At more than five o'clock in the afternoon, the drill of the cadet corps ended, and the recruits and veterans took a bath one after another, and some people practiced on the training ground. Ouyang Yun finally waited until Li Tieshu was free, invited him to go under the only locust tree in the training ground, and said to the sun that was about to set, "Brother Li, the military department has informed me to go to Nanyuan for a meeting tomorrow. ”

After Song Zheyuan completed the transfer of troops, as he and Lao Jiang's representative Xiong Bin reached a consensus, the 29th Army had the name of controlling Hebei, and moved the military headquarters from Zhangjiakou to Nanyuan, Beiping, which was regarded as the beginning of the formal takeover of Hebei. The convening of the military conference, which Ouyang Yun described as a cake, is imminent.

Li Tieshu was in the barracks, and the news was relatively closed, so he asked: "Commander Song has returned from Tianjin?" ”

"Well, Lao Chiang sent Xiong Bin to negotiate with him, and the two sides have reached a consensus that the 29th Army will resolutely defend North China, and Lao Chiang not only openly acknowledges the current situation of our army, but also satisfies all of them in terms of establishment, equipment, and salaries."

"What a good thing!"

Ouyang Yun smiled bitterly: "It's indeed a good thing, our student corps is going to be upgraded to an independent brigade of student soldiers." ”

Li Tieshu glanced at him and said, "You don't seem to be happy, could it be that the brigade commander has someone else?" ”

"No, no, the brigade commander is probably me, but this brigade commander is not so easy to be, do you know how I can be the commander of the school corps?"

"It should be that Commander Song cherishes talents, right?" Li Tieshu thought about it and said, in his opinion, although Ouyang Yun was young, he was very good at fighting.

Ouyang Yun shook his head and said, "I took the initiative to ask for this regiment commander, and for this reason, I still have an agreement with Commander Song." ”

It was Guo Biao who delivered the meeting notice to Ouyang Yun. Guo Biao's newly promoted adjutant, speaking of which, this has something to do with Ouyang Yun, Song's chief adjutant and the Japanese have always been very close, of course, people with a discerning eye know that this is actually what Song meant. As a result, after Song had a stalemate with the Japanese because of Ouyang Yun's affairs, he became a scapegoat and is currently being sent to the guard regiment as a battalion commander.

Originally, with Guo Biao's current identity and status, he didn't need to do the trivial matter of delivering the meeting notice, but out of concern for Ouyang Yun, he specially asked for this errand, just to ring the alarm for his little brother. Because Guo Biao was accompanied by Song's driver - Guo Biao couldn't drive, Guo Biao couldn't say anything in depth, and only said to him meaningfully: "Ouyang, your official has been promoted really fast, the 29th Army became a brigade commander at your age, there is absolutely no one before or after you, the military seat is offering you as a treasure plate, don't let him down!?" ”

Only rushed to Guo Biao's words, Ouyang Yun knew that the matter of running a factory could not be delayed any longer. Although the relationship between him and Song Zheyuan looks very glamorous in terms of performance, one admires his name and sincerely takes refuge, and the other admires his talent and lets it go, but the parties all know what it is to maintain their delicate relationship - it is the factory and industry promised by Ouyang Yun, the so-called "future of the 29th Army".

Now that Song Zheyuan has fulfilled his promise, then next, Ouyang Yun should show his performance, so that the matter of going to the United States cannot be delayed. However, with the expansion of the cadet corps into a brigade, there are naturally a lot of urgent affairs to be dealt with in the army, and he came to Li Tieshu at this time precisely to coordinate the affairs of going abroad, setting up factories and expanding the organization.

He truthfully told the scene of the first meeting between himself and Song, Li Tieshu was secretly surprised when he heard it, and he had a deeper understanding of himself, the little chief, and also knew that the other party really regarded him as a brother, and he was a little moved in his heart.

After listening to his speech, Li Tieshu asked: "Then you have to devote yourself to the affairs of the factory?" ”

Ouyang Yun nodded and said, "Yes, so I need your help." ”

Li Tieshu said: "Ouyang, since you can trust me, I will definitely not let you down, just say what you have to say." ”

"If you don't dare to do it, you are much better than me in terms of leading troops. A few days ago, I received an invitation letter from the president of Harvard University in the United States, inviting me to come and visit, and I wanted to take this opportunity to buy all the equipment and instruments that I needed to purchase. Now that the traffic is blocked, I am afraid that this trip will take many months, and the domestic affairs will have to be entrusted to you. I'm not very worried about the Cadet Corps, Wolf Tooth and Fox Pupil, I'm most worried about the Special Service Brigade. Brother Li, if I can't come back, I hope you can protect the thirty-two of them and hand them over to Commander Yu safely. ”

Li Tieshu frowned and said, "It's not easy to come out, Ouyang, this is not like your style - I believe you will be able to come back safely!" ”

Ouyang Yun shook his head and smiled bitterly, this worry was also something he had recently. As a traverser, because he knows the direction of history well, coupled with the protection of body armor, he is confident that he will not die in vain. But the world is unpredictable, who knows if a bullet will shoot out from a corner of the road and take him away directly?! He considered that since he had already come, and he did have the power to change the fate of the country, wouldn't it be too wronged if he did nothing and died-considering that he would have a lot of things to do after he was stationed in Renqiu, he hurried to tell Li Tieshu these things at this time like explaining the aftermath, on the one hand, just in case, and on the other hand, it was also to stabilize Li Tieshu's heart.

