In the 229th year of the Republic of China, in late December, there was a rare sunny weather on the land of Shanxi, and the sun, which had been "on strike" for nearly a week, finally came out to "go to work".

In the city of Taiyuan, it is said that there are three poles.

Just when the Taiyuan good news was frantically transmitted all over the country and even the world, and the Chinese compatriots all over the world were celebrating and cheering, Zhang Mingyu, who was the soul of the Reading Army, had just gotten up from bed, and he didn't sleep all night last night, and he slept until noon.

When Zhang Mingyu finished washing up and strode to the door, Chief of Staff Liu Cheng was already standing at his door, it seemed that he had been waiting for a long time, and saw Liu Cheng's eyes full of bloodshot and slightly tired looks.

Zhang Mingyu asked with concern: "The chief of staff has worked hard, come in." After saying that, he took the lead and walked inside.

Liu Cheng smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll hold on." After speaking, he followed Zhang Mingyu into the house.

At this time, Zhang Mingyu's residence was not the original military headquarters, but the Taiyuan City Police Station when Yan Xishan was in charge of Taiyuan, although the conditions here were not good, but the buildings inside and outside the police station did not suffer any major losses, and the two hidden forts in the courtyard were also well preserved, and now a squad of the guard battalion was stationed in the two hidden forts, and light and heavy machine guns were erected.

Looking down from the bunker, you can just take in the entrance of the police station and the street at the gate, the machine gun fire in the bunker can just block the gate and the street, if there is any emergency, as long as the machine gunner in the bunker can also detect and fire in advance.

There were about 30 soldiers of the guard battalion at the gate, and improvised fortifications were built at the gate, and the main force of the guard battalion was stationed in the two compounds next to the police station, and the middle wall had been broken through for one person to pass through.

At this time, the police station was no longer called a police station, and on the side wall of the door hung a wooden sign about one meter long, on which ten eye-catching big characters were clearly visible -- the military headquarters of the Reading Force of the National Revolutionary Army.

Zhang Mingyu and Liu Cheng sat down, and Zhang Mingyu took the lead in asking: "Chief of Staff, how is the situation in the city, and how is the capture of our army?" ”

Liu Cheng hurriedly replied: "The order in the city is quite stable, and the regiments are cleaning up the remaining spies of the devils, as well as the Han Annihilation spies who are working for themselves. In addition to the capture at Xinkou, our army has captured a lot, especially several material warehouses in Taiyuan City, which are full of military supplies and medicines.

In total, there were more than 20,000 38 rifles, more than 200 machine guns, more than 80 Type 92 heavy machine guns, 26 Type 92 infantry guns, more than 200 mortar grenadiers, and 50,000 hand grenades.

It's just that there are fewer shells, and a warehouse in the southwest dedicated to storing artillery shells was blown up by a group of devil remnants. ”

Zhang Mingyu nodded with satisfaction and said, "It doesn't matter if there are fewer shells, our arsenal can produce them." ”

"Hmmm! In addition, the regiments also confiscated all the property and shops of all the Han traitors and overseas Chinese in the city, totaling about 500,000 yuan, and these are only the preliminary reports of the regiments before 10 o'clock this morning, and I am afraid that the specific figures will not come out until tonight or even tomorrow. ”

Of course, Zhang Mingyu knew what Liu Cheng meant when he said that he might get tomorrow, after tens of thousands of troops entered the city, they swept through the city like a gust of wind, and everywhere they went, they must be chickens and dogs, Zhang Mingyu is not a god, and the soldiers under him are not gods, but people, and if they are people, they have seven emotions and six desires, and it is difficult to guarantee that some individuals or a small number of troops will do something out of the ordinary.

It is not impossible for robbery and forcible annihilation to happen as a criminal department, but as long as they do not harm the Chinese people themselves, then Zhang Mingyu can turn a blind eye, because there are a large number of expatriates in the city and some Han and Annihilation lackeys and traitors who are in cahoots with them.

In addition, the soldiers usually killed the enemy with blood and served the motherland, and some people's lives were just beginning, and they fell forever, what did they get? Most of them have not even made a family, let alone have any descendants, what kind of grief will the second elder of the family endure after their death? Therefore, it is very cruel to be a soldier and fight with his head on the waistband of his trousers. No one knows if they will be hit by a bullet that doesn't have a long eye in the next battle, and they don't know when they will die.

What if the soldiers are alive and have won a great victory, even if they are indulged occasionally? Of course, this premise is that we must not harm our own food and clothing, our parents, the people.

In this war-torn era, what money and rewards are all nonsense, because no one knows whether it will be themselves who will die in the next moment, and no matter how much money there is, it will be floating clouds.

Therefore, it is better to have something affordable, so that the soldiers can eat and drink enough, Zhang Mingyu can satisfy them, but Zhang Mingyu cannot build a comfort station like himself.

Just when Zhang Mingyu was thinking about it, Liu Cheng reported: "Junzao, there is a more serious problem I want to report to you. ”

"What's the matter?" Zhang Mingyu asked.

"That's the case, a battalion commander of the Second Division and the Second Regiment took the lead in forcibly annihilating several Chinese women, and now they have been arrested, what do you think should be done about this matter?" Liu Cheng replied.

