It wasn't until the next day that Xu Chongzhi returned to Xingyuan, and when he saw Chiang Kai-shek waiting in Xingyuan, he first scolded the staff officer on duty, and then went to the office with Chiang Kai-shek, and when he entered the office, Xu Chongzhi asked: "Third brother, why didn't you send a telegram and came, and I will pick you up." ”

"The telegraph on the road is not connected, and it is not a big deal, so I want to talk to my eldest brother about the aftermath of the Dongjiang River." Chiang Kai-shek didn't seem to care much about Xu Chongzhi's absence for a day.

"I haven't thought about this yet, forget it, let's talk about it after the battle." Xu Chongzhi obviously didn't expect Chiang Kai-shek to raise this question, so he prevaricated.

Chiang Kai-shek knew that he was referring to Zhang Mingda's exchange of fire with a small group of Chen troops on the border of Guangdong and Fujian, so he sneered: "Big brother, Chen Jiongming's troops are either running to Fujian or Jiangxi, where is there any big war in the Dongjiang River, Zhang Mingda is raising thieves and respecting himself; On the way here, I saw that he set up a lot of cards to search the rest of Lin Hu for the people, but in fact, for the purpose of collecting taxes, big brother, I can remind you, you should be careful against him, so as not to be difficult to treat. ”

"Third brother, you are too worried, Mingda has followed me for many years and will never betray me, and he is not a thief." Xu Chongzhi's face was gloomy, and he took out a piece of information from the table and handed it to Chiang Kai-shek: "Take a look." ”

Chiang Kai-shek took it and let it go, and it was an intelligence report on the military dynamics in Fujian and Jiangxi:

Fang Benren, the military superintendent of southern Gansu, divided the three counties of Longnan, Dingnan, and Quannan to be stationed by the Lin Hu army, and Zhou Yinren, the overseer of Fujian, reached an agreement with Chen Jiongming to divide Zhao'an, Pinghe, and Yunxiao counties to Hong Zhaolin's department; Zhou Yinren intended to send the Fujian army to assist Chen Jiongming's troops in counterattacking the Dongjiang River, and at present, Zhang Yi's division of the Fujian army had gone to Zhangpu, and Li Minggao's division of Changting had gone to Dapu.

After Xu Chongzhi saw Chiang Kai-shek read it, he said again: "Third brother, Mingda is not easy ahead, I know there is some misunderstanding between you, but you are my third brother, and he is also my old subordinate who follows me, and you are still sincerely united." ”

Chiang Kai-shek said angrily when he heard this: "Big brother, where is this, Mingda and I are just in a business dispute, and I still admire him very much. After a pause, Chiang Kai-shek said: "Big brother, Division Commander Zhang's defense area is relatively large and the troops are thin, so our army is stationed in Meixian County to back up Division Zhang, I don't know what Big Brother thinks." ”

"The school army has suffered a lot of casualties, and its vitality has not recovered, so it will be stationed on the front line, third brother, you have to think clearly, this is your future capital." Xu Chongzhi felt a little abrupt about Chiang Kai-shek's enthusiasm, but he knew Chiang Kai-shek, when he was ordered by Sun Yat-sen to go to Xikou to persuade Chiang Kai-shek to come back, he analyzed Chiang Kai-shek very clearly, and in the past year, Chiang Kai-shek has done exactly what he said at the beginning, and it seems that he has done better. Moreover, the cadets of the military academy did emerge in this Eastern Crusade, and in his opinion, these talents were one in a thousand cities, and as long as Chiang Kai-shek grasped Whampoa, the achievements of different people were probably limitless.

Chiang Kai-shek's thoughts turned quickly, but he said very happily: "It's nothing, Meixian is just the second line, Hong Zhaolin suffered heavy losses in the Eastern Crusade," Speaking of this, he suddenly realized in his heart that he had been deceived.

