The banquet was very lively as cups were exchanged. In addition to welcoming Zhang Tianhai and other officers and soldiers, it was also regarded as Zhang Tianhai's first meal as Lanling City Defense Commander.
The title of city defense commander sounds powerful, but in fact, after adding another title, there is not even half a soldier to supplement.
To put it bluntly, apart from having more responsibility, there is no benefit of a dime more.
But Zhang Tianhai doesn’t think there is anything wrong with this. Soldiers have the responsibility to defend the country and the territory. What’s more, these people in the first regiment directly under the third war zone all died on the Shanghai battlefield and the Nanjing battlefield. Those who escaped were extremely hostile to the Japanese.
Not to mention being so enthusiastic, even if the people in this place ignore it, they will choose to continue to fight.
There is something called responsibility.
Early the next morning, Zhang Tianhai, led by Chen Dazhi, arrived at the office of the City Defense Headquarters.
There was originally an office building here that was specially used to house the city defense headquarters office. Although the building was not high and only had a second floor, it still existed.
The outer wall of the corridor of the city defense commander's two-story building has a blue sky and white sun emblem printed on it. From the layout of his place, it can be roughly seen that this is a house specially built for the residence of the city defense headquarters.
The courtyard of the City Defense Headquarters is also very large and impressive. The front courtyard alone can accommodate about seven or eight military trucks, not to mention the row of guard area barracks in the backyard.
The white snow is spread on the ground, as if it adds a different kind of brilliance to the ground paved with loess and blue bricks.
Trees were planted in the courtyard in a very regular pattern. Zhang Tianhai looked at them and felt that there were some special patterns between them. However, after looking at them, he couldn't see why.
Zhang Tianhai thought about it carefully and felt that the only reasonable explanation was that it was arranged according to the formation in Feng Shui. He couldn't understand whether the formation was about gathering energy to generate wealth or wealth and peace.
The only conclusion that can be drawn is that this first city defense commander must be a person who is very obsessed with Feng Shui.
Zhang Tianhai walked to the barracks in the guard area and took a look. The barracks were so big that they could almost accommodate a battalion of officers and soldiers, let alone others.
Different from other places, the city defense headquarters in other places are set up in the middle of the city, but the city defense headquarters in Lanling is set up in the east area of the city. I don’t know if it is to confirm the "purple" in Feng Shui. Qi comes from the east."
"This man is really superstitious. He doesn't know if there are any princes or generals in his family, so he plans things like this. If he doesn't become a lieutenant general, it would be a waste of effort." Since discovering this "secret", Zhang Tianhai I started to research slowly.
"Aren't you an atheist? When did you start studying these things?" Guo Qiliang looked at Zhang Tianhai with a very strange look as if he had discovered a new world. It was so shocking that the atheist suddenly began to study it. Have you come up with this?
"No, no, I'm suddenly very curious." Zhang Tianhai waved his hands quickly.
It is true that Zhang Tianhai was originally an atheist, but if such fantastic things as time travel can happen to him, what can we say? So after seeing how superstitious these people were, he suddenly wanted to find out, even though he didn't really believe it.
"You're still awake. You've thrown Vice Captain Zhou into charge of training. I'm in charge of Lanling's defense. You'd better be doing nothing every day. You've even studied things like Feng Shui. What do you think? Ever since I became the leader, I have been restless..." Guo Qiliang sighed, as if he was aggrieved that he was being "exploited".
I originally thought that Zhang Tianhai would be a bit shy and embarrassed, but in the end... he still muttered something about Zhang...
I saw Mr. Zhang sighing and saying: "There is nothing we can do about it... Whoever asked the superior will assign Mr. Zhang to be the regiment leader. Besides, how can you go from a small staff officer to the chief of staff?" That’s because my recommendation was meritorious, otherwise you would at most be a small chief of staff in the 216th Regiment, let alone the chief of staff of a strengthened regiment like me.”
Zhang was humming and his eyes were very high, as if he was addicted.
"I'm telling you Guo Qiliang, don't underestimate this reinforcement group. If you want to change to the 21st century, it must be a deputy brigade-level unit..." Zhang Tianhai muttered, not realizing at all that he had said something stupid. .
Guo Qiliang suddenly caught him. He said with a confused look: "Twenty-first century? Deputy brigade level? What the hell? We are now in the 27th year of the Republic of China, okay? You have eaten too much shit. ?”
"Cough cough cough..."
Zhang Tianhai almost choked at this moment. He quickly changed the topic and said: "Stop talking, a dog can't spit out ivory. It's just that it's awesome anyway. By the way, we are in the same group now. There are only a handful of German weapon troops, let’s just say that the only German weapon division that broke out from Nanjing, our old army, the Thirty-sixth Division, also suffered heavy losses..."
"Yes. But I heard from other troops that our division commander has been transferred to the Honorary First Division to serve as the division commander." Guo Qiliang then sighed, the tragic scene of the Songhu battlefield was still vivid in his mind, making it seem like... Lifetime.
Zhang Tianhai thought for a while, frowned slightly, and said, "Honorary First Division? Never heard of it."
"The Honorable First Division has four regiments. Every soldier in this division is a veteran who was injured on the battlefield and returned to the army after recovering. I heard that this division also belongs to the adjustment division sequence, but it was just that there was no time to change the German weapons and equipment. The Anti-Japanese War has broken out." Guo Qiliang explained very patiently. After all, the Central Military Commission's troops have expanded too quickly. It is normal for some troops to appear but not be known to ordinary people.
To be honest, if Guo Qiliang hadn't inquired about the whereabouts of the master's seat after arriving in Kaifeng, he would not have known about this honorary first division.
"That's it." Zhang Tianhai nodded, and then said: "The little devils are determined to destroy China. They will not give our national army a chance to transform the remaining adjusters into German weapon masters."
Guo Qiliang said with a wry smile: "The intelligence and governance organs of the little devils are indeed very powerful. Since before the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894, the little devils have been deliberately plotting to conquer the land of China. Counting from 1893, it has been forty-five years now. For years, three or four generations have been plotting against China. If they can give us a chance to fully prepare, that would be a big deal."
"Several generations of people have persisted. It is indeed a great thing. It is a pity that they will not win in the end. If they had not killed Zhang Zuolin and Marshal Zhang, they might not have been able to take over the Northeast. Change it. When Marshal Zhang was in office, would the little devils dare to cause the September 18th Incident? Three or four hundred thousand Northeastern Army troops could capture their Kwantung Army." Zhang Tianhai also smiled bitterly, after all, this period of time is full of China’s history of humiliation, not its history of glory.
The most glorious history of the Chinese nation was during the Han and Tang dynasties, when all nations came to court and bowed their heads to worship. What a glorious history it was.
As long as generations of Chinese people continue to work hard, the day of rejuvenation will surely come!
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