Song Zhewu, who escaped and came back, met the brigade headquarters signal soldiers sent by the chief of staff Xiao Guodong to find him at the gate of the city, and hurried back to the brigade headquarters, where Xiao Guodong was anxiously waiting in the brigade headquarters. Song Zhewu was a little surprised: "What happened?" "The secretary general Chen came just now, and he said that in five days, Lu Zuo, director of the Second Division of the Central Party Department, inspector of the Central Disarmament Division, and his entourage will arrive in Laiyuan." "What is the purpose of their coming to Laiyuan?" Song Zhewu was a little puzzled. "According to Secretary Chen, Lu Zuo is here to handle the matter of our joining the Kuomintang, but his status as an inspector makes me a little worried. Could it be that the Nanjing side is not at ease with our unit and wants to reduce it? Xiao Guodong said worriedly.

Song Zhewu took out a delicate silver cigarette case, took out one from it, lit it and took a deep breath, leaned back in his chair and frowned in thought. Song Zhewu is a regular smoker, and only takes out his small cigarette case when he has a difficult problem. Xiao Guodong knew Song Zhewu's habits, and he didn't bother him, just sat quietly on the side.

Song Zhewu finished smoking a cigarette, and he also had an idea in his heart: "Brother Xiao, I judge that this Lu Zuo is definitely not here to reduce the security brigade, it should be as the person surnamed Chen said, to handle the matter of our joining the Kuomintang." Obviously, the Nanjing side deeply felt that the local factions were supporting the troops and respecting themselves. And the main thing is to deal with the Gui family, the Northwest Army, the Jin Sui Army, and other people from all walks of life will not move for the time being. This is one of them; Second, we are Hebei's local security forces, and we are not among those who want to be reduced, and even if we want to cut them, we must have the Hebei Provincial Political Axe to cut them, and if Nanjing wants to reduce our security brigade, it will inevitably notify the Hebei Provincial Political Axe. However, there is no news from Beiping to explain that Lu Zuo and his entourage are not here to reduce our security brigade. ”

Xiao Guodong was originally a smart person, but he was too sensitive to disarmament, and he was the person in the security brigade who knew Song Zhewu's family background and the real strength of the security brigade best, except for Song Zhewu, such a large army, it is still a little unrealistic to say that it is now pulled out and argued with various factions, but once he has the opportunity, he will definitely make anyone daunted. The so-called concern is chaos, Xiao Guodong knows that it is not easy for his little brother to pull up this army, and it is even more difficult to keep this army and realize his ambitions, because he cares too much, so he didn't think about it for a while. As soon as Song Zhewu said it, he also immediately figured it out.

"Wengo, your analysis is correct, and I think that having Luzo come may also have the purpose of observing our strength up close, so I think it's time for us to show our strength now."

If the pace of history is still moving according to the established trajectory, then after March 29, until the Central Plains War in 1930, everywhere is in chaos. Although the strength of ninja can achieve unexpected results, it also has a disadvantage, that is, it is not taken seriously, and of course, it is not easy to be recognized by all parties, and it will be very difficult to achieve his goal. In the past, Shinobi hid his strength because he was too weak and could easily be swallowed by all sides; But now, he has grown up and is already very strong, and no one can easily eat him except Nanjing, and now it is indeed time for him to make a high-profile appearance.

Thinking of this, Song Zhewu said to Xiao Guodong: "Yes, now is the time for us to show our strength." I think that we will bring forward our original half-year assessment time, just five days later. Xiao Guodong thought for a while and said, "Wen Ge, I think so, let's set the start time on the second day of Lu Zuo's arrival, and the time will be roughly five or six days later. Also, do you think you want to send a telegram to Beiping? "If you want to send it, tell the Beiping side about Lu Zuolai." Song Zhewu said without thinking. This matter must be told to Shang Zhen, the only umbrella of the security brigade now is Shang Zhen, if he misunderstands that the security brigade abandons him and throws himself to Nanjing, it will be inappropriate, although Shang Zhen himself is also moving closer to Nanjing.

