Chapter 44: Graduation Ceremony
The camp area after the lights go out at the Nanjing Army Military Academy is forbidden to move around at will, Zhang Zhizhong's adjutant Li Tao asked for the password that night, and took a flashlight to escort Zhang Xuewu back to the dormitory, Li Tao is Zhang Zhizhong's personal guard, he has never seen Zhang Zhizhong attach so much importance to a student, but he followed Zhang Zhizhong in the Songhu front line shuttled between the bullets and bullets, he didn't understand political things, but military things were still somewhat understood, although Zhang Xuewu did not go to the battlefield, But the analysis seems to have brought him back to the battlefield full of artillery fire.
"Fighting in Shanghai is like you have to treat yourself as a dead man, and your shells are like rain! Even if you are lucky enough to dodge shrapnel, you can be shocked to death in the trenches, with bloodshot eyes, pale eyes, and ears that bleed open! Li Tao said as he walked, as if talking to himself.
After passing through a few checkpoints and being interrogated by the patrol team, Li Tao sent Zhang Xuewu to the door of the dormitory, Li Tao hesitated for a moment and said: "Brigade Commander Zhang, you said that we are going to fight a big battle with Yu himself in Shanghai?" Is it true? ”
Zhang Xuewu didn't know how to answer Li Tao for a while, and sighed slightly and said, "I hope it's not true!" ”
Half a year's time can be described as fleeting, except for the cakes that were continuously sent from Paramount and Li Han, who occasionally came to visit, Zhang Xuewu's study and life was very peaceful, and Li Xinkai came to the news from Li Xinkai of the newly organized and mixed first brigade stationed in Tianjin, and the troops have recently been frequently inspected by senior members of the Military and Political Department and important members of the Beiping Military Branch, and Zhang Xueliang, chairman of the Military Branch, personally arrived to inspect twice.
In the usual study, Zhang Xuewu always maintained his own position and attitude with a clear banner, most of the students in the class were officers of the Gui Department, the Guangdong Department, and the Jin Army, when it came to the important members of the Central Committee, the words were naturally not respectful, and even ridiculed and mocked, whenever at this time Zhang Xuewu would always refute the other party to the fullest, and some people even suspected that Zhang Xuewu was not a graduate of the Northeast Lecture Hall at all, but a person who graduated from the Nanjing Military Academy. A mouthful of loyal Zhang Xuewu has become the object of the students in the class, coupled with his scandal with Zhou Ying, all kinds of extreme, envious, hateful under the fact that he has not made friends, but there are a lot of enemies!
In fact, Zhang Xuewu also has his own troubles, this is the Nanjing Army Military Academy, Chiang Kai-shek has to find a name to participate in the opening ceremony even if he goes to the wilderness, it is the foundation of Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek will be stupid enough to let you miscellaneous cards of various factions come here to make a big series? Obviously, it is impossible, everyone's words and deeds in private are naturally in the eyes of the spies, from the students to the tea room in the dormitory, the cleaners, and even the female middle school teachers who often come here at the school gate, Zhang Xuewu believes that private co-optation and bribery to sow discord are naturally indispensable, this is Chiang Kai-shek's usual method.
Bai Chongxi, Li Zongren, and Yan Xishan are not stupid, they are either hardcore henchmen sent by them, or they are inconsequential people, no matter how you Lao Jiang tosses, everyone accompanies you!
On July 7, 1932, in the auditorium of the Nanjing Army Military Academy, Chiang Kai-shek, who was then the chairman of the Military Committee of the National Political Axe, sat on the rostrum.
Zhang Zhizhong, who was dressed in a straight military uniform and leather shoes, walked to the front desk, as the host of the graduation ceremony, Zhang Zhizhong can be described as energetic!
Chiang Kai-shek, who was sitting on the stage, looked at the students with a smile on his face, and in Chiang Kai-shek's eyes, the students here today are the cornerstone of the future Chinese National Defense Force!
Zhang Xuewu found that Chiang Kai-shek was still sitting next to him, wearing a white suit with a slight Chinese face, thick eyebrows and tiger eyes? Wang Zhaoming? Word Jingwei? Zhang Xuewu suddenly remembered a classic sketch by Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao in later generations, Chen Peisi's sentence Zhu Shimao! Zhu Shimao! With thick eyebrows and big eyes, have you also become a traitor?
Chiang Kai-shek, who was sitting next to Wang Zhaoming, kept wiping his sweat with a handkerchief at the moment, and the brim of the military hat was already soaked with sweat, but taking into account the image of Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek was still quiet, and the sky in Nanjing in July was as hot as a brazier, and Wang Zhaoming, who was wearing a tulle suit and looking calm, made Chiang Kai-shek jealous.
