In just one night, Xiao Yiming excerpted dozens of reviews and summaries of weapons and equipment that had been rigorously tested and certified by authoritative organizations in Europe and the United States from the notes and materials of various European and American journals that he had read and translated over the past year, and combined with the current situation of the construction and equipment of the new army in China, he wrote a 15,000-word "Development Trend of the New Army's Weapons and Equipment," briefly stating the types of weapons and the characteristics of their uses, as well as the equipment situation of the new forces in various localities. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of weapons and equipment of the same type in various countries, and finally expound their own ideas for the development of weapons and equipment in light of the actual domestic situation.

A week after the report was submitted to Governor Zhao Erxun, Xiao Yiming submitted the report on the equipment application for the 17th town of the New Army to the Governor's Yamen Clerk in strict accordance with the procedures for the transmission of official documents.

Things really happened as Xiao Yiming expected.

As early as three days ago, Zhao Erxun took out the "Development Trend of Weapons and Equipment of the New Army" written by Xiao Yiming, and asked the civil and military senior staff around him to read and discuss it together, which was unanimously respected by all the senior staff.

Zhao Erxun was delighted, and personally wrote a three-page review of this "insightful and far-reaching" report, and then asked the scribe to transcribe two copies in beautiful italics, stamped with a large seal, and ordered to submit it to the imperial court and the Ministry of War as soon as possible.

Two days later, Zhu Qinglan, the commander of the 17th town of the New Army, led and jointly signed by four subordinate generals, sent a report on the purchase of this equipment and an application for an inspection to Zhao Erxun's desk. Now that nearly half of the new army is equipped with Hanyang-made rifles produced by the Sichuan Arsenal, and the proportion of 79 calibers is getting larger and larger, Zhu Qinglan is willing to seek the near and far and be very picky, and once again clamoring to go to Yueben to buy 8,000 Yueben rifles, more than 20 artillery pieces, and hundreds of machine guns, how can Zhao Erxun not be angry?

As a result, needless to say, Governor Zhao didn't even give half a word, raised his hand and threw it to the clerk waiting aside, and this report naturally ended up in the fate of "archiving", and I don't know when it will be re-raised.

Xiao Yiming waited for two days, but did not see Zhu Qinglan's report approved, so he smiled and instructed Zheng Changze, the newly assigned assistant and graduated from the first phase of the Army Accelerated School, to transfer the report of the Army Lecture Hall, and after reading it, he thought about it for a while, and told Zheng Changze to go to the Lecture Hall to see if the situation reflected was true.

Zheng Changze, Yang Sen, Liu Xiang, Wang Qian, Qiao Yifu and others are all classmates of the accelerated school, the body is thin, the words are not much, not obvious but good at thinking and acting, academic performance and military theoretical foundation are among the best, if it were not for the poor physical condition, he should not be here at this moment, but should study in the Baoding Army Accelerated School.

Zheng Changze, who is from Neijiang in central Sichuan, is one year older than Xiao Yiming, but he has great respect and admiration for his instructor Xiao Yiming. When Zheng Changze entered the new army as a recruit squad leader, he worked for a year, and after a year the new army was expanded, Zheng Changze, who was unwilling to follow the crowd and form gangs, naturally could not be promoted, and no general found his talent, and finally the new Shangguan exiled him to the baggage battalion transportation team as an assistant military academy, which is equivalent to the second lieutenant secretary.

After Xiao Yiming came to the Military Garrison Department, he accidentally found Zheng Changze's name when he flipped through the archives of various departments of the New Army, and after a little pondering, he knew what he had encountered with this student he admired very much, and it happened that Xiao Yiming lacked an adjutant, so he immediately transferred Zheng Changze to his side, Zheng Changze was promoted to one level and became the deputy military academy staff officer of the Military Garrison Department, Xiao Yiming also regarded Zheng Changze as his brother, never hid it from him, and trusted him.

Zheng Changze has been full of vitality since then, working diligently, thinking about everything in front, taking care of Xiao Yiming's office in an orderly manner, and finally having a stage to show his excellent talent.

The next morning, Xiao Yiming entered his office, and at a glance saw the report on the table, Xiao Yiming picked it up and admired it for a long time, and was full of praise for Zheng Changze's beautiful calligraphy, and was even more fortunate after reading the report - finally got a rigorous and realistic assistant with good information.

At half past two in the afternoon, at the invitation of Wu Zhongyong, the general office of the Sichuan Army Lecture Hall, Wang Kaichen, the conference office, and Zhu Xiangxi, the superintendent, Xiao Yiming happily came to the lecture hall to give a speech to the students.

Because Wu, Wang, and Zhu are all from the governor's military system, and Xiao Yiming has a good relationship with each other, and more than 800 students also know that the several excellent textbooks they have learned are from Xiao Yiming's hands, so the teachers and students are very welcome and look forward to Xiao Yiming's arrival.

