The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 287 Gift Giving and Two Ways
Naturally, it was impossible for He Shaozhou to meet He Wei for dinner and chat for no reason. However, after He Wei asked the adjutant who came to post the post, he found out that it turned out that He Shaozhou was in for a big event.

Just yesterday, the Military Commission issued a series of personnel appointments for the 103rd Division. The original division commander, division chief of staff and a regiment commander were naturally transferred because they abandoned their troops and fled during the Jiangyin Defense Battle. Left his original position.

The remaining vacancies were taken over by the officers of the 103rd Division who had distinguished themselves in the bloody battle of Jinling. The position of division commander was naturally taken over by the current deputy division commander, He Shaozhou, who also made great contributions to the victory of Xiaguan.

Not only was He Shaozhou proud of his success and officially took up the position of division chief, but the 103rd Division was also completely transformed this time. During the introduction by the adjutant and Yourong Yan, He Wei learned that according to the Military Commission and the Ministry of Military Affairs, Various orders and regulations have been issued one after another in the past few days. The 103rd Division, a local unit originating from the old Guizhou Army, has been officially regarded by the central government as a unit within the Central Army's order of battle.

In order to rebuild this infantry division that had just been completely centralized, the Military Commission allocated a large number of recent graduates of Huangpu Military Academy and graduated Huangpu students from Guizhou to supplement the officer vacancies of the 103rd Division.

In terms of recruitment of soldiers, several supplementary regiments recently recruited by the Military Commission in Guizhou and strong men recruited from several divisions in Hubei Province were all allocated to the 103rd Division.

The weapons and equipment are even better supplemented. The supplementary standards are completely in accordance with the standards of the main infantry divisions of the Central Army. It is said that what is allocated to the 103rd Division is a complete set of weapons and equipment imported from abroad and just shipped to the country.

It can be said that the 103rd Division completely turned over this time and took off completely. It jumped directly from a former miscellaneous army unit that had just been annexed by the centralization to become the main division of the Central Army. In an instant, it became the main division of the Central Army. Get awesome.

Even the adjutant who came to post on behalf of He Shaozhou to invite He Wei to a banquet couldn't help but straighten up his back and put on an awesome and coaxing look when introducing He Wei to the current situation of the 103rd Division. , and constantly boasted that even the elite civil engineering department of the Central Army who are stationed and training near the three towns in Wuhan may not have the same treatment as their 103rd Division.

He Wei responded to the bragging of this stupid adjutant, and at the same time secretly cursed, he didn't even look at who your division commander's second uncle was. With the giant Buddha of Minister He of the Military and Political Department, who's missing? He will definitely not miss out on the reinforcements of his nephew commander He Shaozhou's troops!

He Wei readily agreed to He Shaozhou's dinner invitation and politely sent the adjutant away from the camp.

As evening approached, He Wei found Zhao Huzhen, commander of the combat vehicle company of the Army Armored Corps stationed in the same camp as the special agent battalion, to borrow a car and prepared to drive to Hanyang city for the banquet in person.

During the Battle of Jinling, General Xiao assigned He Wei an exclusive car and driver. Unfortunately, the car and driver could not be safely evacuated from Xiaguan. In the final stage of the Battle of Jinling, under the attack of Japanese fighter planes, During the bombing, people and vehicles were blown into the river by an aerial bomb, and He Wei lost his only modern means of transportation.

The urban area of ​​Hanyang was also quite far away from the spy camp, and it was not possible to do so on foot or on horseback. Therefore, He Wei had to ask Zhao Huzhen to borrow a car.

Zhao Huzhen's tank company also suffered a lot of vehicle and equipment losses during the Jinling Defense Battle, and it did not have any decent specialized passenger vehicles. In the end, it got a towed 37mm combat vehicle for He Wei from the tank defense platoon of the Armored Corps. It is an off-road vehicle equipped with a defensive cannon, and He Wei himself serves as the driver.

So, He Wei personally drove the open-top towed off-road vehicle and drove to Hanyang city for the banquet with Tao Heiwa, the messenger.

Of course, before setting off, He Wei did not forget to go to Li Youcai and ask for ten large yellow croaker gold bars. After all, He Shaozhou had just been promoted to division commander, and he had been helping He Wei a lot recently. He Wei wanted to prepare a congratulatory gift when he went here. , if you go there with nothing but a mouth full of nonsense, you will be too incompetent to be an official.

However, he didn't have any interest in choosing carefully, so he simply gave away money directly and crudely.

