"Drink tea!"

Guan Fei made a cup of hot tea with his own hands, handed it to the other party with a smile on his face, and sat on the other party's side: "Staff Officer You, I haven't seen you for a long time." I remember the first time we met was at the Lanza training camp, when we were only a few of us......"

"Two hundred and thirty-eight!"

Staff Officer You reported the number of people in the first batch of training camps of the People's Army without thinking, probably recalling the original scene, and a faint smile appeared on his stern face. This looming smile only appeared for a moment, and then disappeared, if it weren't for Guan Fei paying attention to any slight changes in him, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to see it.

"Our chief is now the deputy chief of staff!" The little guard behind him interjected proudly.

"Xiao Zheng!" Staff Officer You's face flashed with anger, and then a hint of embarrassment appeared. He didn't seem to be able to hide his emotions very well, his lips moved, but he didn't explain anything to Guan Fei, he closed it tightly, holding the teacup with an expressionless face, staring at the heat rising above.

Since he didn't want to talk, Guan Fei didn't have much to do, and the small brigade headquarters became quiet.

"Kill! Kill! ”

Outside, there were the sounds of the soldiers' trumpets in training, and sometimes the roars, reprimands, and praises of the commanders.

Chief of Staff You raised his eyebrows, as if he couldn't stand the stagnant atmosphere in the room, stood up, walked to the door of the shack, and looked at the warm training scene on the training ground in the distance.

"You've been training here a lot, has it always been like this?" He looked at it for a while and asked, with a hint of suspicion in his voice, as if he thought that such a high-intensity training should not be like this every day.

Guan Fei didn't find it strange that he had such questions.

Training intensity is not supported by will, but also needs rich nutritional supplements and scientific training methods, thinking that increasing the intensity will only cause irreparable damage to the soldiers' bodies.

When the 291st Brigade was first established, there was a shortage of food supplies, and after two days of intensive training, the soldiers showed symptoms of blood in the urine. This is the training intensity is too high, and it hurts the kidneys. Frightened, Guan Fei hurriedly shouted to stop, and only dared to use every two days to train to maintain the soldiers' military skills. This kind of high-intensity training was gradually increased until there was enough food to eat.

"There is no ...... at the headquarters now," he said, and stopped under Chief of Staff You's bitter expression.

What's the point of talking about these meaningless things?

"Ouch, isn't this Lao You, I haven't seen you for a long time, you kid ......" Sun Yaohua's voice sounded in time, still as heroic as ever, as soon as he came in, he gave Chief of Staff You a warm hug, and then hugged his shoulder, leaned back, looked at his appearance seriously, and the smile gradually dissipated, "Lao You, you have lost weight, and people are getting old." ”

"Hehe, it's okay!"

When Chief of Staff You saw Sun Yaohua, he was more enthusiastic than when he saw Guan Fei, at least he didn't have a cold face, and patted the other party twice on the back.

Guan Fei smiled and didn't say anything about his differential treatment.

Sun Yaohua is right, Chief of Staff You's expression can indeed be described as old. In the database of the biological vicebrain, he is only twenty-seven years old this year, only slightly older than Zhang Shengguo, but compared to Zhang Shengguo, he seems to be a middle-aged man of thirty-five or sixteen years old.

Thin, but also to the point.

Chief of Staff You's cheekbones protruded very high, his cheeks were sunken, and his eyes were still as bright as in the old days, but he was also slightly tired. At first glance, this man is very capable and capable. But if you analyze it carefully, it is emaciation caused by extreme nutritional imbalance.

He's just using his mental strength to hold on!

"Lao You!" Zhang Shengguo followed closely behind, and when he saw Chief of Staff You politely greeting, his expression was very polite, but he also looked a little rusty.

He joined the People's Army a year late, and apart from Guan Fei and Sun Yaohua, he didn't have much friendship with the other first batch of veterans. His promotion was also very slow, if he hadn't followed Guan Fei from company to battalion, and from battalion to brigade, he would have only stopped at one company instructor.

"Staff Officer You, it's been a few months!"

"Staff Officer."

Yu Bohai, the deputy brigade commander, and Zhao Zhonghua, the director of civil affairs, who received the notice, also arrived on their heels and greeted their old acquaintances with great surprise.

"Deputy Head Yu, Political Commissar Zhao." Staff Officer You squeezed out a smile on his face, and addressed the two of them with their original positions.

"Haha, good! Good! Last time, under the enemy's advance, everyone was in a hurry, and Lao Zhao and I didn't have time to catch up with the troops, so we hid in Menghai. I can't be happier to see you today, let's have a drink and a good chat in the evening! Lao Guan, I want to drink at night, ask you for an order, don't say that I break discipline! Yu Baihai happily pulled Chief of Staff You, very happy.

