Chapter 54: Reorganization (2)

  Wang Changhu and Liu Fang ran onto the playground and took a look: Hey, it's really lively!

  In the middle of the playground, there were 4,000 to 5,000 soldiers standing. On the periphery of the center, eight tables were arranged separately, with a flagpole next to each table, on which were written in sequence: First Special Battalion Recruitment Office, Second Special Battalion Recruitment Office... Eighth Special Battalion Recruitment Office.

  Wang Changhu looked puzzled and asked Liu Fang: "Didn't we decide to establish four special brigades in the end? How did it become eight?"

  Liu Fang awkwardly said: "It was decided earlier, but after the vanguard troops finished selecting their soldiers, the old brothers started to get busy, each of them selecting their own soldiers and spouting some grand principles."

  "What reason? What reason is more important than defending the North Camp?"

  Liu Fang looked at Wang Changhu's urgent eyes and pointed to the reviewing stand, muttering: "You'd better ask them!"

  Wang Changhu glared at Liu Fang and walked up to the reviewing stand, seeing some onlookers watching the commotion above, but not paying attention to him, which made him even angrier.

  "He heavily hummed and said: 'Can't you still work? If you can't, get out of here and go take care of the kids.'"

  Chang San had never seen Wang Changhu so angry before, and hastily said: "Tiger son, don't be in a hurry, listen to me first, then see how to deal with it."

  Wang Changhu said irritably: "You get everyone together first, and then I'll listen to what you have to say."

  Chang San immediately gave Liu Fang a signal, and Liu Fang shouted down: "Assemble, hurry up, hurry up."

  The people below looked at Wang Changhu's face and scolded: "Get your damn act together, hurry up, if you don't hurry up, I'll blow you up, come on, come on, faster..."

  Looking at the old brothers holding whips in their hands, kicking and beating new team members, shouting and scolding them, Wang Changhu discovered that he had already found the main reason why they wanted to establish so many special teams.

  Chang San said, "After we selected the troops under our direct command, the brothers were not in such a mess. But then that little white face said something and the brothers immediately started bustling about, some carrying tables, others recruiting soldiers. It's as if we had nothing to do with it anymore. What's going on here?"

  Wang Changhu furrowed his brow and said, "Are you just going to watch him make a scene?"

  Chang San said: "It's not that we're watching him make a fool of himself, but he really has the ability, what can we do?"

  Wang Changhu looked at him and said: "Oh, who has such great ability that everyone listens to him?"

  "See? That little white face that looks like a woman, his name is Ma Shuai. He always says he can be a marshal, so we gave him the nickname 'Ma Da Shuai', also known as 'Ma Niang Men'."

  Wang Changhu was taken aback: "Horse Big Marshal? Horse Wife?"

  Chang San explained: "General Ma used to be a dan actor when he was young; when he wasn't fighting, he liked to sing a few lines of opera, and his singing was even better than the women's, so we called him 'Ma Niang'; however, this kid didn't mess around in battle, often charging forward alone with a machine gun; the squad he was in often had the most casualties, even General Guo admired him, if it weren't for his somewhat unusual interests, maybe he would have been promoted to regiment commander already."

  Wang Changhu was taken aback and asked: "How old is he?"

  Chang San replied: "I'm not that old, I'm 26 this year. I graduated from military school at the age of 18 and have been in the army for almost eight years, but I'm still just a platoon leader!"

  "What interests does he have?"

  Chang San said: "Actually, it's nothing, just that before going into battle, he likes to touch the butt of a male comrade who is one rank higher than him; He says this can bring him inspiration. If he becomes the regiment commander, won't the brigade commander be in trouble? So everyone is suppressing him and not letting him get promoted; otherwise, it would be chaotic!"

  "Is this kid still a virgin?"

  Chang San said, "Maybe, I haven't heard that he has a girlfriend, always single, but this kid loves to read books, especially military books, the most. This kid didn't lead troops in vain." After finishing speaking, Chang San shook his head, as if it was a pity.

