"Platoon commander!" When the young soldier saw the officer on the white horse, he quickly stood up and reported: "This man claims to be the new regimental commander!" ”

"Instructor Tang, Instructor Tang!" The young officer on the white horse obviously also saw Tang Zhidao sitting on the ground, jumped off the white horse and said in surprise: "Why did you come here?" ”

"Are you ......" Tang Zhidao's brain was running quickly, but he didn't recognize the person in front of him for a while.

"Brother Yupu, Brother Yupu." Without waiting for the young officer to answer, Cao Lu had already jumped out of the car with an excited face, patted the young officer on the shoulder affectionately and said, "I looked at you from a distance in Shahe Town, and I didn't catch you after chasing for a long time." ”

"Zeng Guangsheng! Guangsheng brother. Zhou Wenruo also said excitedly: "I heard that your kid is an apprentice at the Ministry of War?" How did you come to our regiment, could it be that some big man wants to inspect our regiment? ”

"Brother Tang, this is Zhou Wenruo from our infantry section, and his name is Yupu." Yu Lu pulled Zhou Wenruo to introduce Tang Zhidao: "When I graduated, I was in the top ten, and I was much better than me. ”

"Instructor Tang, it's been a long time." Zhou Wenruo stretched out his hand and said enthusiastically: "When you left the school, your classmates were very reluctant, and they also jointly petitioned the school, but unfortunately they still failed to keep you." ”

"I'm sorry, I didn't recognize you just now." Tang Zhidao clasped Zhou Wenruo's hand and said, "I have not been an instructor for many years, so you can call me Brother Tang like Cao Lu." ”

"Okay, Brother Tang!" Zhou Wenruo said heartily: "Why don't you go in at the gate of the barracks!" ”

"It's not your soldiers yet, saying that we are strangers and can't enter the barracks." Yu Lu said jokingly: "We have been waiting here for a long time. ”

"Pillar, what's going on." Zhou Wenruo turned around and asked, but his tone was relatively gentle.

"Report to the platoon commander, this person claims to be the new regiment commander and wants to break into the barracks." The pillar glared at Tang Zhidao and said loudly, "This is what he showed me." ”

"Brother Tang, are you really here to take office?" Zhou Wenruo looked at Tang Zhidao and Yu Lu suspiciously.

"The letter of appointment is in your hand, see for yourself." Tang Zhidao said lightly.

Zhou Wenruo opened the appointment letter in his hand and looked at it, immediately stood up and saluted and said: "Report to the regiment commander, Zhou Wenruo, the lieutenant of the first company of the first battalion and the platoon commander of the first platoon, is here to see. ”

"Take a break, I haven't officially taken office yet, don't be formal." Tang Zhidao returned a military salute and said: "You are more familiar with the situation here than me, and you have to help me more." ”

"It's the head of the regiment, and his subordinates will definitely serve their lives." If Zhou Wenruo dares to relax at this time, he must not leave a trace of bad influence on the new head of the regiment, otherwise he will not have to mix in the regiment.

"Little brother, what's your name?" Tang Zhidao turned his head and asked the pillar.

"Report, report, report sir, my name is Li Dazhu." Li Dazhu's forehead was sweating and trembling, and he said, "I just now, I really didn't know ...... you just now."

"Little fellow, you're doing a good job!" Tang Zhidao patted Li Dazhu's shoulder appreciatively and said, "It is a soldier's duty to obey orders. ”

"Yupu, can I make a request to you?" Tang Zhidao said politely to Zhou Wenruo again.

"Although the regiment commander orders, his subordinates will definitely do it." Jokes, leaders and politeness definitely don't have to be taken seriously, how dare Zhou Wenruo slack off.

"I want Li Dazhu, this soldier." Tang Zhidao said undoubtedly: "Just give me a service soldier!" ”

"Of course you can, the head of the regiment is blessed to take a fancy to him." Zhou Wenruo kicked Li Dazhu with a smile and said, "Don't thank the head of the regiment soon." ”

"The regiment, the regiment commander, I am illiterate, and I am clumsy and afraid that I will not serve well." Li Dazhu was blinded by the sudden good luck, his eyes slanted at Zhou Wenruo and stammered: "Only, I can only stand guard and sentry ...... for you"...,

"I say you can do it, you can do it." Tang Zhidao said encouragingly: "Don't get in the car yet to move my luggage." ”

"Hmm!" Li Dazhu was just a little silly, but he was not stupid at all, and immediately got busy when he heard the order.

