At 9:00 a.m. on November 1, the famous Sichuan Army Officer School held a grand graduation ceremony. The 558 graduates who successfully completed the three-year modern military education came on stage one by one with excitement and pride, and took the "military soul" sword from principal Xiao Yimin. When the principal called out his name one by one, his eyes were wet and he could not help but salute.

The fourth phase of the 1,600 new students have already entered the school as early as September 1st. Starting from the fourth phase, the opening ceremony of the year is fixed on September 1st and the graduation ceremony is July 30th, which is consistent with public universities and ordinary universities in all provinces across the country, so as to facilitate the smooth progress of the recruitment work.

The military academy will cancel the one-year quick education setting from this year, and outstanding soldiers recommended by various departments of the Sichuan Army to the school must also pass the cultural examination.

The number of admitted students from the army in this period is 600, accounting for about one-third of the total number of admitted students in this period, and the remaining two-thirds of the students are recruited nationwide.

The number of students applying for the fourth military academy this year reached a record high of more than 28,000. The candidates came from eleven provinces including Sichuan Province, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Guangxi, Gansu. More than 28,000 candidates passed the strict screening of four levels of physical examination, interview, written test, and physical test. In the end, only more than 980 people were admitted, with an admission rate of only 3.5. This result once again triggered strong responses from the whole political circle, and the Sichuan Army Officer School became the most difficult military academy to enter in the country.

After two large-scale wars, as well as the superb technology in the field of light weapons manufacturing in Sichuan and the continuous sales of excellent equipment across the country, the Sichuan Army has been recognized as the army with the strongest combat effectiveness and the most advanced equipment in the country. The Sichuan Army Officer School has become the largest, the most powerful faculty, the most complete professional setting and the most abundant school funding. The military academy has seven majors: infantry, artillery, cavalry, engineers, baggage, ordnance, surveying and mapping telecommunications, and each major has more than five senior instructors from Germany and more than forty instructors from the top in the country to teach by example.

Among them, the recruitment and admission of the majors of ordnance and telecommunications surveying and mapping is the most stringent. The two majors have only one hundred people admitted in each period. They must undergo strict political review and pass the first year of military education examination before they can be upgraded. Starting from the second year, they enter the in-depth learning stage based on practice. Follow the 15 professional engineers hired by high salaries from Europe and the United States to conduct theoretical study and practical operation. They use advanced equipment and equipment purchased from the United States and Europe. Outstanding graduates will get valuable opportunities for public-subjects to study abroad.

Before this, two batches of 47 outstanding officers had been admitted to Germany for further studies. Starting from this year, all those who were admitted to study abroad were selected from the military academy graduates to receive the best.

In addition to the above seven majors, the military academy has added a three-year senior staff major, with the number of admissions of 50 people in each period. The source of the trainees is limited to the Sichuan Army. The recruitment targets are non-commissioned officers and above in various departments of the Sichuan Army. In addition to following German instructors to learn four basic courses in the staff major of German Army University, one must also learn and master any foreign language in German, English, and Japanese, learn basic knowledge of code compilation and radio transmission technology. Principal Xiao Yimin personally served as the head teacher of the staff major, deputy director of the Political Training Department of the Command, and Zheng Zhiming, a 42-year-old Sichuan Army veteran who graduated from the fourth phase of the engineering department of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Office, served as deputy director.

The day after the graduation ceremony, two hundred orphans of about ten years old who were brought back to Chengdu from the coastal Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions and Gansu, Shaanxi, Hubei, Henan and Hebei provinces, bid farewell to hundreds of friends with the same fate. They took the car from the General Command to leave the Arsenal Primary School at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain in the northern suburbs, and moved to the cavalry camp outside the west gate, and started a new study career with the Sichuan Army generals and more than 300 nephews of officials.

This newly completed "Chengdu Hengjun Primary School" is a boarding primary school. It is specially built for the sons and nephews of Sichuan Army officers stationed abroad. It is actually the cradle for the Sichuan Army to cultivate future intelligence talents. The commander-in-chief of Sichuan Army Xiao Yimin and the five younger brothers of Intelligence Director Ma Gang were also among them. From the Staff Office of the Sichuan Army General Command and the retired officers and soldiers of Sichuan Army departments this year, 60 instructors of cultural, foreign language, physical fitness, boxing, shooting, ordnance, etc. have been waiting for a long time. In the next step, more than ten foreign teachers and music teachers recruited from Shanghai will come to teach.

