King of Secret Service

Wearing a colonel's military uniform and a woolen overcoat, Liang Xiao came out of the hotel with Jiang Tao and other guards.

At the entrance of the hotel, the car sent by Qian Dajun to pick him up was parked.

"I'll go by car, you go by rickshaw." Liang Xiao said to Jiang Tao.

"Yes." Jiang Tao responded.

Liang Xiao got on the special car of the attendant's room and drove directly to the Military and Political Department.

Today is an important day for many Whampoa officers.

Therefore, early in the morning, more than a dozen Huangpu school officials gathered at the entrance of the military and political department. For them, today is the most important event in their lives. After so many years of bloody storms, it is time for them to become famous.

"Have you heard that there is a military commander who wants to be awarded the title with us?"

"The old men were all fought on the battlefield, why should he confer titles with us?"

"Who said it wasn't? We followed the principal to participate in the Northern Expedition and the Great War in the Central Plains. The rank of major general was obtained in exchange for his life. He, a secret agent, deserves to be awarded the rank with us."

"We have to respond to the principal and never confer titles with him."

"Come on, let's go to the principal."

More than a dozen Whampoa officers blocked the gate of the Military and Political Department together, specifying that they wanted to see the commissioner.

The guards of the Military and Political Department who were guarding the gate did not dare to stop them. After all, these officers had followed the Commissioner from the South and the North, and made great military exploits.

At this time, a car stopped at the gate.

A middle-aged man wearing glasses stepped out of the car. He was wearing a military uniform and a woolen coat, and asked, "What are you trying to do by blocking the gate?".

Chapter 168 Major General Rank

"Minister He, we don't want to confer titles with secret agents."

"Yes, we don't want to."

"If we are to be awarded the title together with the secret agents, we would rather not be awarded the title."

Minister He swept over these officers, pressed his hands to signal silence, and said: "What are you shouting about? What do you mean you don't want to be awarded the title with the secret agent? I insulted you by being awarded the title with him. As officers of the party and the country, why are you so poor in revolutionary consciousness? .”

"We fought with the principal in the north and south, and were promoted to major general based on his military exploits. Why is he a spy? Has he ever been on the battlefield? Has he killed the enemy? Why is he also awarded the rank of major general?"

"That's right, we don't accept it, so why should he be awarded the rank of major general?"

Minister He scolded: "Is this something you should consider? He was conferred the rank of major general, and the commissioner personally rolled his name. Don't gather a crowd to make trouble. Hurry up to the auditorium and prepare for the conferment."

"If we don't give us a satisfactory explanation for this matter, we will definitely not award the title."

"We must give us an explanation."

Minister He said angrily: "It's against you, do you want to rebel one by one?"

"We want justice."

"We have to explain."

Just as the Whampoa officer shouted at the door.

The commissioned car came to the entrance of the military and political department, the guard got out of the car and opened the door, the commissioned seat wore the military uniform of a special general, and got out of the special car.

When the Whampoa officers saw the principal approaching, they cheered up one by one, stood in two rows, and stood at attention to salute.

"Hello, principal."

Hearing the Whampoa military officers call him the principal, the commissioner showed a smile on his face, and said with satisfaction: "As expected of an officer from the Whampoa Military Academy, he is full of energy and high spirits."

At this time, Minister He approached the committee seat and whispered: "They asked not to be awarded the title with Liang Xiao."

"Why?" asked the commissioner.

Minister He was a little hard to speak, so he said to the Whampoa officers: "You all tell the committee why you don't want to be awarded the rank with him?"

"Principal, we followed you in the north and south, and made great military exploits, but you let us be awarded the title with a secret agent, we are not willing."

"We are all upright seven-foot men, and we will never be awarded titles with spies."

"Principal, please don't let him confer titles with us."

The face of the committee member gradually became gloomy. He glanced at the Whampoa officers in front of him and asked, "Where is your Whampoa spirit? Are you still officers trained by the party-state for many years? Are you still my student, Chiang Kai-shek?"

"Principal, we just ask not to be conferred with him."

"Presumptuous, this is the order of the military committee, can you change it at will?" The committee member glared at the officers and scolded.

"Did you hear that? This is an order from the Military Commission. Stop messing around and go to the auditorium." Minister He interjected.

These Whampoa officers still stood where they were, waiting for the principal to give them an answer.

The commissioner hated others to threaten him the most in his life. It was precisely these officers who violated his taboo. He said in a deep voice: "Today's awarding ceremony is cancelled, you return to the original unit for now."

The Whampoa officers were stunned, and many of them panicked. You know, being promoted to a general is the most important thing in life for them.

"Committee, the Chinese and foreign media reporters have been notified of today's conferment ceremony. If they are driven back to their original troops, what will happen to the conferment ceremony?" Minister He said.

"Then notify the reporter and cancel this interview." The committee member said.

Minister He knew that the committee member was speaking in anger, and shouted at the Huangpu officer: "If you are still soldiers of the party-state, go to the auditorium now. If you don't go, you will be expelled from the party and the army."

Hearing this, the Whampoa officers hesitated. After all, this is not a joke. Once they are expelled from the party and the army, their hard work for so many years will be in vain.

