For the warriors, the national government has always been hype. Along the way of the Northern Expedition, many troops performed very well, especially the troops of the Third Division this year, which made great contributions to the Northern Expedition.

In order to propagate the revolutionary spirit and express the state's recognition of these heroic units, the Nationalist Government specially held a commendation meeting before the New Year.

Chiang Kai-shek sat on the rostrum, beside him sat Deng Yanda, Chen Gongbo and others, and behind him was the portrait of Mr. Zhongshan in military uniform, with two blue sky and white sun flags hanging on both sides of the statue, which looked particularly serious.

The audience is full of soldiers, regardless of party affiliation, as long as they have participated in the Northern Expedition, as long as they have worked hard and shed blood in 26 years, as long as they have made meritorious contributions, they can sit here.

The first row is different, because there are only a dozen people in the first row, most of them are forty or fifty years old, and some of them have silver hair, they are the military commanders of the national government, they are the core leaders of the military of the national government, and now Liu Yuan is also sitting in this team, because of his youth, he is very conspicuous.

The other officers were relatively casual, and most of them surrounded the colonels in groups, and each unit sat in its own small place, and the small groups of the army have been around for a long time, and the small army regiments of the Nationalist Government were particularly serious.

Chiang Kai-shek was joking with Deng Yanda, and the secretary behind him told him that the conference could begin. Chiang Kai-shek had to get serious.

Chiang Kai-shek's Mandarin was not very good, and he spoke with a local flavor.

However, everyone still endured listening, after all, he was the host of the conference. However, Chiang Kai-shek felt really good about himself, and praised the Whampoa Military Academy from the beginning, talking about the hard training of Whampoa and the bravery of fighting, which means nothing more than to tell everyone that I am the principal of Whampoa, and it is he who brought out this army that can fight well.

Deng Yanda also said something about the establishment of a branch of the Whampoa Military Academy in Wuhan, but everyone's reaction was not very strong, especially when Deng Yanda hoped that officers could spare half a year to teach in Wuhan, no one looked at Deng Yanda at all, and in the eyes of most people, only in the army could he make all kinds of military achievements.

Deng Yanda was also very helpless, he was ready to ask CP for help, after all, they were still very enthusiastic about the affairs of the Wuhan branch.

He also had great respect for Deng Yanda and Chiang Kai-shek, although he hit a soft nail at the conference, but Chiang Kai-shek did not hit him, but comforted him a few words, and then the conference continued.

Chiang Kai-shek rewarded the troops with outstanding performance, and the independent regiment, as the CP's troops, has long become an indisputable thing, but Chiang Kai-shek did not do anything unfair to this matter, and gave the independent regiment a first-class meritorious service, and the head of Ye Ting even wore the Blue Sky and White Sun medal.

However, it is impossible to expand, after all, it is not the Kuomintang troops, the Kuomintang is not very comfortable with the CP, and even many leftists are against letting them have their own troops.

Next is Xue Yue, their regiment has been exhausted, and the remaining part has also volunteered to join the Tenth Army, so Xue Yue has become a veritable commander of the light pole.

However, Chiang Kai-shek did not forget this young man who was defeated in Nanchang and led the whole regiment to desperately resist, and finally appointed Xue Yue as the brigade commander with the rank of major general.

Next is He Yingqin and Li Zongren's troops, both of whom have a certain status in the party, and they are not pure soldiers, so at this time, they will not show any performance in personal military exploits.

However, the treatment of their subordinates is also good, many of them have also given birth to officers, their military ranks have been promoted, and many of them have even been rewarded with medals.

The Third Division, as a ranking that has disappeared from history, has been completely replaced by the Tenth Army, and when Chiang Kai-shek mentioned the officers and men of the Third Division, the audience erupted in warm applause.

Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand several times, and only stopped after the last. This is a very special commendation, and for the first time the Nationalist Government has awarded it to those who have sacrificed their lives.

From the beginning of Guan Linzheng's chatter, all the people had sacrificed officers, and at this time, everyone realized that the losses of the Third Division were so heavy, and more than 100 officers from colonels to sergeants were sacrificed, which was a complete injury for a unit.

When Chiang Kai-shek read Liu Yuan's name, everyone held their breath, everyone knew that this young man was the protagonist of today, although he sat there very quietly and didn't say a word, but no one knew about his deeds.

Chiang Kai-shek personally stood up and told the deeds of the Third Division in person, and Liu Yuan also had to go to the front desk to receive his medal.

But he obviously did not expect that things would be so simple, and when he walked to the front desk, Chiang Kai-shek motioned for him to come up to the rostrum. The eyes of the crowd were full of envy.

"Auxiliary, are you ready to take responsibility for the country?" Chiang Kai-shek patted Liu Yuan on the shoulder.

Liu Yuan is a young man after all, Chiang Kai-shek asked him so bluntly, it inevitably made him feel a little shy, "Soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty, and it is their responsibility to protect their families and defend the country. It was the first time for everyone to see Liu Yuan's shy expression, and everyone in the audience laughed.

Chiang Kai-shek glanced at Liu Yuan and continued, "After discussion by the Military Committee, Liu Yuan performed well in the Northern Expedition and made outstanding achievements, especially in the Battle of Nanchang, showing a fearless spirit, and at the same time leading the Third Division to complete the task with unparalleled intelligence.

Comrade Liu Yuan, are you ready?"

This time, not only Chiang Kai-shek was extremely serious, but Liu Yuan also became very serious, and there was no extra voice in the audience, Liu Yuan saluted the military seriously.

"Well, worthy of being my student of Chiang Kai-shek," Chiang Kai-shek continued, "appointing Liu Yuan as commander of the Tenth Army of the National Revolutionary Army with the rank of lieutenant general, and the Tenth Army as Tiger Ben." As he spoke, he handed Liu Yuan a banner engraved with a tiger on it.

Liu Yuan turned the flag, he was very excited, he waved the flag on the stage, in the national government, the Tenth Army is the first unit to have its own unique military flag, and the corners of the eyes of the officers of the Tenth Army in the audience became moist, which is a recognition of them.

Chiang Kai-shek personally gave Liu Yuan the star of general, patted Liu Yuan on the shoulder and said, "You are the youngest lieutenant general in the Nationalist Government, don't learn from Li Zhilong, you must not be arrogant or rash, you must be strict with self-discipline, and take a good lead for other young people." ”

Liu Yuan nodded, and when he was about to bow down, suddenly another person who was very unpopular with the army appeared on the rostrum, he was Wang Jingwei.