Lost and Spy

Chapter 345
"Let me go to Taihu Lake to help you train agents?"

He Ruyi put down the book in his hand: "Meng Shaoyuan, do you know my qualifications? I started doing intelligence work before the ten-member group was established. The Lixing Society was established, and they tried their best to invite me to join. I am the first member of the Lixing Society. A group of secret agents, and once they enter, they are senior officers."

"Yes, yes, teacher."

Meng Shaoyuan repeated "yes".

He Ruyi looked at him: "Meng Shaoyuan, do you know my identity? Dai Li's official rank is only major general, and my official rank is major general. Let me tell you, in terms of rank, Dai Li must salute whenever he sees me, you A little lieutenant colonel, come to order me? I told you, even this lieutenant colonel is only a military rank approved by the military committee!"

This is true. Throughout his life, Dai Li was only a major general. He was promoted in 1945 and was posthumously awarded the rank of lieutenant general after his death.

However, during the Anti-Japanese War, especially in the second year after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, after he was promoted to the deputy director of the Military Control Bureau, he often wore military uniforms and the rank of lieutenant general in public, but no one raised any objections.

This is related to the military rank system at that time.

The military rank system of the Kuomintang is divided into two types: formal military ranks, also known as casual military ranks, and official military ranks.

Official military ranks are appointed by the Nationalist Government, and its format is the military category plus the military rank, such as major general, vice admiral, etc.

The military rank is appointed by the military committee according to the officer's position, and its format is military rank plus position, such as major general brigade commander, lieutenant general commander, etc.

The rank of the post is only a temporary rank, which changes with the change of the post.

The rank of lieutenant general Dai Li wore during the Anti-Japanese War was his official rank, and the rank of major general awarded by the Nationalist Government in 1945 was his official rank.

At that time, this situation was very common among Kuomintang generals. When Sun Liren, Liao Yaoxiang, Zhang Lingfu and others served as division commanders, army commanders, and even corps commanders, their official military rank was colonel, which was seriously inconsistent with their actual positions. The rank of lieutenant general.

This also caused the reason why Dai Li actually had a dozen lieutenant generals and more than 30 major generals under him during the Anti-Japanese War.

The same is true for Meng Shaoyuan. His official military rank is Army Captain, and his professional rank is Lieutenant Colonel Deputy Chief of the Operations Division and Lieutenant Colonel Director of the Shanghai Supervision Office.

If you make another contribution, it will be the colonel and section chief.

With his ability, it is not surprising that he was promoted to major general within a year.

The problem is, even if he becomes a lieutenant general, in the official files of the national government, it will still be recorded like this:

Meng Shaoyuan, Army Captain.

It is precisely for this reason that such-and-such a person serves as the staff officer of a certain lieutenant colonel and also the chief of staff of a certain colonel.

In this special period, the awarding of military ranks is also very casual and not serious.Needless to say, the local warlord forces, even the Central Army, is the same.

Once, when the chairman of the committee delivered a speech at the Prime Minister’s Memorial Week at the Central Military Academy, he said that compared with the great powers, the national army’s combat effectiveness was extremely weak and its generals were too numerous to count.

After hearing this, Zhang Zhizhong took off the general's collar badge on the spot and replaced it with a lieutenant general.

The confusion of its military rank management can be seen from this.

In 1934, when the national government reorganized and built the army, it began to follow the personnel system of the Japanese army. It separated the Military Balance Department, which belonged to the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs, and changed it to the Civil Service Department directly under the Military Commission, and formulated the army personnel reorganization and promotion methods.

One of these is the separation of official ranks and ranks, and the separation of appointments and appointments.

Serving a position refers to the position of army commander and division commander, and serving as an official refers to the rank of lieutenant general and major general.In other words, the promotion of the position and the promotion of the military rank follow two paths.

It is said that this is an improvement, a progress that can truly reflect the significance of military ranks, but because it did not consider the method of using the standard military ranks, nor did it inherit the system of adding ranks in the Beiyang period, its shortcomings were soon exposed.

According to this official regulation, the promotion of military rank is strictly restricted by "stop years".

The so-called "stop years" refers to the number of years that a certain military rank must stay, that is, the minimum number of years in office.

According to regulations, the suspension years at all levels are: second lieutenant to lieutenant for 1 years, lieutenant to captain for 2 years, captain to major for 4 years, major to lieutenant colonel for 3 years, lieutenant colonel to colonel for 3 years, colonel to major general for 4 years, major general to rank The lieutenant general has 3 years, the lieutenant general will be promoted and the general will be promoted by election.

Calculated according to this, it will take 17 and a half years for a second lieutenant to be promoted to major general at the fastest.

This is where the conflict comes. Since the commander has been in a state of war, the promotion of the commander position is not restricted by so many suspension years, and some people are promoted to three ranks in a year.

For example, Hu Zongnan, Li Xianzhou, Li Yannian, Huang Jie, Chen Tie, Gui Yongqing, etc. who graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy all served as army commanders in the second year after the start of the War of Resistance. year.

