Under the setting sun, seeing the thirty horses being led away by Jiang Dingwen and other officials and a group of guards, An Yi was so distressed that he was about to cry.

Hu Zi and Yin Jinan were also uncomfortable, Hu Zi's face was blue, his eyes were half-closed, Yin Jinan simply turned his head and didn't want to look at it.

Hu Shusen and Xu Tingyao looked at each other and smiled, Hu Shusen took out a document from his pocket, and said loudly: "An Yi, Hu Jialin, and Yin Jinan listen to the order!" ”

"The subordinates are here!"

An Yi had no strength to leg, and Hu Zi and Yin Jinan didn't dare to slack off and immediately stood up straight.

Hu Shusen opened the document and read it out solemnly: "After the division headquarters has studied and decided and reported to the military department for approval, An Yi will be appointed as the deputy commander of the engineer battalion of the second division and promoted to the rank of major; Hu Jialin was appointed as the commander of the first company of the engineer battalion and the captain and staff officer of the engineer battalion; Yin Jinan was appointed as the commander of the third company, and concurrently the political instructor of the engineer battalion, and was promoted to the rank of captain. This order! Commander of the Second Division: Liu Xiao. ”

An Yi and the three of them were still immersed in pain and anger, hearing this good news, they were not mentally prepared at all, the three of them looked at each other, not knowing what to do, and their faces were at a loss under the impact of one joy and one worry.

"Haha, didn't expect that, right? When did Shizuo and us, the chiefs, not remember the merits of their subordinates? Where is it as petty as you boys think? ”

Xu Tingyao took half a step forward and gently patted An Yi's shoulder: "This is the reward you deserve, the principal was very happy to receive our telegram in the afternoon, and greatly encouraged him, and Deputy Commander Wang also issued a commendation order." The brothers of the whole division know that without your timely discovery and report, we would not have had our excellent record of not wounding a single soldier and capturing more than 3,800 people, and without the resourceful and courageous resistance of your brothers under your leadership, our Second Division would not have carried out the encirclement so smoothly.

Maybe you don't know, General Tang Shengzhi was furious when he learned that we had captured this group of stubborn enemies, and scolded Liu Xing, a general under his command who led the team to Wuli Pai to lay a net. This second division of the Hunan army is the most capable unit in the direct Hunan army, not only strict military discipline, but also all veterans, at that time it was Zhang Hongluan who led them to defeat the two divisions of General Tang Shengzhi and drive him out of Hengyang City, and at the cost of nearly half of the casualties in the early hours of this morning, defeated the resistance of 8,000 officers and soldiers of General Tang Shengzhi's He Jianshi, and seriously injured He Jianshi successfully escaped, so no wonder General Tang Shengzhi was so angry, haha! ”

Hu Shusen continued: "There are some things I think I should tell you, this batch of more than 3,800 prisoners was only obtained by our second division with three companies of pitiful 500 people, and the rest were transferred to the first division of the deputy commander Wang Bailing for training, so you should be considerate of the difficulties of the division and the good intentions of our commanders."

Also, today's thirty horses, you should think that many battalion commanders do not have horses, and they also need horses to travel, if you let all of you stay, won't you become a thorn in the side of others? I believe that you should have this realization, but it is uncomfortable to watch the things that you have fought for your life come back with for a while.

Okay, I won't say much else, the three of you must make some achievements in your new positions, continue to carry forward the spirit of the model company you founded, and strive to turn the engineer battalion into a model battalion of the whole army, so as to win glory for our second division, and also fight for the division seat and our commanders who are optimistic about you! ”

"Yes!"

An Yi took the lead and replied loudly, Hu Shusen approached the tall war horse selected for the two of them, patted the horse on the neck and was about to ride, An Yi hurriedly went over and asked: "Chief of Staff, what are the arrangements between our battalion instructor Du and the first company commander Li Houcai?" ”

Hu Shusen put down his leg and patted his head: "I almost forgot to tell you, Du Zhengkuan was promoted to the division department, Li Houcai was transferred to the company commander by your old brother Li Yannian, and the second company commander Cao Fuming was also transferred by Hui Dongsheng's sixth regiment, and he also served as the new company commander who had just expanded. ”

"But, so ......," An Yi said anxiously.

