After inspecting the circle and politely declining the banquet of the magistrate of Changshan County and other officials who rushed to hear the news, Liu Rulin and Ma Zhizhai went to the city to visit Fang Youchun's parents and gave them a rich gift from Hangzhou, and then they were pulled into the banquet by Wu Ming and his wife.

The two old men and Fang Zhichun accompanied them for a moment and apologized and left, so that the three brothers had a chance to talk properly.

"I heard Brother Youchun say that you have built a training base at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, more than 30 kilometers north of Zhaoxian Town? How did you get to such a remote mountain? ”

As the military chief of the province's security forces, Liu Rulin is naturally very interested in this.

Wu Ming poured wine for the two of them, poured it for himself when he was done, and replied: "Let me state first, I didn't repair it, I just provided the design drawings, which were repaired by the Maoliangwu militia and the local She brothers, and it was far away, but the terrain there is complex and diverse, easy to keep secret, the local villagers are simple and enthusiastic, the food is sufficient and the logistics are worry-free, but the changes have changed too much in recent months, and I really can't pull the troops in to practice well." ”

Ma Zhizhai introduced with appreciation: "Brother Ru Lin probably doesn't know the road, from Mao Liangwu to Phoenix Mountain is actually a few kilometers away, the road is better than the general highway, now Mao Liangwu is not the plague of the Jedi of the year, thousands of acres of melons and fruits are fragrant, not only have two mines, but also set up a brick and tile factory, a wire factory, a wood factory and a ash factory, in the past two years, Mao Liangwu sold chickens and ducks, hares and goats in western Zhejiang famous, I heard that it is still at the confluence of several small rivers, opened up a large scale of cattle and horse farms, and even the girls of Changshan City rushed to marry Mao Liangwu, and they were so rich! ”

Wu Ming pursed his lips and glanced at Ma Zhizhai: "When I brought the three thousand disaster victims into the wasteland, you didn't say a lot of cool things. ”

Ma Zhizhai was a little embarrassed, shook his head self-deprecatingly, and raised his wine glass to drink himself. When Wu Ming transported the victims to Maoliangwu, he always felt that it was a huge burden, and he really didn't expect that Maoliangwu would have such earth-shaking changes today.

Liu Rulin asked with a smile: "The Maoliangwu militia is brave, and the province knows the deeds of the Maoliangwu two hundred militia regiments who rushed to Kaihua City and bravely repelled thousands of communist troops, I don't know what happened to this militia now?" ”

"That's an exaggeration, isn't it? At best, small partisans! ”

Wu Ming concealed most of it, explaining: "Their militia still retains more than 100 people, nearly half of which are used to protect the caravan, but all the men in the village between the ages of 16 and 35 have to take time out to participate in military training, and they are divided into teams of 100 people, which rotate every month, and never break the ...... throughout the year."

"Since the second half of last year, the younger brother has sent a platoon of old brothers to them as instructors, and it is also rotated once a month, so the combat effectiveness of the Maoliangwu militia is still good, if something really happens, it will immediately blow the horn, and five hundred guns can be gathered within half an hour, plus the help of the surrounding She brothers, Maoliangwu is still safe compared to the surrounding towns."

Liu Rulin sighed loudly: "Amazing! Originally, I was quite sorry for taking away a battalion of yours, but now I am finally relieved, you kid has no shortage of soldiers, even if you take away another battalion, I believe you will be able to make up for the gap soon, and with a little training, you are a good soldier. ”

Wu Ming's face was full of resentment and helplessness, and Ma Zhizhai couldn't help laughing out loud when he saw it.

Sighing helplessly, Wu Ming said sincerely: "Don't think I'm ignorant, two big brothers, although I feel very uncomfortable in my heart for this change, I can understand it...... Xie Zixuan is a rare general in the Zhejiang army, he is steady and skilled, and he is very strategic, and all the officers in the battalion under his command are basically brought out by me......"

"This unit has participated in the brutal encirclement and suppression operations in northern Fujian, and its combat effectiveness is not bad, and Xie Zixuan took a battalion of old brothers to Hangzhou, which can also give you a little more help. What's more, Nuoda is a provincial city, and your eldest brother doesn't have an elite army loyal to him in his hands, so how can it work? I guess that this change may be an exchange of interests made by the big brothers for the control of the teaching group and Chairman Lu Diping? ”

"Secondly, Lao Xie left with an elite main battalion, so he transferred Chen Zhaoxian under my command to the Fourth Regiment along with his second battalion, and vigorously promoted Chen Zhaoxian as the regiment commander, I am afraid that it is also to win over the local forces of Quzhou such as Deputy Commander Tang, so as to restrain Lu Zhongxiu, right? I don't have any opinion on this, after all, Chen Zhaoxian is a graduate of Baoding, with a formal military education, although his personality is arrogant, but he dares to fight, and he is worthy of support. ”

Liu Rulin and Ma Zhizhai looked at each other, deeply surprised by Wu Ming's keen eyes and political insight.

Wu Ming didn't care what their reaction was, poured down a glass of wine, and put down the glass heavily:

"On the night of New Year's Day, the Japanese attacked Shanhaiguan and completely occupied it two days later, and yesterday the news came out on the radio that the Japanese army increased its troops in Tianjin, and the 20,000 Japanese troops who came in from outside the pass attacked the defense line of the Great Wall such as Jizhen and Xuanzhen, where our army was empty, although Song Zheyuan's troops went up, and the young marshal who quit his opium addiction also claimed to resist to the death, but I am very pessimistic about the development of the situation."

