On the contrary, Han and Guo thought about it: the good start of the Guards Brigade was already an unexpected joy, and they could justifiably participate in the suppression of bandits, and their identities had been whitewashed. While it is time to rest and recuperate, it is time to sum up the experience and reward the officers and soldiers, especially the officers and soldiers who have sacrificed their lives.

Zhang Hanqing also decided to rein in the people; at the brigade headquarters, he and several of his subordinates seriously discussed future discussions on the treatment of officers and men, pensions, and other issues, and came up with some effective rules and regulations, and decided to continuously strengthen them in the future. Subsequently, a meeting of 10,000 people of the Guards Brigade was held in Baiyintai.

Although Zhang Hanqing is a young marshal, and he has always had time to go down to the grassroots level to promote harmony between officers and soldiers, there are still some soldiers who do not know him. In the army, it is said that the young marshal is young, calm and courageous, but it is rare for a real person. When they saw Zhang Hanqing, who was dressed in military uniform and young and did not speak well, accompanied by Guo Songling, Han Linchun, and Wang Yizhe, many people showed various expressions.

Zhang Hanqing just smiled slightly, then cleared his throat and said loudly: "Brother is Zhang Xueliang!" ”

This brotherly voice has shortened the sense of distance between the officers and soldiers. Anyone who has been a soldier knows that the brotherhood of the same trench is more precious than anything else.

He stopped the boiling in the audience and said with emotion: "The first battle of our Guards Brigade after it became an army ended in the total annihilation of the enemy bandits. This battle has washed away all kinds of doubts, criticisms, and ridicules that were originally made of us!

In this battle, all the officers and men of our brigade fully demonstrated bravery, obedience, responsibility, and well-trained. There is a well-known saying, 'Only those who obey discipline can enforce discipline', and our Guards Brigade fully embodies this discipline. Strict in training in peacetime and strict obedience in wartime, and finally played a majestic role this time. Guards Brigade, well done! ”

The officers and soldiers in the audience will smile heartily, no matter what, they are all victors and they are all alive. In troubled times, life is as cheap as dogs, and compared with those deceased comrades-in-arms, they are all happy.

Then, Zhang Hanqing said in a painful tone: "The person who leads the soldiers cannot ensure that every soldier can come back alive, but he must be able to ensure that the soldier's life will not be sacrificed in vain." We have hundreds of brothers buried on this land this time, their sacrifices have not been in vain, and what they have done is worthy of the word 'soldier'! Let's take off our hats and pay tribute to these fallen heroes! ”

In full view of everyone, our Deputy Brigade Commander Xiao Zhang stood up, took off his hat, and paid silent tribute with a sad face, and all the officers and men of the Guards Brigade who had received similar training stood up reflexively.

"A bow...", this is the reverence of heaven and earth;

"Bow again...", which is to mourn the dead;

"Three bows...", which is to soothe the family.

According to the etiquette system promulgated in the first year of the Republic of China, it is the most respectful etiquette to bend down three times to salute. The young marshal, with the respect of the young marshal, dedicated the most noble etiquette to the originally unknown soldiers. The solemn scene made some soldiers who regarded being a soldier as an inferior status very infected, it turned out, it turned out, it turned out that being a soldier also has dignity!

After fully rendering the performance of the Guards Brigade, Zhang Zuolin's praise for the Guards Brigade was then read out:

"The cavalry company has made great contributions in this battle, and his fighting spirit has fully demonstrated that our political work is very effective, and the officers and men of the whole company have dared to fight and fight in the face of a situation far superior to ours, and have won time for the arrival of the main force of our army, and have also borne a heavy price. One hundred and nine people died from the deputy company commander.

The Brigade Headquarters and the Bandit Suppression Command reported to the Overseer Department, and decided that the cavalry company would be awarded collective special merit, and all the remaining fallen soldiers would be martyrs, and their families would be given a pension, and in the subsequent land reform, they would receive a free five-acre of high-quality fertile land and a lifetime tax exemption. These will become a common practice and will be written into the land law, and after the meeting, the political and labor groups will register and distribute the "land certificate" and "tax exemption certificate" to households one by one. If there is no spouse, the succession will be followed by parents, children, and siblings.

The martyrs will set up a cemetery and erect a monument in the place where they died for future generations to pay their respects. In the future, if conditions permit, it will be possible to move back to the local martyrs' cemetery according to the wishes of the family, and the state will provide the expenses, which will also become a common practice. Every year during the Qingming Festival and the Spring Festival, the local government must organize manpower to express condolences to the families of the martyrs and actually solve the difficulties, which will become the first priority in civil affairs work.

The martyrs died for the stability of the country, and some of them already had offspring, and the obligation to raise these offspring naturally fell on us. I, Zhang Xueliang, swore to my brothers that if there is food for the guard brigade, there will be a ration for them! Their education and their livelihood until they reach the age of 16 are all borne by us.

I have applied to the Provincial Governor's Office to build a school for the bereaved families to solve the problem of educating the children of the martyrs free of charge. In addition, all severely disabled officers and soldiers who are willing to continue to stay in the army according to their own wishes can be responsible for guarding the cemeteries of their comrades-in-arms or exerting their spare heat in military-run factories; Those who wish to return home also receive a pension and will be taken care of by the local government. This method will be implemented in the whole of Mukden in the future, not only our Guards Brigade, but also the 27th Division, as well as all our officers and men.

For those who have made meritorious contributions, the headquarters will verify them one by one, and the Political Department will ask for merit in accordance with discipline. ”

During the period of the Beiyang government, the military posts above the rank of lieutenant general basically corresponded to the special appointment of civilian officials, the colonel and above corresponded to the simplified appointment, the lieutenant and major corresponded to the recommended appointment, and the lieutenant officer was appointed. Therefore, the appointment and dismissal of officers at the brigade and company levels of the Guards, Zhang Zuolin has enough power as an overseer.

After the meeting, Zhang Hanqing convened a meeting of cadres at and above the brigade and company level of the Guards, at which he summed up the matters of the whole brigade in the previous stage on tactical planning, military organization, logistical preparations, equipment coordination, morale of officers and men, combat methods, and so on. After fully affirming the work of the Political Work League in boosting the morale of the army, Zhang Hanqing also made a self-criticism: "The command's strategy against the enemy is too idealistic, and if it were not for the bloody battles of the front-line officers and men, the encirclement and annihilation of the bandit army would have been a laughing stock. ”

It's not modesty, it's true. It's funny to think about what I talked about on paper before the war: what was interspersed behind enemy lines, surrounded by three choices, the theory was correct, but the Japanese blocked themselves at the Fengtian station for two days, and they didn't realize that the situation on the battlefield had changed, and they still fought according to the established plan, almost letting the bandits slip back to the grassland. Of course, it also made the cavalry company famous.

With his statement, some of the rumors in the army disappeared. cough, as the supreme commander, the young marshal can have the courage to take responsibility and dissect himself, and everyone has nothing to say except self-criticism.

Invisibly, the dissatisfaction brought about by Zhang Hanqing's being praised and promoted by the central government alone was wiped out invisibly. Later, in national and military history, it was said that the Tongliao Conference formed the tradition of "the fine style of criticism and self-criticism" of the whole party and the whole army, and this is why it came about.

According to the merits of the cavalry company, Xiao He became Xiao He and Xiao He when he was defeated, Zhang Hanqing clearly ordered all officers and men of the company to be promoted to one level because of their merits, and expanded the cavalry company into a battalion. On the same day, Wang Wensheng was promoted to commander of the newly built cavalry battalion, and Li Debiao was also promoted to company commander.