"No problem, let's be together at night, not only do you want to drink, I'm hungry too!" Guan Fei smiled and agreed.

Zhao Zhonghua and Deputy Chief of Staff You only nodded at each other, smiled, and seemed very happy, but that kind of joy was the joy of seeing their old comrades-in-arms, and there was no other meaning. After the two hugged and patted each other, everyone sat down.

"Lao You is now the deputy chief of staff, and we are just going to hold a celebration banquet for him in the evening." Guan Fei smiled and pointed out Deputy Chief of Staff You's current position.

"You kid is a good mix, you're already the chief of staff!" Sun Yaohua was the most active, stabbed a fist in the waist of Deputy Chief of Staff You, squeezed his eyebrows and smiled.

"Yes, yes, I'm just a deputy brigade commander, you have already climbed to the position of deputy chief of staff, and you didn't say a word when we met just now, you should be punished, see if I don't kill you at night!" Yu Baihai was also overjoyed, and followed suit.

Jokes aside, in fact, everyone does not attach importance to this post of deputy chief of staff of the General Headquarters.

Everyone knows very well what the situation is at the headquarters now, whether it is a change of battle or a retreat, and the total number of remnants taken away by the headquarters at that time is only about 2,000. Later, some of the defeated troops were gathered, and they fought a few battles with the Weiding army in the Wa territory, and now the People's Army soldiers directly under the headquarters are claimed to be 6,000 people, but the actual number is about 2,56, which is not as many as the 291 brigade.

On the contrary, the total strength of the Wa armed forces under the protection of the headquarters has reached more than 14,000, which is far superior to the troops directly under the headquarters. It's just that although there are many of them, their weapons are not good, their ammunition is not sufficient, and their training is not good, so they can be said to be a rabble.

However, the situation of the situation was irreversible, and the leader and former leader of the Wa armed forces was awarded the post of commander of the newly established 381 Military Region.

Therefore, strictly speaking, the headquarters is actually under the fence, that is, it cannot lead the subordinates, and it is unable to maintain a large army, and the situation can be said to be deteriorating every day.

In addition, in the previous fiasco, a large number of backbone cadres were either killed in battle or withdrawn to the country, and outstanding commanders were completely lost. Of course, everyone is an old comrade-in-arms, and it is impossible to say such frustrating words in front of Deputy Chief of Staff You, and on the surface, he still laughs and flatters him for his promotion.

The playful enthusiasm of everyone finally melted the ice on Deputy Chief of Staff You's face, revealing the smile he had before, only the deep wrinkles on his forehead, indicating that he was no longer the same person he used to be.

"We'll talk about it later, I'm here to read the order from the headquarters." After laughing for a while, Deputy Chief of Staff You pressed his hand to make everyone quiet, and then said solemnly.

Sun Yaohua and Yu Baihai put away their hippie smiling expressions and listened with a straight face. Guan Fei, Zhang Shengguo, and Zhao Zhonghua also tidied up their military appearance, straightened the brim of their hats, sat up straight, and waited for him to read out the order.

Deputy Chief of Staff You took a leatherette briefcase from the guard, opened it, took out a handwritten order from it, and stood up.

"Commendation Order!"

Guan Fei and all the other senior commanders of the 291 Brigade stood up together and listened to the order he read out with serious expressions.

“…… All the commanders and fighters of the 291 Brigade, under the leadership of brigade commander Guan Fei, political commissar Zhang Shengguo and other comrades, repelled the enemy's attacks many times, effectively defended the security of the base areas in the liberated areas, and actively expanded the scope of the base areas, compressing the enemy to the Menggu line, and not advancing an inch!

In order to commend the great contributions made by the 291st Brigade and more effectively break the enemy's encirclement and suppression of us, the defense area under the jurisdiction of the 291st Brigade was expanded into the First Special Army Division, with Comrade Guan Fei serving as the commander of the military division, secretary of the Party Committee, and commander of the 291st Brigade; Comrade Zhang Shengguo served as the political commissar and deputy secretary of the party committee of the military sub-district, and the political commissar of the 291st Brigade; Comrade Sun Yaohua served as deputy commander of the military sub-division, deputy secretary of the party committee, and deputy commander of the 291st Brigade......

Commanders and fighters at all levels of the Wangjun sub-district should make persistent efforts to severely crack down on the enemy's arrogance, strive to recover Menggu Town at an early date, and make greater contributions to the return of the People's Party to Menggu!

This order! ”

"Yes! Resolutely complete the mission! As soon as his voice fell, Guan Fei immediately leaned on his heels, saluted a standard military salute, and responded sonorously.