Hong Zhaolin suffered heavy losses and finally fled to Fujian, it was impossible to recover his vitality in a year and a half, the victory of the Eastern Expedition, the morale of the Guangdong Military Academy was high, how could Zhou Yinren take the fire for Chen Jiongming. Zhou Yinren's move can be said to be a counterattack on the Dongjiang River, or it can be said to be to prevent the Eastern Expeditionary Army from entering Fujian, and I am more afraid that it is more to prevent Chen Jiongming's army from making chaos in western Fujian. Fujian's purpose may be to hide from Hu Hanmin in Guangzhou, but it is impossible to hide from Xu Chongzhi. Chiang Kai-shek knew that although his eldest brother liked to smoke big cigarettes and play with women, he was by no means a fool. He must have concluded that Zhou Yinren was thundering and raining, so he didn't care at all, and he didn't even transfer the information to himself, if he hadn't accused Zhang Mingda, Xu Chongzhi would never have taken it out, then Zhang Mingda's behavior must have something to do with Xu Chongzhi.

Although so many thoughts turned in his mind in an instant, Chiang Kai-shek did not stop at all: "I will not be able to counterattack the Dongjiang River for a while and a half, if the eldest brother is fine, I will go back to Guangzhou in the afternoon, and there is still a group of supplementary soldiers in the military academy, which can be replenished into the army immediately." ”

"In that case, then do it, third brother, tonight the eldest brother will spend time on the sea to give you wine to wash the dust, Cotton Lake is a big victory, brother, I haven't put a celebration wine for you yet!" Haha" Xu Chongzhi was in a very comfortable mood.

Chiang Kai-shek persuaded with a straight face at this time: "Big brother, you should not go to that kind of place, where did you come back from, and go again at night,...。 Chiang Kai-shek shook his head when he said this: "I'm afraid that someone will criticize it, Brother Yu's reputation will be damaged, so forget it, besides, you and my brother don't care about this glass of wine." ”

Xu Chongzhi was a little embarrassed when he heard this, he didn't expect that after Chiang Kai-shek became the principal of the Whampoa Military Academy, he really disappeared.

"Yes, if you don't like to go there, we won't go, but we still have to drink this glass of wine at night, Shantou is not just a sea flower."

When Chiang Kai-shek heard that he was about to resign, Xu Chongzhi waved his hand and called the adjutant and asked him to go to the best restaurant in Shantou to order a table of all-fish banquet in Tingtao Pavilion.

The next day, Chiang Kai-shek left Shantou and returned to Guangzhou.

At the same time, the Huangpu school army left Xingning and moved to Meixian.

Since becoming the battalion commander, Zhuang Jihua feels much more relaxed than being a company commander, he now formulates a training plan every week, and then hands over the plan to the company commanders, who are responsible for carrying it out, and he only needs to check it. However, after moving into Meixian, Zhuang Jihua judged that the troops might have to go to the border of Guangdong and Fujian, so he began to train the troops in mountain warfare.

Zhuang Jihua's training plan was often adjusted, because he didn't know how to practice mountain combat training, so he had to cross the river by feeling the stones, and summing up while practicing.

However, his move made the three battalions complain, and the other battalions were just simply resting and training in the city, practicing the queue every day, and raising the bayonet so twice, but they were running back and forth up and down the mountain all day long, and it was unbearable, and even some people in the seventh company began to complain, Zheng Dongguo had to come forward to persuade Zhuang Jihua not to train too tightly.

Zhuang Jihua did not argue with Zheng Dongguo but asked the whole battalion to assemble, facing the officers and soldiers of the whole battalion Zhuang Jihua first started from the Eastern Expedition, counted every battle of the Eastern Expedition he participated in, every casualty of the soldiers, and then asked everyone, after the end of the Eastern Expedition, can the swords and guns be put into storage, the horse is put in Nanshan, why will we be transferred to Meixian, whether it is western Fujian or southern Jiangnan, it is a mountainous area, if we do not know the combat methods in the mountainous areas, once we go to the front line, we have to use our lives to make up for today's training. This is the principle of sweating more in peacetime and less bloodshed in wartime.

