"... Yue Weihan is hereby conferred the rank of Colonel. He will immediately lead the remnants of the Baoshan Battalion to Ning (Nanjing) City for training, and will be responsible for the preparation of the new Third Brigade and Seventh Regiment of the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps. The ranks of all the sergeants of the Baoshan Battalion will be promoted.
Second level. This order is issued by Jiang Wenzheng, Chairman of the Military Committee of the National Revolutionary Army, on September 16, the twenty-sixth year of the Republic of China."
After Gu Zhutong read the message, the entire 98th Division headquarters suddenly became silent.
Whether it was the group of senior generals who came with Gu Zhutong, or the senior generals of the 98th Division such as Xia Zhongyu and Huang Meiwu, they all looked at Yue Weihan with a sense of inexplicable jealousy. The Central Military Academy Teaching Corps was not
Ordinary troops, that is the imperial forest army among the imperial medical forest army!
Based on the current situation, the teaching corps may be expanded into a group army at any time!
At that time, Yue Weihan probably transformed from a colonel commander directly into a major general brigade commander! But how old is this guy this year? He graduated from the Central Military Academy less than two years ago! How many Huangpu seniors are still serving in the camp?
, while he was working hard at the regiment level, this guy went straight to the top and became a major general and brigade commander!?
Thinking about such an opportunity, it really makes people crazy with jealousy!
Gu Zhutong, however, looked pleased. Among everyone present, he was the only one who knew the details of Yue Weihan. His military exploits and Huangpu background alone were not enough for Yue Weihan to ascend to the position of commander of the 7th Regiment of the 3rd Brigade of the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps, but if he continued
Add in the fact that Fenghua is borrowing his identity, and the situation is completely different. Who doesn't know that the old man attaches great importance to local sentiments?
Of all the people present, the one who felt the most shocked was of course Yue Weihan himself.
Yue Weihan really didn't expect that his stay or stay would alarm Principal Jiang. However, thinking about the comments of later generations on Principal Jiang and thinking about his Fenghua origin, Yue Weihan felt relieved. But then again, it was really disappointing.
Yue Weihan took the remnants of the Baoshan Battalion to Nanjing for training, even if they killed him!
In the eyes of others, this is a great honor, and it is also a good opportunity to rise to great heights.
But in Yue Weihan's view, this is a dead end! What kind of army is the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps? It is the Party-State Guards Army. All the backbones of the army are composed of graduates from the Central Military Academy. How loyal these military academy cadets are to Principal Chiang.
It is beyond imagination that if Yue Weihan wants to change the political tendencies of these students, it is undoubtedly a fool's errand.
If Yue Weihan really wants to go to Nanjing and become the leader of the regiment, then in the end he will have only two options.
Either to flee alone in despair and travel thousands of miles to northwest Shanxi to join the Eighth Route Army, or to teach the corps at the Central Military Academy to eat and wait for death, and then to live in exile in Taiwan and die in a foreign land. There is no other possibility.
Change to another army, even if it is a direct line of the Central Army like the 36th Division, 87th Division, and 88th Division, even if Yue Weihan cannot pull the troops into the Eighth Route Army at this stage, he will still have the opportunity to revolt in front of the formation in the Liberation War in the future.
, but in the teaching corps of the Central Military Academy, there is no chance of an uprising even before the battle.
Obviously, neither of these two paths is what Yue Weihan wants, so he will never go to Nanjing, let alone become the leader of this regiment!
According to Yue Weihan's plan, he has two things that he must do. The first thing is to save the fate of more than 600 soldiers of Yao Changqing Battalion as much as possible. After all, they saved his life. Now this task has been completed.
Although only 42 people were rescued, they still left a fire in Yao camp.
The second thing is to bring an army to Shanxi as much as possible, so that after joining the Eighth Route Army, no matter what happens, you can still get a division commander Dangdang, without having to start from the lowest level of the army. There is no way, after all, Yue Weihan is a modern
Human beings always think more realistically than the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries.
Therefore, if Yue Weihan is allowed to stay in the 98th Division as the regimental commander, he will welcome it with both hands, but if he is to go to the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps as the regimental commander, then he will be exempted.
Yue Weihan did not hesitate and said to Gu Zhu, "Master, I have something to say."
"Ah, just say it if you have something to say." Gu Zhutong nodded slightly. He had no idea what Yue Weihan was going to say.
Yue Weihan glanced at the many senior generals of the national army present and said loudly: "I promised Battalion Commander Yao Changqing that I would die to live and die with all the soldiers of the 3rd Battalion. Although I went to Ningcheng to act on orders, it is inevitable that I would abandon my comrades and escape from the battle, so
I would like to hear the opinions of all the soldiers of the 3rd Battalion first."
"It should be, this is what it should be." Gu Zhutong nodded repeatedly, but his boss was unhappy in his heart.
