Chapter Eighty-Six: Questioned
In recent times, the names of Xia Chao and Tiger Ben Camp have been too loud. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info Everyone is very curious, to see what kind of three-headed and six-armed this 20-year-old hairy boy is, why is he so powerful? !
He Yingqin read out the achievements of Xia Chao and Hu Benying, and then asked Xia Chao to come to the stage to accept the award.
Xia Chao strode to the stage, first saluted Chairman Chiang, and then stood on the stage and saluted the generals below.
Seeing Xia Chao so young, the generals in the audience talked for a while, and there was a buzz.
He Yingqin cleared his throat, suppressed the buzz in the audience, and announced that he would be awarded the Order of the Fourth Class of the Summer Dynasty. At this moment, there was a commotion in the audience.
The Yunlu Medal is one of the army, navy and air force medals of the Nanjing Nationalist Government. It was named after the cloud engraved in the center of the medal.
It was promulgated on June 15, the 24th year of the Republic of China (1935). It is divided into 1-9 grades, 1, 2, 3 and so on are large ribbons, 4, 5 and 5 are collar ribbons, and 6, 7, 8, 9 and so on are sashes.
ACCORDING TO THE > Army, Navy and Air Force Medal Regulations> All servicemen of the army, navy and air force who have made meritorious contributions to the state or "made meritorious contributions to the suppression of civil strife" may be awarded the Yunlu Medal. In addition, non-army, navy, and air force personnel or foreign personnel may also be awarded meritorious service to the war.
The conditions for awarding the Order of Yunlu are very harsh, and since the implementation of the Yunlu Medal system, few people have received this honor.
In March 1933, Dai Anlan, a famous general of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, led his troops to participate in the Gubeikou War of Resistance on the Great Wall and was awarded the Order of Yunlu of the Fifth Class. Sun Liren was awarded the Order of the Cloud Commander of the Fourth Class in Burma.
Most of the generals who graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy do not have this treatment now.
Zhang Zhizhong and Chen Cheng won the fourth-class Yunlu Medal, and everyone has no opinion, after all, the qualifications are there. But when a small lieutenant colonel won this honor in the summer, some people were immediately unconvinced.
Hu Zongnan, commander of the First Army, whose name is Shoushan, formerly known as Hu Qinzhai, is of Han nationality and a native of Zhenhai, Zhejiang. The first phase of Huangpu graduates, known as "the first protΓ©gΓ© of the Son of Heaven", was Chiang Kai-shek's favorite and most important military general. He is most proud of the fact that he was the first to be promoted to general and the first to serve as a division commander among the Whampoa students.
Hu Zongnan heard about the situation of the Xia Dynasty, he was a small cadet a few months ago, and now he is already a lieutenant colonel, and it is said that if he was not young, I am afraid he would already be a colonel. If you go at this rate, you can't end up surpassing yourself?
Hu Zongnan suddenly said: "Report to the principal, I have something to say." β
Chairman Jiang saw that the person who spoke was his confidant Hu Zongnan, and asked with a smile: "Shoushan, what do you want to say?" β
Hu Zongnan said: "According to the regulations, the Yunlu Medal is awarded to meritorious personnel who have made significant contributions to the country. When he talked about the duties of the Xia Dynasty, he specially emphasized the word battalion commander, which was intended to remind the Huangpu officers to pay attention.
Sure enough, it resonated in the hearts of many Whampoa generals.
Huang Jie, the commander of the Eighth Army, who was He Yingqin's son-in-law, stood up and said, "I think Hu Shoushan has a point. The country's heavy rewards must be cautious. β
Then many Whampoa generals also echoed it.
Chairman Chiang originally wanted to reward the Xia Dynasty and set an example for the anti-Japanese soldiers, but he suddenly found that awarding such a small person as the Xia Dynasty a fourth-class Yunlu Medal was unexpectedly met with a backlash from the generals of the Huangpu Department. Although he likes the Xia Dynasty, the weight of the Xia Dynasty is insignificant to the generals of the Huangpu Department, who are his pillars.
He groaned and did not speak.
Suddenly, Zhang Zizhong stood up, and he asked heavily: "This general, may I ask, what kind of merit do you think is worthy of this award?" He didn't know Hu Zongnan, so he called it that.
Hu Zongnan raised his eyes and saw that he was a general of a local army, and he believed that he was a descendant of the central army, and he could not see the miscellaneous troops in these places. He said: "This is an internal matter of our Central Army, what kind of talk are you talking about? β
Hu Zongnan's words immediately aroused public outrage.
Yang Sen, commander of the 20th Army, said: "What do you call this? What's wrong with the local army, we are not the army of the country? The Yunlu Medal was only awarded to your Central Army? Okay, let's fight the next battle with your Central Army, and we'll go back. β
Dozens of generals of various factions were clamoring.
Hu Zongnan was quick to talk for a while, and he offended so many people at once, and he broke out in a cold sweat. If the local army is because of him, he really left. Chairman Chiang was afraid that he would have to kill himself.
He changed his face and said, "I'm sorry, generals, I didn't mean that. I mean, Xia Chao's merits are too small to meet the standards for awarding honors. There is no intention to despise the generals. β
At this time, Sun Yuanliang said dissatisfiedly: "May I ask Brother Hu, what kind of credit do you think is enough?" β
Hu Zongnan said: "Didn't the Xia Dynasty annihilate a few wings of devils? What credit is this? "He hasn't fought with devils, and he doesn't know how powerful devils are. During the Northern Expedition, he once defeated a division of the warlord's army.
At this time, all the generals who had fought with the Japanese army were enraged. Hulala stood up. blamed Hu Zongnan one after another.
The old general Feng Yuxiang said: "You fart. β
Zhang Zhizhong, Chen Cheng and others were very dissatisfied. Even He Yingqin looked at Hu Zongnan with idiot eyes, and said in his heart: "This guy is really a waste, he can't be on the stage." β
Chairman Jiang is also angry, Hu Zongnan has always been a very smart person, what's wrong today. Seeing that there was a bit of chaos in the venue, he snorted twice, and everyone quieted down.
Chairman Jiang was a little embarrassed at this time, it was not good which side he was leaning, he didn't think about what to do for a while, so he groaned.
At this time, Xia Chao said: "Report to the chairman, the student requests to speak." β
Chairman Jiang said: "Celestial Empire, do you say? β
Xia Chao said: "I think what Commander Hu said has a point. Compared with those soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country, I am indeed not qualified to accept this honor. I took the Tiger Camp to win a few battles, but that was not the credit of our Tiger Camp family. If it had not been for the desperate resistance of the various units involved in the war, we would not have had a chance of victory. I begged, don't award me the Order of the Cloud Commander. β
When Chairman Jiang heard this, Xia Chao was quite sensible and liked him even more. "I still want the reward," he said. β
At this time, Zhang Zhizhong said: "I think Xia Chao has a point, the reward will be exempted, so let's do it, his tiger battalion is very strong in combat effectiveness, and it should be promoted, is it expanded into a regiment-level establishment?" β
Chen Cheng said: "I think Wenbai has a point, the Tiger Camp was personally cultivated by you, and now it seems to be very valuable, and it is necessary to expand it." β