If he dies, who else in the country will be able to protect and make good use of this power? He thought about it, and finally decided to bet the treasure on Xuezhong - Yu Xuezhong is now leading the 51st Army to "suppress bandits" in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo border area. Historically, he once served as the governor of Gansu Province, but was later removed from his post because of the "Xi'an Incident", and then traveled to Jiangsu and Shandong to resist the Japanese. He has always had a good impression of ***, and cooperated well with the Eighth Route Army during the anti-Japanese period, and the Kuomintang did not withdraw with Lao Chiang after the defeat of Taiwan in 49 years. Handed over the students of the special service brigade to him to take care of, Ouyang Yun was still very relieved.

Of course, he can also hand them over directly to ***, but considering the current strength of ***, and he is afraid of a series of things such as future sports, he thinks that it is better to hand them over to Yu Xuezhong to better protect them from the perspective of thinking about the future of the trainees of the special service team.

Under his influence, Li Tieshu now knows a lot about the role of people's livelihood and economy in the war, and if he returns to Yu Xuezhong in the future, he may be able to continue his unfinished business, so for him, this crossing will not be in vain.

In Ouyang Yun's heart, Hebei is definitely a treasure land because of the existence of Renqiu's oil fields and a large number of high-quality iron ore areas, as long as it is developed, it is not only enough for the 29th Army to rely on the two places and the little devils to maneuver for a few years, and even until the end of the Anti-Japanese War, it is not impossible to build the 29th Army into a first-class strong army in the world.

Due to the large internal pressure, the oilfields in Renqiu are all direct injection wells developed in the early stage, and the production cost and technical requirements are relatively low. The iron ore in Yidong, Chengde Damiao, Chengde Black Mountain and other Hebei areas all belong to the A and B grade high-quality iron ore areas, and some mining areas can even be open-pit mining, and the cost of mining and refining is not too high. The only thing that makes him feel heartwarming is that the Yidong and Chengde areas are currently demilitarized zones, which are actually equivalent to being in the hands of little devils, if it weren't for the fact that Chahar's Xuanhua and Chicheng areas also have large-scale mining areas, which can fully meet the iron needs of Yicha and Chacha, with his temperament, it is difficult to guarantee that the War of Resistance against Japan will break out in advance because of waiting for the iron to be cooked.

Regrettably, the current domestic industrial level is too low, especially in heavy industry, and even some equipment has to be imported from Western countries, so a trip to the United States is inevitable and necessary. Therefore, knowing that this trip to the United States must be dangerous, he had no choice but to go hard.

"I hope so, but there are no absolutes in everything-" Speaking of this, he held Li Tieshu's hand and said emotionally: "Brother Li, do you know what I am most glad to have come back this time?" It's that I got to know you brothers. I originally thought that most of the officers in the national army were incompetent and corrupt, but now I realize that the hot-blooded men are a big handful. Commander Yu won't talk about it, the tiger general of the country, let's just talk about our 29th Army, General Zhang Zizhong, General Feng Zhi'an, General Zhao Dengyu, and Brother Li, which one is not a hot-blooded man who can serve the country with his body - I have you in China, if you can't win the little devil, it is really unreasonable! ”

At this time, the sun will go west, and the evening glow shines on his young face, making his face covered with a layer of glow, Li Tieshu listened to his heartfelt words, and couldn't help but say emotionally: "Ouyang, what you said is too good, China has not been short of hot-blooded men since ancient times, but it is often because of the cowardice of those in power that foreign thieves have repeatedly taken advantage of it, making my Lang China a plaything in the hands of the great powers since the end of the Qing Dynasty - but as you said, as long as we are alive, China will have a strong day, Ouyang, promise me!" Be sure to come back safely, remember, you are the boss of the cadet corps, whether it is a regimental or brigade-level establishment, or even a group army, only you are our boss, and only you can lead us to victory! ”

As a traverser, the boss is what Ouyang Yun often talks about, and after being in contact with him for a long time, he knows that in private, he likes his soldiers to call himself the boss the most. Now, when Li Tieshu, as a big brother several years older than him, said such a thing, he undoubtedly truly regarded Ouyang Yun as his chief and a brother who could live and die together.

Ouyang Yun gave him a hug, patted the other party on the back a few times, and said "Xie Lu Xie". Then, the two men exchanged a solemn military salute and ended the conversation.