The day after Guo Songtao and Zeng Guofan met at the Baoding Zhili Governor's Office, they issued an edict that King Xuanjun was the "Minister of Plenipotentiary Mission" to Tianjin to welcome the "delegation of the United States of America to China."

The Americans have arrived in Nagasaki, Japan, and are taking a break to recuperate, and will soon make their first trip from Nagasaki to Tianjin.

The day after the edict was issued, Guan Zhuofan left Beijing for Tianjin without a single day of delay.

Snapping his fingers, the days are already in a hurry - before the Americans arrived at the port, Guan Zhuofan still had very important things to do in Tianjin.

At the beginning of the morning, when I arrived at the Tianjin Xiaozhan barracks, it was three o'clock the next day.

As soon as he entered the barracks, the first thing Guan Zhuofan did was to ask the gang to clean up three or four exquisite dishes and send them to his "signing room" - that is, the office.

After he washed the dust a little, the dishes were ready and delivered. The orderly soldier clothed the vegetables, Guan Zhuofan looked at the inappropriate place, and while adjusting it with his own hands, he instructed Tu Lin: "Please Mr. Tian." ”

Túrin went, and after a while, the guards outside the door shouted: "Mr. Tian has arrived!" ”

Hey? Corporal Wang Lixian of Xuanjun is just that, even the guards are called "sir" without a name, what kind of character is this?

Guan Zhuofan said loudly: "Please come in!" ”

The curtain was lifted—it was Túrin's own curtain.

"Mr. Tian" came in, stood still, and raised his hand in salute: ["Report! Tian Yongmin...... Ordered to report for duty! ”

This registration is not full of energy, the tone is hesitant, and it is very non-standard - I forgot to report my position and title, and it sounds like I am panicked and not very confident.

Correspondence looks at people. Uh-

This "Tian Yongmin". Very thin and small. But he had a huge forehead, and the Xuanjun military uniform he wore was loose and seemed to be one size bigger; The small flat-capped military hat on his head was lined by the door of his brain, but it looked one size smaller. In short, at a glance, the whole person is very awkward. It's even a little funny.

Although "Tian Yongmin" tried to hold his chest high and raise his head, others could see at a glance that he had not received any real foot drill training.

Strange appearance, ill-fitting clothing, and awkward standing, this ......

In addition, the expression on "Tian Yongmin's" face is also very complicated: it is an expression mixed with nervousness, doubt and surprise.

If you look closely, on his arm sleeves, there is an armband of "combat staff officer" sewn on.

Operational staff officers? It's just a deputy battalion level. Turin, who lifted the curtain for him, although he held the title of "regimental commander". But he is an authentic deputy division, which is a lot higher than him.

Such a low-ranking officer with a humble description. The following King of Xuanjun is actually courteous to this?

Guan Zhuofan returned the salute and said with a smile: "Mr. Liang'an, I haven't seen you for a long time, but your demeanor is still the same!" Well, at noon today, let's not go to the cafeteria for a big pot of rice, I'll accompany my husband to have a few drinks here, how about it? ”

The look on Tian Yongmin's face became more and more surprised. He put down his saluting right hand, looked at a loss, snorted a few times, and whispered, "Yes, Yongmin obeys the king's orders." ”

After "entering the table", Tian Yongmin became more and more nervous, sweat appeared on his forehead, and his hands and feet trembled slightly uncontrollably.

Tian Yongmin, the word Tibetan six, the number Liangan.

However, at the end of last year, he was not called by that name.

At that time, his name was "Masajiro Omura".

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In the Battle of Eagle Ridge, Omura Masajiro became a prisoner of the Xuan Army, and then was forced to say "willing to serve Bei Ziye" - no, Omura Masajiro knew in his heart: If he didn't "lose his sincerity", this Bei Ziye would kill himself without hesitation, and he wouldn't even give him the opportunity to live in seclusion and old age.

When the Xuan army returned from the expedition, Masajiro Omura's injuries were not 100% healed. Guan Beizi said that the military doctors of the Xuan Army are of a high standard, and the medical conditions of the military hospital are also relatively good, so Mr. Omura went with him and went to China to recuperate!

This is a statement on face, the real reason, and they take care of each other: since they are "willing to serve Bei Ziye" - this trophy, Guan Zhuofan naturally wants to take it away.

What do you want me to do?

In China, Masajiro Omura was placed in the Tianjin Xiaozhan military camp. There were no soldiers outside his room, and no one told him where to go and where he couldn't, but Masajiro Omura barely left the room except to recuperate from his injuries and read books.

During this time, his only visitor was Schroeder, the chief of staff of the Songjiang Corps.

Schroeder was a typical military madman, who was quick to talk and unusually talkative; Masajiro Omura was very knowledgeable, and in addition to military affairs, ships, civil engineering, medicine, and art, all of which had profound attainments, and the two of them had many topics in common, and soon they became confidants of each other.

However, no matter how lively the conversation was, Schroeder never mentioned what kind of work the "Prince Highness" was going to ask Mr. Omura to do? This thought haunted Masajiro Omura's mind day and night, but he never dared to take the initiative to ask.

Shortly after recovering from his injury, Masajiro Omura's first mission came: the Corps Logistics Staff Officer, under the Corps Chief of Staff Werner. Schroder pipe tape.

Masajiro Omura breathed a sigh of relief and threw himself into his new job seriously and diligently.

Since then, in the barracks of the Tianjin garrison of the Xuan Army, a logistics staff officer with a thin stature, a humble description, and a strange accent has appeared. At the beginning, no one took this "demote" word seriously, and Masajiro Omura said very little, and he didn't say a word except for the mission.

But soon, everyone found out that although Staff Officer Omura's words were few and soft-spoken, he didn't look like a soldier at all, but his words were definitely true, and he was almost vain, and everyone who had different opinions with him, in the end, it turned out that he was right.

Slowly, everyone began to be convinced by this strange little man.

Sometimes, after leaving duty, staff officer Omura could be seen wearing a wide kimono and pacing slowly in a corner of the barracks. When you meet your colleagues, smile and nod your head; When you meet a higher-ranking officer, step aside and bow in courtesy. However, from beginning to end, he will not take the initiative to say a word to anyone.

Not long after the logistics staff officer worked, Masajiro Omura was transferred: from the "logistics room" to the "war room" as an operational staff officer.

This new staff officer, who did not look amazing, quickly caused a shock in the "war room". If Masajiro Omura is not in the "director's department" but participates in the confrontation in the "war games" and "real confrontation exercises," then the side he is on, whether it is the "Red Army" or the "Blue Army," will almost always be the victorious side.

Everybody's eye.

Some people muttered in their hearts: It's just luck, right? If you are really so able to fight, what did you do to our captive?

However, Schroeder does not see it that way.

During the military parade in Tianjin, Schroeder found Guan Zhuofan and said: "Commander-in-chief, Mr. Omura is a great military genius, if he does staff work, he should at least be appointed as deputy chief of staff; Even, it is completely reasonable for him to be positive and me to be the vice. ”

In private, Schroeder talked to Guan Zhuofan, still maintaining the habit of calling Guan Zhuofan "commander-in-chief" when he was in the United States.

Guan Zhuofan smiled and shook his head.

Schroeder was a little anxious and said: "Commander-in-chief, I am sincere!" Also, I don't believe that with your eyes, you can't see Omura's ability? ”

After a pause, he said, "I want to know, commander-in-chief, what are your plans for Omura?" ”

Guan Zhuofan said calmly: "Werner, you asked the wrong person - you should ask Omura: what is his plan for himself?" ”

*(To be continued......) R1292