Episode 17 Back to my parents' house

In the afternoon, Xiang Xiaoqiang summoned all the senior officers of the mobile team.

There are two aspects of the expansion, the first is the 150 tanks that Zhu Yourong just gave him. With these more than 100 tanks "married", there are also a large number of good things:

Nearly 100 armored personnel carriers, nearly 100 self-propelled howitzers, anti-tank guns, anti-aircraft guns, dozens of lightly armored reconnaissance vehicles, more than 1,000 vehicles, more than 1,000 motorcycles, as well as a large number of mortars and light weapons, as well as other military equipment. More importantly, there are several thousand outstanding officers, soldiers, graduates of military academies...... When Xiang Xiaoqiang read this long list several times, he couldn't wait to bow to Zhu Yourong. This Nizi is so interesting! This is combined with the original part of the mobile team, and the personnel and equipment have more than doubled.

In other words, the 1st Panzer Division of the People's Guard is about to open!

The second aspect of the expansion is the "expansion of the People's Guard to 100,000 people" in Zhu Yourong's edict. Of course, more than 90 percent of these 100,000 people will still be combat units, that is, mobile teams. Xiang Xiaoqiang's ideal People's Guard should be a small number of mechanized infantry as the elite, plus a large number of motorized infantry as the main force (of course, all mechanized is better, but at least in this era is unrealistic). Under the long-term indoctrination of Xiang Xiaoqiang, Zhu Yourong has also become an admirer of mobile warfare, and completely agrees with Xiang Xiaoqiang's idea. In these military classes, both teachers and students are basically in YY, or the Ming Army, which is designing the future all-motorized army.

Not only the People's Guard, but also the entire Ming military community are taking advantage of this Ming and Qing War to shout for army expansion and upgrading. On the one hand, the expansion of the army can always bring many new official positions and promotion opportunities, and on the other hand, the Qing army's breakthrough of the Yangtze River defense line really shook the hearts of the entire army. Now more and more people believe that relying only on a defense line on the Yangtze River cannot guarantee the safety of the Ming Dynasty, and it is still necessary to have a strong army. In the past, because the Ming army had a defense line on the Yangtze River, it didn't pay much attention to tanks, but now it is terrible, and everyone must be equipped with tanks, armored vehicles, and cars. Although there has been a ceasefire this time, whether it is out of public or selfish intentions, everyone has taken this opportunity to escalate noisily.

As a result, the major arsenals of Daming, especially those that can produce tanks, vehicles, and aircraft, are still producing at full capacity, and their output is getting higher and higher day by day. Many new factories have already been built. The stock market is starting to pick up, and employment is starting to improve.

From Li Gensheng down in the People's Guards, everyone is gearing up and excited. Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled and said to everyone:

"Therefore, in view of such a good situation, our People's Guard Corps should and must be at the forefront of the whole team. I want to increase the number of troops to 100,000 by this year, that is, by the end of 1936. How difficult is it to take root? ”

Li Gensheng hesitated for a moment, and then said after deliberation:

"There are certain difficulties. But my lord, we'll do our best. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang nodded. He knows Li Gensheng very well, and Li Gensheng has always left a certain amount of leeway to speak. If he says that there is a certain amount of difficulty, it is about the same, and it can be done with good work. What he said was that the People's Guard Corps recruited troops on its own, and if Xiang Xiaoqiang tried to draw ready-made troops from other troops, the speed of army expansion would be much faster.

Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled:

"The existing forces of our People's Guard Mobile Force have all participated in the defense of Nanjing, have been tested by bullets and bullets on the battlefield, and have valuable experience in actual combat. Although the Battle of Nanjing was fierce, the front was too narrow, and many of the Ming troops did not get the opportunity to engage the Qing army directly. But our mobile team is different, from officers to soldiers, everyone has fully fought with the Qing captives. This is very rare in the Ming army, and the only one that can compare with us in this aspect is the capital garrison.

