"I know my own situation. Is it so easy for the Apex X23US to be promoted from battalion commander back to division commander? How many merits do you need to accumulate? Li Zixuan smiled self-deprecatingly: "I thought about it alone just now, and I plan to apply to the headquarters to be a staff officer after a while, my experience in leading troops in the past few years cannot be wasted, maybe the position of staff officer is more suitable for me." ”

Li Zixiong laughed and said, "Brother, you are really worried, how can you have such an idea?" ”

Li Zixuan said in surprise: "What? Am I not right? ”

Li Zixiong nodded and said, "If you want to talk about understanding the commander, my brother is not as good as my younger brother." ”

Seeing Li Zixuan looking at himself puzzled, Li Zixiong looked at the epaulettes on his military uniform and said, "Isn't my brother still a major general now?" It's just a change of position. ”

Only then did Li Zixuan react, "Whoosh! He stood up and said in a loud voice: "I forgot to forget, I was suddenly punished, I was a little dizzy, and I forgot to change the epaulettes, so I will apply to the division headquarters." ”

"Brother, don't panic! Sit down and listen to me. Li Zixiong beckoned.

"It's not a question of panic, it's a matter of attitude." Li Zixuan said with annoyance: "Now that my punishment has been issued, and my position is battalion commander, how can I still wear the epaulettes of a major general?" This doesn't make sense. If I don't replace it in time, others will think that I can't go and covet power. ”

"Brother, sit down and listen to me." Finally persuaded Li Zixuan to sit down, Li Zixiong said: "Our Tiance Army has its own set of strict officer management system, and the files of all officers are backed up in the Political Department, and there are clear records of the administrative rank. ”

"In the punishment decision announced by the commander, Wu Zhengchun and Sun Shengjie were demoted by one rank, and this decision has been reported to the Political Department, and the elder brother's military rank is still major general, which has not changed."

Li Zixuan asked in surprise: "This, this is true?" ”

"Of course it's true, I've already asked Minister Huang, and he personally asked the commander, your military rank will not be changed." Li Zixiong said with a smile. "That's why I said, you, the battalion commander, won't be in office for long, and the commander will make other arrangements for you, and you will continue to stay in the third division."

Why do I say that? If the commander is really determined not to let his brother turn over, he will transfer his brother out of the Third Division and put him in other units to be the battalion commander, instead of staying in the Third Division, making it difficult for Wu Zhengchun and Sun Shengjie. ”

Li Zixuan looked at Li Zixiong fixedly and said, "Zixiong, you really deserve to be the chief of the general staff, and you are getting more and more level." ”

"Haha, brother, don't praise me, after all, we are our own brothers, and I am also on the matter." Li Zixiong said with a smile.

……。

The headquarters of the 3rd Division of the Tiance Army.

"Report!"

"Please come in!"

Li Zixuan pushed the door in, saluted Wu Zhengchun and said: "Report to Division Commander Wu, go to the logistics department to apply for a new epaulettes, and the logistics director Xu Fengqing said that the division headquarters does not have this plan, and if there is a real need, there must be a warrant from the division commander." ”

"What, what new epaulettes?" Wu Zhengchun asked.

Li Zixuan said: "The current position of the humble post is the commander of the third battalion of the fifth regiment, and he needs the epaulettes of a major or lieutenant colonel. ”

Although Li Zixiong's analysis is the Tao, his attitude must be correct, and no one can gossip, so Li Zixuan has to apply for the replacement of epaulettes. The battalion commander of the Tiance Army is a major at a low level, and a lieutenant colonel at a high level, which is related to the seniority and the situation of the unit to which he belongs.

"This Xu Fengqing is too disagreeable, this person hasn't left yet, is the tea cold?" Wu Zhengchun said with an unhappy face: "Zixuan, I will go back and criticize him, I can't be like him." ”

Then he said: "But, Zixuan, I haven't received an official letter from the headquarters about your demotion, so don't you wait and talk?" ”

Li Zixuan said: "Please understand the difficulties of the humble position!" ”

Wu Zhengchun thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll issue a warrant to Director Xu in a while, and ask him to transfer a set of lieutenant colonel epaulettes to you." ”

"Thank you, Master Wu." Li Zixuan said.

"Zixuan, you came just in time, I just happened to have something to talk to you about." Wu Zhengchun said and took out a few documents and said: "The General Staff Department has issued a plan to our Third Division for the Public Security Army's A Brigade to replenish the source of our division's troops, as well as a plan to launch the second Gaizhou Campaign in the near future. ”

Li Zixuan said: "I'm sorry division commander, I am the commander of the third battalion of the fifth regiment, and I have no right to intervene in the business of the division headquarters." ”

Wu Zhengchun thought for a while and said: "I still hope you can participate, a defeat in Gaizhou, strictly speaking, there is a big element of accidents, and you don't have to worry about it." There is another thing that you can't shirk, and that is to arrange the funeral of our fallen brothers, and the command asked us to come up with a plan. ”

Hearing this, Li Zixuan's eyes turned red, so he had no choice but to nod slowly, it was his duty to arrange the funerals of the fallen soldiers.

……。

This is the first time that a large number of officers and soldiers have been sacrificed in the Tiance Army, so the entire Tiance Army attaches great importance to this funeral.

Led by the Political Department of the Tiance Army, with the cooperation of the General Staff Department and the Logistics Department, thanks to the rich forest resources in the eastern Liaodong region and the large number of timber machinery on the Lushun Peninsula, thousands of coffins have been made in only three days.

Wang Yue proposed cremation and transfer the ashes to the Jingshi Laoshan Martyrs Cemetery, which was immediately rejected by everyone.

The ancients paid attention to entering the soil for peace, except for monks, no one could accept cremation, so after research, the site was selected as the Tiance Army Martyrs Cemetery at the foot of Lashugou Mountain near Dalian.

The Tiance Army is doing the work of summarizing the post-war, assembling reinforcements, and burying the fallen martyrs. The Qing Empire, on the other hand, was excited and excited about the victory of the First Battle of Gaizhou.

The Battle of Gaizhou proved that the Tiance Army was not invincible, and it was able to defeat the Tiance Army, which showed that there was still hope for the Qing Empire.

After receiving the battle report sent back by Dolgon, Huang Taiji immediately set off despite his illness and went to Gaizhou to comfort the front-line soldiers.

"Our Qing warriors fought hard for a day, and met the nearly 10,000 troops of the Tiance Army who came to attack, and finally repelled them. According to Weichen's later estimates, a total of no less than 5,000 Tiance troops were killed, wounded and annihilated, and the capture was not counted. Prince Rui Dolgon reported loudly to Huang Taiji.

In the city of Gaizhou, the five-color canopy dedicated to the emperor on the field of the Qing army is placed in it, and there is a guard of honor around it. This canopy is particularly conspicuous, very gorgeous, all satin texture, embroidered with all kinds of lotus, Ganoderma lucidum, chrysanthemum, plum blossom flowers.

This umbrella is quite large, several meters in circumference, several meters high, not a strong man, can not hold it at all. There are also wind chimes under the canopy, and when the wind blows, it makes a sound and is used to ward off evil spirits.