In the passionate military music, Ren Laifeng and Lin Xincheng wore brand-new military uniforms and walked proudly onto the rostrum. The generals on Ren Laifeng's collar have been replaced from one to two, and Lin Xincheng has also worn the major general's collar badge. It was the first time the two men had appeared in public after wearing their new ranks.

On the rostrum, a big red banner was hung with a line of block letters: The Establishment of the Ninth Army of the National Revolutionary Army and the Conference for Conferment of Appointments and Titles.

At the reception meeting held ten days ago, Lin Xincheng suddenly announced in public that the Central Committee had promoted Ren Laifeng's major general to lieutenant general, and his rank of colonel was also promoted to major general. As soon as the two letters of appointment were announced, everyone present was stunned.

Ren Laifeng was unprepared to hear such a shocking news and announced the adjournment of the meeting on the spot. He dragged Lin Xincheng back to the office of the general headquarters, closed the door and began to interrogate. Why was he suddenly promoted to lieutenant general, and what's wrong with it? is still so suspicious after being promoted, Ren Laifeng is also the first one.

Although Lin Xincheng's attitude towards Ren Laifeng was a little strange, he still told him honestly: The promotion, firstly, is because the skull of the national treasure Pekingese that we sent to accompany the capital is too important! The return of the national treasure made the chairman of the committee greatly increase his face in front of international friends, which was the first factor in the promotion of the two this time.

The second is the glorious achievements of the anti-Japanese guerrillas in Northeast China recently, which the Central Military Commission cannot ignore even if it wants to. Just took advantage of this national treasure to return to the dynasty and gave everyone a collective promotion!

The third reason is that it is related to himself and some taboo topics, there are only the two of them in the room, and Lin Xincheng is not afraid to tell Ren Laifeng frankly: because he graduated from the Central Military Academy, the chairman and a considerable number of upper-level people believe that he is a person from the central government, and only by promoting Lin Xincheng to a general can he better contain Ren Laifeng.

His deputy was promoted to a major general, and of course Ren Laifeng was to be promoted to a lieutenant general. This is a major issue concerning the principles of the military system, and even the chairman of the committee cannot break the existing rules. The combination of three factors led to the fact that two people were both promoted.

That's it? Since Ren Laifeng pulled Lin Xincheng to ask, of course he didn't believe that there was only these. If there are only these reasons, he won't come to ask, and he can guess the reasons, so what's there to ask? Ren Laifeng wanted to know something, he couldn't guess.

Lin Xincheng looked at Ren Laifeng for a full minute before he burst out laughing, "Commander-in-chief, could it be that you will be a prophet?" Can't you let me keep the secret in my stomach for two days? Let me pretend to be a master for a few days? Tsk, you do this very discouragement as a subordinate, you know? ”

After complaining in a fake way, Lin Xincheng finally unleashed the last card: the Military Commission decided to reorganize the anti-Japanese guerrillas in Northeast China into the new Ninth Army. Ren Laifeng served as the lieutenant general, and Lin Xincheng served as the deputy commander of the major general. The appointment of the remaining officers was at the discretion of Ren and Lin, and after discussion, it was decided to submit the appointment certificate to the central authorities.

Well, this time it's finally going to be official! The New Ninth Army, what a resounding name! Ren Laifeng was so excited that he didn't sleep for half a night. At that time, General Hao Mengling, the commander of the Ninth Army, fought bravely and died in the Battle of Xinkou, becoming a great hero praised by all the people. Now that he has Ren Laifeng as the commander of the New Ninth Army, he can't be too far behind others!

The establishment of the New Ninth Army is different from the Northeast Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Army, and the guerrillas can use the number of detachment, brigade, detachment, and company as a unit under the guerrillas. But the new Ninth Army is different, with the official military registration number, there must be the establishment and number of the division below, at least two!

Ren Laifeng and Lin Xincheng and all the middle and high-ranking officers of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Force have come to discuss this matter these days. Finally, we finally negotiated a more reasonable result, and everyone was more able to agree with it, and we had to report it to the central government.

The day before yesterday, he received a reply from the Central Military Commission and a series of letters of appointment, and after checking the Huang calendar, Ren Laifeng set a meeting for the appointment and title of the New Ninth Army today. Not only the people of the New Ninth Army, but also all the people with status in the local Shinong Industry and Commerce came to witness the birth of the New Ninth Army, this legendary army!

The conference begins. After a tedious opening ceremony, and then a lot of kind words, the conference finally got to the main content.

Ren Laifeng stood up, held a big red notebook in his hand, and began to read out the appointment of senior officers of the New Ninth Army:

"Appointed, Ren Laifeng as the commander of the new Ninth Army; Lin Xincheng served as the deputy commander of the New Ninth Army; Fu Erchong served as the commander of the new 101st Division; Gu Dafeng served as the commander of the new 102nd Division; Yao Wenlong served as the commander of the new 103rd Division; Huang Tian served as the commander of the provisional first division; Zhou Lin served as the commander of the provisional Second Division, and Li Lishan served as the commander of the provisional Third Division. ”

Good guys, as soon as the New Ninth Army was established, Ren Laifeng appointed six division commanders and six divisions under his command! This is that he is the only unit in the Northeast, if it is in the mainland, let alone six divisions, the commander of a newly established army who can have two divisions is considered a super cow.

In addition, Cai Gaofeng served as the commander of the artillery brigade of the major general, and Lakshen served as the commander of the cavalry brigade of the major general. Yu Xiaoqian, director of the logistics department, has the rank of colonel, and Feng Wenying serves as the director of internal affairs, who is also a colonel. The other detachment commanders were promoted to major generals, divisions, and brigade commanders, but only one colonel was left behind. Especially Feng Wenying, the director of internal affairs is nondescript, and he can't say that he has any rights.

However, the two women did not complain about this. Women, it's already great to be able to join the army and be an officer, let alone serve as a colonel officer, which is something that many men with eyebrows can't do.

Yao Wenlong's promotion to the commander of the new 103rd Division was somewhat unexpected, but it was not incomprehensible, this must be the result of the central government, that is, President Jiang, out of balance considerations. Yao Wenlong graduated from the Central Military Academy, how can he become a protégé of the Son of Heaven without one of the three division commanders? Cai Gaofeng is an artilleryman, so he can't have an artillery division in the New Ninth Army, right?

As a result, the two people who graduated in the same year, joined the Ren Laifeng unit in the same year, and were equally talented had different fates, one became a division commander, and the other only served as a brigade commander. Fortunately, the artillery brigade is much stronger than the ordinary infantry brigade in terms of importance after all, and Cai Gaofeng is also a major general, which can be regarded as not too much dissatisfaction with the new brigade commander Cai.

At the end of the appointment and title awarding conference, the new Ninth Army was officially established. However, the next looming problem came out again, and the new Nine Army was not enough!

Ren Laifeng's troops turned out to be guerrillas, and it didn't matter if there were more or fewer people. But now the New Ninth Army is a regular army registered with the Ministry of National Defense, with six divisions and two brigades under its command, and it will not look like it if there are too few people!