Zhuji County, central Zhejiang, on the highway south of Ciwu Town.

More than 2,000 officers and men of the Independent Regiment of the 62nd Division were panting.

The highway that passes through Ciwu Town is built in the so-called golden decade, starting from Hangzhou, passing through Zhuji, Yuxian, Xinchang, Tiantai to Wenzhou and even Fujian Province, which is the predecessor of the later 104 National Highway.

It's just that now the road is not of high specification and has not been hardened.

Plus there was a torrential rain last night, so much so that the roads became muddy and the march was difficult.

The officers and men of the Independent Regiment were already physically exhausted, and now they are even more unbearable and really unable to walk.

The head of the regiment, Zhao Lan, found the front of the division commander Tao Liu again, and begged: "Master, the brothers really can't walk. ”

Tao Liu and Zhong Guangren glanced at each other, and were about to order to rest in place when the roar of the engine suddenly came from ahead.

Turning back quickly, Tao Liu saw two bright headlights shooting from the dark night sky in front of him, and then a side three-wheeled motorcycle galloped out of the darkness.

After a while, the side tricycle came to the front of the queue of the independent regiment.

The officers and men of the independent regiment subconsciously let go to both sides of the road, and the three wheels kept moving forward and came to Tao Liu.

Tao Liu did not follow and get out of the way, but took Zhong Guangren, the deputy division commander, and Zhao Lan, the head of the independent regiment, to greet him.

At this time, the people on the tricycle also saw Tao Liu, to be precise, they saw the general star on Tao Liu's collar badge, and immediately stopped with a creak, and then a person jumped up from the car.

The officer who got off the tricycle carried the rank of captain.

Walking up to Tao Liu, the captain asked, "Is it Master Tao?" ”

"I'm Tao Liu." Tao Liu nodded, and asked again, "Which unit are you from?" ”

The captain officer snapped his feet and stood upright, and replied proudly: "The captain and company commander of the first company of the 3rd Battalion of the 582nd Regiment of the 194th Division of the 10th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army, Liu Tianhu, have seen Commander Tao!" ”

Tao Liu nodded and said, "Company Commander Liu, what are you looking for me?" ”

Liu Tianhu replied: "We have been ordered by the division seat to escort a transport team from Yinjiang from Yuyao to Ciwu Town, and now the convoy has successfully arrived in Ciwu Town, please send someone to receive it as soon as possible." ”

"The convoy from Yinjiang?" Tao Liu's expression perked up and said, "Delivering food?" ”

"Yes." Liu Tianhu said, "There are a total of fifty-five trucks, and they are all loaded with cornmeal!" ”

"Fifty-six carts of cornmeal?" Zhong Guangren said excitedly, "Is it a Dodge truck?" ”

Liu Tianhu nodded and replied: "Yes, fifty-five Dodge trucks, two tons per truck, a total of one hundred and ten tons!" ”

"Good boy, one hundred and ten tons!" Zhong Guangren was so happy that he almost jumped up, "Then 220,000 catties, and the more than 9,000 brothers in the division can each get at least twenty catties!" ”

"Damn!" Tao Liu slammed the knot and said, "Finally, you don't have to be hungry!" ”

After a pause, Tao Liu said to Zhao Lan again: "Head Zhao, tell the brothers, grit my teeth, hold on for another five kilometers, and when I arrive in Ciwu Town, Lao Tzu will steam cornmeal for them to eat, eat it openly, and take care of it!" ”

"Yes!" Zhao Lan responded, his voice changed tone, and he rushed away impromptuly.

Moments later, a tsunami of cheers erupted from the marching ranks of the Independent Regiment.

If Zhong Yi was there, he would definitely sigh with emotion, what a good soldier, they don't really want much, just want a full meal, and they are willing to sell their lives to the commander!

Besides, Tao Liu, after ordering Zhao Lan, turned around and found that Liu Tianhu had not left.

At that moment, Tao Liu said: "Company Commander Liu, your task is complete, you can go back." ”

Liu Tianhu took out a telegram from his pocket, handed it to Tao Liu, and said: "Commander Tao, Zhong Yi, chief of staff of the enemy's staff before the battle of Zhejiang-Fujian in the Third War Zone, ordered!" ”

"Zhong Yi's order?" Tao Liu subconsciously reached out and took the telegram.

After reading it in a hurry, Tao Liu's face instantly became gloomy.

Zhong Guangren noticed that Tao Liu's expression was different, and asked, "Master, what's wrong?" ”

Tao Liu didn't say much, just handed the telegram in his hand to Zhong Guangren.

After Zhong Guangren took the telegram and read it, his face immediately became very embarrassed.

The telegram said that Liu Tianhu's company would remain at the headquarters of the 62nd Division and become a military police company directly under the division headquarters, and that this military police company would not undertake combat missions and its only duty would be to supervise the commander of the 62nd Division.

What to supervise? Supervise the distribution of military supplies and supervise the execution of military orders!

In a word, Zhong Yi couldn't believe them, the division commanders, brigade commanders, and regiment commanders, and he was worried that they would sell the military supplies provided by Yinjiang City for money, and he was even more worried that they would disobey the law and not carry out the order, so he thought of such a bad trick and transferred a military police company from each division of the Tenth Group Army to carry out cross-supervision.

The gendarmerie company of the 194th Division, supervising the 62nd Division.

The gendarmerie company of the 62nd Division, supervising the 192nd Division.

Zhong Yi's move is really bad, because he knows very well that in the sequence of the national army, the relationship between superiors and subordinates is often close because of the personal dependence relationship, but because of the competition of interests between the same ranks, the relationship is often very bad, and once the opportunity is caught, the opponent will be killed and rectified.

Therefore, after the loss of cross-supervision is sacrificed, the phenomenon of reselling munitions can basically be eliminated.

Of course, if someone really colludes secretly, there are still the ears and eyes of the military commander Jinhua Station who are secretly watching.

As for the implementation of the military order, Zhong Yi is actually not worried, because with Liu Jianxu's example in front of him, I believe that no one should dare to jump out and provoke him again.

But Zhong Yi's move made the division commanders feel not so happy.

Zhong Guangren said hatefully: "Master, Zhong Yi doesn't trust us at all. ”

"If you don't trust, you don't trust, your brain grows on your own head, and we can't control it." Tao Liu snorted, and said, "There is a way that the body is not afraid of crooked shadows, as long as we don't use our brains, we don't care if he supervises or not." ”

"That's what the master said." Zhong Guangren said, "If the funds are enough, as for us to sell the military rations, as for the infamy?" ”

Speaking of this, Zhong Guangren said again: "In a word, if Yinjiang can provide enough provisions, not let the brothers go hungry, and not let the brothers fight with the devil empty-handed, what he didn't say, we will resolutely carry out his orders, but he wants to play with us, and he is only willing to give a little food and ammunition, sorry, we can't carry out his orders!" ”

"Don't talk about that." Tao Liu waved his hand and said, "Brother Guangren, you can pick a company to go to the 192nd Division, since this is the order of Chief of Staff Zhong, we should carry it out." ”

"Yes." Zhong Guangren agreed and turned to leave.

"Wait a minute." Tao Liu shouted to Zhong Guangren again, and said, "Don't be in a hurry, let's wait for the brothers to eat, and then go to the 194th Division, so that they won't be hungry when they arrive at the 194th Division." ”

Zhong Guangren said with a smile: "It's still the master who is thoughtful." ”