After receiving the order, Lu Kuiyuan happily ran out of the gate of the division headquarters, and soon his characteristic loud voice came from outside, and in an instant, the people around the room were boiling, and the officers and soldiers of the emotional guard battalion came to the division headquarters to inquire about the news

Zhang Dongning came to the door, saw the officers and soldiers hooking their shoulders and leaving with a smile, turned around and said to Wu Ming with a smile: "Master, you are so excited, I'm afraid that the spy company, which can only exert sixty percent of its strength, will have to use all its strength to fight hard, with this strange soldier inserted into the back of the red side, Tang Shengzhi will have a headache this time."

Wu Ming specially asked Zhang Dongning to cooperate in this play, just to stimulate the potential of the entire spy company just like Zhuge Liang provoked the old Huang Zhong. Looking at Lu Kuiyuan's reaction, he also achieved the expected effect.

Wu Ming touched his chin, also came to the gate, stood side by side with Zhang Dongning, raised his head and looked at the blue sky, and said quietly:

"The special forces that we have explored and established on our own have focused on fighting behind enemy lines without supplies and support from the very beginning, and while completing the task, we must also save ourselves, and this time it can be regarded as a big test for their graduation."

"If you pass this hurdle successfully, you will have to fight the little devils on the anti-Japanese battlefield next time...... When the time comes, will our special forces be able to continue to exert their due strength and deal a heavy blow to the Japanese invaders? ”

Wu Ming's words were full of worries about the future situation, Zhang Dongning frowned slightly when he heard this, turned his head and asked, "Commander, aren't you worried that we will be defeated by the red side?" ”

"Don't worry, they don't have the strength"

Wu Ming grinned, his face full of confidence.

Judging from the current battle situation, the new second division occupying the main peak of Lotus Peak has initially achieved the strategic initiative, and the failure of the red vanguard attack has made a perfect interpretation of Wu Ming's judgment.

Wu Ming is concerned about the current increasingly tense international situation. With the assumption of the new Japanese cabinet and the change of the peace line of its predecessor, the Japanese official and non-governmental "punishment theory" against China has become very loud.

After some thorough investigation, the Kodama Kenji Economic Investigation Group, which was called "Economic Inspection," which was actually to inquire about the Nanjing government's sincerity toward the Japanese government, concluded that "in the past, the pressure exerted on the Jicha regime was five parts of the Nationalist Government and five parts of Japan, but it took a sharp turn for the worse and became eight parts of the Nationalist Government and two parts of Japan." China's understanding of the fait accompli is not sufficient to resolve the North China issue and to make adjustments to all diplomatic relations, and there is no other way than to use force. ”

Earlier this month, Rear Admiral Shimomura Massuke, commander of the 10th Squadron of the Second Fleet, who was serving as the garrison of North China, went so far as to openly write an article in a Japanese newspaper, declaring:

"The North China policy of the previous cabinet is not in line with the current reality. Under the tide of anger of China's nationwide resistance against Japan and the progress of its anti-Japanese war preparations, it is impossible to hope for success in any of the current policies of readjusting diplomatic relations and economic cooperation, and it is better to start a war to rectify all war preparations and guide diplomacy adapted to the international situation.

Just a week ago, after returning from a tour of northern China, Kaneshiro Shibayama, a member of the Military Affairs Division of the Japanese Army Ministry, declared to the media: "There is a lot of propaganda about attacking the Japanese army there; The same is true in general", suggesting the use of force against China.

Judging from all aspects, the Japanese Government and military are creating public opinion for the war, and the war between China and Japan is already on the verge of breaking out.

Zhang Dongning saw that Wu Ming had regained his cheerfulness, and his heart was relieved, and he said: "Yes, now the 1st Brigade and 2nd Regiment are very easy to deal with the attack of the three regiments of the red forward. As long as we form a situation in which we fight more and less on the local battlefield, we have a great chance of winning."

"Alas"

Who knew that Wu Ming actually let out a sigh: "Actually, this time, I hope we can fail...... Through our defeat, we can prove that the ordinary divisions and regiments of the national army are not as weak as imagined, so that when we face the Japanese army, we will have the courage to fight a war."

"In addition, people can't blindly go with the flow and not experience setbacks, because then it is easy to develop arrogance, and when difficulties come, people will be sluggish, and the same is true for the army. If we taste defeat this time, and when it comes time to really confront the Japanese army, we will treat every battle with the spirit of 12 points, and try our best to find a way, then there will be a lot less unnecessary sacrifices."

Zhang Dongning's face became serious.

The cultivation of a steel team not only needs to win again and again, but also depends on whether it can get back on its feet after defeat, Phoenix Nirvana is reborn from the fire, and achieves sublimation in rebirth, which is stronger than before defeat, this is a real steel force.

Since the army has not encountered a decent opponent since its founding, the gold content of the successive victories of the new second division is not high, and it is in this situation that some officers and men have developed a sense of superiority that Lao Tzu is the first in the world. In this exercise, the central authorities allowed the new Second Division to compete with an opponent three times its size, and although this is said to be an affirmation of the strength of the new Second Division, on the other hand, it will undoubtedly greatly boost the sense of superiority of some officers and men.

