There was a lot of noise in the conference room, Wu Ming frowned slightly, waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then looked at Li Weixiong, the commander of the baggage company:

"Company Commander Li, before dawn, lead your baggage battalion to bring all the wagons and pack horses, pull all our heavy machine guns and some ammunition, return to the Baishi checkpoint on the Zhejiang-Jiangxi border as soon as possible, and then guard there for me, can you do it?"

Twenty-five-year-old Li Weixiong immediately stood up and said reluctantly: "Tuanzao, my subordinates want to go with you." ”

"No, this is a long way to go, the road is rough, and the baggage brigade will not only be of little help, but will slow down our general march; Secondly, after the first battalion is opened, there must be someone to guard the Changshan defense area, and the baggage company is familiar with the tax collection of various border water and land checkpoints. Third, not only do you have to take over the defense of the Changshan Baishi checkpoint, but the second engineer company and two recruit companies that are being trained in Maoliangwu will also be driven to Changshan County, under the unified command of Deputy Regiment Commander Long, who will quickly take over the defense. Wu Ming's reasons are very sufficient, and there is no room for negotiation.

"Yes, my subordinates obey."

Li Weixiong sat down quite disappointed, although his company was a baggage company, but it had been trained very hard in the past two years since its formation, and now 85 percent of the officers and men can read newspapers, and all of them are well-trained veterans, even if they are used as infantry companies, their combat effectiveness is by no means inferior to the elite infantry of friendly forces.

Wu Ming saw that many brothers were eager to try, and immediately warned loudly: "Brothers, don't be too optimistic, our regiment has never fought a decent big battle since its formation, you will never think that your weaponry and training level are better than the main division of the Central Army, which has suffered defeats in a row?" ”

"At present, the encirclement and suppression armies that have been defeated are being adjusted and supplemented, and it is estimated that it will take about ten days to complete the overall layout, and it is still unknown which column we belong to when we arrive on the battlefield, and General Yu is not clear, so we must prepare for the worst. Don't alarm your brothers tonight, let everyone sleep peacefully and adjourn! ”

At five o'clock in the morning of the next day, the officers and men of the companies except the sentries were still asleep, and the officers and men of the baggage company had quietly gotten up, and in only half an hour, they loaded eight water-cooled heavy machine guns and more than 150 boxes of ammunition into the carriage and covered them with tarpaulins, and drove out of the east gate of Shangrao under the farewell of Wu Ming and other officers.

Li Weixiong, the commander of the baggage company, and Zhou Xiangling, the deputy company commander, really did not want to go, and at the urging of Wu Ming, they had to salute and say goodbye, and caught up with the troops with an extremely disappointed mood.

Looking at the formation of the brothers of the baggage company, Wu Ming sighed regretfully, but Luo Changling, the commander of the machine gun company, laughed heartlessly, and was suddenly blinded by the brothers.

At noon, Yu Jishi and Ma Zhizhai, who had inspected most of the regiments and battalions under their command, returned to the temporary headquarters in the east of the city, and as soon as they sat down to drink tea, they saw Chen Shi, the deputy chief of staff who had gone to inspect Wu Ming's regiment, striding in with a black face.

Ma Zhizhai, who was pouring tea, handed a cup of tea to Chen Shizheng: "What? Who you off? ”

Chen Shizheng sat down, took the teacup with both hands, shook his head and complained: "I really don't understand this Wu Ming, other regiments and battalions are in full swing to prepare for departure, but Wu Ming's troops gathered by the stream outside the north gate in a chaotic manner, commenting on the wooden bridge built by the engineer company yesterday, and laughing at it wantonly, where is the slightest sense of urgency before the war?" ”

"Dai Ziran, the staff officer of the crepe regiment, hurriedly ran over when he saw me, and said apologetically that their regiment commander Wu Ming didn't sleep all night last night and was making up for sleep in the barracks, afraid that I would be angry, he also added that their regiment was ready to go, and they could leave just waiting for their first battalion to come, and asked me what I wanted? It made me cry and laugh, so I had to go back to the military camp in the north of the city to find Wu Ming......"

"When I got there, I heard that this guy had left suddenly in ten minutes, and no one knew where he had gone, and I didn't see him until lunchtime, so I had to come back."

Yu Jishi suddenly frowned: "Did you go to the general headquarters to make a long-distance call to the Changshan military camp?" ”

"Probably not...... Wu Mingtuan himself owned three 15-watt Siemens radio stations, two of which were donated by the Quzhou training base of the Central Party Department, and the other was purchased at his own expense. ”

Ma Zhizhai, who knew Wu Ming's subordinates, explained in detail, and he knew that sooner or later these things would be known to Yu Jishi and others, so he simply said that it was better for Wu Ming.

Yu Jishi's eyes widened and he asked in shock: "Three Siemens fifteen-watt radios?" Also built a host station? His regiment is even better than our provincial security department! How did this guy do it? ”

Ma Zhizhai smiled, sat down and explained: "As far as I know, the full set of equipment of their main station was smuggled in through Belgium, and the installation and commissioning of the joint personnel training was busy for more than half a year, and two German engineers and two radio instructors from the Quzhou training base of the Central Party Department were invited to lead the team, and the repeated tests were carried out for three months, and it is said that it was officially put into use before the Spring Festival." ”

"So, Wu Ming has his own wireless communication system?"

