Now that everything that needed to be said was said, Wang Shihe did not hesitate, gave Liu Lang a few more words of encouragement, walked out of the Independent Regiment's station, got in the car and left.
After seeing off Wang Shihe, Liu Lang returned to the regiment headquarters.
As expected, none of the officers who had received promotion orders outside the regiment headquarters had left. They all stood in groups of three and five in groups of three and five with serious expressions and chatted in low voices in the open space outside the regiment headquarters.
It's the same as being promoted instead of being demoted.
Obviously, if Liu Lang was dissatisfied with the promotion order just now, Liu Lang would not dare to yell, and these guys would dare to pick up a knife and follow him to kick down the door of the Military Commission. But if they refuse to receive the promotion order, I am afraid that they
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However, Liu Lang still felt a little warm in his heart.
Regardless of whether he is a soul from that time and space, after experiencing Luo Wenyu's cruel battle, these people are his brothers of life and death, and they are people he can trust to give his back to them. And they, after he was suppressed
At that moment, I chose to stand with him.
"Sir, we won't stay in this stupid place anymore, and we won't listen to his bullshit commander or bullshit military orders in the future. Brothers, stay in Sichuan. The sky is high and the emperor is far away, no one can care about us." Zhao Ergou saw Liu Lang.
When he came back, he started shouting loudly.
"That's right, that's right, the superior officers are unfair. Why should I listen to them?"
"Anyway, I'll just listen to the leader. Whatever you say, leader, the brothers will just follow suit."
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Following Zhao Ergou's shouting, followers immediately gathered, venting their dissatisfaction with the lack of Liu Lang in the previous promotion order.
Of course, those who spoke were all the officers Liu Lang had promoted from the Independent Regiment. Even Chi Dakui, who was already the second-in-command of the Independent Regiment and now had the same rank as Liu Lang, said something angrily.
The dozen or so thirteen lieutenants who chose not to return to the 29th Army and stay in the Independent Regiment stood there in a daze, not as excited as Zhao Ergou and the others.
They also knew that Liu Lang's prestige was extremely high in the Independent Regiment, but they didn't expect it to be so high. Looking at the current situation, as long as Liu Lang didn't calmly raise his arms and raise his arms, these guys could lead their soldiers to surround the Northern Military Commission.
's door.
The reason why they chose to stay in the Independent Regiment instead of returning to their old army was partly because they could not bear to part with the officers and soldiers who had been with them day and night. The other biggest reason was naturally Liu Lang, a talented commander. They followed Liu Lang more than before.
The goals of the officers and soldiers of the 17th Army are more complicated. These low-level officers also have the dream of becoming famous and marrying their wives, and following a talented commander like Liu Lang is undoubtedly a choice that can bring them one step closer to their dream.
Ambitious people will choose to follow the strong. Otherwise, how could they refuse the temptation of returning to the 29th Army and becoming at least a lieutenant and company deputy?
But they are not yet so fanatical that they want to rebel because Liu Lang has been treated unfairly. Liu Lang's decision also affects their final choice for the future. As long as the transfer order has not been finally announced, they still have a chance.
Choosing to return to his old army, Song Zheyuan would never refuse them, veterans who had fought bloody battles for the rest of their lives.
A veteran who has experienced several bloody battles without dying will never be worse than five recruits in combat effectiveness. Behind a recruit's desire to grow into a veteran is often the result of the lives of several recruits.
Liu Lang naturally saw all this.
With a straight face, he raised his eyebrows at Zhao Ergou, who shouted the most cheerfully, and said: "What? Bullshit sir, bullshit military orders? Then does it count if you just called me sir, or is it that Zhao Ergou of yours just does it every time?
Add those two words in your mind?"
"Sir, you know I, Zhao Ergou, didn't mean that." Zhao Ergou defended hurriedly with his face red.
"I know what the heck. Although I haven't been promoted, I'm still a colonel. With all your yelling, do you want me to go to your artillery company and help you, Captain Zhao, to carry artillery shells?" Liu Lang finished spraying Zhao Er, who didn't stop the door.
Dog, his eyes swept around, "What are you doing here? Come to the regiment headquarters. I have something happy to announce."
Is there a happy event? Could it be that Major General Wang just promoted the regiment privately? This is very unscientific! Everyone looked at each other and watched Liu Lang striding into the regiment headquarters alone, and then rushed in.
