One day in June, Chongqing's commendation order finally arrived, because the 500 divisions fought bravely, destroyed many enemies in the battle of Suizao, and especially played a decisive role in the battle against the 16 th division, coupled with the unanimous praise of Sun Lianzhong, Li Zongren, and other senior generals, the commendation order of the Central Military Commission gave a lot of praise to Gao Quan and the 500 divisions.

In the end, Gao Quan, a meritorious general, was promoted to lieutenant general, and the officers at all levels of the 500 Division were promoted to one level, Wang Dazhu and other three brigade commanders finally came out of the way, and each of them became a general, and those regiment commanders, of course, including Liu Qi, a special battalion commander, were all justifiably replaced with colonel epaulettes, and the most important thing for Gao Quan was that I don't know which well-informed person knew about Hong Yingying, the existence of the special service chief of the 500 Division, and actually promoted the rank of Director Hong Da to colonel.

After this commendation order came down, the commanders at all levels of the 500 Division were naturally laughing and jubilant, and they were promoted, who was not happy, but Gao Quan, who was just smiling on his face, but muttering in his heart about the stinginess of the commission.

This commendation order seems to be comprehensive, in fact, except for the flowers on the shoulders, there is no other practical benefit, the troops have fought repeatedly, the military commission and the theater have neither given supplementary soldiers, nor rewarded the oceanic banknotes, even a promotion, it is only a major general to a lieutenant general, 500 divisions or 500 divisions, Gao Quan is still a division commander, looking at the commendation order, after reading so many good words said earlier, Gao Quan thought that this time the commissioner would be impulsive and promote him to a military commander, who knew that in the end he was only promoted to military rank, The position is still standing still.

The 500th Division has never been a descendant of the Central Army, and Gao Quan is not from the Whampoa department, so if he wants to get a substantial promotion to the next level, it seems that he really has a long way to go.

Not long after the letter of appointment came down, another order from the Military Commission arrived, ordering Gao Quan, commander of the 500th Division, to report on his work in the capital.

Chongqing is too far away, whether it is riding a horse or walking, it will take a long time, besides, like Gao Quan, he can be regarded as a senior general in the **, a long journey, passing through a number of Japanese-occupied areas along the way, rushing to Chongqing to report on his work is to take a considerable risk, the order of the Military Commission is not a child's play, who knows how much of it is the meaning of the commission, during the Anti-Japanese War, the example of daring to disobey orders and disrespect, and being severely sanctioned, is more than one or two, Gao Quan didn't want to make any bad impression in front of China's supreme leader at all.

When he was selecting attachés and horses to prepare for the long journey to Chongqing, a telegram was sent from the theater headquarters to pick up Commander-in-Chief Zhang Zizhong, commander of the 33rd Group Army, General Zhang Zizhong, who was ordered to report on his work in Chongqing this time.

Zhang Zizhong learned from Commander Li of the theater that Gao Quan of the 500th Division was also going to Chongqing to report on his work, and immediately sent a telegram inviting Commander Gao to take a special plane with him.

Commander-in-Chief Zhang is full of hospitality, Gao Quan naturally will not die to save face and suffer guilt and have to walk by himself, since the last meeting, Gao Quan has never seen Zhang Zizhong again, he really wants to talk to this famous general of the Anti-Japanese War again, and it is of course great to ask for experience in army management and combat by the way.

Gao Quan only brought Jin Hu and a few accompanying guards this time, and rushed to the old estuary, from Suixian to a large area of the old estuary, after this battle, it has all become the first ruling area, he is just a small division commander, the battle is too big, and it is easy to be criticized, besides, with their skills, even if there is any accident on the road, they can completely cope with it.

Although Gao Quan has been assigned to the Fifth Theater for several years, he has never met the famous Chief Li, and this is back in the people's land, if he doesn't go to see the salute, it will be too much to say, so before flying to the capital with Commander-in-Chief Zhang, meeting the commander of the theater has become the first priority.

Because their group was traveling lightly and simply, they did not attract attention along the way, and the road from Suixian to Laohekou was really smooth, and no accidents happened.

In fact, Chief Li is also a little curious about Gao Quan, that is, this little guy, in just a few years, from a big soldier to a major general division commander, his soldiers are said to be almost 20,000, even though he is a hundred people who are not used to Gao Quan's character, but this kid has been able to gain something in the previous battles against the Japanese, and he is still very appreciated by the commander.

Therefore, as soon as Gao Quan arrived at the mouth of the old river, someone from the governor's office came to inform him, and an hour later, the commander summoned him.

Although Gao Quan has seen a lot of legendary famous generals and high-ranking officials in the past few years, but at the level of Li Zongren, he is really the first time to see it, and it is not true to say that he is not nervous at all.

Carefully sorted out from top to bottom, Gao Quan strode into the chief's office, Chief Li really gave him face, and actually gave Gao Quan a chance to meet alone, followed the guard into a spacious living room, and saw that on a large solid wood Taishi chair inside, there was a middle-aged soldier with three gold stars on the collar, who was staring at him with burning eyes, and when he saw the shining collar badge, Gao Quan knew that this must be Chief Li.

Strode forward and introduced himself to the commander with the most standard salute: "Report, Gao Quan, the commander of the 500th Division, has seen Duke De. Whether he is called Commander-in-Chief or Chief Li, Gao Quan thinks that no one can better express his admiration for this modern figure.

"Hehe, it's a reminder, please take a seat." Li Zongren got up from the sofa with a spring breeze on his face and stretched out his hand to give up his seat, looking like a benevolent elder.

"Duke Xie De." Gao Quan agreed, and sat on the sofa next to him, even though he sat up straight, it also showed that his state of mind was relaxed.

Li Zongren was slightly stunned for half a second, and sat in his position with a smile on his face, looking at Gao Quan's eyes with a little more appreciation, usually when the junior officers at the grassroots level saw him for the first time, they were always very nervous, even if he showed an easy-going attitude, it was difficult for the other party to relax, when he let him sit, the officers generally had to excuse themselves, which one like this one, sat directly, it seemed that there was not much cultivation, but it also showed a bit of true temperament.

Chief Li first routinely inquired about Gao Quan's family situation, such as where he was from his hometown, what other relatives he had at home, and so on, and the leader expressed concern to his subordinates, nothing more than that, but these words came out of Li Zongren's mouth, and people felt that the concern seemed to be particularly sincere.

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