The Spring Festival in the south is completely different from that in the north. The climate determines that people in the south prefer to celebrate outdoors, and it is easier to get together for partying. The Xuebing Army has not been in Guangdong for a long time, so they need to lower their posture to give This is an opportunity for the people of Guangdong to get familiar with themselves. Therefore, the New Year’s military parade and drill held at the new military camp playground this time have issued more than 50,000 visitor tickets to the public. With the visitor tickets, you can not only watch the military parade, but also During the investiture ceremony, watch the artistic performances, and five thousand people who were lucky enough to stay to watch the subsequent exercises.
Most of the companies affiliated to the Xuebing Army have just completed construction and have not yet begun to make money. In order to organize this public military parade into a real national party, the investment in food and decoration is not small, which makes As the Chief Financial Officer, Jiang Shuren once repeatedly cut the amount declared by the planning team because he was short of money. Chen Shichang and others even threatened him more than once: I will quit. Fortunately, the Guangdong Military Government had a lot of savings in the past. , the people are also considered wealthy, and the affiliated enterprises in Dongshan County have begun to make a lot of money after development. It was these three factors that made the budget for this military parade finally passed smoothly.
During this Spring Festival, visiting relatives and friends, singing operas, and setting off firecrackers are no longer the first choice entertainment programs for people in Guangzhou and even Guangdong. Instead, being able to enter the new military camp, smack the melon seeds provided by the Xuebing Army, and watch the military parade while chatting has become The program that people talk about the most,
The singing of Bai Liusu and Ouyang Yun brought the Spring Festival party to a climax. Although the last song Ouyang Yun sang was a bit inappropriate, his explanation had a positive effect, which also made the subsequent The parade became more intense. Every participating unit wanted to show its best and give an explanation to themselves, their superiors, and the people of Guangdong. As Guo Biao said before the parade started: We must show our best spirit and give a satisfactory explanation to all those who care about and support the Xuebingjun. After arriving in Guangdong, we have not forgotten our mission. We have not wasted these few months. We are working hard. We will work harder,
The exercises are divided into two major categories, namely individual military skills and group actual battle drills.
On the basis of the previous ones, in order to increase the visibility, two more single-person events have been added this time, one is a ten-kilometer armed swim, and the other is a decathlon military all-around.
The armed swimming project is a product of adapting to local conditions. Compared with Renqiu, Guangdong can go into the water all year round, so training on water combat capabilities has been included in daily training subjects.
The decathlon is entirely to increase the viewing pleasure. In addition, it is also a way to encourage soldiers to train hard. The decathlon is divided into comprehensive shooting (including three shooting postures and multiple firearms), five kilometers Armed cross-country, three-thousand-meter armed swimming, demolition and bomb disposal, military vehicle driving and maintenance, use and maintenance of light artillery, fighting, climbing, battlefield rescue, radio use and maintenance,
As soon as each of the ten military all-around events was marked out, Guo Biao was happy at the time: Isn't this tailor-made for our special operations brigade? This is indeed suspected, because this so-called decathlon is exactly the Langya Special Forces Brigade. Soldiers have skills that everyone must master, and they even have more comprehensive and detailed requirements.
He said this in front of everyone. At that time, Zhang Da was not convinced. He snorted and said: "It's not just the Xuebing Army that has special forces. Our Guangdong Army also has..." Before he could finish his words, Xiang Hanping glared at him and scolded: "Zhang Da, you are a student of the Guangdong Army. From now on, don't say anything like this that hinders unity."
Zhang Da was still a little in awe of Xiang Hanping. Hearing this, his face turned red and he quickly kept silent.
This was an episode that happened when deciding on the specific exercise items. At that time, no one, including Ouyang Yun, took Zhang Da's words to heart. However, it turned out that they really underestimated the strength of the original Guangdong army. Zhang Da had previously His "arrogance" was well-founded. He was not exaggerating. There were a total of sixteen places in the decathlon finals. As a result, Langya failed to take all the places. The original Cantonese team actually started from several places. Breaking out from the siege of hundreds of Langya soldiers, seven people were shortlisted, including a colonel named Jiang Yifeng.
The most exciting part of the so-called gymnastics is the decathlon competition and team competition.
The decathlon was the first to be held. It was already the third day of the Lunar New Year. Chinese people have the custom of visiting friends and relatives during the New Year. Chen Shichang and others originally thought that if this kind of purely military activity was held in such a season, ordinary people would not would be interested, but the facts proved that their judgment was wrong. Not to mention the first day of junior high school, not one of the 5,000 people who were drawn out in the second and third grades of junior high school arrived without them, and some even showed up dragging their relatives with them. phenomenon, and according to the information collected by Hutong, some of the 5,000 tickets that were drawn out have passed through the hands of scalpers and been sold for ten yuan or even twenty yuan each.
According to common sense, military exercises are military activities and should be kept secret from the outside world. There are two positions among the top leaders of the Xuebing Army as to whether they should be open to the public for viewing. Among them, Ouyang Yun is leading the opening so that the Guangdong people can have a better understanding of the Xuebing Army. In order to promote the compatibility between the army and the people stationed in the area, Xiang Hanping and others believed that this was not necessary due to traditional concepts. They believed that this would give the hostile forces an opportunity to understand the Xubing Army. The real strength of the party, and in the final vote, the party that led the opening up won by a narrow margin.
