This time the uncle and nephew met in the study room where Liu Lang used to sit in the Sichuan Provincial Presidential Mansion.

However, the master has changed from Liu Wenhui to Liu Xiang, but he is still a relative of the Liu family. Liu Lang, who has become more and more familiar with Liu Xiang's temperament, is not polite, and after finishing the military salute at Liu Xiang, he sat down without waiting for Liu Xiang to return the salute, picked up the hot tea that was still smoking, and poured two sips.

"Cool, uncle, you have to get this tea." Liu Lang wiped his mouth and praised Liu Xiang for good tea.

"Liu Lang, as the head of a group, how can you be so reckless? Do you want the rules in the army? Liu Xiang pointed at Liu Lang and scolded with a smile.

"Hehe, uncle, it was Liu Lang, the colonel of the Independent Regiment of the National Revolutionary Army, who gave you a military salute before, and now it is Liu Lang of the Liu family in Dayi who is talking to you about tea. You said you prefer that Liu Lang? Liu Lang's face remained unchanged, and he said with a smile.

"Haha, you prodigal baby, you can talk." When Liu Xiang heard Liu Lang say this, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly, and nodded Liu Lang with his hand.

Obviously, Liu Lang's explanation made him very useful. Liu Lang cleverly used this sentence to show his attitude, he is not only General Liu's subordinate, but also his son and nephew.

This is what Liu Xiang values Liu Lang the most, his extraordinary ability is still secondary, the important thing is that he is a member of the Liu family and his nephew Liu Xiang. Otherwise, not everyone can sit in his General Liu's study and talk to him like this.

This sentence undoubtedly aggravated a certain thought that Liu Xiang had set before.

In front of his nephew, Liu Xiang didn't put the score of the second-level general at the moment, sat down directly opposite Liu Lang, took a sip of tea: "Langwa'er, do you know what I called you here today?" ”

"What the hell? As long as I don't let my independent regiment pull to the west of Sichuan to fight against the red troops. Liu Lang said bluntly.

Liu Xiang's brows couldn't help frowning, "Lang Wa'er, I don't understand why you have repeatedly refused to fight with the red troops, with the combat effectiveness of your independent regiment, if you can annihilate part of the main force of the red troops, this time your promotion to major general is absolutely certain, and no one will have any objections, including that one." If you want to preserve your strength, that's fine, but if you 。。。。。 That's a must. ”

"No, no, uncle, you're wrong. No matter what happens to our Independent Regiment and the Red Army, the one in Nanjing will never promote me to my official position this time, as long as you remain in the position of Chairman of Sichuan Province and Commander-in-Chief of the Seventh Route Army, unless you transfer the Independent Regiment out of Sichuan. Liu Lang shook his head and said. And the reason why I was reluctant to fight with the red troops was, of course, to preserve my strength, and more importantly, to keep the garrison of Guangyuan. ”

"Huh?" Liu Xiang burst out of his nostrils with a soft snort, obviously waiting for Liu Lang's explanation.

"You also know the combat effectiveness of the Red Army, let alone the time of the battle of the trapped beasts? Aren't you and Xikang's grandfather just temporarily avoiding it? If my independent regiment fights with the red troops according to that person's thoughts, that person will immediately transfer the central army into Sichuan to move Guangyuan on the grounds that the Mianyang Oilfield must not be lost, then will you refuse at that time? Or do you pinch your nose and admit it? Seeing the slight change in color on Liu Xiang's face, Liu Lang said again: "Moreover, the reason why I, Liu Lang, joined the army, I have always had the idea of defending the country and constantly encroaching on my Chinese territory to fight to the death on the battlefield, rather than going to war with people who disagree with politics." Of course, I will only say this sentence to you, who is well aware of the righteousness of the country, and others, don't mention it. ”

Liu Xiang's hand holding the teacup stiffened slightly. Liu Lang was silent, looking at the teacup in his hand with low eyebrows. This is the first time that Liu Lang has opened his heart to a warlord leader to tell his true reasons, he is tempting, and he is also waiting for Liu Xiang's choice.

If Liu Xiang was furious about this, Liu Lang would certainly not be like a passerby with him, but the current close relationship between the two would inevitably fall into the freezing point, which would not be of the slightest benefit to the development of Liu Lang's independent regiment headquarters in Sichuan in the next two years. But Liu Lang had to do this, and his plan was to provide the Sichuan army with more and newer weapons of all kinds, but that was to deal with the all-out war against the Japanese two years later, not to become an accomplice in the massacre of his own compatriots.

Liu Xiang is waiting for his choice, why is he not choosing Liu Xiang?

