Since Jiang Xiaomei found her father and brother, she has never been alone with Gao Jiu during this period. Gao Jiu originally thought that she was embarrassed to be alone with herself in front of her father and brother. Unexpectedly, this small and warm conspiracy was brewing here.

Gao Jiu has a little more concerns about the relationship with Jiang Xiaomei. After all, Jiang Xiaomei is a person from the underground party. The underground party has strict discipline, and Jiang Xiaomei is pure and flawless. Gao Jiu's private life is relatively complicated, and it seems a bit confusing to say it. If the underground party knows these things, they will be in a difficult situation and Jiang Xiaomei will be in a difficult situation. Therefore, now is not the time to talk about this matter.

Now Gao Hong and Yang Jiong raised it in public. Gao Jiu couldn't say that he agreed or disagree. Saying that he disagrees was equivalent to slapping someone in the face in public, which definitely wouldn't work. He said that he agreed, now is really not the time. He still has to see what happened in the future.

Gao Jiu laughed and said, "Brother Gao, Political Commissar Yang, why are you two becoming matchmakers? I have to discuss this with my sister. I will give you a reply after we have discussed it."

When Gao Hong and Yang Jiong saw Gao Jiu say this, they couldn't say anything else. They could only wait for Gao Jiu to talk to Jiang Xiaomei before talking.

Next, everyone started chatting.

This time, the Taohuashan guerrillas suffered heavy losses. Not only did Zheng Sanpao's men lose half of their men, but Wang Zhankui's old cavalry battalion also lost one-third of them. Even the Taohuashan Special Forces lost dozens of them. Such losses were unprecedented in the Taohuashan guerrillas since the establishment of the Taohuashan guerrillas. Everyone tried to avoid talking about this topic.

In terms of the underground party, they were a little disgusted with the huge losses of the Taohuashan guerrillas, and they proposed to help Gao Jiu replenish some of his troops.

Gao Hong, Yang Jiong and Jiang Xiaomei also discussed this matter. He said sincerely: "Jiu Ye, your Taohua Mountain guerrillas have not been afraid of sacrifice for our underground party. They have fought bloody battles and sacrificed many excellent guerrillas. We hope to provide you with some help within your ability.

We are relatively poor and cannot produce oceans, weapons and ammunition, but our base area has a large number of excellent young and middle-aged people. If you want, you can choose whatever you want, whether it is the southwestern Shandong base or the northern Shandong base."

Speaking of this, he was worried that Gao Jiu would have a misunderstanding, and then said: "Justice Jiu, you can rest assured that we can provide you with a list of numerous people. Among these people, there will be no underground party members. They are all ordinary farmers. You can choose from them and train them."

In order to show his goodwill, the underground party specifically asked Gao Hong and others to explain this to Gao Jiu, indicating that the underground party did not send people to infiltrate the Taohua Mountain guerrillas, nor would it develop underground party members within the Taohua Mountain guerrillas.

Gao Jiu is a person with high emotional intelligence. He can correctly understand the kindness he has released from the underground party.

Gao Jiu said sincerely: "Thank you for your kindness in the underground party. After returning to southwest Shandong, please add 200 young and middle-aged people to our Taohuashan guerrillas from your base."

Seeing that Gao Hong and Yang Jiong accepted the kindness of the underground party, Gao Hong and Yang Jiong were very happy and said that they would definitely choose those who were of the right age, strong body, good background, and as much cultural foundation as possible to give them to Gao Jiu.

That night, Gao Jiu carefully considered how to deal with the relationship with Jiang Xiaomei. He could not disappoint Jiang Xiaomei, but also wanted to handle this matter successfully.

The next morning, the troops were about to set off, and Jiang Xiaomei and others were leaving, so Gao Jiu went to find Jiang Xiaomei.

Jiang Xiaomei knew that before parting, Gao Jiu would definitely come to her. Perhaps she arranged it in advance, and Jiang Xinshan and his son did not appear here either.

Gao Jiu came to Jiang Xiaomei's room, knocked on the door, and said, "Girl, I'm here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the door opened suddenly. It seemed that Jiang Xiaomei had already prepared and was waiting for Gao Jiu to come to find her.

After Gao Jiu entered the room, he closed the door. As soon as he turned around, Jiang Xiaomei rushed into his arms and hugged Gao Jiu tightly with both hands.

Gao Jiu also hugged her gently, and the two of them stayed silently for a while.

Jiang Xiaomei raised her head, looked at Gao Jiu and said, "Brother Jiu, do you like me?"

Gao Jiu smiled and said, "You are such a fool! Is this more than anything?"

Jiang Xiaomei obviously knew Gao Jiu's attitude from Yang Jiong and the others last night. She had been thinking about it for a long time and overcame the shyness in her heart. She looked into Gao Jiu's eyes and said boldly: "Brother Jiu, are you willing to marry me?"

