Back at home, Wu Ming came to the study after taking a bath, kissed his wife who was waiting beside him, talked for a while, sent his wife into the bedroom to rest, went to the study again, opened the brown paper file given to him by Fang Youchun, and took out the two brand-new documents with blue covers, and was dumbfounded.

Opening the party membership card stamped with the seal of the party department of the Quzhou Administration, and then looking at the date of issuance of the certificate correctly filled in on it, Wu Ming couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, feeling quite funny in his heart, he couldn't figure out why he had never written an application for joining the party, and he actually became a member of the Kuomintang a year and a half ago.

Wu Ming opened the second blue leather certificate printed with the gilded blue sky and white sun emblem, and after reading the content of the job column and the issuing authority under his photo, he couldn't help but smile bitterly again, originally he thought that this was the military instructor certificate issued to him by the Central Party Department, but he didn't expect that the position filled in on the certificate was actually the deputy chief of the Second Section of the General Affairs Office of the Central Party Department.

Wu Ming pondered for a moment, and regardless of the fact that it was almost midnight, he grabbed the phone and asked Zhou Wenyan to call.

Zhou Wenyan, who was in the same camp, had already known about Wu Ming's secret appointment by the General Affairs Office of the Party Department of Ludao, and after listening to Wu Ming's vague inquiry, he thought that Wu Ming couldn't sleep and joked with him, so he laughed at Wu Ming and hung up the phone after a few words, making Wu Ming confused, and he couldn't figure out who would lead him? What do you need to do on your own?

After thinking about it for a long time, Wu Ming simply stuffed the documents into the drawer, sat down and took out the manuscript paper, and picked up the pen to write the application for adjustment.

Three days later, the Zhexi Security Command issued an official document ordering the Fifth Regiment to move out of the Chengbei camp in Quzhou within a week, and the headquarters of the Fifth Regiment to be set up in the old military camp in the north of Changshan City, and to allocate 100,000 yuan for the repair of the barracks and the construction of two additional waterway checkpoints.

As soon as the news came out, the whole army was stunned, no one expected that Wu Ming would take the initiative to apply to move out of the camp in the north of Quzhou City, which had superior conditions.

Chief of Staff Chen Qian shook his head again and again in the face of several section chiefs who rushed to inquire, and said with a wry smile that he had just learned about the Dao, and there was a faint pain in his heart, he knew that he had betrayed himself to join Lu Zhongxiu, not only lost the trust of his old boss Fang Youchun, but also lost Wu Ming, a brother who valued love and righteousness.

The Quzhou Administration was also stunned, Qi Yuting, the chief of the political training section who had been immersed in officialdom for 20 years and had already developed a calm bearing, stood solemnly in front of the desk of Commissioner Lu Zhongxiu, extremely uneasy, seeing Lu Zhongxiu pondering for a moment, gently waving his hand and saying nothing, he could only slowly withdraw from the office.

Next, Wu Ming arbitrarily packed the six advanced machine tools of the Ordnance Institute, all the weapons and equipment in stock, together with more than 160 tons of special steel, more than 270 imitation Colt pistols, and 456 Thomson submachine guns, and carried them on the transport ship of the Maoliangwu Chamber of Commerce in three nights.

On the sixth day, the West Zhejiang Security Headquarters reported that all the shares of the clothing factory and the metal products factory were transferred to the Kong family and the Tang family in Quzhou, and a total of more than 80,000 yuan of transferred funds were recovered for the construction of the barracks of the Xie Zixuan regiment stationed in Jiangshan and the border land and water checkpoints.

Not long after, Quzhou business circles broke the news, the Zhong brothers and the Maoliangwu Chamber of Commerce transferred 50% of the shares of the metal products factory to the chairman of the Quzhou Chamber of Commerce and the Kong family, the Zhong brothers only retained 30% of the shares, and continued to manage the factory as the manager, and the Maoliangwu Chamber of Commerce, which completed all the share transfers, has since withdrawn from the manufacturing industry in Quzhou.

Li Kun, president of the Maoliangwu Chamber of Commerce, also revealed that he had transferred 60% of the shares of the clothing factory to the Kong family, a local family, and the Kong family would move the clothing factory out of Chengbei Daying within five days and transfer it to Quzhou Industrial College, which is across the road to the west to continue production. Due to the inability of shareholder Wu Ming to support, Quzhou Industrial College was sold to the Kong family at a price of 60,000 oceans.

