On 10 May, the Sichuan Army's Supreme Military Conference was held in the Great Hall of the General Headquarters of the North Campus in Chengdu.

More than 10 political officials, including Zhang Lan, the envoy of the Sichuan Tour, Kuang Youmin, the speaker of the National Assembly, and Zeng Shouwu, the chief of civil affairs, attended the meeting as observers.

The military subdivisions under the General Headquarters of the Sichuan Army were successfully abolished and replaced by a strategic command structure at the army level.

The commander of the First Army was Wang Lingji, who was promoted to deputy commander of the Sichuan Army, and had the 1st Division of Zhong Tidao and the 5th Division of Deng Xihou under its jurisdiction, and the military headquarters was still located in Wanxian:

Sun Zhaoluan, commander of the Second Army, has the third division of Wang Juxu and the fourth division of Wang Jian, and the military headquarters is Xufu:

The commander of the Third Army was concurrently served by Xiao Yimin, under the jurisdiction of Liu Dingxun's Second Division, the newly formed Sixth Division of Tiaoyi, the military headquarters was tentatively located in Chengdu, the second division was stationed in Neijiang, and the sixth division was stationed in Suining.

Based on the principle of mutual compromise, the divisions under the jurisdiction of the First, Second, and Third Armies all retained the two-brigade and four-regiment system, and the establishment was reduced to 12,000 troops.

Lieutenant General Liu Bingxian no longer served as the commander of the Second Division, but was appointed full-time commander of the Yucheng Garrison Command.

The major military reform, which could trigger a bloody conflict at any time, officially kicked off with bursts of applause, and the total number of the Sichuan army was reduced from 150,000 to 120,000, excluding the 30,000 self-sufficient border troops stationed in Xikang.

Regardless of whether the more than 300 generals and colonels in the audience are willing or not, they all look up to the rostrum and applaud warmly, the major changes in the Sichuan army have become unstoppable, and the commander-in-chief Xiao Yimin has firmly grasped the army in his hands without bloodshed, and then the generals and colonels who are dissatisfied with Xiao Yimin will be squeezed out of the army, and the total number of soldiers who need to be cut off in each division after the standardization is as high as more than 28,000.

After the disarmament, the treatment of Sichuan officers and soldiers can be greatly improved, but the power and strength of officers at all levels will also be reduced, if you don't want to be kicked out of the army, you must make conscious changes, otherwise the end will definitely be miserable:

During the three-year rectification of the army, more than 70 officers have already fallen to the ground, and as many as 400 have been accused of corruption, dereliction of duty, and forcible annihilation, and have been sent to Batang, a bitter cold land, to serve hard labor under the whips of those Manchurian officers and men who smell of alcohol and smell badly!

In the eyes of hundreds of generals, Xiao Yimin, who was sitting in the center of the rostrum, said with the majesty of the Sichuan army, and said that with the victories of the Sichuan army again and again, the aura on Xiao Yimin's head also accumulated layer by layer, and between the gestures and gestures, it was naturally filled with the Ling Ran momentum of the superior, and the whole person became more and more stable and deep, and the deep eyes became more and more cold, and a casual glance seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, which made people's hearts beat faster and did not dare to look at them.

In the eyes of the generals, Bao Jiqing, Wang Lingji, and Zhang Lan, who were sitting on Xiao Yimin's left and right, were all famous and well-known in the country, and they had to tremble in front of their feet and stomp their feet, but if you compare these cattle with today's Xiao Yimin, there will naturally be a feeling of dwarfing the gap, but they are more gentle and kind than Xiao Yimin, who is moody.

The meeting was adjourned, and the generals and colonels quickly left Chengdu and returned to the various departments, and no one dared to take the opportunity to stay in the bright city of Chengdu as usual, let alone call friends and friends, and became attached to the sound of dogs and horses.

Xiao Yimin did not dare to relax for a moment, held a post-improvement meeting with Zhang Lan, Kuang Youmin, Zeng Shouwu and others, and immediately led a 100-member staff group and guards with Bao Jiqing, chief of staff, and Wang Lingji, deputy commander, to go east by boat and rush to Yucheng to supervise.

