An Yi and the three of them came to the gate of the West Camp, saluted the guards solemnly, and were immediately admitted after showing the order. The three of them changed their original freedom on the street, lined up in a column, and walked neatly to the division headquarters two stories in front of them.

The beard who walked among the three of them was very surprised that An Yi was so familiar with the road and the layout of the camp, how did he know that An Yi was forced to deliver supplies for the rebellious Yang Ximin Dian army at this time last year, and he had to drive in and out of this western camp almost every day, and he was very familiar with the material warehouse, canteen, and barracks area in the camp, not to mention that the headquarters located in the front of the camp was very conspicuous.

An Yi and the three stopped at the door of the first floor and were about to report to the guards, when Hu Shusen's familiar call came from the hall, how dare An Yi slack off, and immediately turned around and saluted respectfully:

"Report to the chief, Huangpu graduates An Yi and Yin Jinan, as well as Hu Jialin, the former military academy riding instructor, have been ordered to report to the station, please give instructions to the commanders!"

The chiefs returned the salute solemnly, and Liu Xiao, who was among the three, looked at An Yi with a smile on his face: "We are in a meeting, and we will hear that the three of you have arrived when it is almost over, very good!" Let's go upstairs, it just so happens that the battalion commanders of all departments and regiments are here today, many of them are your senior brothers from previous sessions, and there are also old instructors you know. ”

"Yes!"

Following Liu Xiao, Xu Tingyao, and Hu Shusen into the conference room on the second floor, An Yi saw at a glance many former instructors and seniors in the first and second phases, Cheng Jiji, the head of the fourth regiment, Jiang Dingwen, the head of the fifth regiment, Hui Dongsheng, the head of the sixth regiment, and Yan Erai, Wen Zhiwen, Li Yannian, Zhang Hanzhang, Guo Jun, Tan Fulie and other battalion and regiment-level commanders were all there.

Thirty-six-year-old Liu Xiao is a native of Ji'an, Jiangxi Province, with a dark-skinned and robust body, a pair of slightly long eyes that are not sharp, a straight nose and a wide mouth with a serious expression, and he has a calm and majestic bearing when sitting on the main seat. He graduated from the second phase of the Baoding Military Academy, and served as a company commander to regiment commander in the Yunnan Army and the Guangdong Army when he participated in the Patriotic War, and later entered Huangpu as a tactical instructor, with rich practical combat experience. In the Huayang Campaign, a key battle of the First Eastern Crusade, he led the second battalion of the military academy teaching regiment to win a surprising victory, and since then he has won the appreciation of President Jiang, and he replaced Wang Maogong, who made mistakes, as the commander of the second division in this expansion. Liu Xiao is known in the army for his rigorous and hard work in governing the army, and he is an orthodox soldier who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside.

Liu Xiao didn't say much, and after introducing Yin Jinan and Hu Jialin to everyone, he ordered Kuang Shimin, the commander of the engineer battalion, to lead An Yi and the three to the barracks, and the people left behind continued the meeting. Everyone knows that Liu Xiao can personally go downstairs to greet a small acting company commander on the way to the meeting, which is already very important and expected, although Chief Liu does not smile and seems to care, but he can understand An Yi's important family.

Ten minutes later, the meeting ended, and Ying Rongguang, the commander of the division's special agent company, came behind Liu Xiao and reported in a low voice: "Division, the veteran ruffians of the third company of the engineer battalion saw An Yi and the three of them enter the barracks and didn't pay any attention, and the battalion commander Kuang reluctantly saluted and dispersed, these twenty or so people are the remaining thorn soldiers selected by each regiment, and their eyes are very secretive, I am worried that they will give An Yi a dismount." ”

I don't know if Ying Rongguang, who graduated from the first phase of Huangpu, deliberately spoke loudly in order to take care of his senior brother, or if the original echo effect of the house was very good, and the more than 20 people present heard it clearly, and many people showed worry on their faces.