Xiao Yiming, who came with a not-so-pure purpose, was still so graceful, standing on the high platform, first saluting a group of instructors, and then saluting all the students, without the slightest pretentiousness and arrogance, so as soon as he put his hand down, he immediately won another round of applause from the teachers and students.

Xiao Yiming was no longer polite, and slowly inhaled in front of more than 800 students:

"Brothers, this is the first time I have stood in front of so many respected teachers, colleagues, and more than 800 outstanding young people to speak. When I came to power, I kept asking myself what I was panicking about. At this moment, I understood that the reason why I was weak and panicked was because I was facing teachers and colleagues on the stage who were more knowledgeable and experienced than me, and the future pillars of the country and the nation were off the stage, so I was not confident enough. ”

After a brief period of astonishment in the audience, they burst into laughter, followed by warm applause, Wu Zhongyong couldn't help laughing, and said that he didn't expect this kid to be so bewitching.

The applause stopped for a while, and Xiao Yiming continued:

"Most of the brothers present know that I, Xiao Yiming, once served as an instructor in the Army Crash School, and I also did military education when I was on duty in the Supervision and Training Department, and I was transferred to the Military Garrison Department not long ago, but I want to say today that I Xiao Yiming is incompetent, and I am sorry for all the teachers and brothers present, because I have not come to visit you for such a long time, and I don't know about everyone's study and living conditions. The more than 800 trainees, who carry the ardent hopes of tens of millions of fathers and villagers, carry training guns every day that are all obsolete and malfunctioning, and they are still covered with all kinds of quilts like Hanako on cold nights...... Brothers, I don't want to give any speech today, I just want to say to the brothers: I'm sorry! ”

The stage was stunned, the audience was silent, countless pairs of eyes looked at Xiao Yiming, who bowed deeply, and soon flushed, and hundreds of teachers and students were moved to tears for Xiao Yiming's self-blame.

Xiao Yiming raised her head, raised her voice and said loudly:

"Brethren, I pledge that all men will have the best new steel guns in their hands before the sun goes down today; I promise that after the sun sets today, the brothers will be covered with warm military quilts, and if I can't do it, I will strip off and stand guard at the door every day for the brothers! ”

After Xiao Yiming finished speaking, he saluted, jumped off the high platform regardless of it, and strode towards his horse under the gaze of a pair of stunned or excited eyes, and flew on the horse with an arrow step, took the horse thrown by the head of the guard and spurred the horse away.

didn't run a few dozen meters, and a sea of applause and cheers poured out from behind him.

An hour and a half passed, more than 20 transport carriages from the military garrison drove into the lecture hall, and more than 800 students lined up in a neat line were very excited, watching as the long boxes printed with foreign letters were removed and immediately pried open, and the instructors took out brand-new German Mauser rifles from the inside, and gave them to every student who was excited and looking forward to them with great cherishment.

More than 30 workers wearing the uniforms of the Huaxi Company jumped out of the carriage and quickly unloaded bundles of green military quilts from the carriage, as well as large cardboard boxes full of military blankets.

When the teachers and students were looking for Xiao Yiming everywhere, they found that the respected and beloved Xiao Daren did not come, which made the teachers and students sigh with mixed feelings.

Where's Lord Xiao? What is he doing at the moment?

In the governor's study, Xiao Yiming stood in the middle and lowered his head: "Uncle Shi, I'm afraid that my little nephew will be infamous for being a fake benevolent and false righteousness." ”

Zhao Erxun shook his head with a smile: "It's not as serious as you say, even if someone gossips, you have done a good thing for the students, but it is just a little reckless and inconsiderate." This is not a question of 1,000 new rifles and 1,000 sets of quilts and blankets, but what you do is tantamount to slapping Zhu Qinglan, the commander of the new army, and the gang of co-commanders in the face, if they hadn't forcibly replaced the new guns of the lecture hall before the start of school, if they hadn't connived at their subordinates and stole the new quilts issued to the students of the lecture hall, there would be no such thing today. Overall, you did nothing wrong and there is no need to blame yourself. ”

"But...... The little nephew is indeed selfish, and he has been full of grievances for the past year, and today he finally vented regardless of it, and he knew that he had caused trouble after he finished it. Xiao Yiming was honest and had nothing to hide.

Zhao Erxun laughed when he heard this, and said boldly: "What if you offend them?" Do they dare to retaliate against you? The power in your hands is not an ornament! Do you know why I transferred you to the military station? And why is there a delay in appointing a new General Office of the Armament Service? It's because your kid's surname is too good, and you never say anything when you are wronged, how can you develop the demeanor of a general who acts at the right time and kills decisively? I'm just going to hone you, understand? ”

"Uncle Shi......"

When Xiao Yiming raised her head, her eyes were already red, and she couldn't say a word anymore.

Zhao Erxun waved his hand impatiently: "Okay, manly man, how can you be such a little daughter?" Hold my chest up, what to do, get out! ”

"Yes......"

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