Chapter 90

  Hu smiled awkwardly and pulled out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, handing one to Zhang Xinghai. After they both lit up, they walked together towards the barracks.

  The two battalions are all stationed in the suburbs, and no civilian houses have been requisitioned. They are all large combined tents. The weather is still good now, and for the army, except for a few more mosquitoes living in the tent, there's nothing else. Gaoyang strictly forbids disturbing the people.

  As they entered the tent, Camp Commander Hu Bo, who was writing a document, looked up and saw the two men coming in. He cracked a smile and said, "Hey, Big Advisor Hu has arrived! What wind is blowing today?"

  "Heh heh." Hu Zonglu smiled and handed over the command book to Hu Bo.

  Zhang Xinghai and Hu Bo looked at each other after reading the order, Zhang Xinghai said in a low voice while smoking "Little Hu, what do you want to do by deploying troops?"

  Hu Conglu found a crate of ammunition and sat down, saying in a low voice, "It's an order personally issued by the Commander-in-Chief!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, Hu From Lu felt that the expressions of the two people in front of him had become tense, and the atmosphere in the room seemed to have become more serious.

  His heart tightened, Hu Zonglu straightened his waist and said seriously, "The commander-in-chief has personally ordered the arrest of Huang Lao, the big boss of the Green Gang! He must be brought to court!"

  Zhang Xinghai furrowed his brow "Want to live?"

  "En, huo de." Hu Conglu nodded in response.

  "Huang Daheng is a detective in the French concession, if we catch him...the French will..." Hu Bo said with a worried expression.

  "Hu Conglu interrupted Hu Bo's words and said in a deep voice, 'Colonel Hu! What the French think is none of my business! I only know that I must complete the orders given by the inspector general!'"

  Hu Bo smiled awkwardly, his face a bit embarrassed. Being scolded by a lieutenant made him feel quite humiliated. Moreover, Hu Zonglu's words left him speechless.

  Zhang Xinghai saw that the atmosphere in the house was a bit off, so he hurriedly laughed and said "Alright alright, we're all here for the sake of the military affairs. Director Hu, you tell us what to do."

  Hu Conglu also reacted and realized that his words were a bit too much, so he smiled awkwardly and said: "This is what I think. Select a batch of elite soldiers to secretly enter the French concession. Before I entered the military academy, I came to Shanghai once, it's not difficult to quietly bring a group of people into the French concession. Bringing in weapons is also possible, but it will cost more money!"

  Seeing the two people in front of him had already extinguished their cigarettes, he hastily pulled out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to them, lit one for himself and continued saying "When we go back to report the plan to General Wecks later, I will apply for an action fund. This matter is not important."

  "After everyone and the weapons have entered, we will ambush near Huang Daheng's residence. At 3 am when people are most tired, we will directly break in and capture Huang Daheng alive!"

  Hu Bo furrowed his brow and said, "It's easy to charge in, our camp's elite soldiers can capture those little rascals with ease. However..."

  Zhang Xinghai, who was on the side, chimed in and said, "But how are we going to get out after we succeed?"

  Hu Bo nodded and continued, "The action must be carried out quickly, as there are patrol teams in the French concession! Although we're not afraid of the French, completing the inspector's task is the most important thing. However, we should also try our best not to cause trouble for the inspector."

  Hu Zonglu nodded and said in a low voice, "Yes, the capture is not difficult. The protective ability of Huang Daren's residence in the French concession cannot stop our elite soldiers. The trouble is the French people. My idea is that the action must be completed within 10 minutes. When I came to Shanghai last time, I accidentally learned that the French night patrol team was not very active at night, and most of the time they were staying in the barracks. I calculated that it would take them more than 20 minutes to receive the message and rush to Huang Daren's residence!"

  "Get up from the ammunition box and continue to say 'We will complete the task within 10 minutes and immediately withdraw in the direction of Suzhou River! The remaining officers and soldiers of the first battalion should set up defenses on the side of Suzhou River Hua Jie, prepare to receive the boats. If the mission is successful, everyone will retreat together, if caught by the patrol team..."

  Hu Conglu's eyes flashed with a cold intent as he said in a deep voice, "Then open fire! Bring back everyone, whether they're alive or dead. I'll personally go and apologize to the commander for what's left!"

  Zhang Xinghai stood up, patted Hu Conglu's shoulder and smiled, saying "Don't worry, our camp's good guys will definitely complete the task on time. I'll lead the team myself tonight! Alright, let's plan the specific details of the action now."

  At this time in the Garrison Command, Veiks was perfecting his new army reorganization plan after the meeting.

  Weixs sat in the chair, holding a pen and constantly scribbling and modifying his own plan. This time, he came up with twelve division numbers! The workload is huge.