Liu Xiao also felt a deep headache for this engineer battalion, all the departments of the Second Division threw the leftover people into the newly established engineer battalion, and the dissatisfied members were not willing to ask for those soft and hard soldiers who did not eat, and Li Houcai, the commander of the first engineer company that was first formed, had no choice but to close his eyes and grit his teeth to accommodate half of the ruffians who could fill a company, and after Cao Mingfu, the commander of the second company, recruited more than 60 recruits, he would rather lack personnel than resolutely not the remaining 40 or so soldiers, and as a result, the escape of the first engineer company did not run away for a week, leaving only 26 old fritters who had nowhere to go, He was thrown into two rows of large houses in the northwest corner of the camp and waited for the new company commander to receive him.

Engineer battalion commander Kuang Shimin was originally the head of the logistics section of the first division of the Guangdong army, serious and diligent, and Liu Xiao has some friendship, but the surname is soft and does not like to meddle in things, to the second division twice to ask Liu Xiao to be transferred to the quartermaster department, but unfortunately now there is no suitable candidate to take over, other lieutenant officers heard that the engineer battalion was afraid to avoid it, and would rather serve as a deputy than be promoted, Liu Xiao can only let Kuang Shimin temporarily take over, planning to wait for An Yi, whom he greatly admires, to accumulate some experience in leading troops after a year and a half, and then let Kuang Shimin leave after being promoted.

Now listening to Ying Rongguang's report, Liu Xiao knows that things are not simple, because a week ago, a lieutenant Mao Sui, who graduated from the Hunan Army's martial arts hall, recommended himself to be the commander of the third company, and he was beaten in less than two days and his face was swollen.

When the trumpet of dinner came, Liu Xiao shook his head and said to Hu Shusen, an old classmate from the second phase of Baoding, "Shusen, let's take a look later...... Return to the camp, and in three days I will inspect the regiments to test the training. ”

The heads of the various departments left one after another, and Hu Shusen said to Liu Xiao: "Let's go now, in case something happens, we can deal with it in time." I feel that An Yi should have a way, and those soldiers and ruffians will also watch people come, and it is estimated that there will be no problems for the time being. ”

Liu Xiao smiled bitterly: "An Yi is very good, but he still lacks experience in leading soldiers, although he is a very competent district captain in the military academy, but the subordinates he leads are all military cadets who have knowledge and discipline, and there is a world of difference between the rude ruffians in the army who don't know a single word, it is estimated that he will be difficult to deal with!" If it weren't for the shortage of soldiers now, I would have swept those soldiers out of the house. ”

Liu Xiao, together with Xu Tingyao, deputy division commander, Hu Shusen, chief of staff, and Jiang Dingwen, commander of the Fifth Regiment stationed in Xida Battalion, left the division headquarters and calmly walked to the barracks of the Third Engineer Company in the northwest corner, surrounded by more than 10 adjutants and guards including Ying Rongguang, commander of the special service company.

The barracks of the third company are very special, the barracks of two blue bricks and gray tiles like classrooms are close to the high wall on the northwest side of the barracks, and there are two doors in front and behind, separating this square small world from the other buildings in the barracks, but the back door has been killed. In the middle of the courtyard, there is a tall ancient banyan tree and a few seven or eight meters high longan trees, as soon as you enter the gate, to the left side is the room and two open canteens, more than a dozen large round tables full of dust are placed in an orderly manner, the ground of the three is full of leaves and garbage and crooked benches, only the three tables closest to the room are cleaner, twenty-six disheveled, bearded soldiers and ruffians sit or squat around the three tables, keep knocking on the iron bowl and wait for the cooking soldiers of the battalion headquarters to bring dinner.

Sending off the young man Kuang Shimin, An Yi accompanied by Yin Jinan and Hu Zi inspected the inside and outside, returned to the front of the room and looked at the soldiers and ruffians who didn't take the three of them seriously at all, An Yi thought about it and walked into the dining hall, took out a round table and placed it under the first longan tree, and Hu Zi and Yin Jinan also moved a stool to wipe it clean.

A group of ruffians saw An Yi so young and calm, and they were all talking about it, and from time to time they floated to the eyes of the three of them, revealing a kind of unruly contempt.