As early as the early years of the Republic of China, the social economy of the three towns in Wuhan was already highly prosperous.

By this time, the population of Hanyang, including Hanyang, had reached more than one million, and the highly developed economy made the three towns of Wuhan second only to Songhu in terms of comprehensive strength, ranking at the forefront of Asia. When He Wei drove into the urban area of ​​Hanyang, although he was worried about the Japanese air raids, , the city has already implemented light control, but even so, He Wei was amazed by the prosperity of the city.

There are various Western-style buildings on both sides of the broad street. Various restaurants, dance halls, casinos, shops, hotels, restaurants and other business places have not been affected by the war at all, and most of them are still in business.

Pedestrians on the street were also coming and going in an endless stream. Some were singing anti-war songs on the street, and people holding colorful flags filled with anti-war slogans could be seen everywhere.

Among the pedestrians were both Chinese and foreigners living in the concession. Not only were there white people, He Wei even saw black people and Indian Asan. He Wei was not curious about the foreigner He Wei, but he was sitting in the passenger seat. The messenger Tao Heiwa was dumbfounded, especially the occasional black man who appeared. The little messenger turned pale with fright. He thought he had seen a ghost and almost took out his rifle and started shooting.

Fortunately, He Wei had quick eyesight and quick hands to stop him. Otherwise, there would have been some international dispute before the meal was even eaten.

He Wei had just arrived and had no idea of ​​the specific location of the 103rd Division's Hanyang office, so he had to use the address left by the adjutant to inquire and ask passers-by. Fortunately, passers-by along the way saw that He Wei was a soldier and were very happy. Enthusiastic He Wei guided the route. He Wei drove for about half an hour in the bustling urban area of ​​Hanyang and finally arrived at the office of the 103rd Division.

The office of the 103rd Division is an independent four-story building. The building is in Western style. A large open space is surrounded by a high iron fence for parking. There is also a sentry with live ammunition at the entrance. It does not occupy a large area, but it really stands out among the bustling streets filled with an atmosphere of drunkenness and wealth. It looks very impressive.

After arriving at the place, He Wei drove the car into the courtyard smoothly, parked the car, picked up the gifts, and hurriedly took Tao Heiwa upstairs.

After entering the office, Tao Heiwa, as a messenger, was definitely not allowed to eat with He Wei. Someone led him to a special place to rest and eat. He Wei went up to the office under the leadership of a captain officer. On the fourth floor, he was immediately led to an office, where he met today's proprietor, He Shaozhou.

He Shaozhou was very happy to see He Wei coming. As soon as He Wei entered the room, He Shaozhou stood up and greeted him cordially. After rejecting the officer who was leading the way, he personally pulled He Wei to sit on the sofa and poured a glass for He Wei himself. Tea, He Wei wanted to shirk it when he saw this, but He Shaozhou, who was in a good mood and high spirits, could not resist it, so he had to calmly accept the personal hospitality of the new major general. Obviously, He Shaozhou was in a good mood as a new officer. He Wei also glanced at the badge on his military uniform. It turned out that the deputy division commander's badge had been replaced by a brand new division commander's badge. He looked rosy and looked richer than before. It’s really a time of great success.

"Brother, you arrived early. Our division is currently in the process of urgent recruitment. The affairs are complicated. Others have to arrive a little later. Please sit down for a while. The environment of our division's office is still good. Relax. ”

He Shaozhou pushed a cup of hot tea over, and He Wei looked at the furnishings in the office. The environment was indeed good. There were large and expensive clocks in the room, the spotless solid wood floors were shiny, and the sofas and seats in the room were also there. All are top quality.

However, this is nothing unusual. Each field unit of the national army usually sets up offices in the rear to handle various rear service and general affairs of the front units, and even some shady business such as reselling supplies or trophies, and even empty pay. Most of them are handled by the rear offices of each army.

Therefore, this rear office is a very fat organization, and the material conditions will never be bad.

"Sir, I heard that you have been promoted to commander of the 103rd Division. I'm sorry to hear that you're being careful, but I hope you'll accept it."

He Shaozhou pushed a cup of tea, and He Wei pushed the gift he was carrying. Because He Shaozhou's invitation was too hasty, after He Wei took ten gold bars from Li Youcai, he didn't have time to find any decent packaging, so he I was able to find a military shoulder bag to wrap this gift.

He Shaozhou took a quick look and saw that it was a dark green military satchel. He Shaozhou looked at the satchel, then at He Wei, and then burst into laughter.