"Don't hide it from the two eldest brothers, I don't have the slightest confidence in Song Zheyuan and Zhang Xueliang, even if we can reach a peace agreement with the Japanese government this time, but North China will be trampled under the iron hooves of the Japanese army sooner or later, at that time, if there is another Songhu War of Resistance in the east, can we still hide?"

Liu Rulin and Ma Zhizhai almost simultaneously remembered the Songhu War of Resistance in the past less than a year, and although they did not necessarily agree with Wu Ming's pessimistic analysis, the smiles on their faces were gone, replaced by deep thought and worry.

Wu Ming continued: "The younger brother's training ideas and methods are different from others, with our current inferior recruit quality, it is absolutely impossible to train a truly qualified soldier without a year, and it will take a hundred times the effort and consumption, so I implore the two eldest brothers to support and trust, let the younger brother stay in this place for two more years, and the younger brother will definitely train a strong army to repay the eldest brother and the country and the nation!" ”

"Don't believe those people who talk rhetorically and shout the slogan of training elite soldiers in three months, that is ignorance and arrogance, they only know how to fight for power and profit, grandstanding, and do not understand military training and the laws of war at all, these people mislead the country and the people!"

Liu Rulin was deeply moved, nodded and solemnly agreed: "Okay!" As long as I am still in power for one day, I will spare no effort to support you, so you can rest assured! Chief of Staff Ma will stay for a period of time to set up a front-line command for encirclement and suppression in Zhejiang, dredge up the relationship between all parties, and clearly distinguish between power and responsibility, and the Quzhou Chengbei Ordnance Institute will be stationed for a long time with a company of guard officers and soldiers, and I will also come down from time to time to take a look, as long as you do a good job, I will do my best to promote you and support you. ”

"Xie Lu, thank you, Brother Liu!" Wu Ming stood up and raised his wine glass with both hands: "The coming day is long, if you have any orders, the two eldest brothers only need one sentence." ”

The three of them stood up and drank it all, and as soon as they sat down, Ma Zhizhai began to attack again: "Little brother, according to the latest regulations promulgated by the provincial government, the provincial security forces will eliminate the old military uniforms from this year, and successively change the gray new military uniforms. As for your own vehicle, forget it, alas! I don't know what you think, the imported cars that are good are just made bells and whistles by you. ”

Wu Ming's insistence was ultimately unable to affect the powerful and backward traditional thinking, and under the huge external pressure, he had to nod silently and agree, and explained his four Dodge cars:

"Originally, I bought back five cars, one for Brother Fang, one for Director Zhou Wenyan of the Quzhou Party Department, and the remaining three for the troops...... One of them was allocated to the regimental headquarters, and two were converted into ambulances for the health team, the one I used is still hung with the security department sign, and the cars are sprayed with irregular green, gray and brownish yellow, this pattern has now begun to be popularized in the European and American armies, called camouflage, which is conducive to the concealment and camouflage of the army, so I don't plan to change it. But the military uniform will be changed, but I'm so poor that I can't let us strip naked and wait before the new military uniform arrives, right? ”

Liu Rulin and Ma Zhizhai Ha Lu Ha Da laughed, laughed and discussed for a while, based on the fact that all the new regiments are changing their uniforms, and it is impossible to issue new military uniforms to Wu Ming's department in a short period of time, so they decided to allocate a clothing fee as soon as possible, so that Wu Ming can purchase it locally in Quzhou, and the military uniforms produced by the original Quzhou quilt factory are also good.

Where will Wu Ming be cheaper for others? The garment factory set up by his wife was waiting for the order to start, and after anxiously asking when the money would be paid, he raised his glass again and thanked him sincerely.

Early the next morning, Liu Rulin and Ma Zhizhai were sent away, Wu Ming called Chen Zhaoxian, who was stationed in Kaihua, to discuss, and Chen Zhaoxian, who had been promoted two levels in a row, readily agreed to stay and garrison for a week, waiting for Wu Ming to transfer troops to take over the defense.

Putting down the phone, Wu Ming immediately convened an emergency military meeting to inform the regiment of the change of affiliation and number, and then issued an order:

"Captain Yang Sixian, commander of the machine gun company, was appointed to temporarily act as the commander of the second battalion, and led the brothers of the whole company to Kaihua to take over the defense; Dai Ziran, the operational staff officer of the regimental headquarters, was ordered to lead the staff team to Kaihua County, mobilize the militia of Kaihua County, and temporarily take over the surrounding defense. ”

Subsequently, Wu Ming sent three herald groups, mounted war horses, and rushed to Maoliangwu, Baishi Town, and Chinatown Town, and notified the responsible persons of the militia groups to come to the meeting as soon as possible.

A week later, 800 recruits recruited from the four major villages and towns of Kaihua County, Baishi Town, Chinatown Town, and Maoliangwu gathered at the military camp in the north of Changshan City.

On the afternoon of the next day, 50 boy scouts between the ages of 13 and 16 sent by Mao Liangwu, wearing special uniforms, came to Wu Ming's regimental headquarters to report.