"》    Chapter 126 Sincerity (Five)

The car drove to the remote foot of the northwest of Ya'an City and turned over a lush hill. The ordinary and simple gate of Ya'an Base, the first Sichuan Army training base, appeared in front of me. It was not much wider than the gate of the ordinary Fushen family. Outside the gate were four fully armed sentries wearing steel helmets.

When parking and checking, Chiang Kai-shek saw the sentinel's dark face and strong body, and felt a faint murderous aura.

The car entered the gate, and bypassed an ordinary courtyard wall that was dozens of meters long and more than three meters high. Along the six-meter-wide cement road, passing through a messy forest, and was blocked by a guard post in the middle of a two-story barracks. After the inspection was completed, the horizontal bar was raised, and the car entered the slowly opened large iron gate. The wide valley and gurgling river in front immediately gave people a sudden feeling of enlightenment.

It was not until this time that Chiang Kai-shek realized that the ordinary military camp between the two guard posts in front was just a cover. The vast valley surrounded by mountains and beautiful scenery in front of him was the mysterious base that the entire world speculated.

The car stopped for the third time at the gate of the heavily guarded base. He was wearing ordinary Sichuan Army training uniforms and a silver five-pointed star inlaid on the collar seal, and had already led more than ten officers to line up to salute.

Xie Mingyang and others were very enthusiastic when they saw Liu Bingxian who had been missing for a long time. They greeted him, but were very surprised by the stranger Chiang Kai-shek. You should know that the outside world knows very little about this training base with a very high level of confidentiality, and they are not allowed to enter at will. Even if they spy from afar, they may be arrested. The last time it was because of British prisoners, Xiao Yimin brought his good friend Zhuang Sen, but he only made an exception and there was no exception since then.

Xiao Yimin didn't introduce to them who the visitor was. After the greetings, he asked, "How is the selection going?"

Xie Mingyang smiled and replied: "The commander came so coincidental. I guess he will be able to see him in another hour. Should I go and have a look now?"

"Of course we have to go and see, let's go right away... hurry up and run a day in advance, isn't it just for this?"

Xiao Yimin turned around and walked towards his car. Chiang Kai-shek looked at Liu Bingxian with inquiring eyes. Liu Bingxian shrugged and said that he was not clear. The two hurriedly followed Xiao Yimin and got into the car.

Seeing this, the generals and schoolmen ran to two convertible trucks parked on the side of the road and jumped onto the three cars brought by Xiao Yimin.

The convoy bypassed the wide training ground, passed through the hidden green trees, and staggered camps, turned to the newly built iron bridge with only the bridge deck without railings, and soon arrived at the entrance of the valley located at the westernmost part of the base.

The officers and soldiers distributed in various parts of the valley just looked up at the convoy parked at the entrance of the valley, and then continued to do their own things. No officers and soldiers came over to salute and report and say hello. Even the row of soldiers guarding the entrance of the valley with live guns and live ammunition were indifferent to the commander-in-chief Xiao Yimin and the base commander-in-chief Xie Mingyang and others who were close to each other. They just glanced at the squint and turned their heads immediately and continued to stare at the intersection where the four flying leopard battle flags were inserted in the southwest direction.

Xiao Yimin and his party made no noise. They walked to a row of tents covering the disguised nets and stopped, looking at the facilities in the valley and the officers and soldiers whispered.

Standing behind Xiao Yimin, Chiang Kai-shek clearly felt the strangeness revealed in the tense atmosphere. He looked at the officers and soldiers with strange clothes and strong bodies in various parts of the valley. Looking closely at their exquisite equipment, he was surprised to find that several of the tall officers were actually foreign devils.

A few minutes later, Chiang Kai-shek's eyes stopped on the dozen military doctors who were preparing emergency facilities in front of him, leaned quietly towards Liu Bingxian, and asked in a low voice: "Which unit is this? Why are their armband patterns so weird?"

Liu Bingxian had already vaguely guessed what would be next, and sighed slightly: "This is the Sichuan Army Special Forces that was officially established last year... This special force is completely different from the Japanese special forces we saw when we were studying in Japan. The usual special forces are technical troops such as artillery, military police, communications soldiers and baggage transportation. Our Sichuan Army's special forces are the sum of commandos, scouts, and special forces. In Yiming's words, it is the "king of soldiers". I have seen a little introduction in the report on the highest-level military establishment plan in the army, and it is also the first time I have seen it today."

Chiang Kai-shek was surprised: "With such a unit, you don't even know?"

Liu Bingxian blushed and explained in embarrassment: "Three years ago, shortly after the end of the First Sichuan-Yunnan War, our army began to form this army. At that time, it was not called a special force, but a special service regiment directly under the Border Army Command. Only more than 100 officers and soldiers in the entire army were selected, all of which were masters of killing enemies emerging on the battlefield. Then, when the divisions saw the benefits, they formed their own spy companies or spy battalions, but there was never a unified selection standard and special training course. Most of them were used to decorate the storefront, and some generals simply used them as their own guards."

