At the top of the staircase stood two sentries wearing steel helmets and leather boots, armed with loaded guns. As soon as the two saw Tan Chu, they immediately snapped their legs together, raised their hands and saluted: "Hello Chief Tan!" ”

"Huh? Good, good! Hello two brothers! Suddenly, seeing this long-lost military salute, Tan Chu was a little surprised, and a little emotional, casually returned the salute, and asked in a low voice, "I have something to do, I want to discuss with the commissioner, please ask the two brothers to give a briefing." ”

"Report to Chief Tan, the commissioner said that Chief Tan is a senior brother, and senior brother sees senior brother, no need to report, you can do it at any time!" One of the soldiers glanced left and right, whispered a laugh, and after speaking, he turned back, let go of the staircase, and stretched out his right hand holding a gun in white gloves and made a "please" gesture.

Tan Chu was quite surprised, and a little flattered: "Oh, good, good, two brothers work hard!" Laborious! As he spoke, he nodded to the two of them and climbed the escalator.

went up the stairs, turned a corner, and came to the door of Commissioner Yuan's room.

When the guards standing at the door saw it, they immediately snapped, stood upright, and raised their hands and eyebrows: "Hello Sir Tan!" ”

As soon as Tan Chu returned the salute, a young laugh came from inside the door: "Senior Brother Tan is here, haha, come in, come in." ”

The guard immediately stepped forward and opened the door, Tan Chu nodded in thanks, and stepped into the room.

On the wall in front of me, there was a map hanging in which many arrows and brackets had been drawn with red and blue pencils.

"Senior Brother Tan, come here...... young commissioner is of medium height, with a white shirt and tunics trousers, and is holding a ruler and a paintbrush, working on the map, at this time, seeing Tan Chu coming in, he hurriedly drew the last stroke, and turned his head.

I saw that he had sword eyebrows and starry eyes, a fair complexion, and an elegant taste of a child of a family. While moving away the chair with his tunic jacket, he handed over the ruler in his hand: "Senior brother, take a look, see where to replenish?" ”

The map on the wall is marked with "Hunan and Jiangxi Junction Situation Map", which lists the situation at the junction of the two provinces in detail.

He noticed that it was a military map that was not strictly extensive, with layers of contour lines in a few key places. In most places, it's still the same as a civilian map.

In his early years in Huangpu, Tan Chu also learned to work on the map, which was still in Huangpu and Guangzhou. It's just that, over the years, he has only served as a battalion commander for a period of time, and the civilian personnel have only assigned him a battalion officer, so how can there be staff officers to call on. Therefore, when fighting, he marked on the map, and he just knew the reins, and this kind of regular operation like the map has been lost for a long time.

At this time, he glanced at the young man in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's good to be young, and you are full of energy in everything." ”

He didn't receive the ruler in front of him, but he took the pencil from the commissioner's hand, and said with a smile: "Brother An Bang Xian is worthy of being a top student of the Japanese non-commissioned officer school. ”

Yesterday, Tan Chu followed Luo Shaoyu out of the direction of the county seat for more than 20 miles to greet Commissioner Yuan and his party.

While waiting, the county senator who came to convey the order introduced to them, saying that the commissioner in front of them, surnamed Yuan Mingyang, came from the Yuan family in Xiangcheng, Henan, and was still the younger generation of Yuan Shikai's house, and his mother's ancestral home was in Zhejiang, and he was the daughter of a high-ranking member of the national government.

This Yuan Yang once went east to Japan to study, studied in the Japanese non-commissioned officer school, and after returning to China, he briefly enrolled in Huangpu. Therefore, he was promoted to the first place in the chamber early.

When the county senator introduced, Luo Shaoyu could not hide his envy. When Tan Chu heard this, he couldn't help but feel envious and jealous in his heart, thinking of his experiences over the years, he couldn't help but be depressed.

Later, at the reception banquet, Commissioner Yuan was a little uncomfortable with the enthusiastic solicitation at the beginning, thinking that it was just some scene routines.

So, he only cares about drinking and eating.

Fortunately, the accompanying soldiers saw the problem and reminded him while he was cleaning his hands halfway.

Suddenly, when he returned to the banquet, he was a completely different person, and responded enthusiastically to the little junior brother in front of him. The county senator and Luo Shaoyu on the side were blushing.

"Senior Brother Tan, you still call me Anbang, I'm more used to it."

"Oh, foolish brother is blunt, how dare you ......"

"Eh, Senior Brother Tan, the first to start is the elder, I am in Huangpu, the teachers and classmates all call me like this, and the principal is the same. Why should Senior Brother Tan see outside?! Has Senior Brother Tan forgotten the spirit of Huangpu? ”

"Eh, the foolish brother is reckless, wandering in the mountains and wilderness, and has achieved nothing, and has already lost our face in Huangpu...... The virtuous brother blamed ...... Okay, it's rare that the virtuous brother doesn't see ...... abandoned" Tan Chu sighed, and his eyes began to brighten.

"Well, Brother Anbang...... When I first arrived, I knew the topography of Luoxiao Mountain so well. In this alone, the foolish brother is far from comparable. ”

Speaking of this, he changed his tone, smiled, and continued, "However, Brother Xian should also know that my country is not only far behind European and American countries at the map level, but also far inferior to Japan in the east. There are many mislabels, and even places that refer to the deer as horses...... In these mountains and wilderness, many places, there are simply no marks on the map. Brother, please see, here ......"

Tan Chu came to the map, looked at it for a while, and then added some markings to the mountains and rivers near Tanghuwei.

"Anbang, please look, here...... There is a mountain road here, which can lead to the east of Xiangdong, but only a piece of white land can be seen on the map...... Well, and here......

Tan Chu introduced it concisely while writing between the mountains on the map.

The main ones were the addition of some major roads, and the addition of bridges and crossings on some rivers.

After finishing the refill, Tan Chu put down the colored pen, and turned his head to see Yuan Yang's eyebrows and eyes full of smiles.

"Foolish brother is ugly!"

"Where, where, Senior Brother Tan's pearl is covered with dust, which really makes the junior brother choke. However, "

The young and handsome commissioner, with a face full of regret, stroked his hands in admiration, paused, he lowered his voice, and said,

"But it's gold that always shines. Don't hide it from Senior Brother Tan, Anbang came to the Hunan and Jiangxi borders this time, organized local militias, and went into the mountains, but he was really scared, for fear of disappointing the principal's entrustment...... Now, God has arranged for Senior Brother Tan to help me ...... here."

Speaking of this, Yuan Yang's voice became more and more low, and he reached out and slapped Tan Chu's shoulder, "With Senior Brother Tan's talent, how can you bury the mountains and wilderness for a long time...... You and I join forces, and great things will be done! Haha, haha. ”