My life skills in Daming Liver - Chapter 645

c635 Military Medal

“Old Xiong!” Li Yangong was surprised to see Xiong Kuang’s figure.

After fighting in the mountains of Guizhou for a long time, Xiong Kuang’s face has become more weathered, but he looks good and his body is getting stronger.

With the development of the times, the title “Biaozi” began to gradually disappear from the military.

The reason is naturally very simple. Names are printed on various military order documents, but if the name is added, the military order will be a bit too complicated.

Moreover, in the Southeast Army system, there are also many generals who were promoted from ordinary soldiers. Although they attended military schools, they did not receive a complete Confucian education. Instead, they received a new education system transformed by Su Ze, so they did not have teachers or elders to commend them. Character.

For the sake of convenience of address and communication, the military gradually eliminated the nicknames.

Most of the time, in formal occasions, the superior directly addresses the subordinate by name, and the subordinate directly addresses the superior by his position. When people at the same level refer to each other by their first name and position, if they do not know the superior, they are uniformly called “sir.”

Su Ze strictly prohibited calling each other “brother” and “marshal” in military orders and regulations, and put an end to such military-style calls.

But now it was a private occasion. Li Yangong and Xiong Kuang were good friends. They hadn’t met for a long time. They were both very excited to be able to fight together this time.

“Old Li!”

Xiong Kuang gave Li Yangong a bear hug and then said:

“After the last battle in Suiyang, I heard that your barrage tactics were personally praised by the Grand Governor, and you were also awarded a medal?”

Li Yangong smiled. The awarding system is one of the recent reform measures of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of the Navy. For those who participated in certain major battles and made meritorious service, the Ministry of the Army or the Navy will issue medals and award awards.

Medals are military medals. Medals are not only military honors, they also have bonuses in terms of future promotion and treatment.

During the last attack on Suiyang, Li Yangong, as the artillery commander who carried out the battle, not only ensured the accuracy of the artillery fire required for the battle, he also ensured the supply of artillery shells for the legion through his professional ability in logistics.

Therefore, among the officers who participated in the Battle of Suiyang after the war, Li Yangong was also commended by Chen Lin and received a “Suiyang Medal”.

The news of the medal was announced to the entire army, and Xiong Kuang naturally knew it. Seeing the golden medal on Li Yangong’s chest, Xiong Kuang was also a little envious.

“Old Xiong, it’s boring for you to be like this. I just got one medal, and you already have two.”

Li Yangong also smiled and said:

“I don’t know if our brothers can get another medal this time.”

Xiong Kuang also raised his chest proudly. He had two different medals on his chest, the “Jiangyou Medal” he received when he attacked Sichuan, and the “Guiyang Medal” he received when he put down the Guizhou rebellion.

The gold content of these two medals is also very high. The passing officers looked envious when they saw the medals on their chests.

This is the case in the military. After becoming an officer, you can be promoted to a certain position if you have the qualifications, but medals are the touchstone of merit.

Xiong Kuang was able to become the first brigade commander of the young and strong faction in the army. These two medals also illustrate his qualifications. Moreover, since the military medal system has just begun to be implemented, the Ministry of War has not yet awarded military medals for the previous battle of Wuhan. Xun.

If we include his contribution in the attack and defense of Nanjing that year, Xiong Kuang can get a total of four medals. Then many senior officers who followed Su Ze in the army are not as prominent as his contribution.

“Brigadier Chen has called you all here. It seems that this joint operation is going to be big!”

Li Yangong took Xiong Kuang to a place with few people. He was suddenly called to the headquarters by Chen Lin. After seeing so many unfamiliar officers and Xiong Kuang, the newly promoted commander of the 7th Brigade, Li Yangong finally It is certain that the standards of this military meeting are very high.

Thinking of the recent military mobilization, it goes without saying that it must be related to Shaanxi.

Xiong Kuang was at a higher level than Li Yangong, so he naturally knew some other information. He whispered: “Our seventh brigade was brought over to cooperate with you. You will still be the main force this time.”

Li Yangong smiled, but Xiong Kuang said again:

“But the plan of the Army Ministry is like this. The battlefield situation is changing rapidly. If we find an opportunity for the 7th Brigade, we will naturally not be lenient!”

Li Yangong laughed. Sure enough, Xiong Kuang was still the same Xiong Kuang. This guy really wanted to make progress!

Li Yangong looked at his pocket watch and said, “There is a meeting soon, let’s go now.”

Sure enough, he and Li Yangong were right. The military meeting this time was of unprecedented scale. Not only were all the officers of the battalion and above of the entire fifth brigade present, but also the officers of Xiong Kuang’s seventh brigade, as well as the leaders of several local armies reorganized in Henan. official.

Chen Lin, commander of the fifth brigade, sat in the upper seat, Xiong Kuang sat next to his subordinate, and the group sat down around the long table.

Chen Lin waited until the time was right and said directly:

“The time has come. Let’s have a meeting. Close the door to the conference room. This meeting is top secret. No information related to this meeting is allowed to be leaked outside. The gendarmerie officers are watching us. We don’t want the gendarmerie to come to the door.”

“This mission is an order from the Ministry of War and a military order signed by the Governor himself. Starting from the 15th of this month, our army will attack Shaanxi from the direction of Tongguan, and Brigadier Xiong Kuang will lead the seventh brigade to attack Shaanxi from the direction of Guanzhong.”

Sure enough, they are going to attack Shaanxi. Everyone in the venue is gearing up. The battle to attack Henan is really not challenging. Except for the battle of Suiyang, the rest of the battles are just horse racing and staking, comparing the marching speed of each army. When marching to a place, they immediately took over the place. There was even a case where a battalion accepted the surrender of a regiment of the Ming Army.

So in the end, except for a few troops who participated in the Battle of Suiyang, the remaining troops did not get much credit. In total, one Suiyang Medal was awarded for the Battle of Henan.

So the other officers of the Fifth Brigade were holding their breath and waiting to attack Shaanxi.

Chen Lin continued:

“The Governor’s exact words were, ‘For a reactionary warlord like Guo Pu of Shaanxi Province, we cannot surrender without hesitation. We must use fighting to promote peace, and we must let him know that he is in pain before he surrenders!'”

“Our intelligence personnel have already been in contact with Guo Pu. This person still has the idea of ​​​​using his own troops to negotiate terms with us. He hopes to use the army and people of Shaanxi to blackmail us and ensure his future wealth. We must deal with this reactionary warlord. Let him put away his fantasy.”

“Now let’s take a look at what Guo Pu’s layout is like in Shaanxi. Bring up the sand table!”