Chapter 123: The Appointment of Chongqing
Although the night was turbulent, there were no accidents. Wang Tianmu and the others didn't even eat breakfast, so they asked to leave Division Commander Chen's station immediately, not because he wanted to rush to complete the task assigned to him by Dai Li, because this night was too difficult for him.
The group came to Liao Fan's forward outpost smoothly, and according to all the rules, several soldiers verified the identities of all of them before letting the guard battalion of the Eighth Route Army leave. Then he put on masks for Division Commander Chen's guards and Wang Tianmu and others, and two soldiers took them to Liao Fan's real station.
At this time, Liao Fan did not know that the Kuomintang officer was about to arrive at the station, he was accompanying Political Commissar Liu in the hospital, helping him to walk around, and the two occasionally chatted about military and economic issues. Political Commissar Liu wanted to ask Liao Fan's attitude towards the Kuomintang many times, but Liao Fan always took the topic to other places.
But after all, Liu Chunjian ran to the hospital and reported that the Kuomintang officers had arrived at Liao Fan's headquarters. Liao Fan glanced at Political Commissar Liu and said: "Actually, I just want to fight devils, I don't want to get too involved in political issues, but I didn't expect to be forced to get involved in the struggle between your two parties in the end. ”
When Political Commissar Liu heard what Liao Fan said, he shook his head helplessly: "Since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, no one has been able to stand alone. ”
"If Political Commissar Liu wants to know my attitude, you can go outside the headquarters and listen, and everything will be clear at that time." Liao Fan turned around and told Liu Chunjian, "Chunjian, take care of Political Commissar Liu." ”
Liao Fan believed that Political Commissar Liu would definitely go, because his attitude determined the direction of the relationship between him and the Eighth Route Army in the future, and this was the task of Political Commissar Liu, and it was the task assigned to him by his superiors.
Liao Fan walked to the headquarters first, and Division Commander Chen's guards didn't want to follow them, so they went to the training place of the Eighth Route Army.
"Captain Liao, don't come unharmed." When Wang Tianmu saw someone walking into the headquarters, he immediately judged that he was Liao Fan, "Let me introduce myself, my name is Wang Tianmu, and I am awarded the rank of colonel in the National Revolutionary Army, and these are my two subordinates." ”
"Hello Colonel Wang, I don't know what advice I have for coming to my Liao Fan's station this time." Liao Fan went straight to the point.
"I don't dare to give advice, I came this time to be assigned by my superiors to award the meritorious medal to Commander Liao." Wang Tianmu said.
"Medal of Merit? How can I, Liao Fan, dare to bother the old men in Chongqing to send me a meritorious medal. Liao Fan sneered in his heart, he was straight to the point, this group of guys was still beating around the bush.
"Commander Liao, don't be modest, the troops you led have annihilated the little devils many times in the Taihang Mountain area, and hit the arrogance of the Japanese invaders, we have already investigated this clearly, and it is natural to award you this meritorious medal." Wang Tianmu said as he took out the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal and put it in front of Liao Fan, "This is the Chairman of the Committee who personally handed over this Blue Sky and White Sun Medal to us." ”
Liao Fan smiled slightly, and took the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal into his hand, this was originally a medal awarded to the country and national heroes, but now it is worthless imitated by these people, these spies in order to win over forces from all sides, as long as they are willing to join their camp, the medal has completely become an ornament.
"I don't think Chairman Chiang will give me this medal for no reason, if it is to fight devils, there are devil-fighting troops everywhere in China, if you are rewarded for meritorious deeds, I am afraid that many people will be in front of my Liao Fan, and it will not be a few people who risked their lives and traveled thousands of miles of enemy war zones to give me such a medal."
"Haha, Commander Liao can lead the troops to hold out behind enemy lines, there is really something extraordinary, I still have a signed order from the Ministry of Military Affairs here, do you want to see it?" Wang Tianmu said.
"Colonel Wang, it's your business whether or not to show me, it doesn't seem to be my business." Liao Fan didn't care at all about what Wang Tianmu would bring him from Chongqing.
"Commander Liao, what you said is a bit excessive, the current China can only resist the attack of the little devils if it unites under the leadership of Chairman Jiang, does Commander Liao want to commit treason and become a traitor?" Cheng Tang hated Liao Fan's attitude of ignoring them very much, he didn't have a good rest at the garrison of the Eighth Route Army last night, he thought that when he arrived at Liao Fan's garrison, he would definitely serve them with good food and drink, but he didn't expect Liao Fan's attitude towards them was not as good as that of Senior Commander Chen.
"What this brother said is not authentic, if I want to be a traitor, I must take off your head first and give it to the little devil." Liao Fan took off his matching gun and threw it on the table.
"You ......" Cheng Tang's face turned red and white.
"Colonel Wang, your brother is not very good at talking, if you don't speak well, Lao Tzu's gun doesn't know people." Liao Fan directly threatened Cheng Tang.
Wang Tianmu saw that the situation was not right, and immediately played a round: "Commander Liao is angry, don't be like my brother, Commander Liao led 5,000 people to drag the strength of a division of the little devil for a day and a night, covering the successful retreat of hundreds of thousands of troops of the national army. It is supposed that this medal should be awarded, and even more so, it should be added to the rank of knight, so Chairman Chiang specially asked me to bring the letter of appointment with me. ”
Liao Fan was not curious about why Wang Tianmu knew that he blocked the little devil, and he had to be patient to check and always know that he did it: "They are all Chinese, and it is the duty of Chinese to fight devils against Japan." ”
"This time, Chairman Chiang appointed Regiment Commander Liao to be promoted to major general division commander and assigned to the Seventh Group Army of the Second Theater, numbered the 33rd Independent Division of the National Revolutionary Army." Wang Tianmu took out the letter of appointment and put it together with the Order of the Blue Sky and the White Sun, in his opinion, this medal and the letter of appointment were both weights in his hands.
"The Seventh Army, I like this unit, especially their commander Fu Zuoyi, this person is not only experienced in combat, modest and studious, but also different from some people in Chongqing in terms of life style." Liao Fan deliberately ridiculed Wang Tianmu and others.
"Commander Liao, no, it should be Senior Commander Liao now, as long as you Senior Commander Liao likes it."
"It's hard for you to bring these things?" Liao Fan looked at Wang Tianmu.
"What does Master Liao mean?" Wang Tianmu wanted to give you a division commander position, how do you want to drop, Lao Tzu believes that he has worked hard for so many years in the military command, and he is not just a colonel.
"It's said that Chairman Jiang slammed the door, I really don't believe it, now I really believe it, if it's only this little thing, I still hope you take it back as soon as possible, and leave quickly, I don't have time to talk to you, the army still has a lot of things waiting for me to deal with."
"Don't be embarrassed by the surname Liao, we people risked our lives to come here, and we are not talking nonsense to you." Cheng Tang, as Wang Tianmu's right-hand man, also relied on hard work to get out, and now seeing Liao Fan promoted to major general and division commander for no reason, his heart is extremely unbalanced.
"Bang" A gunshot rang out, and Wang Tianmu's ears rang out. Cheng Tang broke out in a cold sweat, he subconsciously put his hand on his waist, but the gun was not on his waist, at this time Cheng Tang regretted what he just said, because Liao Fan's shot directly broke the gun belt he was hiding under his clothes, and the gun slipped from his underwear to the ground.
"Master Liao really lives up to his reputation, and his marksmanship is also eye-opening." Wang Tianmu did not blame Cheng Tang for being rude, after all, they were all their own brothers, and they would have to rely on him to do things after they got out of this door.