When Zhuang Jihua saw Chiang Kai-shek and his party, he was waving his arms and directing everyone to sing; This "Man Jianghong" was learned when he accompanied a few military-born customers in his previous life, and he will have several such songs, and he is going to teach them after sorting them out.

Chiang Kai-shek felt even more different after they came in, the company looked no different from other companies, similar slogans, similar blackboard newspapers, the only thing that was not similar was the people, the soldiers, and the mental state of the soldiers. The soldiers here are optimistic and positive, not the dull and numb of other companies.

Chiang Kai-shek did not go directly to the company headquarters, but first checked the soldiers' dormitories, where everything was neatly arranged, the quilts were folded into tofu blocks, cups and water bottles were also neatly placed, and the walls of each dormitory were also pasted with the "Interim Regulations on Internal Affairs of the Seventh Company" and "Interim Regulations on Personal Hygiene".

Chiang Kai-shek asked while watching, Zhuang Jihua and Cao Yuan answered one by one; These rules were made by several officers at once, and the platoon commander taught two of them every day until they were all memorized. To tell the truth, after these regulations came out, several officers were tired enough, the soldiers were illiterate, their memory was uneven, and they had to stare at it every day, and only folding the quilt was taught by a few officers, and those squad leaders had no such training at all, but their receptivity was quite strong, and they soon became the helpers of several officers.

Chiang Kai-shek even went into the toilet to see it, and the more he looked at it, the more satisfied he became, and he felt wise about the decision to insist on letting Zhuang Jihua lead the troops and resolutely leave him a company commander position.

Chiang Kai-shek noticed that the punishments were rarely aimed at individuals, and almost all of them were punished by one person for making a mistake, and some punishments even implicated the platoon commander, and the same was true for the rewards.

When Chiang Kai-shek found out about this, he asked why; Zhuang Jihua explained his overall thoughts, and then said that the cultural quality of soldiers is poor, and it is better to cultivate them in training and life, so that they can always remember that they are a member of a collective, and their words and deeds will affect the whole collective; Conversely, members of the group will also notice the behavior of others, which is conducive to cultivating the collective spirit of helping and supporting each other. After listening to Zhuang Jihua's explanation, Chiang Kai-shek and Director Zhou both praised it greatly, thinking that this method could be promoted in the school army, while Wang Bailing's face was cloudy, and since he arrived at the gate of the barracks, Chiang Kai-shek did not give him a good face.

In the company headquarters, Chiang Kai-shek began to ask Zhuang Jihua about the unauthorized handling of deserters, and Zhuang Jihua knew the real purpose of Chiang Kai-shek and his entourage, so he once again explained his original approach and purpose, and then asked for punishment again. Cao Yuan then added that Company Commander Zhuang had seized the opportunity very well, and now the morale of the soldiers was high and the enthusiasm for training was high, which showed that the original goal had been fully achieved. Only then did Chiang Kai-shek and Director Zhou know that Zhuang Jihua had done it first, and Cao Yuan just made a summary.

But Wang Bailing immediately attacked, he dealt with the deserters without authorization to Zhuang Jihua, and emphasized that the treatment of the deserters was too light, and it was at least fifty lashes in other companies. Zhuang Jihua defended that there was a rule in the company that did not allow corporal punishment of soldiers, so it was changed to confinement.

Wang Bailing angrily asked, "Who gave you the power to change the punishment method?" ”

Zhuang Jihua asked strangely: "There are no clear regulations on the punishment of deserters in the regiment, so I think it is appropriate to impose the punishment of confinement for deserters." ”

Wang Bailing sneered: "Can just confinement make soldiers stop running away?" Deserters must be severely punished so that they do not dare to flee again. ”

Cao Yuan interjected at this time: "Regiment Commander, of course, just confining up can't ban deserters, but the most important thing for deserters is their ideological problem, as long as their ideological problems are solved, they will not run away again." ”

"Ha, ha," Wang Bailing laughed strangely twice, and said sarcastically: "Company Commander Zhuang, there is no thought on the battlefield, only life and death, can you guarantee that your soldiers will not run away on the battlefield?" ”

Zhuang Jihua said without thinking about it: "No, but corporal punishment can't guarantee that soldiers won't run away on the battlefield." ”

Wang Bailing's face turned red, and he shouted angrily: "Company Commander Zhuang, now I announce that the deserter will be punished with one hundred lashes. ”

This time, Zhuang Jihua did not give in, he said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Report to the head of the regiment, and ask for a complaint to the superiors." ”

Chiang Kai-shek asked with a calm face: "Where do you want to complain?" ”

Zhuang Jihua immediately said: "I have to appeal to the principal, the deserter has already been punished, and there should be no second punishment, if the regiment commander thinks that my punishment is inappropriate, he can punish me, but he can't punish the soldiers who have been punished in the country." ”

"Do you think you can not carry out the orders of your regimental commander?" Chiang Kai-shek asked sharply.

"No, but according to the school rules, I have the right to appeal." Zhuang Jihua did not flinch.

"What if I also want you to carry out your commander's orders?" Chiang Kai-shek said coldly.

Zhuang Jihua was stunned for a moment, then he took off his belt, put it with both hands, and said calmly: "If the principal must be like this, the student can only resign to the principal." ”

Wang Bailing was shocked and angry, and said to Chiang Kai-shek: "Arrogance, arrogance. Zhuang Jihua, who are you and you, you are just a small company commander, don't think that our second regiment will collapse without you. ”

Chiang Kai-shek kept staring at Zhuang Jihua, as if he wanted to see through his true intentions.