Five days later, Lu Zuo and his entourage finally came to Laiyuan, because there are less than 20 days to celebrate the Spring Festival, Lu Zuo is anxious to go back to Nanjing to celebrate the New Year with his family, so the efficiency is surprisingly high, in the afternoon in the front yard of the Geyuan Temple, for all the officers above the company level of the security brigade except for the cavalry regiment held a collective party joining ceremony, the officers and soldiers below the company level were immediately returned to fill out the form and held the ceremony by the battalion commanders with the assistance of the party headquarters and Lu Zuo's attaché, before 6 o'clock in the evening, more than 80,000 people of the security brigade in Laiyuan completed all the procedures.

That night, after picking up the wind for Lu Zuo and his entourage in the only restaurant in Laiyuan County, the next day, Lu Zuo said that he had something to do and returned to Nanjing. Only Wen Qing, the instructor of the Nanjing Military Academy who came with him, was left, which made Song Zhewu, who wanted to show his strength in front of Lu Zuo, very depressed. However, this instructor Wen heard last night that the security brigade was going to conduct a training assessment the next day, and he was very interested, and Lu Zuo explained to Song Zhewu that Wen Qing had developed a habit of being an instructor, and he had to look at the training of the troops wherever he went, hoping that Song Zhewu would provide convenient conditions. Although Lu Zuo's departure made Song Zhewu a little disappointed, it was okay for this instructor to be here, anyway, he had made up his mind and would no longer hide his strength, and immediately said that the instructor could go to various regiments to see at will.

The next day, Song Zhewu went to ask the instructor to watch the assessment, and the instructor said that he would only send him a staff officer to accompany him, and he didn't want to affect Song Zhewu to preside over the evaluation.

The evaluation of the security brigade lasted for more than half a month and was not completed until 1 February. During this period, Wen Qing, accompanied by Chu Feng, ran all over the assessment venues of each regiment, and after the 4th regiment's stabbing assessment, he also deliberately asked the escort platoon he brought to have a confrontation with a winning platoon of the 4th regiment, to Song Zhewu's surprise, although the opponent's platoon was finally wiped out, the remaining 8 people in the platoon of the 4th regiment were all injured.

The whole test is divided into four stages: the first stage is the queue, armed cross-country, shooting, and stabbing assessment; The second stage is the tactical evaluation from the individual all the way to the regiment; The third stage is the confrontation drill of the regiment; The last day was a composite drill for the whole brigade, including the special brigade. Among them, although the special brigade is part of the entire synthetic exercise, only Song Zhewu and Xiao Guodong know their tasks and subjects. This brigade-wide combined drill was unaware of the various regiment commanders in advance, and it was completely a surprise attack. The exercise orders were issued at 1 a.m., and they were all long-distance attacks, and all regiments were constantly notified of changes in the enemy's situation ahead on the way forward, and all regiments had to make rapid contingencies according to the changes in the enemy's situation. The exercise ended at 8 o'clock on the second day, and because of the frequent night emergency drills in the past, all regiments arrived at the designated area within the required time, but this time the attack was farther than before, and the three newly formed regiments of the 4th, 5th, and 6th were a little messy. However, Song Zhewu was still very happy in his heart, and through this assessment, he knew that his army was not only a qualified army, but also a strong army, and all that was lacking was actual combat experience.

When the troops returned to their respective stations at noon, cadres at and above the battalion level immediately rushed to the brigade headquarters to conduct an appraisal and announce the results of the comprehensive appraisal. Because it was a sudden attack drill at night, Wen Qing was not notified, and even Chu Feng didn't know, and the two of them only found out in the morning, so they had to wait at the brigade headquarters. Song Zhewu explained to Wen Qing the reason why he was not informed, and Wen Qing smiled and showed his understanding and asked to participate in their evaluation. Song Zhewu certainly agreed.

