In the lounge, Dai Li was reporting to Chiang Kai-shek about the various suspicious points of He Jianye's stay behind enemy lines for half a month, and raised suspicions about the abnormal situation of destroying a large number of Japanese troops behind enemy lines with a small number of casualties, focusing on He Jianye's behavior of conniving with traitors.

"Well, do you have any evidence of Jianye's defection?" Chiang Kai-shek asked, and Chiang Kai-shek didn't want a young and capable officer of his lineage, the Whampoa department, to be arrested like this.

"Except for his private conniving traitor He Jianye admitted, the others are still under investigation." Dai Li reported,

"Adultery? What did He Jianye say? Chiang Kai-shek asked,

Fortunately, Dai Li's memory as an intelligence agent is good, and he said He Jianye's original words.

"Well, if there is a problem with the government officials, it has always been your military commanders and the central commanders who are dealing with it! As a young officer, that traitor is also a security chief appointed by our government, although it is inappropriate for He Jianye to deal with it in this way, it is understandable considering that he is behind enemy lines. Chiang Kai-shek began to take the initiative to excuse why Jianye,

Hearing this, Dai Li naturally didn't want to say anything, but just expressed his worries: "Commission, but the 16th Regiment is the elite of the Central Army, in case He Jianye has already surrendered to the enemy and is promoted at this juncture, the consequences will ......."

"yes, I see." Chiang Kai-shek stood up and returned to his office, where the bigwigs were still discussing other personnel changes and promotions......

"Minister, there are too many people on the promotion list reported by the Third Division! Especially the 16th Regiment, basically those who didn't die were promoted to the first rank! "The people from the War Department were talking to He Yingqin about the abnormal situation, and Chiang Kai-shek came in.

"Oh! What a lot of people! Chiang Kai-shek asked,

The people from the War Department were glared at by He Yingqin, and they had no choice but to speak out; Seeing the commission come in, they all stopped the discussion one after another, waiting for Chiang Kai-shek to speak;

"Since He Jianye's qualifications are a little insufficient, do you have a candidate for the commander of the Ninth Brigade in the Ministry of Military Affairs?" Chiang Kai-shek asked,

"Lai Chuanxiang, the former deputy commander of the 18th Regiment, graduated from Huangpu in four places, and successively served as the lieutenant colonel section chief of the Political Department of the 92nd Division and the major battalion commander of the special service battalion; In July 1932, he was trained in the Lushan Officer Education Corps for several months, and then studied in the Central Higher Education Class for two years, and in 1936, he served as the colonel and deputy head of the 18th Regiment. The people from the War Department stood by and replied carefully,

"Well, then Lai Chuanxiang was promoted to the commander of the Ninth Brigade, and all the personnel of the Sixteenth Regiment were promoted except for He Jianye, and all of them were promoted according to the order;" Chiang Kai-shek said slowly.

......

Hankou, the camp of the 16th Regiment, after more than 20 days of training, under the training of new recruits and veterans, the whole appearance of the 16th Regiment has undergone tremendous changes, the team appears more vigorous, the wounded soldiers have returned one after another, and the personnel of the 16th Regiment have reached the scale of nearly a brigade, which has reached nearly 5,500 people.

Zhu Ying, who was recuperating in the 16th regiment, after several pieces of traditional Chinese medicine conditioning, coupled with rich nutritional supplements, gradually regained the color of blood on her face, He Jianye was not at ease, she was also included in the training plan, and every day while supervising the training of the troops, Zhu Ying was trained separately to help her strengthen her body, restore her body's resistance at the same time, and improve the ability to survive on the battlefield, after all, the doctors in the field hospital will also face danger......

"Regiment commander, the division headquarters has informed you to attend the meeting at the division headquarters on time at six o'clock in the evening." The communications soldier found He Jianye at the training ground and reported,

"Okay, got it." He Jianye continued to train with the troops.......