Most of the cavalry regiment stationed here was separated by Zhong Ying's Western Expedition troops at the beginning of the year. Now there is only a cavalry battalion of 500 people. The officers and soldiers are all Manchu and Mongolian men over 35 years old and have more than 1020 years of military experience. These 500 elite veterans who have been through battles and can eat, drink, defecate and urinate on horseback for three consecutive days have almost all had families, and their families, wives and children have lived in the military residential community opposite the camp. The officers and soldiers enjoy generous military pay, their families can enjoy free medical treatment, and their lives are carefree, and they are richer than the enviable arsenal workers.

The battalion only retains a special cavalry company directly under the General Command Guard Regiment, and the rest of the officers and soldiers have become full-time equestrian instructors and cavalry tactical instructors in the Cavalry Department of the Army Officers School. From today on, how to develop more than 500 ignorant little guys into equestrian masters has become an important task for them to refuse.

It is a hundred times more difficult to run such a school than imagined.

To this end, Xiao Yimin devoted all the 100,000 oceans blackmailed from the Japanese wealthy businessman Tsuka Yuan. The angry British had to pay 260,000 pounds for the nineteen prisoners, and was also transferred to the exclusive account of the Vanguard Primary School by Xiao Yimin. After two days and one night of bargaining, Xiao Yimin finally defended the bottom line and sold it at a satisfactory price:

The seven British officials who were captured will be worth 20,000 yuan each, and the twelve technicians will be sold in packages of 10,000 pounds. The bones of the three British people who were beaten to death and buried in the south of the Physical and Chemical City will be delivered in a month. Xiao Yimin generously stated that China is a country of etiquette and that death is the most important thing. Out of respect for the deceased, these three people will not charge money.

For this reason, Xiao Yimin's partner and good friend Zhuang Sen did not talk to Xiao Yimin for a week. However, when Xiao Yimin walked into Zhuang Sen's home at 8 o'clock in the evening with his lovely two-year-old son, holding two bottles of the latest "Magnolia brand" shampoo produced by Ziliujing Daily Chemical Factory, at 8 o'clock in the evening, Zhuang Sen could only sigh helplessly. When he saw his son climbing onto Xiao Yimin and calling his godfather in Chinese, the bump in Zhuang Sen and his wife's heart melted.

"Don't expect me to pour you wine." Zhuang Sen glared at Xiao Yimin in annoyance.

Betty opened the beautiful shampoo bottle and smelled it, and was very happy. In a happy mood, she hugged Xiao Nanzheng beside her and kissed her, turned to Xiao Yimin and asked, "Xiao, has this shampoo been mass-produced?"

Xiao Yimin put down the whiskey bottle and replied:

"Yes, the chemical experts and technicians in the United States have solved the problem of automatic filling and have obtained 30% sales rights. Currently, the three types of shampoos have been launched in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions. Judging from the news feedback from various places, there will be a shortage of supply soon, just like the high-efficiency laundry detergent launched in Chongqing last year that was popular in China.

"I have greeted Mr. Deng Xianke from Chongqing. If your husband or your father is interested, you can ship it back to the UK or the UK colony for sale."

"Great! Xiao, how can I thank you?"

Betty was very excited. Two months ago, she tried this shampoo made of Sichuan's natural soap beans and precious plant Polygonum multiflorum plus a magical white clay. She immediately fell in love with this new product that was convenient and efficient, containing a burst of fragrance. Then Betty gave the two shampoos to the consul's wife. A few days later, the consul's wife visited and thanked her. She praised the magical and fragrant shampoo and asked where to buy it.

The shrewd Betty soon learned from her best friend Yi Zhenying that the emergence of this new product came from Xiao Yimin's planning and promotion. Xiao Yimin did not invest in Ziliujing Daily Chemical Factory, but Deng Xianke, the owner of the chemical factory of Sichuan's super rich man, still gave 20% of the shares to Yi Zhenying's trading company.

Betty happily called his father in Shanghai. Zhuang Sen looked at Xiao Yimin, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Xiao, you vampire, you have completely offended the British politics, and you will suffer in the future."

"I'm afraid of nothing! What's wrong with the British politics? I've been talking about how powerful he is, how glorious his army is, how brave and good at fighting. Who knew that he was beaten by the German team in the past six months and has been retreating to the beach and still can't defend it. Haha! Now he is threatening me." Xiao Yimin sarcastically without any scruples.

Zhuang Sen was very annoyed: "Listen, Xiao, you love your motherland, I love my motherland too. You can't slander our army in this tone! I know that if you hadn't been the first to propose to jointly develop infantry mortars and powerful grenades with the Germans, the Germans would not have killed so many of our brave soldiers in trench warfare. If you hadn't suggested installing machine guns on reconnaissance aircraft, the Germans would not have suddenly had air superiority. You are also a profit-oriented and insatiable executioner!"