"Yulu, are you going to go in with me or go back to the capital directly." Tang Zhidao looked at the sun in the sky and saw that it had turned west.

"Guangsheng, let's go in together!" Zhou Wenruo also warmly invited: "We haven't seen each other for a year, let's have a good chat in the evening." ”

"Tomorrow, Aunt San's fiftieth birthday, I have to rush back overnight." Cao Lu smiled apologetically and said, "Next time I will make a special trip to visit, Brother Tang and Brother Yupu will stay, and I will go back first." ”

"Well, be careful on the road!" Tang Zhidao didn't hold back, and waved his hand goodbye: "You have to pay more attention to the affairs of the ministry." ”

"Captain, let's go in." Until the black Dodge disappeared into the sunset, Zhou Wenruo reminded in a low voice.

"Hmm!" Tang Zhidao retracted his gaze and asked, "Who is in charge of the group now?" ”

"It has always been presided over by Zhang Yuanhang, the commander of the second battalion, but when there is a major event, I also learned that Chen Daofeng, the commander of the third battalion." Zhou Wenruo followed Tang Zhidao and whispered, "I'll take you to the regiment headquarters first." ”

"Or take me to see Camp Commander Zhang and handle the handover as soon as possible." Tang Zhidao thought for a while and said, "I want to understand the specific situation in the group as soon as possible, you know tell me a little bit first." ”

"Okay." Zhou Wenruo turned around and instructed Li Dazhu to send the luggage to the regiment headquarters first, and he led Tang Zhidao to the station of the second battalion.

At this time, although it was close to dusk, the temperature was still very high, and the soldiers were listlessly hiding in the pergola, under the shade of the trees, and by the pond to chat and escape the heat.

"This is the headquarters of the second battalion." Coming to a dilapidated bungalow, Zhou Wenruo stopped and waited for Captain Tang, who was looking around.

"Wait." Tang Zhidao frowned and looked at the dilapidated bungalow, there were no guards standing guard at the door, the door was hidden, and he heard the noisy sound inside from a distance, as if he was arguing about something.

"Camp Commander Zhang, you have to think of a way, if you continue like this, two porridges a day can't be guaranteed." Suddenly, an anxious voice came from inside.

"How? If I have a way to stay in this kind of place and wait to die, I have put all my own money into it for a month. Another helpless voice responded: "The army needs, see if you can borrow another batch of grain from the merchants in Shahe Town in the name of the regiment, so that you can survive these few days, and the new regiment commander should be fine as soon as he takes office." ”

"On credit? Where in the town is there any food that dares to be borrowed on credit? The Army's eyes widened and he said, "If this continues, the soldiers will have to mutiny." ”

"The mutiny is more in line with the minds of those big people, and even severance pay can be saved." Another indignant voice came from the room.

"It's better to disband, Lao Tzu doesn't want to stay in this bird feather place for a long time." More voices chimed in.

"Don't talk nonsense, the ministry has appointed a new regiment commander, and it will be time to come over in two or three days." Zhang Yuanhang kindly comforted: "You are not unaware of the situation some time ago, and now that Premier Duan is in charge, he should give us a good arrangement." ”

"What about the new leader? Who knows what it is. Everyone said unconvinced: "What else will the former head of the regiment do besides eating, drinking, prostituting, gambling, smoking, deducting military salaries, and insulting his subordinates." ”

"You don't have to assign it to the head of the regiment, at least when the brothers are there, they can still receive fifty or sixty percent of the salary." The army said dissatisfiedly: "If any of you can get money, I can call him grandfather." ”

"Report!" At the signal of Tang Zhidao, Zhou Wenruo pushed open the hidden door and said.

"It's Yupu, come in." Battalion Commander Zhang, a typical northern man, was in his forties, with his military uniform open on his upper body, holding a military hat in his hand and fanning the wind constantly, surrounded by a dozen officers in disheveled clothes. …,

"Yupu, how many more ran away today?" Another slightly weak young officer laughed and said, "If this continues, we will all become the commander of the light pole."