  To separate the supplementary battalions of the 6th and 19th Divisions, but not only to get rid of new recruits, also need to draw old soldiers from old troops to serve as backbone in new troops. How many to transfer, which troops' old soldiers to transfer, all these need to be arranged by Wekes!

  In addition, there were weapons and equipment, various military supplies, daily expenses, the establishment of garrison camps, and the treatment of officers and soldiers' salaries, etc. All sorts of trivial matters had to be arranged by Wekes. Wekes, who was thinking about things and getting a headache, kept grabbing his hair.

  Others are fine, the most important thing is that there aren't so many officers! A one-time expansion of so many troops, whether high-ranking or grassroots officers, are extremely scarce!

  Senior officers are easy to say, just let Gao Yang arrange it directly, this is originally the right that Gao Yang should have. But what about the large number of vacancies for grassroots military officers? Can't just promote old soldiers directly?

  Brent, who was helping him, walked up with a file and smiled, "Still worried about the officer's affairs?"

  He threw down his pen, Wicks opened the cigar box on the table and lit one for himself and Brant. With a hint of depression, he said, "With such a large expansion of personnel at once, there are not enough qualified officers to go around! I don't know what to do now."

  Buland sat down beside him and said with a smile, "There's one thing you haven't thought of."

  "Huh?" Vecks looked at him in surprise.

  "What about us? Our contracts as mercenaries will expire soon. What then? How many people do you think will renew their contracts? And I've noticed that the High Command is no longer willing to recruit mercenaries from Germany, what are we going to do?" Brandt said with a serious face.

  "Weeks rubbed his forehead and said, 'I know! We gave great help to Commander Gao in the early stages. However, it's clear that Commander Gao can't always use us as main officers! After all, we are foreigners! As a local proverb says, "If you're not from my clan, your heart must be different!"'"

  "We instructors should still be able to stay for a while longer, but what about those who are currently serving in the military? Should they return home?" Brandt asked in a low voice.

  "Weixi stood up and said irritably, 'Don't mention this for now, there's still some time left. Let's talk about it when the time comes. For now, let's think of a way to deal with the military officer.'"

  "Actually, the officer's problem is not difficult to solve," said Brant with a smile.

  "Hmm? Do you have a good plan?" Wickes' eyes lit up and he hastily asked.

  Bulandt stood up and smiled, saying "You forgot that the Nanjing Military Academy has more than 1,000 students, they are all the best low-ranking officers. And they are all the ideal candidates in the heart of Gao Dujuan."

  Weixi was taken aback and shook his head, saying "No way, no way, they're just rookie cooks who've only learned for a few months! They don't have the ability to take on direct responsibilities at all!"

  Braun laughed, puffing on his cigar. "You may have arrived before I did, but your understanding of the Chinese is not as deep as mine! You think they're amateurs because you're using our German army standards to measure them! That doesn't apply here! In fact, we can't even recruit enough able-bodied men!"

  Took a deep breath and continued "And most importantly...". Seriously looked at Wekes and said "You don't understand Gao Du Jun at all!"

  "What does it mean?" Wekes asked in surprise.

  "I can't give you a specific explanation, but I can only tell you that as long as you submit the report recommending that military academy students be graduated early to serve as low-ranking officers in new units, it will definitely be approved!" Brandt said with a serious face.

  Vicks fell silent.

  "Now the troops of General Gao have been deeply imprinted with the mark of our German army, they are all our students! Our influence in the army has reached the point where even General Gao cannot help but take us seriously!" said Brandt with a hint of helplessness.

  Weixi fell silent for a moment before suddenly saying "Is it also because Commander Gao allowed the navy to be fully anglicized..."

  Stoke nodded slightly "Not all, but there is also this factor in it!"

  In modern times, Gao Yang was queuing up in a milk tea shop. At this time point, there were many people. Gao Yang completely relaxed himself with the mentality of a tourist, took out his mobile phone and took a panoramic view of the milk tea shop. After queuing for more than ten minutes, he ordered a cup of milk tea and some Hong Kong-style pastries, found an empty seat and started eating.

  After finishing the pastry, Gao Yang strolled along the streets of Hong Kong with a cup of milk tea in hand, just like any other tourist. Whenever he saw a beautiful scenery, he would take out his phone to snap a photo. When he saw pretty girls dressed in revealing clothes, Gao Yang couldn't help but give them a glance, thinking that they were far inferior compared to Xiaoshuijing. For someone deeply in love, the only person in their eyes is their loved one; right now, in Gao Yang's heart, Xiaoshuijing was the best.

  Gao Yang finally saw the legendary triads. Those selling pirated goods on the street, setting up stalls, were not a few big uncles, if it weren't for seeing tattoos and scars on these big uncles' bodies, Gao Yang would never believe that they were the legendary triads!