Rebirth: Outstanding

"Raise your hands!"

In front of the row of iron wooden houses on Diaojingling, Han Chongshan's brother, the deputy platoon leader of the 47th company, Di Zhen, used a gun against the back of Sheng Zhaozhong's head and spoke gloomily.

Following Di Zhen, there were seven or eight Kuomintang remnants, all staring at Sheng Zhaozhong with bad eyes.

Sheng Zhaozhong slowly raised his hands, with a smile in his voice: "Brother, my own person, be careful that the guy in your hand gets caught."

Di Zhenli ignored Sheng Zhaozhong, one hand was still holding the gun, and the other hand moved down Sheng Zhaozhong’s back. After touching his waist with the gun, he untied it and patted his legs again. After confirming that Sheng Zhaozhong had no weapons in his hand, he continued to speak, "Turn around."

Sheng Zhaozhong turned around and saw the man behind him clearly.

Di Zhen looks like he is only in his early thirties. He has been hungry for a long time on Diaojingling, which makes him look a little skinny. He can't even hold the patchwork uniform that he has worn for a long time. stand up.

The only thing that can be seen clearly is the rank of a plum blossom sewn on his military uniform.

Sheng Zhaozhong narrowed his eyes and raised the corners of his mouth: "Major? I guess you must have no official status. Why don't you go to Taiwan with me, and I will help you get a real job?"

After Sheng Zhaozhong and Tan Jingwei graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, they were both awarded the rank of major, which seemed to be equal to the Di Zhen in front of them, but in fact Sheng and Tan obtained the official rank, and Di Zhen was the post rank. Not to be confused.

During the war, the Kuomintang troops were divided into official ranks and official ranks. Although they were both military ranks, there were actually many differences.

The so-called official military ranks must be issued through the first-in-command chairman of the committee, while the procedure for conferring military ranks is much simpler. The chairman of the military committee can issue the appointment order based on his position.

From the Kuomintang law, only official military ranks can be considered as military ranks. Although the official military ranks were officially awarded, because there were too many officials above the battalion commander in the Kuomintang at that time, the official military ranks almost reached the level of flooding. As for the folks at the time, they satirized this system with the song "Major generals are walking all over the street, and majors are not as good as dogs".

Then, at the first graduation ceremony of the Kuomintang Officer Training Corps for 35 years, the leader of the Kuomintang’s top-ranking committee first publicly proposed the difference between official rank and official rank, which is equivalent to having already expressed his attitude that only those who have official ranks have been hand-signed and appointed as officers. Only those soldiers who are qualified can claim to be Kuomintang officers.

Since then, job ranks have become less valuable. During the Anti-Japanese War, frequent changes of job ranks were required for matters such as designation changes, officer casualties, army transfers, and puppet troops. For the convenience of job ranks, even the granting procedures were omitted. The respective combat units are freely appointed.

Sheng Zhaozhong was very aware of the chaos of Han Chongshan's army back then. Even Han Chongshan's own rank of lieutenant general did not get an official status, let alone the major who is standing in front of him now? Because of this, he is very confident and promised Di Zhen to help him win a real job in Taiwan.

Di Zhen didn't speak, and looked at Sheng Zhaozhong carefully. The person in front of him made him feel a bit familiar, but he couldn't think of where he had met him for a while.

"Have I seen you?" Di Zhen tilted his neck and looked up and down Sheng Zhaozhong.

Sheng Zhaozhong smiled and did not answer.

At this time, a subordinate behind Di Zhen suddenly said: "Brother Zhen! He came with Tan Jingwei before, I remember him! He killed Brother Shan!"

When Tan Jingwei brought Sheng Zhaozhong and a few civilian subordinates to Han Chongshan, Sheng Zhaozhong and his subordinates did not directly contact Han Chongshan. Di Zhen heard that Tan Jingwei was an official from Taiwan, and he was even more excited to pay his attention. Putting it on him, he just glanced at the entourage-like Sheng Zhao, now listening to his subordinates, as if an electric light flashed through his mind, the blurred face of Sheng Zhao in the impression gradually overlapped with the person in front of him.

