May 5th, Guangzhou.

On the ** square on the left side of the Guangzhou Municipal Government named after Zhongshan, a huge military parade is underway. Today is the fourth anniversary of the founding of the Cadet Army, and it is also the fourth Army Day since the founding of the Cadet Army. The Cadet Army suffered heavy losses in the battle that occurred at the junction of Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi some time ago, with nearly more than 10,000 casualties. In order to commemorate these martyrs who died in battle, and also to show the strength of the student army to the people and unite people's hearts, Ouyang Yun and Ji Xingwen discussed and decided to make this Army Day a little more powerful.

Time passes like flowing water, and unconsciously, the student army has gone through four years, and those in the know are emotional: It's not easy.

On the first Army Day, at that time, the student army was only a regimental establishment, with a total of only more than 200 people and experienced a farce. On that Army Day, the only activity was to commemorate the sacrificed comrades, and since then, as the bamboo of the cadet army has grown up, the military parade has become the top priority.

Starting from the third session, the Army Day of the Cadet Army began to allow "onlookers", making the festival that originally belonged to the cadets also became a festival for the people in the jurisdiction. There is a tradition that the Chinese people like to join in the fun, and in this way, the military parade has become the favorite program of the people to watch and the most concerned by the media and spies of various countries.

Today is different from the past, and it is inappropriate for many people to hold a military parade of this scale at this time.

The current surrounding situation of the Cadet Army is not optimistic, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a rumor. Although the large-scale mobilization of the Japanese army was halted by Wang suddenly coming forward to expose the details of the Sino-Japanese peace talks, the Japanese Navy and Army have now assembled about 200,000 troops in the southwest of Zhejiang and in the Taiwan Strait. 200,000 devils with loaded guns and live ammunition were displayed in the northeast, southeast, and east directions of the Xuebing Army, and Ouyang Yun had to withdraw a division from the Xuewu Army stationed in Hainan to Shangrao to deal with a major battle that might break out at any time.

Because of Wang's sudden move, old Jiang Mingzhe protected himself and had to abandon Kong Xiangxi, who had followed him for many years, in order to protect himself. After the strength of the two factions in Chongqing and Wang Jiang was out of balance, in order to gain the support of the student army, Lao Jiang transferred back his lineage from Guangxi and Jiangxi. However, perhaps fearing that the Scholar Army would encroach on these areas after the withdrawal of the Central Army, Dai Li's people began to enter these areas, and with the help of Xue Yue, began to mobilize local landlords and old wealth to form a security regiment.

Although the student army did not use too much violence in Guangdong and Fujian, it was still resisted by the landlords and the old rich class. The landlords and old fortunes in the two western regions were most worried that after the student army entered their area, they would continue the previous land policy, so they responded very much to the actions of the military commanders. And with the establishment of hundreds of security forces, the border between the two west and the military area of the Cadet Army has become uneven.

The security forces during the Republic of China period were the most important component of the puppet army later, which shows the inferior nature of these security forces. The Xuebing Army now has five regular armies, and the Xueyi Army did not participate in the garrison of northeastern Jiangxi and southeastern Fujian because Xueyi Division went to the northwest and had to be responsible for the defense of Guangzhou. The Fifth Army was stationed in Hainan, and because one division was transferred, the strength of the two divisions was already thin on the huge land of Hainan, so it was impossible to divide the troops to defend the area bordering the two western regions. To learn from the Second Army, the Third Army, and the Fourth Army, we must guard against the Japanese. Ouyang Yun had no choice but to turn to the three divisions of the 57th Army to reorganize and ask them to move to the border areas between the two wests to ensure that these areas were not disturbed by those bandit security forces.

In this case, it is no wonder that many people think that the military parade is out of place.

Ouyang Yun was very busy during this time, so busy that his feet barely touched the ground, but even so, there were still many things that could not be dealt with in time, which made him sigh many times: This commander-in-chief of the student army is not easy to be.

In that time and space, he read a book, the name of the book is incomprehensible, but the meaning is engraved in his heart, saying that a real successful person does not need to do everything himself, he only needs to formulate a reasonable system of longevity. As a person who is a bit lazy by nature, he used to admire this book very much, but now, he spits on the author of this book and scolds bullshit.

The so-called successful person also depends on the scale of his success. When Ouyang Yun first formed the Cadet Corps, he must not have expected that the Cadet Corps would be able to come to this day and grow into such a behemoth. When the furniture is bigger, there are naturally more things to consider. And as the soul of this army, as the head of this military government, many things must be solved by his nod. It's not that he doesn't want to delegate power, it's really the current situation of the student army that doesn't allow him to delegate too much power.

The forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds. The human heart is much more complex and selfish than the bird's heart, and as a result, factions emerged. Factions and power are definitely brothers of the same mother, and when the Cadet Army can bring great benefits to some people, factions naturally arise. This kind of thing is a product of civilization, and it is not something that can be explained by some simple things - not to say how bad the human heart is, but in the process of social integration, because of the interaction between people, this phenomenon is inevitably caused.

Once, Ouyang Yun didn't take the faction seriously, he thought that when the country was about to break down, everyone could unite as one and unite with the outside world. But after going through too many things, he realized that he was idealized.

When he used to read history books, he never understood why when a dynasty or a country was on the verge of extinction, there would be so many people who could change the outcome who were still obsessed with profit and infighting, and refused to devote themselves to fighting foreign aggression. After two years in Guangdong, he realized that this was the so-called human nature.

Factions can't be distinguished by simple good and bad, so what Ouyang Yun can do now is to use his influence as much as possible to make these factions live in peace as much as possible - to put it in layman's terms, it is to make everyone rich.

Ouyang Yun is still too young, so he doesn't have enough experience, so it's impossible to play with people's hearts in applause like some legendary heroes. His advantage is that he sees his weaknesses and is willing to face them positively, so the Cadet Army has developed into the behemoth it is today, and it still looks monolithic on the outside.

Many people are opposed to the parade because they have to consider whether their faction's ranks will be attacked by superior devils during this period, and thus suffer unbearable losses.

The reason why Ouyang Yun was bent on holding the military parade was to increase the cohesion of the entire student army, and he wanted his soldiers to be proud of the strength of his troops—this pride was built on a foundation, that is, when all the soldiers were clenched into a fist.

Ouyang Yun didn't pay much attention to his image before, but now, he cares about this very much. The reason why this is so is because he realized the significance of the "heroic image" for the cohesion of the student army.

The students from all over the world can gather under a big banner and be proud of being a cadet, to a certain extent, isn't it because the commander-in-chief is an anti-Japanese hero? A troubled times, a country with an ill-fated fate, needs heroes. That's what the times say about heroes. Ouyang Yun's approach is very simple, no matter how many factions you have, no matter whether you are wholeheartedly thinking about the student army and resisting Japan, as long as Lao Tzu is a good hero, as long as he maintains his influence on the vast majority of the students, it will be enough.

"The military parade must be held, we must let the people see our strength, we must make them believe that our army can protect them, and we will be the strongest fortress between them and the devil!" After Ouyang Yun said these words on the conference call, all preparations for the military parade began as scheduled.

On Army Day, the biggest problem is air defense.

Since the "Sunken It" operation, the Combined Fleet of the Japanese Navy has always been thinking about retaliation. The Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet now has three aircraft carrier fleets cruising along the coast around Fujian, and once they can assemble and dispatch a huge group of fighters to attack Guangzhou, then Army Day may become a Day of Death.

"Commander, we understand your thoughts. However, have you ever thought that if the little devils carry out a large-scale air raid at that time, if they cause great casualties to the people, wouldn't it be counterproductive? Jiang Guangnai said, worried.

Ouyang Yun smiled on the other end of the phone: "The risk is indeed very high, but this is also an opportunity." Our air force is not a vegetarian, and our air defense is strong enough, so if we can meet the incoming Japanese planes, won't this even more highlight the strength of our army? ”

"Commander, I still think this matter should be treated with caution."

"Well, let's vote! Lao Li, you take a stand first. ”

There are two Lis at the top of the Cadet Army, among them, the one who can be called "Lao Li, Lao Li" by Ouyang Yun is naturally Li Tieshu, who was killed from Renqiu with him.

Ouyang Yun's hand is powerful, in fact, this is also the most powerful way for him to eliminate the influence of the faction in some major decisions. asked to express his position by name, Li Tieshu naturally supported him unconditionally, and others, whether it was the old Cantonese or the old Fujian or the northwest, naturally it was not easy to openly disagree with him.

The matter of the military parade was thus decided, and in order to cope with the possible air raids, Li Tieshu and Tie Linfei, together with several division commanders of the air force and several regiment commanders of the air defense units directly under the general headquarters, formed an air defense group. Just a week before the parade began, they began to nervously set up air defense positions and formulate methods for fighter planes to cruise, and did their best to ensure the safety of the parade.