Bengbu, January 21, 1937, 10 days later is the Lunar New Year, but there is really no trace of New Year's joy in the fleeing crowd, the defeated soldiers and the panicked faces.

"Xu Tuanzuo", Qiu Linfeng just shouted, suddenly a little embarrassed, thinking that Xu Ming was no longer the head of the regiment.

In the Swell incident, British Ambassador Xu Gesen lodged a diplomatic protest with the Chinese Nationalist Government, and as a result, Xu Ming, an unlucky bastard, was "deprived of public power." If it had not been for the intercession of Liu Fei and the officers of the Whampoa Department, Xu Ming probably would not have had the opportunity to "be allowed to make meritorious contributions to the crime."

Xu Ming is very unconvinced by this punishment, the national government of this time and space is afraid of foreigners to death, Xu Ming is sure that if he didn't beat the British that time, oh, it should be said that he didn't repair the British fiercely, even if he beat a provincial governor, the punishment was not so severe.

Xu Ming kicked a stone away, "Let's go, we're a white man now, and we can't ask the officials to wait for me." ”

Longhu Villa, the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters was abolished, and the retreating troops were reassigned tasks, some of them were going to Henan to garrison, and some were ordered to go to Hubei to rest.

Wang Yaowu saw that Xu Ming was sullen and made a joke: "Qianli, you are now unofficial and light, otherwise, you, the head of the regiment, will all salute when you see us." ”

Xu Ming grumbled: "Senior Master, do you say it's easy for me? It took several years to become a regiment commander, but because he repaired his eyebrows and mustache for an Englishman, he lost his public military position. ”

Everyone laughed and said, "Brother Qianli, you didn't fix someone else, you are a diplomatic incident." ”

Xie Jinyuan had just been transferred from Shanghai to Hong Kong, and he didn't know the ins and outs of the matter, so he said: "What is the reply of our Ministry of Foreign Affairs? ”

Xu Ming sneered: "I was surprised to see the 'friendly people', it was not a major and very big thing. He stood on a stool and imitated the words of Wang Chonghui of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at that time: "Our country deeply regrets this unfortunate incident, and the government deeply sympathizes with Mr. Swell's plight, and the government will seriously deal with those responsible." ”

The sour voice and rich body movements made everyone laugh. Suddenly, a voice came from outside the door: "Why are you so happy, Qianli, you are in a good mood." ”

"Chief Luo," everyone saluted, and it was Luo Zhuoying who came.

Xu Ming and Luo Zhuoying are not too familiar, Luo Zhuoying has a nickname, called Chen Cheng's shadow, and he is a cadre of the civil engineering department. Later generations evaluated Luo Zhuoying as a very good training talent, that is, he was excellent in training, but he was resourceful and indecisive, and he was not suitable to be the commander of the army.

However, Luo Zhuoying has a good personality and treats his subordinates and colleagues more sincerely, and in the ** system, he is a relatively easy general.

After the abolition of the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters, Luo Zhuoying continued to serve as the commander-in-chief of the 19th Group Army and the commander of the 18th Army.

Xu Ming was a little embarrassed, his behavior just now was relatively frivolous, but fortunately, Luo Zhuoying came to Xu Ming this time to save face, and comforted: "There is also a crime and meritorious service, when the limelight is over, I will go to the chairman of the committee, a regiment leader is nothing." ”

Xu Ming didn't pay much attention to this regiment commander, at that time, outsiders rarely called him regiment commander, affectionately called him Boss Xu, and called him Commissioner Xu a little more seriously, you know, he is a regiment commander and the commander of the ** system and the division commander is called a brother, and this is the only case in the whole of China.

He is mainly not angry with Lao Jiang's disposal, but he has also saved tens of thousands of **, you Jiang bald head don't give me a military commander to do it, at least give a division commander, okay, be swept to the end.

Everyone here is a human spirit, how can they not understand Xu Ming's careful thoughts. Moreover, the root cause of Xu Ming's crime was to save them, and everyone enlightened and comforted them, and Xu Ming's mood gradually improved, and he gradually talked and laughed with everyone.

Yu Jishi said: "Qianli, do you know what others say about you? ”

Xu Mingqi said: "There are still people who say me? Is it not according to the routine? ”

Yu Jishi is said to be the nephew of Lao Jiang, but it cannot be confirmed, but Yu Jishi himself belongs to the descendants of the Central Army. Yu Jishi's 74th Army belonged to the Central Army, and belonged to the Jiangsu-Zhejiang faction, which was regarded as the first lineage, and he himself was Lao Jiang's attendant military attaché, which was the second lineage.

Yu Jishi smiled: "Almost, say that you can't do anything!" There's nothing you dare not do! ”

Xu Ming was very grateful to Yu Jishi for these words, Yu Jishi's words were not just a joke, but contained an exhortation to Xu Ming.

Xu Ming knew that he was too arbitrary, and there was no key to being an official, such as "asking for more instructions and reporting more". He acts more considerably than the feelings of his subordinates and colleagues, but not the feelings of his superiors. This approach does not work in officialdom and in the military.

A person ran to Beiping without making a sound to stir up, but was scolded by Lao Jiang Yitong; dug up the Huangpu River in Hangzhou Bay without permission and was almost sentenced to 15 years in prison; For the sake of the ships, they actually humiliated the British. It is not so much that the above is an explanation to the British, but also a lesson to Xu Ming, lest this kid be lawless and poke a hole in the sky one day.

