The guards who had already received the notice hurriedly served fragrant tea, and Kang Ze, who was wearing a straight major general uniform and sweating profusely, repeatedly ordered Wu Ming to call his deputy brigade commander and chief of staff in, and after sitting down, he took off his hat and wiped his sweat while smiling and saying that the inside of the hall was refreshing and pleasant, which made people feel very comfortable.

Lieutenant General Liu Zushun, who was full of smiles, smiled extremely brightly, and praised Wu Ming's tea as a rare treasure.

Deputy Brigade Commander Long Shaogang and Chief of Staff Zhang Dongning soon arrived, saluted the generals, and stood with Wu Ming, waiting for the two generals to convey the orders of the headquarters.

Lieutenant General Guo Erzhen, who is about 50 years old and comes from the Army Sorting Office of the Ministry of Military Affairs, looked at the bare walls of the main hall and seriously criticized Wu Ming for not even hanging the portrait of the father of the country, the military flag, and the party flag, which was very uncourteous, and then frowned and took the document handed by the adjutant and opened it to read it.

After Guo Erzhen read out the order of the Ministry of Military Affairs, the adjutant behind him immediately sent the opened document to Wu Ming, who took out a pen after reading it, carefully signed his name and delivery time, and then took the order document handed by Lieutenant General Guo Erzhen, saluted upright, and thanked him loudly.

Guo Erzhen just nodded slightly arrogantly, without a word of congratulations or encouragement, Shi Shiran returned to his seat and picked up the teacup and tasted the tea.

Liu Zushun was amused by Guo Erzhen's arrogance, but the two of them had the same status and status, and they had an average relationship on weekdays, so they didn't mean to point out, so he walked up to Wu Ming and the three of them with a smile on his face, and read out the orders for Wu Ming to be promoted to major general division commander, Long Shaogang and Zhang Dongning to be promoted to colonel, and then handed the order and the letter of appointment to the three together, and took the initiative to shake hands with Wu Ming to congratulate, and laughed in a low voice:

"General Lin Wei, the director of this department, entrusted me to greet you on his behalf, and welcome you to have time to meet him in Nanjing, and Director Lin has always cared about you

Wu Ming immediately thought of the teacher-student relationship between Lin Wei and Fang Youchun, as well as the good relationship established by relying on Liu Rulin's line in the past few years, and immediately whispered thanks to Liu Zushun: "Chief Xie Xie will definitely visit his subordinates when he has time."

Liu Zushun immediately understood another meaning in Wu Ming's words, he patted Wu Ming's shoulder with a smile and satisfaction, and saw that Guo Erzhen had stood up impatiently, so he had to suppress his words and shake hands with Wu Ming again to say goodbye.

Sending away the two lieutenant generals Qin Cha, Wu Ming, who was full of stomach discomfort, drove away Long Shaogang and Zhang Dongning, who were overjoyed after being promoted, and pulled Kang Ze, who was exhausted after tossing and turning, and asked in a low voice:

"Where is this Guo Erzhen sacred? It looks like it's awesome, and as soon as it comes, they will make false accusations, what portraits of the father of the nation, party flags and military flags, this is the front line, it is the battlefield, and it is not Nanjing, where they are located. After promulgating the order of the Ministry of Military Affairs, I didn't know how to say some nice compliments, and I looked down on us."

Kang Ze was quite surprised by Wu Ming's questioning tone, and explained: "General Guo Erzhen's temper has always been like this, he came from the Northeast Lecture Martial Arts Hall, and studied in Japan, and was the teacher of Zhang Hanqing, the major marshal of the Northeast Army, and he can be said to be a veteran in the army, and the commission has always respected him. ”

"Oh-"

Now Wu Ming finally understood: "No wonder you are so arrogant, it turns out that there is a proud protégé with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, but unfortunately, in the face of the barbaric invasion of the Japanese in 918, hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Northeast Army were disarmed, and none of them were men...... From the protégé, it is not difficult to see the teacher's virtue, Zhang Hanqing's opium addiction and hobby of looking for flowers and asking willows, will not be taught by this teacher Guo Erzhen? ”

"You, you, how come Zhang Hanqing is also the deputy marshal in the army, is there such a hurtful ...... you?"

Kang Ze looked at Wu Ming with a sarcastic face, and couldn't help but shake his head again and again, so he didn't mention Guo Erzhen, otherwise Wu Ming's snarky mouth didn't know what embarrassing words would he say.

"I can't tell you why they have it?"

Wu Ming didn't mean to be angry at all, seeing that Kang Ze wanted to walk to the backyard, he grabbed him again, pointed to the pile of command documents and letters of appointment on the desktop, and asked curiously: "Lao Kang, when will the word "pin" on my brother's head be finished?" ”

Kang Ze knew the reason why Wu Ming was unhappy, shook his head and smiled, and patiently explained: "The new division and the new brigade are completely different formations, do you know the historical evolution of the second division of the new division given to you by the Daoist commission?" ”

Wu Ming was very surprised: "It's really strange, there is still a historical evolution of the new division-level troops?" ”

"It seems that you really don't know what to do...... But it's no wonder that you have been in the Zhejiang Army for so many years, and I don't know much about the principles of the establishment of the divisions of our Central Army, so I'll tell you slowly. ”