Some soldiers asked if they were going to fight in Fujian? Zhuang Jihua's troops are characterized by this, soldiers can ask questions with permission after the commander speaks, and his regulation not only makes Fang Jin and Yuan Weitai feel uncomfortable, but even the regiment commander Qian Dajun, who came to inspect, also feels awkward; However, Zhuang Jihua insisted on this rule, believing that soldiers had the right to know why they were dying, and that it was the duty of the commander to answer their questions.

Zhuang Jihua's answer to this soldier's question was that he didn't know, and then asked him if he didn't go to Fujian, so he didn't have to practice mountain warfare? Can you be sure that future operations will not be in the mountains?

Later, some people asked why other troops did not train, only they practiced. Zhuang Jihua asked him rhetorically if he had seen the casualties of other troops, they did not practice, once they went to the battlefield, they would have to compensate with blood and their lives, and you were willing to do the same?

Zheng Dongguo didn't understand that these soldiers could talk to Zhuang Jihua casually in the queue, and they would be seen as an offense to the authority of the commander in other troops, but Zhuang Jihua didn't take it to heart at all, and even sometimes deliberately joked with the soldiers like this; What he didn't understand was why this didn't affect the growth of Zhuang Jihua's prestige in the slightest.

It was clear that Zhuang Jihua had won again, because the soldiers complained less and were more motivated in the subsequent training. The hot training of the third battalion aroused He Yingqin's attention. In Chiang Kai-shek's absence, He Yingqin was the supreme commander of the school army, and he called Zhuang Jihua to the school headquarters for questioning. The headquarters of the school army is not called the headquarters but the school headquarters to show that this is a unit subordinate to the Whampoa Military Academy.

Zhuang Jihua reported to He Yingqin that he believed that it was very likely that the troops would attack the Guangdong-Fujian border and even western Fujian, so it was necessary to strengthen the training of the troops in mountain combat. Zhuang Jihua's judgment on the future combat direction of the troops is basically the same as He Yingqin's, and He Yingqin knows more about the situation than him. However, it was impossible for He Yingqin to explain these circumstances to Zhuang Jihua, so he only reminded Zhuang Jihua to pay attention to the mood of the troops, and Zhuang Jihua saw that He Yingqin had the intention of supporting him, and he was happy for a moment and said that the mood of the troops was fine, and he had done a good job in the ideological work of the troops. Seeing his appearance, He Yingqin knew that he didn't take his words to heart, and thought that he might as well arrange for them to rest, so he ordered the third battalion to serve as the law enforcement team of Meixian County tomorrow, and Zhuang Jihua to serve as the star officer. Zhuang Jihua was a little puzzled by this order.

"Chief instructor," Zhuang Jihua still used to call He Yingqin's position in the military academy: "The star officer doesn't need me as the battalion commander." ”

The law enforcement team is actually the gendarme in the future, Zhuang Jihua almost fell down when he saw it for the first time, and the star officer led a team of soldiers to patrol the street, and the head of the hand held a token on the stage, with a big "order" written on it, like a play on the stage. But don't talk about Whampoa now, there is no gendarmerie in the whole of China, they are all law enforcement teams, Zhuang Jihua is too lazy to speak, and he will follow the customs of the villagers.

But let him act tomorrow, he didn't want to, so he immediately tried to find a way to prevaricate. He Yingqin smiled secretly in his stomach when he saw him, and deliberately teased: "Why can't the battalion commander act." ”

Zhuang Jihua didn't expect He Yingqin to also know his evaluation of the law enforcement team, so he had to say with a smile: "That's it, we are a battalion commander, or I will send a company commander, or let Zheng Dongguo serve as it." ”

He Yingqin said with a wrenched face: "No, tomorrow the Political Department will organize a party with all walks of life in Meixian County, and the main officers of all departments will participate, so we must pay special attention to military discipline, and besides, the battalion commander's speech is more effective than the company commander, isn't it?" ”

Zhuang Jihua left the school headquarters with a sad face, and was stopped by He Jinhan before he had walked far.

Zhuang Jihua held the token and sang loudly: "Monthly pass!" Bring it!!! Wayaya!! ”

(To be continued)