After handing the task to Zhou Fangjie, Zhang Tianhai walked out alone and lit a cigarette.
To be honest, after receiving this order, he felt a little depressed.
After all, Zhang Tianhai himself was a bit unable to pass his own test - he killed a lot of little Japanese, because these were enemies, enemies of the country, and enemies of the nation! But these Shandong Army are all friendly forces of our own. They just fell in love with a wrong commander. For this reason, will these Third Group Army troops be brutally massacred by their own troops?
They say that big things don't stick to trivial matters, and Zhang Tianhai himself clearly understands this truth, but there always seems to be a hurdle in his heart, and he always feels like he can't get over it.
The tobacco pipes were burning and shining. Zhang Tianhai, who was wearing a military uniform and a woolen coat, squatted down while smoking, while the others had already begun to board the car in an orderly manner.
Seeing Zhang Tianhai's condition, Zheng Man came over and asked, "What's wrong, are you okay? Looking at you, it seems that you have suffered a lot of grievances."
Zhang Tianhai took a breath of smoke and said slowly: "I'm fine, but you, if you don't want to direct your communications office to board the train, don't forget that there is a communications company below your communications office. . This communication company of yours is the treasure of our regiment, and it must be done well, otherwise the regiment headquarters will not even make phone calls."
"Okay, I won't quarrel with you. You won't have to find reasons to send me away every day." With that, Zheng Man left, leaving Zhang Tianhai smoking a cigarette alone.
The trains at this time were still powered by coal and were not as comfortable as those powered by electricity in later generations.
The trains used to transport the regiment's troops were freight trains, not those passenger trains. For this period of time, it is necessary to continuously transport supplies and troops.
Therefore, freight trains are much more useful than passenger trains. Passenger trains can pull people, but they cannot pull too much military supplies. However, freight trains are different - they can pull both goods and people. At most, they can only pull people. I feel sorry for the people riding in the cargo compartment.
Since you have chosen the path of being a soldier and receiving military pay, it is impossible not to be able to bear this grievance, and you must endure hardships and lick blood. Compared to walking hundreds of kilometers armed with weapons, the benefits of taking the train are much better.
The carriage Zhang Tianhai is in is a serious passenger carriage, and it has been modified. At least for the train carriages of this era, it is considered luxurious. After all, if you can sit in this only carriage, you must be an official. He can only sit there, and he is a senior military officer.
Of course, Zhang Tianhai can sit here not because he is a senior military officer, but because Xu Zuyi, chief of staff of the Fifth War Zone, is able to sit in this carriage.
At Zhang Tianhai's request, Xu Zuyi allowed the regiment headquarters of the first regiment directly under the third theater to be temporarily designed in the carriage. Of course, those small staff officers are not qualified to sit here. Only the heads of departments directly under the regiment headquarters sit here. Even the battalion commanders have to share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers.
"Chief of Staff Xu, I heard that you were the director of the Eighth Branch of our Central Military Academy?" Zhang Tianhai started chatting with Chief of Staff Xu as if he was trying to get closer.
"Yes, I served as director for one year. Later, after the July 7th Incident, I was transferred to the Fifth War Zone as chief of staff." Not only did Xu Zuyi not show any disgust with the approach of Zhang Tianhai and others, on the contrary, he was quite enthusiastic of.
To be honest, even if Zhang Tianhai didn't go to him to chat, he would still want to chat with Zhang Tianhai and others to understand the situation - first, it is a long-distance train, the distance is long, and it is not that easy to get there, so if you don't find some words Come to chat, time passes more slowly; secondly, we also need to understand the situation of these cadres of the Zhiyi Regiment.
As the saying goes, only if you know yourself and the enemy can you win every battle.
What Xu Zuyi has to do now is to understand his own situation so that he can fully complete the tasks assigned by the chairman of the committee.
Xu Zuyi then said: "You are the direct troops of the Central Army. You must have graduated from Huangpu Military Academy, right?"
Zhang Tianhai nodded and said: "Yes, basically yes. Except for Director Zheng of the Communications Department, who graduated from the University of Tokyo, most of the people in the regiment headquarters graduated from the Central Military Academy."
"Then, would you like to introduce yourselves? Please tell us your family background." Xu Zuyi said with great interest.
"Zhang Tianhai, who holds a humble position, graduated from the seventh phase of Huangpu, and is currently the colonel commander of the first regiment directly under the third theater!"
"Zhou Fangjie, a humble employee, graduated from the sixth phase of Huangpu and is currently the deputy commander of the first regiment directly under the third theater of war as a lieutenant colonel!"
"Guo Qiliang holds a humble position. He graduated from the seventh phase of Huangpu and is currently the lieutenant colonel chief of staff of the first regiment directly under the third theater!"
"He Jiye holds a humble position. He graduated from the seventh phase of Huangpu Military Academy and is currently serving as the Major Political Training Section Chief of the First Regiment directly under the Third War Zone!"
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The atmosphere at the scene was quite lively. After all, except for Zheng Man, they all graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy. They all came from the same school and had many common topics, so there was more to talk about.
In addition to the experience of being a soldier, they also talked about their time in the military academy. When talking about these, only He Jiye, the chief of the political training section, and Zhang Tianhai spoke less.
Maybe it's because those who engage in political training are more particular about keeping their mouths shut, so He Jiye is not too enthusiastic.
As for Zhang Tianhai, that is entirely because there are not too many remaining memories of the previous Zhang Yulin. In addition, these remaining memories show that the predecessor Zhang Yulin was simply a boring gourd in the military academy. Since he was a boring gourd, it is also There is nothing more to say.
Seeing that the people in front were chatting happily, Zheng Man was a little puzzled, so he walked next to Zhang Tianhai and asked, "Why don't you go up and tell your story? You are the biggest official in our group."
Zhang Tianhai rolled his eyes at Zheng Man and said, "Let me tell you, I really don't have much experience to talk about."
"Why not? An outstanding young officer like you should have experienced a lot." Zheng Man said.
"If I really had so many experiences, I wouldn't be able to say yes. After graduating from the seventh class of Huangpu, I worked for seven years and was still a deputy company commander without even being promoted." Zhang Tianhai said truthfully. , after all, from his current point of view, Zhang Yulin in his predecessor was really a boring gourd. It is no wonder that he cannot be promoted.
To summarize with a sentence from later history books, there is a mixed bag of talents in Whampoa Military Academy. There are all kinds of talents, including nerds like Huang Wei, students as cunning as foxes like Hu Lian, and of course there are also students like Zhang Yulin. This is so boring.
But most of them joined the army and applied for military academies with the intention of serving the country.
"Just brag! If you are really that mediocre, how could you perform so well on the Songhu battlefield? Can you still break through with thousands of defeated troops on the Nanjing battlefield?" Zheng Man said with disbelief.
Zhang Tianhai was also speechless about this. Do you want to tell her that I came through time? Who would believe such a tall tale?
Therefore, Zhang Tianhai had no choice but to resort to a panacea-like tactic: "If you don't believe me, ask Chief of Staff Guo. He is my classmate, and after entering the National Guard system, he is also my comrade. There is nothing wrong with him." He knows better than him. If you don’t believe me, just ask him!"
Seeing Zhang Tianhai's speechless expression, Zheng Man was convinced by this, so he refused to admit it and said: "Okay, I'll really ask Chief of Staff Guo. "
At this moment, Guo Qiliang appeared, and he added: "No need to ask, he was really boring at that time. I don't know why, but he seemed to be a different person after entering the Songhu battlefield."
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