At half past four in the afternoon, the sun was setting.

In the Blue Fang Headquarters of Lianhu Village on the east bank of the Xinjiang River, Wu Ming took the latest battle report sent by the 1st Brigade and 2nd Regiment, read it carefully, and handed it to Chief of Staff Zhang Dongning:

"It seems that this exercise is very timely...... In the telegram, Fan Daoquan mentioned his dereliction of duty, if it weren't for Zhang Ying, the chief of staff of the 1st Brigade, who learned about the terrain from the villagers under the mountain and made up for the omissions in time, and really let the red side bypass from the flank and rear, the 2nd Regiment might have suffered a big loss."

After reading it, Zhang Dongning patted his chest with some fear:

"It's too thrilling, Shi Zuo is right, Fan Daoquan is on the frontal battlefield and didn't let Feng Shengfa take any advantage, which fully shows that the combat effectiveness of the 1st Brigade and 2nd Regiment is still trustworthy...... However, the commander was negligent, and had no doubts about the position he took over and the map provided by the special service company......"

"After the end of this exercise, the whole division must seriously sum up, and soon we will face the Japanese, and if a similar mistake occurs at that time, it is very likely to affect the overall situation."

Dai Ziran, the chief of the operations section, also finished reading the battle report at this time and asked: "Division, the exercise command has asked us to report on the deployment of the next action, what should we do?" ”

Wu Ming said indifferently: "Do as you are told"

"How can this be?"

Dai Ziran frowned: "Master, you don't know what to do, in this exercise, it is the chairman of the committee and the guards of the Military Committee that the Red Party is fighting at the forefront of this exercise, and he is very familiar with the people in the exercise headquarters, plus Tang Shengzhi, the commander-in-chief of the Red Side, is also a veteran member of the Military Committee, if we report, the Red Party will get our information effortlessly." ”

Wu Ming waved his hand in a dashing manner: "Don't be afraid, we will do our part, even if the red side gets the information, I believe that our soldiers will work hard to overcome difficulties In addition, the two brigades of our division are not recruits but elite main forces, and sooner or later they will be exposed, so let's report them together this time."

"This"

Dai Ziran still seemed very hesitant.

"Alright, let's report it"

Wu Mingyu said neatly: "It's going to rain and people are going to marry their mothers, let him go and tell the soldiers who attacked, let go of their hands and feet, as long as they can successfully complete the task, they can fight as much as they like."

"Okay"

Dai Ziran quickly recorded Wu Ming's order, and after Wu Ming signed it, he went out to send the report.

When the news of Feng Shengfa's defeat was transmitted back to the exercise observation center, the bigwigs of the Military Committee and the General Staff Headquarters looked at each other, and they all felt uncomfortable with a punch. Originally, they wanted to take advantage of this victory to deal a good blow to the arrogance of Wu Ming and the new second division, but they never thought that what they were waiting for was the news of the defeat in the attack.

Major General Xuan Tiewu, director of the Zhejiang Provincial Security Department, who had just arrived in Yushan in the afternoon, was obviously surprised by the strength of Wu Ming's department, but he had long served as Chiang Kai-shek's chief of guard, and he had a deeper affection for the officers and men of the special service regiment and guard regiment directly under the Chairman's Guard and the Military Committee.

"Chairman of the Committee, sir, in my opinion, even if the blue side has a slight advantage for the time being, it will not be able to turn this advantage into a victory in a short period of time The reorganization of the new second division has not yet been completed, I heard that their artillery is still built with the support of the 18th Army, and this exercise has not brought over 24 Bofors 75NN field guns, and without heavy artillery support, they cannot fight a tough battle."

On the other hand, on the Red side, the 63rd Division participating in the exercise was the elite of the Hunan Army, with three brigades and six regiments under its jurisdiction, and an artillery regiment within its establishment, which was already under the direct jurisdiction of the Red Exercise Headquarters, and even the 45th Division, which was slightly inferior in combat effectiveness, had a mortar battalion. When the main force of the red side rushed to the foot of Lotus Mountain, twenty-four cannons pulled over and bombarded, even if Wu Ming's troops occupied the high ground of Lotus Mountain, they could not resist the onslaught of three times his troops. ”

"Yes, there is really no need for us to rush at this time, the best is still to come"

Qian Dajun immediately echoed his words, and the other bigwigs nodded one after another, obviously still convinced that the final victory of the exercise would inevitably belong to the red side.

Yang Jie was a little uneasy, turned around and saw Jiang Jingguo lying in front of the sand table, muttering something in his mouth, his heart moved, and he walked over and asked, "Jianfeng, what do you think about this?" ”

Jiang Jingguo looked at Yang Jie with some surprise, he never thought that this master, who was praised by his father as the most famous art of war in the army, would take the initiative to ask for advice, thought about a point somewhere on the sand table, and said in an affirmative tone: "I guess the next battle should start here"

Yang Jie was slightly stunned, and looked down carefully at the direction pointed by Jiang Jingguo, which happened to be the high mountains and hilly areas southwest of Tangbian Town. Yang Jie thought for a moment, gasped, and hurriedly asked, "Do you judge that Wu Ming is going to send a small force to attack the artillery regiment and baggage regiment of the red side?" ”

Yang Jie's voice was a little loud, and it immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the greenhouse.

For Chiang Ching-kuo, who was in his prime, including Qian Dajun, Chen Bui and other people around Chiang Kai-shek, they were all cautious, after all, now Soong Meiling and Chiang Kai-shek have no children, according to Chinese tradition, the son should inherit his father's business, and Chiang Ching-kuo is destined to be reused in the future.

