Espionage: I became sworn brothers with Zheng Yaoxian at the beginning, and became the Seventh Broth

Chapter Thirty-Four: Meritorious Service and Promotion, Lieutenant Officer

Ye Shaohong was unaware of Zhang Rou'er's troubles.

After leaving the school clinic, he followed his memory and went to the third squad of the infantry department.

Because graduation is approaching, the instructors no longer teach new knowledge. Apart from daily exams and self-study, there is more sand table simulation.

The students spoke with great enthusiasm and conviction.

It does have a touch of passion and heroism.

However, Ye Shaohong keenly noticed a shortcoming.

He discovered that the military academy's textbooks were somewhat outdated.

The knowledge taught and the cases explained are still the same as when the Whampoa Military Academy was first established.

The core of the interior is also based on the land warfare systems of Japan and Russia.

This is not difficult to understand.

After all, in the early days of the Whampoa Military Academy, it received military assistance from Japan and Russia, and the textbooks and teaching materials were also improved and organized with the help of officers from Japan and Russia.

We can't say that what they teach is bad.

After all, Japan and Russia in the current era can both be considered world powers.

Their army's concepts and systematic training are, to a certain extent, far superior to those of most countries in the world.

But every advantage has its disadvantages.

The teaching materials and courses compiled by officers from Japan and Russia who provided assistance in the construction were all infused with their own unique perspectives.

For example, the Japanese spirit of solitary courage, and the Russian concept of large-scale military operations.

This is clearly content that is contradictory and mutually exclusive.

Now they have all appeared in the teaching materials of the Whampoa Military Academy.

If a student is dull and slow-witted, it is easy for them to be confused by the hidden agendas they deliberately include.

Most importantly, these ideas and concepts are not in line with the national conditions of China.

It can be said that the action is useless, and it's a pity to abandon it.

Ye Shaohong was eager to offer his own ideas and wanted to explain the guerrilla warfare tactics and the three-three formation that would later become world-renowned.

However, his status was too low, and even though the Whampoa Military Academy did not prohibit freedom of speech, no one paid attention to or listened to his opinions.

In the end, Ye Shaohong could only sigh sadly and return to an ordinary life. But every cloud has a silver lining.

Although his tactical ideas were not taken seriously by the school, they still garnered high praise from some instructors and coaches.

Ye Shaohong was often invited by them to discuss and conduct in-depth research together.

With Zhang Rou'er's secret assistance, Ye Shaohong quickly made a name for himself among the upper-level instructors and teachers at the military academy.

Relying on this meager reputation, Ye Shaohong dominated the battlefield.

Not only did his graduation grades improve significantly, but Ye Shaohong also obtained a lot of Japanese materials, information, and books that he urgently needed to write his book.

This created many favorable conditions for him to carry out his plan.

Time flies, and it's already almost March.

This year's graduating class of Huangpu Military Academy students has already received their graduation notices. Some, with strong family backgrounds, have already planned their post-graduation career paths and positions well in advance.

Ye Shaohong didn't care about this.

During this period, Zheng Yaoxian had already completed his mission and returned, and he even made a special trip to the Central Military Academy to visit Ye Shaohong.

Zheng Yaoxian clearly told Ye Shaohong that his job placement after graduation was ready.

After graduating from military school, he had a 15-day leave.

After the holiday, he could go directly to the Special Operations Section to report for duty.

His military rank and position had already been arranged in advance.

Thanks to the Ma family massacre and the merits accumulated by the Spring Rain Intelligence Group, Ye Shaohong was able to be awarded the rank of lieutenant as soon as he joined the army.

He assumed the position of deputy captain of the first squad of the first group of the action section.

And his direct superior was none other than that simpleton he knew well.

Zhao Jianzhi.

This news made Ye Shaohong extremely happy.

However, what was even more gratifying were Zheng Yaoxian's next few words.

Zheng Yaoxian told Ye Shaohong that his lieutenant rank was not just a promotion in position, but an official lieutenant conferment recorded in the Military Affairs Department of the Military Commission.

Perhaps many people do not understand what the term "degree of civil service" means.

Let me give you a brief introduction.

Starting in 1934, the Nationalist government began to gradually standardize the procedures for military ranks and positions.

This is why there is a distinction between conferred military ranks and position-based military ranks.

If we had to make an analogy, then granting military ranks would be equivalent to the official ranks in a feudal dynasty.

Military rank and position, on the other hand, are equivalent to temporary honorary titles. Take Dai Yunong as an example.

The information recorded in the Military Affairs Department of the Military Commission now lists him as a Lieutenant Colonel and Deputy Director of the Special Investigation Department of the Military Commission.

The lieutenant colonel here is Dai Yunong's official military rank, which is his minimum rank in the Nationalist government's officer system. Unless he makes a major mistake, he can only be promoted and not demoted.

The position of colonel deputy director is a temporary appointment that can be changed at any time.

Throughout the Republic of China era, the conferment of military ranks was a prestigious honor.

Take Liao Yaoxiang, a famous general who graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy with Dai Li, for example. After the end of the War of Resistance against Japan, his temporary military rank had been promoted to the middle level.

However, his official military rank remained that of cavalry colonel.

If Liao Yaoxiang were to die in action during this period, the pension and subsequent care provided to his family by the Nationalist government would not be distributed according to the temporary honorary title awarded, but rather as a cavalry colonel. Therefore, Ye Shaohong, despite his low rank as a lieutenant, is considered a promising young talent within the current Special Service Operations Section.

At that time, Ye Shaohong also inquired about Zheng Yaoxian's military rank.

Zheng Yaoxian responded with a wry smile.

Although he was officially promoted to the head of the first group of the Special Service Department's Action Section due to his contributions to the Ma family massacre and the Spring Rain Intelligence Group.

However, his current military rank is only captain.

He was only one rank higher than Ye Shaohong, a greenhorn who had just started out.

Song Xiaoan has been with the Special Service for three years and has now been promoted to deputy leader of the first group of the Action Section. His military rank is only lieutenant, the same as Ye Shaohong's.

This promotion order is enough to make up for Ye Shaohong's contributions in the Ma family massacre and the Spring Rain intelligence group case.

Aside from Zheng Yao's visit, Ye Shaohong was busy throughout February. He was constantly searching for Japanese information.

After combining and editing the social science classic "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" that he had read in his previous life, he has completed the first draft.

After graduating from military academy, Ye Shaohong will take advantage of the fifteen-day leave given to him by the Special Service Department to travel to the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai areas to make contact with some Japanese merchants and ronin. He will then be able to find a suitable reason to organize the manuscripts he has copied and compiled and officially publish and print them.

The title "Wolf and Dog" vividly illustrates the character of the Japanese, which Ye Shaohong was quite satisfied with.

For his first printing, he didn't dare to take too big a step. He planned to print a small batch of one thousand copies, keeping some for himself as a memento and trying to send the rest to high-ranking officials in the Nationalist government.

Of course, it also had to be sent to Zheng Yaoxian.

Giving it to him is not the goal.

Ye Shaohong's core objective was to get this book into the hands of our Party through Zheng Yaoxian's help.

Hopefully, his actions, though well-intentioned, will bring some help to this suffering country and its people.

This is already the greatest contribution Ye Shaohong can make to the country.

It was worth it for him to have come into this world!