"Resolutely complete the tasks assigned to us by our superiors, recover Menggu as soon as possible, and make the greatest contribution to the cause of liberation!"

Zhang Shengguo, Sun Yaohua, Yu Bohai, and Zhao Zhonghua also stood upright, saluted, and solemnly promised at the same time.

Military divisions!

The promotion of the 291st Brigade to a military sub-district means that it is no longer an ordinary army, but an independent military and political organization with the vast majority of autonomy. Unless an order is directly issued by the headquarters, a military sub-district may be allowed to expand its troops on its own according to conditions, and only if there are people with money, weapons, and personnel, even if the brigade is expanded to an army, it only needs to submit a report to the army.

Basically, the military division can be said to be a prince!

This is probably the compromise that the headquarters had to make when it saw that the 291st Brigade had a close relationship with the country and was in danger of gradually getting out of control......

After all, fundamentally speaking, the existence of the People's Party still depends heavily on domestic attitudes. No matter how dissatisfied they are with the cut off of domestic aid, and how much resentment they have, they can only endure it and dare not really offend.

Cutting off aid is at most a matter of life and death, but if the country is completely offended, then maybe the next day the army will attack on a large scale, and the remnants of only two or three thousand people will be defeated, how can the enemy withstand the onslaught of tens of thousands of strong enemies?

Deputy Chief of Staff You finally showed a relieved smile on his face and waved his hand: "Sit down." ”

Guan Fei solemnly took the order, handed it to the guard Xiao Li and asked him to put it away, and sat down with the others one by one.

A promotion is always a good thing.

The promotion of the 291 Brigade to a military sub-district is needless to say in terms of many nominal and practical benefits, and every military and political officer present here has also mentioned the commander and political commissar of the military sub-district, and at worst they are all members of the party committee, and everyone is naturally very happy.

Sun Yaohua and Yu Baihai are both talkative people, and they are also old acquaintances with Deputy Chief of Staff You, and the two are noisy and laughing, and they are very happy.

In a hurry, they simply pulled Guan Fei and forbade him to do anything else today, so they asked the cooking squad to open fire immediately, prepare a sumptuous banquet, and entertain Deputy Chief of Staff You. Since it was a festive event related to the promotion of the 291st Brigade to a military division, it was impossible for Guan Fei to spoil the atmosphere at the moment, so he naturally readily agreed.

I don't know who brought the news of the establishment of the military sub-district to spread the news, and after a while, bursts of cheers were heard outside. Listening to the sound was very loud, obviously not only the troops were shouting and laughing happily, but most of the educated youth students had also heard about it, and there were bursts of laughter everywhere.

When the soldiers of the cooking squad began to serve the food with a smile on their faces, there were bursts of majestic singing outside: "We are walking on the road, high spirits and high morale......

Tens of thousands of people echoed in unison, even in different places, whether in the training ground, or in the classroom, or in the stadium, or in the military service club, the bank, or even the valley technical school next door, there were high-pitched singing voices, singing along with the beat.

Song after song, never stopping.

Looking out from the open door of the brigade headquarters, everyone who saw it had a beaming face and high spirits.

This kind of cheerful atmosphere, even Guan Fei and others, has not seen it for many years.

In the extremely enthusiastic environment of everyone, Deputy Chief of Staff You quietly moved to Guan Fei's side and whispered: "Commander Guan, the headquarters can't open the pot anymore, you ...... Can you help us...... A little...... Food ......"

His face flushed, not excitement, but uncontrollable shame. The sound also became quieter and quieter, until it was so low that it was impossible to even hear.

As the headquarters of the People's Party and the People's Army, he was so embarrassed that he asked his subordinates for food, and he felt extremely sad and even more ashamed.

But the situation is stronger than people, the granary at the headquarters has refused to fall even the sparrows, but the 291st Brigade is here with truckloads of grain pulled in one after another, and even so much that it can squander a lot of money to recruit the masses to help the troops work!

In such an existential moment, even the most stubborn top of the People's Party could not stand it, and between starvation and compromise, they were forced to make a choice against their will, elevating the 291st Brigade to a military division, becoming an independent unit semi-detached from the jurisdiction of the headquarters, in order to obtain food aid from the other side.

Deputy Chief of Staff You was also in a deep mood, but he could only bow his head and beg Guan Fei to lend a hand.

quietly begged Guan Fei in private, which is already the only fig leaf to protect his face.

Zhang Shengguo and Zhao Zhonghua sat closer, they seemed to hear something, but they all turned their heads, looked at the celebratory scene outside, and smiled.

How beautiful is such a fighting life!