The sense of superiority is difficult to grasp, and a force without confidence is destined to fail to achieve a steel force, and can only do nothing, because the conceit brought by continuous victories is the soul of the army most of the time, and it is the cohesion of a steel force. But if you are too conceited, you can't do it, maybe you will become squeamish, and the troops will not be able to stand the stimulation of defeat and become old soldiers, but they will not fight.

Zhang Dongning sighed secretly, as the chief officer of the army, it is really difficult Wu Ming started from scratch, and it was even more difficult to build an iron army in just six years

At the observation center on the top of the South Mountain at the northern foot of Zhugan Mountain, a group of central officials are gathering in twos and threes to discuss the battle situation.

Chiang Ching-kuo, who followed his father Chiang Kai-shek to the observation center to observe the actual battle, was not idle; he stood in front of the sand table and instructed the staff officers to clearly mark the latest battle situation on the sand table so as to achieve a clear effect.

Chiang Kai-shek held a telescope and stood on a high platform built with a railing, looking out at the battlefield to the north. Looking at the past from the top of Nanshan Mountain, the distance between the two places in a straight line is only five kilometers, and the field of vision is extremely broad, and the battlefield situation is clear at a glance. The red side was unfavorable in attacking, and several charges failed, which made Chiang Kai-shek look a little bored, he turned his head to look at Yang Jie, who shook his head again and again, and asked:

"Where is Tang Shengzhi's artillery now? Without a large-scale artillery group suppression, it would be very difficult to capture the heavily guarded Lotus Mountain Heights."

Yang Jie turned around and pointed to the large exercise map hung up on the display board by the staff officer on the side: "General Tang's artillery regiment is on the front line of Sheshan and Shangtianping Village, fifty kilometers away from the Lianhuashan Heights, and the other two regiments of the 63rd Division have just driven out of Shutou Town and are currently crossing the Batou Mountain ......."

The attendant sent a few points of the latest report from the Red Side Command, and Chiang Kai-shek looked at it while following Yang Jie's explanation to check the strategic layout of the Red Side, his face became more and more ugly, and he scolded at the end:

"Niang Xipi, what did this Tang Shengzhi do? Judging from the battlefield situation, if the red side does not take the initiative to change, I am afraid that there will be more evil and less luck."

Yang Jie smiled bitterly, handed the water cup given by the attendant to Chiang Kai-shek, and asked, "Commission, do you see anything wrong?" ”

Chiang Kai-shek took a sip of boiled water, moistened his throat, held a cup in his left hand, and poked his index finger on the map with his right hand, calmly analyzing:

"Now the red side has been unconsciously divided into three pieces, and the three regiments of the forward have stopped at the foot of the Lotus Mountain, and the attack has been frustrated; The second echelon is progressing slowly, the 45th Division is advancing from Tangbian Village to Xianyan Town, because it carries a large number of weapons and baggage, when it crosses the Jidung Mountain and Yuandun Mountain at an altitude of more than 200 meters, it is extremely slow, and there is a distance of nearly 30 kilometers between it and the forward Feng Shengfa Department, Tang Mengxiao personally led the two brigades and four regiments of the 63rd Division, just drove out of Tangbian Town and looked back, and the two regiments of the 63rd Division behind the palace fell far behind, plus the baggage and artillery regiments sandwiched in the middle...... Tsk, this long snake ......"

Speaking of this, Chiang Kai-shek shook his head again and again: "After so many years, Tang Mengxiao is still the old concept of the Northern Expedition, fighting only to fight and rush, relying on the free play of his subordinates, and not paying attention to rules and regulations at all...... You don't know if it's tight to arrange troops in advance, but at least don't let the various departments get out of touch so badly, right? ”

"On the other hand, Wu Mingbu of the blue side, their actions are quite fast, and the interspersed force is extremely strong, so it is easy to form a local advantage in troops, to that point, I think Tang Shengzhi can't take care of each other, just like a seriously ill old man, he can only be passively beaten It seems that I was careless in choosing Tang Mengxiao as the main general of the red side in this exercise

"It's-"

Yang Jie didn't know how to comfort Lu Dao for a while, looking at the offensive and defensive posture of the two sides on the map, he couldn't help but feel worried about Tang Shengzhi's situation.

"Smack-"

Xiong Shihui, the chairman of Jiangxi Province, who heard the dialogue between Chiang Kai-shek and Yang Jie and took the initiative to come over to listen, slapped his thigh violently, as if he had discovered a new continent, and said in surprise:

"Wu Ming's scattered guerrilla concentrated operations, using a combination of attacks, ambushes, sabotage, and harassment to make the troops under the command of General Meng Xiao automatically expose their flaws and divide into disconnected parts, and then gather and annihilate them separately, which is very similar to the tactics of the Vermilion Red Army back then."

