After Xu Ming returned to Jiangbei, he suddenly heard news that he was going to be promoted to division commander.

Xu Ming's first feeling was absolute fake news, **The military and political system at that time was already relatively formal, not to mention that he is still a white ding, even if a regiment commander is directly promoted to a division commander, it is impossible.

Although the results of the Wuhu raid were not small, Xu Ming was promoted to the top of the brigade commander, after all, the credit was not his alone. For example, Xie Jinyuan, he played a role no less than Xu Ming, he was still the fourth phase of Huangpu, a well-known hero of the Anti-Japanese War in the country, and he is still a regiment leader.

But various circumstances indicate that this is likely to be true, and someone in Wuhan has already revealed inside information to him, the division number is the 107th Division, similar to the adjustment of the division in 1936, but it is not a second brigade and four regiments but a third regiment system, and the regiment commander is nominated by Xu Ming.......

Xu Ming still doesn't believe it, this is too dreamy, is it possible that the credit for the Nanjing rescue is counted together? Xu Ming felt a little strange, but when the congratulatory messages from Song Xilian, Xiao Shanling, Wang Yaowu and others arrived one by one, he finally believed that it was true.

The whole army was smiling happily, especially the officers and cadres at all levels of the headquarters, who walked with joy, and some people had already privately called him Xu Shizao.

"Lieping, why are you screaming blindly, it's not sure yet, if you don't become a person in the end, you won't make people laugh to death." Xu Ming pretended to be dissatisfied.

Qin Lieping lit a three-fort and spit out two smoke rings, "Sure enough, there are more and more divisional seats, haven't you already reported the list of cadres." ”

Xu Ming was a little embarrassed, he had just reported the list of the three regiment commanders, namely Qin Lieping, Peng Cong, and Xie Jinyuan, and the deputy division commander reported Chen Huizhi.

Originally, he reported Xie Jinyuan, but Xie Jinyuan resolutely disagreed, his foundation in this army is the shallower, and being a deputy division commander and regiment commander is likely to cause dissatisfaction among others.

Of course, the Ministry of Military Affairs may not completely agree with his report, and it is normal for several regiment commanders and even deputy division commanders and chiefs of staff to be parachuted.

"Sure enough, what people said is good, the Military Commission has no secrets." Xu Ming found that within three days of the list being reported, Qin Lieping knew about it.

Qin Lieping smiled secretly, you have someone in Wuhan who revealed the news, don't I have a Huangpu student. This kind of thing is a happy event, how can you hide it, several classmates have congratulated him. When the division of the third regiment system is the head of the regiment, it is generally necessary to be in the fourth phase of Huangpu.

"It's a pity that Zhao endured it, I don't know if he has any opinions." Xu Ming actually likes Zhao Ren very much, he thought about it for a long time in the list of regiment leaders, and finally chose Peng Cong. In his own troops, Xu Ming, Qin Lieping, Zhao Ren, and Chen Huizhi are all relatively stubborn guys, and only Zhao Ren is more flexible.

"Of course he has an opinion!" Qin Lieping extinguished the cigarette butt and said with a smile.

"Then, Lieping, you see how I can talk to Zhao Ren when he comes back." If Zhao Ren has an opinion, it will be difficult to do, and it will not be easy to change the list after it is reported.

"Although Zhao Ren is not here, I know what his opinion is, it is you Xu Shizuo who looks down on him. He is the most loyal and honest person, and he will not compete for fame and fortune, and he will never care whether he is the head of a supplementary regiment or a regular regiment. Qin Lieping also pretended to be dissatisfied.

"Qianli, as a superior, of course, you have to consider the feelings of your subordinates, but you can't completely consider the feelings of your subordinates. Zhao Ren will not oppose your decision, if anyone else dares to object, he will definitely be cleared out. Qin Lieping knew that Xu Ming's biggest shortcoming was that he was soft-hearted, or too considerate of his subordinates, which was certainly good in peacetime, but very fatal in the army.

Xu Ming nodded gratefully at Qin Lieping, he was about to become a senior officer, and he really had to study hard to lead troops and manage.

"Report, call from the Military Commission" A herald walked in, holding a telegram in his hand.

Xu Ming took a look, it was an order for him to go to Wuhan to report, and it seemed that becoming the division commander had been completely determined.

If you want to become a serious division commander, there are a lot of procedures, the Quanxu Department handles the personnel and Quanxuan procedures, the General Affairs Office of the Military Command Department reports, the Ordnance Department receives weapons, the Quartermaster Department receives materials, and the Military Training Department handles personnel supplement......

Xu Ming ran down in two days, and his legs were thin. However, what comforted him was that these departments seemed to have been notified and took great care of him, and many things that were not easy to do were actually accommodating. For example, in terms of military rank, Xu Ming is only a major, and the division commander is generally a lieutenant general, which is several levels behind, and finally the Quanxu Hall gave him a temporary rank of major general, although it is not very formal, he Xu Ming can also be called a general.

The Military Command Office actually assigned him more than 100 graduates of the 14th phase of Whampoa; Dai Li also informed him that more than 500 veterans from the Shanghai area would also be reported; The most satisfying thing for him is the replenishment of ordnance, before the Anti-Japanese War, he bought a total of 100,000 Mauser 98K, this rifle was the main standard rifle of the German army in World War II at that time, the performance was very superior, the 107th Division was divided into 5,000, and the rest were all formal.

Xu Ming vaguely felt that something was wrong, his relationship with the Huangpu family was indeed good, but it was impossible to receive such preferential treatment. Take the Mauser 98K as an example, this rifle is very good because of its range, accuracy and stability, all the army broke their heads, Yu Jishi is said to be a bald nephew, and his 74th Army was only allocated 3,000 pieces.