Zhuang Jihua ignored Wang Bailing and continued: "In the art of war, it is said that if there is no prestige, the order will not work, I just announced the punishment before, and now I will be overthrown, will the soldiers still trust me?" Since the soldiers no longer trust me, how can I command them to fight? Therefore, the student asked the principal to remove the student from all positions. ”

Cao Yuan hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Principal, regiment commander, the work situation in the company was indeed very dull at the beginning, and the company commander was in a hurry to mobilize the soldiers, so he was negligent, but it was really not intentional. And I am also responsible for this matter, because I did not do my ideological work well. ”

Director Zhou looked at Chiang Kai-shek calmly, as if he wanted to persuade him, but in the end he didn't speak. He felt that Chiang Kai-shek did not seem to want to punish Zhuang Jihua, but had other purposes.

Chiang Kai-shek stood up, walked in front of Zhuang Jihua, and said coldly: "Have you read the quotations I gave you about Zeng Hu Zhibing?" ”

"Report to the principal, the students have seen it." Zhuang Jihua returned to the road.

"Do you understand?"

"Some understand, some don't; The students' ancient literature is relatively poor. Zhuang Jihua said frankly

"Well, then let me ask you, if you use the army for a long time, you will be arrogant and self-defeating, and if you are arrogant, you will not be invincible. Do you understand what that means? ”

"The student understands that he means that the arrogant army will be defeated, so always be vigilant not to be complacent." Zhuang Jihua replied immediately.

"You haven't understood that not only will the proud soldiers be defeated, but the proud generals will also be defeated. In the graduation exercise, you achieved excellent results, so are you complacent now? If not, how could you be so negligent? Chiang Kai-shek's words pierced Zhuang Jihua's heart.

Zhuang Jihua's face turned red and he didn't answer. Chiang Kai-shek continued: "Article 4 of Chapter 9 says that the way to govern the army is to give priority to diligence; But this is not only the way of governing the army, but also the way of governing the body; It is said that a person who is slack on himself cannot become a national talent. Do you understand? ”

"Yes, the principal teaches that the students must keep it in mind and dare not neglect it in the slightest." Zhuang Jihua's vest broke out in a cold sweat, who said that Chiang Kai-shek was stupid, and those directors and screenwriters in his previous life were all TMD a bunch of fools.

Director Zhou found that Chiang Kai-shek's eyes glanced at Wang Bailing unnoticed, and the latter was looking at Zhuang Jihua with some relief. Chiang Kai-shek frowned slightly, and then said: "For the way of the general, there are no four words of loyalty, faith, courage, and honesty. You think that when you resign and leave, you are maintaining the letter of the governor, but you have given up your loyalty, which is the biggest mistake of the general, only the world as their own responsibility, not afraid of the world's incomprehension, not afraid of the world's scolding, firmly maintain their beliefs can shoulder the heavy responsibility of the country. ”

"Today I originally wanted to punish you heavily, but I changed my mind after I came here, because you led the company really well, and you are an example for the entire Second Regiment," Speaking of this, Chiang Kai-shek saw Zhuang Jihua's face relax again, and his voice turned stern: "But don't be complacent, the example of the Second Regiment is not enough, you must become an example for the entire school army, and you have also passed the battlefield test, only on the battlefield can you say who is good and who is bad." ”

Zhuang Jihua immediately became serious again when he heard this, and Chiang Kai-shek was a little amused when he saw him, but his face did not show it at all: "But I still have to punish you." ”

Zhuang Jihua hurriedly said: "Yes, the student originally intended to accept the punishment. ”

"That's good, first, you have to write a review and hand it to Head Wang, you must review it carefully, and you must not be perfunctory."

"Yes."

"Second, after we leave, you stand on the field for two hours."

"Yes."

"Third, you should be criticized in a circular throughout the regiment. You understand no. ”

"Yes, the student understands that the student must seriously review and carry out the punishment, and will never dare to commit it again." Zhuang Jihua said loudly.

"*, Principal, this is a deep responsibility and a deep love. You have to understand the hard work of the principal. Director Zhou interjected next to him. He found out that Chiang Kai-shek had completely treated Zhuang Jihua as his own person, what did this mean? Director Zhou's mind turned around and immediately understood Chiang Kai-shek's intentions, Chiang Kai-shek was telling him that Zhuang Jihua was already my person. In that case, then I'll cooperate with you. After Director Zhou finished speaking, he took off the armed belt that Zhuang Jihua was holding and put it back on for him.

Director Zhou smiled again and said: "Your method of ideological work is a great innovation, which can not only prevent deserters, but more importantly, it can raise the consciousness of soldiers and promote their revolutionary initiative." ”

Zhuang Jihua smiled bitterly: "Director, I didn't think about it so much, I just felt very miserable when I heard the soldiers talk about it, so I asked them to go up and talk about it, but I didn't expect it to resonate with the soldiers of the whole company." After Puquan's guidance and summary, today's situation has emerged. ”

Cao Yuan wondered in his heart, it was obviously proposed and implemented by your Zhuang*, how can it become my credit now? He was about to speak, but when he saw the look from Zhuang Jihua, he kept silent.

"*, there is another way to prevent deserters, that is, don't let them have money in their hands, they can't run away if they don't have money, so in the future, military pay can't be directly paid to soldiers, and the school will send it back to them." Chiang Kai-shek began to teach the experience of how to prevent soldiers from fleeing, and Director Zhou had heard this set several times.

"The students understand that on the one hand, they should prevent it financially, and on the other hand, they should prevent it ideologically; The two work together to solve the problem of soldiers escaping once and for all. Zhuang Jihua replied.

"Looks like you get it." Chiang Kai-shek looked at Wang Bailing with dissatisfaction, but the latter obviously did not listen.

"You gather your troops, and I will give them a lecture." Chiang Kai-shek said.