Kang Ze refused the cigarettes handed by Wu Ming, and told Wu Ming the origin of the new Second Division:

"The number of the new second division first appeared during the Northern Expedition War, the specific time was September of the 16th year of the Republic of China, the Northern Expeditionary Army Headquarters awarded the number of the new second division to the rapidly growing Fourth Army, and the first division commander was Xue Yue, a fierce general in the army. After the Ninghan Split and the Liangguang War, the Fourth Army, which had suffered heavy losses, split the new Second Division, and the officers and soldiers supplemented the two main divisions, and the number of the new Second Division became vacant. ”

In the 19th year of the Republic of China, the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of Military Affairs awarded the name of the new Second Division to Lu Xingbang of the Fujian Local Army of the Central Committee, and Lu Xingbang's new Second Division has since been under the direct control of the Central Military Commission. During the Fujian Incident the year before last, Lu Xingbang's new Second Division was disarmed by the 19th Route Army, and the officers and men were either incorporated or dismissed. ”

"Now the central government has officially awarded this number to your department, from today onwards, you Wu Ming will be the major general and division commander of our Central Army system, and your new second division also belongs to the main division in the sequence of our Central Army, under the jurisdiction of two brigades and four regiments, and the number of officers and soldiers in the whole division is 11,000 people...... Listen to the meaning of the commission, the next step is to let you expand into a finisher, and I don't know if you will change the number at that time. ”

Wu Ming finally felt down-to-earth when he heard this, but he was still very dissatisfied: "Oh, this new number is very unlucky, the first few troops are gone, and I don't know what will happen to us."

Kang Ze was speechless for a moment, stood up and strode to the backyard.

Wu Ming sat on a chair and carefully considered the setup of the two brigades and four regiments and the establishment of 11,000 people, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he had lost money, and secretly made up his mind to get another supplementary brigade, otherwise it would be difficult to achieve his previous vision, and his strength would not be comparable to that of a regular division of the Japanese army.

Kang Ze, who had just squatted in the toilet, suddenly remembered that he had not informed Wu Ming of an important matter, so he quickly solved his physiological problems and returned to the hall to sit down beside Wu Ming again:

"By the way, there is something I want to say hello to you first, or it won't be long before the political training department directly under the jurisdiction of the Central Military Committee will be sent into your department as deputy chief of staff, and the new second division political training section will be established, which will be fully responsible for the army's political and ideological education, military discipline picketing and party affairs construction.

Wu Ming had already been mentally prepared for this, so he didn't have any opinions, nodded and asked, "Is there anything else I want to do?" ”

Kang Ze said solemnly: "The principal specially asked me to tell you that you can't abuse the prisoners of the Cantonese army, and you must look at the overall situation...... It is estimated that the central negotiating team will soon start discussions with the Guangdong side on this matter, and once the order is issued, you must unconditionally comply with it. ”

"No, no, if the two sides can't negotiate and the order doesn't come down, do I still have to take care of these more than 6,000 people? Dear comrade commissioner, did you also bring with you the food and clothing expenses of the more than 6,000 prisoners, as well as the money for daily necessities such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, towels, soap, etc., when you came back this time? Wu Ming asked unceremoniously.

Kang Ze was stunned, he really didn't expect these trivial things before, and no one reminded him, but in the face of Wu Ming's inquiry, he had to answer it, and after thinking about it, Yu Crisp pushed him to Nanchang:

"Otherwise, I will send a telegram to Nanchang Xingying to inquire, and I will tell you if I have a reply, I am afraid that I will have to trouble you to endure for a few days before the problem is officially resolved."

Wu Mingha smiled: "Lao Kang, Lao Kang, I'm afraid you didn't go into the city to have a look, right?" How many Chinese and foreign reporters are screaming around the barracks where the prisoners of the Cantonese army are held? If they know that the captives have nothing to eat, or the captives make a fuss, who will be responsible for what happens? ”

"For this reason, I specifically looked for the county magistrate of Xinfeng, this old guy was so anxious that he was about to cry, and told me that last year's taxes were confiscated, if it weren't for my Wu someone's benevolence, from driving into Xinfeng to now not letting him pay a penny or a grain of rice, let alone squeezing and exploiting the people, I'm afraid he would hang in the morning."

Kang Ze's head suddenly became big when he heard this, although the food and logistics had nothing to do with him, but it was his responsibility to control the army and control the political influence, if Wu Ming really let it go, the previous series of achievements would not only have the possibility of abandoning the previous achievements, but also very likely to cause unpredictable political impact, and then affect his Kang Ze's bright future.

"Brother Wu, no matter what, you have to hold up for your brother for a few days, and my brother will respond to Lu Shangfeng, and strive to transfer a batch of food and other supplies from Ganzhou first, and then ask the central government what it means, if not, try to repatriate the prisoners as soon as possible, it is better to be more generous, and not to make any trouble, otherwise your and my previous efforts will be in vain" Kang Ze persuaded Wu Ming with a sad face.

Wu Ming could only let out a long sigh: "Okay, brother, I'll grit my teeth and hold on for a few days, but Lao Kang, you have to move quickly, if the central negotiation team drags on and doesn't have an accurate number, I have to negotiate directly with the Yue army in the south, and strive to send away the more than 6,000 prisoners who can't eat for nothing as soon as possible, otherwise brother and I will have to go bankrupt." ”