boyutpedia Chapter 311 4th Brigade Organization
Chapter 311 4th Brigade Organization
"It's a real honor to have you here, Mr. Dai. But I don't have anything prepared. How about we have a few drinks in the room?"
Jinling Hotel is not an ordinary hotel. If you don’t make a reservation in advance, there will be no seats at noon. Fortunately, there is a round table in Li Shaoyi’s reception room. We can order a few dishes here and have some drinks for three people. It is much better than sitting there before.
"Don't bother. I've already asked my men to get it. I'm here because I believe you know about Gu Xiaomeng's situation. I want to ask you a question: are you really going to intervene or are you just pretending to do so?"
Boss Dai came here in person to verify this matter. Director Liu is indeed a veteran of the party and the country, but his strength has declined greatly. Li Shaoyi is a rising star.
If Li Shaoyi really wants to take care of it, Boss Dai will give him this face, but he must also let Li Shaoyi see clearly that I have offended the party and country elders because of you. If I have any problems in the future, you have to help me with all your strength.
"Could it be that Mr. Dai thinks I'm the kind of mean person who says one thing in front of you and another behind your back?"
Li Shaoyi brought over two cups of tea, and Secretary Mao quickly took them, placing one cup next to Boss Dai and holding the other cup himself. Secretary Mao, who was quite powerful within the Fuxing Society, was just a handyman at this moment.
"Then it's all right. When you leave, you can take Gu Xiaomeng with you. I'll have Secretary Mao take care of all the formalities. As for Director Liu, I can still make it work if I sacrifice my reputation."
Boss Dai had anticipated this result a long time ago, and he came here specially today just to let Li Shaoyi know that doing this is very laborious and requires connections.
"Thank you, Mr. Dai."
Li Shaoyi didn't say anything else. Having reached his current position, there was no need to say more. As long as he said this word of thanks, he had received the favor.
"The Military and Political Department held a meeting this morning. Don't you want to know about the 72nd Brigade?"
When the food was served, the three of them sat down around the round table. Boss Dai talked about the morning meeting of the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs. Li Shaoyi knew that the result had been announced long ago, but his information circle in Jinling was not that sensitive, and he had not even found out about Wu Zhenkui. It seemed that there was still a big gap between them and Boss Dai.
"Did I get promoted to division commander?"
Li Shaoyi clinked glasses with the two of them, as if this was something that should be done, without much surprise.
"The 72nd Brigade has been expanded into the Reorganized 72nd Division, which consists of four brigades and twelve regiments. The entire division has tens of thousands of troops, making it the largest infantry division in history."
Boss Dai said with great envy that although he was very successful in Jinling and everyone thought he was no different from the military leaders from other places, only he knew that he was nothing more than a spy, and was not on the same level as the real military leaders who held heavy troops.
If he had a conflict with Li Shaoyi, and one of them had to be executed, who do you think would be executed?
Without Boss Dai, there are still Boss Wang and Boss Liu, but without Li Shaoyi, who can stop the four divisions from the north that are about to move south?
Li Shaoyi did look indifferent just now, but after hearing what Boss Dai said, he was shocked. He thought that being upgraded to the 72nd Division and being given a structure of three brigades and six regiments was already quite difficult, but he did not expect that it would be given four brigades and twelve regiments.
"If I can't stop these Japanese divisions heading south, I'm afraid the 72nd Division will be disbanded soon, right?"
Li Shaoyi suddenly thought of another point. The reason why the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs was so generous was because they were about to go to war. If you could stop the Japanese, it would not be an exaggeration to give you such an awesome division-level organization. But if you couldn't stop them, in order to force the Japanese to withdraw their troops, you could only think about your own fate.
The Party-state has always done a lot of things like abandoning the donkey after it has served its purpose, but before it comes to this, they have to promote you first. Moreover, the troops supporting Rehe from all over the country have already reached several regiments. Giving you a structure of three brigades and six regiments is still not enough.
Moreover, the people will say behind your back that the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs is stingy. It would be better to just give you a large organization and let all the soldiers have the status of regular soldiers to reflect the magnanimity of the National Government.
"You said that, not me. Our government won't be so heartless."
Boss Dai said with a smile, firmly denying such a thing.
Li Shaoyi already knew what the future would be like from the opponent's expression. If he won, everything would be easy, but if he lost, he would have no place to stand.
If we really lose the war, all the responsibility will be placed on Li Shaoyi. You did not judge the situation and rashly provoked the Japanese, causing a major crisis for the National Government. Not to mention your organization, even your life might be handed over to the Japanese.
Li Shaoyi was very happy after the meal. He had never thought about defeat. Now we have the organization, the people, the weapons and equipment, and the system is about to be upgraded. Who knows what good things will be given to us by then. In this case, if we still suffer a loss, we might as well find a tofu to kill ourselves. It would be too shameful for a time traveler.
Li Shaoyi did not go anywhere for the entire afternoon. He just waited at the Jinling Hotel for the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs's organization. As long as the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs' organization came down, the system upgrade would be almost complete. However, until dinner in the evening, no one from the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs called him.
In desperation, Li Shaoyi could only ask Wu Zhenkui to inquire about the news. After all, this guy had been the secretary of the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs and had many connections within the Ministry.
At 7:30 in the evening, this guy came back with some information. It should be related to Director Liu, the director of the Henan-Anhui Pacification Office.
"Isn't this nonsense? How can one person's affairs be related to the entire country?"
After listening to what Wu Zhenkui said, Li Shaoyi was furious.
Neither Wu Zhenkui nor Li Sibei said anything, but the expressions on their faces clearly told you that within the entire Nationalist government, such cases of abandoning official business for personal matters were endless. If you were to list them, there would be several cases every month.
"Don't worry too much. Director Liu will probably just be stuck for a while. He won't be able to stop this order from being issued. He doesn't have that much power."
Wu Zhenkui thought for a moment and said.
Li Sibei's nose smelled the scent of a woman's perfume in the room...