Xiao Zhenlei returned to Zhenhua Company to inquire about all aspects of the situation, at present, Zhenhua Company is in a period of rapid development, has been able to design and manufacture automobiles, process high-precision parts, and independently produce automobile engines, the only absence is that there is no factory to manufacture car tires, and now there is no rubber chemical plant in China, can only be ordered from abroad.

After the situation was basically good, Xiao Zhenlei summoned several key members of the Iron and Blood National Salvation Society, briefly talked about the situation of this crackdown on bandits, and then said that he was about to be transferred to Suzhou to serve as the 46th standard commander of the 23rd Mixed Association of the Provisional Formation, and the troops were about to be transferred to Suzhou to garrison, but because the troops were not enough, they had to transfer 1,000 people from the factory guards.

After discussions, it was decided to transfer those personnel of the escort unit who had not yet completed their training to the 46th standard, and a total of 1,300 people were transferred away, so that they could be trained openly and openly at the station of the 46th standard, while 500 personnel who had completed training were left in the escort unit to protect the safety of Zhenhua Company.

In addition, Xiao Zhenlei also continued to recruit people in the name of Zhenhua Company, training while recruiting people, so that when the time was ripe, there would be enough troops to do things, and this mention was unanimously supported by everyone.

After handing over the affairs of Zhenhua Company to everyone, Xiao Zhenlei took the guard platoon at the North Railway Station to Suzhou on the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway in the morning of the next day to meet Ai Zhongqi, the commander of the 23rd Mixed Association, to discuss the 46th standard station and garrison issues. At the same time, he also had to visit the governor Bao Di, the governor Yamen is located in the city of Suzhou, if he arrived in Suzhou and did not visit the governor, who knows if Bao Di will give him small shoes to wear?

It was just noon when I got off the bus in Suzhou. Before getting on the train, he let the train check in his car, and before getting off the train, he drove directly out of the freight car of the train. It was Opiyin who was driving, and the guard platoon was already waiting for his car on the platform. After the car arrived, they went out of the train station through the freight exit.

When the car arrived at the gate of Suzhou City at a steady speed, followed by a platoon of running soldiers, the Qing soldiers guarding the city gate did not dare to stop it when they saw this posture, and Xiao Zhenlei and others approached the city of Suzhou unimpeded.

As soon as the car and the team entered the city, the Qing soldiers guarding the city gate began to discuss, and a young Qing court couldn't help but ask first: "Eh, do you know which battalion of men and horses this is?" Who was sitting in the car? ”

A Qing soldier next to him said: "Who else can it be?" I think it should be the 23rd mixed association of the new army, which could be the son of an adult just now, right? ”

"Fuck you!" A slightly older Qing soldier scolded and continued: "It's not that I haven't seen those soldiers of the 23rd Mixed Association of the New Army. Can it be so powerful? Does anyone have such a car? Besides, didn't you see a young adult sitting in the back of the foreign car? Do you have the rank of the official officer on your shoulder? As far as I know, half of the 23rd and 45th standards of the New Army have not been recruited, and the candidates for the standard have not yet been decided. Boys! ”

This old Qing soldier is not wrong, the official rank of the military attache of the new army in the late Qing Dynasty is actually the official rank, that is, it is equivalent to the military rank. The military ranks of military attachés in the Qing Dynasty were as follows: Zhengdu Orthodoxy, serving as a presidential officer (equivalent to a later army commander); Deputy Commander, serving as a commander (town commander, commander); Xiedu Tong. Serving as a Commander-in-Chief (Co-Commander); Principal Leader, Commander (Standard Leader), Deputy Chief. Served as a staff officer of the first class; Co-Counsellor Leader, serving as a battalion leader (pipe band); Regular military academy. Served as a supervisor (company commander, captain); Deputy Military Academy, served as a platoon commander; Allied Military Academy. Served as the Secretary of the Division.

But it was said that Xiao Zhenlei took the soldiers of the guard platoon in a car into the city and saw a relatively large restaurant soon after, he called Opiyin to stop the car at the door of the restaurant, and was going to have a meal here, the new guard platoon leader is Ma Xiaoshuang, Xiao Zhenlei's orderly is also surnamed Ma, the two are their own family, and doing things together under Xiao Zhenlei can be regarded as a tacit understanding, Ma Xiaoshuang immediately stopped and shouted, and the guard platoon suddenly stopped.

"Ma Xiaoshuang!" Xiao Zhenlei stepped out of the car and shouted.

"Here!" Ma Xiaoshuang immediately ran over and immediately agreed, "Please instruct the chief!" ”

"Divide the team into two groups and go in to eat in turn, no alcohol, let the boss serve the food quickly, and each group of meals must not exceed twenty minutes!" Xiao Zhenlei walked towards the restaurant as he spoke, took out a metal cigarette case as he walked, took out one from it, put it in his mouth, lit it with a lighter, and smoked it.

"Yes, sir!" Ma Xiaoshuang immediately agreed, and then turned around and assigned tasks to the soldiers in the guard platoon behind him, half of them went to eat first, and the other half were on guard outside, waiting for the people who had finished eating first to come out and rotate.

