Chapter 36
There was a strong sense of decadence between the lines of the clan uncle's letter. It seemed that the attack on the clan uncle was really bad. As for the letter itself, Wang Zhenyu didn't care much, because he had already received a letter from Lu Diping before, and he roughly knew what was going on. Looking at the content of the clan uncle's letter, he really had to give up revenge in order to take into account the overall situation.
However, he also knew from this letter what kind of person Tan Yankai was. Although he was in his early thirties, he was in his prime. When he became a "Wenren", Wang Longzhong was still studying in the military academy in Japan. Such a person, when he saw Wang Longzhong coming in a fierce manner, and Mei Xin was fleeing to Hengyang with his men when he saw that the situation was wrong. However, in this situation where there were extremely unfavorable enemies of tigers and wolves outside but no soldiers available inside, Tan Yankai successfully reversed the situation.
On the one hand, Tan Yankai publicly declared to the public by retreating and advancing, saying that he was willing to give up the position of governor to Wang Longzhong to avoid the civil war in Hunan; on the other hand, Tan Yankai invited Huang Luanming, the former 49 Biaobiao who was not in the army when Changsha was restored, and asked Huang Luanming to appease the first association who was eyeing the covetous first association outside Changsha City as an old commander. Huang Luanming was the old general of the 49 Biao, and his prestige was high. The officers of the First Association, including Wang Longzhong, were still his old subordinates. So he ran to the First Association and scolded Wang Longzhong and others for being offenders, ignoring the overall situation and corrupting the situation. Wang Longzhong, who was determined to come back to settle the matter, was hesitant.
Finally, Tan Yankai promised to recognize Jiao Dafeng and Chen Zuoxin as a revolutionary martyr, each family gave him 40,000 yuan in pensions. In this case, Wang Longzhong, who usually handles people and things, actually stopped and accepted the leadership of Governor Tan. Wang Zhenyu looked at the letter from his clan uncle and knew that the next time he was a careless clan uncle was not far from completely withdrawing from the political stage.
Although Tan Yankai is now trying to win over him, when Old Tan has his own direct line, he probably will either be killed or stepped down from power, and there is no other way. The uncle is extremely brave on the battlefield, but he is short-sighted and naive in politics. Wang Zhenyu gave this uncle a very accurate positioning, the kindness of a woman.
After experiencing the Wang Longzhong incident, Tan Yankai's steps in capturing military power were significantly accelerated. At the end of December, the Hunan Military Government reported to Huang Xing the preliminary reorganization plan of the Hunan Army: the Hunan Army had set up a total of five infantry divisions, of which Wang Longzhong's troops were organized into the Fourth Division, which was a clear omen. The commander of the Fourth Division was naturally Wang Longzhong, with the 7th and 8th brigades under his command. Qingheng and Chen Qiang were assigned to brigade commanders, Zhu Guangdou, Lu Diping, Liang Xiqiu, and Hu Zhaopeng assigned to the 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th regiments. According to the hints in Lu Diping's subsequent second letter, the situation in the division has been very complicated recently, and many people are flirting with the military government. The control of the tribe's uncle Wang Longzhong obviously had a problem.
Wang Zhenyu shook his head and kept these letters, which was his habit.
Wang Zhenyu suddenly remembered another thing, and no one seemed to have asked about him and his troops.
Wang Zhenyu, the battalion that was left in Hubei and never withdrawn, did not pay attention to the situation. Not only did he not pay attention, but Huang Luanming, the Minister of Military Affairs of Hunan Province, who was responsible for the reorganization plan, did not pay attention or deliberately did not pay attention. Wang Longzhong, who was the direct commander, became very decadent after experiencing this blow and basically ignored the reorganization affairs. He was drunk all day long, and he was confused. He didn't know if he was really stupid or pretended to be stupid to save his life. So because of all kinds of explicit invocations and various reasons that could not be explicit, the Second Battalion, which made great military achievements at the Yudai Gate, was forgotten by everyone in such a bunch of intentional or unintentional inattention, and became a wild child.
However, the Hunan military government can forget the Second Battalion, but Huang Xing, the general commander of the Nanjing Provisional Government, will not forget it. At this moment, he was so proud that he still remembered in his heart that he stood up to turn the situation around for him during the most difficult days in Hanyang. It was not someone else, but Wang Zhenyu. After the Hunan Army retreated, the battalion still stayed in Hanyang and obeyed his command and stabilized the morale of the army. This person was made contributions, and this army was also made contributions. Hunan could forget him, but how could Huang Keqiang, who valued love and friendship?
So General Huang waved his pen and gave Wang Zhenyu the number of the 9th Brigade of the Fourth Division of the Hunan Army. In the name of the Army Department of the Nanjing Provisional Government, Wang Zhenyu was directly appointed as the commander of the 9th Brigade of the 4th Division of the Hunan Army and awarded the rank of major general. Huang Xing also understood the embarrassing situation of this army. In the order, Huang Xing clearly ordered the brigade to be expanded and formed by the 2nd Battalion of the 49th brigade. After the expansion was completed, he did not need to be built. Instead, he was transferred to Nanjing directly under the Nanjing Security Command to prepare for the Northern Expedition. At the same time, in order to commemorate the victory of the Hankou counterattack, Huang Xing also issued a special document to inform the entire army and awarded the brigade the title of "Tiger Brigade".
