"Although the total number of officers and men of the five regiments is as high as 2,600, it is obviously far from enough to expand into brigades; according to the regular infantry brigade establishment of one brigade, two regiments, and four directly subordinate companies, at least three battalions of recruits must be recruited to complete the number, which means that most of the regiments are composed of new recruits, and at least 250,000 yuan is needed to invest in military spending in recruitment, equipment, and so on, and this is a difficult problem."

"As for the position of regiment commander, his subordinates recommended Long Shaogang, the current deputy head of the Fifth Regiment, to serve as the commander of the Fifth Regiment, he is a veteran officer in the Zhejiang army, he is very familiar with the situation in various counties in western Zhejiang, his character is pure, diligent, and deeply respected by the brothers.

"As for the candidate for the deputy commander of the regiment, the second battalion commander Yang Sixian is the most suitable, this guy is not only a fierce general, but also can use his brains."

After listening to Wu Ming's introduction of ideas, Yu Jishi and Chen Shizheng looked at each other and smiled, Yu Jishi nodded heavily: "Yes, these two candidates are good, what about the remaining group?" You can also recommend two people. ”

Wu Ming smiled: "Master, subordinates can't be too greedy, the matter of a person getting a chicken dog to ascend to heaven is not something that a person of this level of his subordinates dares to think about, and it's in vain to think about it, do you say yes?" ”

Chen Shizheng laughed, Liu Guoyong couldn't help laughing, he felt that Wu Ming was really fucking cunning, but he was very frank, in the face of such a person, you really can't get out of his true thoughts, and it can make you feel very comfortable.

Yu Jishi also smiled, and after laughing, he said reluctantly: "Let you recommend candidates is to trust you, what do you think so much?" Say, as long as it makes sense, I'll take it. ”

Wu Ming had no choice but to point to Liu Guoyong diagonally opposite: "Let Brother Liu concurrently serve as the head of the regiment, although his subordinates have not had much contact with Brother Liu, but they have cooperated several times during the suppression of bandits in Jiangxi, and they have discussed the marching and combat plans together, and their subordinates deeply admire Brother Liu's ability and character." ”

This proposal was not expected by Yu Jishi and Chen Shizheng at all, and the two were caught off guard by Wu Ming, but it made sense when they thought about it, Wu Ming obviously wanted to show his attitude: not authoritarian, clear about current affairs, and deeply contained the law of officialdom of reciprocating favors.

Wu Ming saw Yu Jishi and Chen Shizheng walking to the desk, took out the list and discussed together, and immediately knew that his plan was right, so he also turned to Liu Guoyong, no matter how modest Liu Guoyong was, Wu Ming politely introduced to him the current situation of the Fifth Regiment and the Phoenix Mountain base, and his attitude was very sincere, which moved Liu Guoyong in his heart.

Ten minutes later, Yu Jishi and Chen Shizheng returned to Wu Ming and sat down, Yu Jishi said solemnly: "Just now, I weighed it repeatedly with the chief of staff, considering that the reorganized regiment is all new recruits, and the officers at all levels we sent to your department to study and train are all graduates after the fifth phase of Huangpu, and most of them have no experience in leading troops at the grassroots level...

"As for Liu Guoyong, although he participated in the Northern Expedition, he was a staff officer in the Northern Expedition Headquarters, and then he entered the main force, last year he also served as a tactical instructor at the Nanchang Branch of the Central Military Academy, and he only came to Zhejiang with me at the end of the year, plus he wants to serve as your deputy brigade commander and chief of staff, there are many affairs, and he must not concurrently serve as the head of the regiment."

"So, after we discussed it, we thought that for the time being, it would be up to you to take on the role, and when the new regiment has completed two stages of training, we will consider appointing a new regiment commander at that time."

Wu Ming reluctantly took over this task under Yu Jishi's encouraging gaze: "It's no problem for a few months for the time being, but it will definitely not work for a long time, and I also ask the division and the chief of staff to send a regiment commander as soon as possible, my subordinates are very busy, and I dare not say that there are thousands of opportunities for daily management, and there are often hundreds of opportunities for daily management." ”

Yu Jishi and the three of them laughed loudly, scolding Wu Ming for being cheeky while laughing, and the relationship between them was invisibly enhanced in the laughter.

Wu Ming took the opportunity to put forward a special request: "Division, there is a brother named Tian Zhenggang, a native of Tianjia Village in the north of Shangrao City, the former squad leader of the 52nd Division, because he sacrificed his life to rescue their regiment commander in the siege of the communist army, he was recommended by General Han Deqin, who was the division commander at the time, and entered the ninth phase of the Central Military Academy for further study. ”

Yu Jishi thought for a while: "This problem is not big, I can promise you to write a letter to General Zhang Zhizhong, the chief of education, and make a request...... However, the ninth phase will not graduate until May next year, and at least until around the Spring Festival, it will be possible to divide the apprenticeships into various departments. ”

Chen Shizheng suggested: "Nearly half of the ninth batch of trainees are cadets from the northeastern provinces and Shanxi and Shandong, most of these people have been recommended by the original old troops, and then entered the Central Military Academy through the entrance examination. ”

Yu Jishi was just about to agree, but Wu Ming had already stood up: "Division, chief of staff, now that the three eastern provinces and Rehe are all occupied by Japan, the situation there is very complicated, and my subordinates really can't believe those students recommended by the Northeast Army to enter the Central Military Academy, Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, and Shaanxi can all ask for them, but they can't ask for graduates from Northeast China and Hebei." ”

"Ah, for what? Are you prejudiced against the Northeast Army? Chen Shizheng was still surprised.

Wu Ming didn't know how to explain the deep concern in his heart for a while, he couldn't suspect that there might be spies in this group of students who were bribed by the Japanese, right? I had no choice but to follow Chen Shizheng's meaning and say: "That's right, I look down on the Northeast Army that fled into the customs without firing a shot, and gave up the white mountains and black waters to the Japanese, and even more despised the Zhang Xueliang who didn't know if he really quit his opium addiction......"

"From the young marshal who often climbs the wall to steal women, but can't lead soldiers and can't fight, I can see what the atmosphere of his troops is, so I don't want any graduates from the Northeast of the Central Military Academy."

Chen Shizheng and Yu Jishi looked at each other, but they didn't expect Wu Ming's impression of Zhang Xueliang to be so bad, but this is not a big problem, there are many people in the whole country and the army who scold Zhang Xueliang.

Yu Jishi did not dwell on this issue anymore, and after agreeing, he asked Wu Ming about the next stage of training + planning, and heard Wu Ming say that the officers and soldiers of the three regiments of the original Second Security Division that he personally formed could be taken away in two months, and he was very happy to think about it and asked that in the last month of mountain tactical training, Wu Ming must personally lead the team and command, and Wu Ming readily agreed.

After leaving Yu Jishi's office, Wu Ming rushed to the camp in the west of Hangzhou to bid farewell to Liu Rulin and Ma Zhizhai, who were inspecting the training work, and then went to Tianshui Church to have lunch with Father Lei Mengde and Pastor Dai Zichen as agreed, and returned to Quzhou on Lao Zhong's passenger ship in the afternoon of the same day.

At the end of August, Wu Ming, who was expanding the army, was very busy and completed the training! Wang Yuehan was greeted by Li Kun, the third master of Mao Liangwu, and quietly arrived at Mao Liangwu with a nervous mood, and lived in the small building where Wu Ming lived before.