  Wang Changhu looked at him and said, "Since he is so talented, don't waste it. Call him over, I'll talk to him for a bit, let him handle something, and after it's done, let him lead the troops."

  Chang San was shocked and said, "You won't really let him bring so many soldiers, will you? In the end, he won't be touching your butt, but ours." After finishing speaking, Chang San exaggeratedly covered his own butt and retreated backwards.

  Wang Changhu's heart was delighted, and he said: "Don't worry, rest assured; as long as he finishes that matter, I'll make him dizzy when he sees a man's butt, nothing will happen, don't worry!"

  Chang San nodded helplessly and said, "Alright, I'll believe you this time. But if he really did grope his superior's butt, tell him to spare me, my butt is reserved for my cousin to touch."

  Chang San's appearance made Wang Changhu both angry and amused, saying: "Hurry up, don't dawdle, like an old woman."

  Chang San reluctantly walked down from the reviewing stand and went to call Ma Shuai away. Wang Changhu called Huang Yifei over to his side, whispered something in his ear, and Huang Yifei smiled as he listened, finally saying "I guarantee completion of the task."

  Wang Changhu waved his hand and Huang Yihu went to find Xu Yingfa. This matter still had to rely on the old madam.

  Ma Shuai came before Wang Changhu and stood at attention, saluting: "Reporting for duty, General Ma has arrived to report. Please instruct me, sir."

  Wang Changhu looked at Ma Shuai and asked: "What was that sentence you just said that made my brothers so busy?"

  Ma Shuai looked at Wang Changhu for a moment and proudly said: "A soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier."

  Wang Changhu glanced at him and said: "They all became regimental commanders, but you became a brigade commander, what a good plan!"

  Ma Shuai was taken aback and smiled, saying: "You've figured it out!"

  "Cut the crap, anyone can see that there's no good soldiers left, who'd be willing to take on this role? No one wants it, so you'll just have to do it. Later on, you'll still be shouldering all the responsibilities, and I'll look up to you for it. You're really thinking ahead, aren't you?"

  "Sir, to be honest with you, the regimental commanders of our several regiments were all promoted later on. The original regimental commanders had already run away during General Guo's defeat!"

  Wang Changhu was taken aback and asked: "Why? Didn't they say that Commander Zhang wouldn't pursue the matter?"

  Chang San took over and said, "It's not that we won't investigate, the main culprits who beat people severely, all the regimental commanders were removed; these two regimental commanders, seeing that things were not going well, led their own guard battalions into the mountains."

  Wang Changhu said: "Didn't these two regiments not participate in the war?"

  Chang San said: "If he didn't participate in the war, wasn't it because he didn't have time?"

  Wang Changhu suddenly realized: "Ah, it's like this without participating in the war!"

  "Then what were the leaders of these several regiments originally doing?"

  Ma Shuai said: "They were all deputy commanders of various camps before, and the camp commanders followed the regimental commander to escape. These deputy commanders are my junior brothers, so what I say is still quite effective."

  Wang Changhu thought for a moment, looked at him and said: "Why do you want to be the captain of this team?"

  Ma Shuai awkwardly smiled: "Actually, I was satisfied with just being a regiment commander, but unexpectedly, the soldiers under your command were too lively and suddenly took away all the experienced old soldiers, even the division commander didn't have anyone willing to take the position, so I reluctantly became the commander of the entire army."

  "Are you confident in leading this team?"

  Ma Shuai said: "Should be no problem, just a few more new soldiers, but it's not a big deal!"

  Wang Changhu looked down and said, "Isn't that so? Of the 7,500 old soldiers, nearly 6,500 were taken away. The remaining old soldiers are either missing an arm or have only one eye, and some look weak and scrawny, no one wants them. Only Commander Ma's company wasn't taken away, and the remaining nearly 4,000 are new recruits, this team is really hard to lead!"

  Wang Changhu turned his head and asked Liu Fang: "Where did those regimental commanders go?"

  Liu Fang replied: "Two went to the military officer training camp, and one went to the special operations team."

  "Bring those few people to me, I have something to look for them," Wang Changhu continued.