However, Chiang Ching-kuo has been in Red Russia for more than ten years, receiving communist education, for this eldest son who has publicly announced the severance of father-son relations, Chiang Kai-shek still has no clear attitude, just let him self-cultivation study Confucian classics and learn the Three People's Doctrine of the former prime minister.

More importantly, Soong Meiling has complicated feelings for Chiang Ching-kuo and his mother, Ms. Mao Fumei, and it is nothing yet, once Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Meiling have offspring, then Chiang Ching-kuo's position will be very embarrassing, and its future direction will be a big mystery, and no one wants to get involved.

Jiang Jingguo was neither humble nor arrogant at the eyes gathered around him, smiled faintly, pointed to the sand table and said:

"I think so, so far, the blue side's special service company has only appeared when delaying the march of the red vanguard, I don't think Wu Ming will give up using this elite in the future, and striking the red side's artillery and baggage regiments is an important guarantee to ensure the success of the exercise...... If nothing else, the main focus of the blue side in the next phase will be on this artillery regiment of the red side. ”

Chiang Kai-shek, who was listening silently on the sidelines, was very satisfied with his eldest son's performance, and he asked the staff officer to draw a line on the exercise map, looked at it for a while, and nodded heavily:

"Nine times out of ten, Jianfeng's prediction will come true... Now the most threatening to the blue side is the artillery regiment of the red side, with Wu Ming's shrewdness, he will definitely send a small force to attack the artillery regiment, if he can get rid of the red side's baggage regiment by the way, it will be even better"

Most of the people present were not inferior in military attainment, and they knew very well that the key to the victory of a war was who could make the most of their own advantages and attack the enemy's shortcomings. Wu Ming's new second division was extremely strong in combat and the speed at which the battlefield was interspersed was very fast, which was also very conducive to them to reasonably choose the battlefield that was favorable to their side, thereby increasing the probability of victory.

Of course, while the principle is simple, it is extremely difficult to implement.

Just like the red side led by Tang Shengzhi, three times the strength of the blue side, if Tang Shengzhi moves a little faster, has a stronger coordination ability, and can form each department into a corresponding whole, then Wu Ming, whose strength is far inferior to the opponent, can only sigh. The reality is just the opposite, the red side forward has already lost the first battle at Lianhua Mountain, and the 45th Division responsible for receiving it is still halfway through, and the gap between the various units is huge, coupled with the complex and changeable mountainous and hilly terrain in the eastern Jiangxi region, which is very conducive to Wu Ming to make a fuss.

At this moment, Qian Dajun took the telegram just translated by the confidential department at the foot of the mountain from the hand of the attendant, glanced at it, his face changed, read it carefully, thought about it and whispered in his ear to the attendant officer, and then walked up to Chiang Kai-shek with a gloomy face and reported the latest battle situation:

"Commission, Blue Command reports that they have made new operational deployments......"

"Reading"

"Yes"

Qian Dajun stood up and read aloud in a straight voice: "Our department has sent a special service company directly under our department to attack and harass the artillery and baggage troops of the red side, and strive to eliminate the artillery that poses a great threat to our department in one fell swoop. In addition, a supplementary regiment of our division is rushing to the front line of the wind cave in the middle reaches of Badu Creek at the speed of a forced march...... In addition, the numbers of the brigades in which I participated in the exercise were the 1st Brigade and the 2nd Brigade respectively, and the officers and men of the 4th Regiment that went to eastern Zhejiang to build national defense fortifications were actually the 2nd to 5th Regiments of the Supplementary Brigade of our Division, and the report was completed."

"What?"

As soon as everyone heard this, they looked at the map and looked at the sand table, and soon found the location of the tip of the wind tunnel - it was the junction of the Red Fang forward Feng Shengfa and the main force of the center, two or three hundred meters above sea level, the mountain was high and densely forested, and the road leading to Yushan County meandered under the mountain.

Simply occupy that place and firmly block Red's path.

If the blue side builds a blocking position on the top of the wind tunnel and the Ping Mountain on the other side of the Badu River, the forward and middle armies of Tang Shengzhi's department will be completely separated, and at that time, they will not be able to take care of each other, and they will be in a disadvantageous position of being passively beaten.

Before the exercise, he swore to Chiang Kai-shek that the troops that Wu Ming had transferred to northeast Zhejiang to build national defense fortifications must be elite and powerful troops, but he never expected that Wu Ming's most terrible first and second brigades were not used.

Thinking that even the recruits of the supplementary brigade had beaten their own guards to the ground, Xuan Tiewu couldn't help but shudder.

Everyone fell silent, except for admiration for Chiang Ching-kuo's keen sense of smell, and they all became worried about the battle situation in front of them.

Qian Dajun secretly sneered. Just now, he had instructed his attendant to give a detailed report on the latest movements of the blue side Tang Shengzhi, the commander of the 45th Division Dai Minquan, the commander of the 63rd Division Chen Guangzhong and Feng Shengfa and other front-line generals, and said in his heart Wu Ming, Wu Ming, your intelligence has been completely grasped by the opponent, see what tricks you can play

Moreover, this time Wu Ming blew up his own shortcomings, and automatically said the matter of his illegal expansion, it is better to say that the exercise is victorious, one beauty covers a hundred ugliness, if he loses, this will be another major crime against Wu Ming, and he must be unable to eat and walk around when the time comes.