The decathlon final was originally scheduled to start at nine o'clock in the morning. However, because Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, two big guys from the Guangxi clan, were coming, Ouyang Yun decided to postpone it by an hour in order not to let down these two distinguished guests.
As the new neighbors of the Xuebing Army, the relationship between the Gui Clan and the Xuebing Army is now closer than "brothers". There are frequent high-level exchanges between the two sides, and they have regular phone calls every week. Li and Bai, come here at this time Guangzhou is here to pay New Year's greetings to Ouyang Yun and all the soldiers of the Xuebing Army.
Li and Bai chose the timing of their visit quite cleverly. Everyone, including Li Tieshu, Ji Xingwen and Xiang Hanping, agreed that they chose this time to come over to pay their New Year greetings a fake one, but to find out whether the true strength of the Xuebing Army was real. Mu Jiandie analyzed: "Obviously, the Gui Clan has a spy here, otherwise, the time would not have been chosen so cleverly." The decathlon final undoubtedly best reflects the mental outlook and practical ability of the officers and soldiers. Everyone else believed that Li and Bai should be avoided in this crucial game, but Ouyang Yun felt that it was not necessary. He said this: "Are the Gui Clan our enemies? No, they are our friends. When treating friends, we should show our sincerity." For this reason, the game was also postponed specifically for guests to watch together.
After Ouyang Yun finished speaking, Zhang Da turned to Li Hanhun and said, "Do you still have friends in the Republic of China now? Young people are too idealistic."
Li Hanhun smiled and said: "Although the Commander-in-Chief is young, he is not reckless. He must have his own reasons."
Zhang Da looked at him, frowned and said, "Why, you have become a 'Yun Party' too."
Li Hanhun looked at him and his words were full of wisdom: "As long as we can drive away the little devils and restore the country, let alone becoming a 'Yun Party', it doesn't matter if we become a 'Yun Disciple'."
The term "Yuntu" refers to the officers who had received Ouyang Yun's teachings in the rotation training school. These middle and low-level officers of the former Guangdong Army originally had many people who were firmly opposed to Ouyang Yun. However, after returning from the rotation training school for officers, they seemed to As if he had been brainwashed, he became loyal to Ouyang Yun. Zhang Da and others were not angry, so they said that these people were bewitched by Ouyang Yun and became his disciples and disciples. Li Hanhun was so Said, obviously it means something,
Zhang Da obviously disagreed with Li Hanhun's statement. He shook his head and said with some depression: "Old Li, you have changed."
Li Hanhun smiled and said nothing, but his eyes turned to Ouyang Yun's face, and his eyes became hot.
In his mind, yes, Ouyang Yun is young, but he is also a man with real ability and dares to stab someone with a sword. Ouyang Yun does seem immature in dealing with others, but what does it matter? After all, at least for now It seems that he does not have much ambition personally. Everything he does is to defend the country and drive away the Japanese invaders. As a soldier, this wine is enough.
Speaking of which, after Xuebingjun entered Guangdong, this was the first time that Li and Bai came together. Out of courtesy and respect, Ouyang Yun naturally wanted to give him the warmest welcome as a mark of respect.
Li and Bai are obviously good at grasping the direction of public opinion. When the convoy entered the city, it did not go straight to the military camp. Instead, it first circled along the most prosperous "commercial street" in Guangzhou. Li and Bai stood on the car. , from time to time, he would give New Year greetings to the people of Guangdong with clasped fists and salutes, and his guards would sprinkle candies and snacks in large quantities. This aroused great favor among the people of Guangzhou, and even the Fox Tong Internal Affairs Department agents under Chang Gen's control later responded. In the reports, one after another wrote this sentence: The Gui clique is suspected of buying people's hearts.
After driving slowly in the city for more than half an hour, amid the cheers of the people in Guangzhou, Li and Bai's motorcade slowly drove towards the military camp. As the officer on duty reported the situation to Ouyang Yun and others, Ouyang Yun personally He led all the senior officers of the Xuebing Army to welcome him out of the gate, and had the band play a welcome song.
In response to Ouyang Yun's sincerity, Li and Bai reciprocated the same level of sincerity. They stopped the motorcade at a distance, got off the car together, straightened their military uniforms, and then strode towards the welcoming team. As they walked over, Ouyang Yun shouted loudly from afar: "Brother Li, Brother Bai, I've been looking forward to having you here. Thank you for the hard work on the road."
"It's not hard, haha, brother Ouyang, I wish you a happy New Year."
"Ashamed, ashamed, I was supposed to be the younger brother who came to visit me first to pay New Year greetings..."
Compared with Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, two big guys who have been in the Republic of China for many years, Ouyang Yun's political skills are still immature. Fortunately, the Xuebing Army is now truly strong, which only adds a lot of confidence to him, so in He In the "confrontation" between Li and Bai, there was an aura of a newborn calf not afraid of tigers.
Some people say that politicians are first of all liars, and this is absolutely true. Therefore, the first large gathering of senior officials from the Guangxi clique and the Xuebing Army kicked off with the conversation between these three hidden secrets.