Three days later, that is, at 9 a.m. on 21 June, a dispatch order from the General Staff Headquarters was sent to Wu Ming: The new Second Division was ordered to complete the defense handover with the 52nd Division, which had rushed to the battlefield, within three days, quickly evacuate the battlefield, return to the original defense for recuperation, and wait for the investigation by the special case group of the Central Military Commission.

Wu Ming, who knew that the internal situation was complicated, immediately called Xu Enzeng to inquire, and Xu Enzeng's reply was only four short words: let it be

At this time, Wu Ming was finally relieved, and led his troops back to Xinfeng City the next morning, and immediately found Kang Ze, who had left the front line ahead of schedule and was about to return to Nanjing to report on his work, and pulled Kang Ze to a no-man's place outside the Taoist Temple, and asked: "Lao Kang, please tell the younger brother what is going on?" ”

Kang Ze smiled bitterly: "You guy is famous, now I'm afraid the whole army knows about the contradictions between you and Xiong Shihui and a series of unruly revenge methods, the commission is very angry about this, if it weren't for the fact that you have repeatedly made military exploits after entering the battlefield, I am afraid that someone would have been sent to escort you to Nanjing Military Prison...... I don't know why your luck is so good, Chen Cixiu, Yu Liangzhen, Zhou Baifu and Xu Enzeng and others all pleaded for you. ”

Wu Ming pondered for a moment, grabbed Kang Ze's arm, and said solemnly: "Lao Kang, I'm afraid there are more than these reasons, right?" No matter how big the younger brother's mistake is, he can't reach the military prison, because everything he does is well-founded, although it is a little overdone in some aspects, but who dares to say that the younger brother violated military regulations and military discipline? ”

"Even if others want to slander the younger brother for corruption, bribery, extortion, and extortion, but you have to talk about the evidence, right? What's more, what is his mother's Xiong Shihui doing, you don't know what to do, and you have a lot of insight into it, how can Xiong Shihui be able to fool the past? There must be something hidden in it, right? ”

"Besides, to put it mildly, in the entire Jiangxi-Guangdong battlefield, only the younger brother's new second division can fight a few times, even if the commission is punished, the biggest possibility is to let the younger brother continue to stay on the battlefield to make meritorious contributions, right? There must have been a gratifying change somewhere, and it was a change in strategy, that drove the younger brother, an army that had not lost a battle, home to recuperate, otherwise no argument would convince the younger brother. ”

Kang Ze admired it and gave Wu Ming a thumbs up: "You guy has a really powerful brain, he can analyze so many ways to finally understand it, Ha Luha actually doesn't hurt to tell you, but after listening to it, it's over, you must not spread it, do you know the way?" ”

"Don't worry, you don't know what the younger brother is like? Promise to keep your mouth shut," Wu Ming said seriously.

Kang Ze moved slightly closer to Wu Ming: "The Yue army has been divided internally...... As many as 10 generals of the Cantonese army expressed to the principal their determination and attitude of submitting to the central authorities, and asked the principal to stop attacking Guangdong, so that they could privately convince other generals that the operational objectives of our central army had now shifted to the Guangxi side......"

"In view of this, the commission took this opportunity to drive you away, firstly, it is an explanation to the Jiangxi side, and secondly, I am worried that you guys will make something uncontrollable, which will make it difficult for everyone to do, and some time ago you tossed the Guangdong army too badly, and the Guangdong army hates you very much, and the complaint has been sued to the central government, do you know the way?"

Wu Ming sighed: "Forget it, what is my personal honor and disgrace?" The key is to be beneficial to the overall situation, and the biggest credit is still the commission, the soldier who surrendered without a fight, and the commission is clever."

Kang Ze nodded: "The commission is indeed clever, now it seems that you and I have completed our tasks well, don't worry about going back, even if the investigation team of the Military 丨 Committee asks you for trouble, it is just a show of going through the motions, comforting and comforting Xiong Shihui and others......

