After receiving the telegram from Li Qiufan, the boss immediately reported it to the Military Commission.
Not long after, the Military Commission's order came down, asking Li Qiufan's First Corps to clean up the remaining enemy forces in Yunnan and take charge of local work.
In addition, the fighting on the eastern front of Sichuan was completely over, and the Military Commission ordered him to hand over the work in the western front to the Second Field.
After receiving the Military Commission's order from the Wild Secretary, Li Qiufan immediately asked his correspondent to send a telegram to Zhao Gang, asking him to hand over the work to the Second Wilderness, and then rushed to Yunnan with his troops as soon as possible.
At the same time, a major event was happening in the north, that is, the establishment of a new government.
Because Li Qiufan was in the southwest, he did not have the opportunity to witness this moment recorded in history.
The cleaning work in Yunnan went very smoothly. Because Li Qiufan adopted the tactics of encirclement, no enemy troops escaped, which also eased the difficulty of the cleaning work.
However, local work gave Li Qiufan a headache, which made him miss Zhao Gang very much.
Fortunately, Zhao Gang arrived not long after, and after completing the handover with Er Ye, he led the garrison division and the Fifth Army to Yunnan.
"Old Zhao, I miss you so much!"
The moment he saw Zhao Gang, Li Qiufan pounced on him like a hungry tiger, and then gave Zhao Gang a bear hug.
"Why are you so crazy? I'm not Xiaoda, why are you hugging me so tightly!"
Zhao Gang was almost choked by Li Qiufan, he cursed and pulled his arm.
"Old Zhao, you are really my savior. When you come, I can escape from the sea of suffering!"
Li Qiufan didn't care about Zhao Gang's words, and still said to Zhao Gang with excitement on his face.
"Heizi, when did your eldest brother leave home? Why are you out of the sea of suffering?"
Hearing Li Qiufan's words, Zhao Gang was a little confused and asked Heizi on the side in confusion.
"Political Commissar, my eldest brother was hurt by his local work. You didn't see that his hair fell out in great quantities!"
After hearing Zhao Gang's inquiry, Heizi couldn't help laughing and then explained to him.
"Okay, you idiot turned out to be working for me! You really think of me as your parent's employer!"
After understanding what was going on, Zhao Gang pushed Li Qiufan away in disgust, then pointed at his nose and yelled angrily.
"No way, Lao Zhao, don't listen to Heizi's nonsense, I really miss you!"
Li Qiufan turned around and glared at Heizi, and then started to explain with Zhao Gang.
"snort!"
Zhao Gang didn't believe it at all. He snorted and turned away, leaving Li Qiufan alone in the wind.
In the following days, Li Qiufan did not receive any transfer orders and spent the New Year in Yunnan.
But not long after the New Year, a telegram from Nosi confused him.
The Military Commission decided to establish the Southwest Military Region based on the Second Field Army. His first corps has since been under the leadership of the Southwest Military Region, and several generals including his old brigade commander were appointed as deputy commanders of the Southwest Military Region and concurrently as Commander of the Yunnan Military Division.
After seeing the news, Li Qiufan was completely confused. He was not surprised that he was assigned to the Southwest Military Region. After all, he was in the southwest and could not be led by the northwest.
What shocked him was that the Military Commission actually appointed him as the deputy commander of the Southwest Military Region, making him on an equal footing with his old brigade commander.
Although he had been the commander of the regiment for some time before, his old brigade commander was the commander of the column.
But Li Qiufan did not feel that his weight was heavier than that of the old brigade commander, because although the old brigade commander was only the commander of the column, he was often directly commanded by the Military Commission.
Moreover, his prestige in the army is not comparable to that of ordinary people. Now that he has been promoted to a position as high as the old brigade commander, Li Qiufan feels a little on pins and needles.
"What are you looking at? You are so entranced!"
While Li Qiufan was staring at the telegram in a daze, Zhao Gang and Heizi walked in from the door.
Seeing Li Qiufan looking at the telegram without saying a word, Zhao Gang walked to him in confusion and asked.
"Huh~ See for yourself!"
After hearing Zhao Gang's inquiry, Li Qiufan came to his senses and then handed the telegram to Zhao Gang.
"Southwestern Military Region? This is normal. After all, we are in Yunnan now. If we return to the northwest command... then... deputy commander of the Southwest Military Region?!"
After Zhao Gang took the telegram from Li Qiufan, he started to read it normally and continued to enlighten Li Qiufan.
But when he saw that Li Qiufan was appointed deputy commander of the Southwest Military Region, Zhao Gang felt that his tongue almost split, and then he looked at Li Qiufan with wide eyes.
"Southwestern Military Region? Deputy Commander?"
Hearing Zhao Gang's exclamation, Heizi scratched his head in confusion, and then looked at Li Qiufan.
"Don't ask me, I don't know either!"
Seeing Zhao Gang's questioning look, Li Qiufan spread his hands helplessly and said.
"This... this... this old brigade commander is only the deputy commander. Why did he carry you up?"
Zhao Gang was also shocked that Li Qiufan could sit in the same position as the old brigade commander, because he also knew the weight of the old brigade commander very well.
"I also can't figure it out. We rowed here from Yiye, how could I be put in this position?"
Li Qiufan nodded towards Zhao Gang, and then told another reason.
After hearing Li Qiufan's words, Zhao Gang did not dare to answer it anymore. He pulled up a stool and began to think deeply.
At the same time, while Li Qiufan and Zhao Gang were puzzled, a heated discussion broke out at the Southwest Military Region headquarters on the other side. The topic was the appointment of Li Qiufan as deputy commander.
Because many people believed that Li Qiufan was not qualified to be the deputy commander, but since the appointment was issued by the Military Commission, no one mentioned this matter openly.
But as this topic became more and more popular, the senior military officials also learned about this matter, and then a meeting was held.
No one knows the content of the meeting, but since the meeting, there has been no talk about Li Qiufan being unqualified to be deputy commander.
Li Qiufan, who was in Yunnan, didn't know all this. After worrying about it with Zhao Gang and others for a few days, he decided to make peace with it.
And a telegram he received not long afterward solved his doubts and understood where the deputy commander came from.
It turned out that because he was originally transferred to the southwest region, the 18th Corps that was supposed to enter the southwest region was left in the northwest.
Therefore, after the establishment of the Southwest Military Region, all the senior officials of the military region were members of Erye, and his teacher and commander was appointed as the commander of the Southwest Military Region.
Later, when discussing the appointment of senior officials in the Southwest Military Region, the old brigade commander recommended him. Coupled with the approval of the senior officials recommended by the commander, Li Qiufan was appointed as one of the deputy commanders.