If it is a person who can be an official and makes such a contribution as Xu Ming, not to mention the regiment commander, I am afraid that the army commander will also become a military commander.

Xu Ming saluted Luo Zhuoying, Luo Zhuoying drank it all, and said, "Qianli, are you interested in coming to the 18th Army." ”

Xu Ming was quite moved when he heard this, the most elite unit at that time was not the 74th Army, but the 18th Army, in this army, he was not afraid of not being able to fight.

Xu Ming thought for a while, it was indeed good in the 18th Army, but it was inevitable to get involved in complex factional struggles, and he politely refused, "Thank you, Commander Luo, I still want to lead a team by myself." ”

"Chisato, what are your specific plans?"

"Commander Luo, Commander Yu, Commander Song, Commander Wang, look, how about I pull out a team?"

"How are you going to pull?"

"I asked a subordinate to go to Qiyang to train the security team, which should be able to pull up more than 10,000 people," Speaking of this, Xu Ming looked hopeful, "Chief Luo, I heard that the army will be expanded recently, do I have any hope of becoming a division commander?" ”

Luo Zhuoying saw Xu Ming's eager gaze, smiled, and said, "If you want to be a teacher, there are two ways. ”

Xu Ming was overjoyed, he thought that there was no hope of being an officer, and said: "Chief Luo, what are the two ways." ”

"One is to first pull up a miscellaneous army, and it is not a regular establishment, such as what Jiangbei rescues **, the name of the Huaibei anti-Japanese detachment, and then the idea of slowly operating into a regular army, the advantage of this method is that it is easy to implement, and it is relatively simple to become a division commander.

Xu Mingchao's thinking about the problem was actually solved by Luo Zhuoying while talking and laughing, Xu Ming sighed that the official was really easy to do, but still asked: "What about the second way?" ”

"The second way is more difficult, you find a way to directly organize or expand into the Central Army, this way is very difficult, unless you make great achievements, or the chairman personally arranges it, it is not easy to succeed."

It seemed that the first method was obviously superior, but Xu Ming knew that since Luo Zhuoying said this, the problem must not be so simple, so he asked, "Then which method should I choose?" ”

Luo Zhuoying smiled and turned his head to look at Wang Yaowu, "Zuomin, what do you see?" ”

Wang Yaowu said to Xu Ming: "The second method seems difficult, but it is the right way; The first method is opportunistic, and you don't want to do it. ”

He knew that Xu Ming didn't know the Tao inside, so he began to explain.

In the army, it is better to be the commander of a regiment of the Central Army than a division commander of a miscellaneous army. Miscellaneous cards should be simple, but when you are fighting a war, you are cannon fodder at the front line, when you retreat, you are an outcast at the rear, and when you are replenishing, no one pays attention to you, and in the end, the troops are exhausted, the establishment is withdrawn again, and the division commander is directly "promoted" to an idle position such as a senior staff member. Now there are many such people in the Military Command Department and the Military Affairs Department!

Yu Jishi then gave Xu Ming an idea, although there is no major battle between China and Japan in Jiangbei now, there are still a lot of battles at the regiment and battalion level, and Xu Ming can be incorporated into troops such as Xu Yuanquan, Yang Sen, and Liu Xiang. Then go to make a war exploit.

How can there be any military exploits that can be established if you want to? Xu Ming suddenly understood that meritorious service was just a cover, and the Huangpu Department owed him a great favor in this rescue operation, as long as he fought with others, someone would naturally "make" his meritorious service.

This method is too inferior, Xu Ming shook his head, taking other people's military exploits as his own, and even falsifying the results, which was never acceptable to Xu Ming.

Everyone was still chatting, and suddenly, there was an explosion in the city, which was the bombing of Bengbu by Japanese planes. Japanese planes have been carrying out air raids on various key points on the Jinpu line, and Bengbu is the hardest-hit area, and Japanese planes will "patronize" almost every day.

Wang Yaowu was bombed by Japanese planes during the battle, and when he went out, he saw that the city was already in flames, and he hated to smash his fist on the wall: "Japanese mother, is there no way to take the devil's plane." ”

Song Xilian looked at Xu Ming and asked, "Didn't you spend money to buy a lot of planes?" I can't see how to fight on the front line, the sky is full of devils. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Ming was angry, "How can our Air Force's little belongings be able to withstand consumption, at the beginning of the year, I said that I wanted to buy an airplane, but the chairman of the committee said that I wanted to buy a cannon, and after buying a cannon, there will be no money and no plane." Now you know how powerful, now you ask me, who am I going to ask! ”

Song Xilian smiled embarrassedly, "I don't blame you, the main thing is that we have had enough of the suffering of the devil's plane, they fly in the sky, and there is nothing we can do about him." ”

Xu Ming replied casually: "There is no way in the sky, then fight underground." After saying this, I suddenly felt that this sentence was very familiar.

He remembered that this was the line of "Bloody Battle of Taierzhuang", when Sun Lianzhong complained like this, and as a result, Sun Tongxuan organized an attack and destroyed the airport in Dawenkou, which greatly supported the Battle of Taierzhuang.

The Battle of Taierzhuang in this time and space has not yet happened, but the attack on the airport is not someone else's patent, Xu Ming suddenly had an idea, and he stood up excitedly.