"That is to say, after the expansion of the army, you, as well as your subordinates, will become the backbone of the first strong army of the Ming Dynasty. There will be many new brothers to bring with you, and in the future, you will need to show them the battlefield. …… Hehe, when it comes to army expansion, you have to look at the Wehrmacht. They were under the shackles of the Treaty of Versailles, and they could only keep 100,000 people in the country. But now, they have expanded their army, and all of these 100,000 men have become the backbone of the powerful new German army. In this regard, we would like to follow the example of the German Wehrmacht.

"Okay, let's talk about it first, all of you work hard!"

In the evening, Xiang Xiaoqiang held a small award ceremony in the headquarters, and first promoted himself and his direct subordinates to the ranks. Of course, the ranks of the officers of the People's Guard Corps as a whole are on the low side, but this is the first time, and it is not good to promote too much fanfare. As long as the commanders are promoted, the tide below will naturally rise, and it will be easy to handle one batch after another.

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The next day, February 9th. Early in the morning, Xiang Xiaoqiang and Xiuxiu, with six plainclothes guards, boarded the train to Suzhou.

On the first-class carriage, three boxes are next to each other, in the middle are Xiang Xiaoqiang and Xiuxiu, and there are three guards living in each of the boxes.

This time, Xiang Xiaoqiang took Xiuxiu "back to his parents' home", which was kept secret from the outside world, and was completely plainclothes and micro-clothes. Now Xiang Xiaoqiang is a news figure, although there are many paparazzi at the entrance of the headquarters, but the current paparazzi are not as good as the later generations, there are no cars and no motorcycles, they can only take a few photos at the door, and they can be thrown off by sitting in the car. Then I walked around the city, made sure there was no tracking, and went straight to the train station. When I got to the vicinity of the station, I got off the train to Xiaoqiang, Xiuxiu, and the guards. Xiang Xiaoqiang and Xiuxiu pretended to be a little couple, Xiang Xiaoqiang wore sunglasses, Xiuxiu pretended to be cold, wore a mask, and wrapped her head and face tightly.

The six guards also pretended not to know them, and got into the car one after another. These are the six elites selected from Xiang Xiaoqiang's guard platoon, led by the platoon commander himself, to protect the commander and his wife. Xiang Xiaoqiang's guard platoon has more than 30 people, all of whom are selected agents from the security team, and all of them are excellent. Although Xiang Xiaoqiang traveled this time, the secrecy was relatively good, but in view of the fact that there were quite a few people who wanted his life, although there were few people in the group, the firepower was very strong. With two submachine guns, two box guns were hidden in each guard. Even Xiang Xiaoqiang and Xiuxiu each pinned a box gun.

With a long whistle, the train slowly drove out of Nanjing Station and headed east along the Shanghai-Kunming Railway.

The Shanghai-Kunming Railway is a railway parallel to the Yangtze River defense line, spanning the northern boundary of the Nanming Dynasty, and is the blood transfusion artery of the Yangtze River defense line. Xiang Xiaoqiang and Xiuxiu are both taking a luxurious train box for the first time, or even the first time taking a train box. Of course, when Xiang Xiaoqiang was behind enemy lines in the Northern Qing Dynasty, he sat in a fourteen-grid luxury carriage. But it was the whole carriage, and at that time it was only nervous and running for its life, how could it be so leisurely and comfortable now?

Both of them were lying on the side of the car window, looking out very freshly and for a long time, enjoying the beautiful scenery of the land of Nanming.

It has already begun spring, and although the land south of the Yangtze River is still silent in winter, it can already vaguely feel a trace of spring. In the winter of the north, everywhere is bare, yellow, and gray. But even in winter, many places in Gangnam retain a lot of greenery.

The farmland near the train tracks, the villages in the distance, and the rolling hills in the distance all fall backwards at different speeds, and they look so beautiful. Xiang Xiaoqiang and Xiuxiu looked greedily, smiling at each other from time to time, as if they had a heart.