In Hunan, Tan Yankai had no objection to receiving the order from Nanjing. At present, in order to firmly hold the position of governor, which is covered with the blood of the members of the Tongmenghui, he still needs the support of Huang Xing, the elder of the Tongmenghui. Therefore, he followed Huang Xing's orders, but he had to go directly to the Northern Expedition after the formation was completed. Tan Yankai was no longer concerned about this. He instructed the Ministry of Military Affairs to supply the department as needed, and attached his name to Huang Xing's order. As for whether the Ministry of Military Affairs can do so, it is not up to him. In the past month, most of the main officers of the four regiments of Wang Longzhong's two brigades and four regiments have been submitted to his own disciples. Even if Wang Longzhong's name has another brigade under his name, what kind of wind can it cause?
Who would have thought that just out of Huang Xing’s personal preference, this order later influenced the historical trend of the entire Republic of China...
"Congratulations to General" all teams rushed to congratulate Wang Zhenyu after getting the news. Everyone is not stupid. They have been upgraded from battalion to brigade, and the commander has become a general. Now everyone will definitely have the opportunity to be promoted. If they don't come to flatter at this time, they will have no place to regret it if they miss it.
"Tiger Brigade" Wang Zhenyu was still struggling with this name, which easily reminded him of the later Sri Lankan Tigers? Does General Huang Xing and Huang want to be a revolutionary terrorist? His mind is in chaos.
"The official order has not been released yet, and no one from Changsha has come. Why are you trying to make trouble here? Get all of them back for training."
With a tiger's face, Wang Zhenyu sat quietly on the chair in a daze.
He actually became a general. After more than two months of coming to this era, he had gone from a down-and-out college graduate who could not even find a decent job in his later generations to a major general brigade commander of the civilian army. This is really a hero created by the times. Wang Zhenyu felt pressure coming towards him. He knew that he was not the one Wang Zhenyu who received the formal education of Hunan Army Primary School. He was only a major general who was not a common sense bet in Hankou. He played the night attack and succeeded by luck. To be honest, he didn't think he was a qualified soldier. He trained his soldiers in front of him, but he only learned a little bit of knowledge from watching his father's childhood memories and various military-themed novels and TV series. But his father was just a battalion-level cadre throughout his life, and he was now a major general, and he was the kind of real soldiers, not a singer-sing general.
At the beginning, I only cared about more than 700 people in my battalion. Although I was a little stressed, I didn’t feel anything.
At that time, these people were not familiar with them and had a mentality of not caring about spending unexpected money. Now they are already a close team, and everyone is like their own brothers, and they no longer have the indifferent feeling of the past.
So as soon as he rose, Wang Zhenyu felt confused and even a little scared. Then he became a little unconfident. He began to doubt whether he could really make achievements in this era?
"Hi" Just as Wang Zhenyu was in deep thought, he suddenly felt someone patting his shoulder, and then a girl frightened him. Without looking, Wang Zhenyu also knew who it was. After a slap in such a pressure, he lost his words. He said without looking back: "Childish."
"Hmph" The one who scared Wang Zhenyu was naturally our Miss Ye Ziwen. She stayed in this military camp for more than half a month. Ye Ziwen, who was usually confined to home, was both fresh and happy in the new living environment of the military camp. In addition, their cultural and educational work was carried out very smoothly. Although the soldiers were a little stupid, their attitudes were very upright and serious, and the learning effect was naturally not bad. This made this group of girls who acted as teachers feel accomplished.
More importantly, the whole battalion knew that these seven or eight little girls were invited by the leaders, so they were very polite to them and their treatment was also in accordance with the standards of the officers. These ladies went wherever they wanted in the military camp and did whatever they wanted. Now they were really putting ducks on their backs. These ladies who grew up in the concession saw everything fresh and were fun to see. Because of the training time, the boys in the teaching team got the moon first. Dai Yue, Chen Suxin, Tao Zhiyue, Song Haomin and others now accompany the ladies around every morning, making these 15 or 16-year-old girls laugh. It was not until the afternoon after they went to class that the boys went to the teaching team to report participating in the military training of the teaching team, and Wang Zhenyu turned a blind eye to this.
Although the plan to make Ye Ziwen failed, it was unexpectedly done to improve the cultural quality of the officers and soldiers of the battalion.
Before Wang Zhenyu could thank Ye Ziwen, he had a headache by the young lady again. Since the military song last time taught the teaching team, the young lady of the Ye family has become nothing to do in the past few days. She did not run around with the silly boys of the teaching team, but instead wandered around Wang Zhenyu's battalion every day. The guards of the battalion also knew that the relationship between this young lady and her own manager was different from other girls, so she never stopped her from entering and leaving the battalion.
Chapter completed!