How could the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps do such a stupid thing? First, the commander-in-chief Gui Yongqing openly defied the old man’s orders and ignored the opportunity to go to Sichuan to expand the army and become a general, but insisted on leading his troops to the Songhu front line, and now it appears again
After marrying Yue Weihan, let him go to Ningcheng to become a colonel commander or even give up the opportunity of at least brigade commander, but insist on staying in the 98th Division?
The senior generals of the national army next to him also changed their expressions. Some were despised, some were admired, and some were even more confused!
Soon, the forty-two remaining members of the Baoshan Battalion gathered in the courtyard of the 98th Division headquarters. Gu Zhu and other senior party and state generals also left the headquarters and came to the courtyard.
Yue Weihan stood in front of the queue, and the forty-two remaining members of Baoshan Battalion straightened their chests immediately.
Yue Weihan actually didn't get along with the Baoshan Battalion for a long time, only half a month. However, in the feeling of these defeated soldiers, Yue Weihan seemed to have been their officer for many years! Gu Zhutong and the national army generals present were all
It can be felt that there is something inexplicable in the eyes of the remnants of the Baoshan Battalion when they look at Yue Weihan.
"Relax." Yue Weihan raised his hand in return, and then said in a deep voice, "I just received a telegram from the peak, asking us to go to Ningcheng to expand our strength. I will be promoted to colonel commander, your company commander will be promoted to battalion commander, and your platoon commander will be promoted to company commander.
Squad leader was promoted to platoon leader, but what I want to tell you is that troops from all over the country are now recruiting troops to join the war, and they are asking to come to the Songhu front line to fight the Japanese invaders. However, at this time, we have to abandon our comrades and go to the rear to expand our ranks and get promoted.
, although it is an order, ask yourself, can you not feel guilty?"
In an instant, Gu Zhutong's face darkened, and Yue Weihan's attitude was clearly revealed in these words.
"Nonsense!" Cheng Cheng, the commander-in-chief of the left-wing cluster corps in the crowd, couldn't help but cursed in a low voice, "This is simply disrespectful!"
"Yes, there will definitely be people scolding me behind my back for cheating on me and not appreciating it!" Yue Weihan seemed to have heard Cheng Cheng's voice, and retorted coldly, "But what I want to say is that I was scolded by a few people for cheating and taking names.
It is better to be famous and disrespectful than to be scolded by the people all over the world for being afraid of death and war and running away from the battle! As a soldier, it is the greatest shame to be afraid of death and war and running away from the battle! Brothers, you say we should
Should I go to Ningcheng for promotion and expansion, or should I stay and fight the enemy side by side with the brothers of the 98th Division?"
"stay!"
"stay!"
"stay!"
Forty-two voices instantly merged into an unparalleled cry, and the huge sound wave was about to knock off the tiles on the roof of the division headquarters.
Yue Weihan suddenly turned around, saluted Gu Zhutong with a standard military salute, and said solemnly: "General, this is the voice of all the soldiers of Baoshan Battalion. We don't want to leave the Songhu front line at this time, and we don't want to be cowards who run away from the battle.
We want to stay and fight the enemy side by side with the brothers of the 98th Division. Please forgive me and please forgive me."
"Okay, okay, great man. Where can I not kill the Japanese with a three-foot green sword? It's okay to stay, or okay. Don't worry about the appointment. I will explain it for you." Gu Zhutong smiled but didn't smile.
After a few perfunctory sentences, he finally said meaningfully, "Young man, you can take care of yourself."
After saying that, Gu Zhutong turned around and left the 98th Division headquarters without looking back.
The senior generals of the national army who came with Gu Zhutong also walked away one after another, especially General Cheng, the commander-in-chief of the left-wing cluster corps, who looked unkind, but managed not to have an attack.
Although Yue Weihan disobeyed Principal Chiang's telegram, his reasons were extremely high-sounding. From a simple point of view, even Principal Chiang could not accuse Yue Weihan of the slightest. How could anyone openly accuse a patriotic soldier of killing the enemy and serving the country?
What about his heart? Not only could he not be criticized, but he even had to praise Yue Weihan against his will.
However, many people lamented for Yue Weihan, including Xia Zhongyu, commander of the 98th Division.
Yue Weihan would rather give up the opportunity to expand to Ningcheng than stay in the 98th Division. Xia Zhongyu was moved and regretful at the same time. What moved him was naturally Yue Weihan's trust in the 98th Division. Unfortunately, Yue Weihan had already transferred the theater deputy commander Gu and the 98th Division.
General Cheng, the leader of the group, has offended him to the point of death. I am afraid his life will not be easy in the future.
Only Yue Weihan didn't care much. If he didn't have a future in the National Army, he would have no future. He didn't want to stay in the National Army. He just wanted to take a National Army unit to Shanxi and join the Eighth Route Army. He didn't want to
He is greedy and doesn't need many troops. He will be satisfied if he can take away a regiment of two to three thousand elite veterans.