Since ancient times, there has been no shortage of small fish eating big fish in history. And the entry of the student army into Guangdong is undoubtedly this one. In terms of numbers alone, the size of the Cantonese army is much larger than that of the student army. This seems destined for a difficult and long process. However, the real development of events was beyond the expectations of many. Among them, the one who felt the most unacceptable was someone in Nanjing.

Just when Ouyang Yun flexed his skills and began to fully integrate the Scholar Army and the Guangdong Army, in Nanjing, in the office of the chairman of the Military Commission, Lao Jiang's face became ugly after reading a secret document.

"Ouyang Yun, this little red guy, he really succeeded?"

The reason why Lao Jiang was willing to leave the army and enter Guangdong was because he had a handle in the hands of others and had to make compromises; And the most important reason is that he feels that with Ouyang Yun's qualifications, it is not enough to subdue Cantonese bigwigs like Xiang Hanping. But the truth slapped him in the face.

"Why is this happening? Haven't you already taken action against Xiang Hanping and them? What is not effective at all? ”

At the same time as the decision was made to allow the Cadet Army to enter Guangdong, a secret order from the secret service department of the Lixing Society was also sent to the secret service organization in Guangdong. At the same time, the special envoy headed by Chen Guofu quietly visited and arrived in Guangdong before Ouyang Yun.

It was Dai Li, the head of the Secret Service, who sent this confidential letter. At this moment, he stood respectfully and replied, "Chairman of the Committee, my subordinates have done their best, but they have been sniped by the 'Fox Pupil' Brigade of the Cadet Army, and they have not been able to start their plans as scheduled. Ouyang Yun moved quite quickly, with the entry of the army, Guangdong is now completely controlled by the Scholar Army, and our grassroots organization opportunities in Guangdong have been destroyed. Chairman of the committee, you know the truth, Ouyang Yun is a person who will be revenged, we have eradicated the strongholds of Fox Tong in all large and medium-sized cities along the Yangtze River, and they are obviously waiting for an opportunity to retaliate......"

Dropping the secret documents in his hand, standing up, walking to the window with his elbows in both hands, Lao Jiang said: "Both light and dark have failed, it seems that the re-emergence of the student army is unstoppable." Turning around suddenly, he scolded: "Niang Xipi, all this is bad in Zhang Zhen's hands, this villain who has rebelled must be eradicated!" Otherwise, where is the prestige of the central authorities?! ”

"Yes! My subordinates do their best! ”

"It's not a try, it's a must! I won't allow this kind of thing to happen in the future, make an example, you understand?! ”

"Yes!" After answering, Dai Li retreated respectfully.

Lao Jiang turned around, looked at the window again, and whispered to himself: "Ouyang Yun, this little red guy, is really becoming more and more unbelievable." The complicated situation in Guangdong was sorted out so quickly. ”

Has Guangdong really been sorted out?

The principal, Ouyang Yun, didn't feel this way. During this time, first land reform, then military reform, and then industrial integration and innovation, he felt that he was going crazy busy.

The land reform was carried out first and smoothly. Of the 67 counties, except for a few provinces bordering Fujian, which have not yet been successfully developed due to various reasons, other counties and cities are in full swing. Among them, several counties under Guangzhou were the first to complete this large-scale project. Of course, this may have something to do with the relationship between Guangzhou and the main army of the student army.

Military reform, although the Cantonese bigwigs, including Zhang Da, have recognized Ouyang Yun's identity as the commander, but the reorganization is not just a simple matter of changing military uniforms. From the specific establishment of troops at all levels to the size of the army, Ouyang Yun had to personally come forward in everything. Otherwise, who knows what excuse those Cantonese army bigwigs will use to pass the buck to those specific handling personnel.

The result of Ouyang Yun's ideal military reform is: a total of four armies, of which the original Xuebing Army is organized into a Xueyi Army; The original Guangdong Army was reorganized into the Second Army and the Third Army; And Chu Tiange's Eagle Cliff Mountain troops will be organized into the first guerrilla army. Each army consists of three divisions (of which, the four regular divisions of the original units of the Cadet Corps have been merged into three divisions, the original six front-line regular divisions of the Guangdong Department have been mixed, and the other second-class units have been organized into five security brigades), one heavy artillery brigade, one mechanized infantry brigade, and one tank brigade, and the units directly under the army have one guard regiment, one medical battalion (equivalent to a field hospital), one communications battalion, and one engineer regiment. Each division consists of three infantry brigades, an artillery regiment, a tank regiment, a communications company, an engineer battalion, and a cavalry company. The troops directly under the headquarters will include a large field hospital, the wolf's tooth special operations brigade (the officers and soldiers who were willing to stay in the original broadsword will all be merged into the wolf's tooth, and use them as the backbone to form a broadsword regiment), the Fox Pupil Information Brigade, the Jewish Independent Division (Xu felt the cruelty of the war and the lack of student soldiers, the Jewish Chamber of Commerce decided to expand the Jewish Independent Brigade into a division, and appointed Ouyang Yun as the acting commander-in-chief, which is equivalent to completely handing over the command to Ouyang Yun), a chariot division, two independent brigades (one of which is the infantry brigade, The infantry brigade will be composed of recruits and recruits from the surviving officers and soldiers of the second column of special police), a heavy artillery brigade, and a number of other auxiliary units.