A series of news that shook western Zhejiang has not yet calmed down, and another news that has caused an uproar from all walks of life in western Zhejiang has come one after another:

The Maoliangwu Chamber of Commerce transferred all the shares of Quzhou Thermal Power Plant and the coal terminal in the northwest of the city to the four major families in Quzhou, with a transfer price of up to 280,000 yuan; Due to the increase in taxes in Jiangxi, the coal producing area, and the sharp increase in the cost of Maoliangwu coal mining, the price of coal per ton has increased by 30% from now on, except for the signed contract to continue to be performed at the original price.

Sensational news immediately spread throughout western Zhejiang: the Fang family has lost ground! Wu Ming, a fierce general in the army, has lost his position! The Mao Liangwu Chamber of Commerce, which is doing thriving business, has retreated!

The news spread rapidly like wings, and the booming industrial and commercial circles in western Zhejiang in the past two years have seen unprecedented noise and restlessness.

Commissioner Lu Zhongxiu was stunned, but soon realized that Fang Youchun and Wu Ming did not save face for anyone, and fought back with the determination of a strong man with a broken wrist.

Lu Zhongxiu weighed it again and again, and finally forcibly suppressed the idea of going to talk to the outgoing Fang Youchun, and decided to continue to remain silent and wait to see the next reaction of the major families in Quzhou.

For his henchmen to put forward the proposal of severely punishing Mao Liangwu Chamber of Commerce and Wu Ming, Lu Zhongxiu did not accept it for the sake of the overall situation, and from the bottom of his heart, he cherished Wu Ming's extraordinary military talent and outstanding vision, and was more aware of the increasingly grim reality of the border counties in western Zhejiang, which were at the forefront of the encirclement and suppression of the entire Zhejiang.

Over the past few months, the main forces of the Central Army have failed one after another in the entire territory of northern Fujian, western Fujian, and Jiangxi, and a larger-scale encirclement and suppression operation is about to begin, and a war crisis on the border of western Zhejiang will appear at any time.

Under such a grim situation, Wu Ming's Fifth Regiment, which was stationed in Changshan and Kaihua border counties, would become the main force of operations and the most powerful guarantee for the security of western Zhejiang.

Lu Zhongxiu's vision was soon confirmed.

In the early morning of 14 December, more than 2,000 people of the main force of the elusive Red Army in western Fujian suddenly attacked Baoan Town, 50 kilometers south of Jiangshan County in the border area between Zhejiang and Fujian.

Nanchang Suppression General urgently ordered the two regiments of Shangrao to rush to the aid of Guangfeng, and issued four pursuit orders to the Jiangxi Shangrao Administration and the Zhejiang Quzhou Administration. However, the main force of the communist army turned south in Shatian Town, more than ten kilometers southeast of Guangfeng, and disappeared in the mountains and mountains of eastern Jiangxi in a blink of an eye.

On 26 December, Fang Youchun, commander of the security department in western Zhejiang, left Quzhou with his wife and children in a brand-new American Dodge high-horsepower sedan and rushed to Hangzhou, the provincial capital, to take up the post of deputy director of the provincial security department.

On the afternoon of the next day, Lu Zhongxiu, who held the military and political power in western Zhejiang, held a solemn meeting and announced that according to the order of the provincial government, the "Western Zhejiang Security Command" would be officially renamed the "Quzhou Frontier Command" from now on, that Lu Zhongxiu, commissioner of the Quzhou Administrative Office, would concurrently serve as commander of the Frontier Command, and that the security regiment to which the former security forces belonged would be renamed the Quzhou Frontier Regiment.

As soon as the huge signboard of "Quzhou Frontier Defense Headquarters" with black letters on a white background was hung up, a sudden bad news came: More than 100 bandits from Lu Chengrong's department, who had been entrenched in the hinterland of Qianligang for many years, entered Duze Town, 22 kilometers north of Quzhou City, and the town mayor Peng Jiachuan and five policemen were beheaded at the wedding scene, dozens of women were raped, and all the big families and businessmen in the town were looted.

Lu Zhongxiu suppressed the anger in his heart, insisted on completing the celebration, and immediately invited Jiang Boqing, a confidant of the new deputy commander of the security of western Zhejiang, and Chen Qian, chief of staff, to urgently discuss countermeasures.