Of course, Liu Lang is still inclined to the one in the time and space who shouted in the face of the full-scale invasion of the Japanese invaders, "If Hunan is not loyal to the War of Resistance, it is willing to be rejected by the people." Before he died, he encouraged the generals of the Sichuan army to "resist to the end and never swerving, that is, the enemy army will not withdraw from the border for a day, and the Sichuan army will not return to his hometown for a day!" The second-class general of the Chinese Army agreed with his choice.

Although he is a warlord, he is also a real Chinese when the country and the nation are in danger, and history has proved this.

Liu Xiang is a smart person, Liu Lang has talked so much in front of him, but he is just whitewashing his last sentence. Liu Lang's meaning is obvious, he does not want the Chinese to fight the Chinese, it is as simple as that. If this sentence is taken when the warlords seized the territory during the Central Plains War, it would be fine, but in this era when the bald boss is bent on "Annei" first, Liu Lang's words are words of death.

But Liu Xiang knew that his cousin was a smart man, and at this time, he said that he was only willing to resist foreign invaders and did not want to point the gun at his own people, and it was also his own attitude, if he was furious, then let alone calling him to discuss the expansion of the army today, I am afraid that the two will gradually drift apart in the future.

The expression on his face kept changing, Liu Xiang was unusual, put the teacup in his hand on the small table, paced back and forth in the study with his hands behind his back, and finally spoke after being silent for a while: "Lang Wa'er, I should not have heard what you said today, and I will not mention it again in the future, I called you today to discuss the defense of northern Sichuan." ”

After all, he still didn't make a clear statement, Liu Lang sighed slightly in his heart, but he didn't continue to say more. Liu Xiang, who represented the landlord-comprador class, did not drive him out of the provincial chairman's office because of his words, which was already very respectable.

smiled at the moment: "Uncle Mi, don't say let Liu Lang protect northern Sichuan, Liu Lang only has one regiment of troops, and he can't catch it!" ”

"What you kid thinks is beautiful, give you the whole of northern Sichuan, what do you want the Tang style to follow Yang Sen's generation to think of me Liu Xiang? Did the Dayi Liu family start carving up Sichuan? Hehe, even if Lao Tzu wants to, but in this extraordinary period, he must not be truthful. Liu Xiang smiled coldly.

"That's easy to do, while northern Sichuan is still empty, General Zhang Yan's new 61st Brigade or Commander Fan's fourth division can garrison northern Sichuan." Liu Lang replied casually.

"It's not appropriate, Zhang Yanxin entered the Sichuan army to take on this heavy responsibility, I'm afraid it will be criticized by others, it is better for him to be stationed on the side of Chengdu, and it is okay to send an army to assist. As for Fan Shaozeng, hehe, this person has too many friends, and it is not a good choice to stay in northern Sichuan. Liu Xiang shook his head and rejected Liu Lang's proposal.

Sure enough, not long after Zhang Yan entered the Sichuan army, he could not fully gain Liu Xiang's trust, and Commander Ha'er had long been jealous of Liu Xiang because he had too close contacts with Nanjing. But if he handed over northern Sichuan to Liu Cunhou or others, Liu Lang was a little unwilling, and he still expected northern Sichuan to become his source of soldiers? If someone else occupies this territory, Liu Lang will not be so convenient in the future.

Seeing Liu Xiang looking at him with a smile on his face, Liu Lang suddenly felt blessed to his heart, "Does Uncle Mi mean to establish a new army?" Defend the new army in northern Sichuan? ”

"Haha, yes!" Liu Xiang stroked his palms and laughed.

"What do you mean?" Liu Lang's face welled up with joy. How smart a person is that Langtuanza immediately ordered him to rush from Guangyuan to Chengdu from Guangyuan to discuss the intention of this matter, and he clearly wanted to recommend the leader of the new army, no, even more than that, otherwise a telegram could solve the matter.

If that's the case, that's a real bonus. That's even better than promotion.

"The newly established army is an integrated regiment of 3,000 people, which is directly under the military headquarters of the Seventh Route Army, and is responsible for garrisoning 11 counties including Langzhong, Nannan, Zitong, Qingchuan, Beichuan, Pingwu, Jiange, and Zhaohua. Liu Xiang said slowly.

Liu Lang's eyes widened suddenly, this is completely pie in the sky! The selection of the regiment commander and all the officers below is equivalent to handing over the command of this regiment to him Liu Lang! As for what is directly under the military headquarters, it just means that no one else except you and me can think of transferring this regiment.

At the moment when Liu Lang's molars were about to be exposed, the second-level general of the National Army, who was very satisfied with Liu Lang's excited expression, was slightly happy and continued: "However。。。。。。 ”