Xiao Yimin laughed: "Zhuang Sen, don't be afraid to tell you, a month ago, I suggested that the Germans develop direct-fired shells that can penetrate 30mm steel plates as soon as possible, and predict that the tracked armored vehicles that the British team is developing will soon be put into war. The steel plate thickness of the armored vehicles that have never been seen before should be between 15 and 30mm. Due to the limitations of engine technology, the speed is estimated to be slow. Soldiers may be able to catch up with that thing. If they are not afraid of death, they can use four or five grenades tied together to insert into the transmission wheel gap, and the steel tracks can be blown up...

"Oh, by the way, that kind of weapon seems to be what you British call a tank. For this reason, German friends decided to give the air-cooled thickened barrel manufacturing technology and related drawings of the mg15 heavy machine gun that had been successfully improved to our Anya Arsenal for free before the end of the year to express their gratitude to me and the people of Sichuan."

Zhuang Sen was stunned. He had just heard the word "tank" not long ago, and it was heard by Zhuerdian's special representative. Unexpectedly, Xiao Yimin knew more than he knew.

"Don't look at me so straightforwardly, I'm guessing. If your British government and the army are more friendly to me, don't try to occupy our territory anymore. Everyone sit down calmly and have a good deal of business. Maybe I will seek cooperation from the British government in some aspects instead of going to confrontation.

"Zhuang Sen, look at the Americans. It took only more than two months to transport two advanced smelting furnaces to Qijiang Steel Plant. For this reason, I also expressed my sincerity and modified the 120,000 tons of steel purchase contract signed before to avoid greater losses to American friends due to the increase in steel prices." After Xiao Yimin said this, he tasted the wine leisurely.

Zhuang Sen was completely speechless. After thinking for a long time, he had to agree with Xiao Yimin's opinion:

"I will go to Shanghai next week, and I will convey your opinions directly to Sir Juerdian... Xiao, stop the hostility between each other!"

Xiao Yimin rolled his eyes: "You'd better tell Sir Juerdian that I am such a easy-to-talk person. They are forced to this point today. I also want to make a fortune safely and happily! If you want to, you might as well tell Sir Juerdian that several of our Sichuan companies want to buy twenty inland transport ships with tonnage of about 500 tons. If the British shipbuilding company or your father-in-law is willing to go next, my army will customize no less than ten military transport ships with a capacity of more than 300 tons next year."

Zhuang Sen immediately became excited: "Xiao, why not have the most advanced diesel-powered transport ships? Our British shipbuilding companies have already sold them to the world three years ago."

Xiao Yimin shook his head helplessly: "We are too poor to burn oil, burning coal can save a lot of money. But if you give me a diesel-powered yacht, I will be very happy."

Zhuang Sen Zhanyan smiled: "Okay, I'll give you a diesel-powered fast yacht, provided that you hand over the order to me, how about it?"

"Trade! I'll give you the order and technical requirements tomorrow."

Xiao Yimin laughed at the high five and gave another suggestion: "I recently referred to the latest 160-horsepower engine technical data developed by Germany and designed two military off-road vehicles that can be converted into reconnaissance assault vehicles. But you know, I know nothing about automobile manufacturing technology and only know how to calculate the power, and then designed several car appearances. If you are interested, I will give it to you tomorrow?"

Zhuang Sen asked vigilantly: "Didn't you hand it over to the German?"

Xiao Yimin shook his head: "I want to leave it to the Americans, but after thinking about it, it's better for you to see first. Who made you my brother?"

Zhuang Sen cursed with contempt: "You can get out! Leave your son, Dennis likes to be with your son, so let the two little guys sleep together tonight, otherwise it will take them more than a month to meet again. Maybe I will take my family back to the UK this time, and I haven't been home for several years."

Xiao Yimin was very surprised: "Zhuang Sen, I suggest you don't take your son back to China by boat, as the sea is not safe."

"Are you worried about the German submarine? It's okay, we can go back to the UK on American cruises." Zhuang Sen replied.

Xiao Yimin hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "I guess the United States will join the war soon, no later than next autumn. The Germans are very annoyed that the United States is constantly transporting weapons, equipment, cars, steel and other materials to the United Kingdom. Moreover, the Germans fully estimate the possibility of going to the United States to join the war, and they may tear their face."

Zhuang Sen was shocked: "You mean..."

“I mean it’s better to be careful.”

Xiao Yimin drank his glass, stood up and walked to the two children who were having fun, squatted down and kissed Dennis and his son, and then went home casually.

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