Two and three really wanted to know who the "6 pilots" who pulled the wind were sacred, and the second simply leaned on the hood of the car and stared at the motorcycle driver.

The man didn't pay much attention to the Air Force officer in front of him, just concentrated on turning off the ignition, then bent down again, lifted a heavy briefcase from the body, and then unhurriedly removed the goggles from his eyes.

Meng Fei blinked, the motorcycle driver's eyes were very raw, and after the other party ripped off the silk scarf covering his face, Meng Fei realized that this person's face was full of wrinkles, but he was an old man, and after the other party ripped off the fur hat again, the gray head was also exposed, and it was clearly an old man who was about to run sixty.

"Who is this? So old and strong. ”

Meng Fei was about to go up and chat with the old man to inquire about where he could get the partial three-wheeled motorcycle, but before he could step forward, an adjutant in the chamberlain hurried over and said a few words to the old man, and the old man went to the commander's hall with his briefcase.

Meng Fei grabbed the adjutant and whispered to ask where the person was, only to learn that the person's name was Liu Guanxiong, and he was now the deputy director of the Ship Administration Department of the Admiralty, mainly responsible for the work of the shipyard.

"This old boy is quite good at enjoying it."

Meng Fei walked around the three-wheeled motorcycle for a long time, and was very envious of Liu Guanxiong's life, not that he was idle, but that he had a way to get this kind of three-wheeled motorcycle, which is currently only available to the army, and cannot be bought by private individuals, although Meng Fei is an officer. Maybe he could ride this kind of motorcycle in the army, but what he wanted was his own motorcycle, the kind of private car that could take courtesans on vacation, not an official car, after all, military tribunals are not decorations, and "private use of public cars" is not a small crime.

So, Meng Fei finally decided to wait here. Ji Liu Guanxiong came back and asked if he could resell this motorcycle, Brigadier General Meng is a real mechanical fan.

Meng Fei didn't know that just when he was envious of Liu Guanxiong's comfortable modern life, Brigadier General Liu Guanxiong, who was envied by him, was now depressed.

A depressing point is this military rank, as a senior general from Beiyang, Liu Guanxiong is now just a small brigadier general, not to mention compared with the "Beiyang loyal minister" Duan Qiruibi, that is, compared with Cheng Biguang and Huang Zhongyan's gang of "Beiyang Erwuzai", he can't take the "brigadier general" can't do it, but he can't blame others, he can only blame himself, he didn't seize the opportunity to revolt, if the uprising is timely, he is at least a little good now.

Another depressing point, as the director of the Naval Department of the Admiralty, Wei Han is his top boss Liu Guanxiong, relying on the support of the president, Wei Han is "commanding" in the Naval Administration Department as Director Wei's deputy, Liu Guanxiong is not idle at all this day, no, just a phone call from the presidential palace passed, Director Wei gave an order, Deputy Director Liu had to hurry to the president with documents, come to the house, meet the president, and, in order to show him Deputy Director Liu "Lian Po is not old" He is still riding the three-wheeled motorcycle, you know, The first time he drove this motorcycle, his legs were so weak.

Back then, when Yuan Shikai and Yuan Laoshuai were still alive, he Liu Guanxiong was an upright naval chief, but now, he was just a senior errand, and he had to run wherever he was told to run, but fortunately, the center stipulated that government officials should retire at the age of 60, and they were about to retire, so they had to work hard, if nothing else, just for that pension, he Liu Guanxiong also had to continue to be a cow and a horse for others.

After entering the commander's hall, there were already guards waiting, handing over the matching guns, and the guards checked the briefcase, Liu Guanxiong was led up to the second floor by an adjutant and went to the No. 1 office.

But the adjutant did not directly lead Liu Guanxiong into the office, and it was not until a lieutenant colonel came out of the office that the adjutant signaled Liu Guanxiong to enter.

When the lieutenant commander saw Liu Guanxiong, he hurriedly stood up and saluted, and then retreated.

Liu Guanxiong felt that the lieutenant colonel of the Navy was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it, and while pondering the name of the person, he stepped into the office, but saw that the president was sitting behind his desk, and there was a person sitting on Changsha opposite, but this person was an acquaintance, it was Liu Qingen, director of the Ordnance Industry Administration.

"Deputy Director Liu, you sit down for a while, and I'll talk to you when I sign this document."

The president glanced at Liu Guanxiong, ordered the captain of the guard to serve tea, and then buried the official document on the table.

Liu Guanxiong sat down beside Liu Qingen and asked in a low voice: "Minister, the lieutenant colonel of the navy who went out just now is a little familiar, but I can't remember where I saw it." Do you know each other? ”

Liu Qingen was in a trance, and when he heard Liu Guanxiong ask, he came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Ziying, you are a person from the navy, in charge of shipbuilding, and you don't know Zhang Guangyang, which surprises me, he is the commander of the submarine, and now the most important thing in the shipyard is the submarine." ”

"Zhang Guangyang? Yes, yes! That's him, that's him. The year before last, the year before last, when I went to deliver torpedoes, I met him in the Second Squadron, and at that time, he still seemed to be "a sea fold." The chief engineer on the ship heard that he went to Hangzhou. I haven't seen him since, and it's no wonder I forgot him; …？

I really didn't expect that after a few years, Zhang Guangyang was already a lieutenant colonel. ”

Liu Guanxiong nodded, his last sigh was not without reason, in the past few years, many young officers of the former Republican Army have been promoted "poofly", in contrast, their old men in Beiyang have sat on the cold bench, those young officers in Beiyang have risen faster, but veterans like Duan Qirui and Liu Guanxiong are old and old, and they can only think about it in their dreams.