Looking at the dozens of officers standing in front of him, Liu Lang cleared his throat with a smile on his face: "First of all, congratulations to all of you on your promotion. You have received a few more yuan in monthly salary. A bachelor like Lao Zhao can save more."
I’ll have enough money to get a wife.”
Normally, Liu Lang would have burst into laughter as soon as he told a joke like this. An activist like Zhao Ergou would definitely make Shan Xiang show off his little idea of concubinage.
But now, everyone can only remain silent. None of the officers have been promoted, and they all feel a little aggrieved by the promotion.
"Look at you guys, you guys are so mean. You don't have any sense of being a subordinate. It's hard for a serious person like me to accumulate even a little bit of emotion to make a joke, but you don't even know how to cooperate. Look at the others at today's medal ceremony, sir.
Wherever I stood, I was slapped so hard that I almost scared the soul out of me." Liu Lang, who was so angry, pointed at everyone and laughed and cursed.
"Puch!" Ji Yanxue, who had always had a sullen face, was amused by Liu Lang's witticism.
When everyone saw it, they thought, come on, stop being so nervous. The couple was so happy teasing and praising each other, wouldn’t it be hypocritical for us to be so nervous anymore?
Besides, the fact that the officer said... it's true, those big slaps were like fighting, they were really desperate!
Light laughter filled the not-so-large league headquarters meeting room.
Seeing that the solemn atmosphere became more lively, Liu Lang got to the point now, "The government did not promote me to the military rank this time. According to the leader, it is because "a tree that is beautiful in the forest will be destroyed by the wind.""
"Sir, what does Mu Xiu Yu Lin mean?" Zhao Ergou is definitely a good student who asks questions when he doesn't understand. It won't matter if he passes the high school entrance examination or the college entrance examination.
"Hey, let me put it another way and you will understand. What I am saying is that I am a tree and you are the bush under the tree. When the wind blows, which one do you think will fall first?" Liu Lang laughed.
"It seems to be a bird's nest on the tree." Zhao Ergou thought about it carefully and gave a very definite answer.
"Haha!" There was a burst of laughter from below.
"Okay, okay, let's stop talking nonsense. To put it bluntly, this is also a light punishment from the government for not obeying the military order to withdraw the troops. It is still within an acceptable range. We don't have to argue with the big guys over this." Liu Lang was also speechless.
He laughed, waved his hands and said: "Now let's talk about the happy news. None of us have been promoted to official positions in vain, our independent group is going to expand."
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became more enthusiastic.
Who among those who work in the army doesn’t want to have more soldiers? To gain power over the world and lie drunk on the lap of a beautiful woman is the ultimate dream of almost every male creature. In this turbulent era, military expansion means strength.
Strengthening and strengthening means that one's various interests can be better protected.
Although these officers were unable to summarize Taizu's incisive explanation of "political power emerges from the barrel of a gun", it does not mean that they did not understand its meaning.
As long as the unit can be expanded, the regimental commander will still be the regimental commander, so it doesn't matter whether he gets promoted or not. What's most terrible is if he gets promoted but is transferred to another unit.
It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. The officers and soldiers of the independent regiment, who have long been accustomed to receiving high salaries and superior equipment, absolutely do not want to live in the poor days of drinking gruel and counting dozens of bullets in bullet bags.
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Especially after hearing Liu Lang's introduction that the independent regiment would be expanded according to the establishment of the German Arms Division Infantry Regiment, which would be twice the current establishment, the officers were even more delighted.
From then on, this regiment was not the other regiment. A standard infantry regiment that could expand to more than 4,000 people during wartime officially had a strength that rivaled that of a Japanese field brigade.
It’s not that the officers of the Independent Regiment were arrogant after winning the battle, but that after fighting the Eighth Division, a permanent division, with the determination to die, everyone felt that the little devils were not as scary as the legends, they were all the same.
With their heads on their shoulders, the little devils are just a bunch of dregs after they have equipment that is more powerful than them.
A brigade is nothing, but we are not afraid of a division.
This is the change in spirit and energy brought about by victory.
An army that thinks it must be defeated may not be defeated, but it will certainly not win.
Only by having a firm determination to win can we win the final victory.