The appraisal meeting was also a celebration party, and a long table was set up in the courtyard of the brigade headquarters, and everyone tossed from early morning to afternoon, and they didn't have a good meal, so the table had already been placed with wine and food.

The results of the evaluation were announced by Chief of Staff Xiao Guodong: The comprehensive results of all regiments have met the assessment standards, and the regiment commanders who have not been demoted and retained have been secretly relieved. This time, except for Liang Fang, the commander of the artillery regiment, and the commanders of the 1st and 2nd regiments were not deducted, several other regiments were deducted, among them, the three regiment-level cadres of the 5th regiment were deducted the most, and each of them was deducted 3 yuan. When announcing the result of the deduction, Chu Feng explained to Wen Qing in a low voice, Wen Qing was silent with a smile at first, and then saw that the regimental level cadres of the 3rd Regiment who had only been deducted a few pieces, or even only one piece of the ocean, were all dejected, and the cadres of the 1st and 2nd regiments and the artillery regiment who had not been deducted were arrogant, Wen Qing's eyes gradually became solemn when he looked at Song Zhewu.

"Brethren, after 5 months of training, you have achieved results that are satisfactory to me and the Chief of Staff, and the Chief of Staff and I are very happy!" Song Zhewu began his concluding remarks: "I am most pleased that none of you have been demoted and retained, that is, you are all qualified officers. This also shows that I and the chief of staff, the two commanders of the 1st and 3rd regiments, the commander of the 2nd regiment, Gao Commander, and the commander of the artillery regiment Liang have taught well, because you are all taught by us, and I am sincerely happy to see you all grow up. As he spoke, he raised his wine glass, and I saluted the two chiefs of staff for this first drink, as well as the two commanders of the 1st and 3rd regiments, the commander of the 2nd regiment, Gao Commander, and the commander of the artillery regiment. The few people who were ordered also stood up under the leadership of Xiao Guodong. Song Zhewu continued: "It is all your credit that the Security Brigade can have today, and now the officers above the squad leader of the Security Brigade are all your students, and some are even students of your students, you can be called Master." Song Zhewu's words caused a burst of laughter below, which made the somewhat dull atmosphere begin to liven. You are the great heroes of our security brigade, and I respect all of you. He drank it all down. After Xiao Guodong and the others finished drinking and sat down, they continued: "Second glass of wine, I salute all the officers of the security brigade here, it is because of the efforts of all of you that the military quality of the officers and men of our security brigade has been significantly improved, and I can proudly say today that our security brigade has truly become an army. After everyone finished drinking, Song Zhewu picked up the third glass of wine: "This glass of wine, I want to pay tribute to all the officers who were detained in this assessment." Song Zhewu's words surprised everyone, especially the officers who were deducted money, Song Zhewu continued: "Although you have been detained in the ocean, but the difference between you and the troops who have not been deducted is very small, some are only a company, or even a platoon dragging the whole regiment back, as long as you continue to work hard, I believe you will soon catch up with or even surpass them." After a pause, Song Zhewu continued: "In addition, let me tell you that the wine you are drinking now is specially sent by the chief of staff to buy from Shanxi, and it is all good wine that has been cellared for 30 years. As soon as the words fell, it caused a lot of laughter below, and even Wen Qing couldn't help laughing. The regimental-level officers who were deducted couldn't help laughing at first, but then many of them had tears in their eyes. The commander of the 5th regiment took the lead in standing up, holding a wine glass and said: "Commander, please rest assured, our 5th regiment will never fail to live up to your expectations, and we will definitely catch up as soon as possible." In order to hide the tears that were about to fall, he said loudly: "I was detained with 3 oceans, so I listened to the commander's words, drank 3 more cups, and drank the 3 oceans back." After saying that, he drank it all. This time, everyone did not laugh, and several other regiment commanders also expressed their stance that they must train the troops well......

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