"Actually, if Xiong Shihui's energy is a little larger, how can there be the embarrassment now? Therefore, in the telegram submitted to the commission, I truthfully stated the course of everything and unceremoniously pointed out Xiong Shihui's many wrong practices. ”

Wu Ming gratefully took Kang Ze's hand: "Thank you Lao Kang for your kind words, if there is any need for the younger brother to serve in the future, just give orders." ”

Kang Ze grinned: "Ha Luha, someone reported to the commission that you not only secretly hid more than 200,000 cash seizures after the annihilation of the 14th Division of the Guangdong Army, but also took away every copper plate from the more than 6,000 captured officers and soldiers of the Guangdong Army. Isn't that the thing? ”

"It's just nonsense, where did the 14th Division get the 200,000? A lot of weapons and ammunition have been seized, and as for the money and property of the prisoners, it is completely unavoidable, otherwise where will the funds come from to keep them fed and drunk? Am I easy? However, if my brother is short of money, I still have some savings at home, but I need to go back to western Zhejiang. ”

Wu Ming spoke eloquently, with a painful expression of being wronged on his face, and then patted his chest again, showing his generosity as a friend.

Kang Ze laughed "poof", and after laughing, he solemnly admonished Wu Ming: "Don't talk nonsense, there is an order that you must obey unconditionally." The Military Committee ordered that, in order to express the goodwill of the Central Committee, the Cantonese prisoners you captured should soon be released, and the weapons and artillery captured by them should also be returned......"

"I know that you are bold and dare to do anything, but this is a death order, you must obey it unconditionally, otherwise it will affect the overall situation, and no one will be able to protect you."

Wu Ming complained bitterly in his heart, but he happily agreed: "Meaning, as far as their equipment is concerned, except for the rifle, what else can compare to the equipment of my new second division?" As for the eight old-fashioned seven-five mountain cannons, even if they put money on the younger brother to pull them back, the younger brother disdains them......"

"Lao Kang, don't worry, before leaving, I will count and pack all the captured weapons and seal them in Tianxinguan, but the ammunition is still gone, and it is basically consumed."

"Okay, the ammunition is fine, just leave the weapon behind."

Kang Ze finally let go of his thoughts, what he was most worried about was Wu Ming's greed, and there were all kinds of ways to make money, and you couldn't do anything about him when he got to the bottom of it.

Wu Ming saw that he was done, took out a cigarette and lit it for Kang Ze: "When will you go back to Nanjing?" ”

Kang Ze exhaled smoke: "Rush to Ganzhou at noon tomorrow, and then take the plane to Nanjing to transport medicines...... You can toss the people of the East Road Command Department miserably, those wounded soldiers of the Cantonese army sent to Ganzhou have now become a hot potato, and it is not okay to wait well...... Alas, I don't know when the next time we will meet. ”

Wu Ming smiled: "What's this, you have a lot of opportunities to go out on an errand, if you have time to go to Hangzhou one day, we can take some time to meet, or you can go directly to western Zhejiang, I will sweep the couch and wait for you." If it's really inconvenient, I'll go to Hangzhou to meet you and have a drink... The good wine in China basically comes from Sichuan, and the amount of wine in Sichuan has always been good. ”

"Forget it, I don't know how much you drink? Like your notoriety, it's already spread throughout the army, Haluha," Kang Ze shook his head and laughed

Wu Ming smiled: "Or, we'll be corrupt now?" I'll ask someone to cook a few dishes, and we two will hide in it and have two drinks, anyway, you won't leave until tomorrow morning, drink two drinks and sleep well tonight." ”

Kang Ze thought for a while: "If you want it, then drink two glasses." ”

The next morning, when Kang Ze was sent away, Wu Ming immediately called Zhang Dongning and bit his ear for a while.

Two hours later, more than 400 old sleeves, Hanyang-made and more than 2,000 bird-made guns seized in the anti-gun and anti-narcotics operation were quietly sent to the middle hall of Tianxinguan, and more than 70 regimental staff officers immediately packed these rags into the bottom of more than 80 boxes, and then put into them more than 2,000 old 38 rifles, Nl907 Mauser long rifles, and Hanyang-made rifles that the headquarters had originally brought to confuse all parties. At the end of the day, all kinds of seriously deformed scrapped machine guns and parts picked up from the battlefield were piled up in the side hall, and then a dozen old machine guns were neatly placed on top of the parts all over the ground, which looked like a dazzling and spectacular look.

At 5 o'clock in the morning of 26 June, the new 2nd Division, which had successfully completed the handover of prisoners yesterday, quietly left Xinfeng and embarked on the road home in a very low-key manner.