"Li Tianxia."

"arrive."

Minister He motioned to him to let him take the lead in stopping this farce.

Li Tianxia was the best at guessing people's hearts. From the principal's expression, he knew that if he left this time, he would completely offend the principal.

He thought for a moment, and said, "Students are soldiers trained by the party and the state. Students can go as the principal says."

He thought for a moment, and said, "Students are soldiers trained by the party and the state. Students can go as the principal says."

After he finished speaking, he stood at attention and saluted, and walked towards the auditorium.

When the other Whampoa officers saw that Li Tianxia was gone, they all died down and followed into the auditorium.

After watching them leave, the commissioner said to Minister He: "For the generals promoted this time, all previous appointments will be annulled, and they will be reappointed by the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs. Remember, these officers cannot serve as commanders at the division and brigade level. Deputy, or transferred to local troops."

"This..." Minister He couldn't bear it. These officers are the mainstay of the party-state army.

"As a soldier, it is my bounden duty to obey orders, but they threaten the leader with not conferring titles. Is this still a soldier of the party-state? In the future, we must be extra cautious about their promotion." The committee member said.

"Yes." Minister He nodded.

Accompanied by his attendants, the commissioner entered the building of the Military and Political Department.

After a while, Liang Xiao came to the Military and Political Department in the special car from the attendant's room. He asked the guard about the location of the auditorium, and then walked straight to the auditorium.

The time for awarding the title is set at nine o'clock sharp.

At that time, the commissioner will confer the title in person, and there will be on-site interviews by Chinese and foreign media reporters.

hall.

Playing solemn and solemn military songs.

In the front row of the auditorium, there were more than a dozen military officers. They all graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy and could be called disciples of the Son of Heaven.

Liang Xiao walked into the auditorium, looked around, and then quietly sat behind these officers, which was the second row.

A little while.

About seven or eight reporters came in through the back door and sat in the last two rows.

".~Stand up."

A loud voice sounded from the auditorium door.

All the officers stood up in unison.

"Appointment."

"Mr. He is here."

"President Chen is here."

"Minister Feng is here."

Six or seven bigwigs from the Nanjing government (good Zhao's) came.

The commissioner walked to the rostrum, pressed his hands down, let a group of officers sit down, and then gave a speech.

In a nutshell, it's just eight words, everything follows the government's command.

After the tirade of the appointed seat is over, the title will be officially conferred.

"Luo Yunfeng."

"Li Tianxia."

"Fang Xianjue."

……

The commissioner personally conferred the rank of major general on these officers.

"Liang Xiao."

When the ceremonial officer called his name.

He stood up calmly and walked to the rostrum in the best state of mind.

The commissioner took the rank of Major General from his attendant and put it on for him himself, encouraging him: "From now on, you will be a general-level officer. You must be loyal to the party and country and make contributions to the party and country."

"Yes, the students will remember the principal's teaching." Liang Xiao said solemnly.

At this moment, he officially entered the ranks of major generals of the national army. .

Chapter 169 Garrisoning Hangzhou

Military and Political Department, outside the auditorium.

The commissioned officers came out one by one in high spirits, with golden general stars hanging on their collar badges.

In the battle sequence of the national army, there is a big watershed between school officers and generals.

Being promoted to the rank of Major General represents stepping into the ranks of senior military officers with one foot.

The school-level officers can only be the mainstay of the army, and their promotion is slow. Once a war breaks out, it is often the school-level officers who charge first.

Liang Xiao was very honored. At the age of more than 20 years old, Gao was promoted to the director of the Songhu-Hangzhou Military Information Area, and the rank of major general was hung on his collar badge.

The moment he walked out from the gate of the auditorium, he was in the same mood as the commissioned officers, full of excitement.

"Come on, let's go to Hongyun Building to celebrate."

"We are all from the first four phases of Whampoa. It is also a kind of fate that we can be promoted to the rank of major general together today. I am the host. Please have a good drink to celebrate."

"Brothers, let's go."

"Should we also call the special agent major general? Anyway, it's just a matter of a meal and a few glasses of wine."

"What are you asking him to do? Our major general was obtained by fighting with a knife and a gun. His 290 major general was obtained by flattery. What right does he have to drink with us?"

"Don't look at the face of the monk but the face of the Buddha. Dai Yunong is also our apprentice."

"Even if Dai Yunong came in person, he would have to wait behind us. Don't forget, he graduated from the sixth cavalry department."

Liang Xiao followed behind with a wry smile and shook his head, it seemed that seniority was still very important no matter where he was.

However, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, I hope they can still laugh at themselves like today, what happened to the spies, the spies can save the country.

Coming out of the Military and Political Department, Jiang Tao led the guards and waited outside. He saw a golden star hanging on Liang Xiao's collar badge, and he hurriedly said with a smile: "Congratulations, Director, for being promoted to a general."

"Let's go back to the hotel." Liang Xiao said with a faint smile.

The limousine from the attendant room had already left, so Jiang Tao found a rickshaw for Liang Xiao.

Liang Xiao didn't mind either, got on the rickshaw and went straight back to the hotel.