Today's trains run slower than later generations, and there are more than 200 kilometers from Nanjing to Suzhou, and it takes the afternoon to arrive. For the sake of secrecy and security, Xiang Xiaoqiang and Xiuxiu did not take a telegram in advance, but went directly like this. But this also made Xiuxiu very happy, and she suddenly brought back the golden beetle son-in-law, which was enough to surprise her mother and younger brother.

Xiuxiu was tired of looking at the scenery, so she looked at Xiang Xiaoqiang. She looked at it boldly, with a satisfied, gentle smile in her eyes. This kind of expression has never been seen in Nanjing. However, this is on the way to her house, and in the past few days, the husband is completely alone, and he doesn't have to look at words and emotions too much, and he doesn't have to share it with anyone.

When they ate at noon, they were afraid of being recognized, so they didn't go to the dining car, but asked the waiter to bring the lunch into the box. Xiang Xiaoqiang was afraid of being recognized, so he didn't tip. But he found that the train service attitude at this time was super good, and compared with later generations, it was simply a five-star hotel. He sat on the edge of the bed reading the newspaper and asked the waiter to put the meal on the table. Xiuxiu was lying on the bed pretending to be sick, her face flushing and coughing.

After the waiter withdrew, the two sat up, looked at each other excitedly and smiled, like a young couple who had secretly eloped.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the train arrived in Suzhou. Xiang Xiaoqiang carried his luggage and took Xiuxiu out of the car, and six guards were in front of and behind them, protecting the commander and his wife.

As soon as I got out of the station, my ears were full of noisy shouts in the Gusu dialect, which was as lively as the railway station in later generations. Food, shoeshone, foot-picking, consignment...... Xiuxiu looked very excited, and her ears were full of hometown dialect.

At this time, the Suzhou Railway Station was outside the city to the east, adjacent to Jinji Lake. Xiang Xiaoqiang looked left and right, thinking about where to hire a car. The six guards were scattered around, all staring wide-eyed, and none of them were experienced.

Xiuxiu gently pulled Xiaoqiang's sleeve and said with a smile:

"My lord, let's go, I'll take you to hire a boat!"

Xiang Xiaoqiang was surprised:

"Hire a boat? Don't hire a big car? ”

Xiuxiu's eyebrows were crooked with a smile, and Khan said happily:

"The south ship and the north car, of course, are hired ships! Every time I go home for the Chinese New Year, I take a boat. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang hesitated:

"That'...... Isn't the boat slow? ”

Xiuxiu smiled:

"It's not too slow, we'll be in Tongli in the evening."

The word "Tongli" once again triggered the beautiful imagination in Xiang Xiaoqiang's heart. Lu Xun wrote, the scene of going to watch social dramas more than ten miles away with a canopy boat at night seemed to be right in front of him. Yes, it's so easy to come to the Jiangnan water town, you must take a boat! Don't say it's at night, why don't you arrive tomorrow?

Xiang Xiaoqiang agreed, glanced at the guards around him, and the group walked towards the Jinji Lake Wharf in the east in the crowd.

Sure enough, there was a large awning boat waiting by the dock, soliciting business. Xiuxiu wore a large mask and used to bargain skillfully in Wu Nong's soft language. Soon a large awning boat was negotiated. At this time, the guards were no longer installed, and the eight men got on the big black canopy boat, and the captain of the boat untied the cable, rocked the oar, and sailed south.

Xiang Xiaoqiang was very excited, leaned on the boat, and stretched out his head to look at the tumultuous water below. After looking at it for a while, my head was a little dizzy. He just wanted to care about whether Xiuxiu was seasick, but suddenly remembered that Xiuxiu was in the navy, how could he be seasick?

He looked back at Xiuxiu, but found that something was not quite right.

The boss of the boat at the stern of the boat, while rocking the oar, kept peeking at the show.