of their own troops, Thunder's troops have been issued with American-style large-caliber Browning heavy machine guns in large quantities, which is a fact that Zuo Quan, who has already sacrificed, has seen with his own eyes earlier.
What is particularly coveted by the Eighth Route Army and the National Army is the Bazooka rockets equipped by the Thunder mercenary troops, this kind of direct firepower is simply a nightmare for Japanese tanks, armored vehicles and fortress firepower points, but it is a pity that the Thunder supported so much equipment of the Eighth Route Army and the National Army, but even a Bazooka refused to go out, which made the Eighth Route Army and the National Army very discouraged. Lei Ting suddenly issued an invitation letter this time, inviting the national army, the Eighth Route Army, and the Jin Sui Army in Shanxi to gather in Zhangwu County to participate in their so-called weapon acceptance test.
Thunder went to Zhangwu County three times, and then built an airport in Zhangwu County and launched a large-scale clean-up operation around the area, during which only the Eighth Route Army has been cooperating with Thunder's action. Jin Suijun and the national army took care of themselves, and did not respond to several coordination requests issued by Thunder, Thunder made cement weapons acceptance tests at this time, and Jin Suijun even thought that this was a harbinger for Thunder to give them and the national army, after all, Zhao Zhi of Thunder had a good relationship with Chongqing, especially the old Jiang in the villa on the south bank valued Zhao Zhi even more, and it was impossible to say that this so-called weapon test was written by Jiang someone.
To go or not to go, the people of the Jin Suijun discussed it very much, and finally Yan Xishan personally patted the table before it was finally settled, and the Jin Suijun sent a personal staff officer of Yan Xishan as a representative to participate in the weapon test of the thunder, based on the same reason, the national army also sent a colonel staff officer to Zhangwu County, but I don't know what the reason is, the farthest Eighth Route Army was the first to arrive in Zhangwu County, but the people of the Jin Suijun and the national army entered the barracks in the west of the city late at dinnertime.
Ye Jianying is the chief of staff of the Eighth Route Army, naturally not comparable to the two colonels and staff officers of the Jin Suijun and the National Army. From noon when Rowling entered the ambulance station in the barracks, she didn't show up until after dinner, when everyone chatted, except for Zhang Lan, who greeted them on behalf of Thunder, she was a big-nosed foreigner named Lance, Lance's Chinese language was not very standard, but this did not prevent the communication between him and Ye Jianying and others, on the contrary, this guy who was obsessed with military affairs chatted happily with Ye Jianying.
"Gentlemen, I'm very sorry, my wife just asked someone to pass the word, the matter on her side has not been dealt with yet, and the rest time is time for my mission and task has been completed, please rest early, tomorrow morning at 7 o'clock, I will send someone to pick you up to our weapons test site, good night everyone" Lance accompanied Ye Jianying and the others to chat until it was dark, and then got up like a noble gentleman to say goodbye, but Rowling disappeared all afternoon, and the people of Jin Suijun and the national army had not even seen her face.
"Forget it, I think let's rest early, didn't you hear the big nose just now say that someone will be sent to pick us up at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning" The representative of Jin Suijun was still a little angry, and the staff officer surnamed Wu of the national army could think about it, carrying a bottle of beer and following the mercenary who led the way to the guest room assigned to him. Ye Jianying and the representatives of Jin Suijun glanced at each other, and they also followed the mercenary who led the way to their own room, this is the territory of Thunder, and it is not so easy to get things done.