It is precisely for this reason that Duan Qirui often calls Liu Guanxiong, a group of Beiyang old people, over, and everyone drinks and complains, which can be regarded as soothing their emotions, but they can't really say that they really have the courage to scold the street, although the people of the National League have tried their best to win over these Beiyang generals, but Duan Qirui has clearly warned these colleagues to stay away from the National League, because Chief Duan is not optimistic about the National League, and more importantly, Chief Duan understands that this "mad president" is by no means a person who can rub sand in his eyes, The reason why the National League has been tolerated until now is only because the National League does not have a gun in its hand, once the National League and the Beiyang relics get together, then they will have guns in their hands, then, when the time comes, I am afraid that the Beiyang relics will be finished with those Junxian relics, Duan Qirui does not dare to take this risk.

In fact, for Duan Qirui's thoughts, Liu Guanxiong can also grasp one or two of his own questions, Duan General Manager just wants to learn from Yuan Shikai and Yuan Laoshuai back then, and wants to "brake with static" and want to lie dormant patiently, waiting for the opportunity to come, but Liu Guanxiong thinks that Duan Qirui is dreaming, and the four former Beiyang may still have a chance to turn over, but now, after the differentiation and collapse of these four, Beiyang has long been scattered, although on the surface Beiyang seems to have two infantry divisions, but in fact, those two infantry divisions have long been the "heart of the Beiyang Leather United Front." Now, the reason why the establishment is still maintained is purely because the center saves some face for Duan Qirui and the Beiyang veterans, if the Beiyang soldiers don't know what to do, the center can get rid of the Beiyang veterans at any time.

Liu Guanxiong's view comes from the experience of the navy, these four times, the original Beiyang Navy has completely disappeared, the current navy is the central navy, the president's navy, although the situation of the navy is somewhat different from the situation of the Beiyang 6th Army, but Liu Guanxiong believes that as long as the "mad president" still occupies the throne of the president, then one day, the word "Beiyang" will eventually fade out of the eyes of the Chinese people. And Duan Qirui, a group of Beiyang relics, will also retire gloomily, history belongs to the Shaozhuang faction after all, and the president trusts the Shaozhuang faction more.

Of course, in some things, the president must also rely on the non-young Zhuang faction, take this shipbuilding career as an example, although he Liu Guanxiong did not graduate from shipbuilding, but he went to the Fuzhou Shipbuilding School, and stayed in the navy for many years, and also went to the United Kingdom to study, in the British Royal Fleet and artillery factory internship, it can be said that among the current senior naval officers, there are not no people with more experience than him Liu Guanxiong, but there are very few, this is the advantage of naval officers, the longer the seniority, The more experience, the navy is not as good as the 6th Army, the 6th Army does not have so many technical requirements, the officers of the 6th Army at most in the military academy for a few years, out of the qualified military commanders, but the Navy is different, the so-called "10 years of 6 Army, 100 years of the Navy" pinching the fingers, even from the Fujian Naval Division, Beiyang Naval Division officially formed the day of the army, the history of the Chinese Navy is only a short twenty or thirty years, it can be said that every admiral is a valuable talent, and it is precisely because of this, He Liu Guanxiong is still presiding over the affairs of the Admiralty Department with the rank of commodore general, although it is a deputy position, but it is much better than Duan Zhigui and Jiang Chaozong's gang, at least he has some real power, unlike Duan Zhigui, who is now about to become the owner of an antique shop, not to mention Jiang Chaozong, who has been reduced to the point of becoming a police chief.

Now the center emphasizes the importance of talent, Liu Guanxiong thinks that he is a talent, so he feels that he has been wronged and left out in the cold, in his opinion, with his talent and learning, it is no problem to be a vice commander of the navy, as for the vice admiral Tang Xiangming, the chief of the navy, in Liu Guanxiong's view, the young vice admiral is simply a monkey and crown, if it is not for the brother of a senior cadre of the United Front to support him, with his talent and learning, no matter what, he will not be able to be the chief of the navy, at most, it is great to be a captain.

But complaining about the sky is not interesting, after all, what the president values now is the "young Zhuang faction", because the president himself is a young Zhuang faction, and today he is only 30 years old, which is the year of his establishment, the real young Zhuang faction.

"Deputy Director Liu, what are you pondering? Is it convenient to tell each other? ”

When Liu Guanxiong was distracted, he heard the president's voice, looked up, and saw that the president had walked up to him, looking at him with a smile, and Liu Qingen, director of the Ordnance Industry Administration, who was originally sitting next to him, had also stood up, stretched out his hands, and was taking a document from the president's hand.

Liu Guanxiong calmed down, stood up, and said slowly: "The ministry is thinking, if there is no suitable candidate for the center to receive warships in the United States this time, Liu plans to recommend himself and go to the United States."