Although Wang Zhaoming no longer has any important position, Chiang Kai-shek must treat Wang Zhaoming well in order to show his magnanimity and generosity, without Wang Zhaoming, he will not be able to completely defeat Hu Hanmin and his gang of thieves, Wang Zhaoming only stayed secretly for two days and will go to Europe again, and before the dispute between him and the military and political power has not ended, he still does not welcome Wang Zhaoming's return.
Especially Wang Zhaoming's black and dense hair, which is five years older than himself, Meiling also customized a few hairsets for him to imitate Wang Zhaoming's hairstyle, but he rejected them, out of so-called disdain or jealousy, Chiang Kai-shek didn't want the outside world to think that he Jiang Zhong was emulating Wang Zhaoming, how could Wang Zhaoming be worthy of his Jiang Zhongzheng's emulation? Soldiers naturally have the style of soldiers, standing like a pine, sitting like a clock, and walking like the wind! Even though sweat soaked the back of his clothes, Chiang Kai-shek still sat like a mountain.
Chiang Kai-shek's gaze swept over the cadets in the first row, what kind of military demeanor was this for those who seemed to be sluggish and lazy, especially the fat men who were swaying when they sat down? Chiang Kai-shek felt the green tendons in his temples pounding uncontrollably.
There are not many real Huangpu people in the special advanced advanced training class of Lu University in this issue, and a few of them are all brought in by inconsequential departments, and his move is to block the mouths of Bai Chongxi, Li Zongren and others, in order to show his generosity, I, Jiang, have not turned you away, right? It's you who don't fight for yourself, what can I do?
Chiang Kai-shek's gaze finally stayed on Zhang Xuewu, Zhang Xuewu, whose waist was straight, was already sweating in the stuffy auditorium, but he didn't even move his hands, his hands wearing white gloves were pressed on his knees, and his eyes were blazing!
Chiang Kai-shek nodded slightly with satisfaction, this is a soldier, and his training and importance are in vain, Zhang Xuewu was able to come to the Army University to participate in this special advanced training class, which shows his attitude, and Chiang Kai-shek appreciates Zhang Xuewu's remarks very much
After a series of ceremonial forms, Chiang Kai-shek came to the stage empty-handed, looked around at the more than 1,000 students below and nodded with a smile: "Very good!" Seeing your vigorous and majestic figures, I can see the future of China's national defense forces! Today's Central Army is the future National Defense Force! The vast territory of our country needs your defense in the future! ”
Chiang Kai-shek waved his fists when he spoke of the inspiring words, and in the warm applause, Chiang Kai-shek raised his hand slightly to signal everyone to be still, and then said in a deep voice: "Now our country is suffering from internal and external troubles, internal troubles are the diseases and toxins in our bodies, and the red bandits entrenched in Jiangxi are our internal worries. It's been 21 years since the Republic of China! O comrades! A large part of our party and military still cannot see the situation clearly, and this is very frightening, and this is the short-sightedness and superficiality of political vision! Until today, there is no unified national defense force in the political axe of the Republic of China, and if you look at the military uniforms of these students in the front row, I am afraid there are no less than five or six types, right? ”
Chiang Kai-shek paused with a worried face and said: "Now some people are singing high-pitched protests and driving me out of the northeast, I said this is very good, I raise my hands to support, as the chairman of the Military Committee, the Central Army under my command should not let go, I asked him to send troops and money, he said that he was in difficulty, this man who has hundreds of thousands of troops and occupies the land of the two provinces began to complain to me?" All armies in this book are under the command of the unified military body! And we's? How many provinces are there in the country? This year, only seven provinces have paid taxes to the national political axe, and the tax of the national political axe can only be seen in the account book, not the money! Which country in the world is the political axe supported by borrowing money from businessmen? I, Jiang, am a soldier, am I willing to attend those drinking parties and be contaminated with those copper smells? I'd rather lead you to the blood-stained Horse Leather Shroud! The Fifth Army of the Battle of Shanghai was covered with liver and blood, why didn't you tell the people that the Central Army was the mainstay? I am afraid that I will give myself an excuse to expand the war endlessly! So I also want to emphasize one point, outside must first be inside! The unification of the armed forces of the whole country and the attribution of military and political power to the national political axe are the urgent things we need to delay! ”
Compared with Chiang Kai-shek's dizzying speech, it can be said that Wang Zhaoming and others did not listen to the speeches after that! Because of the tight deployment of the security work, as in the speeches of all important meetings, there were only the minutes of the meetings of the secretaries of the Confidential Service who were present, and there was no report.