It took Ouyang Yun five days just to turn this idea into a feasible copy, during which he held four meetings of officers above the division commander level and seven meetings of officers above the army commander level. First, after two days of small-scale consultations and coordination, the officers at and above the division commander level were decided. The list is as follows: the commander is Ouyang Yun; The deputy commanders are Xiang Hanping and Li Tieshu; Chief of Staff and Director of the Political Department is Ji Xingwen; The deputy chiefs of staff are Stern and Miao Peinan; The commander of the First Army is Li Tieshu, the deputy commander is Guo Biao (concurrently the commander of the Wolf Tooth Special Operations Brigade, the deputy brigade commander is a single hero, and the instructor is Ding Yi), the chief of staff is Guo Da, and the teaching chief is Chen Shichang; The commander of the Second Army is Li Hansoul, the deputy commander Li Zhenqiu (concurrently the commander of the Fourth Division), the chief of staff is Deng Longguang, and the chief of teaching is Xiang Yu; The commander of the three armed forces is Zhang Da, the deputy commander Mo Xide, the chief of staff Zhang Meixin, and the general director of education is Chen Zhang......

The Cadet Army grew up step by step, although it expanded faster, but fortunately there was no deformed development. With Ren Qiu's successful experience, at least for now, Ouyang Yun is qualified.

Ouyang Yun used to be just an ignorant teenager, although he had a period of special forces experience, but, due to the general environment, his thinking was still too simple, like a child who had not grown up. What now? After going through a lot, he has completely matured, and the most obvious point is that he no longer behaves indecisively, and many times, even in the face of "his own people", he can use some ruthless means from the overall situation. This is a quality that must be possessed by a "leader".

The word leader was quoted to Ouyang Yun for the first time, and the initiator was Jiang Shuren. And with the smooth annexation of the Cantonese army by the Xuebing Army, this has also become an established fact. At this time in China, although there was a central government, there were still many forces in the secession, and the student army was undoubtedly the most powerful one. Ouyang Yun, as their first leader, seems to be the word leader.

After the reform of the armed forces, it will be the turn of finance. In order to avoid causing too much personnel turmoil and affecting the next economic construction, Ouyang Yun accepted Jiang Shuren and Xiang Hanping's suggestion, and did not make a big move to readjust personnel, but on the basis of keeping the original personnel unchanged as much as possible, he used the method of holding training classes to improve the quality of the existing personnel and inculcate the concept of governing the army of cadets. In order to implement the concept of the Xuebing Army's governance, Ouyang Yun moved the southwestern warlords to issue his second decree after taking charge of Guangdong (the first was about the construction of Jewish settlements on the land allocation), stipulating that the luxury of the city, county, and even the Xuebing Army's office space should not exceed the average level of local schools. If there is a violator, the source of construction funds will be investigated, and the minor will be removed from his post for investigation and punishment, and the serious one will be directly shot.

This was the most barbaric order issued by Ouyang Yun since he became a prince of one side (except, of course, against the Japanese and traitors). As soon as it was announced, it caused a lot of shock among the people, and there were those who high-fived each other, and of course, there were also doubters. Jiang Shuren and Xiang Hanping both felt that it was too much, especially Jiang Shuren, who was worried that this would give the impression that there were still people in Nanjing who were studying the army and the ultra-left, and that the problem of the integrity of officials could not be reflected in the simplicity of a house, and besides, if the people in power were really talented, it would be appropriate to embezzle, and it would not be harmful.

Jiang Shuren said this, but also in response to the current actual situation in China, worried that when the water is clear, there will be no fish. Ouyang Yun twisted to the end this time, resolutely issued this order, and set up a team, with Kang Dafu as the leader, to be responsible for this matter.

Kang Dafu, as an old official left behind by the Nanjing government in Renqiu, is now an old man in the Cadet Army. According to Jiang Shuren, who is most familiar with him, he reacts: Kang has the ability to find a person, and his moral character is not bad, but he is implicated in ***. Jiang Shuren's advice to Ouyang Yun was that Kang Dafu was a useful person, but he had to avoid giving him a heavy position.

Ouyang Yun rarely disagreed with his opinion.

Ouyang Yun has his own mature ideas. After the Cadet Army arrived in Guangdong, the environment had undergone fundamental changes, not to mention that the depth of the threat of war was far less than that of Hebei. The most important point is that Guangdong's economy is much more mature than Hebei's, and because it has always been under the rule of warlords, the obscure system of its officialdom has also become deeply rooted, and it is difficult to achieve it in a short period of time without heavy punishment. However, as a certain leader of his time described: If all the officials in Guangdong were pulled out and lined up, one for every other person would definitely slip through the net, and all of them would definitely be wronged. So, he gave Kondafu the task of making him play the role of a red face. Through him, a strong signal is sent that the past can be blamed, but from now on, there will be no mercy for corruption and perversion of the law. Through this group, former officials in Guangdong can erase their past bad deeds and "become officials" again.