Gao Jiu said without hesitation: "I'm willing."

Jiang Xiaomei has been waiting for this sentence for a long time, and she couldn't help crying with joy.

Gao Jiu knew that this girl was deeply in love with her. Due to the cruel war, they were often separated. You can imagine how much lovesickness this girl suffered.

Looking at the pretty face of Jiang Xiaomei with pear blossoms, Gao Jiu couldn't help but kiss her. Jiang Xiaomei was itchy because of Gao Jiu's beard and couldn't help but giggle.

Gao Jiu reached out and shaved lightly on her pretty nose, and smiled and said, "Look at how you look, you are just a child, not like a majestic brigade commander! In the Guo army, the brigade commanders are all generals."

Jiang Xiaomei said coquettishly: "I don't want to be a brigade commander or a general, I just want to be a little woman by my side."

The two talked and laughed for a while, and Gao Jiu said solemnly: "Girl! You have me in your heart, and I have you in my heart. However, in this current environment, it is not the time to talk about marriage. Let's talk about this again and again, do you think it's okay?"

Jiang Xiaomei is just 20 years old now. She only hopes to get Gao Jiu’s clear recognition, so she is very satisfied and has no intention of getting married.

She smiled and said, "It's okay, Brother Jiu, as long as you are willing to marry me, I will wait for you. No matter how long I wait, I will wait for you to marry me until the end of the world."

Seeing Jiang Xiaomei's happy look, Gao Jiu felt a little tingling. He really didn't know when the promise he had given Jiang Xiaomei would be fulfilled, or even whether it would be realized in the future.

He stretched out his arms, hugged Jiang Xiaomei's hot body into his arms, gently kissed her forehead, and then kissed her delicate cherry lips heavily.

Not long after, Gao Jiu parted with Jiang Xiaomei and others. Looking at Gao Jiu's back as he was leaving, Jiang Yong pulled Jiang Xiaomei aside and asked impatiently: "Little sister, what's going on with you and Master Jiu?"

Jiang Xinshan was also eager to know the result and looked at her expectantly.

Jiang Xiaomei smiled sweetly and said confidently: "Dad, brother! Don't worry! Brother Jiu has agreed to marry me."

Jiang Xinshan laughed with satisfaction, while Jiang Yong waved his fists excitedly. He felt very glorious as his brother-in-law, who was a great brother-in-law.

From northern Shandong to southwest Shandong, you have to pass through the defense zone of the 114th Division and the defense zone of the 8th Division. Gao Jiu is very sure of the 8th Division, and they will not cause trouble for themselves. The 114th Division is staunch rivals Gao Jiu. After fighting for such a long time in Shandong, most of them fought against the 114th Division. When passing through the defense zone of the 114th Division, Gao Jiu had to be careful.

When entering the Shandong boundary, Gao Jiu had sent a telegram to the heads of the Jinan Station and the Jinan Underground Party, asking them to focus on investigating the movements of the 114th Division.

They had agreed in advance that if the 114th Division did not assemble or mobilize, they would not have to send a telegram to Gao Jiu. Now that they have entered the defense zone of the 114th Division, Gao Jiu has not received any telegrams from the Military Control Commission and the underground party. This shows that the 114th Division of the Japanese army did not take any extreme reactions against Gao Jiu and others.

Despite this, Gao Jiu was still very careful. During the march, there were cavalry from Taohuashan guerrillas in front, back, left and right to search and reconnaise, and it was impossible for the enemy to launch a raid.

That morning, the guerrillas in front of the army encountered a Japanese stronghold on the way. In the middle of the highway, the Japanese army dug a very deep blockade ditch. This is the place that must be returned to southwestern Shandong, and the special forces members carefully investigated the situation here.

Gao Jiu, Wang Zhankui and others marched together with Gao Wenchang, Wang Yunliang and others. A special forces member came from the front. He did not dismount and reported on the horse's back: "Jiu Ye, the Japanese in the stronghold in front gave up the stronghold and had already escaped. He even specially put down the suspension bridge in the blockade ditch."

Wang Zhankui smiled and said, "These Japanese are quite sensible, it seems that they can only let them go."

It turned out that the 114th Division's Japanese soldiers had the most attacks against the Taohua Mountain guerrillas, and now they were frightened by Gao Jiu's Taohua Mountain guerrillas. After the commander and chief of staff of the Japanese 114th Division were killed in Taohua Mountain, the new division commander and chief of staff were all sent by the 12th Army Command. They knew Gao Jiu's strength well and were unwilling to provoke Gao Jiu.

Especially when I heard that Gao Jiu killed the 132nd Division of the Japanese army in Cangzhou, they had no courage to cause trouble. Now Gao Jiu led a large group of troops to pass through their defense zone, and they issued orders to their subordinates in advance to avoid conflicts with the Taohuashan guerrillas.

