I have to say that Liu Rulin is indeed a very good friend, and the next morning he sent a brand new military vehicle license plate and license plate to Wu Ming.

The license plate number is not the serial number of "Jun 5×××" assigned to the West Zhejiang Security Command, but the number "Jun 0053" directly under the Provincial Security Department.

When the license plate was installed, Liu Rulin also said to Wu Ming with regret: "The numbers within 0050 have been divided up by the heads of the provincial government and the security department, so they will be used." ”

In the next few days, Wu Ming couldn't be happy.

The Japanese army seemed to have gone crazy, continuously increasing its troops in Shanghai, with a superior force of 90,000 men, with the coordination of many large-caliber naval guns and more than 200 fighters to launch an all-out attack, the 19th Route Army and the Fifth Army suffered heavy losses and frequent defeats, and had to retreat one after another, completely losing the initiative on the Songhu battlefield.

During this period, Japanese bombers bombed the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway repeatedly, paralyzing traffic and flooding refugees, and the Japanese reconnaissance planes also flew along the Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway many times to Hangzhou City in an airspace circle, frightening the whole city inside and outside the city, and there was chaos, and within a radius of 100 miles with Hangzhou City as the center, all the troops entered a state of imminent battle, and the logistics and quartermaster department of the Security Department successively issued a large number of ammunition and food supplies to the outer defense line, and left without stopping after hurriedly throwing them down.

The atmosphere in the entire Qingshiqiao defense area was extremely tense, and even several regiment commanders and regimental deputies of the Central Army who led their troops stationed at Jianqiao Airport in the south surrendered their identities and ran to find Ma Zhizhai three times, asking for the establishment of close contact and mutual coordination at critical moments.

Only Wu Ming and the teaching team led by him are the most calm, every day is still just dawn to exercise, after breakfast on the deputy captain Fan Maolin and the company commanders under the leadership, continue to carry out the position attack and defense training that has been insisted on for half a month, Wu Ming still rode his more and more tall zebra, wandering around, a few times also rode directly into the village, contact the village chief to buy pork and a large number of vegetables, every time become the focus of attention of the big girl and the little daughter-in-law in the village.

It's strange to say, the villagers feel very down-to-earth when they see the beautiful and wandering Wu Ming, and all the villagers are very enthusiastic about the officers and soldiers of the strict military discipline teaching team, although during the period, there were also rumors of the beautiful widow in the east of the village and a certain night patrol chief had an affair, but this did not affect the growing love between the army and the people, Wu Ming only warned a few words at the officer's summary meeting to pay attention to the impact, and then no longer pursued.

Until 2 March, the Zhejiang army, which was in a state of imminent battle every day, had not seen a single enemy, but it was reported that two incidents of misfire and accidental injury had occurred in the easternmost Jiashan defense area, but the bad news of the defeat of the 19th Route Army and the Fifth Army of the Central Army on the Songhu battlefield continued to come, and the unprecedented tense atmosphere and various rumors overshadowed all the scandals in the army.

Just when Wu Ming gathered his team, emphasizing perseverance and strengthening confidence, Fang Youchun, commander of western Zhejiang's security forces, suddenly arrived, accompanied by Major General Cheng Chengdong and Lieutenant Colonel Liu Rulin, chief of staff of the Provincial Security Department.

On behalf of all the officers and men of the headquarters, Fang Youchun first inspected the defensive positions of the regiment directly under the regiment on the south bank, warmly expressed his condolences to the officers and men of the regiment directly under the regiment who were sticking to the positions, and on the spot carried out the 20,000 yuan donated by the elders and villagers of Quzhou and celebrities in the business circles and presented them to the regiment directly under the regiment.

For a time, the cheers on the south bank position shook the sky, and the morale was like a rainbow, and 2,000 people shouted in unison the majestic slogan of "swearing to resist to the death and defending the homeland and defending the country," which shook the earth.

When it was Wu Ming's turn to teach the team, it was a different situation.

At this time, the brothers of the teaching team had just completed special training, and they were all resting in their own positions, some of them were practicing aiming, and some were talking about the women in the village, and no one knew that their commander was coming.

Wu Ming, an outlier, did not blow the whistle to gather, only took the deputy captain Fan Maolin, staff officer Zhang Dongning and three company commanders, and ran to the entrance of the rear of the position to line up to greet them.

Now is the period of war, Wu Ming's approach is undoubtedly correct and rigorous.

Chief of Staff Ma Zhizhai didn't think there was anything wrong, he had long been accustomed to Wu Ming's stinky temper. Liu Rulin held back his laughter, his face turned red, and his eyes kept turning around on the faces of his brother Fang Youchun, his boss Cheng Chengdong and Wu Ming, and he felt that this scene was very interesting.

Fang Youchun walked around, visited the brothers on the battlefield, and soon returned to the Ding family ancestral hall, the temporary team headquarters of the teaching team, under the respectful guidance of Wu Ming.