"Where, take me to see it?" Zhang Mingyu stood up and said.

Liu Cheng also stood up and said, "I will be detained in the regimental headquarters of the second division and the first regiment now." ”

"Let's go! Check it out. Zhang Mingyu took the lead and walked out.

Liu Cheng also followed closely behind.

After a while, the two of them took a car to a courtyard in the south of the city of the second regiment headquarters in the south of the city. Zhang Mingyu, wearing a military coat, walked out of the car with Liu Cheng, and then strode forward.

When the two guards at the gate saw Zhang Mingyu and Liu Cheng, they immediately stood up and saluted, and shouted loudly: "Military seat, the chief of staff has arrived!" ”

Zhang Mingyu and Liu Cheng gently returned the salute, and then strode towards the courtyard.

Ren Hui, the commander of the second regiment, had already greeted him with two major staff officers, and when he saw Zhang Mingyu, Ren Hui and the two major staff officers immediately stood up and saluted: "Military seat!" Chief of staff! ”

After Zhang Mingyu and the two returned the salute, Zhang Mingyu went straight to the point and said: "Where is the battalion commander, let him come to see me immediately!" ”

"Yes!" Ren Hui immediately turned to the staff officer behind him and said, "Send someone to bring the third battalion commander over immediately." ”

The staff officer immediately took the order and left, while Ren Hui said solemnly: "Military seat, please come in!" ”

Zhang Mingyu nodded, and took the lead in striding in. Ren Hui and Liu Cheng followed.

This Ren Hui was brought up by Zhang Mingyu himself, speaking of Ren Hui, I have to talk about the other two regiment commanders of the Second Division, everyone knows that the predecessor of the Second Division was composed of Ling Tianbao's bandit team and some militia, in terms of bloodline, he was not as orthodox as the first and third divisions but developed by the old seeds of the Reading Force.

But Zhang Mingyu also spent a lot of effort on the second division, since there was an arsenal, in addition to the first and third divisions, the weapons and equipment were given priority to supplement the second division, and Zhang Mingyu also sent several officers loyal to him to the second division, obviously this was done to prevent the second division from pulling the mountain, but also to prevent the Ling Tianbao bandits from being a dominant force. It's not that they don't believe in Ling Tianbao, and it's not that Ling Tianbao and the others are disloyal to Zhang Mingyu.

However, during the war years, the people were pitiful, and if they wanted to firmly grasp the control of the army, they had to check and balance each other, and this was true of the Second Division, and the same was true of the Fourth Division. The First Division and the Third Division are different, and almost all the officers above the battalion and regimental level in it are Zhang Mingyu's old subordinates. So there's no need to worry about loyalty at all.

Ren Hui was a second lieutenant platoon commander of the Central Army Teaching Corps in the Battle of Nanjing, after the rest of his life after the bloody battle in Nanjing, he followed Zhang Mingyu in countless bloody battles until he advanced to Gansu was already a company commander, and later the second division was established, he was personally appointed by Zhang Mingyu as the commander of the second regiment, of course, this regiment commander did not report to Chairman Jiang of Yucheng, not to mention that President Jiang did not know whether he agreed or not, and Zhang Mingyu was too lazy to report.

The current establishment of the Second Division is basically the same as that of the First Division, including three infantry regiments, one artillery battalion, another engineer battalion, and a field hospital.

Among the three main infantry regiment commanders, Liu Dahu of the first regiment and Liu Masheng, the commander of the third regiment, both of them were the two bandit leaders under Ling Tianbao when he was a bandit, but after the past two years, he has also grown into a qualified regiment-level commander and fighter.

Zhang Mingyu and others did not do it for a while at the headquarters of the second regiment, and the two soldiers brought the third battalion commander in, this person's name is Lin Tian, he was a bandit before joining the army, and he pulled the mountain to attract more than 100 guns in the Shaanxi-Gansu border area, and also ambushed the devil from now on.

Appointed by Zhang Mingyu as the commander of the first company of the second regiment of the Reading Division, several leaders under him served as platoon commanders and squad leaders, this person was brave in combat in peacetime, and made many military exploits, and was later promoted to regiment commander because of his merits, (Note, before the reading force was reorganized, the current battalion commander was the regiment commander.) After the reorganization, although the third regiment became three battalions, there were still more than 1,000 men.

Lin Tian's battalion can also be regarded as the top battalion of Ren Hui's regiment, with strong combat effectiveness and no fear of death when fighting, these styles are related to Lin Tian's bandit atmosphere.

But Lin Tian also has a problem, that is, lustful, when he was the king of the mountain before, no one cared about anyone and no one asked, and there was no shortage of women, but his women were all robbed of those bad landlords and tyrants, and the reason why he was born as a poor peasant was that he embarked on the road of being a bandit was mostly forced.

When Lin Tian saw Zhang Mingyu and the others, he immediately saluted: "Military seat, chief of staff, regimental seat!" ”

"Lin Tian, tell me if you know your mistakes?" Liu Cheng stood up and asked in a reprimanding tone.

"What's wrong with me? Aren't you just going to play this girl? What's wrong with that? Lin Tian quibbled unconvinced.

"Presumptuous!" Liu Cheng scolded a little angrily

(To be continued)