"Battalion Commander Zhang, this is the newly appointed Tang Regiment Commander in the ministry." Zhou Wenruo ignored the others in the room and handed over the appointment letter to Zhang Yuanhang.

"Report to the head of the group, we are having a group meeting, please instruct." Although Zhang Yuanhang was not very interested in the young regiment leader in front of him, he still followed the rules of the lower officials to meet the upper officials.

"Please continue." Tang Zhidao returned the military salute and commanded expressionlessly, but the small room immediately fell silent, and the officer looked at the new regiment commander with an extremely complicated expression.

"No, I'll just sit on the ground." Tang Zhidao refused to be handed over by Camp Commander Zhang, and sat down in the crowd.

"In this case, I will first introduce the head of the regiment to all the colleagues here." Zhang Yuanhang said stubbornly.

"Camp Commander Zhang, please." Tang Zhidao nodded and said, this is the best, and the province will summon them one by one.

"Lu Enhe, third-class quartermaster." Zhang Yuanhang pointed to the little soldier who was yelling at him just now and began to introduce.

"Hua Yiyi, third-class military judge." Behind Tang Zhidao, a man with glasses stood up with a black face.

"Fu Mingyi, deputy of the first battalion and commander of the first company." A big man in his thirties on Zhang Yuanhang's right stood up and clenched his fists and said, "I've seen Captain Tang." ”

"Zuo Jiwu, deputy of the second battalion and commander of the fifth company." On Zhang Yuanhang's left-hand side, a dark-skinned man with a big waist and a half-cigarette in his mouth stood up, and snorted with his nostrils turned to the sky.

"Song Hualong, commander of the cavalry company."

"I've seen the regimental leader." A bare-headed, bearded man said in a loud voice.

………

"Ye Huichun, acting commander of the artillery company; Xiang Qianliang, acting company commander of the third company of the first battalion. ”

"I've seen the regimental leader." The young officer, who looked familiar, stood up at the same time and nodded at Tang Zhidao with a smile.

"Regiment Commander, the two of them are my seniors in the military academy, you may have seen them." Zhou Wenruo lost no time in whispering to Tang Zhidao.

"It's over?" Seeing that Zhang Yuanhang was no longer reading, Tang Liang asked in surprise: "Our regiment should have three infantry battalions with a four-company system, and one company each for cavalry, artillery, machine guns, engineers, and baggage. "There should be seventeen company commanders alone, and now there are seventeen or eighteen people in the entire room.

"Yes, there should be a theory. It's just that the commander of the third battalion Xiong has not returned from leave, and the two company commanders have not yet arrived, and the rest are vacant. Zhang Yuanhang stood up again and explained: "Commander, you can say a few words to everyone." ”

"Let's get the brothers to smoke a cigarette first!" Tang Zhidao took out a box of poppy brand cigarettes from his jacket pocket and handed out one to each of the officers present, and soon the small room was filled with smoke, and everyone's mood was more positive than just now.

"Let me introduce myself first, Tang Zhidao is twenty and four years old, a native of Yanzhou, Shandong, who has attended a military academy, stayed abroad, served as a staff officer, and worked as an instructor." Tang Zhidao took a sip sharply, paused and said: "But that's all in the past, I will eat in the same pot with you in the future, I don't dare to say anything else, as long as I Tang Zhidao eats dry, I will never let your brothers eat thin, if you have any questions today, just ask them." ”

"Humph! It's better to say than to sing! Zuo Jiwu jumped out and threw the cigarette in his hand on the ground and said: "The brothers are almost three without pay, and I also ask Head Tang to send the salary down first, don't fix these useless things." ”

"Deputy Zuo Battalion, don't be impatient." Tang Liang stood up and walked to Zuo Jiwu, picked up the half-burned cigarette on the ground, stuffed it into his mouth and said with a smile: "Don't spoil such a good thing." ”

"Grandma's ......" Zuo Jiwu just wanted to have a seizure, but his leg and stomach were knocked by Tang Liang and he sat on the ground in a dejected manner. The indignant mood of these officers was completely understandable, but no one was allowed to openly challenge his authority.

"Since I, Tang Zhidao, can be the head of this regiment, I naturally have a way to solve the military salary." Tang Zhidao glanced at the audience and said coldly: "Within three days, we must send a lot of military salaries to you." ”