  Liu Fang replied: "Yes."

  After a while, several team leaders came; Wang Changhu called over Chang San, adding up to four people excluding Wang Changhu.

  Wang Changhu said: "Now you decide, those who think Ma Shuai can be a good captain raise your hands?"

  As soon as Wang Changhu finished speaking, the hands of the four people were raised high in a shocking unanimous decision. Wang Changhu looked at them and said, "You will be responsible for today's vote!"

  Several people nodded in agreement: "No problem."

  Wang Changhu waved his hand at them, and except for Chang San, the others all went down.

  Wang Changhu said to Ma Shuai: "I still can't give you all these people, I want some more, the rest are yours; however, you have to go through a test yourself, if you pass, you will be the commander-in-chief; if not, you will also be the commander-in-chief. Do you understand?"

  Ma Shuai excitedly replied: "Understood."

  Wang Changhu turned around and shouted at the soldiers below: "Those who have served in the cavalry, get on your horses and line up in front of the reviewing stand."

  The people below were stunned after hearing it and thought to themselves: "You're a cavalryman, what are you yelling at the infantry for?"

  About thirty or forty people came out of Bingwa's team, and five or six from Lao Xiong's team.

  Wang Changhu glanced at him and turned to face Chang San, saying: "I'll take these people away. Later, you let each department call the main officers of each level of the troops for a review by the military officer team, and then report back. Our reorganization is over."

  Chang Sanxin asked with a lingering fear: "Will Marshal Ma's side also follow this procedure?"

  Wang Changhu nodded and said: "Yes, after finishing, he will be asked to go with Huang Yihu to do something, and after finishing the matter, he will take office."

  "What about the officers of each corps?"

  Wang Changhu thought for a moment and said: "Let's discuss it tonight and deal with it then."

  Wang Changhu walked up to the front of thirty or forty people and said: "Is there a leader here?"

  An old soldier stepped out and said: "Report, I am the leader of the old soldiers here, my name is Tie Shi;"

  At this time, a new soldier also came out and said: "Report, I am the leader of the new soldiers, my name is Wang Xiao-Jun."

  Wang Changhu nodded and asked: "Have you held a post in the army?"

  Wang Xiaojun replied: "Before I came, I was a battalion commander of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade of the Northeast Army."

  Wang Changhu was taken aback and said: "You're not a low-ranking official!"

  Wang Xiaojun replied with embarrassment: "My dad was a bandit and was recruited, he became the regimental commander, and got me to be a lieutenant colonel battalion commander."

  Wang Xiaojun said after finishing, immediately turned serious and said: "The subordinate has already completed all the courses of the Cavalry Department of the Lecture Martial Hall, and just graduated this year."

  Wang Changhu curiously asked: "How old were you when you went to the Martial Arts Hall? How many years did you study?"

  Wang Xiaojun replied: "Sixteen! I've been reading for two years."

  Wang Changhu nodded.

  Tie Shi took a step forward and said: "I used to be the captain of the third cavalry regiment, later because...because..."

  Wang Xiaojun continued: "Selling military horses, got caught."

  Tie Shi retorted: "What makes your father the battalion commander, and our brothers just company commanders? And he's still withholding our military pay, what is he selling, horses or something?"

  Wang Xiaojun said: "Uncle Tie, didn't my father let you be the deputy team leader?"

  Tie Shi said: "That's taking away my military power, do you think he has such a good heart?"

  "Didn't my dad give you a whole regiment?"

  Tie Shi said indignantly, "Look at those scrawny kids he's given me! Just looking at them makes me angry. They're all pale-faced and have short legs. How am I supposed to train them? Isn't this making things difficult for me?"

  Wang Changhu understood that this was a typical case of uneven distribution and smashing the pot.

  "Alright, shut up, none of you are good guys."

  Wang Changhu's heart ached: the cafeteria was still waiting for a group of "rice buckets"; there was one who walked through the back door; another who privately sold military horses; and on the playground, there was a pervert; why was his life so miserable?!

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