"But what? Go back and think about it, I'm usually quite a smart person, but I'm confused at this time, and I don't know how you followed Mr. Ou Yaoting for so long......"

Xu Tingyao unceremoniously interrupted An Yi's words, and Hu Shusen went back with a horse, praising each other that your horse is better than mine, and after a while, he said that our horse is not as good as An Yi's three boys' horses, but it is indeed much stronger than the original horse.

An Yi thought about it for a long time and still couldn't figure it out, Hu Zi and Yin Jinan were also real people, everyone had not been officials for a long time, and they had no experience in this area, so the three of them discussed for a while, and walked to the battalion headquarters five hundred meters to the south together.

The battalion headquarters is a landlord's granary in the lower village, and the grain in it has long been looted by the fighting army, leaving a sturdy and tall warehouse, which is also suitable for office space.

After An Yi finished reporting, he walked to the battalion commander Kuang Shimin and sat down, and the lonely Kuang Shimin beckoned the orderly soldiers to serve tea, and looked at An Yi with a sad face, which immediately startled An Yi:

"Battalion commander, are you sick?"

Kwong Shimin took the cigarette of his beard and lit it, and replied angrily: "If only I was really sick!" Lose that mother, everyone has climbed the high branches, but leave me here, if it weren't for the few of you who are still here, Lao Tzu would also pat his ass and leave! ”

An Yi understood Kuang Shimin's thoughts: "Battalion commander, you won't go to the division seat to talk to you, right?" The position of quartermaster of our division has always been vacant, and with the relationship between you and the division, it is not a matter of one sentence? ”

"Oops! I don't say anything kind about my brother, I have been looking for the master a lot during this time, but the master also has his difficulties! Not to mention staring at the position of the quartermaster, no one is willing to take over my position, especially after your third company was set up as a model company by the principal, those who want to come do not have this qualification, and those who can come are not willing to practice to the death like the three of you, and they are also worried that they will not be able to control you, the principal's protégé, so I have to stay, do you really think I am willing? ”

Although Kuang Shimin's surname is cowardly, he has no scruples in front of An Yi, on the contrary, since An Yi came under his command, he respects him in everything, and never forgets to give him a copy of the battalion commander if there is any reward, Kuang Shimin has also accumulated the capital that is indispensable for the promotion of middle-level officers because of the excellent performance of An Yi's third company, so no matter whether he contributes to the achievements of the third company, at least the teaching method can not be easily erased.

An Yi nodded in understanding: "Battalion commander, if you don't rush to come, maybe there will be another village, just like your subordinates now, it's useless to be anxious." Just now, the chief of staff and the deputy division commander came to my place for dinner, wiped their mouths and scolded us after eating, and then used military threats to snatch away the 30 war horses we had captured. Just when the three of us were discouraged, the chief of staff suddenly announced the appointment of his subordinates as your battalion deputy, and Hu Zi and Ji Nan were also promoted, serving as the commanders of the first and third companies respectively, and concurrently serving as the battalion staff officer and instructor, but we have no bottom in our hearts! No, the three of us are dizzy, and we all have no ideas, so we can only come to you for ideas. ”

Kwong Shimin stood up in surprise: "Really? How did I not know? ”

"It is estimated that it was a sudden, Deputy Division Commander Xu told me that they would come to me after the military department called back, and the letter of appointment would be sent tomorrow morning."

An Yi answered truthfully, and explained the words left by Hu Shusen and Xu Tingyao before leaving, and asked Kuang Shimin what he meant?

