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spn Chapter 185 Aiming for the throne in the mountains and rivers

Liao Xingce is a retired veteran. He is not an ordinary veteran. He worked his way up from the militia in the past. When he was 20 years old, he lived in Yabazi, Wangshan, and his family was destitute. He was an examiner of the militia at that time.

They said he was a little young, but when the boy pulled out his wife who was holding her son from behind, he proved that he was not young. The boy impressed the examiner with his simple language. "

I have a lot of strength, and I am a soldier just for these two girls."

He has very fast hands and feet and is very dexterous. He is a hunter and can shoot a gun. He is young and has a lot of brute strength. Although he is not very strong because he is not full, he has potential. Other than that, he has the same conditions as others.

, there is no food at home and it is almost impossible to open the pot. I want to join the militia, so that my family can plant the new seeds distributed by the militia as soon as possible, and also make money for the little thing who has to drink some thin soy milk because her mother is too thin and has no milk.

Order military pay and buy food.

In this way, the impoverished and illiterate Liao Xingce joined the militia and became a militia soldier who at that time did not mean glory, but meant food and clothing.

In the army, this rural boy from Wangshan Yabazi did not learn things as fast as others. His clumsy brain made it difficult for him to learn anything. After a month of recruit training, he was assessed in all aspects, except for passing marksmanship.

After counting down everything, his overall score was that he actually ranked sixth from the bottom in the recruit company, only one place higher than the fifth-from-last elimination line. He was on the verge of elimination. Even if he escaped by luck, he would have no choice but to go to the reserve force.

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However, at this moment, a turning point occurred.

When he was scolded by his recruit squad leader Qu Yongpan, who was also his brother-in-law, Liao Xingce walked to the battlefield dejectedly. His brother-in-law ordered him to stand there and reflect.

"Look at what grades you got in the exams. My second sister still expects to spend the rest of her life with you. How can you take care of her with this kind of career? Go, go to the battlefield and reflect on it for me, and see how others train."

Brother-in-law Qu Yongpan is not an aggressive person, but he is too worried about his brother-in-law and wants to make him and his second sister's family live a better life. Under the circumstances at that time, the entire Lishuping, and even the entire

In Huize County, the quickest way to live a good life is to join the militia and become a good soldier. This will be a good life.

Qu Yongpan himself was one of the earlier ones to join the army. At that time, he was still an older auditor at Lishuping Primary School, which had just been opened for a year. Later, when the militia expanded, he signed up. Compared to his brother-in-law, Qu Yongpan was also less educated.

, even the name was given by Sun Changqing, the only scholar in Yangcun at that time.

However, this person is very motivated, at least much more motivated than his brother-in-law. Moreover, he has been trying to change this brother-in-law who has short-term ambitions. However, due to lack of knowledge, the sentence he uses most often comes from the class.

"Brother-in-law, look at your character. As a soldier, you should have lofty ambitions. The book says that soldiers who don't want to be generals are not good soldiers, and I don't expect you to be."

General, if you can be a squad deputy, my sister's life will be better. You should work harder, maybe I will become a general in the future, and you will get the glory even if you return home from the army."

However, what Qu Yongpan didn't expect was that his brother-in-law would actually encounter his opportunity at the battlefield.

On the position at that time, the machine gun squad of the militia group was setting up machine guns and conducting shooting training with new equipment. Since the heavy machine guns had just been issued at that time, the soldiers were generally quite nervous. When they heard the intensive sound of machine gunfire, some militia soldiers' hands would shake.

Sure enough, just after a few shots were fired, one of the servicemen burned his hand due to careless operation and excessive nervousness.

Coincidentally, in order not to delay the training, Liao Xingce, who was standing by and reflecting, was roped in as a soldier. Who knew that this would be six or seven years, until on the Xundian battlefield, this Maxim heavy machine gun soldier was

A mountain cannon shot injured his internal organs. Although his problem was not very serious at the time and he only needed to rest for a few years, he would be fine. However, the army considered his family's difficulties and incorporated him into the reserve militia organization after the Battle of Xundian.