Chen Shizheng was very surprised, but he was more unhappy in his heart - Wu Ming dared to act arbitrarily in such a big matter, and he didn't report it until now, he felt that this was purely a contempt for Yu Jishi and himself.

Ma Zhizhai didn't seem to see Chen Shizheng's displeasure, and was still saying good things for Wu Ming: "Looking at all the ministries in the province, except for our provincial security department, only Wu Mingtuan has its own radio communication system...... In addition, they have also established a mortar company, and have been struggling to explore the tactical use of mortars in the battle, which is also a unique attempt in the provincial army and even the whole team. ”

Yu Jishi showed the magnanimity of the superior, not only did he not feel displeased, but he came to the spirit: "It's not simple!" Old Ma, just send someone to call Wu Ming, I want to know more details...... Seeing Wu Ming, he asked him to come over directly, and let's have lunch together. ”

"Yes."

Ma Zhizhai got up and left with a smile, and shouted loudly to bring the horse over when he went out, he decided to go in person, so as to save Wu Ming, a guy who doesn't eat hard and soft, from making any embarrassing things.

In less than twenty minutes, Ma Zhizhai brought Wu Ming over, Wu Ming reported loudly when he entered the door, Yu Jishi returned the salute kindly, and asked him to sit down and eat together very casually.

After Wu Ming sat down, he glanced at the dishes on the table that were not sumptuous, and found that there was a bottle of exquisite porcelain bottle Qianjiang Spring Wine, and after thinking about it, he took the initiative to lift the wine bottle and pour wine for Yu Jishi and Chen Shizheng first:

"I'm really sorry to hear that Chief Chen arrived at the military camp in the north of the city in the morning! When the subordinate woke up, he remembered that the medicine was not yet ready, so he went to the church hospital in the south of the city, bought back a few boxes of durandine and gauze, and packed two large boxes in bits and pieces, hoping to use them in southern Gansu. ”

When Chen Shizheng heard this, he suddenly remembered a big question: "By the way, I almost forgot about this, how many of your medical officers are here?" ”

"Three medical officers came, and a squad of medical soldiers who had been trained for more than a year came, that is, fifteen people." Wu Ming put down the wine bottle and replied respectfully.

Chen Shizheng nodded, looked at Wu Ming's eyes and solemnly put forward his request: "Can you temporarily be assigned to the command headquarters to facilitate unified use during the combat period?" ”

Wu Ming readily agreed: "Obey!" ”

Chen Shizheng's face looked much better, he smiled slightly and took the lead in picking up the cup, Yu Jishi was quite satisfied with Wu Ming's overall situation, and rarely touched the cup with Wu Ming, and after drinking a glass, he didn't add wine, but generously let Wu Ming and Ma Zhizhai feel free, drink if you want, don't be restrained, and said that you can't touch wine in the army after you set off.

Wu Ming is not pretentious, anyway, it is a bottle of wine, even if he drinks it alone, it will not be a problem, not to mention that there is a Ma Zhizhai who is not inferior to him in terms of alcohol.

After lunch, the guards served fragrant tea, and Yu Jishi asked Wu Ming unhurriedly: "Has your first battalion set off?" ”

"At this time, it is estimated that we have almost arrived in Yushan County...... When his subordinates returned last night, they sent a report to the Changshan regimental headquarters, ordering the first battalion to concentrate at the Baishi checkpoint on the border at 7 o'clock this morning, and then rush to Shangrao in a rapid march. The first battalion was infantry, with no heavy equipment except for ammunition carrying two bases, and if all went well, it would be able to arrive tomorrow at noon. Wu Ming replied casually.

Yu Jishi was quite moved: "Thirty hours, a ninety kilometers march in full armor, are you sure your first battalion can do it?" ”

Wu Ming nodded without hesitation: "This speed is very normal, measured by the daily training of the five regiments, this trip is not easy, but it is by no means difficult, not to mention that it is the early spring season, the weather is very good, there has been no heavy rain since the beginning of spring, the road from Shangrao to Changshan is very easy to walk, and the road along the way is also very safe, under such favorable conditions, the march of less than 100 kilometers will never take forty-eight hours." ”

Yu Jishi saw Ma Zhizhai also nodded, and knew that Wu Ming's words had no water, and after careful consideration, he suddenly found that the training level and combat effectiveness of Wu Ming's department had far exceeded his own estimates, so Yu Jishi thought about it a little, and walked to the Jiangxi encirclement and suppression situation map to watch silently and think quietly.

Chen Shizheng seemed to understand something, and immediately posted it, pointing to the map and whispering.

Wu Ming suddenly came back to his senses, secretly complained bitterly, and couldn't wait to slap himself.

Ma Zhizhai is hehe smiled, it seems that he has the same idea as Yu Jishi - this time to go to southern Jiangnan, he will use Wu Mingtuan as the main force!