Liu Xiang not only talks about it, but also gradually gives Liu Lang support.

If in 1935, the national government made any major moves in the military system, in addition to continuing to unremittingly pursue and kill the red troops in the great strategic shift, and continuing to reorganize the German armament division and import a large number of arms, it may be the first large-scale award of titles in the country.

From July 1934 to January 1935, the national government reformulated the "Official Table" and the "Soldier Rank Table", and in March 1935, a new military rank and grade table was promulgated, dividing the generals into first and second grades, and at the same time adding the rank of special general.

This is also the first time in more than 20 years since China transplanted the modern military rank system based on the Japanese military rank system in the late Qing Dynasty that the Chinese government has standardized the awarding of titles nationwide. While standardizing the integration of the ranks of officers into all armies across the country, it also curbed the problem of the proliferation of the rank of general.

The reason why the rank of general before 1935 was too widespread is also related to the change in the political situation in China since the overthrow of the Manchu Dynasty. Especially during the period of the Beiyang government, the central government and local military officials were awarded the rank of general, and even division commanders and brigade commanders received the rank of general, such as in November 1923, Cao Qi, commander of the 26th Division of the Army, was awarded the rank of army general. Another example is Wang Ruqin, who was awarded the rank of general on July 25, 1924. At that time, he was General Qinwei, commander of the 8th Division and commander-in-chief of the garrison in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Coupled with the fact that there are many warlords in various places, it is simply normal to give yourself the rank of general.

It can be said that the rank of general, before 1935, was not very valuable, it was too much.

After the government nominally unified the whole country, in order to avoid contradictions, it did not take large-scale action on the rank of general, but as the control of the national power was further strengthened, the first formal title of the national army was finally awarded in 1935.

The basic principle is that the brigade commander, division chief of staff, and deputy division commander are awarded the rank of major general; Division commanders, army commanders, corps commanders, and group army commanders are awarded lieutenant generals; The leaders of warlords and veterans with high qualifications and powers, as well as some soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the revolution and the country, were awarded generals; Admirals are further divided into three levels, which are divided into second-class generals, first-class generals, and special generals.

For the first time, China's original three-level system of generals was changed to a five-level system similar to that of the Third Reich, which of course had the influence of the military advisers of the Third Reich behind the military rank reform.

Since the first half of 1935, officers from all over the country have been conferred the rank of general, and the special general is naturally the first bald man in China today, equivalent to a generalissimo, and there is only one bald man in the country.

And an old man from Shanxi, like Liu Lang, who had just finished negotiating business with someone a few months ago, became one of the eight first-class generals of the state government. Liu Lang's cousin Liu Xiang, who had not long grasped the power of Sichuan, became one of the twenty second-class generals, alongside Han Fuqu in Shandong, Song Zheyuan in Beiping, Liu Zhi in Jiangxi, He Jian in Hunan, and Yang Hucheng in the northwest.

Obviously, Liu Xiang, who became a general as early as ten years ago, was a little dissatisfied with his failure to be included in the list of first-class generals, and at the same time there was a strong crisis, and he had to strengthen his strength while grasping the power of Sichuan.

And Liu Lang, a capable nephew, is the key to strengthening his own strength.

Therefore, in the first half of the year, when Liu Lang had not yet returned to the independent regiment, Liu Xiang, in the name of the commander-in-chief of the Seventh Route Army and the chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Government, recommended Liu Lang to the national government to be promoted to major general. Originally, in Liu Xiang's view, this was almost no difficulty.

As a meritorious soldier who won the Order of the Blue Sky and the White Sun twice to fight against the Japanese invaders, Liu Lang, who has been promoted to colonel for more than two years, definitely has this qualification, and the establishment of an independent regiment is not much smaller than that of a brigade with an establishment of 4,500 people. Coupled with the recommendation of him, the chairman of Sichuan Province and the commander-in-chief of the Seventh Route Army, the government will give him this face no matter what.

Liu Xiang has even made plans to expand the independent regiment into an independent brigade, and the combat effectiveness of an independent brigade with two infantry regiments is definitely much stronger than the current independent regiment of only 3,000 people.

However, to Liu Xiang's surprise, the Ministry of Military Affairs of the State Government approved his recommendation for Zhang Yan to be the commander of the new 61st Brigade of the Seventh Route Army, but rejected Liu Lang's recommendation to be promoted to major general.

The reason is that Colonel Liu Lang is still young, and if he is promoted too quickly, he will be suspected of pulling out seedlings to help him grow; Second, I am afraid that the generals will not be convinced.