"You are from Tan Jingwei!" Di Zhen raised his brows and his face was full of anger. The muzzle that had been drooped was raised again and pressed against Sheng Zhaozhong's forehead fiercely.

Tan Jingwei frowned slightly, looked up at the gun body, and set his gaze on Di Zhen's face again, his gaze calm.

Di Zhen gritted his teeth and sneered and said, "Wow, I wanted to wait for Brother Shan to finish the first seven days before going down the mountain to find you, but I didn't expect you to come here by yourself. Today I will kill you and take revenge for Brother Shan and the others!"

As Di Zhen spoke, his finger was already on the trigger. Until then, Sheng Zhaozhong didn't rush to speak.

Sheng Zhaozhong mocked: "Kill me? Okay, you can shoot. If I don't report back tonight, I promise that the entire Diaojingling Ridge will be surrounded by British soldiers tomorrow morning. You and your brothers will not be able to leave. !"

Di Zhen was slightly startled when he heard the words. He pressed his finger on the trigger, but he didn't click for a long time.

He asked himself that he was not afraid of death. After all, he was a soldier who had gone to the battlefield to kill. He had his head pinned to his waistband when he hit the Japanese. Now, every extra day he lives is an extra day for him.

But he had to worry about the brothers behind him. Back then, Han Chongshan took them to Diaojingling. They had been killed and injured during these years. In addition, two days ago, even Han Chongshan and the drunkard Liang and his brothers were shot to death. Only the few brothers who belonged to the 26th Division of the 47th Army at that time were left behind.

Seeing Di Zhen hesitating, the men behind him immediately said: "Brother Zhen, kill him and avenge Brother Shan, don't worry about us!"

Di Zhen's gun hand trembled slightly, and his eyes were a little shaken.

Sheng Zhaozhong glanced at Di Zhen's men and smiled: "It's still a bit of a soldier's blood, but even if you are not afraid of death, what about your family? What about the widows of Han Chongshan and Drunkard Liang?"

There was silence in the surroundings. The group of brothers behind Di Zhen looked at each other. The other party wanted their own lives, even if they could still hold their backs straight and let out rhetoric, but when it comes to his family and the widows of former comrades-in-arms, it’s a real deal. The fate of this group of people has been choked.

Di Zhen's face was gloomy, and he pushed Ding Shengzhao's forehead with his gun: "Buckled! Are you scaring me? This is Hong Kong, not Taiwan! You said that British soldiers will come when they come?"

"You are a fake major in my rank? Now Mr. Tan is still waiting for news from me. If I don't go back tonight, I will call Taiwan before dawn." Sheng Zhaozhong was slow and calm: "A Taiwanese official is here. Hong Kong was shot by a mob. Do you think the British will resist the pressure and protect you?"

Di Zhen was really baffled by these remarks, and it is true. Although the Taiwan government is now declining, Sheng Zhaozhong and Tan Jingwei are all official officials after all, equivalent to the face of Taiwan. What's more, these people like Di Zhen all fled to Hong Kong. It’s impossible for the British to turn their faces on their side and Taiwan.

Di Zhen struggled a bit, turning his head to look at the faces of the brothers behind him.

The few remaining brothers obviously had no idea at this time, and they all looked embarrassed and bowed their heads a little ashamed, avoiding Di Zhen's sight.

Di Zhen gritted his teeth in indignation, turned his head and stared at Sheng Zhaozhong fiercely. He moved his gun away from his forehead and fired several shots against Sheng Zhaozhong's ear. The bullets whizzed past Sheng Zhaozhong's ear.

The expression on Sheng Zhaozhong's face remained unchanged.

Di Zhen emptied all the six bullets in the gun and slammed the gun to the ground, reaching down the mountain and pointing, "Go! I don't want to see you again!"

Sheng Zhaozhong looked at Di Zhen who was frustrated and smiled confidently: "I can't go. Mr. Tan asked me to go to Diaojingling to find you, asking you to do something for the party-state. My task has not been completed yet."