Chiang Kai-shek's face sank. When encircling and suppressing the Soviet area, the Red Army often adopted this tactic, first taking the initiative to show weakness, and then trying by all means to divide the encirclement and suppression army, quickly intersperse, and finally form a superiority in strength in the local battlefield. As things stand, it seems that the blue side is about to repeat what happened in the past.

Xiong Shihui said this, there is a suspicion of slapping Chiang Kai-shek in the face, you must know that the previous failures of the encirclement and suppression of Lu Dao were the masterpieces of Chairman Chiang, but Chiang Kai-shek quickly recovered, he knew that Lu Dao Xiong Shihui and Wu Ming had grievances and grievances, which was obviously to provoke the relationship between himself and Wu Ming.

Everyone heard Xiong Shihui's words, and the warm atmosphere in the observation center gradually became silent, and at this time, Qian Dajun walked into the shed with a telegram, and with a smile on his pale face, he went straight to Chiang Kai-shek, and said happily: "Bench, good news"

"Oh? What's the good news? Yang Jiele, who was beside Chiang Kai-shek, asked.

"Seat, although Feng Shengfa lost a frontal attack, it was just a feint, in fact, he has found a more direct and effective way to attack......

Qian Dajun handed the telegram to Chiang Kai-shek, and then invited the bigwigs in the observation center to come to the sand table together, pointed to the side and back of the Lotus Mountain Heights, and introduced happily:

"According to the front reconnaissance of the Captain's Guard, there is a trail in the northeast of the main peak of Lotus Mountain that can go directly to the rear of Huangchaojiao, General Feng Shengfa immediately made a decision and sent a surprise attack team to pass through this inaccessible path like a sharp arrow, go straight to the rear of the Blue Lotus Mountain Heights, and destroy the Blue Side's headquarters in one fell swoop, and then eliminate the opponent by two flanking attacks, at that time, the Red side will firmly occupy the Lotus Mountain Heights, block the passage for the Blue side to enter and exit, and only wait for the army to arrive ......"

"Okay—"

Chiang Kai-shek slapped the table heavily and praised loudly: "Good Feng Shengfa lives up to expectations and is beautiful."

It was only at this time that Chiang Kai-shek's tense heart relaxed.

Since the beginning of the exercise, all that has been heard is bad news for the Red side, and now there is finally hope that the defeat will turn into victory, regardless of the final outcome, at least not without any defense.

All the people in the observation center had smiles on their faces.

After all, the officers and soldiers of the Chairman's Guard and the Special Service Corps and the Guard Regiment directly under the Military Committee get along with everyone day and night, and they already have a certain friendship, but Wu Ming's perverse behavior and sudden rise make everyone very uncomfortable, and if there is a chance to teach him a profound lesson, everyone is happy to see.

Qian Dajun's face was full of spring breeze, and he felt a trace of gratitude to Dai Li, the director of the secret service. If Dai Li hadn't taken the initiative to send someone to assist this time, I'm afraid Feng Shengfa would really be helpless against the iron wall of the new Second Division. Qian Dajun thought that if he had a chance in the future, he might as well help Dai Li.

"The idea is very good, it seems that Feng Shengfa was also forced by Wu Ming to be in a hurry, and he had to surprise him."

Yang Jie said with a pleased smile that the commander-in-chief of the exercise was most interested in military theories and classic combat examples, and the one-sided battles were the most boring, and he was overjoyed to see a high-level confrontation.

Jiang Jingguo, who had been watching coldly, saw that everyone was full of optimism, and he was very puzzled. After a long while, when everyone had calmed down, he approached Chiang Kai-shek and whispered:

"Father, I heard the two generals Ci Xiu and Liangzhen who came to visit say that Wu Mingbu attaches great importance to reconnaissance, and before every battle, he must first find out the terrain and landforms of the battlefield. I'm afraid that General Feng's strange army may not be able to play a role."

Chiang Kai-shek smiled, took his son's hand, borrowed the baton from the staff officer, pointed to the location of the Lotus Mountain high ground on the sand table, and patiently explained to Chiang Ching-kuo:

"Many people have such a situation that they can't be aware of what is happening around them, which is the so-called dark under the lamp"

"Come and see"

Chiang Kai-shek's baton pointed to the ridge of Lotus Mountain: "Now, the blue side has seized the entire Lotus Mountain Heights, and since not all places are connected by roads, they only need to defend the relatively gentle front, and the inaccessible northeast of Lotus Mountain is dark under their lights." ”

Qian Dajun saw that Jiang Jingguo had a different opinion, and hurriedly told the ins and outs of the path, saying that because there were only a few medicine pickers and hunters passing by, the road had long been flooded by wild grasses, and even the medicine pickers and hunters could only rely on the trees on both sides of the road as a reference, and not the locals could not find it at all

Jiang Jingguo scratched his head embarrassedly when he heard this, and didn't say anything more, but he still wondered in his heart: Will Wu Ming's troops really be dark under the lights?