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Liao Xingce was very flexible and was transferred to the postal department and became a mail sorter. At the same time, his brother-in-law, who wanted to make a career in the militia, suffered from myopia and fell from a relatively young man.

A promising grassroots non-commissioned officer became the squad leader of the bugle squad. Perhaps because ambition is hard to achieve, Qu Yongpan, the squad leader, blew the charge bugle himself every time. After years of hard training, his trumpet sound was very loud and unique.

A murderous spirit.

Over the years, although life has been getting better day by day, Liao Xingce always felt that something was missing. Whenever he was sorting mail, others would wonder, why is this guy so fast and so focused?

But he didn't know that he regarded this job as sorting mails, but regarded each piece of mail as a string of heavy machine guns, and he had to serve them as quickly as possible.

Now his parents are in good health and his wife is becoming more and more virtuous. Even the little guy who was still sucking milk when he enlisted in the army will soon go to high school.

Instead of making Liao Xingce feel comfortable, Liao Xingce felt increasingly unaccustomed to the ordinary days. For many years, he could not hear the sound of gunshots or cannon fire, nor could he "touch" heavy machine guns or "touch" heavy machine guns.

He actually couldn't sleep well every night.

All this stems from what the old leader said when he was discharged from the army and transferred to another job: "It's not that the army abandons you, but that the militia needs to maintain the most elite force in order to maintain the strongest combat effectiveness. Captain Zhang said,

You are not leaving the army, you are just temporarily incorporated into the reserve force. One day, if the war needs you, if the militia needs you, we will notify you as soon as possible. Return to the army, return to your comrades, and pick up the steel guns you once had.

,keep fighting..."

At that time, many officers and soldiers who were unwilling to leave the militia chose to leave the army precisely because of this commitment.

Like Liao Xingce, these people are counting on their hands every year. Year after year, they are one year older. The militia of that year has also become the Southwest Army. From one county and one city, it has become

During this period, the southwest encountered the French, the British, and the Japanese, but the order to mobilize had not yet been issued.

In the previous wars, they thought they saw hope, but the result was disappointment. When the Anti-Japanese War broke out, they thought they would definitely be able to go to the battlefield again this time. However, when the news of the victory on the Tianjin-Beijing battlefield came, they still got the same result.

Disappointed. The officers and soldiers who are occasionally transferred to replenish the main force are only the active officers and soldiers of the reserve force, not the retired soldiers.

They were disappointed. Many of them even went to the local militia leaders again and again to file reports and apply to re-enlist in the army. They were not very old, the oldest was only in their thirties. Even if they returned to the army to work as cooks, it would be better than the Japanese army.

I can't sleep well day and night.[

It’s not that they are difficult to deal with, it’s not that they covet the army’s salary, it’s not that they can’t find jobs, it’s all because other squadrons in this era don’t have such a thing as being retired, at least they are in their twenties and thirties.

You will not be discharged from the military at an age.

These officers and soldiers who were incorporated into the reserves for various reasons, day and night, want to go to the battlefield again and return to the army where they have been for four to five years, or even seven to eight years, or more than ten years. Many years of military career are the key to success.

What they yearn for is not to be in an ordinary position, doing things that others can do.

Could it be that soldiers are no longer needed in war, and that there are no enemies in the southwest anymore? Could it be that we really cannot become qualified soldiers?

Everyone thinks so, including Liao Xingce.

"Old Liao, Old Liao..."

Liao Xingce was carrying a sack of letters from the mail truck when he heard Director Wang from the branch calling him loudly.

"Hey, Director Wang, I'm here."

Lao Liao carried the sack into the sorting room in a few steps, patted the dust on his clothes and left the room. Director Wang was a very nice person, and he took good care of him when his family was in trouble in the early years.

"Old Liao, great news." Director Wang from the Liberation Bureau on Hongqi Road shouted as he ran. Director Wang is also a veteran. The difference is that he has a disability in his right leg. He was already a deputy company commander at that time.

He originally had a promising future, but ended up having to retire due to disability, and he didn't even have the chance to join the reserve force.

