Since the armistice was declared on the Songhu battlefield on 3 March, the central government in Nanjing immediately organized a delegation to Shanghai to sue for peace, and the squadron never made any mobilization for war.

In the face of the aggressive and domineering posture of the invaders, the Nanjing government once again chose to retreat and compromise, and the tragic Songhu War of Resistance was stopped in the humiliation of countless Chinese people.

Both the military and the government of Zhejiang Province, which are in constant internal strife, are not in the mood to hold a large-scale spring drill according to the scheduled plan, and openly explained to the outside world that it is necessary to formulate a more rational and perfect plan for the reorganization of the province's armed forces, streamline the administration of the troops, and be determined to innovate in order to enhance the combat effectiveness of the province's security forces, but the real reason is that Hangzhou is too close to Shanghai, and the military and political officials in Zhejiang are worried that the large-scale spring drill will anger the Japanese.

On 9 March, the Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway was reopened to traffic, and the Qingshiqiao checkpoint, which had been built at a cost of 15,000 oceans, was abolished.

On 10 March, the regiment directly under the West Zhejiang Security Command followed Commander Fang Youchun back to Quzhou, but Wu Ming's teaching team inexplicably received an order to urgently go to the military camp in the west of Hangzhou to carry out its mission.

On the morning of 11 March, Wu Ming inspected the sealed fortifications and inspected the fields and ditches restored for the villagers, and then left the Qingshiqiao position under the farewell of thousands of fathers and villagers in Dingjia Village.

Hangzhou Chengxi Military Barracks is located in the northeast corner of West Lake, between Wulin Road and West Lake, and is officially known as Zhejiang Army Prison. This place was originally the location of the Dali Temple of the Southern Song Dynasty, the legend says that Yue Fei was executed in the Fengbo Pavilion of the Dali Temple, after that, the Qing Dynasty built a patrol prison office here to detain important prisoners, the south and the east were connected together and stationed a standard camp, in the early years of the Republic of China, the General Headquarters of the Zhejiang Army expanded it into a military prison, and the standard camp on the side was also correspondingly expanded into the west camp of the Hangzhou garrison.

Wu Ming drove his Dodge car, carrying Dai Ziran and Steve, two military medical officers, to arrive ahead of schedule, and saw Liu Rulin, the new deputy director of the Zhejiang Security Department, Ma Zhizhai, the chief of the training section and chief of staff of the security division, and others at the gate of the barracks.

Liu Rulin motioned to the adjutant to help Wu Ming drive the car into the West Camp, took Wu Ming's hand, and explained the reason for leaving him for the time being as he walked: "This is the barracks of the teaching regiment directly under our security department, and the newly built training facilities on the large playground are all built in accordance with your standards and requirements, but our officers and soldiers feel that it is too difficult, and they all say that it is unrealistic, and they are not willing to practice, so after discussing with Brother Ma, I will obtain the consent of your commander Fang to temporarily leave you and your teaching team for a period of time to guide the training of our training team." ”

Wu Ming was quite surprised after hearing this, and pointed to Ma Zhizhai and Fan Chunlin, who were walking behind, and the old brothers: "Aren't Brother Ma all here?" ”

Liu Rulin and Ma Zhizhai were quite embarrassed, smiled and didn't know how to tell Wu Ming.

Fan Chunlin, who had just changed into a major's uniform, saw Wu Ming staring straight at him, so he had to bite the bullet and stepped forward to explain: "The teaching regiment has not yet been formed, and there is currently only one battalion of troops, and most of the officers and soldiers are veteran ruffians drawn from various regiments directly under the Security Department, and most of them are natives of Hangzhou, and many officers are still children of official eunuchs, so I can't command it!" ”

"Huh!? What is your current position? Wu Ming's face was not good.

"Battalion commander, the commander of the first battalion of the teaching regiment, but the regiment commander and the deputy of the regiment don't even have a shadow yet, and my battalion commander can't speak!"

Fan Chunlin was also very aggrieved and uncomfortable, he panicked when he saw Wu Ming wanting to be angry, before he was complacent about his transfer to the provincial capital and his promotion, where did he know that the direct teaching group that Lu Dao had high hopes for would be like this.

"Ahh

Wu Ming didn't get angry, just sighed a long time, and turned to Liu Rulin and Ma Zhizhai: "Two old brothers, you know that the veterans of the entire Zhejiang Province have long been unusable, and it is more difficult for them to adapt to the strict new training method than the recruits, not to mention that you want to form a model teaching group for the provincial army, you are still ...... This is pretending to be confused! ”

Liu Rulin and Ma Zhizhai were very embarrassed, they all knew that in the whole of Zhejiang, except for southern Zhejiang and western Zhejiang, there was no good source of troops in other regions, but western Zhejiang was the front line of encirclement and suppression, and it was also the key area to take care of in this reorganization, and the reason why Fang Youchun, the commander of the security in western Zhejiang, hurriedly led the team back was to form the second security division in Zhejiang according to the latest instructions of the security department and with reference to the establishment structure of the Central Army. The work of conscription in southern Zhejiang is still on paper, and it will not be carried out until the security department, which is in the throes of major personnel changes, stabilizes.

