Half an hour later, when Zhang Zhengqiang was feeling uneasy and Shuixiang could no longer stand, the Wen'an Special Police Squadron directly under the Xuexi Division headquarters sent a car. Coincidentally, Ouyang Yun happened to summon the Xuexi Division today. A meeting was held for officers above the regiment level. Wang Chengbing, the captain of the Wen'an Special Police Squadron, was attending the meeting in Renqiu, while Huang Zijun, the captain of the Wen'an Self-Defense Brigade, had something to do and couldn't get away. So, after being contacted by phone, Ouyang Yun ordered Wen'an to send a car directly to the police station. Chu Tiange and others took him to the Renqiu Xuebing Division Headquarters.
After getting into the strange-shaped car, which was actually a jeep, and then realizing how much the driver respected Chu Tiange, Zhang Zhengqiang felt at ease.
The driver is a ten-year-old young man, wearing a grass-green uniform and a strange-looking sun hat on his head (actually a wide-brimmed hat, which is the standard summer uniform of the SWAT team). The young man is very enthusiastic. Seeing Chu Tiange and the others looking at the car with some curiosity, he couldn't hide his pride and said: "Sir Chu, this is an 'off-road vehicle' just developed by the 'Xuebing R&D Institute'. Only seven of the first batch were produced. Because we in Wen'an are close to Tianjin, we took care of each other and got one. Haha, it's very beautiful, isn't it?"
Chu Tiange's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked: "Oh, it's a jeep. It's been developed. It's good, it's really good. How far can it run?"
The driver stepped on the accelerator, increased the speed to 60 yards, and said: "I heard from the master that the maximum speed can be more than 80 yards. This is still in the running-in period, and the maximum is 60 yards."
"The 'Xuebing R&D Institute' is the Special Service Brigade, right?"
The special service brigade was once a secret existence. The driver didn't know it. He said: "I don't know very well. Commander Chu, you are so powerful. A few people killed a little devil and a harmful fortress..."
Chu Tiange smiled faintly. Thinking of those comrades who had sacrificed their lives, a touch of sadness flashed through his heart. He asked, "Have Captain Shan and the others come back?"
"I came back a long time ago. I even heard reports of their deeds."
"Hey, what is that?" At this time, Shuixiang pointed to a strange-looking car that made a "Tototo" sound outside and asked curiously,
The driver took one look and replied: "Oh, that's a tractor."
"Tractor." When I heard this term for the first time, Shuixiang became even more curious.
"Specially used for plowing the ground, they are the first batch of vehicles developed by the 'Xuebing Research and Development Institute', and they are also experimental products. This place is the 'military camp' of the Jewish Independence Brigade."
The Jewish Independence Brigade was a recently established unit directly affiliated with the division. Eighty percent of its officers and soldiers were Jewish. Chu Tiange looked carefully and saw that the tractor driver was indeed a European with yellow hair and white skin. I was secretly surprised, thinking: "I have only been away for more than three months, and Renqiu has undergone such a big change."
Zhang Zhengqiang and Shuixiang were even more stunned. Zhang Zhengqiang was most surprised by the scientific and technological strength of the military training division, which was able to develop a car by himself. He couldn't help but ask the driver: "Little brother, you really developed this car yourself."
The driver looked proud: "Of course, the student leaders in our division are amazing. They are all Wenqu stars who have come down to earth. They know astronomy from the top and geography from the bottom."
Shuixiang whispered: "Why did you bring foreigners in, especially these yellow-haired and white-skinned ones? They are all bandits."
The driver looked back at her and said, "What foreigners? They are now Chinese. According to our commander, these people have acquired the nationality of our country and are considered Chinese."
Chu Tiange smiled and said, "You know a lot."
The driver was a little embarrassed: "I also heard what the commander said."
The car was driving very fast, and soon passed the military field before arriving at a small town. There was a roadblock outside the town. The driver skillfully stopped the car in front of the crossbar, took out his ID and handed it to a The sergeant looked at it, and the latter looked at the people in the car seriously. When he saw Chu Tiange, he was stunned for a moment, and then shouted: "Captain Chu, you are Commander Chu, right?"
Chu Tiange looked at him and recognized him immediately. This person turned out to be his former orderly Zhang Xiaoquan. This was such a coincidence. He was also a little surprised and shouted: "Xiaoquan," and asked: "What are you doing? it's here."
"Hello, sir." Zhang Xiaoquan first respectfully gave a military salute to Chu Tiange, then to Zhang Zhengqiang and Shuixiang, and then he said: "Brigade, this is the military camp area of our secret service brigade. It happens to be my turn to be on duty today, haha." After carefully looking at Chu Tiange, he asked in a low voice: "Traveler, I heard that you were injured during the mission, are you okay?"