Kuang Shimin slowly sat down with a smile on his face: "Xiao Yi, you brothers have sent it!" It looks like I, the battalion commander, will soon give way to you, haha! I wish you were the battalion commander tomorrow! ”

An Yi and the three didn't know how to understand, Kuang Shimin waved his hand to drive away the orderly, and motioned for the three to sit closer:

"Xiao Yi, the whole division knows that the division seat is the same as you Sanlian and other departments on the surface, but he cares most about the third company in his heart, and you do fight for the division and the commanders, not to mention the 100,000 yuan that won Zhang Huizan in betting, just say that the honor you have earned back in the past few months makes our second division deeply proud, can the division not look at you differently? What's more, Xiao Yi and Ji Nan are both students that the principal attaches great importance to, and the principal of the graduation ceremony personally named you, and the ministers of the school unanimously elected the two of you to take over the Zhongzheng Sword, and even the beard is from Huangpu like me, you won't have thought about this relationship...... Good! It seems that you also understand in your hearts, I continued. ”

Kuang Shimin drank half a cup of tea, and then said: "The first company commander Li Houcai and the second company commander Cao Fuming both graduated from the third phase of the infantry department, and like all the generals and colonels in the army, they all look down on our engineers. The two of them jumped up and down to find a way to transfer away before the expedition, plus after the three of you boys came, they were dazzling and made one achievement after another, think about it, are the two of them still willing to stay? I don't want to do it in other words, because the battalion commander's job designation can't be expected, and it's better to go to the infantry regiment that is the easiest to make contributions to the three of you, not to mention that their old profession is the infantry department, now I understand...... Besides, why don't you transfer a new company commander in, but let all three of you take care of both, this is very understandable, it is nothing more than two possibilities: first, they can't find a suitable candidate for the division, and they don't want the three of you to encounter too much resistance, they are deliberately using this opportunity to let you pick up the burden and mature as soon as possible, especially Xiao Yi, if I guess correctly, the day you became the battalion commander may be the day when I Kuang got my wish, and according to the development of the war, this time will not be too long, compared with the example of promotion in the two Eastern Crusades, The three of you are still rising slowly! ”

"I see, that's how it is...... Battalion commander, tell me what your second one might be? ”

Now An Yi finally opened his mind, and this revelation was terrible, and he had already vaguely guessed what Kuang Shimin's second might be.

Kuang Shimin laughed: "This second is what our Principal Jiang meant, I don't think Principal Jiang will say it, but since the principal suddenly proposed to establish your third company as a 'model company of the whole army' and generously equip it with a batch of new weapons, everyone at the top should understand the principal's ardent hopes, not to mention that the division and several commanders also have such plans, plus Xiao Yi, you guys are left and right, and you can get along with everyone, so there is this vague decision, understand, haha!" ”

The three of them suddenly realized, and their hearts were full of mixed feelings.

An Yi thought for a while and said: "Battalion commander, it is estimated that we only have half a day tomorrow morning, and we will start in the afternoon, so we must determine the officers at all levels of the battalion at nine o'clock tomorrow morning at the latest, otherwise it will be a mess!" ”

Kuang Shimin laughed: "It's not simple? The three of you will make a list here, and write whoever you like, and if you don't have a diploma, add the word acting in front of your position, and I will send it to the division headquarters as soon as you finish writing. At this time, it is estimated that they are still in a meeting, just let them wave their pens, and I will blow the whistle tomorrow morning, and announce it in a centralized manner. ”

"Battalion commander, you know more about the first and second companies, you say how many people can be selected, otherwise I don't have a bottom in my heart!" An Yi smiled respectfully.

Where does Kuang Shimin not know that this is An Yi taking care of his face? With relief, he proposed two candidates for platoon commander and one company deputy, and said to An Yi half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Xiao Yi, if you are promoted one day, I will have to come to the door to beg for food!" ”

An Yi laughed: "Battalion commander, you are hurting me, you, no matter what happens in the future, you will always be my battalion commander, you know, I An Yi does not promise easily, but as long as I promise, I must do it!" ”

"Good! Lao Tzu knows that you kid is righteous enough, otherwise where would there be so many brothers working for you? Ha ha...... Write quickly, don't waste time! ”

Kwong Shimin stood up happily, his face already smiling into a chrysanthemum.

(To be continued)