It is possible to be a military commander, but the military rank has to go slowly.This separation of office and official position has caused the strange phenomenon that the promotion of "official" lags far behind the promotion of "post".

Jokes like the captain and brigadier of the independent brigade have appeared before.

When Meng Shaoyuan joined Lixingshe, he was from Whampoa, and his military rank was an army captain. According to the suspension process, he was promoted to an army lieutenant colonel, and even if he had a smooth journey, it would take at least 7 years!
However, this kind of military rank also has an advantage. If you are a lieutenant colonel, you should wear the rank of lieutenant colonel. If your rank is lower than yours, how can you tell whether you are an official lieutenant colonel or a lieutenant colonel?

Unless those officers who are familiar with the rules can tell from your age at a glance.

From this point of view, He Ruyi is both Dai Li's subordinate and Dai Li's chief.

Being scolded by He Ruyi, Meng Shaoyuan was speechless and unable to say a word.

"Shaoyuan." He Ruyi smiled suddenly: "In terms of status and qualifications, you have no right to let me do this, but I am not the kind of unreasonable person. After all, you are my most proud student. , and now the Anti-Japanese War is like this, it is difficult for you."

Hearing that there is still play, Meng Shaoyuan suddenly became energetic: "Teacher, what conditions do you have, just say, I, Meng Shaoyuan, will definitely do what I can do, and if I can't do it, I will do it for you even if I try to get into the sky."

"You bastard, monkey spirit." He Ruyi smiled, and his face suddenly became serious: "I used to be a hot-blooded youth. I had a good friend named Miao Chengfang. That year, we Together, I fell in love with a girl named Yue Xing..."

Ok?What's the situation?
He was talking about training secret agents, why did the conversation turn to a love triangle?
This picture comes from the teacher's mouth, it's too clear and weird, right?

dog blood.

And it's really a very bloody story.

To put it simply, He Ruyi has a deep affection for Yue Xing, and Yue Xing prefers Miao Chengfang.Then Yuexing married Miao Chengfang, leaving He Ruyi alone and sad.

"Teacher." Meng Shaoyuan couldn't help interjecting: "Yue Xing will definitely not be happy after marriage, right?"

"How do you know?" He Ruyi was a little surprised.

how do i know
Just ask the people of my era, who doesn't know that this is how it was played in TV dramas?

This is about to be played out.

The plot went on exactly according to the picture in Meng Shaoyuan's mind.

Miao Chengfang is a son of a rich family. After marrying Yue Xing, he soon went out to play tricks.

Yue Xing was unhappy, and while her husband was out looking for other women, Yue Xing made an appointment with He Ruyi to talk, and the two of them drank some wine... Yue Xing soon had He Ruyi's flesh and blood in her stomach.

What happened next was beyond Meng Shaoyuan's guess.

After Yue Xing became pregnant, Miao Chengfang seemed to have changed his person and never went out again. Yue Xing thought he had changed his mind, but Miao Chengfang had an ugly face every day.

When the child was born, he disappeared the next day.

Just when Yue Xing was about to go crazy, Miao Chengfang appeared in front of him and told her the truth.

He is "Heavenly Eunuch" and cannot have children.

For example, Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty with "the addiction of broken sleeves" was a eunuch, so he fell in love with Dong Xian.

There is also the famous Weng Tonghe, who also publicly admitted that he is Tianxie.

The common denominator of all kinds of eunuchs is one:
Unable to have children!

Miao Chengfang is like this.

Therefore, the child disappeared, and Miao Chengfang did not tell anyone where the child was sent. Yue Xing also lost her child and was tortured by Miao Chengfang.

After He Ruyi found out, he tried his best to secretly meet the scrawny Yue Xing while Miao Chengfang was not at home.

"I saw Yue Xing die in front of me with my own eyes..." When telling this story, He Ruyi was very calm: "I swear, I will kill Miao Chengfang with my own hands to avenge my child and Yue Xing .”

Meng Shaoyuan immediately understood: "Is Miao Chengfang still alive and well?"

He Ruyi nodded: "Because before Yue Xing died, she definitely betrayed Miao Chengfang and was sorry for her husband, so she asked me to promise not to hurt Miao Chengfang...I swore to her personally. I won't take other vows to heart at all, but this is my promise to Yue Xing!"

Really, it's too bloody!
Meng Shaoyuan blinked his eyes: "Teacher, you promised Yue Xing, but I didn't promise anything. Let me ask you, how is this Miao Chengfang?"

"Okay, very good." He Ruyi continued to sneer: "He is the owner of the record company, and recently established the 'Huayang Film Company', and is casting a movie."

"I see, teacher." Meng Shaoyuan said relaxedly: "I will do some things. If that child is still alive, I will also force him to find out his whereabouts. Also, Miao Chengfang will not live for ten days."

"Well, I didn't ask you to do anything." He Ruyi picked up the book again: "When you finish it, I really want to see that Taihu Lake."

"Okay, teacher, then I will take my leave first."

Meng Shaoyuan heard an extremely bloody story, and then continued to do the bloody thing: revenge!

Of course, he would never do such a thing by himself.

(End of this chapter)