Waiting for Cheng Chengdong to sit down a few times, the orderly served tea, Fang Youchun motioned to Wu Ming, who was standing on the side, to sit down as well, and Wu Ming was startled when he spoke:

"Captain Wu, I came today to inspect and condole, and most importantly, to ask for your personal opinion according to the instructions of the Provincial Security Department...... Since you have certain achievements and experience in military training and military theory research, the Provincial Security Department hopes that you will be the chief instructor of the directly subordinate training regiment that is being formed. ”

"Of course, this is not a dead order, after all, the tasks faced by our security forces in western Zhejiang are also very heavy, before I came here, the communist army in northeastern Jiangxi attacked two important towns in Jiangshan County, causing a major fire, and the casualties were also very heavy, and the situation was very serious. Therefore, we fully respect your opinions, and you can put forward any ideas or decisions you have. ”

In front of everyone's eyes, Wu Ming replied without hesitation:

"I am grateful to the Security Commissioners for their trust and encouragement, but I feel that my ability is far from meeting the expectations of the Chiefs, and I still need to continue to train at the grassroots level, constantly sum up experience, and strive to make greater progress."

Cheng Chengdong and Liu Rulin glanced at each other in surprise, and they both saw the disappointment in each other's eyes that could not be concealed.

The two of them were deeply puzzled by Wu Ming's choice, and if they were replaced by any other grassroots officer, they would not let go of this rare opportunity to be promoted to the rank of official, and they were also promoted from the remote western Zhejiang region to the prosperous and wealthy provincial capital, which was a very rare and valuable opportunity for the development of their personal career and their future family life.

Fang Youchun and Ma Zhizhai were smiling, the huge worries that originally existed in their hearts were swept away, and the heartfelt comfort and joyful joy filled their chests for a while, and they felt that Wu Ming in front of them was still the familiar little brother in their minds, still so rational and emotional, and would never change because of the temptation of the outside world and the promotion to make a fortune.

Cheng Chengdong stared at Wu Ming for a long time, shook his head and sighed, and turned to Fang Youchun: "Brother Fang, I envy you, such a loyal, calm, and tenacious subordinate, there are not many years left, but you can't ask for it!" ”

"Ha Lu Ha! The chief has won the award, I know very well what Wu Ming is like, he is still very young, and he still needs to hone and hone his skills, otherwise it will be difficult to take on important responsibilities in the future! Fang Youchun was modestly perfunctory, and his level of telling lies was much better than when Wu Ming first met him.

Although Liu Rulin couldn't hide the disappointment in his heart, and felt sorry for this new good friend for giving up such a great opportunity, he respected Wu Ming's choice and knew Wu Ming's character very well, so he didn't persuade Wu Ming anything.

Cheng Chengdong thought about it for a while and decided to retreat to the next best: "Since Brother Wu has made a decision, we will not be reluctant, but in order to enrich the grassroots strength of the teaching team, we want to transfer a few company platoon commanders with a certain amount of experience from your teaching team. ”

"Of course, we are also very considerate of the grim situation that the West Zhejiang Security Command is facing now, and the next step of the task of suppressing bandits is estimated to be aggravated, and a large number of middle and low-level officers with experience in leading troops are urgently needed to lead the troops, so I still say that everything is based on the principle of voluntariness and never reluctance."

Fang Youchun and Ma Zhizhai did not express their position, but looked at Wu Ming together.

Cheng Chengdong was secretly surprised, although he knew that Fang Youchun and Ma Zhizhai valued Wu Ming very much, but he didn't expect that it would be so heavy, and changing to another commander or chief of staff is all a matter of one sentence, where do you need to see the face of a battalion-level officer?

Wu Ming knew that it was not appropriate for Lu Dao to refuse this, nodded slightly, stood up and walked to the side, and softly ordered Lu Kuiyuan, who was on guard duty.

Lu Kuiyuan hurriedly ran out of the city, and after a while, six company commanders and twelve platoon commanders all arrived, and immediately lined up like small soldiers after entering the front yard.

Wu Ming asked the commanders to move to the front yard, strode to the front of the eighteen company platoon commanders, and conveyed the meaning of the provincial security department to everyone as it was.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I fully respect everyone's choice, no matter where we go in the future, how far apart we are from each other, or that sentence, one day is a comrade-in-arms, and a lifetime is a brother! As long as you are not treason to the enemy and do not flee from the battle, you will always be my Wu Ming's good brother and good brother! Now, please decide for yourself whether to stay. ”

"Boss, aren't you talking nonsense? Unless you drive me away, I, Long Shaogang, will not leave the teaching team, and I haven't learned my homework yet. ”

Long Shaogang's loud voice sounded first, and immediately attracted the loud echo of all the brothers. No one was willing to leave this harmonious group like a big family, and Sun Jin, the commander of the machine gun company, even shouted the cruel words of selling this life to Wu Ming.

At this time, not only Cheng Chengdong and Liu Rulin were dumbfounded, but even Fang Youchun and Ma Zhizhai were shocked, and they couldn't figure it out, how could Wu Ming, who usually had a stiff face and was extremely strict with the officers and soldiers under his command, have such a good popularity and personality charm?

He let every officer and soldier under his command really feel his attention, fairness and affection, and subtly, every brother felt that he had dignity and pursuit, and he couldn't help but regard Wu Ming as his backbone.