"Why are you so happy, Director Wang?" Seeing Director Wang walking very fast on crutches, Liao Xingce almost couldn't help but help him, but he knew that this was Director Wang's taboo, and people never needed to be disabled.

Help him with the matter.

"What's going on? It's a great thing. Look, what is this?"

Director Wang handed Liao Xingce a letter with trembling hands. Although he did not open the letter, he knew just by looking at the words on the envelope that it must be that matter.

"Military Management Office of Huize County Armed Department of the Military Commission of the Southwest People's Army"

Just seeing a few words on the cover, Liao Xingce was shocked, and he couldn't wait to tear open the letter, only to see that it read: Second Class Noncommissioned Officer Comrade Liao Xingce, congratulations on your official approval to resume active duty. Please come immediately on the day you see the letter.

Higher-level militia troops report.

"Haha...hahaha...Wang Ju, I've been waiting for it, I've finally been waiting for it..."

Liao Xingce's whole body was shaken, and he jumped three feet high crazily. He had been looking forward to resuming active service for many years, but he didn't expect it to come true without any warning. He never forgot the rank of second-class non-commissioned officer day and night, because it was his job in the militia.

Reserve military rank, and at this moment, when he received the notification letter, he had changed from reserve second-level non-commissioned officer to second-level non-commissioned officer of the regular army.

"Oh, Lao Liao, do it well, do it well." Director Wang couldn't help lowering his head as he spoke, secretly wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes. Although he had been looking forward to this day for so many years, he still looked forward to this day.

But they know that they will always be just fantasies because they are disabled. Liao Xingce and the others finally waited for this day after all the hardships.

"Wang Bureau, don't worry. I will write you a letter when I get to the army. When I come back later, I will treat you to a drink and talk to you about the army. Your enemies are mine." Liao Xingce didn't show any concern at all.

Taking the fact that he was a heavy machine gunner seriously, he seemed to have returned to the battlefield where the cannons were rumbling, fighting in a man's way.

"Do it well, do it well." Director Wang sighed and left slowly. He was happy for them. Although he could not return to the army, he finally had something to worry about. The army had indeed not forgotten these people.

In late September, a sudden mobilization order disrupted the tranquility of the southwest. Retired veterans and militia joint defense members who had trained for many years, no matter where they were, received an official letter from the army notifying them to resume active duty.

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As if a storm had been set off, thousands of veterans began to gather together. According to the method of mixing active-duty troops and retired veterans in reserve, sixteen years of formalized and reserve-oriented military training in Southwest China finally came to an end.

This day generated tremendous power.

Classes were quickly formed, followed by platoons, companies, and battalions...[

In less than fifteen days, while ensuring basic combat effectiveness, Southwest relied on real reserve active duty troops, militia (reserve troops are divided into active duty troops, militia and retired veterans) and retired veterans, and was quickly established.

More than a dozen divisions.

In fact, these veterans who have retired are not old. The oldest ones are in their thirties. They retired due to various reasons and were incorporated into reserve forces or militia, or were not on active duty.)

In this way, Southwest originally consisted of 1 main division and 14 garrison divisions; 21 of the original standing divisions had the strongest combat effectiveness. Of the remaining 22 newly formed divisions, 8 divisions have considerable combat effectiveness, and most of them have returned to active service.

It is composed of veterans and key officers and soldiers of the active reserve forces who receive militarized training all year round.

In other words, it will be these 29 divisions that will be truly mobilized for the Northern Expedition, while the remaining 14 divisions will be turned into garrison and garrison forces, assuming the responsibilities of the original garrison divisions, militia, and reserve forces.

Homeland Guard Mission.

A mobilization order and the military construction that had been prepared for a rainy day in the Southwest for many years finally saw great results.

After Liao Xingce returned to the army with the steady flow of people, he did not meet his harsh brother-in-law again. He had been the bugle squad leader of the main force all these years.

Liao Xingce was incorporated into the 22nd Division. In this large-scale military reorganization, the Southwest People's Army abandoned the once more complicated military classification and instead organized the entire unit into a unified and scientific organization.
To be continued...