In fact, Wu Ming also knew this, in order to avoid making everyone too embarrassed, he directly asked to visit the newly built training facilities, and after walking around, he was quite satisfied, and stopped and asked Liu Rulin and Ma Zhizhai: "Say, what do you want the little brother to do?" ”

Liu Rulin was waiting for Wu Ming's words, and directly made a request: "Originally, I wanted you to lead your teaching team and Fan Chunlin's battalion to train together for a period of time, so that the officers and soldiers of our teaching regiment could open their eyes, but now it seems that it is better for you to temporarily be responsible for the overall training." ”

"Huh!?"

Wu Ming suddenly became vigilant: "Brother Liu, the younger brother can say ugly things in front, I won't stay in this Hangzhou City for long, I will go back to western Zhejiang after all, it's okay to learn together for a few days, it's okay to fight for a long time, the younger brother has to rush back to defend his hometown!" ”

Ma Zhizhai immediately sank his face: "Are you afraid that we will swallow up your teaching team?" ”

Wu Ming immediately waved his hand: "Where is it?" If it weren't for Brother Ma's support and care, there would be no today's teaching team...... and Brother Liu, the two eldest brothers are conscientious and open-minded people, the younger brother can be trusted, and he never thought that the two elder brothers would do such a dirty thing as annexing friendly forces, giving birth to sons without assholes, it is absolutely impossible! Am I right? ”

Ma Zhizhai and Liu Ru didn't expect Wu Ming to be such a scoundrel, and they said it to death when they exited, and the dozen or so captains around him looked funny, and couldn't help laughing, ridiculous, annexing Wu Ming's teaching team, which is strong and strong, is what the entire security department wants to do the most but can't do, which everyone knows tacitly.

Ma Zhizhai knew Wu Ming's stubborn character, and shook his head again and again to say something, Liu Rulin changed his previous kindness, stepped forward, and solemnly warned Wu Ming:

"No one has beaten your idea of teaching the team, but I also said ugly things ahead, you must help us complete the first stage of training in the first battalion of the teaching regiment in the shortest possible time, when to complete the task, when to let you go back, otherwise you don't think about anything, even if I forcibly incorporate your troops at that time, who dares to do anything to me?"

Although Wu Ming was unhappy in his heart, he knew that his arm could not reach his thigh, and he pondered for a moment: "Okay, but I have two conditions that must be met." ”

"Say it!"

Liu Rulin didn't say yes, nor did he say no, he stared at Wu Ming without blinking.

Wu Ming had no choice but to compromise: "Okay, the first condition is that I must have the greatest rights during this period of training, including the formulation of the training plan, the power to plan and implement the training, and the right to punish; Second, the younger brother's teaching team is out of money, and the ammunition has been depleted in the recent training, so it needs to get enough supplies. ”

Liu Rulin smiled angrily: "Your grandson, in the past month, you have obtained a total of 120,000 oceans and two batches of ammunition supplies from the provincial government, the security department, all walks of life and other channels, and you have been asked to purchase materials and transport them back to Quzhou, do you think I don't know what to do?" A week ago, you once again purchased 100,000 oceans worth of steel, copper, cloth, military shoes and other materials and transported them back to Quzhou, and also squeezed 50 war horses from me, where are they now? ”

"Ahh You still dare to cry poor in front of me, tell you, no way! In addition to routinely bearing your department's military salary, Lao Tzu will definitely not give you an extra copper plate! ”

Wu Ming saw Liu Rulin gritting his teeth, so he had to back down: "Okay, money is something outside the body, let's not talk about it, but Brother Liu, the new batch of American-made firearms and ammunition you bought, how can you also share some profits with your younger brother?" It's just my brother's hard-earned money, what do you say? ”

Liu Rulin almost jumped up: "Don't even think about it!" ”

"It's not going to work, that's not going to work, it's going to make up for it, right? If you really can't bear to give up that batch of American weapons, it should always be okay to allocate ten or eight light and heavy machine guns to your younger brother, right? The junior brother's teaching team is five or six hundred, and so far there is not even a new heavy machine gun, big brother, you can't watch the younger brother on the battlefield, because the firepower is not good, he is beaten all over the mountain, right? This is really insulting to the overall reputation of our Zhejiang army! Wu Ming retreated.

Seeing Wu Ming's appearance, everyone couldn't help but laugh.

Ma Zhizhai and Fan Chunlin are even more happy, they have all learned Wu Ming's profiteer face before, and they have always had a headache with Wu Ming's kraft candy request, and now it is the turn of the provincial security department to ask Wu Ming, if Wu Ming, who has everything in his bones, does not take the opportunity to make a big profit, I am afraid that he will not be the familiar Wu Ming, so they all want to see what Liu Rulin should do in the face of Wu Ming, who has calculated to the bones.

As expected, Liu Rulin finally chose to give in, although he said that he would see Wu Ming's training effect before making a decision, but everyone knows that with Liu Rulin's character and deep personal relationship with Wu Ming, as long as Liu Rulin does not refuse on the spot, no matter what, Liu Rulin, who has mastered the training and equipment supply of the province's security forces, will give Wu Ming some benefits.