After running all this, he had to take the final and most important step to meet the bald dude.

It should be said that Xu Ming is still very grateful to him at this time, becoming a general has always been Xu Ming's dream from his previous life to the next generation, although his 107th division is only the number of a division, but Zhao Ren has already called, from the four counties of Qiyang, Xinning, Wugang, and Dong'an in Hunan, there will be more than 12,000 supplementary troops. These soldiers have received a certain degree of military training since the end of last year, and after Zhao Ren's three-month intensive training, they have already possessed basic combat capability.

When you see Lao Jiang, you should smile at him first to show your gratitude.

Unexpectedly, Lao Jiang saw him in Luojia Mountain Villa and smiled at him first.

What is the situation! Lao Jiang is diligent, if you are not a big traitor, you will be a big thief!

"Ah, it's Qianli, you did a good job in Wuhu. Young man, you have to dare to do it, your matter in Nanjing Liangzhen also told me, if it weren't for you, we might have to lose 50,000 more people, don't care too much about that Sver matter......"

Lao Jiang began to put a high hat on him again, but the problem was that more than 1 month had passed since the events in Nanjing, so why didn't he say it before.

"Have you eaten it?" Song Meiling next to her asked with concern.

"Not yet." Xu Ming replied honestly, he really didn't dare to eat in order to see Lao Jiang. This kind of thing has to wait a lot of times, and the time is often very long, otherwise the bald brother is talking about it well, and he said: "Don't be in a hurry to talk about it first, I'll go to the last WC first......"

"Then let's eat a little here first, I'll prepare it, I'm afraid you won't be used to eating the food here, it's a little light."

What a situation! Do you want to cook in person, which one are you going to make a fuss about!

It's not just a husband and wife, it's a family of three! Jiang Jingguo walked over, with admiration on his face, and Xu Ming's heart trembled with laughter.

"Brother Qianli, my father was very happy when he heard about the victory in Wuhu, and he always taught me to be like you."

Jianfeng, my current age is 27 years old, are you 28 years old, is it okay, there is no need for this.

Until now, Xu Ming no longer understands that he is a nerd, and Lao Jiang is short of money to spend.

Xu Ming had mentioned before that if the Anti-Japanese War came to the last moment and he really needed money urgently, he could consider cashing out the Yuming Group to save the emergency, it seems that Jiang Guangtou remembered these words.

Lao Jiang actually can't help it. Last year's fiscal revenue deficit was huge, and this year's situation will only get worse. Now the government has nothing but printing money and giving a little loan from the United States and Britain, and all that remains is the issuance of public bonds and the collection of donations.

In order to save money, all military and government personnel took the country's difficult salary and cut their salary income proportionally, but this was obviously not enough. The cost of the production and procurement of weapons and ammunition, the relief of refugees, the bereavement of the disabled soldiers, and the construction of fortifications cannot be saved.

"Qianli, how much money can Yuming Group take out every year to support the Anti-Japanese War?" Lao Jiang finally got to the point.

Song Meiling also came back and said on the side: "Qianli, the government's finances are very difficult now, and the soldiers on the front line report that the money distributed every month can only buy a few pieces of soap and straw sandals; There is no money for the resettlement of the families of the soldiers, and some of the children of the soldiers are even living on the streets. ”

Xu Ming thought about it and decided to give Lao Jiang a multiple-choice question, "Chairman, now Yuming Group can provide about 15 million US dollars per year, and it may be about 20 million this year, and it will increase by about 2 to 3 percent per year in the future." If it is realized at one time, it can be sold for about 100 million dollars. ”

Xu Ming is actually reluctant to sell Yuming, Yuming is still a chicken who has not grown up, according to the estimation of general manager Swindon, Yuming's current assets are only about 100 million, but after 5 years, it can be worth at least 500 million US dollars, and it may reach 2 billion in 10 years! Become one of the top 10 largest companies in the world.

"Qianli, that's right, just now the U.S. government agreed to sell us the latest fighter jets, but they want cash."

Xu Ming knew what was going on, and Song Ziwen went to the United States to make a big purchase and signed a purchase contract totaling more than $30 million. In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, the United States basically adopted a wait-and-see posture towards the Sino-Japanese war, but this did not prevent their military industrial enterprises from making a windfall. As long as you have money, you can buy anything, in other words, don't think about anything without money!

Lao Jiang didn't answer his question in person, Xu Ming knew what Lao Jiang really meant, Lao Jiang should have wanted to sell Yuming at one time, but it was not easy to say this. Yuming Group is a personal enterprise founded by Xu Ming, and no one has the right to ask Xu Ming to donate all his property. This is not a little bit of money, there are hundreds of millions of dollars, which is equivalent to half of China's total exports before the Anti-Japanese War!

Therefore, Xu Ming was promoted to division commander by leapfrogging, and the personnel and equipment were also handled according to the best. It's just that this division is not cheap, worth more than 300 million!

Lao Jiang really knows how to do business, and it only cost a few million to buy the tens of thousands of horses and horses of Han Fuqu at the beginning, and now it costs hundreds of millions to sell a division to Xu Ming.

At this time, Chiang Ching-kuo came over with chicken soup, which was the most expensive bowl of chicken soup ever built in the world.

Farewell, KFC.

Farewell, McDonald's.

Farewell, Master Liu's instant noodles.

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Two months later, the Morgan consortium announced the acquisition of six major companies of Yuming Group for $113 million, and Xu Ming only retained 1% of the shares and the title of honorary chairman.