Also accompanied this time were two major generals, Liu Dingxun and Wang Zanxu, who were newly promoted division commanders.

Although Liu Dingxun's division headquarters was moved from the prosperous city of Chongqing to Neijiang, Liu Dingxun did not have the slightest opinion, and some were only grateful to Xiao Yimin, obeyed his words, and very consciously moved closer to the powerful Commander-in-Chief Xiao.

Wang Zhuxu, who was born in artillery, still seems to be in a dream at the moment, he never thought that he would be successfully promoted to the commander of the third division, and as a brigade commander, he mastered the third division of Commander-in-Chief Xiao's lineage, and he didn't expect that Sun Zhaoluan, the military seat, was so generous and open-minded, not only vigorously recommended but also trusted, making Wang Zanxu become a general of the Sichuan army comparable to Deng Xihou, Liu Dingxun, Wang Jian and others.

However, with the strong support of Xiao Yiming and the help of army commanders Sun and Zhaoluan, Wang Zanxu firmly believed that he could lead the third division well and would definitely not let other troops compare.

After arriving in Yucheng, Xiao Yimin immediately brought the rich gifts that his beloved wife had already prepared, and followed his second brother Liu Bingxian home to meet Old Man Liu.

After dinner, Liu Bingxian and Xiao Yimin came to the garden for a walk, and after a few steps, Liu Bingxian sat on the stone bench under the shade of the trees, waved away the subordinates who offered fragrant tea, stared at Xiao Yimin's eyes, and asked meaningfully: "Did you pay attention to my mother's gaze just now?" ”

Xiao Yimin remembered Aunt Liu's smiling face that seemed to treat her son-in-law, remembered the relieved laughter of Old Man Liu during the dinner and Aunt Liu's good intentions of constantly serving vegetables for herself, why didn't he understand what Liu Bingxian wanted to say?

But after thinking about it, he could only shake his head and smile bitterly.

Liu Bingxian sighed:

"Yiming, I know that you are a good man who is single-minded, not like me, who has a wife and two concubines, but you also have to take care of the mood of our family, right?

"Every time my little sister writes from Chengdu, most of the words on a piece of paper are you, praise you for this good and that good, admire you very much, infatuated, almost don't treat you as a fairy, you are good, deliberately pretending to be crazy and stupid in the face of the little sister, but the little sister has been diligently pursuing it for several years, never discouraged, these days in your house, seeing the little sister holding your pair of children as if she was her own, my heart as a brother hurts!

"You also know what my father and mother mean, I don't expect you to marry my little sister as a wife, but my little sister will not insult you if she gives you a flat wife today, right?"

"Second brother, don't talk about it, the more you talk about it, the more you bastard."

Xiao Yimin interrupted Liu Bingxian's words, sighed, and raised his head:

"Second brother, why doesn't the younger brother know the little sister's thoughts, why don't you appreciate the care of the second brother and the uncle and aunt? The younger brother thinks that he is not a saint, not to mention that the younger sister is as beautiful as a fairy, but every man knows how precious such a woman is, how rare and undesirable, but the little brother is ...... in his heart"

Liu Bingxian slapped suddenly, and the heavy stone table was slapped twice by him:

"Shut up! To tell you the truth, Lao Tzu has made up his mind, and after helping you complete the army, he will leave Sichuan to follow Mr. Zhongshan and fight side by side with Brother Kai-shek!

"Although our Kuomintang is very immature, although the ** force is still very weak, and speculators and degenerates are full of people in the party, Lao Tzu believes that as long as we work hard, we can change everything, and our party can embark on the right path and eventually grow stronger!

"Lao Tzu will say a word to you today: No matter what, you must marry your little sister, so as to comfort the parents in the family, if Lao Tzu has three long and two short in the future, he can die blindly!"

"Second Brother ......"

Xiao Yimin was sad and wanted to persuade him, but he didn't know how to say it.

Liu Bingxian raised his hand, swung it vigorously, quickly turned his head, looked at the sunset in the west, and two lines of hot tears rolled down his gray cheeks......"

(To be continued)