Chen Cheng and others are in different positions and have different visions. However, even so, the equipment and equipment of a standard division of the Xuebing Army reported by Ouyang Yun is still beyond their imagination. Chen Cheng has always paid attention to the Xuebing Army. Army, he knew that the mechanization level of the Xuebing Army was very high, but he did not expect it to be so high. Lin Wei raised this question, but was first frightened by the answer Ouyang Yun gave, and had some doubts in his heart. Ouyang Yun said Big talk, but he couldn't question it in this situation. He swallowed hard and smiled weakly: "No wonder the Xuebing Army is known to win every day. With such equipment, no wonder, no wonder." After saying that, he took out his handkerchief. Wiped his forehead, he was actually sweating just now,
"Is Ouyang Yun exaggerating and deliberately trying to blackmail us?" Someone still raised a question, and it was a lieutenant general sitting in the first row under the rostrum. This person's name was Luo Guangwen, a talented general in the Civil Engineering Department, and he was ten Deputy Commander of the Eighth Army, everyone was stunned for a while and then began to whisper to each other. Amidst the buzz, Luo Guangwen thought that the rostrum would not hear him, so he lowered his voice, but he did not know that Ouyang Yun had excellent hearing. So his words were still heard by Ouyang Yun,
"General, please stand up." Ouyang Yun stood up, pointed at Luo Guangwen and said,
Luo Guangwen was startled, and then he stood up in an upright manner,
Because of this incident, the buzz in the venue immediately disappeared. Everyone didn't know what happened and looked over one after another.
Ouyang Yun: "This general has a noble surname."
"The humble surname is Luo, Luo Guangwen." Luo Guangwen replied neither humble nor arrogantly.
"Lieutenant General Luo Guangwen, deputy commander of the Eighteenth Army."
"yes."
Ouyang Yun looked at the crowd and said loudly: "Lieutenant General Luo just said that I exaggerated to blackmail people. Ha, I must make it clear here that I really did not exaggerate as far as the equipment of the Xuebing Army is concerned. If you don't believe me, just a group of people from the south bank can do it." Well, some people may say that the troops I brought to Chongqing must be elites with better equipment than the troops still in the special zone. So I might as well send an invitation first. Anyone who attends the meeting can go to Guangzhou or other places where there are military cadets to fight if they are willing. Let’s take a look at the place to see the equipment and the morale of the army there.” As he said that, he looked at Luo Guangwen and said with a smile: “Lieutenant General Luo’s words make me very sad.”
Luo Guangwen was startled, while the others stared at Ouyang Yun intently. Jiang Guangnai and Tie Linfei looked at each other, and the corners of their mouths grinned involuntarily. They were so familiar with Ouyang Yun's way of speaking that they could already guess what he was going to do next. What will I say,
"I'm blackmailing you, Lieutenant General Luo, do you have anything worthy of me blackmailing? Although Lieutenant General Luo is tall and burly, I'm not a little girl, and I don't have the Longyang habit."
Someone in the audience laughed. Luo Guangwen blushed and tried to question him. Where he looked, he saw Chen Cheng slowly shaking his head.
"Lieutenant General Luo must be worried about his troops." Ouyang Yun changed his words. Although he was smiling, in the eyes of others, he felt that this smile was fake and even had a sinister flavor. Ouyang Yun didn't wait for Luo Wenguang's rebuttal, glanced at the crowd, and said loudly: "I think there should be a lot of people who have this idea at the meeting, but what I want to make clear is that you can doubt my purpose of coming to Chongqing, but your I, Ouyang, really look down on a team with a solid foundation."
The audience was in an uproar. These words were so shocking.
Ouyang Yun sneered: "If you are not convinced, are you? I will give you a chance to regain your position. Our student army has exercises every month. When the South Bank Military Camp holds exercises at the beginning of next month, I will allow you to select elite troops." You can participate in platoons, companies, regiments, brigades, divisions, any level. Maybe some people want to say, our weapons and equipment are not as good as yours, how can we fight? Then I want to ask, how do we get the weapons and equipment of the Xuebing Army? Was it stolen? Was it obtained by exploiting the people? No, it was developed and produced by ourselves... There are always people questioning my intentions in coming to Chongqing. Hum, do I want to come? We military students are willing to come. Wipe this ass, let me tell you, although 10% of our cadets in the army feel it is their duty to do so, among the people, at least 30% of the opinions are not in favor of our going north, and more than half think that we should go north. The time is not ripe. I have been in Guangzhou for nearly eight years and have never launched a fundraiser. But this time, in order to understand the crisis in Chongqing, I broke the rules for the first time. Those who always hide in dark corners are thinking about me, Ouyang. Conspirators who are seeking to seize power, I tell you that every grain of food you eat now is donated by the people of the SAR. I also want to tell you that you are right, I am here to seize power, but if You guys should be more confident. Do I have this chance? You are all the ones who lead the troops to fight. I want to ask, why can't you always defeat the Japanese? Is it really just because of the equipment? No, when I was in Renqiu , the equipment is not as good as that of the Japanese army, but it still defeats the Japanese army. The army has no cohesion and cannot use its strength in one place. No matter how good the equipment is, it is useless... So as for the reorganization of the army, I can tell you here. What’s more, the order will be based on the performance of each department in the War of Resistance, and some troops will be downsized..."
It was the first time to hold such a large-scale meeting, and it was with a group of people he had never met before. Ouyang Yun originally thought that it would be over in peace and drizzle. The war was far from over. Now that he had the power of food and salary in his hands, he had plenty of time to slowly repair it. However, even after being slightly stimulated, he still couldn't control his emotions. He himself didn't expect that, let alone others, Deng Xihou, Li Zongren and others were raped by him before the meeting. Please go over and discuss it. Their suggestion is to slowly change the current situation. After all, the Central Army around Chongqing still has no owner. The Xuebing Army plus the direct line of the Sichuan Army and the direct line of the Gui Army only total about 400,000. It is not enough to compete with the Central Army militarily. In this case, once a mutiny is provoked, it will be more than worth the gain, and may further worsen the situation of the Anti-Japanese War.
The most sensitive thing to everyone in the meeting was the word downsizing. After Ouyang Yun said this, it really stirred up waves. He clearly felt that the eyes of many people looking at him became less friendly.
"You're still too young." Chen Cheng had a calm expression on his face, but after looking around, he thought,
After the words were spoken, Ouyang Yun felt regretful in his heart, but he would never be affected by them. He would continue without any hesitation: "What is the duty of the army? It is just to protect the country. The common people contribute money and food to support them." We, don't we just hope that we can protect the country's security and they can enjoy peace? In this way, if the army is not engaged in the war and is bullying the people all day long, what use do we have? Don't stare at me. Isn't what I said the truth? Just yesterday, a white-haired, skinny old man came to the coalition government office building to cry out for injustice, saying that some bandit soldiers had raped/prostituted his daughter. You guys, you are soft on the little Japanese, and you show off your power and do evil to your own people. This is Was it done by soldiers?"