Chu Tiange was stunned at first, because of this brigade, he thought to himself that he hadn't been back for several months, the secret service regiment had become a secret service brigade, or his position had been reorganized, and then he thought: Why are there military camps everywhere? , It’s not that Renqiu is short of food, he said: “I’m going to the division headquarters now, and we’ll talk when I come back.”
"Yes." Zhang Xiaoquan saluted again, and then directed his men to quickly raise the crossbar to let them go.
The off-road vehicle started running again. Shuixiang looked at Chu Tiange and asked: "Master, I didn't expect you to be the brigade commander. The brigade commander is a very big official. He must have thousands of people under his command."
Zhang Zhengqiang's eyes changed when he looked at Chu Tiange. He was a brigade commander, and he was the brigade commander of the military training division. Well, this trip was worthwhile.
Chu Tiange did not respond to Shuixiang's words. After the car quickly left the town, he saw a tractor roaring not far from the town. A dozen people in camouflage uniforms followed behind, holding farm tools in their hands. , and further away from them, a wall with a length of one mile surrounded a huge yard. Looking from the car, one could see the watchtowers at the four corners of the wall and a two-story small building, faintly visible. , there seemed to be shouts coming from inside, he thought to himself: Is this where the secret service brigade is stationed?
Wen'an is only fifty or sixty kilometers away from Renqiu. It takes an hour at the speed of an off-road vehicle. When the off-road vehicle drove into Renqiu New Town and faced the bustling streets, Chu Tiange once doubted: This is Renqiu. Qiu Ma, why are there so many people? Not only him, Shuixiang and Zhang Zhengqiang all had the same feeling. Zhang Zhengqiang looked at the constant flow of people of all kinds, including foreigners and even Mongolians. If it weren't for the buildings that caught his eye, They were all new. He almost doubted whether he had arrived in Beijing.
As soon as the off-road vehicle entered the crowd, it had to slow down. Shuixiang sighed: "There are so many people."
The driver said: "This is a commercial street, so there should be more people."
Zhang Zhengqiang didn't know what he was thinking of. He said: "With so many people crowded together, if there is a war, the Japanese planes will drop bombs..."
He was interrupted by the driver before he finished his words: "It doesn't matter, there are air-raid shelters, and I heard that these buildings are made of cement and steel bars and are very strong. You are unlucky to come here. If you come on Sunday, you may be able to touch them." To the air defense drill.”
"Oh." Zhang Zhengqiang was completely impressed,
After the car drove through the commercial street, there were far fewer pedestrians on the road. Then it passed through a nearly deserted concrete avenue and arrived in front of a huge camp area.
Unlike other checkpoints, the guards here have reached the size of a platoon, and the troops leading the team have also changed from second lieutenants and sergeants to majors.
The driver stopped the car about ten meters away from the door, and then said to Chu Tiange: "Sir Chu, I can only take you here." Then he gave a military salute to the three of them and drove back along the same route. ,
Chu Tiange returned a military salute and silently watched him leave. Then he turned around and faced the gate of the military camp that was still the same as before. Unspeakable emotions surged in his heart. He secretly shouted: Military Master, I I'm back, Brother Ouyang, I'm back, Jiayao, I'm back, my eyes couldn't help but heat up, and two tears rolled down,
In the conference room of the military training division headquarters, Ouyang Yun sat in the middle of the long round table. On his left and right hands were Jiang Shuren, Zhang Zhen, Ji Xingwen, Li Tieshu, Guo Biao, Shan Renxiong and others.
The Xuexi Division has regular military meetings every month, and this month is the second time a similar meeting of all officers above the regiment commander has been held. The reason is because of the imminent upgrade of the Xuexi Division.
Just after Ouyang Yun and Song Zheyuan reached an agreement to obtain the command of the 37th Division and the territory of Chahar, although the living space of the Xuebing Division has been improved unprecedentedly, strategic materials, especially iron ore, and coal mines have obtained sufficient mineral resources. , but at the same time, it also had to face the problem of having to maintain the original establishment of the 37th Division because the territory was too large.
Not long after the "Ho-Mei Agreement" came into effect and the 29th Army was stationed in Pingjin, due to the support of Chiang Kai-shek, all divisions of the 29th Army were expanded. During this period, the 37th Division was expanded from the original two brigades to three. A brigade was later expanded to four brigades. Together with the local security forces, it actually exceeded the establishment of five brigades. Only two of these five brigades were composed of veterans of the former Northwest Army, and the rest were They are all new recruits. Unlike the military training division, which focuses on recruiting students, the recruits of the 37th Division have uneven quality and limited training, so their discipline is very poor. If you want to brand such a team with the imprint of the military training division, you will not have long-term training. Time training is impossible to complete,
This is not the most important problem. Ouyang Yun's biggest headache now is that the Xuebing Division and the 37th Division are equal units. He is only a division commander, but how can he nominally command the 37th Division? What's more, he and the 29th Army The agreement reached between them could not be made public at all, but how could he obtain the consent of the Nanjing government and Chiang Kai-shek to take over Chahar openly?