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It was almost midnight and the temperature outside had dropped to several degrees below zero.

General Tong was wrapped in a military coat and leaning against the seat with his eyes closed. He seemed to be asleep and did not answer Xu Si's words.

After a moment, he seemed to have just realized it, so he slowly said, "Now that we are here, let's make the best of it."

Then he opened his eyes and glanced at Xu Si, who was sitting in the passenger seat, and then looked at the driver, and asked with a little surprise: "Do all the soldiers in your army have such cotton uniforms?"

Xu Si: "General Tong has misunderstood. The uniforms of our guards are finely made. The outer coat is not thick, but there is a thicker underwear inside, so keeping warm is not a problem! The uniforms of the combat troops are thicker, all filled with pure cotton, but the underwear is relatively thin. This design is to facilitate the soldiers to quickly adjust from sleeping state to combat state!

The young marshal said that only when the soldiers on the front line are well fed and warmly clothed can they fight with full energy. "

General Tong couldn't help but sigh: "Your young commander is really rich. It would be great if my Tang army could have cotton clothes to wear in winter!"

Xu Si: "My young marshal's private savings may not even add up to 100 yuan. All the money and supplies seized from the Japanese were used to supplement the troops and local people. Including the money from selling arms. If it weren't for this money, our troops wouldn't have such good equipment!"

This time General Tong did not answer, and seemed to have really fallen asleep.

About three hours later, the convoy stopped.

"General Tong, we're here, the young marshal is waiting for you inside!"

"Where is this?"

"My 176th Division Meidongshan Headquarters!"

"Ok?"

General Tong got out of the car with confusion. He didn't understand why Xu Le went to so much trouble to run all the way from Shuitou Town to the headquarters so late at night, and even called him over at night.

If you have something urgent to say, can't you wait until dawn?

Under the leadership of Xu Si, he soon met Xu Le, but his attention was attracted by an anti-aircraft gun.

Although it was night and the lighting was dim, he was 100% sure that this was not the anti-aircraft machine gun he had seen during the day.

Because the caliber of the gun in front of him is larger and his size is much larger, the towering gun barrel seems to be shouting towards the sky!

Xu Le didn't waste any words and started to introduce directly: "This gun is called the Type 72 85mm anti-aircraft gun. It has a fully automatic ammunition replacement device and a firing rate of 30 rounds per minute. It is also equipped with a gun-aiming radar and a rangefinder. It has all-weather combat capabilities and can implement semi-automatic tracking shooting and manual modes!

As for the range, the maximum firing height is meters, and the effective firing height is 1 meters. No aircraft in the world today can escape his shells! "

Xu Le once again concealed the fully automatic capability, and later would have the guards dismantle the automatic mode of the gun!

Click....

General Tong was stunned for a moment, then his legs went limp and he fell backwards.

General Xu, who had prepared in advance, pulled over a stool, which prevented General Tong from sitting on the ground!

"Is this true?"

Xu Le: "General Tong must also know that in the previous battle to open up the transportation line in southwest Shanxi, the Japanese sent a joint formation of bombers and fighters to try to disrupt our rear area, but they only escaped with a few damaged planes, while our army was not damaged at all!"

General Tong pointed at the anti-aircraft gun and said tremblingly: "Is it the credit of this anti-aircraft gun?"

Xu Le nodded: "Not bad!"

After coming back to his senses, General Tong stood up and thought for a while, then looked at Xu Le and asked, "How much can you give me? What are the conditions?"

He didn't think that Xu Le had been showing off in front of him after working all night. He called him over without telling anyone else, and he must have wanted to provide this cannon to Shancheng.

If such anti-aircraft guns were equipped in the mountain city, the National Guard government would have nothing to worry about!

Xu Le held up two fingers and said, "I only have two conditions. First, I need 1000 pilots. They may not have rich combat experience, but they must have excellent driving skills! Second, give me half of your naval forces. Of course, I don't need any of your ships and weapons, I just need people!

As long as you can meet these two conditions, I will provide you with three anti-aircraft guns for free, and send technicians to train your artillery, and guide a series of measures such as maintenance and upkeep!"

Si...

General Tong was shocked. These conditions were really too high.

The Tang Dynasty only had a large army, but its equipment was very backward!

The air force and navy are even more backward. Not only are they small in size, but their equipment is also very poor, and they are all garbage that foreign countries don't want.

Even so, the Air Force and Navy made great contributions in the fight against the Japanese.

The first thing Xu Le asked for was half of the strength of the navy and air force. No one had ever dared to think of such a condition.

Fortunately, Xu Le only wants people, not equipment. Both pilots and naval combatants can be trained, so there is room for negotiation.

The equipment given by Xu Le was really too tempting, three 3mm semi-automatic tracking and shooting anti-aircraft artillery anti-aircraft artillery regiments, which were top-notch in the world!

"Young Marshal, this matter is far beyond my control. I need to return to Shancheng and report this to Commander Jiang!"

Xu Le nodded: "No problem, I will arrange for someone to transport an anti-aircraft gun to Shancheng tomorrow. Commander Jiang can also make a decision after personally seeing it, but don't delay it too long!"

......

With an uneasy heart, General Tong returned to the guest room to rest, but he was destined to have a sleepless night.

The reason why Xu Le did this was that he suddenly thought of it during today's military parade. The army will definitely need to build an air force and navy in the near future, but pilots and crew members are not as easy to train as infantry. It takes a short period of time, from a few months to a year and a half.

And they must have a certain cultural foundation. If you recruit such talents by yourself, who knows when you can recruit them.

So he set his sights on the National Guard, where most of the outstanding young people in the Tang Dynasty gathered. He only needed to poach people and then let the guards and the political department take action. It wouldn't be long before they would have their own cutting-edge force.

However, Xu Leke did not go back to his room to rest. He still had to have a secret meeting with a group of people.

"Young Marshal, people are coming!"

"Invite them in!"

A moment later, a man led by Xu Wu walked into Xu Le's room. It was An Ji, the commander of the Southwest Jin Military Region of the guerrillas. He was also the only local representative who did not buy any weapons in the arms transaction just now!

"Young Marshal!"

They are both members of the National Guard, and Xu Le is now a lieutenant general. An Ji saluted him solemnly!

"Please sit down!" Xu Le pointed to the stool opposite!

An Ji: "I wonder why the young commander called me here at night?"

Xu Le poured him a cup of hot water and said, "Why didn't your department buy any weapons in today's arms deal? Do you think my equipment is not good enough? Or?"