This reason seems to be very nonsense, but it is a reason why Liu Xiang also has to grit his back molars. Liu Lang's age is indeed a big problem, and he can only reach the age of 24 after 1935. became a major general at the age of 24, so that those generals who were nearly half a hundred years old and mixed with a major general and lieutenant general looked embarrassed!

In his opinion, this is the government's suppression of himself, and he does not want to be promoted to Liu Lang, because he is afraid that his Liu family's strength in Sichuan is too strong.

Liu Lang's promotion was rejected twice in a row, and even the supreme head of the Ministry of Military Affairs, General He, a first-class army general of the new section, personally called Liu Xiang to appease and mediate, and Liu Xiang gave up his mind of using the opportunity of this award in 1935 to push Liu Lang to the ranks of generals.

That's why Liu Lang built a new town, and Liu Xiang immediately jumped out to cheer for it.

However, this was all without Liu Lang's knowledge.

Liu Lang himself still knew a little about the award of the title in 1935, and he didn't think about going over and striving to take the next step to enter the ranks of generals.

However, he knew too well the bald man's mind. If he himself went to Nanjing and expressed his allegiance to the bald man, the star of the major general of the army would be embedded in his collar badge, and the expansion of the independent regiment into an independent brigade should also be a matter of course. The so-called young age is not enough for the general's prevarication is just a joke.

However, the allegiance that the bald boss wants is probably not as simple as words. First of all, according to the old routine of the bald boss, his independent regiment will definitely be mixed with sand, and several old brothers who have been with him for a long time will be transferred out and replaced by students of the bald boss; Secondly, it is estimated that Guangyuan will not be able to stay in this station.

Previously, the independent regiment that was still the status of the Central Army was stuffed into Guangyuan, which was mixed with sand in Sichuan, and now, at this time and that time, Liu Xiang has taken control of Sichuan, and the bald boss will never let Liu Lang give this Sichuan Provincial Chairman who he dislikes like a tiger again.

The worst thing is probably not this, but the red troops who are very likely to transfer independent regiments from northern Sichuan into western Sichuan to pursue and march into the red army. That is the last thing Liu Lang wants to see.

Although Liu Lang did not follow the Red Army all the way, and the soldiers of several independent regiments who protected the young grandmother along the Long March of the Red Army did not send a word, Liu Lang still paid attention to the movements of the Red Army through the secret agents of the Chinese business groups all over eastern and western Sichuan.

As in the past time and space, from the beginning of 1935, they crossed the Chishui four times and made the hundreds of thousands of troops of the bald tycoons dizzy, crossed the Wujiang River south into Yunnan, and then marched all the way west to throw off the pursuing troops and crossed the Jinsha River into Sichuan, and arrived in Luding County in May.

The two regiments of Liu Wenhui's division guarding Luding County were indeed the same as in the time and space, and they did not go all out to defend and intercept, and after the Luding Bridge was lost, the red troops were allowed to go to the western Sichuan Plateau.

If Liu Lang remembers correctly, in September they should have crossed the six daunting snow-capped mountains in Sichuan, walked through the Songpan grassland, and arrived at the Sichuan-Gansu border north of Aba. It only needs to defeat Hu Zongnan to enter Gannan and finally arrive in Shaanxi, successfully ending the red process of this great transfer of thousands of miles and re-establishing the famous red base area.

If you transfer the independent regiment to "suppress bandits", and then imagine the beautiful thing of fooling things like last time and even sending some weapons and ammunition, don't even think about it, as the hardcore of the bald boss, that Lieutenant General Hu, who is already a lieutenant general of the army, will definitely watch the independent regiment firmly for the bald guy.

There is no deviation in history in this extremely important link, Liu Lang already thinks that God is good to China, and he will take the initiative to jump out and make trouble?

Besides, don't look at him now, although his official position is not high, but he is a colonel and regimental commander, but he is covered by his own cousin, don't live too leisurely in Sichuan, and the combatable soldiers under his command are not only the 3,000 officers and soldiers on the register, but the 4,000 militiamen who have been trained in the countryside according to the regular army for two years, as long as they experience a real battle, although they are not elite, they are also usable soldiers.

In other words, the number of troops that Liu Tuanzuo can use now can exceed 7,000 at any time, which is even no less than the strength of the commander of the Fourth Division.

Equipped with all kinds of weapons he equipped the Independent Regiment, the combat power of the Independent Regiment at this time was by no means comparable to that of the Independent Regiment during the Great Wall War three years ago. If it was an independent regiment in this period, Liu Lang was fully confident that he would defeat the Eighth Division with his mountain advantage, and he would not have to rely on a sneak attack on their heavy artillery wing to obtain that result. The super mobility and firepower of the Storm Rocket Artillery can definitely let the little devil know what the power of science and technology is.

However, Liu Lang still underestimated his cousin's strong support for him.