Before evacuating, the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold in front specially placed suspension bridges on the blockade ditch, hoping not to anger Gao Jiu.

Gao Wenchang, Wang Yunliang and others felt the power of Gao Jiu along the way. No one of the powerful Japanese dared to intercept them. The performance of the Japanese in front of them made them deeply amazed by Gao Jiu.

After passing the defense zone of the 114th Division, he entered the defense zone of the 8th Division, and there were still no Japanese coming out to intercept it.

At noon that day, Gao Jiu and others were marching. When they passed a small village, they saw a large amount of supplies piled up on the roadside, filled with more than 20 carriages, including rice, white flour and other food, as well as chicken, duck, fish and various vegetables.

A middle-aged man wearing a melon-shaped hat was guarding the roadside with a group of young and strong men. When he saw the Taohua Mountain guerrillas coming, he came forward and said that he would give these supplies to Jiuye for military service.

These people were obviously not ordinary people. After inquiring, they were not from the underground party. The special forces members brought the person in charge to Gao Jiu and others.

After seeing Gao Jiu, this man stood attentively and saluted like a Japanese soldier. He said, "Mr. Gao, I have worked hard all the way." After that, he bowed to Gao Jiu according to the Japanese habits.

This person is a confidential staff officer of the 18th Division and is ordered to work here.

To keep it confidential and to reduce trouble, he did not say who sent him to deliver these things, nor did he report his own name.

Gao Jiu guessed that this was the kindness the commander of the 8th Division expressed to him. He smiled and said, "Go back and tell your division commander, and I will accept his feelings."

The Japanese confidential staff officer was very happy and bowed to Gao Jiu again, and then hurriedly left with his subordinates.

Although Gao Wenchang, Wang Yunliang and others witnessed Gao Jiu's majesty along the way, they did not expect that the commander of the dignified Japanese Field Eighth Division was also afraid that Gao Jiu would be so amazed.

Gao Jiu and others continued to march. When they passed by Taohua Mountain, they did not return to the mountain village. Gao Jiu has always been serious in doing things. In order to arrange the future of the officers and soldiers of the 7th Division, he had to personally escort them to the 41st Army until they were settled.

That morning, Gao Jiu and others came to Han Hua Ferry. The 41st Army had already arranged a ferry here to welcome the arrival of Gao Jiu and the officers and soldiers of the 7th Division.

After crossing the river, Commander Wang, Wang Jindong and others from the 41st Army had already greeted him here in person.

After meeting Gao Jiu, Chief Wang shook hands and greeted Gao Jiu intimately, and Wang Jindong stepped forward to hug Gao Jiu warmly. The other senior officers of the 41st Army also greeted Gao Jiu cordially.

The officers and soldiers of the 7th Division felt more at ease when they saw that Gao Jiu had such a close relationship with the generals of the 41st Army.

Immediately afterwards, Gao Jiu introduced Gao Wenchang, Wang Yunliang and others to Commander Wang, Wang Jindong and others.

The troops of a division were increased all of a sudden, and Commander Wang, Wang Jindong and others were of course very happy. In order to give Gao Jiu's face and to reassure the officers and soldiers of the 7th Division, the 41st Army arranged a grand welcome ceremony. They brought a large number of troops and lined up to welcome them on both sides of the road.

In order to increase the atmosphere, the officers and soldiers of the 41st Division also specially brought a military band, which was very lively.

Such a lively scene made the officers and soldiers of the 7th Division feel very warm.

After entering Nanyang City, after a short rest, the 41st Army held a reorganization meeting, and Gao Jiu was also invited to attend the meeting.

After the meeting began, Chief Wang personally announced the order issued by the Military Commission of the Civilian Government. The Military Commission attached great importance to the rebellion of the 7th Division of the Peace Army. They wanted to use this incident to vigorously publicize and let them take the lead in other puppet troops.

Therefore, the Military Commission specially gave the 7th Division a new 166th Division.

You should know that at this time, the government's finances were very difficult. The troops of the miscellaneous army had no numbers. They could only raise supplies and fend for themselves. The officers and soldiers of the 7th Division had this official number approved by the government, which meant that all their equipment supplies were borne by the government, and this matter gave them enough face.

Commander Wang also said on the spot that they had prepared weapons, ammunition, military uniforms and other various supplies. After the meeting, the officers and soldiers of the 7th Division would be replaced and supplemented.

Gao Wenchang, Wang Yunliang and the officers who attended the meeting were all very happy. They expressed their loyalty to the people's government and firmly obeyed the command of the 41st Army.

Next, Commander Wang, Wang Jindong and others of the 41st Army, as well as Gao Wenchang, Wang Yunliang and others of the 7th Division all expressed their gratitude to Gao Jiu.

When Gao Jiu saw that the officers and soldiers of the 7th Division had a good destination, he offered to say goodbye.
Chapter completed!