Chiang Kai-shek nodded frequently. This situation also occurred in the Zhejiang army. His brother Chen Qimei also formed his own spy team two years ago, but the scale was not as large as the Sichuan army and so common.

Liu Bingxian knew that Chiang Kai-shek had misunderstood at first glance, and quickly explained in a low voice: "The special forces formed by Yiming are different, and the standards are set very high. It took more than three years to prepare for this. It was not until mid-last month that he issued an order to the various military divisions and divisions of our army, requiring all units of the army to select and send military backbones to Ya'an to participate in the military skills selection competition for the entire army.

"My second division and Chongqing Security Command have also received orders, but several deputy commanders and deputy division commanders are unwilling to send their top talents, so it must be the same for other divisions. But think about the more than 20,000 border troops stationed in Xikang, Yiming's direct third division and more than 30,000 fourth divisions, the number of people sent will not be small. Moreover, the martial arts masters, sharpshooters and outstanding reconnaissance officers and soldiers of the entire army are mostly in Yiming's direct troops. For three consecutive years, the army's skill competitions have been the border army and the third. The fourth two divisions won, so even if the other three divisions do not release them, it will not have any effect. Instead, they owe favors and even lose a good opportunity to develop their military."

Chiang Kai-shek looked at Xiao Yimin who was watching carefully, wondering why Xiao Yimin, who was originally going to take him to visit the Ya'an Gun Factory, brought him to participate in this mysterious military training base and observe such an important military selection?

After thinking about it, Chiang Kai-shek still couldn't be sure of Xiao Yimin's intention. He knew that the young commander-in-chief of the Sichuan Army was definitely not showing off his force to him, because it was not necessary for himself, who was still an unknown person! Chiang Kai-shek secretly speculated that Xiao Yimin might want to express his sincerity to himself in this way, or to introduce his new military ideas to himself in this way, or both.

The starting gun sounded, and the sound was still echoing in the valley. A loud voice came from the towering watchtower standing in the southwest corner: "The first player appeared first at No. 17, leading the second place about 150 meters. Please ask the referee and medical officer to prepare for treatment-"

"Treat?" Chiang Kai-shek asked in confusion.

Xiao Yimin finally turned around and whispered to Chiang Kai-shek with a smile: "It is necessary to treat. One thousand three hundred and twenty competitive officers and soldiers need to run around the west mountain for 36 hours. Along the way, they have to cross seventeen large and small ridges, cross dozens of streams, and pass through the dark primeval forest. From time to time, they are also attacked by various presets by the instructors in advance.

"What's even more difficult is that they only have a piece of rice cake, a small bottle of Yunnan Baiyao, a first aid kit, a compass and a simple map. They were so hungry that they found food for themselves. If they couldn't hold on, they pulled off the smoke bomb. Someone would go to save them immediately, but they immediately lost the qualification for the competition."

"What? This...is too strict, right? Such a harsh selection is unheard of!"

Chiang Kai-shek screamed. Liu Bingxian, who was mentally prepared, couldn't help but be stunned. He asked if Xiao Yimin was crazy? Their performances attracted contempt from the surrounding generals and schoolmen. Even the guards standing not far away were pursed.

Xiao Yimin said seriously: "Don't be surprised, our army is not that weak, otherwise how could it be that successive battles could be won?"

"How many people can run down the whole journey?" Liu Bingxian asked dissatisfiedly.

Xiao Yimin was very modest: "Yes! As of four hours ago, more than 700 contestants had withdrawn due to inability to persist or were injured. Two of them were unfortunately sacrificed. The four of them initially judged that they would be disabled for life, which is probably not the final statistics. It is now 12:40 noon. We estimate that there will be only 200 people who can run to the finish line before 1:30. Even if the other officers and soldiers reach the finish line, they have already exceeded the time limit and can only go home. If they want to join the "Black Panther Force" that only withdraws troops, they can only work hard again next year."

Liu Bingxian couldn't hold back his anger: "How can you really set up your ideal special forces?"

Xiao Yiming nodded without hesitation:

"It is certainly possible that after three years of practice and summary, the various standards and training plans formulated by more than 70 instructors at the base are very scientific. Don't think that this standard is high. This is just the beginning. The selected officers and soldiers must go through a year of hard training, reconnaissance, lurking, raiding, assassination, and sniping are just basic skills. They also have to learn car driving, various weapons use, including the proficient use of artillery and mortars, etc. This is another difficult process of elimination. Only those who stay in the end can obtain the "Black Panther Brooch" symbolizing the King of War and become a member of the glorious "Black Panther Force". From then on, they will become the envied masters of the entire army. They can stand at the highest point of the army and look down on all living beings proudly and proudly. Their families have also become the families of officers who enjoy various generous benefits because of their outstanding performance. In a word, they have changed their destiny through unremitting efforts, and even their families will benefit."

Liu Bingxian and Chiang Kai-shek looked at each other, Xiao Yimin had already run to the finishing referee with the generals, while Liu Bingxian and Chiang Kai-shek were still standing in front of the tent in a daze.

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Chapter completed!