After Lin Si was in charge of personnel supervision in the Political Department, and Lei Hu issued a request to the Personnel Department to agree to arrange work for the children of retired veteran comrades, Lin Si did not hesitate to express his views on this matter, "The Personnel Department has a system of personnel arrangements, and this kind of requirement violates the system. I don't think it's appropriate. ”

The Ministry of Supervision has made an official statement, and this matter cannot be left untouched. Lei Hu has never been a person who is not responsible, he called Lin Si to his office and officially talked to him about this matter, "This matter is not reasonable, only human feelings." The veteran comrades have given too much for the country, and it is reasonable for the state to take care of it in policy. ”

"Then let them go to the government department, why put them in the army?" Lin Si also argued on the basis of reason.

Lei Hu also had no choice about this matter, and the old comrades hoped that their children could continue to serve in the army, and it was also a traditional idea for the son to inherit his father's business. The government has been separated from the army for too long, and the government is becoming more and more professional, and many veterans feel that they are completely incomprehensible.

Best of all, families who can afford to pass the test don't care. As long as you pass the exam, the rest will be easy to say. Families with excellent academic performance feel that their children have a bright future, and they are not willing to let the organization help arrange jobs. If it is the turn of the organization to arrange the work, you can imagine what the results are.

Looking at Lin Si's stubborn attitude of adhering to principles, Lei Hu couldn't dare to tell Lin Si that the idea of the organization was to fool this matter and make the old comrades emotionally stable. Suppress these people first to prevent them from having a chance to carp and jump over the dragon gate. In the future, when military cadres are transferred to other jobs, they will be transferred to local jobs.

So Lei Hu could only say: "This is an organizational resolution, and we already know your objections." Let's go now according to the organizational resolution. ”

Since this is an organizational resolution, Lin Si can only obey the organizational resolution, and after reading the specific arrangements, he is silent. It wasn't until two months later that the promotion list from the North American side was sent to Lin Si for review, and he looked at the list of names and fell into deep thought.

Lieutenant Hu Xingzhi was promoted to captain according to the evaluation criteria, and Lieutenant Zhou Shun was promoted to captain according to the evaluation criteria. One of these two people is Hu Chenghe's nephew, and the other is Zhou Shunben's eldest son. Needless to say, Hu Chenghe will retire as long as he is healthy, he will not retire until he is 70. Zhou Shun was the current commander of the garrison military region. According to the information, Hu Xingzhi and Zhou Kang were both promoted normally. Go to North America to serve in the military rank and upgrade by one additional level. Not to mention that both of them accumulated meritorious service in the Battle of Ceylon.

As Lin Zexu's grandson and Shen Baozhen's son, Lin Si's background is definitely not good. It's just that Zuo Zongtang personally guaranteed and asked Shen Si to change his surname, so that he could pass the political trial as Lin Zexu's family, who sold cigarettes in Humen. Perhaps inheriting his grandfather's tenacious character, Lin Si also insisted on "not being afraid of the powerful".

Lin Si did not object to the promotion of these two men, and he had no ill will towards the founding fathers of the country. It's just that some of the sons and daughters of those fathers and heroes are too disagreeable, and the elders always protect their shortcomings. Fighting on the battlefield like Hu Xingzhi, there is no reason to accuse him of taking advantage of the opportunity to make it public. Some people let him go to North America to mix qualifications, and they still wished. They just want to have a good career in the army, and they will be promoted steadily and peacefully, and if they have a good opportunity to take advantage of it as much as possible, if they have to suffer a lot from this opportunity, they will not be grateful.

After stamping the list and signing the date, Lin Si gave instructions. Read.

Hu Xing's promotion to captain was completed in April 1883. At this time, the troops began to move south, preparing to formally establish a garrison in the border area. A war between China and the United States is very imaginable, and at this stage the Chinese army is not ready to immediately engage with the United States, and the purpose of this southward move is only to determine the border.

The Sino-US border is what used to be the US-UK border. The demarcation of the border stems from the Treaty of Paris, signed in 1783 to end the American Revolutionary War, and in accordance with the Treaty of Jay, signed in 1794, an International Boundary Commission was created to map and survey the border between the United States and British North America. As British North America and the United States expanded westward, the boundary between the two was extended westward from the northwest corner of Lake Woods to the Rocky Mountains at 49 degrees north latitude in accordance with the Treaty of 1818 between the United States and Great Britain. After the treaty, Britain relinquished territorial rights to the Red River Valley south of the 49th parallel, and the United States relinquished ownership of the part of the Missouri River Valley north of the 49th parallel, which Louisiana had acquired at the time of its purchase.

Captain Qi Rui's company commander's troops were at the front. The mountain march was very difficult, with marching bags, blankets, rifles, and trekking poles for each person. There was no need to worry about heavy snow on this march, but it was necessary to take on the task of determining the road. Looking at the mountains and running dead horses, the road in the mountains is not so simple. It's not a simple task to find a path that will allow the brigade to pass. A few months ago, Wei Rui could rest in the military station pioneered by his predecessors, and now he is the party that established the military station. This made Captain Qi Rui realize the hardships of his predecessors.

He was walking forward when he suddenly heard gunshots in the distance. The sound was the movement of the black medicine rifle, which should be the sound of the American army releasing the gun. Captain Qi Rui's first thought was, could it be that the American army attacked other Chinese troops?

At this time, no one dared to be careless, Captain Qi Rui immediately ordered the troops to put down their equipment, while sending people back to deliver the news, while preparing a defensive position nearby, he himself brought a platoon to see the situation.

The sound of gunfire was sparse, interspersed with the occasional sound of artillery. Not far ahead, a team suddenly appeared on the left. Captain Qi Rui was taken aback, and when he looked closely, it was the Chinese army. After the two sides approached, Wei Ze was sure that it was Hu Xing's troops. Captain Hu Xing also heard the sound of gunfire, and brought a platoon up to see the situation.

There were many people, and everyone was a lot more relieved, and the troops of the two platoons groped their way to a cliff, and saw that in the valley below the cliff, a group of Indians were retreating frantically. Behind the Indians was a group of American soldiers in pursuit. Looking at their direction, they turned out to be in the direction of the Liberation Army. Captain Qi Rui and Captain Hu Xing looked at each other for a moment, and Hu Xingzhi asked, "Can you be sure that we haven't entered the United States?" ”

Captain Qi Rui replied angrily: "How can I be sure? "The British did give China map information, but the information was not very detailed, and it was full of meaningless English place names. China has no way to know for sure, so it can only look at it on the spot.

The close pursuit left the two captains confused, and judging from the map, it was about some distance from the border. How did the Indians and Americans run here?

"What are we going to do?" Hu Xing asked Captain Shang.

Captain Qi Rui gritted his teeth, "Wave our flag and let the Americans see us!" ”

"What if they shoot?" Captain Hu Xing was very worried.

Captain Qi Rui didn't agree too much, he asked Hu Xing to Captain, "If we suddenly see someone else appearing with a clear flag, will we shoot immediately?" ”

After thinking for a moment, Hu Xing replied, "I won't do this, but there is no guarantee that the Americans will not do it." Besides, they're probably going to think of us as accomplices of the Indians. ”

"Where do we look like accomplices of the Indians?" Captain Qi Rui disagreed. But there was no way to wait any longer, and the troops either retreated or showed their heads. Anyway, the Indians have already run down the valley, and there is no point in staying here to see. In the end, the two captains decided to go back and report the situation first.