Jiang Boqing, who graduated from the Huangpu branch and has now been in the army for seven years, is a shrewd man, and on the grounds that he has not yet been familiar with the situation in western Zhejiang, he gently put aside his responsibilities and looked directly at Chen Qian, the sweaty chief of staff.

Chen Qian could only suggest stubbornly: "The bandit Lu Chengrong Department has existed for many years, and in the past, caravans usually paid to buy roads to pass safely, but in the past few years, it has rarely been heard of a major murder case, and this gang of bandits is entrenched in the hinterland of the Qianligang Mountain Range, and its whereabouts are uncertain and difficult to locate, so it has not sent troops into the mountains to clear it." ”

Lu Zhongxiu snorted coldly in displeasure: "Chief of Staff Chen, do you mean to continue to connive at this gang of bandits for evil?" ”

"No, no! The subordinates did not mean this, but they were worried that the liquidation would be fruitless, and that there were too many bandits to flee in hiding, and they did not know where to find them on the road, and they were worried that they would be taken advantage of if they sent fewer troops, and that all units of our army were all reorganized recruits, and they had just completed the first stage of training, and except for the teaching team composed of veterans who had just been formed, the other departments were afraid that it would be difficult for them to be competent. Chen Qian truthfully expressed his opinion.

Jiang Boqing suddenly said, "How about sending Wu Ming's subordinates?" I heard that the highest level of equipment and training of our army is Wu Ming's Fifth Regiment, and Wu Ming has had successful experience in suppressing bandits, so it may be safer to send him to lead his troops to suppress them. ”

"No way!"

Lu Zhongxiu hurriedly shook his head: "Wu Ming's regiment can't move, the communist army's Zhimin department reappeared in the northeast of Jiangxi south of Wuyuan, east of Dexing, has aroused great attention from the Nanchang suppression, at the beginning of the month, the communist army in northeastern Jiangxi tried to attack Chinatown, an important town of our civilization, fortunately was stationed in the second battalion of Wu Ming's regiment Chen Zhaoxian in time to discover, and took the lead in launching a rapid attack, which drove away the communist army, did not cause greater consequences, it can be seen that the critical situation in eastern Jiangxi, has formed a huge pressure on our Kaihua, Changshan, Jiangshan counties. ”

"Secondly, the Xie Zixuan regiment stationed in Jiangshan has a long border line, and the troops are stretched thin, and it is impossible to defend against it, so it is very necessary for Wu Ming's fifth regiment to support at any time. Moreover, if the commander orders our troops to rush to Jiangxi, he will have to rely on Wu Ming, who is stationed at the front, to lead his troops. Therefore, the Fifth Regiment must not be lightly transferred! ”

Chen Qian had also planned to send Wu Ming to lead his troops to encircle and suppress the bandit Lu Chengrong's department, and he knew very well that in the entire Zhejiang security force, except for Wu Ming's unit and the battalion of Xie Zixuan's regiment, which could take on this heavy task, the other departments, including the guard regiment directly under him, and even the teaching team, were not up to the arduous task of suppressing bandits in the mountains.

But under the gaze of Lu Zhongxiu's reproach that contained expectation, Chen Qian had no way out, so he could only ruthlessly recommend his sworn brother, Peng Bin, the head of the Third Regiment stationed in Longyou, to take on the heavy responsibility, whether he could exterminate Lu Chengrong's bandits for the time being, at least let Lu Zhongxiu see his obedience and responsibility, otherwise it would be difficult to mix up in the future.

Lu Zhongxiu decisively adopted Chen Qian's suggestion, and Chen Qian immediately saluted and left to arrange it in person.

Lu Zhongxiu breathed a sigh of relief, and walked out of the office with Jiang Boqing, ready to attend the celebration dinner, but as soon as he arrived downstairs, the chief of the military affairs section of the headquarters came panting and came to report:

"Changshan urgent telegram, ten minutes ago, our unit set up at the Baishi Town checkpoint on the border of Zhejiang and Jiangxi was suddenly attacked by more than 500 well-equipped communist troops, and the officers and men of the first battalion and the second company of the fifth regiment stationed there rose up to resist.

"What? White Rock Town? That's the biggest checkpoint on the Zhejiang-Jiangxi border, and the communist army is so rampant? After Lu Zhongxiu exclaimed, he couldn't care about any celebratory dinners anymore, and urgently ordered the chief of the military affairs section to immediately notify Deputy Commander Tang, who was sick at home, to immediately convene an emergency combat meeting.