Di Zhen's eyes were fierce, and he grabbed Sheng Zhaozhong by the collar, reached out and pulled the pistol originally captured by Sheng Zhaozhong from his waist, and pressed it against his temple, with a hoarse voice: "Did you force me to kill you?"

"I don't like people pointing a gun at my head. You pointed me at three different places." Sheng Zhaozhong raised his head and grinned at Di Zhen: "If you are really capable, shoot now. , Or put the gun away and we will talk slowly."

Di Zhen suffocated his breath.

Sheng Zhaozhong stretched out his hand and broke Di Zhen's fingers one by one to pinch his neck. He was still talking: "In fact, Han Chongshan's death has nothing to do with me and Mr. Tan. Have you ever thought about it because of your own people? Is there a ghost in it?"

Di Zhen was obviously shocked by these words and looked at Sheng Zhaozhong incredulously.

Sheng Zhaozhong smiled slightly and gently took the spear from Di Zhen who had fallen into a sluggish hand.

Behind Di Zhen, several Kuomintang troops were on the verge of an enemy, and they drew their guns at Sheng Zhaozhong: "Don't move!"

Di Zhen stared at Sheng Zhaozhong steadily, raised his right hand and gestured to signal to his companions behind him to be safe and restless, and then asked: "What do you mean by this?"

Sheng Zhaozhong calmly put the gun back in the holster around his waist, and then slowly sorted out the clothes that had been messed up by Di Zhen. Then he raised his head again and raised his high-pitched tone slightly: "Gui Xiuwen is yours? Originally, Han Chongshan and the others didn't have to die. Unfortunately, Gui Xiuwen revealed their plan of action, so..."

Having said this, Sheng Zhaozhong shook his head regretfully: "...It's your people who have a problem, I can't blame me and Mr. Tan."

"Brother Wen? How could it be him?"

"Impossible, Wen Ge wouldn't do this!"

"Are you instigating the relationship between our brothers?" Di Zhen glared at Sheng Zhaozhong: "Ge Shan and Ge Wen can't talk now, you can say anything!"

Sheng Zhaozhong sneered and shook his head disappointedly: "Stupid! Gui Xiuwen took Song Tianyao's 200,000 relocation allowance. Song Tianyao promised to help him send his wife and children to Malaya to enjoy the blessings. If I were Gui Xiuwen, I wouldn't want my family to be like you. Go hungry in a place like Diaojingling? Of course, take the money to go. Will you continue to stay and play the brotherhood with you?"

Di Zhen was dubious, looked back, and asked several brothers: "Where are Fen's wife and six sons now?"

The Fen's wife he mentioned was Gui Xiuwen's wife, and the six sons were the only children of the two.

One of his subordinates looked a little panicked, and faintly replied: "Sister-in-law Fen said yesterday that her six sons had a high fever, and took him down the mountain to see a doctor overnight. It seems that she has not returned yet."

Di Zhen's face suddenly changed a little after hearing this, and he looked at Sheng Zhaozhong in disbelief.

Sheng Zhaozhong said leisurely: "According to time, they should be on the boat to Malaya by now."

Di Zhen always believed that it was Tan Jingwei and the others' exposure that led to the deaths of Han Chongshan and others. Now that he was betrayed by Gui Xiuwen, who was treated as his own brother, it was a little unacceptable for a while, and he was shocked.

After a long time, Di Zhen came back to his senses, clenched his fists a little bit, gritted his teeth: "Gui Xiuwen! You bastard!"

"Don't worry, Gui Xiuwen has been killed by me, and it is considered revenge for Han Chongshan and the others." Sheng Zhaozhong smiled and stretched out his hand to Di Zhen: "Get to know again, my name is Sheng Zhaozhong, a major of the 19th Whampoa Teaching Group."

Di Zhen looked at Sheng Zhaozhong with a warm smile in front of him, swallowed, hesitated for a moment, and finally reached out and shook hands with Sheng Zhaozhong.