According to the "Army Officers and Military Adjutant Officers Rank Comparison Table with Civilian Officials and Supplementary Officials" issued by the Military Advisory Office to the imperial court last month, it is actually a grade comparison table for civil and military officials, which stipulates the corresponding relationship between the grades of military attaches and civilian officials. Orthodox, Getong Governor and Imperial Envoy of the Right Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, from a product; Deputy Commander, Getong Governor, Governor and Squire of the War Department, Zheng Erpin; Xiedu Tong, the same governor, political envoy, from the second grade; is participating in the collar, the grid is the same as the inspection envoy, and the three products are being used; Deputy Staff, Getong Salt Transporter, from the third grade; Co-counselor, fellow practitioner, is the fourth product; is a military school, Getong Zhizhou, is five products; Deputy Military Academy, Ge Tong Tong Sentence, is six grades; Xiejun Academy, Getongzhi County, Zhengqipin; Additional officers, Getong County Cheng, Zheng Bapin; Sergeant, Ge Tong Instructor, from the eighth grade; Sergeant, Getong County Master Book, Zheng Jiupin; Corporal, Ge Tong Inspection, from the ninth grade.

If you follow this comparison table, Xiao Zhenlei's grade should be the third grade, which is the same as that of the inspector, but in fact? People don't bird him according to the inspection envoy, he has to stand up and salute when he sees the inspection envoy, even Shanghai Daotai Cai Naihuang is not comparable to him, he has to salute when he sees the governor Bao Di in the afternoon, even according to the second round of the grade comparison table of civil and military officials, he is also a grade lower than Bao Di, so he did not drink wine during the lunch meal, but just ordered a few dishes and ate a few bowls of rice.

When I saw Bao Di in the afternoon. Xiao Zhenlei gave him a few new gadgets brought from Shanghai Tang, and Bao Di was a flag man. And he is a very enlightened flag man, and he is very happy with the foreign things sent by Xiao Zhenlei. Therefore, the meeting between the two was quite pleasant.

After leaving the governor's yamen, Xiao Zhenlei took the guard platoon to the station of the 45th standard of the 23rd mixed association, which was not far from the governor's yamen, and there was a huge playground, which was specially used to train soldiers.

"One, one, two, one, one. Halt! When Xiao Zhenlei's car drove to the gate of the 45th standard station, Ma Xiaoshuang also stopped, and asked the guard platoon behind him to stop.

Seeing that this team of only thirty-four people was so mighty, several forty-five standard soldiers who were on duty outside the station were a little worried, Xiao Zhenlei sat in the car and did not move, and waved his head to Ma Xiaoshuang, Ma Xiaoshuang understood, and immediately stepped forward and said loudly: "Go and report quickly, just say that Lord Xiao Zhenlei, the 46th standard commander of the 23rd Mixed Association of the New Army, wants to see Lord Ai of the Association!" ”

"Ahh Yes, yes, please wait a while, and the little ones will report immediately! One of the soldiers guarding the door stammered and turned away.

Xiao Zhenlei couldn't help but shake his head as he looked at the few soldiers guarding the door. It is estimated that these soldiers guarding the gate must have been pulled from the old army of the patrol battalion, and generally speaking, the soldiers of the new army are somewhat educated, and they know a few words at the least. If it was a trained recruit soldier, he would never be frightened into such a situation, and he would not even look at his documents and turn around to report it.

It didn't take long. The soldier who had just gone to report turned back and said, "Lord Xietong, please let Lord Xiao in!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei got out of the lane: "Opiyin and Xiaoma follow me in to see Lord Ai, Xiaoshuang is waiting outside with the guards!" ”

"Yes. Sir! ”

Ai Zhongqi, the co-commander, was born in the Hubei Military Academy, which can be regarded as a regular soldier from a professional class, and also learned the German set, this person is more conservative, and he does not agree with the set of practices of the revolutionaries, but his attitude towards the Qing court is not the kind of die-hard one, this person is still a little afraid of things, he is a good gentleman, if he is a staff officer or deputy co-commander, he should be okay, but as the commander of the first army, he lacks a little courage and decisiveness, which Xiao Zhenlei found after seeing Ai Zhongqi.

After the two met, they exchanged pleasantries and talked about the military, Ai Zhongqi saw that Xiao Zhenlei, who had not been to a military school, had a very unique view on the military aspect, which made him extremely surprised, he immediately discussed with Xiao Zhenlei about the armaments of various countries, and the two chatted from three o'clock in the afternoon until dark, until Ai Zhongqi's orderly came to remind him that it was time to go home for dinner, Ai Zhongqi remembered that he had forgotten the time to discuss military issues with Xiao Zhenlei, and remembered that Xiao Zhenlei must have come over for the station, so he asked, "Huanyu came to see me for the station, right?" ”

"Yes, the Governor's order has been issued to me, and I am asked to lead my troops to arrive here within half a month, so I will first come over and discuss the matter of the military camp with the Lord of the Co-Commander, so as not to be in a hurry!"

Ai Zhongqi thought for a while and said: "Now that the 45th standard has set up a garrison in the city, this official wants your garrison not to be located in the city, first, the two infantry standards are located in the city, and there is really no place in the city to make a garrison for you, and secondly, your garrison outside the city can be used as horns with the 45th standard in the city, in case something happens, you can support each other, and the governor also means this, so this matter has actually been decided a long time ago, as for the specific location of the station, you can choose by yourself!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei heard that there was something else to say here, in fact, he still wished that he would set up a station outside the city, so that it would be much more convenient for him to leave at any time to do something else! He walked to the map hanging on the wall and looked at it, pointed to a place outside the city, and said, "Let's go here, my lord, I chose Nanqiao, which is only thirty miles away from Suzhou City, and can be reached in an hour by a quick march!" Moreover, this place is close to Shanghai Tang and close to the train track, if there is something over there, our department can also reinforce it as quickly as possible."

Ai Zhongqi thought for a while and nodded: "Huanyu has thought it through, it will be set in Nanqiao, there should be vacant land over there, but you need to negotiate with the local officials!" ”

"Yes, sir! The lowly will do it! (To be continued......) R1292