"Could it be that the Japanese have gathered a few more divisions to attack Wuhan? Wasn't there only one 106 Division and the Potian detachment some time ago? He Jianye thought,

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, after He Jianye washed off the dust all over his body, he changed into the colonel's regular uniform, ate something simply, and set off towards the headquarters of the Third Division.

After arriving at the division headquarters, He Jianye found that there were a few more faces, but they were all from the third division, and they had not seen much in the division headquarters before. Division Commander Li Yutang sat happily at the conference table, looking at the officers who arrived one after another, seeing that the time was almost up, and everyone had arrived, Li Yutang said,

"It's all relaxing, it's good to call everyone here today. Chief of Staff, announce the order of the Military Council. ”

"Today is the time for me to assume the duties of Chief of Staff, and I would like to thank the brothers for their support and General Lee for their trust." Ruan Yongqi opened his mouth and said,

"Congratulations to Chief of Staff Gao Sheng!" The officers below congratulated,

"Entrusted by Commander Li, today I will announce the promotion order of the Military Commission." Ruan Yongqi said.

The officers sitting under the "Huh" collectively stood upright;

"The 3rd Division, the 2nd Reserve Division (Division Commander Chen Mingren) and the 11th Reserve Division (Division Commander Zhao Dingchang) were combined into the 8th Army. Li Yutang was appointed commander of the army, Zhu Xilin was appointed chief of staff, and Ruan Yongqi was transferred to the head of the special inspection department of the Military Commission. The third division was adjusted as follows: the division commander was promoted from the former commander of the 8th Brigade Zhao Xitian, the deputy division commander was promoted to the former commander of the 9th Brigade Hu Yunshan, and the chief of staff Chen Zhiyin; The commander of the 8th Brigade was promoted by Zhou Qingxiang, the former commander of the 18th Regiment, and the commander of the 9th Brigade was promoted by Lai Chuanxiang, the former deputy commander of the 18th Regiment; Wang Zhaohua, head of the 13th Regiment, Pan Zhen, head of the 15th Regiment, He Jianye, head of the 16th Regiment, and Zhu Binqiu, head of the 18th Regiment. Ruan Yongqi solemnly read out the order of the Military Commission.

"All sit down, from Songhu to Xuzhou, our division has gone through bloody battles, and the Military Commission is looking at it, and the promotion list is far more than that, and the promotion orders of each regiment are announced and distributed by Division Commander Zhao. He Jianye came out with me. Li Yutang walked out the door with a stack of rolled papers......

He Jianye followed Li Yutang to the courtyard of the division headquarters......

"The list of promotions of your sixteenth regiment is given to you, and it is all approved according to the list you have submitted; I know that your 16th Regiment has made outstanding achievements in Songhu and Xuzhou, but you are still too young and your qualifications are slightly insufficient. You don't have too many ideas, make more achievements, and promotion is not far away. After Li Yutang finished speaking to He Jianye, he handed the list in his hand to He Jianye;

"Commander, I didn't think about it so much, my Whampoa school motto says: If you are promoted and make a fortune, please live elsewhere; If you are greedy for life and afraid of death, don't enter the door. As long as I can fight the little devils, let me be a soldier. He Jianye said,

"That's a lot of anger! You became a soldier, what about the brothers of the 16th regiment? If you change to the likes of Long Mu Han, you are not afraid that the elite you worked so hard to bring out will be ruined? Well done. After speaking, Li Yutang entered the division headquarters,

He Jianye didn't want to go in all the time, so he touched his head and went in and sat down......

The lengthy list was pinched in Zhao Xitian's hands, and Zhao Xitian only announced the promotion of the colonel and then sent the list out, and then informed the four regiment commanders to go to the new division headquarters tomorrow for a meeting, and here will be the military headquarters of the Eighth Army from tomorrow.

Under the order of the adjournment announced by Li Yutang, He Jianye greeted the others, declined the invitation to celebrate together, and returned to the 16th Regiment alone with the guards.