"He Wei, you are interesting. You don't make a decent box when giving gifts. You just wrap the gift in the shoulder bag issued by the army. You know it's a gift, but if you don't know, you think it contains a grenade."

He Shaozhou joked to He Wei with a smile, and immediately opened the satchel without taking He Wei as an outsider, but the contents inside the satchel made He Shaozhou's laughter stop abruptly.

I saw ten shining gold bars lying scattered in the bag. However, these ten gold bars were different from ordinary gold bars. They were all "large yellow croaker" containing grams per pound.

He Wei had never really studied these easy windfalls, especially the gold bars. He only knew that gold bars were valuable hard currency, but he really didn't know their specific value.

Little did he know that the more than 600 gold bars he got from Mr. Wang were all large yellow croakers specially made by Wang Zhaoming. If calculated in terms of oceans, each one was worth more than 800 oceans. He Wei gave them to him in one breath. He Shaozhou has ten roots, which is nearly nine thousand oceans.

He Wei didn't know much about it, but He Shaozhou was very knowledgeable. He looked straight and immediately returned the gold bar to He Wei.

"He Wei, your gift is too valuable. I accept it. You must take it back."

He Wei said: "Sir, both you and Minister He have helped me a lot, and I can't repay you in return. This time you are promoted. Logically speaking, I should carefully prepare a generous gift, but I am only a small major." , are very poor, and are from the Northeast, with no foundation here. To tell you the truth, I took this gold bar from the Japanese during the Battle of Xinkou. Don’t dislike it. Besides, I will inevitably bother you and you in the future. Minister He, at worst, you can treat these ten gold bars as if I were inviting the brothers of the 103rd Division to drink."

He Wei spoke sincerely for a while, not only expressing his gratitude and devotion to He Shaozhou and Minister He, but also by the way clearing the way for these gold bars that came from shady sources.

Seeing the sincerity on He Wei's face, He Shaozhou smiled bitterly and accepted the gold bar.

After presenting the gift, He Wei took a sip of tea, then looked at He Shaozhou's badge with pretense of envy, and sighed with a sad look on his face. A trace of anxiety and expectation flashed from time to time in his confused face, mixed with a little loss. and helpless.

After traveling through time for such a long time, He Wei has gradually learned the tricks and tricks of the officialdom. His extremely rich changes in expressions and movements are naturally not a Sichuan Opera face change for He Shaozhou.

During this period of time, He Wei was looking forward to Minister He's promises and expectations. Since he was having dinner with He Shaozhou today, he naturally had to inquire about it.

He Shaozhou saw He Wei's intention, so he smiled and turned the topic to He Wei, and said: "He Wei, don't worry, Minister He has been paying attention to your affairs. It just so happens that we have something to say. It’s not convenient to tell you when I’m describing it, but I’ll give you a rough idea. As you know, the country is now divided into seven war zones, and the frontline troops have suffered heavy losses. In order to resist the war for a long time, the national army has expanded in large numbers and adopted regular numerical designations. In addition to field troops, various guerrilla columns and advance columns will also be organized in various theaters. These guerrilla advance columns, which are not designated as regular field troops, actually have a lot to do. "

Hearing what He Shaozhou said, He Wei's heart suddenly sank!
Could this be a hint to himself that his position and future would fall on the Laoshizi Guerrilla Column and the Advance Column?

In the final analysis, these bird troops are just a bunch of stray troops that are not regular troops. Not to mention the military exploits he has achieved now, he is also a member of the eleventh generation of Huangpu regardless of his origin. If he really joins the stray troops, it would be worse than being in Xin. Kou Huizhan has been following Li Mo'an in the 14th Army, or accepting the olive branch offered by Wang Yaowu in Jinling, and developing in the system of the 74th Army!

At this time, He Shaozhou waved his hand to signal He Wei to calm down, and continued: "This is just one aspect. In addition, in view of the Japanese army's powerful armor and air force artillery firepower, our army is also forming many special forces tit for tat. For example, just last month, the Military Commission decided to form the Chinese Army’s own mechanized force, and the formation has been officially started based on the Army Armored Corps, with the designation of the 200th Division. I told you before Qiu Qingquan, the chief of staff of the training corps who fought with Jinling, has also been transferred to this division as deputy division commander. In the future, it is likely that some other military departments or special forces of special nature will be formed. This is also a very promising way out. "

(End of this chapter)